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History of the MOSAIC Lion.

The ancient curiosity of the mosaic
hon was presented to the Naticnal mu-
scum by Sir Richard Wood, British con-
sui general at Tunis, at the instance of
Hon. G. p. Heap, United States consul.
The mosaic lion has quite history
The law of Tunis prohibits the removal
or sale of any of the national statuary
without first obtaining the consent of the
government. The Arabs. who formerly
derived much profit from the sale of such
articles, did so in a secret manner. One
night during Sir Richard Woods resi-
dence there, in 1878, an Arab chief came
to linn and said that for d certain COM
pensation he would bring him something
of great value. The consul general
agreed to the chiefs proposition, and the
latter said he would bring him one of the
finest mosaics in Africa. On the nexs
night the chief appeared accompanied
by number of men who bore upon
their shoulders the mosaic lion which
can now been be seen at the national
museum.
The image is seven feet square, and on
the different sides are represented wild
beasts of several varieties. This image
was stolen from the temple of Astarte,
erected in Carthage by the Romans. But
a small portion of this temple now re-
mains. The image was taken from the
floor of the temple by the Arabs, who,
in their greedy haste, disfigured it in such
a manner that it was necessary to have
certain portions remade by the artisans
at the museum. The lion is probably the
most ancient mosaic in this country, sup
posed to be 1000 years old, and is valued
at $25, Washington Cor. Kansas
CITY Times.
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Miserable Condition of 1ta1y,s Poor.

at would be difficult" says Lady Yer
ney writing of the Italian peasants in a
recent number of The Nineteenth Cen
tury, "tO exaggerate the miserable con-
dition of the agricultural population of
Italy, the wretched dwellings, the un-
Wholesome food, the amount of disease,
and the want of morality and education.
The diseases induced by unsanitary con-
ditions are fearful" The most fatal dis
ease is named the 'pellagra." 1t is akin
20 leprosy, and is said to be contagious.
The probable inducing cause is "the use of
putrid and moldy maize" This is made
into enormous loaves and baked thus to
save firing. The inside grows putrid
during the week which it is intended to
last. One result of this state of things is
that theft is common. "The grapes for
vintage in Naples must be picked before
they are ripe, greatly to the detriment of
their value, or there would not be
bunch left in many provinces" Parents
teach their children how to steal,
"T,his, then, is the population from
which most of the Italian immigrants are
drawn" The man who furnished most
of the above information, patriotic
Italian, said: "Do you wonder that the
Italians when they come here are filthy
in their habits. that they herd together
IN low dives, that they resort to begging,
and that they fall easy victims to the
educated knaves among their country
men who have preceded them, and who
eagerly take advantage of their ignorance
and their unprotected condition. Chi
cago Tribune
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FessssssSsor Woods rezort was accom-
panied by record of Torty-two cases of
illness caused by paper charged with ar
senic.
There have been several hearings in
Boston before the legislative committee
ON public health. Testimony has been
given by chemists, doctors and professors
connected with Harvard university. The
evidence submitted is cumulative. Pro
fessor Lyon described fourteen cases of
illness caused by arsenical wallpaper, all
of which came under his observation.
In one case-several members of a
clergynan's family having been affected
the symptoms were described as fol-
lows 'Numbness In shoulders and
arms, weakening of digestive organs,
sleeplessness, nervous prostration." In
other cases the symptoms were "a pc
culiar sore throat" bronchial infamma-
ton, loss of appetite, gastic irritability,
headaches, a metallic taste in the mouth,
soreness of eyelids, cold extremities, de-
preston of spirits, extreme lassitude and
fatigue in the morning. In these cases
careful examination and experiments
proved beyond doubt that arsenic car
ried into the system from heavily charged
wallpaper was the cause of Illness In
one house, whose owners wife had suf-
fered severely, analysis revealed eleven
grains of arsenic per square yard on the
wall -paner.-New York Times
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In no avocation is it advisable to neg
lect study of human nate. This is true
even in selling dogs. The weaknessnes
of the buyer are strength to the seller if
he but takes advantage of them cleverly.
1 went into dog dealers store and found
him instructing oneof his peddlers. The
pupil was a coclney Englishman, prob
ably coachman or hostler out of job,
but tarpaulin and peajacket gave to
him the appearance of a sailor.
you want to stand in Broadway,
where the women are plenty" said the
teacher, "and you're to tell 'em you're a
Yorkshire lad, that you've brought the
terriers from home, and, as they didn't
cost you nothing you can sell 'em cheap.
And here's the main point: When the
ladies stop to pet 'em, and the dogs like
it, you must declare that the dog knows
a real lady's hand instanter. Then you
strokes the terrier with one of your
hands, and pinches him sly with t'other.
That makes him whine or wriggle, and
then you say: Yes, he don't like to have
me pat him like he does you" Wasn't
that an ingenious employment of fat
terry against the sex that processes inIper-
viousness to it? took occasion to watch
the vendor in the street, and found that
his trick was played with remarkable
success.-New York Cor. Boston Herald.
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Yet Not a Visitor Smiled.

