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An Unpleasant Combination.

A west side citizen was thrown into arather
speculative mood one day recently while
walking ON Madison street, near Ashland av-
enue, by four meetings he had with three diff
ferent persons and a conveyance, whose occu-
pations are peculiarly linked together, and
his speculation was whether or not chance
had arranged them in the proper order, or
whether they should be traIisposed TO make
matters strictly right. The first meeting he
had was with Francis Chaffee, the under
taker; little further ON he met an empty
hearse; next came Rev. DIR. Thomas, and
following him came physician, DR.. Foster.
The four We're met at nearly equal intervals,
but yet had no connection with each other,
and the citizen began to ask himself; Should
the doctor come first as causing the need OF
the others; should the hearse come first and
be followed by the undertaken and the 9TH
ers, or should the minister precede them aiis
It Is hardly possible that the citizen arrived
at any satisfactory solution OF the problem,
but at any rate he thought it odd he should
meet, one after the other, such quartet
Chicago Herald.
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No subject has been more fertile of specula-
ton than the origin OF language, and on few,
perhaps, can less satisfaction be obtained.
The Jews positively Insist that the Hebrew
tongue is the primitive language, and that
spoken by Adam and Eve. The Arabs, how
ever, dispute the point on antiquity with the
Hebrew. OF all the languages, except the
Hebrew, the Syriac has had the greatest num-
Der of advocates, especially among eastern
authors Many maintain that the language
spoken by Adam is lost and that the Hebrew,
Chaldee and Arabic are only dialects of the
original tongue. Goropius published work
In 1880 to prove that Dutch was the language
spoken in paradise. Andre Kemp main-
tanned that God spoke to Adam in Swedish,
Adam answered in Danish, and Eve spoke in
French, while the Persians believe three Ian
guages to have been spoken In paradise Ara
bic, the most persuasive, by the serpent;
Persian, the most poetic, by Adam and Eve,
and Turkish, the most threatening, by the
Angel Gabriel Erro claims Basque us the
language spoken by Adam, aud others would
make the Polynesian as the primitive Ian
guage of mankind. Leaving however, these
startling theories, we may sum up in the
words of Darwin: with respect TO the
origin of articulate languages, after having
read OH the one slda tho highly interesting
works of Wedgewood, Farrar and Professor
Schleicher, and the celebrated lecture Of Pro
lessor Max Muller on the other side, cannot
doubt that language owes its origin to the inn
itation and modification, aided by signs and
gestures, of natural sounds, voices of other
anipals and mans own cries. n-Current
Literature
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He Did Il.


Emil Charles Pfeiifer, of Cambridge, states
that student of physiological psychology
named Martenfeldt is the culprit who is re-
sponsible for the pigs In Clover atrocity.
Martenfeiit had been making researches in
some determinations of the sensitiveness of
the tactile sense under the direction of tho
great Helmholtz, and found that the ability
to balance a marble on perfectly smooth
piece of plate glass depended upon the deli
cacy of what is known as the reaction time
that is, depends upon tho quickness of tho
nerve current in receiving the impression
that the marble will roll, sending the impress
sion to the controlling organs In the cerebel-
lum that contract or relax the muscles of Tia
arm and the degree of responsiveness in the
nervous end organs of the fingers which hold
the piece of glass.
Martenfeldt found that il he placed the
marble in the center of the plate and marked
four or five spots ON the edge Of the plate and
then asked the subject with which he expert
mented to tip the plate SO that the marble
would run across a particular spot, a consid-
cradle time elapsed before the subject could
determine how to tip the plate to make u
marble roll us required. When Martenfeldt
complicated the apparatus and placed rings
of pasteboard about the center of the plate,
with holes for the marble to run through, tho
average results of his experiments gave re-
markable psychological law, which was that
the reaction timep depended upon the size
Of the circles of pasteboard, which made an
impression upon the field of vision of the ret
ina, and was in direct proportion to the
diameters of the circles expressed in milli-
metres. He sent one of his plates to DR. Her
man Meyer, of Philadelphia, where it was
seen by c. NJ Grandall, the toy deviser. The
Doctor
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NO. 872
BuGlalo RIll,s Father.


