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various. The writer has been to five other
seaside places this season, and everywhere
else has looked in vain tor startIingly
vivid bathers. 1t is true that at Nara
gansett Pier, Atlantic City, and especially
at Ocean Grove, there is considerable bra
vado of dress by the girls, but it is oftener
a matter of negligence than deliberate pur-
pose.
For several summers there was a success
sion of actresses at Long Branch who ex-
hibited themselves on the sand and in the
water in ways that merited and obtained
wide publication, but this year there is an
absence of show figures there. At Coney
Island, however, this lack of human OBJ
jects to admire deprecatingly is not felt.
Several wives and daughters of wealth are
exceedingly saucy in their surf toilets, to
put 1t mildly, and every pleasant day brings,
as excursionists from the citv, few young
women whose disportings in the waves are
as good as a circus. Besides, there are sew
eral actresses here for the summer, and,
doubtless under orders from their man
ayers, they use themselves for self-advertis-
ing purposes-iust as every available
wall in a town is utilized for posters just be-
fore the arrival of a show. The most sue
cessful of these stage beauties, measuring
success by the amount of attention COM
man1ed, hires one of the bath masters as a
constant attendant while she is in the water
He is stslwart old negro, with a reputa-
tion for professional swimming in earlier
years, and with two life-saving medals on
his breast to prove his bravery. The girl is
very handsome, and for a time her identity
was puzzle. The rumor went about the
hotels that she was an heiress from some
where out West, but the truth came out,
and it must be told that she is an athlete
under engagement for a tour with variety
show.
MRS. BLAINE ON THE BEACH.
Mrs. James G. Blaine il. is staying at
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Nature Corroborates Moses.

While Colonel IngersolI and other unbe-
levers are talking about the mistakes of Moses,
the earth is yawning and throwing up cor
roborations of the old Hebrew lawg1ver Many
of these corroborations have come and con-
tinue to come from the long buried city of
Nineveh. Nineveh was the capital of a splen-
did empire when the pyramids were young.
Nahum foretold its fall (Nahum l:l4).
One hundred years later Tin 6C6 B. C.) the
prophecy was fulfilled The sand dritted over
the ruins into which the King of Media had
crumbled its palaces and it was lost for ages
its very site being a subject of controversy
among antiquaries. About 40 years ago the
ruins of Nireveh were discovered. Ever since
the work of exhuming it has gone on. First
brought to light, and marvellous testimonies to
the accuracy of the Old Testament have been
found.
There are now in the British Museum II, 900
finely lettered clay tablets. each one about
foot square and An inch thick. These are so
many pages from the library of the ancient
Kings of Nineveh. By means of them scholars
have read the Cunei form Inscriptions and un-
grave Is centuries deep. Twelve of these little
slabs form what are known as the Creation
Tablets" because they contain some records Of
the creation, and particularly of the deluge.
the Mosaic account. Others bear witness to
the truth that those ancient times believed in
the one God, proving that the world was mono
theistic in the dawn of authentic history Just
as the Bible teaches. and that polytheism was
q later form of belief. Thus do the very ashes
of dead and buried empires speak from the
grave to refute and confound skepticism.
Josh Billings used to say: Il wouldn't give
10 cents to hear Ingersoll on the mistakes of
Moses, but would give $40 to hear Moses on
the mistakes of Ingersoll." 1t is about equally
interesting and profitable to hear ancient
Nneveh on the mistakes of 1ngersoll.
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A CLOSE CALL FOR MUGGINS,
A Pet Cub Gets in a Bad Fix While Stealing
Apples.

