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The CObra's Poison.

The effect of the poison of the cobra
dc capcllo have been studied by Herr
Gnezda. The poison was obtained in
India by causing the snakes to bite into
snails or musscls wrapped in gutta-pcrcha
and filled with water. The watery solu-
tion thus obtained was reduced by cvap-
grafton. The poison belongs to the class
uf propeptons. Different vertebratcs
susceptible to the poison died when the
dose of the poison amounted to three mg.
per kiIogrammc animal. The time when
death followed full dose Of the poison
was very various. Rabbits died after
half an hour, pickcrels after an hour,
frogs later, then cats. and lastly pigeons.
Strong doses fastened death. Dilutions
and the introduction of artificial rcspira-
tion delayed death. The poison affected
the nerves, especially the central nervous
system, and had hardly any affect on the
heart.-Nature.
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Mrs. Brown on Fast Young Men.

What is my opinion of fast young
mcn3 1t isn't rs good as it might be,
and still it is better than the subject
merits. l sat at my window the other
day. and l noticed four or five "bloods"
standing in front of n saloon from which
they had just emerged wiping their lips:
| knew they were all society men. and
presently l saw pretty young lady OF
their SET coming down the street
toward them. Now, thought !, If that
girl bad the proper nerve she would pass
those fellows by as she would any other
sc. of loafers whose character was as
good as theirs, but whose social position
bv accident of birth was less elevated:
| wagered with myself that she would
not do it; and won the wager. She
smoke to them as sweetly and as womanly
as if every man in the lot was as pure and
as good as she was. If they had been
women, instead of men, and she had
known them, how quickly she would
have cut them from the list of her &C.
ouaintanccs, and how haughtily she
would have snubbcd theml These fast
Young men spend an evening in gam
bling den, associate with disreputrble
men, swear like a mad teamster, and so
on d own long list OF fashionable eccen-
tricitics, ana yet they have the gall to
apply for places of trust in the confidence
and respect of decent women and men,
and the startling part of it is, they are
accepted as fit associates for mothers,
daughters, sons, husbands, fathers. They
may say they are not bad at heart, but
arc merely "sowing their wild oats: "
Conccacd; but in the name of all that is
good and respectable, why are they not
excluded from homes until the so'called
necessary "wild OATS period is pasti
"Wild oats" is very contagious kind OF
a vegetable, and the seed must be spread
broadcast to grow up into crop OF
ruined homes, dishonored lives, and de-
struction!- Merchant 1racsler.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

TESxYSoN is about to publish another vol.
umc of poems.
PATHS spare moments are being devoted
to the writing OF her memoirs.
ALI. members of the family of the car of
Russia speak the English language.
GENERAL JOE SHELBY. the Confederate
raider, is now Il iairynan in Missouri.
GENERAL MCCLELLAN is the only survivor
Of the commanders Of the Army OF the Poto-
mac.
DR.. HIERME RETSoF, an eminent occu-
list, SAYS that the common electric light pro-
duces co:or blindness
KRuPp, the German sunmaker, is at pres
ent chiefly manufacturing guns for China,
Turkey. Japan and Egypt
PRESIDENT CLEvELASpS stablcman says
tho President does not caro- much for horses
In taking exercise he much prefers to walk
MISSIONER, the great French painter, is
the oldest artist in Paris, having been born in
lSC2 He is as sensitive as woman in re.
gard to his age.
STANLEY is fitting apartments in London
where he will open out til g great store of At
rican curiosite, and Orie fabrics which
he has packed away.
DR.. GEORGE B. ELLIOTT. the specialist,
whose microscopical investigations revealed
the true nature of General Grants disease,
aad who pronounced it cancer and incura:
bic, is not more than twenty-seven years OF
age.
GENERAL SHERMAN positively declined to
be president of tho st. Louis Grant Monu
ment association, or to have anything to do
with it. Grant" he said, explaining, "was
worthy of every monument that can be raised
to his memory, but think that the one over
his grave should be finished before Othors are
bogun."
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THE OPIUM CRAZE.
Boston "JOints'' Fre-
qucnted by the High and Low.

