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it the matron will calmly tell you rs
such an questionable piece of jnwelry
to be obliged to wear and as IL result the
young lady daughters in the family are
married with Il seal ring, not one of
which can be procured for the raltrv 81
the price of the yellow band Emcral,ls,
rubies and turquois, set in small but
brilliant diamonds, are popular as we'd
ding jewels, and not Il few brilcyrooms
have welded their ideal with a marouisc
of diamonds
y bride of month ago WAS married
with serpcntinc ring, composed of two
snakes cXquisitcly carved each with a
precious jewel in its head To show the
low degree of enthusiasm for the time
honored symbol of conjugal love a: the
last coaching club dinner party given in
the Brunswick, but three ladies out of
forty, all attended by their husbands.
wore the plain gold band There were
clusters of diamonds, circlcts of pearls
and solitaire stones by the quart, but
the single trio displayed the simple vel
low hoop.
Grass widows find the band particu
larlv obnoxious, and those gay and fcs-
tive wives who have few moro links of
freedom than is wholesome never give
it position outside of the jewel caskct.
At the resorts and in social gatherings
one hears frequent outbursts from the
young and innocent society men who
protest against what they consider mis-.
placement of the only badge that dis
tinguishcs q married woman from a
spinstcr. Now York World.
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4 Task in naturalization.

n problem that 1T Il glance seems ra,,
enough To tempt many a schoulnv tn
Spend IL portion of his vacation in an ru
'leavor I" solve ii, appeared recently in u
Maine o'lrnaI. and is as follows Tasc
the number l5 Multiply it by itself and
You have 2995 Now multiply a25 bs
itself, then multiply that product by
itself, and $" on until fifteen products
have been multiplied 10y themselves in
tnrn Th" question aroused considerable
interest among lawyers in Portland. and
their best mathematician, after strug.
Cling with the problem long enough TO
sce how much labor was entailcd in the
solution made the following discourag.
ing report upon it:
9Th" final product called for contains
$3.50 figures uhe first of which are
l,ll@ Allowing three figures to an
inch, the answer would be over l,070
feet long. To perform the operation
would require about 500, 100000 figures.
Ii they can be made at the rate of 100 Il
minute. a person working ten hours a
day for 300 days in each year would be
twenty-ri&ht years about it. If, in null
tiplying, he should make Il row of ci-
pliers as he does in other figures, the
number of figures used would be more
than 523 3.939.222s That would be the
precise number of figures used if the
product of the left hand figure in each
multilIicand, by each figure of the null
upli"r was always a single figure; but,
as it is most frequently. and yet not al
ways, two figures, the method employed
to obtain the for"~oins result cannot be
accurately applied. Assuming that the
clplleris used OH an average once in ten
times, 4,,o,oo0,o 600 approximates the &C.
tllal number. boston Transcript.
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"No,c stranuelu dizzu l nm!n

She stopped, gasping little and
pressing her hand to her heart. where
an iron clutch seemed arrcstiny the cir
culation. A glance at her face filled
Clare with a terror which he had not
felt before. Partly this. partly his own
sensations, told him that the poison of
the plant which they had shared between
them was fatal-one of the swift and
terrible agents of death which abound
in the East--and sense too horrible tc
be dwelt upon came to him. warning
him that aid, to avail at all. must be
summoned quickly
But how! The summit of the noun.
tain was large, the rest of the party were
far from them He had purposely led
his companion to this remote spot.
where, even if he had been able to raise
his voice, there was none 10 hear as
for leaving her, lie doubted his own
ability to walk ten steps He felt sure
that if he succeeded in gaining his feet
he should reel and fall like a drunken
man.
Still, the attempt must he made, and
that instantly Every second lesarne,l
the hope Of its success, with every p,lse
beat lie felt tho awful, rcclin. numb.
ness increase. How much longer he
could retain his consciousness he could
not tell He saw plainly that Eleanor
was losing hers.
"My darling" he said striving vainiy
to unclasp the arms that cluns to him,
II must go-1 must call assistance. this
may be more serious than thought.
Try to rouse yourself, Eleanor: must
go!''
Alas! it was easy to say-it was awfuily
impossible to do. Even when Eleanor
relaxed her already half unconscious em-
brace, and he strovc to rise, lie found
that not even desperation could give tho
requisite power. Ho literally could not
gain his feet. Every effort failed; he
sank back hopclcssly
Then lie tried to raise his voice in cry
for help, but it refused to obey his bid
ding He was not able to speak above Il
broken whisper Finding this to be the
case. lie turned in an agony of despair to
the girl beside him-the girl whom. with
last effort, he drew to his breast.
Eleanor" he said. lit is hopeless II
this is poison we must die! Oh, my
darling, can you forgive me? Omy God.
send us help! Eleanor, can you hear
me! Eleanor, will you not speak TO me:"
=. For n minute all was silence Then tho
fair head raised itself and the lids slowly
and heavily lifted from the blur. flower
like eyes. The moon. wA;'l, had now
risen high in the cloudlrSs ,j;:ly ln.;,vrn.
shone full on her face as She sail kiss
me-
For the first time their lap, M, when
thev parted both were cold
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Still clingins together. they were
found. At their feet lay IL fragment Of
the deadly poisonous Egyptian river
plant which M;rston Brent had igno-
rantly plucked for IL lotos
THE END