ADpless
American Agriculturist.
The cub was a halfgrown black bear
which had been captured in its clumsy
babyhood by John Mead and carried to his
farm in one of the western counties in
Michigan. While on hunt in the northern
part of the State he had suddenly eu-
countered the old mother bear, with two
cubs.
A well-aimed shot from his rife brought
the old bear down, and Mr.. Mead was soon
on his way to the nearest settlement with
the skin and the two cubs. One of them he
sent by express to friend in an Eastern
city; the other one he carried home with
him, where it was kindly cared for and soon
became great pet, especially for the three
boys. They named him Mugglns, and made
him a comfortable kennel, which was kept
we'll suppli.d with fresh, clean straw for his
bed. Muggins was given the freedom of a
long, light chain, attached by one end to
his collar, and at the other was an iron pin
driven into the ground. The boys taught
him all manner of amusing tricks, and he
seemed to enjoy the fun quite as much as
his two-legged playmates. Down in the
lower corner of the orchard was tree of
great yellow sweet apples.
When the warm, calm September days
came the boys would unfasten Muggins' col
Lar and take him to the tree. This he
climbed nimbly, and after shaking down
some of the ripe apples, would come down at
the call of the boys, and share with them the
apples, of which he was very fond. One day
the boys had been cutting corn with their
father in the field, and on coming to the
house at dinner time they ran, as usual, to
the house Of their shaggy pet in the back
yard, but Muggins was gone, chain and all.
He had tugged away at the iron pin until it
became loose and pulled out of the ground.
The chain had left a distinct trail in the
grass which led toward the orchard. The
boys hurried toward the large sweet apple
tree, rightly suspecting that it was the OBJ
ject of the cubs raid. When they arrived
within sight of it, there hung poor Muggins
by the neck to a lower limb. They quickly
ran to his rescue, and while one lifted him
SO as to relieve the pressure on his throat,
the other unfastened the chain from his col
lar, and then they laid him down on the
grass.
AT first ttey thought he would never
breathe again; but after few moments he
drew his breath, and was soon able to amble
back to his quarters. 1t seemed that after
pulling himself free, Muggins had gone and
climbed the old tree, shaking off some of the
apples, and then swung himself down from
the lower limb by his forepaws, unmindful
of the chain which dangled from his collar.
But the chain had become entangled in the
limbs, and when he let go his hold upon the
limb, it held him suspended by the neck,
too low to reach the limb with his paws
Only for the opportune arrival OF the bows,
all would soon have been over with Mug
gins.
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TIE MONKEY AND TRE MIRROR.
Singular Behavior of an Ape on First Seeing
His Own Image.

Singular Behavio of an Ape on First Seeing
His Own Image.
A looking-glass is mystery, an object of
intense interest, to any animal, and it is
often very amusing to watch their maneu-
vers. Prof. C. Robertson describes the
behavior OF large ape in the Jardin des
Pldntes.
He was in an iron cage, lording it over
some smaller monkeys. Ferns and other
things had been thrown between the bars,
which the ape attempted to seize. At length
a small hand looking glass, with a strong
wooden frame, was thrown in. The ape got
hold of it, and began to brandish it like a
hammer, when suddealy he was arrested by
the reflection of himself in the glass.
After looking puzzled for a moment, he
dar:ed his head behind the glass to find the
other ape, which he evidently supposed to be
there. Finding nothing he apparently thought
that he had not been quick enough in his
movements. So he raised and drew the
glass nearer to him with great caution, and
then, with a swifter dart. looked behind; and
again finding nothing, he made an attempt
once more.
He now grew very angry, and began to
beat the frame violently on the floor of the
cage. Soon the glass was shattered, and
pieces fell out. Again he was arrested by
his own image in the piece of glass still
remaining in the frame, and he resolved to
try again. More carefully than ever he
began. and more rapidly than ever was the
final dart made.
His fury over this last failure knew no
bounds, and he crunched the frame and glass
together with his teeth till nothing but
splinters remained.
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A FROZEN SNAKE IN SUMNER.
A Catskill Mans Singular Adventure With
n Big Reptile.