Luxurious Boston "JOiMts'' Fro
qucnted by the High and Low.
The Boston Globe has published five
column article giving some startling dis
closures OF the subject of the use Of
opium in Boston that will awaken
the city to tho sense OF its hid
den danger from the pernicious habit.
The article is the experience of reporters.
They give the addresses OF number of re-
sorts outside the usual Chinese dens where
money has been lavished to tit thom up in n
most luxuriant manner for this purpose.
These places are in the most fashionable
thoroughfares, and have been flourishing UNI
suspected for months under the very shadow
of the Massachusetts, State house. The per-
sons who patronize these gilled dens come in
carriages, and are recognized as belonging to
the best circles Of society.
The following is digest Of what was seen
by n reporter and his guide in one of these
establishments As the visitors entered they
were greeted by a wcl-dressed man of middle
age with light hair and complexion, who
shook hands with both AMI asked them if they
wished to smoke. The room is large
square one, richly furnished. On the bed,
over which was thrown rug. were 81 .eping
two beautiful girls They were both past
consciousness In one corner was the form
of Il talented young law student, who is re-
tanned by one of the leading lawyers in Penn
berton Square BY his side slept a theatri-
cal man and his wife, whose faces are we'll
known in popular comedy. a wealthy young
man, whose father is a prominent theatrical
manager, was among the freluenters of the
joint. In numerous other places well-known
men were found who had been followed from
their place of business, the club or the theatre
to these haunts. The Globe has in its posses
sion list of names of the patrons of these
resorts. the publication of which would Gre
ate a CONSERVATION in society All classes
are more or less implicated in the habit. Sew
eral wcl-known freouenters of the dens occu-
pying high social positions have left the city
to escape exposure. being informed that the
police have their names down for witnesses
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THE NATIONAL GAME,
ScoS ~ Chicap on 1eals the league in two

ANsoN, Of Chicago, leads the league in two
base hits
TIE directors Of the Boston league club say
this season has been good one financially for
them.
New YORK is the only league club that has
won the series from tho Chicago team this
season.
The Eastern New England league is finish.
ing with more vim than new organizations
usually display after hard campaign.
New YORK won II out of the l6 games
with Providence New York made 81 runs,
l57 hits and 1903 errors to Providence's IL
runs, IS hits and ll3 errors.
THERE is every indication at present that
New England league will he formed for 1886
of eight clubs taken from the following cities:
Fall River, Worcester, Brockton, Boston,
Lowell Haverhill Mass Manchester, Con.
cord, n. H.; Portland, Me-; Pawtucket,
RI
AT the beginning Of the summer there were
nearly dozen different leagues and associa.
tlonS in the field, who were represented BY
between seventy and eighty cluts Ci tI.as
number the Western league has gone to
pieces: the Eastern league has only four of
its original eight clubs left and one Of them
is in q very shaky condition. the Southern
league has finished its championship season,
but several of the clubs were obliged to Sic
climb for the want of proper local patronage.
before tho season was completed Nearly ali
the other leagues and associations have SUI
fcrei BY the loss of one or more clubs before
the championship schedule was finished.
The championship records up to recent date
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Peculinrities Of Pixies Peak.

The sensation at the Peak is of being
in vacuum, says letter from Colorado
to the New Orleans Picayune. You look
at your ncighbor and see him in an eth
erealizcd sort of way. You seem and he
seems to be distinctly different from
Yourself in less exalted regions. The
atmosphere is like a crystal, and you are
the centre OF it. defy anybody to tell
lie on top of Pixies Peak. l believe
the lonesome, solemn place, where for
all the world you can scarcely get air
enough to breathe, to be very palace of
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MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC

BARNUM and his circus contemplate visit
to Europe in 1887.
THERE are only eleven theatres in the en-
tire State of Virginia.
MRS LANGTRY is wearing the boys clothes
of a tramp on the English stage.
MADAME DURAND, the American soprano
will sing at the Teatro Real, Madrid, during
this winter.
FEW men are more generally and respect
fully noticed by the puhlIc on the streets o
Boston than the venerable comedian, William
Warren.
DAVID OAKLEY, Of "The Diamond Broker
company, is one of the oldest actors in the
profession. He first appeared upon the stage
in 1880.
THE Vienna conservatory awarded the
first vio:ln prize to a ten-year-old lad,
Frederick kreissler, the son Of physician
of that city.
A RECENT count of 296 companies at work
amusing the American public, shows 2ol
dramatic, 90 variety, 81 musical, II minstrel
and 12 circus.
Mr.. JOHN s. CLARKE, has made play on
the subject OF "Nicholas Nickleby," which
has Just been brought forward at the Strand
theatfe, London.
ANrEp1Luv1Ay music is exhibited by an
sizcs are suspended on strings, making a
range Of two octaves.
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN, the composer, con
Quoted the orchestra the other night at q gala
performance of "The Mlkado" at the Fifth
Avenue theatre, New York.
FLorow, tho composer of Martha. left
behind him comic opera entitled Nv ldo"
Grapin." 1t has just been played at PeSth,
and is said to be very 3ielodious 1t may
possibly heard at other European theatres
before long.
Two American girls are to make their
debut next season under the care OF Mile.
Nevada-Nellie Everest, of Philadelphia, and
Miss Johnston, OF Washington. Both have
been studying for years in Italy, and are said
to be gifted with good voices.
NINE. CHRISTINE NILSSON has finally de-
termined to settle in England and is sumptu'
ousy decorating house In kensington court,
though at one time she strongly meditated
making her residence in this country wher
she retired from the stage.
HERR RUBINsTEIN announces for the com.
ing winter in Vienna series Of seven con
certs, in which he will execute pieces from
the piano repertory of all ages and countries.
The performance will include pieces composed
for the earliest spinets. clavecins and key
boards The concerts are to be repeated IN
Berlin, Paris and London.
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NEWS SUMMARY
rss,crn md Middle States.

Mrs. MACK LArnRor the wife of a farmer
near Stoughton, Mass, while trying to pro:
tect friend from tho attack OF yoke OF
oxen belonging to her husband, was herself
disembowlcd by the angry beasts
Mrs. FADER, of Gouldville, Penn, was
stung by bees in her garden, and died in forty
five minutes.
THE British yacht Genesta has added
winning the Cape May International Chal-
lenge cup in all ocean race which lasted nearly
two days, and resulted in an easy victory for
the cutter.
TIE Grant national monument fund up to
recent date had reached So, ,5J2.
GENERAL EDWARD +. JONES was nomina.
ted for acknowledgements by the Now York
Democratic State committee i'll place of Mr.
Flower, declined.
The Massachusetts, Greenbackers at theft
State convention in Boston nominated full
ticket, headed by James Sumner for gov
erQOr.
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The EOlian Harp.

An .Eolian harp is an instrument so
simple in construction that any boy, un'
skilled in the use of tools, can make one.
Stretch in parallel lines, over box of
thin deal, catgut or wire strings. The
box is to have sounding holes cut in the
top. The strings being tuned in unison,
inc instrument is placed in current Of
air. and harmony is produced. .-.Scientifc
AmkricQn.
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THINGS TO CHERISH.
The eyes that look with love on thee,
That brighten W t. hy srile,

The ewes that Look with love on thee,
That brighten W.T. hy smile,
Or mu.cly bid thee hope again,
If thou art sad awhile;
The eyes that, when no words are breathed
Gaze fondly into thine
Oh, cherish them, ere they grow dim;
They may not always shinel
The faithful hearts around thee,
That glow with love and youth,
That time and care ne'er yet have scared,
Nor ravishel of their truth,
The hearts whose beatings we have heard,
When throbbing near our own
Oh! cherish them. Those beatings hushed,
Earth's dearest tones are gone!
The days when thoro are hearts and eyes
That throb and beat for thee;
The few fleet hours when life doth seem
Bright Us summer sea;
The thrilling moments when to speak
The full hearts joy is vain
Oh! cherish them. Once gone, alas!
They ne'er return again.
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Temperance Notes.

A home for inebriate women is to be
established this year by the British
Women's Temperance association.
The New Hampshire legislature has
passed a law prohibiting the sale OF OBJ
scene and impure literature. This was
largely secured by the influence of Miss
Lucy j. Holmes, national superinten'
dent of that line of reform, and the
hearty cooperation of the W. c. 1. l.
The Legislature has also passed an act
prohibiting the sale of cigarettes or
tobacco in any of its forms, to any
minor under sixteen years OF age, after
being forbidden by a parent or guar
dian. These, with the scientific :em-
pcrance instruction law. are tit en-
vironments for the children OF tho
Granite State.
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NEARLY DECAPITATED.
Sickcning Scenes nt the Hanging of a