10 the true born westcrncr. in whom
the instinct of moving ON to find II more
desirable country never dies. not even
the Pacific ocean can bc u barrier a
man of this class. who had lived success
fully in IL number of states and territories
between his native Ohio and his present
home in California, one day had a revival
of his migratory longing. TIcmust pack
his grip" and "so west" "lsut how can
you get amy farther west than Califor-
na?" he was asked "Pshawl" lie an.
swcrrd. There's plenty of west left,
all down through Mexican California an!
South America. There's Peru, now; I'D
give good deal to SIZE the mines down
there. tell you, sir, he cried, warm
ing with his subject, lit must he real
COOL and westy down in Peru!'-True
Flag
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Wedding RinSs.

II marriage is not a failure there isn't
a question as 10 the indifferent regard in
which the wedding ring is held Even
the jeweler has Il semi-contcmp,uous way
Of presenting the tray of plain gold bands
and the tantalizins preference Cor dismal
tunes which lie huns or whistles softly,
but none the less Significantly as he
makes note of the initials to be in
scribcd. Very Young brides wear the
yellow band, but in swell circles young
married ladies l,ave the lravado to lay
aside thecnihlem of und.iny loYcas soon
rs tho honeymoon is over
Among older wives the ring is discard
ed altogether, and if you inquire about
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Although the London men about town
are the best dressed in the world, there j.
little or no alteration of the male beauty
here. 1t is one of the most difficult
things imaginable to find out TIE Eng.
lishmen who arc considered to be on the
summit of fashion in the matter OF
clothes, unless one knows them person.
ally. Portraits of society women of all
kinds and ranks arc to bo seen in pro.
fusion here, but never portrait of so,
cicty man unless he happens to hold some
public Office of prominence English
swclldom has great deal of samcncss
about it.
To begin with, the swell must have n
title or be a military man, and as all
titled Enslishmcn have something to do
with the army, the militia, the ycomanry
or the volunteers, all swcIls of the first
water are military officers of some kind
'cforca young titled Englishman can be
qualified to become credit to his fam.
lly and the British aristocracy ho must
have been to liton, to Oxford and have
held commission in the Guards 1t
doesn't matter how long he holds the
commission Then, again, the personal
appearance Of the most admired men of
this type is apt to he wanting in variety
They run about six feet in height, have
broad shoulders, deep chests and com
paratively small waists, for which three
latter things the tailor may be partly re-
sponsiblc They, almost without cxccp-
ton, shave all their face but the upper
lip, where they grow as big and curly a
mus'achc as possible. Blakely Hall in
Clotlicr and Eurnishcr
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duties, rs some social rcformcrs, SO called,
have dared TO suggest, there are plainly
things in which these mothers should
perfect themselves in order to do justice
to the children and to the future careers
of those whose charge they have assumed.
Were such schools established among
ourselves, it would not be the material
part of the work and duty, in which we
should advocate effort half so much as
the immatcrial, that immaterial which,
under certain views, becomes the one
material
All very well as it might DO that the
mother should 80 to school, in order to
learn how to cut out the little frocks and
pinafores, make the little flannels, knit
the little socks, and that with the least
effort and waste conceivable; very well.
too. that she should he taught how to
give the bath. to keep the skin whole
some, to judge of the food requisite and
to prepare it, to remember the first treat
mcnt of the little sicknesses before the
physician can be summoned, and to
make herself a competent nurse for such
occasion; and indispensable as it is also
that sEo should be informed as we'll as to
the food and slecpand exercise necessary
for herself in order to perform her
own part wholcsomely-it is still more
absolutely necessary that she sh.uld be
taught also how to treat the child's pro.
pensities toward wrong doing, and to
encourage all its tendencies toward we'll
doing; what to do if the child's imagina-
ton runs to lying, how not to intimidate
int" lying. how to foster in it generosity
purity truth, stcadfastness. sweet tenn
per, love of humanity and alteration of
God
And when the mother has learned huw
To encourage the germ of those qualities
already existing. to create them possibly
in tl.rir absence. has learned how to
teach TN" child its riyhtful relations to
the universe. sh" will have learned also
how to I"prss and control and swreten
her ovn temper. how to he transparent
and truthful us light herself. how to love
her rae" in trying To perfect this yo,in"
nl"m',rru of it, how to be uilsrllish in t,r
daily practice of the art and in II i'm
the child God to adore. will have fn,.,
Cod herself. -llarpcrs i5uzur
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\ Famous I;uccaueer.