An ola tune tesloenI OF Denver Gay OF TWO
sllce reaeeu an incluent OF tne original bni
iAio Dni Couy, iaenet Oh bne present famous
spo"ii1an' winch mas never peen IN PRINT O1u
ll,an Couy was prominens ngure on tne
piaiiis ~ an early Jay, Deing the owner OF an
extensive trauing posi- on tne ARKANSAS ~
tne vicinity OF forb Larned Late In The ous
no received iniortnatioh tnaC the Indians pro-
poseu 70 cieu,l oue nis Ianch' "hicn was an
extensive auope pulluing surrounded Dy
soockaae. ne dld not pay mucn attention 10
u, puC tne same news continued 70 reacn nun,
'hu was at lase confirmed Dy tne arrival OF
1 Ia. paiiu OF Oneyennes anu AraPsaoes ana
lN.om''s' VINO euiipeu = On ene opposite sloe Oh
aueep arroyo from the Sraaing post, across
WI, which .he l,lneary auenorities nad erecped
u 1 1"se lol 'ne piss'lee u supply Trains.
ih O ss'sases pre.ehueu 70 20 very hr,enoiy
sllu "''ll1eu 70 .raue, swapping lurs ana SKINS
,ot ammunition, DuO tnelr rear oDJect was 70
Durh .ae post ana carry away Cooys soap as
tropny--a iace Oh WHICH me old Ironus!s-
n',au was WEI, informed pnrougn tne spies
Wnoh ne had among tnem. Inc place was
wen armed, pue hot sulncient!y manned 70
rcssss ene attack OF 80 lormlaaDle Dana OK
req SKINS ana ola bhi cast ABOUT 10 see wnss
NC eoulu 10 70 protect nlnsen. A. tne s.ock
yetu u ene posi- was an olo ho"iissr Whsch
rs,u oeeh aDaiiuolieo ny some OF tne plans
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Fremdenblatt tells Of machinist In Lu
beck who got an iron splinter In his eye
which could not be discovered by any of thu
local eye doctors He was informed that he
would have to prepare to lose the injured
organ The man went to DR.. Binder and
told him his trouble.
"Ah, then,n said tho popular doctor, tive
may try first some other remedy. Have you
good sized handkerchief ON youf"
"Yes, but it's colored one"
"Oh, tho color makes no difference Give
It here my lad
DIR. Binder twisted the handkerchief into 0
rope, which he coiled round his patients
neck, tying 1t tightly till tho man thought he
would snffocate, and his eyes started from
their sockets DR.. Binder now examined the
sore eye, and detected tho splinter In a por.
ton OF the ball which had hitherto remained
invisible. He proceeded to remove II and the
eye was saved
my conscience, | thought you'd have
cho1ed me straight OFF, said the patient, ai
soon as he had recovered his breath.
'sPoohp' answered Binder; don't make q
fuss about such tribes"
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Modern Witchcraft.

A horrible case of murder for supposed
witchcraft is reported from the Deccan. AT
a village in Chennar, Jaluho, certain shep-
herds were suspected by tho villagers, and
these suspicious were accumulated in conse-
quence of a severe epidemic OF cholera. Two
Of the suspected men were seized, solemnly
tried and condemned for witchcraft by the
village commission, and sentenced to DO tort
ured to death. There, In the presence of all
the villagers, their teeth were extracted with
pincers and their heads shaved Subse-
quently they were buried up to their necks,
wood was piled round their heads, a fire was
kindled, and the skulls were roasted into
powder Some thirty persons have been con-
victed and sentenced TO various terms of inn
prisonment.
Another case Of murder for supposed witch
craft was recently tried at Bombay. The ac-
cused imputed the death Of his father and
mother and tho illness Of certain members Of
his family to the arts OF an old woman, and
beat her to death with thick, heavy stick.
These cases are common, but are rarely
brought to the notice Of the British authori-
ties.-Calcutta Dispatch to London Times
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"fAou3AND AND ONE NIGHTS"
IL Is Declared That the Body of the
Rtoraes IA NosIau and Arabian

