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LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.
en- Chloe sweetlv calls me friend


When Chloe sweetly calls me friend
The presage bids me pause and ponder;
feel all love is at an end;
And l had hope for something fonder.
StAl I'm elate
That smiling Fate
What though that smile be half sardonic-
Has answered love,
So far above
All friendship, with regard Platonic.
IT'S something that she lets me hold
Her lily hand when none are present;
That /, when | am bold,
May kiss that hand is still more pleas
ant,
IT'S something sure
That she'll endure
My timorsome but fond caresses;
And more, Ivow,
That she'd allow t
The arm that round her bodice presses.
My Chloe's eyes are black as sloes;
My Chloe's lips like roses petals; 3
My Chloe's throat like driven SHOWS;
My Chloe's wit like singing nettles.
Those eyes of hers
My heart prefers; asta &
1 love sweet lips, and must laud hers;
Ldearly dote
Upon her throats -.
But, ahl hen. wit preyents maraudersss -
But rest content, thou stubborn churl,
Be not SO clamorous and greedy,
Thou yet canst have some other girl;
OF Chloe sure thou art not needy.
But then some boor
May her secure
(Beshrew the thought, it grieves me
sadly. H
May me eclipse ,efrl.tai +
To kiss her lips; as.fts..
May win her heart and wear it badly. !.
sK.a THE Rambler.
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Took a Mean Advantage of Him.


Prof. X, an excellent educator and
profound student, who does not spurn a
reasonable share of homely household
duties that falls to the lot of every head
of a New Eegland family of moderate
circumstances, was in his den deeply alb
sorbed in the contemplation of an alb
truse subject, when his wife opened the
door and called softly to him:
MY dear, could you help us in our
house-cleaning by beating just three
rugs that you'll find out under the south
window of the parlor? If you win,
please take them out into the back yard
and beat them and hang them on the
line, and I'll be so much obliged"
The professor arose, seized his most
serviceable walking-stick, and went out
into the yard, still deeply absorbed in the
learned meditations that had occupied
him in the house. He took one of the
three rugs from under the parlor win
dow; transferred it to the back yard,
beat it long and manfully, and hung it
on the line. When he came back for
another rug he was still too much alb
sorbed to notice that there were still
three rugs under the window, and when
he had beaten another and had hung
that out and had come back again, and
there We're still three rugs under the
window, his meditations never SWITCHED
off from the subject of their concentrfi-
ton to the regular and mysterious Re
newal of the third rug.
And so he kept on beating those three
rugs and meditating until the morning
grew TO midday and the professor began
to grow hungry; and when the yearn-
ings of appetite actually brought his
contemplation down to sublunary things,
it occurred to him to look at the clothes
line, and there he counted no less than
sixteen rugs, all beautifully beaten
Boston Record.
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The Fat from sheep's Wool

1t is altogether probable that the fatty
substance obtained from the wool of
sheep-which has heretofore been treated
as waste matter, costly to get rid of,
and not worth preserving take rank
among the valuable staples of produc-
ton. In paper read by DIR. Thomas G.
Morton before the College of Physicians
of Philadelphia in April, he called atten-
ton to the value of this substance to the
medical fraternity, on account of its re-
markable compliance to capillary action,
developed when applied to the human
skin. 1t is so easily and rapidly absorbed
that it becomes a most convenient We
hicle for the introduction into the sys-
tenn of other incorporated substances.
Being innocuous in itself tits an excels
lent base in the preparation of all ONT
ments and unguents intended for the ex-
ternal relief of disease. Chicago Times.
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MRS. JAMES Brown POTTER.