Big Reptile.
Mr.. Samuel Somerson, who lives near
Catskill, went to his barn, which is about
30 yards from his kitchen door, on Monday
afternoon to get some kindling wood for his
wife. AS he pulled out the pieces he wanted
he noticed something that seemed to be
about two feet of very straight, highly
vanished stick protruding from the foot of
the pile. He drew it out, and, as he OBJ
served its dark and slightly mottled ap-
pearance, he congratulated himself on
having secured a handsome walking cane,
and wondered how it came to be mixed up
with the frewood in his barn. But sud-
denly he dropped it. as closer observation
showed him that he had picked up black
snake, frozen stiff. The reptile had crawled
into the lining of the icehouse and had
frozen so stiff that it was not aroused by its
fall upon the floor of the barn. Finding
that it did not move, Mr.. Somerson again
cautiously raised it from the ground. 1t
did not bend when he held it at arms
length in a horizontal position, and not
knowing exactly what was the matter with
it, he started for the house to show it to his
wife, who came from q snake country up
in the mountains.
In the yard he met his little boy and
playfully shook the frozen serpent at him,
The lad, under the impression that he
was being threatened with stick, cried
and ran away. The father did not pursue
him. for the snake, like everything else
around, had been rendered very brittle by
the action of the frost, and the oscillation
broke it into two nearly equal sized pieces.
The tail end, which Mr.. Somerson retained
in his hand, remained as before the rupture,
but the part that was Influenced by the
head recovered its vitality at once, and, ap-
parently oblivious to the disintegration of
its anatomy, glided back toward the ice
house, intending, doubtless, to sink again
into innocuous desuetude and slumber on
for an unlimited period. Mr.. Somerson,
however, interfered with this design by
battering its life out with its own plain, un-
vanished tail.
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Long Branch. He devoted himself assidu-
ously 10 the Lily, and she seemed to like it.
He was a conspicuous figure in the rapid
set of which Mrs. Langtry, the Baroness
Blanc and several other social plungers
were transiently famous. Fred Gebhardt
objected to any rivalry, and there were open
quarrels on the hotel veranda. Then Freddy
bade an angry adieu to his sweetheart and
sailed away to Europe. She hastily fol-
lowed him and brought him back, since
which they have seemed to live together in
concord. 1t may not be complimentary to
the more celebrated beauties but the posi-
tive TACT is that Ashe and Hilliard, famous
mashers, were paying particular attention
to two pretty girls manifestly from the Bow
cry. 1t is safe to paraphrase Gilbert and
say that beauty "levels rank, and there
fore" this brace of beaux were justified in
paying court to it wherever they found it.
LEFT THEIR DIGNITY AT HOME.
Doubtless the salt air is relaxer of dig
nifty, for surely 1 have seen men, who, esti
mating by appearances, were judges, mer-
chant princes, or something else equally
weighty at home, who on the beach do not
hesitate to frivolousIy follow every comelv
girl who gives the least invitation. But
you can't make people serious at summer
resorts. Every Sunday some preacher,
often eloquent ones, go down to Coney
Island and deliver sermons in almost empty
hotel parlors, and among the guests who
will not listen, moreover, are many persons
who are pious at home.
A musical authority named Krehbiel, a
big and very beautiful blonde at that, went
to Brighton to lecture on How to Listen to
Music" He calculated that Coney Island,
@ith Its three splendid orchestras, was just
the place for the delivery of his advice; but
the people wouldn't listen to him, much less
take instruction from him in the art of
listening, and poor Krehbiel Jared even
worse than the clergynen. Professional en-
tertainers will not learn the truth that folks
the places of those who do learn it by ex-
perience are promptly taken by those who
have not. At least dozen individuals, or
small parties, have this year undertaken
round OF the resorts, and know of only
one case, that of Marshall P. Wilder, the
dwarf jester, who has made expenses.
KAMERA.
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one of the hotels, and is in sight daily as an
eouestrienne and a bather. She is an
nouneing herself for an early theatrical
debut, TOO, but she does it with an appear
ance Of modesty and with no departure
from graceful bearing. That other forth
coming debutante, Mrs. Leslie Carter, the
Chicago divorced woman, has also been at
Coney Island. 1t is an even thing between
her and Mrs. Blaine as TO prettiness, but
Mrs. Blaine doesn't by any means consider
that they are on level socially. 1t happens
that the same dramatic tutor has them un-
der training, and the other day he went
down tn Coney Island to deal with them.
He encountered them on the same piazza,
and was requested by Mrs Carter to intro
duce them to each other. But his discre-
ion led him to speak to Mrs. Blaine about
il first, and she positively and pointedly re-
fused the acquaintance.
1t was a bather with q heavy physique,
but light of department, who asked the bath
master to carry her out into the surf, be-
cause, as she explained, her physician had
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The editor of the Golden Rule cites an in
terview with certain business men concerning
the relative merits of young men and young
women as stenographers, and then remarks:
The young women seem to be the most popu-
lar. One business man. however, does not be-
lieve In having young woman around in busi-
ness hours. You can't talk business in a
manly way" he says, ''if there is a woman
present, as nearly all men smoke and swear,
and when they come into your office and see
woman they feel crippled" This reminds US
of the man who objected to having a certain
lady ON the school committee. because, you
know, you can't sit in your shirt sleeves with
your feet on the table and crack jokes when
the women are around" All this Is a compli-
ment to womanhood. but it is a shame and
disgrace to the manhood of the age. 1t is the
common opinion among many young men that
IN order to be manly they must be rough and
coarse, If not absolutely immoral. The manly
man is the boor and the bully. When we hear
some of these manly" young men talking
among themselves we feel like invoking the
spirit of a certain country schoolmlstress
whom we knew. who was in the habit of wash
ing out the boys mouths with soapsuds when
ever she caught them using bad language.
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Thoughts for the Sabbath.