An American gives us an instance of
his experience in Syria. He was about
to mount his mule amidst a crowd of
Oriental visitors, and wished to give
them an exaggerated idea of American
agility. He jumped little too far, and
overshot the mark, coming down on the
other side like a diver, with his hands and
nose in the mud, his feet caught in the
saddle, and his coatskirts cleverly rolled
over his head, to screen him from what
he supposed was laughing crowd.
Yet not a soul smiled, not a sound was
heard save tender grunt of sympathy
and demure offers of aid. Now Turk IN
America, with baggy breeches and tur-
baned head, taking leap over a mule in
the streets of an American city, and
getting stuck upside down, with his pro-
boscis in a rut and his heels in the saddle,
would be saluted with something more
than grunt of sympathy and demure
offers of aid. We have more humor than
dignity; the Turks more dignity than
Companion.
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HOUSEHOLD SERVANTS IN JAPAN.
Capable and Faithful Retainers--A Kind
"GOod-Night''-AL Lost Hairpin.

Capable and Faithful Retainers--A Kind
"GOOd-Night''-AL Lost Hairpin.
Housekeeping here has no trials. The
worn and vexed spirits of American
chatelaines ought to rest in Japan after
death. Capable and faithful servants are
plenty and cheap. Our establishment
boasts five, and for these we pay about
what two would cost in New York. do
not visit my kitchen once a month, never
give an order outside of a spoken wish,
yet the domestic machinery moves with
an ease and perfection unattainable at
home by almost any effort on the part Of
the mistress. The manners of the serv-
ants are amusing, not to say startling, to
an American accustomed to the cheerful
familiarity of her native help. Every
night at bedtime our five retainers ap;
pear, PROSTATE themselves in succession
to the earth. and retire. This is to wish
me goodnight and 10 renew their testi-
mony of profound respect and pleasure
over the privilege of serving me. 1t was
difficult at first 10 preserve the necessary
dignity for the ceremony, but now am
as majestically gracious as any other po-
tentate.
The other day, on one of my rare visit
to the kitchen, hairpin became loosened
and dropped without my notice. I hat
been seated in my own room only few
moments when my houseman entered,
bearing a small salver, which he pre-
sented to me with many genufiections.
Fancy my surprise 10 see little hairpin
upon it, and to learn from my proud but
embarrassed servitor that it had fallen TO
the kitchen floor from my head. After
ward found there had been discussion
as 30 who should pick it up, and almost
a quarrel as to whom belonged the ines
timable honor of bearing it to its owner.
Foreign Letter.
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Rev. DIR. Paxton's remark about Han
cock in his singular speech at the recent
dinner at the Typothetae is worth recall
ing at this time: AT the battle of Chan
cellorsville 1 was a private soldier and
stood with my musket trembling, little
fellow 18 years old. The Chancellor
house was burning, the Confederates had
broken our 18th corps and my regiment
was held to support five pieces of can
non. was scared to death, and would
have run. Shells were bursting, men
We're groaning, the dead were lying here
and there; 1 frightened as if at the
mouth of hell. Suddenly in the midst
of ouT collapse a man on q. horse rode
down the line. 1t wss awful, but that
man rode down the line, tall, magnifi-
cent, the incarnation of a hero, the
grandest soldier. He rode on the horse,
not muscle qIrivering, and looking us
in the face, said, 'Gentlemen'-he called
his soldiers gentlemen-'we are left to
keep them in check until a second line is
formed. Hancock relies on the old 1st
brigade 1 became a hero by that mans
influence. No Plutarch could have done
that for me. Boston Transcript.
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rhe wi1l on the Hearthstone.