Patrick Hartnett, the Cincinnati wife muir
derer, was hange at tho Ohio peaitentiary,
Columbus, mt - the other morning. He was
pronounced deal one-half minute after the
drop fell. Ths fall re suite i'll almost total de-
capitation, the heal hanging to the body only
by a small strip of skin at the back OF the
neck. I he scene was most s!ckeninS one,
and it was with great difficulty that the exc
cutioners could summon courage to cut the
body down. .,
Harin.tt killed his wife on January 81,
ISL in Mount Auburn, SUBURB OF Clncln,
matt. Early on the morning OF the deed
when she arc he ordered her back to
he'd and charged her with unfaith
fulness, which she denied. he procured
an Ak, made his wife get OIL her knees, say
her prayers and kiss the. floor, and then
struck her two blows with the ak, one crush
ing her skull Policemen found Hartnett
dancing jig and playinga Jewsharp around
him,
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A GREAT CORN CROP.

Tho Yield I'm the United States Esti.
mated at 1.97G, ,636,OOO Bushels.
The corn crop in the United States having
passed the critical stage, and whatever of
danger menaccd the cereal from frost being
now ended, owing to the maturity Of the
grain, the Farmers RerieW Of Chicago, las
called in reports from its 1,40o correspond
ents, giving the area and probable yield in
every county in the ten leading corn.produc'
ing States, and has compiled from these the
the following estimates OF the approximate
yield of the crop of 1885 as compared with
%
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RELIGIOUS READING.
some Important Changes In tho Ito"
yised Bible.

vised Bible.
In Genesis, ii. we come to matter
of far greater Importance, .mely'
the rendering of the name OF God IN
convenant with man. Here, in verse
4, we find in the text LORD in capitals,
with the marginal note Jehocah. Nov. i.
upon this point there was a great
division of opinion among tie re-
yisers, of which the version bears
clear indications. For some of the
Company regarding Jehovah as the
personal name of the Deity, wished
to retain it uniformly in all places;
while others considered that the SUBJ
stitution for it of LORD had the
authority of New Testament usage,
and, as a minor point in its favor. re-
ferred to the fact that tho right pro-
nunciation Of the word is matter OF !,
uncertainty. Finally, it was decided
that LORD should he retained, hut
that the usage of the Authorized
Version in occasionally rendering
Jehovah (see Exod. Vi. 3, Ps. lxxxiit
lS. Isai. xii. 2, XVI. 4 should be en-
larped. Thus we now find Jehovah
in Gen. xiv. %, xxi. 80, xxli. IA, ETC.,
and this will at least serve to remind
an attentive reader of the very;
frequent use of this name, 80 pregnant
with meaning. in the original lam
guage. ..
Another very important matter Is
the rendering Of the Hebrew word
Sheol, which signifies the abode or
place of the dead, like the word "helP'
in the Apostles Creed. In the Au-
thorized Version it was translated
sometimes grace, sometimes pit, and
sometimes hell; but the latter word is
now misleading. because it has ac-
quired the meaning of the place OF tor
ment. This rendering, therefore, now
disappears, except in lsai. xiv. where
the sense cannot be misunderstood;
but elsewhere, in the poetical books,
Sheol is generally placed in the text,
and grdue in the margin !; while in the
historical books Sheol is put into the
margin, and pit or grace into tho text.
While evidently anxious to preserve
the majestic rhythm of the Authorized
Version, and careful to use no modern
or slipshod words, the revisers have
earnestly labored to make their version
substantially correct, and the changes
they have made are therefore numer-
o,ls. To enumerate these would be
impossible Dean Of Canterbury.
IN The Ouicer, -"
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TEMPERANCE, TOPICS
The Temperance Tide.

Roll on, temperance tide,
Let thy soundings be deep, let thy teachings
he wide,
Out Of that ocean that circles our earth,
Boundless and mighty, thy movings had
birth.
Sweep DER the fens of pollution and wrong,
For the cleansing OF body, salvation Of soul,
For the help of the weak and the JOY of the
strong
For pathway of peace let thy clear crystal
Roll OH, temperance tide,
For the waters of life in thy billows abide,
Over the low sands of dry, barren need,
Over the rough rocks Of hardness and greed,
For the raising of life that in darkness has
lain,
For the healing of nation from plague spot
and stain,
For the helping of heart, for the saving Of
home,
From the hand of the Lord let thy full flood
ing come.
-Aurilla Furber, in Union Signal
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South and West.