THERE is not home in America which this
case does not concern and threaten. No one is
safe while these conspirators remain unpun-
ished.
No WONDER Lord Byron was bad. His
mother said to him one day, when she saw him
Get out of my way, you lame bratp' What
chance has boy with such a mother ?-De WIT
Idtn1d0e.
Tread of a vessel that foundered. The boats
were launched; many of the passengers were
struggling in the water. A mother with one
hand beat the waves and with the other lifted
up her babe toward the lifeboat, saying: Save
my child! save my childr'-Ibid.
If there is to be a growth, there must be a
seed that develops; but there must also be soil
in which the seed is planted. The age is the
soil which every husbandman cultivates and in
which every seed Of truth is sown- Much
thought Is lost because the age to be affect
ed is not understood. Extremely diff
cult as the study is, has not the time come
when the peculiar characteristics of the age
should De a special object of study in our tbeo-
logical seminaries. in our halls of legislation.
IN our newspaper Offices, in our homes ~ II.
". Stuckenburo. d. d.
SIN may be clasped so close we cannot see
her face.-Arch6fshop French.
A GOOD book is the precious life blood of a
master spirit treasured up in order to q life be-
beyond hfe.-Ailton.
IL tnore we're more Nathans in the pulpit
there would oe more smitten. confessing Davids
in the pews.-J. Sanderson d. ID.
DENY the existence of God. DENY mans free
dom and Immortality and by no other conceiv-
able hypothesis can you vindicate for mans
life any possible meaning.-W. n. Mdtlock
A CHURCH exists for two grand objects-frst
gathering IN, and then sending out-A. r. Pier
son. d. d.
CARVE your name on hearts and not ON mar
ble.-C. Fl. Spuroeon.
DoN'r be Sunday Christian only. The
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THE HINT WAS SUFFICIENT.

A shrewd Child Gets What She Wants
Without Asking for II.
Toledo Blade.1
Little Villa paused in her play to watch
the mother o: her little playfellow put the
newly-baked bread away. Turning her
pretty head from side to side, she said: 81
am going home auntie."
why do you want to go homer" was
asked her.
'Oh, don't want to go; am just going
because am hungry"
Inducements were offered. and she pro-
longed her visit.
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The Latest News Wanted.

sumterville (Fla.) Times.l
This paper will take especial delight
in publishing all marriages and birth
notices free of charge, if they are handed in
at the proper time. A wedding notice
usually sounds fat after the parties have
been married for three or four weeks, and
the fond husband has begun eating cold
meals and the connection between his sus-
pender and pantalons is effected by means
of nails. Nor is it desirable to publish q
birth notice after the child is weaned and
old enough to set the house on fire or walk
up and reach the lye cup from the fourth
buttery shelf.
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NapoIeon's Question.

When Napoleon was returning from his cam
paign in Egypt and Syria, he was seated one
night upon the deck of the vessel under the
open canopy of the heavens, surrounded by his
generals. The conversation had taken a skep-
tical turn, and most OF the party had combatted
the doctrine of the divine existence. Napoleon
sat silent and musing. apparently taking no
interest in the discussion, when, suddenly rails.
ing his hand and pointing to the crystalline
frmanent, crowded with blazing planets and
glittering stars. he broke out in those startling
tones that had so often electrified a million
men: "Gentlemen. who made all that?" The
atheistic Generals were silenced.
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Who Made the Mistake.