When / was boy I heard of lawyer
who was called upin the middle of cold
winters night to draw out the will of an
old farmer who lived some three miles
away, and who was dying. The messen-
ger had brought cart to convey the
lawyer to the farm, and the latter in due
time arrived at his destination. When
he entered the house he was Immediately
ushered into the sick room, and he then
requested to be supplied with pen, ink
and paper. There was none in the housel
The lawyer had not brought any himself,
and what was he to do? Any lead pencil?
he inquired. No; they had none. The
The farmer was sinking fast, though
quite conscious,
AT last the legal gentleman saw
chalked up ON the back of the bedroom
door column upon column of figures in
chalk. These were milk scores or
Shots" He Immediately asked for
piece of chalk, and then, kneeling ON the
floor, he wrote out concisely upon the
smooth hearthstone the last will and
testament of the dying man. The farmer
subsequently died. The hearthstone will
was sent to the principal registry in Lon
don with special af1idayits, and was duly
proved, the will being deposited in the
archives of the registry. may mention
that the law does not state upon what
substance or with what instrument a viii
must be written. Journal
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Henry Ward Beeoher on Music.

Some men say that they would rather
hear one ballad than the whole Of
Beethoven. No doubt persons who have
advanced but a single step would say So
Melodies are only one step away from
love of single sound, as of the horn or
bugle, or what not; when one has ad-
vanced beyond that, the love of melodic
strains is developed, People say they
do not care for what is called harmony.
OF course they don't; they are not high
enough up.
When persons come TO harmonies they
have only simple ones. That is natural.
But when we come to Handel, to Bach,
to Beethoven, we have then the suprem-j
est developments of music, and the mere,
outward form is comparatively lost inl
the sweep of the inwardness that it isl
carrying along with it. AS the vast mul-
titude of persons are not developed veryj
highly, 50 the vast multitude of personsl
do not like these masters; but, II theyI
live long enough, they will; for think
we shall have something of the music of
earth even in heaven.-Exchange
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sanitary improvements i'm Naples.

A correspondent gives in The Vienna
Fremdenblatt a graphic account of the
great improvements which are about to
be commencedat Naples, and which will
completely 'feaovate the city from a
sanitary point.of view. One large main
thoroughfare will traverse the whole of
the poor quarters, Porto, Pendino, Mer-
cato, and Vicaria, while regular cross
streets will run at fixed intervals. Some
sites considered to be too unhealthy will
not be allowed to be occupied. For the
large crowd of artisans, laborers, and
their families who will be dislodged by
these changes new and healthy quarters
will be found in the Arenaccia district,
beyond the railway station.
The entire drainage and sewer system
in the lower part of the city will be re-
modelled, and will be made to discharge
beyond the harbor. The dye-works and
similar manufactures, the operations of
which are calculated to pollute the water,
will be required to remove beyond the
city boundary. The state is contribut-
ing 100000 pound sterling to carry
out these great works, When they have
been finished the Chiaja will, indeed, be
one of the most delightful, as we'll as
most wonderful, promenades in Europe.
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The Hab,t. OF Mis-. kate Field.

1 had a letter the other day from a
teacher in a normal school who was get
ting up paper on the literary traits of
our public women. So she had lot of
questions she wanted me to answer. She
asked me; "What are your habitsr" l
had an awful good mind to answer,
bad" Then she wanted to know who
were my favorite authors, and 1 said,
"The authors of my being" Then she
must know under what conditions
wrote, and 1 could only answer, "Under
every possible condition conceivable" and
then amid what surroundings, and / re-
piled, sIn surroundings that change as
often as I change my boarding place. I"
And so on. Well, really wrote her q
pleasant letter about it all, for notwith-
standing all that gush didn't want to
hurt her feelings in Inter
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A King in His own Domain.