A FIRE in Chicago destroyed many million
feet OF lumber, causing an estimated loss ot
$2l5, 900.
The most important new enterprise re-
ported in the South for long time is that
for the erection of immense works in Flr-
ginia at cost of $3.50 900 to manufacture
steel, composite brass, etc. the annual capac-
ity to be lOO,0UJ tons. The purchase Of Is.
600 acres of magnificent coal and iron land
has already been made.
A SE1GHBoR's bulldog kill the four-year-
old child of Mrs. Parsons at Goes Station,
Ohio, and was eating its flesh when dis
covered. The brute had to be killed before
1t would leave the child's body.
Two men and woman, residents Of Tomb
stone, Arizona, were ambushed by Apaches,
the men killed and the woman carried off into
captivity.
DURING an alteration between two physi-
clans in Saybrook, Ill.,, DR.. George Barton
struck DR.. Harvey L. Harris, whereupon the
latter drew a revolver and shot his opponent
dead.
JUDGE GEORGE W. WARD, editor Of the
Abingdon tVa.) Examiner, was shot by WILL
liam White, 1ndependant candidate Tor the
State senate. A relative OF White and an
other man also fired upon Ward, who re-
ceived nine wounds, and was reported IN a
critical condition. Tho trouble grew out OF
an article in Judge Wards paper.
JAKE FLOWERS. drunken colored man,
tried to assault three co'ored women near
Summerville, S. c., and after failing in each
attempt burned down their dwellings. One
of the women was caught by Flowers while
fleeing from heoburning building and fatally
injured. Flowers was shot dcad by con-
stohla
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In six years it will be century siuce
old Philip Ginter stumbled over piece
OF anthracite coal. Last year 80, 600, 900
Tons were mined in Pennsylvania.
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Total. .... 1,25l, $780, 900 1,4S6, ,23h, 900
r-S-.. e.a. LIT ,roar 1S1 GAO n00

Excess over last year. ......... lct,pto'oo"
On the basis that the States and Territories
outside the ten named will produce as much
corn as they did last year, or 543, 400, 600
bushels, and this would seem assured from a
study Of the reports, it will give total crop
of ], ,979, est, 900 bushels.
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Foreign.

BRITISH capitalists propose to build ship
railway across the narrow istlmus which
connects Nova Scotia with New Brunswick
to carry vessels from the Bay Of Fuudy to
Cumberland strait.
The pope has agreed to mediate between
Germany and Spain with regard to the dis.
pute over the Caroline islands.
MANY vessels have been wrecked at False
Point. port on the bay Of Bengal, India, by
cyclone.
THE feeling in Russia regarding the Roume-
lian question. it is teeSraphcd from Russia.
is "hourly growing more war!ike," and the
sympathy of the masses is said to be strongly
for the Bulgarians and against the Turks.
ONE of Queen Victoras sons-the Duke Of
Edinburg-wanted to pay the hop pickers on
his estates in Kent twelve pence basket for
picking hops, the usual price being eighteen
pence: but the work-people grew SO angriy
demonstrative that the duke became fright
ened and yielded to their demands.
Four Indians have just been sentenced to
death at Battleford, Manitoba, for murder,
and numerous others have received terms Of
Imprisonment varying from two to fourteen
years for arson and robbery.
CAPTAIN HATFIELD, with his command,
overlook and had fight with band Of about
sixty hostile Indians III the lananca noun
tains, Mexico, killing several and capturing
forty-threc.
Two Cuban leaders have just been killel
by the Spanish troops in Cuba.
LARGE trac Of lanl are said to have been
recently purchased by the Mormons IN
Mexico.
THE Turkish losses in the ten days fight
ing at Dwakova were two hundred men. The
Albanans lost l,0O0 killed.
AN area of $3.50 miles ir India has been
devastated by heavy floods. Many lives have
been lost and a great amount of property de-
stroyel.
IS recent fight with tho Hovas, in
Madagascar, the French were repulsed, with
loss.
THOMAS LUMsDEH, wealthy Canadian
farmer and stock raiser, was Sorea to death
by bull which he was driving to IN oxhibi-
ton ut Winnipeg. Manitoba