The Success of tho Amateur EIOcutionist
Before an Audience-Country Critics.
Every audience has to be won over,
and an amateur does not always have the
time Oh, chance. find my own frame
of mind more or less reflected by the.
audience, in the shape of GOODNESS, if L
am tired or nervous. Constant habit and
practice and knowledge of stage methods
enable a professional to play a part
evenly and well, however little he may
fancy it; but find must feel the beauty
of the lines or the lesson they teach to
do good work, and, at any rate, afterre-
citing or acting feel discouraged and
disappointed. The theatrical managers
and professionals have always treated
me with unvarying courtesy and kind
ness, and even encouragement. To Mr..
David Belasco especially am indebted
for much valuable advice and friendly
counsel.
The success of recitation naturally de-
ponds much upon the choice of the piece,
and rarely decide upon my selection
until the last moment, when am on the
spot and have made my estimate of the
general character of the audience. Our
Judgment on a question of this sort is
anything but infallible, and at times,
when trusting to my own instincts,
have arrived at very unfortunate results.
But if a piece touches me and feel its
pathos, it is very natural to suppose it
will affect others in the same way if
properly interpreted. I am only be
ginner, however, and my experiences
are almost all experiments.
l find it far easier to interest an audi
ence by a story with moral than by
something abstract, however superior
the Sersifieation Of the latter may be,
andI have generally found country audi
ences more sppreciative of serious pieces
than those IN the city. City peoplewant
something gayeF and more amusing,
that will not make them think. Nor am
1 ashamed to confess that my most en-
thusiastic and generous critics have been
workingmen and shop girls and news
boys. For if they have had fewer adj
vantages in education and refining asso-
Citations than those in a more fortunate
position, their wits have been sharpened
by practical trials and adversely, and the
absence of affectation in themselves
makes them quick to see through false
sentiments and appreciate what is true
Cora Urquhart Potter, in Lippincott's.
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Seed of am the nrischIefs.

In looking around the world .(and why
notg, this world of men, / find that there
is little intrinsic difference between one
man and another. They all have hair,
eyes, blood, muscles, bone, all contain
the physical chemical combinations in
about the same proportions. Kings are
of the same properties as briclsIayers
physically, only, as a rule, they have the
virus of namele5s diseases In their bloods,
the seeds of all the mischiefs which
hereditary wantoness can transmit unto
the third and fourth generation. There
is no select blood. No man knows that
better than the man who can trace, his
ancestry to peers, rulers, kings. Such
man feels the riot in his veins of past
generations of uncleanliness, and must
pity the new men, who seek to launch
into the future more generations to reap
the same curse.-Cor. Detroit Free Press.
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Yerr nTnch I,cInted to Rornltr.

The duke of Braganza, heir to the
Portuguese crown, is related to an I'M
usual number of royal families. lie is
nephew of King Humbert of Italy, and
also of the Princess Clotilde, and there
fore cousin of Prince Victor Napoleon.
His grandmother, Maria da Gloria, was
niece of the second wife of Napoleon
Bonaparte. His grandfather, Dom Fer
nando, was cousin of Queen Victoria;
and thus the young man may claim ~
lationship TO the royal families of Eng
land and Belgium, and all the connec-
tons of the prolific Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
tribe. He is, moreover, granddaughter Of
Dom Pedro of Brazil, and thus related TO
the Neapolitan Bourbons. And now he
is about to marry into the Orleans family.
Foreign Letter
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How Folks Become Queer and Cranky.
have noted in all my travels that
when family or little group of whites
get out of and away from the current
life and society of their kind, they soon
become queer and cranky, whether mis-
sionaries, officials, or merchants. A mis-
sionary station amid black or brown peo-.
pie is place where you will find men
and women of morbid consciences, queer
fancies. Tightly impulses, and social feel
ings that ebb and flow in an unaccount-
able manner. AT military post among
the Indians you are sure to find some
very odd people. And these white FAM
lilies on the islands, too widely separated
for church, schools or. society, without
parties, daily papers, or entertainments,
unaffected by the great currents of pub
lie Thought, can not develop healthfully.
1t is impossible. Parke" in Chicago
Times
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A Curious Fact Not Understood.

was conversing with a local physi-
clan, of no mean scientific standing and
attainment, on the subject of anesthesia
and he told me that it was curious
fact, not generally understood, that an
accelerated circulation of the blood,
however produced, would cause pro
portional insensibility to pain, This ac-
CELEBRATION, he said, might be produced
by taking nitrous oxide, called laughing
gas, or by running violently up fight
of stairs, or by simply breathing rapidly.
1t Instantly occurred to me that this
was anexplanation of several phenomena
in this line. Every one who has received
a wound in battle, or who has been
pounded and scratched in fist-hght,
knows how that he was at first wholly
',r partly insensible to these injuries.
This insensibility is usually attributed,
and properly enough, to excitement,
but it is not generally known that ex-
element produces it by means OF a
euickened circulation.-Cor Chicago
Journal
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lie cApTUaE OF EoRT EIsAEa.
At the Foot Of the Great Earthwories--
Fighting at Close Quarters.