What king is a man in his own do
main? He turns the key in his Office
door, locking his cares temporarily
within, and strolls leisurely home to his
MONDAY meal, that climax of morn
ing's work. One or more women may
have been dashing about the kitchen one
or more hours to bring about this same
climax. If he has poor digestion he
glOwers but indifferently at the food
spread before him; if the world uses him
welT he smiles approvingIy. Well he
may smile. His fingers are not smarting
with recent contact with red-hot uten-
.sils, his eyes are not filled with smoke,
and his harris not redolent with beef
stake; he has no perspiration on his brow.
no dust on his shoulders, no rebellion, nc
resignation, no warfare of any sort in his
breast. Even though laboring under
the somewhat depressing effects of onion
odor in his front hall, he may still smile,
and that smile not be automatic. He
has decided to imbibe some of the pIiil-
osophy of life, and why be irremediably
annoyed by onions?- -Haryot Holt in
Chicago Herald.
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Use of Woolen strings as N1enorizers.

/ ObS VI WOOASh 6NElnB8 As AoIuOElZorb.
Have you ever noticed an absent
minded person make knot in his hand
kerchief or tie a bit of thread on his
| finger to remind him of something? The
great and highly civilized nation of Peru,
ruled by the Incas, and often called the
Inca Indians, was found to use knots
tied in wooden strings as memorizers.
The only books in the royal libraries and
treasures of the Incas were fiimsy pieces
of worsted work! The wooden strings,
made from the heeces of f1amas and al
pacas, were dyed with different colors,
and the knots were of several different
kinds, so that the system was not easy to
use, and special chiefs or historians were
employed to make and read them. 1t
was their duty to commit to memory the
facts and figures to which the knots and
cOlors referred. Men were. chosen who
had great memories naturally, and con-
slant practice made them marvels of ex-
actness.
A simple glance at such strings would
enable them to rattle off long accounts OF
taxes paid and taxes due, of tribute from
conquered tribes given and still to come,
of embassies from other nations and of
wars made and treaties concluded. Al
though used chiefly in affairs of taxes,
we can hardly doubt that now and then
great pieces of news, like an earthquake,
or an invasion of pirates, or the death OF
an Inca, or the arrival of white men
wearing boards and impenetrable clothes
made of dark metal, wouiI be tied ilto
these curious memorials. They were
called quippus, and it is said that they
are still in use among tribes of the Andes
mountains. The old quippus of the
Incas have not all been lost; but fear
that no Indian now lives who can ex-
plain just what the knots and coIors
mean+St Nicholas
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watching the Chicks Shell Out.

was rather surprised last night when
drifted into the fancierS' show to see
four indubitable swells sitting in four
large wooden chairs in front of an arti-
fetal incubator, and staring at lot Of
eggs with the most absorbed and inter
ested faces imaginable. They all wore
fur coats, leaned on their sticks heavily,
and two of them held their watches in
their hands, There were dozens of eggs
under the glass case, and every few
minutes one of the shells would open,
and small and puny chick was born
into the world. When the event oc-
CURED, the four men would look at each
other with eyes that were invariably wide
open, and comment upon the size, ap-
pearance, and activity of the recent ar
rival with the solemnity of supreme
court judges. Occasionally the two who
held their watches in their hands would
make bets of some magnitude ON the
interval of time which would elapse be-
tween one birth and another. Once,
when four or five of the ivelier chicks
pounced upon weary-looking specimen
who seemed to object to being born, the
very moment the shell was broken the
interest of the four men was almost
painful. The exhibition was really very
much of a novelty to them, and am
told that they had hired the chairs from
an usher three nights before, and had at
tended the show regularly from that
time on.-Blakely Hall in The Argonaut,
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POISON ON TIE WALLS.
Results of Chemical AnaIyses-IlInes
Caused by ArsenicaI WALLPAPER.