U..e ut the earliest of the famous buc-
canecrs WAS Capt Cromwell. who had
been a common sailor in New England.
In 1916 lie was in command Of three
fast sailing brigantines. filled with armed
men, and was driven into the harbor of
Hew Plymouth by storm. Cromwell
and his men soon afterwards came to
Boston, and while in this city presented
Governor Winthrop with an elegant Sc
dan chair. captured in one of his prizes.
-Eoston BuCaet.
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y bit of wire was introduced into our
conversation at the club. 1t was Il silent
mnconmunicativc bit Of copper. about Il
sixteenth of am inch thick and four
inches long. Most any hardware mcr-
chant would give you similar bit of
wire because its value would be so little
he could not reckon a price for i E,lt
this particular piece, Mr. Vail (wl!ose
father co-opcra,cd with Morse in invent
ing the telegraph carries in his pocket
book as carefully as if it were gold
many times more wciyhtv. 1t is n
passive, plant substancc-an inan,:nat"
bit Of copper, but it gave the first cleo
trio thrill that has brought the inhabit-
ants Of the world close together, con.
qucrcd time, and annihilatcd distance
1t is Il bit Of the first three miles of wire
ever used for tclcsraphy. 1t is piece
from the experimental line constructed
by Morse and Vail, ST., when they We're
testing their inventions Only Il little Of
this wire, Mr.. Vail, Jr., informed me,
has ,ccn preserved. After it WAS taken
down from the experimental line. his
father used part of 1t as n trellls for vines
on his front porch, Part of it may have
been used in the construction of the line
between the capital and Baltimore. bu,
if SO it WAS lost track Of 1t WA; from
the treIlis that the mementocs were re-
covered Il think | got less than six
feet of it, said Mr.. Vail After tcleg-
raphy became a wonder of the world
we began to appreciate the value of such
memcnto, and we saved what VIC could
Of the original three mile wire. have
given pieces TO Il few persons who have
been especially interested in ii, and some
was arranged on a card, with photo
graph of the original Instrument, now at
the National muscum, that Was sent to
the Paris exposition. w Washington Cor
Philadelphia Telegraph.
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"See, l brought it as you told me.