II Is declared That the Dody of the
stories Is Moslem and Arabian.
IL seems clear that the body Of the stories
In their present form are Moslem and Ara
bian. The language is pure Arabic not,
indeed, of the classic type, not that of the
Koran nor even of the great historians;
rather comparatively modern and popular,
but still genuine Arabic, 1t contains a NUM-
Der of Persian words, but not more than it
would naturally appropriate from its Persian
speaking neighbors, not more In number than
the French words which many an English
book of today contains The style also il
Arabian, sharply contrasted for the most
part with the Persian; possibly somewhat
affected by Persian influence, yet far FROM
that deliberate and persistent system of bal
anced short phrases which to the western
mind becomes sometimes positively irritating
The manners and customs of the Nights
may many of them DO found In the Arabic
speaking world of today Lanes notes to his
Translation are a treasure OF sociological
Information, and a large part OF his illustra-
tons are derived from his own observation
Of life in Egypt All domestic details, such
as the construction of houses, customs Of eat
ing, sleeping education OF children, mar
riages, social intercourse, methods OF COM
merce, the forms of shops and khans, habits
Of commercial travel, the Organization of
bazars, modes of attracting customers, the
political organization, califs, sultans, kings,
wazirs, judges, courts officers OF police,
prisoners, laws of debtors and creditors,
regulations of religion, mosques, imams,
prayers ablutions, Koran recitations, funer-
als-all these are Moslem and Arabian.
There is an accurate knowledge of the topog-
raphy and life of Bagdad Damascus and
Cairo. When the scene is laid In Cairo one
may now trace the fortunes OF the personages
by the streets and gates mentioned in the
story. Even whom the history deals with re-
mote lands, as China and India the narrator
transfers thither his own Moslem customs
For example, in the long and dramatic story
Of "Knmar-al- Zaman,n which moves almost
over the face of the globe, one is not conscious
Of change of social and religious conditions,
and so everywhere, unless, indeed, there be
specially introduced city Of fire worshipers,
which the writer's historical sense forces him,
| OF course, TO represent as non. Mosem
The attitude of the Nights toward tho Per-
sian Zoroastrianism, or fire worship, IL
noteworthy The Magians are represented
us fends in human shape, mostly clever adj
venturers, adept in diabolicaI arts, and in
spired by fiendish hatred OF Moslems-a
representation thai we should refer moro
naturally to Arabian Moslems than to con-
verified Persians, 1t points to the period when
the conflict between Islam and zoroastrian-
ism was still raging, and religious differences
were magnifed and distorted by political
hate. &C. II. Toy in Atlantic.
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Nat for r,.,,.


Between Greensboro and Salisbury the loco
motive broke down, and we lay for three
hours while repairs were being made. There
was small lake near by, and the colonel got
out his fishing tackle, hunted up frog for
bait and tried his luck. He fished that pond
lengthways and sideways and up and down
and across for two hours and half, and he
was stll at 1t when white man came through
the woods and stopped and inquired;
"Had any luckf''
"Not a bit"
''Fishing for fishi'
''Of course"
"Just TO pass the timer
"Yesn
''Then it's all right
sSuppose wasn't fishing just to pass the
timer
"Then I'D feel it my duty to tell you that
this lake was drained off last week and every
blessed fish scooped out. This ERE water came
In from the last rain"
SO many of the passengers insisted that the
colonel owed them one that the contents OF
his flask did not go half way round. IN.
Quad In Detroit Free Press.
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BIG PAY OF FREAKS.
Some OF the oddities That Are Real Gold
Mines In Themselves.

Some OF the Oddities That Are Real Gold
Mines In Themselves.
"Horrorsl how can such creatures liver
exclaimed country dame few days ago, rs
she pottered about with her eyes bullying out
In surprise at the human curiosities in one
of the museums of this city ''They make
more money In one week than you do in six,
all the same,n and d little all wise street
gamin laughed at the surprise of the country
dame.
"That's true" murmured the museum pro-
prietor, who had overheard the previous re-
marks land no one knows 1t better than i"
The freak OF nature possesses veritable
gold mine in himself. All prodigies, whether
they be great or small, one eyed like the
NEUROLOGICAL Cyclops, or possessing as many
heads as a hydra, can fill their purses, pro-
yided they muster enough courage and
strength to sit in gaudy dresses loaded with
tinsel on museum stools The salaries Of some
OF these freaks are enormous, and not few
make us much money In the course OF a year
as the honored gentleman who occupies the
presidential chair. Their salaries range from
$25 to 81 900 week, and are determined by
the relative eecentricities or peculiarities Of
the freaks For instance, albinos with pink
eyes and silken white hair receive from $40
TO $50 per week, while those with eyes and
hair Of the same ruddy hue are valued at
500 week because OF their rarity
Among the high priced freaks are the so
called '.skeletons,p or extremely thin persons,
whose weekly salaries range from $3.50 to $500.
To be a proper skeleton freak one must have
bones, skin and little blood, with all the vi
tails, but no flesh to speakof. Bow legged skel-
eton freaks are preferable to those who are
knock kneed, simply because they are scarcer.
Such prodigfes as woolly babies or infants,
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Appearances Often Deceive.