Results of Chemical AnaIyses-IIInesa
Caused by ArsenicaI WALLPAPER.
The Massachusetts board of health
published, about year sld half ago,
the results of analyses of wallpaper
made by Professor Edward S. Wood.
Twelve years earlier the same board had
published a report upon the use of arsenic
by manufacturers of wallpaper, pre-
pared by DIR. F. w. Draper. In that re-
port the presence of this poison in green
papers was pointed out, and green pa
pers became questionable, But Pro
fessor Wood showed that arsenic was to
be found in papers of every hue and in
those sold at high prices as well as in the
cheap patterns. The quantity carried
ranged from half grain to nearly seven
grains square yard. Many green pa
pers contained no trace of this poison.
Glazed and plated papers, prepared for
the use of children in kindergartens, car
ried from twenty to twenty-five grains
on a square yard. Toys, and candies
were covered with arsenical pigments,
and the white papers used in covering
and lining small boxes was so heavily
charged that square foot yielded forty
five grains. or enough to kill fifteen men.
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BEYOND.

Nine eyes were holden, that could not see
How close before me stood, with out
stretched hand,
Gods messenger, the angel sent TO beckon
me
Away from all the cruel thorns, the miry
clay,
That vexed US as we toiled along the way,
To follow his sweet guidance to the land
Where none shall weep through all tn
eternal day.
And knowing not how short the time would
be,
Dear heart, fretted sorely as we went
along;
And made the way more sad and drear for
thee,
Nor ever sought to cheer thee with a song,
o Lowell cen here in heaven there doth 70
main
Regret for all added to thy painl
Augusta ID. Dunn.
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Beyond the abolition of slavery looms
up in Brazil the question of labor. There
can be but one solution of the problem,
and that is immigration. How to attract
this is now absorbing the minds of the
statesmen. The labor of the liberated
slaves and their descendants viii never
be sufficient for the needs of the country.
They are by nature the most lazy and
worthless labOrers in the world, and have
a disposition to leave the plantations and
flock to the cities of the sea-coast. There
they just work enough to keep them
selves alive, and as long as they can get
raw farina and casasch are happy.
One great drawback to immigration to
Brazil is the bad reputation for health
which the country has in Europe. The
northern seaport towns are undoubtedly
unhealthy, but in the south of the en-
pire and in the interior the climate is as
healthful as could be wished. Still, the
horror with which yellow fever is re-
garded and the difficulty of making i'm
migrants understand the vast size of the
empire and its consequent variety of eli
mates. render the work of attracting
them here difficult The Argentines owe
their great prosperity to the constant tide
of immigration which is flowing to their
shores, and the Braziians claim that Ar
gentine agents abroad omit no opportun-
ity or scruple at no means to divert i'm
migrants from Rio to Buenos Ayres.-
New York Tribune.
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New wav to rouchen Timber.

BY the new process of toughening tim
ber it is claimed that the effect produced
upon whitewood is such that cold chisel
IS required in order to split it. This re
suit is accomplished by special method
of steaming the timber and submitting
it to end pressure, technically "upsetting
it." By this means the cells and fbers
are compressed into one compact mass;
and it is the opinion of those who have
experimental with the process that wood
can be compressed to the extent of some
70 per cent, and that some of the timber
now considered unfit for use in such
work as carriage-building, for instance,
can be made valuable by this means as a
substitute for ash, hickory, etc.-Chicago
Times
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The rhenomena of ..Til1nbIe Lakes.,

Professor Schwable has drawn the at
tention of the Berlin Physical society to
two interesting phenomena observed in
the gypsum of the southern Hartz, viz,
the sinking of rivers, often accompanied
by loud uproar, and the occurrence of in
termittent lakes. The so-called "peas-
ants ditch" near Rosslau, was, in the
last century, as the contracts between
the two neighboring villages prove,
sometimes a lake serving one village for
fishing purposes, and sometimes dry
land, which was then titled by the other
village. Several channels at the bottom
of the lake lead to the interior of the
gypsum rock, yet the water, when it
gathered here, stood for several years at
a depth of from thirty to fifty feet, when
it suddenly disappeared again. In the
years 1876, 1877 and 1878, this lake was
filed with water, and since the last date
has been dry land.-ArEansaw Traveller