"See, l brought it as you told me-"
From her pocket she drew Il papcr
which, being opened, proved to contain
the dried petals Of Il flower, evidently an
aquatic plant. Yellow and lifcless as it
vas, Eleanor looked at it with wistful
reverence ut came from Egypt, she
said; then she added. "whcrc YOU are
going"
1--WE will SEQ if there is any magic in
it," said Clare.
So together they took the dried petals
and began to eat them, smiling a little
sadly at each other rs they did so
"Herodotus says that when the Nile is
full, 'and all the grounds round it are a
perfect sea, there grows Il vast quantity
of lilies, which the Egyptians call lotos,
in the water,'" said Glare 'llc adds
that this flower, especially the root of it,
is very sweet. If this is the same, it has
certainly changed its flavor since that
time"
"It is not disagrecablc." said Eleanor.
''But l fear we shall not find the effect
for which we have hoped. 1t is of the
lotos fruit that Homer and Tennyson
have written"
And the lotos flower of mythology
is an East Indian, not an r Egyptian
aquatic; but since we desire to link our
fancy with the flower of the Nile, we
will ignore the poets and tho Br,hmins
After all, we only desire it as :, symbol
of the remuneration of the past on which
we have agreed. Eleanor, what if we
should indeed resolve to leave the past
behind us from this hour and face our
future togrtlrr?'
He looked at her implorinSly and pas
sionately, but instead of replying she put
her hand to her head. GLOW strangely
dizzy ami" she sai,i Can lido YOU,
think it can hc the lotos?'
"Dizzy!" he repeated Then mu t
take you from the ''lgc of this precipcc.
Perhaps it is that which affects you 1t
could not have bc;n the lctos. or / shcull
feel 1t. too Come vt me lead YOU round
the rock
But when he attempted to rise lie
found that to him, too, a sudden strange
dizziness came. construction seemed
gathering about his heart, Il mist seemed
rising before his eyes Before he had
half risen lie sank back against tho rock
"Do you feel it too:" she asked
quickly
Yes" he said slowly. putting his
hand also to his head. "Wlat can ii
mean? Could there have been anything
wrong in that plant? The lotos itself is
harmless, either flower or fruit Flea
nor, my darlingr he cried with sudden
alarm Good Heavens! what is the
matter? How pale you look"
III do not think it could have been
the lotos 1t must have been some poi.
sonous plant" she said family "1hi:
gildiness and numbncss increase
Then she held out her hands trcmuIous
ly "TIold me" she said "Thc cartl
seems slipping away from me. Oh
Victor. what if it should be fata!'
"Do not imagine such thing" he
said. at is impos,iblel The plant has
probably some narcotic property which
affects you temporarily Lean on me
until it is over, My God! how mad
was to have suffered you to cat III"
"Do not blame YOURSELF" she said
clingins to him, her fair head dropping
heavily on his breast. "1t was who
spoke of it-wlo sent for it,
The Dickinson press., 1889-09-14
The Future of steamboutinr.

1t is not easy to predict what is to be
the future of this great boating interest,
We havc over twenty thousand miles of
steam navigation, we have original and
cnterprising boat builders, and an cnor-
nous travelling public. We have had
in tho past Il phenomenal fleet of steam
boats, particularly on our western rivers,
and yet the business has been greatly de-
pressed, and there are fewer boats atloat
today than twenty years ago Moreover
and this is the most serious matter of
al-our canals are being abandoned year
10y year While Europe spends millions
on canals and waterways while France
is trying to make every little stream
viSablc, and England is trying to turn
her interior cities into scaports, we per.
NIT our canals to fill up or foolishly give
them away to impecuniors railroads for
roadbeds. Is it wise? Are we safe in
trusting all our freight business to rail
road corporations? Today we can, if the
need come, send gunboats inland from
the Delaware to New York bay. If we
permit the railroads to destroy the bust
'>''' w e''S N'Alhtl pclNccH OUT SHIP SttEtlS
and our navy yards, we may be sure
that in every European war office the
fact OF our folly is carefully noted for
future reference Once Great Britain
fought Il great battle to destroy tAc
"atcr route that connects the port of Now
York with the back door of New Eng
land Saratoga WAS fought TO destroy
n vital water route. Fortunately, tho
English generals who planned in London
thus to cut the country in two failed and
yet to-day we are abandoning our canals
and see our great internal steam naviga-
tion system decay without a thought of
the consequences.
On the other hand-for there is Il
brighter side to every picture there is a
disposition among the travelling public
to demand larger, finer, and safer boats
everywhere. We are being taught 10y
English tourists who visit us how to sec
our own country. We may complaccnt.
ly talk of our limited trains and all that.
Every foreigner who visits us asks first
of all for our steamboat routes, because
our lake, river, and sound boats are
known Of all the world.-Charlcs Bcr-
narl i'm Century.
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Mrs. Younghusbaud-Oh, Charlie, the
COOK got angry this morning and left,
bag and baggage. What are We going
to do?
Mr. Iounghusbanl-Why, my love,
thought You attended cooking school for
teyen months:
Mrs. YounshusbanI-so l did, dear,
Ii.5 that was merely to learn cooking as
IL. 20 c'o;npiishment.- Burlington Free
Press
The Dickinson press., 1889-09-14

john Bright used to say that in one
important respect a dog is superior to
man. When a man is utterly out of
everything. he gives up; but a dog simply
aurls up and so continues to make both
ends meet
The Dickinson press., 1889-09-14