Az the root OF the Great
Fighting at Close Quarters.
About the time that it was evident
that the naval attack was not to succeed
there emerged from the scrubby wood
north of the fort the troops destined TO
assault the place. These were veterans
from the Army of the James. Suddenly,
at a fright shoulder shift" and a double
quick, the line swept across the sandy
plain which extended from the place of
starting to the base of the huge mann
elons which, running from sea to river,
formed the northern side of the fort.
The onward sweep never ceased, al
though it swayed at times when the gaps
were cut in it. Such a charge soon. car
ried them to the palisade at the foot of
the great earthworks, and the pioneers
axes began to CLEAN in the western sun,
as they chopped away at the palings, al
ready shattered in some places by the
botnbardment The fire of small arms
now became incessant, as the assailants
began to respond.
After what seemed a long delaf we
saw the line pass through the obstruc-
ton and in another moment they and
their colors were seen on one of the west
ern mamelons, sharply defined against
the sky. Then there was sharp mus
kerry fight and men, killed and wounded,
rolled down the steep incline; yells of de-
tiance and shouts of command grew
louder and louder, and then there come
a rush, a pell-mel struggle, and we
saw the colors slowly rise and
then established on the top Of the
next mound. Then more fighting,
another rush and the next mound was
taken, after the most determined resist
anee. Seeing this, Gen. Terry signaled
the Ironclads 10 fire into the easterly
travefses and clear them out, which was
done with wonderful precision, until the
advancing fight rendered the Smelling as
dangerous to our own troops as to thu
enemy.
The Confederates fought like tigers AN 1
the sun went down and night closed IN
while this desperate infantry fight wis
going ON, rendering it impossible to dis
tinguish friends from foes by our glasses.
Fearfully anxious, yet confident, we
waited ON the deck, listening to the vary
ing sounds as the two parties fought at
close quarters, guided in their fire by the
flashes of their opponents muskets. AT
last, about 10 o'clock at night, there was
tremendous cheering and tho tide OF
battle suddenly swept away down To-
wards Federal Point, where the remnant
of the garrison, about 1900 in number,
laid down their arms. The surrender
was instantly telegraphed 10 the fleet by
means Of signal lanterns, and every ship
sent up round after round OF hearty
cheers; not only for joy at the achieve
ment, but because there was am end. at '
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Birds Actually Killed by Harshnea..

Birds Actually Killed by Harshness-
The Boston Journal says: 1T is well
known that birds are very sensitive 20
tones OF the voice, and are terrified at
any loud, angry words. A lady who
wished to make bobolink stop singing
at last scolded it in loud voice, and
then took up a scarf and shook it in re-
bulKe at the Gagged bird. In moment
the bird was still, and a short time after
made huttering about tine stage. It's
owner turned to the bird and was shocked
to see it fall dead. Unkind words had
killed it" We know of two cases SINH
lar TO this. In one case a canary bird
and in the other a mocking bird, died
within five minutes after being spoken
to in a violent, angry tone.-Our Dumb
Animals.
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Laborers and employees In England.


In connection with the labor squabbles
which appear to be the rage just now IN
almost every trade, it is singular that no
one has suggested a trial of the English
system, which requires notice on both
sides of the termination of an engage
ment. The period of the notice varies
from seven days to a month. Under no
circumstances can a man leave his en-
ploy without giving notice, except by mu-
tual consent, with regard to which there
is seldom any difficulty in cases of emer-
geney. If he leaves without notice he is
liable 10 be proceeded against summarily
in the local police court, and the, dam
ages sustained by his late employer are
assessed by the stipendiary magistrate.
the amount, with costs, being recover
able by distress, with imprisonment in
default. s.+ -Ass sHlaA
On the other hand, @boss" can not
discharge a hand without notice except
for gross misconduct, immortality, or the
like, and it has even been held that gross
insolence does not provide adequate
grounds for summary dismissal. To
evade this law the boss must pay the dis
charged man for the period of notice.
Contractors engaged ON heavy jobs usu-
ally protect themselves by special agree
ments with their men, but without these
the custom of the tradep is taken as
sufficient evidence of implied contract.
1t will be readily seen what an enormous
advantage this gives in case of a strike.
1t is true that in actual practice employ
ers seldom care to enforce the law
against absentees, but as to quit work
without notice is inegal.-English In
weston in Globe-Democrat.
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Tho waste of Amrnunitlop