scottish Amer1can.I
Mr.. Robert Law, writer, dictated letter
to his junior clerk, and when it was being
read over Mr.. Law found a very bad mis-
take. Mr.. Law, being mild man, did not
get into rage, but quietly asked; "Was
it you are that made this mistake, John?"
"Weel," said John, ''as it's bad manners
for an inferior to tax owre muckle on HIM
sell, we'll say it was you"
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village, as indeed might have been but for
our family physician. who knows me better
than mamma does You seeI got dreadfully
low and moping and lost my appetite and
spirits, and mamma became alarmed and
sent in town for that blessed old doctor. He
came out, looked me all over, and better,
looked the place over, took off his glasses,
wiped them with his handkerchief and
squinted down at me: There's nothing
the matter with the child" he said to
mamma, except an overdose of this Jersey
Sleepy Hollow. Take her away, to New
port, Bar Harbor, Saratoga-anywhere there
is life. She thrives on excitement It's
more than medicine for her. Give her all
she Graves So our trunks were packed,
we came here and 1 never felt better in my
life than do at this moment"
1 glanced at the speaker. She was q
typical American girl, slender and willowy
in form, with yet no hint of scrawniness;
large gray ewes through which her very soul
shone, and face of delicate features, whose
ever-changing expression indicated the
sensitive emotions and easily swayed sensi-
bilities of its owners temperament. A
bundle of nerves and quivering perceptions,
airy, graceful, keenly intelligent and
altogether charming now, at Is; but with
future at 40 that is vastly more probable
than attractive. / make that gloomy fore
cast because she is the boldest bather at
Coney Island.
NEW WORKERS FAvoRITE RESORT.
Coney Island is so near to New York, and
therefore so temptingly accessible to both
residents and tourists, that it assemblies a
most diverse multitude. Manhattan Beach
has hotels costlIer to their guests, think,
than any other resort in America; and from
that high degree of expenditure, if not of
social worth, the horde Of visitors reaches
down to the economy represented in beer
and sandwiches The bathing throughout
the four miles of beach is correspondingly
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HIS PARTNER KNEW HIM.

He Lays His Hands On.
A New Yorker just returned from Sara
toga tells this story on Jay Gould: A Sar-
atoga clergyman, in making parochial calls
on the guests of the United States Hotel,
asked Giovanna Morosini, Gould's old Ital-
ian partner, If Gould was a moral man.
"Does Mr.. Gould keep the Sabbath?"
asked the clergyman.
Gould keep-ee the Sabbath" repeated
Morosini, with an italian shrug. Gould
keep-ee the Sabbath. Why, Gould keep-ee
anything he lays his hands on. You
try 'imP'
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The Oldest Author.
Philadelphia Press.I

RnlIdutIpHI1 IesS.I
We often hear the question. "Who is the
author Of Lines On An Empty Skull?'
Time wrote them; still writes them. There
are lines of disappointment on the empty
skulls OF various Micawbers who wear out
an easy chair waiting for something to turn
MP.
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Thick and Strong.

It has apparently come to stay. The
Vigor is evidently a great aid to nature"
j. B. Williams, Floresville, Texas
"I have used Ayers Hair vigor for
the past four or FIVE years and find it
most satisfactory dressing for the hair.
1t is all could desire, being harmless,
causing the hair to retain its natural
color, and requiring but small quantity
Mrs. M. A. Bailey, 9 Charles street,
Haverhill, Mass.
ct have been using Ayers Hair vigor
for several years, and believe that it has
caused my hair to retain its natural
color. Mrs. II. J. King, Dealer in
Dry Goods, &C., Bishopville, Md.
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Save Your Hair

RY timely use of Ayers Hair Vigor.
- This preparation has no equal as
dressing. 1t keeps the scalp clean. cool,
and healthy, and preserves the colo-.
fullness, and beauty of the hair.
"I was rapidly becoming bald and
gray; but after using two or three
bottles of Ayers Hair Vigor my hair
grew thick and glossy and the original
color was restored. Melvin Aldricn,
Canaan Centre, N. II.
"Some time ago lost all my hair in
consequence of measles. After due
waiting, no new growth appeared. I
hair grew
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HARE'S REMEDY

For meni Checks the worst cases in three
days. and cures in five days. Price 81 90, at
]. FLEMINQS DKUGSTORE
5aoST11su AZ Market stxeeA
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devil labors se5 days in the year.-Geor0e @.
Needhdxn.
THERE is no rainbow without cloud and
storm.-E H Tince.t