One day last week Boston business man,
who was at work debating letters to his ste
uographer, was interrupted by business call
from two well dressed men, who remained in
conversation for some little time, and then
went ont. When they had gone the business
nlan turned to his stenographer and said:
Ibid you notice the personal appearance of
those two geutlemenf
.Oh, yes
"Well, one of them was well known pub.
Usher of this city, and the other was prize
fighter. Now, which was the prize fighter
and which was the publisherF'
The girl described one of the two--a young
man of agreeable appearance and pleasing
manners
"That," she said, twas the publisher, of
course
"You are Mistaken said her employer
1.-THE man you took for tho publisher was the
prize fighter, and the man you took for the
prize fighter was the publisher
And this was not a case where "the boy
lied, t" eithcr.-Boston Transcript.
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A wonderful Lake.

One of the most picturesque aud remark
able bodies of water in the world is Henry's
lake in Idaho. 1t is situated ON the dome of
the continent in depression in the Rocky
mountains called g'argee's pass 1t has an
area of forty square miles, and all around it
rise snow capped peaks, some of them being
the highest of the continents backbone In
the lake is floating island about 800 feet In
diameter. 1t has for its basis mat of roots
SO dense that it supports large trees and a
heavy growth of underbrush, These roots
are covered with several feet of rich soil.
The surface is solid enough to support the
weight of horse anywhere, and there are
places where u house could be built. The
wind blows tine island about the lake, and II
seldom remains twenty-four hours in the
same place. San Francisco Post.
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IANIBERTvILLE, n j. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8. 1889.

with a remarkable growth Of hair all over the
body, face and limbs, are worth a great deal
to the museum manager. They receive com
pensation Of from $500 to 800 a week to sit
ON a museum stool Rare curiosities like dog
faced boys also come high. They, or rather
their parents, guardians or owners, receive
for putting them on exhibition salaries rang
ing from S400to 5000 per week. Those hav-
ing faces resembling pug dogs get $500
week, while others who more fortunately pos
sess shepherd dog or greyhound faces bring
$3.50
The star freaks IN dime museums are how
ever, midgets, and Mexican ones, like the
famous Lucia Zarate, who has a maid and in
terpreter to accompany her around the coun-
try, draw salaries ranging from $3.50 to 5000
a week. Good midgets weigh from ten to
twelve pounds There are so many fat people
that there is general impression that prodi-
gies in this direction do not command large
salaries. This is not the case, however They
are paid as high as 5000 a week, but TO earn
such valuation they must weigh at least 600
or 700 pounds, Giants are paid about S375 a
week. Those from Japan, for some unaccount-
able reason, are the best drawing cards. and
are consequently the highest priced Aztccs re-
ceive the comparatively low compensation of
Sl75 weekly
Big footed giels are much needed curiosi-
ties at museums To possess large enough
pedal extremities to be called a freak, how
ever, it is necessary that each foot shall be
three times as large as the owners head. For
such monstrosity $50 is the price paid
weekly. Armless people who do all manner
of work with the feet are paid 500 or more,
according to the skill which they may have
4
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SIX YEARS OLD.