Thelwaste of ammunition was enor-
nous. Whenever the army broke camp
for campaign the men always set out
with from sixty to 100 rounds each, car
ried on the person. forty rounds in the
cartridge-box and the rest in the KNAPP
sack and haversack. But invariably, on
coming into contact with the enemy, it
would be found that fully two-thirds of
the men had but forty rounds each. The
rest they had thrown away 10 Tighten
their burden. Hence a new supply had
at once to be dealt out. The best sol
diers did not throw away their cartridges,
to be sure; but the best are, of course, in
the minority everywhere.-T +. Galwey
in Chicago Times.
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colOrs and MARKINGS Of Animals

BY careful selection aided by great
practical experience, the skilled breeder
can produce almost any color he pleases,
limited only by the range of coIors and
markings natural to other animals of
the family TO which the species belongs
on which he is experimenting. Thus all
the marking of the wild Feladae can be re-
produced in the domestic cat; those of
the Columbide in the pigeon; but the
feline markings cannot be produced in
the dog, nor the distribution of color
seen IN the Australian pigeons be inn
planted in the domestic fowl.--Loadon
Nature ..s
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Names and devices can be easily
etched upon knife blades and other
steel surfaces. Clean thoroughly
of grease, and then spread a thin
coating of beeswax or paranine on
the surface. With n sharp needle
point write through the wax to the
steel. Paint over with mixture
Of nitric and muriatic acid in the
proportion of six to one respective
ly, and when the bubbles cease to
rise the work is done. Wash in
stronU snda watev
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Young artist think my pic
ture is going to be accepted by the
academy" Friend-"Yo don't say
so! Good. 1 am glad to hear it,"
Young artist-"Jenkins told me to-
Gay that while he was before the
hanging committee my work was
brought up for discussion. Jen-
kins said that the chairman, who
has great deal to say about these
things. said very p,onouncedly: 30,
hang that picture 1t looks very
encouraging, doesn't it'd Bits.
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Bridal Dowry Among Tho, ROuIlunl aanlians.

Bridal DOwry Among the Roumanians-
The Pail Mall Gazette tells of a remark
able custom existing among the Rouman-
ians living in the westerly Carpathians.
Every year, at the feast of the Apostles
Peter and Paul, market is held on tbs
crest of the Gaina, from 5000 to 5000
feet above the level of the sea, and here
the manageable girls of the district as
semble with their parents in order TO be
viewed and claimed Mothers, aunts,
grandmothers, and various female friends
contribute to the dowry, and this com
pleted it is carried to the market. Fattle,
bees, and other, household requisites are
added to the dowry. On the GaiRA
every family occupies distinct tent, in
which the dowry is exhibited, and in
which the bride-viewers are expected.
The bachelors, too, are accompanied by
parents or relatives. The young men
bring the best they possess, and each
must particularly come with girdle of
gold or silver. After the brides are
chosen the public betrothal takes place.
The mark of betrothal ia not a ring, but
a beautifully embroidered handkerchief.
London Correspondence.
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The Heridsty Of Genius.