Rejoice. y young man. in the Gay; Of
thy youth, "ut remember that. big us ho
is. the whsle does not L!uw until lie
reaches the top -Terre IIaute Fxprcss.
The Dickinson press., 1889-09-14

'If can avoid it, shall never speak
to him again." Clare answered. Don't
let us talk of him did not bring you
away to discuss anybody we have left
behind, or anything of which we have
talked before. We areto be like immor-
tals-to forget the past and live only in
the present
The Dickinson press., 1889-09-14
FACTS ABOUT CIGARS.
TOLD BY A ToBAcCoNlST WHO
HAS STUDIED THE SUBJECT.

Tho DRY Smoke" Habit and How 1t Is
Formed - Something About Wrappers
and FillcIs-! -!cculiaritics of the Fra
The Dickinson press., 1889-09-14
CORSETS ARE CURSES.
SOMETHING CONCERNING HOW AND
WHEN THEY ORIGINATED.

Ovid Puts Them at the Head of Remedies
Against Love-Oils and Un.ucnts in De-
velopins tho Human Form Divinc-A
Few Points Also About Foot Gear
The small accessories of toilets, whc,h.
er they be necessities OF only pretty adj
juncts, have made industries which have
employed many people in their manu-
facture, and have added largely to the
growth of that passion for dress which
has, in different centuries, broken out in
both man and woman. Alteration for
the human form has covered the feet,
bedccked the hands with jewclcd triiles,
and incased the body feminine in stiff
whalebones until it has become of differ
cnt shape li,an nature intended. No art
icle of apparel is so much discussed at
this time as the corset; in truth, there is
an absolute war over IT,
The Dickinson press., 1889-09-14
TOMORROW.
By 1zA DUFFUs HARDY.

"You must not say that" said she,
starting and shrinking Us if from blow.
"How can l venture to acknowledge
that love you when ! am going to marry
Marston Brent?'
Telegram-herald., 1889-04-29
UP IN a BALLOON.
Things Seen and Experienced Willie
Flying Through the Clouds.

Things Seen and Experienced While
Flying Through the Clouds.
To some extent rain retards upward prog
reSs, bat | have maze "A number Of ascen-
sions ia the face OF storms. writes Prof
King IN the Nashville American Snow.
however, is much more If an obstacle. ani
IN a short time viii accumulate upon the
top Of the balloon sufficiently TO drive It 10
tho earth. The clouds are sometimes as
much as three thousand feet from top n
bottom when the Sky s entirely overcast.
Often even above such bofr - cloud may
be seen smaller c.uuae Uii ar spaces in
between When within fae ID these spaces
the sensation = that Of beie in a vault
With the sohd. snowy clouds below YOU
and the smaller clouds below von being ny
perspective brought close around. IL ap-
pears as II you were in cavern.
I have been above the clouds during
snow-storm. and the light Of tr~ n1oou
shining 20 brightly through the rarhed air
produced an Illumination rather super
natural I have very frequently passed
through frozen clouds. This IL where vap0r
has fallen below the freezing point ard
been congeaied into substance resembling
-four in appearance. This falls. ard in
dong so reaches higher temperafure.
whore tho small particles arc aggregated
INTO fakes ~ snow.
Some clouds, however. present very much
the appearance - q vail. and objects on the
Garth can be- distinctly discerned from po-
sifi0r above t1sT
have never known Of 81 instance IN
which a ba' oon vas ne ~ igh'nirE Tie
thunder does nc make n perccrt.tiy great
er noise than wn-r ycu are on TIC gro8Al
The sound procec from the upper LAYERS
of c'arls. 81 does $50 the rain. ana in
many cases. when he lower strata appear
very violent. perfect quief there feigns. *
cept for such motion as Ia produce1 rY the
rain falling through from above Tie 70.
por currents arc tbc most active. and "a ~
clone cr uif storm 's pcrrsps rr0Irces
accord .ny as those u1ror currents descend
p, .r remain above fre earth