Six years old--"a great big boyi"
How his heart swells with pride and joyl
I'm grown up nowl" he shouts in glee-
No more eurls ks,r kits for meln
The barber man" has shoFn the locks
OF brown and gold in way that shocks
The mothers heartl--yet 1t had to be,
10 make him the manly boy we see.
The kits must go"-in trousers fine
The little man" doth long to shine.
SO brave he's grown, I've naught to fear
He win let no harm reach ''mamma dear"
God bless the boyl with his heart so true
And his wonderful plans of work" to dol
Long may he be our pride aud joy.
Comfort and hope--this darling boyl
Mary Hewitt Sturdevant,
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shouldn't Talk About Her

"Mollie Bawu's to be married next week,
Jennie, and am to be her first bridemaidn
You don't say 80, clarn Yon taxo my
breath away. Who win marry that big
mouthed thingN
"0h, you shan't talk that way about her.
It is just too lovely for anything She is to
marry George Blissful, don't you know; that
simpering idiot | rejected ut Cape May last
July And think of it, I'm TO be first bride
maid lIa, la ha!'
'Oh, how lovely. Ha, ha, hal'-Milwau-
Eec journal.
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A centu,.x I'm rrnnno

Franco in 1850 and 1880 Is curiously con-
trasted in somo figures recently given to tho
French Statistical society. A century ago
land was worth 500 per hectare two and
one-half acres), against $500 ut the present
day. The population of tho whole country
has grown from $4,000, 900 to 3s000,00O, while
that of Paris has increased from 100000 to
2,3l0,00O. Cab fares were cheaper hundred
years ago. and good place ut the theatre
only cost one franc, but bread was three times
as dear as now. Chicago Times.
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The Difference.

Willie NJ, an Ayrshire farmer, was some
what remss in attending divine service, and
his parish minister, on one OF his pastoral
visits, took occasion TO refer to it in rather q
pointed manner. Willie excused himself on
the score of advancing years, but his spirit.
ual guide would not condone the offense ON
that ground.
THAT will scarcely do, William, for OBJ.
serve you are very regular in your attend
ance at market every Friday"
oh ay, sir,n replied Willie, "but that's
easy explained You see when we gang to
the toon we can get what we like, but when
we gang to the kirk we hae just to TAX what
thou likes TO gie lis, ~ Scottish American.
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He Loved His Old Mother.

"Why did you take that pair of lavender
colored pants from the store of Nose Schaum-
burg4" asked an Austin justice of "A colored
cuiprit.
~ amt to blame, jedge."
"Who is to blame"
my old mudder am to blame jedge. |
took dem ar pants to save her life"
sHow sop
'She am mighty proud OBJ me, jedge, be-
case I'm her only son, and she would have
worried herself plum to death il she had seed
me wild my ole pants ON, jess to keep her
from worryin' herself to def, jess bought
desc heah pants ON credt"--
"Ninety days in the county Jail, Interrupt
ted the justice. Texas Siftings.
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A nomnrknhln nremorx

Speaking of remarkable memories, re-
Gently ran across q negro on the WOODBURY.
farm, in Kentucky who knew the name, time
of foaling and tho stock OF every horse on
the premises and thcre are over 100 thor
oughbreds in the stables. He could also give
the pedigrees of many Of tho horses. He had
worked on tho farm for years as groom and
attendant OF the horses and knew them as
thoroughly rs II merchant knows his stock Of
goods. st. Louis Globe Democrat
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u.rd an tho Nerves.

dog down in Pennsylvania swallowed
tho babys rattle tho other day 1t hasn't
affected tho dog seriously, but it's awful
wearing Oh tho people Of the house. Every
time the dog moves it sounds as though a
rattlesnase was after you, and tho result is
that about two-thirds of the time everybody
In the house Is either climbing up ON chair
or jumping down from one.-Burdette in
Brooklyn Eagle
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Tho French war department Is rejoicing in
the possession Of gun which Is thirty-fve
feet long and weighs forty three tons, 1t car
ries projectile weighing 500 pounds, and
with 1876 pounds OF powder that shot Is car
ried ten miles and threequarters. In other
words, under ordinary circumstances the
projectile will fall at II point entirely beyond
therange of vision. San Francisco Chronicle.
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A Human monster.

Mrs Motherleigh--Is ii not q delightful
thing to feel that you are a good mans help
meetl
Mrs Youngwyfe--No, 1t isn't, so long AZ
that aggravating husband Of mine calls me
aiS "help- threat Pittsburg Bulletin
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4 Queer Rose.

Mrs. j. b. Eyeritt sent to the office Of the
Boston Ca World a curiosity in the shape
Of a rose 1t consisted of full blown rose,
with three separate and distinct rosebuds
growing out of the center Of tho large rose.
II was certainly a strange freak of nature.