The history of the four Rossettis seems
to be proof positive of the heredity Of
genius, Descended from a father and
grandfather. both highly talented men
In their different lines, each of them pos
sessed strongly marked talents and char
acteristics. Mary Francesca, the eldest,
was the author of a remarkable work,
sfhe Shadow of Dante" which achieved
an immediate success, and did much to
bring home to the hearts and mind of its
readers the genius of the great Floren7
tine-the man as well as the poet. The
name of the second child, Dante Gabriel,
is written in golden letters .upon the
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pages OF English literature ana arr. IN
his poems one finds a union of rare
and beauty. The third of the
Rossettis, William Michael, is distin-
guished as an editor, critic and essayist;
while the youngest of the family Chris
tina, is unrivaled as a singer of sweet
songs, Goblin Market, and "a Pa
geant, show a fairy-like daintiness of
touch and Imagination. New Orleans
f
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SUMMARY Of Japanese seIsmologr.

Regular earthquake observations are
now made in Japan, according to Prof.
Seikei Sekiya, of the University of Toxic,
at over 500 stations throughout the en-
pire. From the reports sent in by differ
emit observers maps have been made
showing the disturbed area in every
shock, and summary of observations
during the last years has been compiled.
Tiae total number of earthquakes ia
in 1885 was 462, or 1.3 day. In Toxic
alone sixty-nine shocks were registered.
They are most prevalent in the northern
and central portions of the main island
and on the Pacific coast.--Arkansaw
Traveller. rts 1888 an
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descended from tho Lost Tribes.

There is hardly race in Asia, Europe,
or America that has not at some time
been proved to be descended from the
lost Israelites. Chief among these are
the Chinese, the Mongol Tartars, the
Japanese, the Cossac1s, the Gypsies. and
the American Indians. Even the Saxons,
through whom bluff John Bull and Puri-
tan New England got into the world.
have had, and still have, their supporters
as to this mysterious claim. A library
of learned tonnes has been written on
this single question. Compan-
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Market chickens may be pushed
TO advantage by frequent feeding,
besides having a free run, if posi- =
ble, while they are growing and
before they are put up to fatten.
After ducks have passed the delicate
stage and have their feathers, they
may be given frequent feeds of food
to give them rapid growth and
size. The earlier they are sold at
ter they become marketable the
greater will be the profit.
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a year ago one of pair of ca
naries owned by young woman of
Waynesboro. Ga, died and its
mate. an excellent singer, refused to
whistle a note. It maintained an
unbroken silence for twelve months
and then the other day began sing
ing, and is now a really remarkable
sOD0ster.
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In graveyard at Greensboro, N. c.,
the married women are buried in one
square, the married men in another, in
still another square the maiden ladies,
while together rest the unmarried men.
Then in two other squares are found On
one side the boys and ON the other the
girls. At the head Of each grave is
plain, white marble slab, and the same
care and attention are given to EACH
Chicago Times.
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Circulation Of Japane., pub,,os.,on...

Circulation of Japanese Publications.
Thirty-seven Japanese publications are
devoted to matters connected with eGu-
cation. and these have total circulation
of AZ, 649 pes month. There are seven
medical papers, with a monthly circula-
ton Of 1854; nine relating to sanitary
matters, with circulation of 8, 1876; two
on forestry and two on pharmacy. There
are seven devoted to various branches of
science, with circulation of 2,42S; but
to these must be added twenty-five en-
gagged in popularizing science, with a
total circulation of 70, $50. Exchange.
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nTaIarin IL Often but La1Iness,

A PhiIadelphia physician says that a
great deal of what passes for heart dis
ease is only mild dyspepsia, that nervous
ness commonly is bad temper, and that
two thirds Of so-called malaria is nothing
but laziness. Imagination, he says, is
responsible for multitude of ills, and he
gives as an instance the case Of a clergy
man who after preaching a sermon would
take teaspoonful of sweetened water,
and doze off like babe. under the i'm
preston that itYas a bona hde sedative.
Scientific American, y 3 - .-
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Postage Rates Sixty Years Ago.

In 1928 the rates of postage were, for
single letter of one piece. of paper, for
any distance not exceeding thirty miles,
8 cents; over thirty miles and not ex-
ceeding eighty miles, 10 cents; over
eighty miles and not exceeding $50 miles,
10 I-2 cents; $50 and not exceeding 400
miles, Is Sd cents; over 400 miles, %
cents, Letters composed of two pieces
of paper were. charged double those
rates; three pieces were charged triple
rates; and more than three pieces, quad
ripple postage. The Afgonaut. 5sa