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lNTHE DAYS OF JosEPhs !
Egypt Was Already Ancient In Ancie1
Times.

Egypt Was Already Ancient in Ancien.
Times.
When Joseph was carried captive
into Egypt by the Arab traders, whose
camels were laden with spices, balm
and myrrh," the rustic Hebrew found
himself in the heart of a rich and pop
ulous country filled with great cities
adorned with magnificent buildings-
q country governed by ancient and
equitable laws-having o venerable
church wealthily endowed, and an en-
lightened priesthood; containing nu-
merous colleges and schools, and teem-
ing with the products Of. the known
world. = ...,i
Linen, glass, ornaments of silver
and gold, and beautiful examples OF
cabinet work and objects of art and re-
finment, were of home manufacture.
Various gymnastic exercises, and the
games of draughts, ball, mora. and
other well-known modern amusemente
were common at the same period. The
army and navy were well equipped
and drilled, and furnished with power
full machines and deadly weapons.
Sculptors. painters and scribes
abounded, and three modes of writing
were practiced.
Musical instruments were numerous,
and consisted of cymbals, .trumpets,
drums, harps, guitars, Tyres, flutes,
pipes, and others. There were bands
of music, as with us. Yet Troy was
not built until about three and a hall
centuries after. Two hundred years
elapsed before Athens was founded
and q thousand before Romulus laid
the foundations of Rome; 500 before
Hercules was born, and 1900 before
Pythagoras wandered into Egypt and
drank from the fountains of ancient
learning. --Westminster Review.
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lTTY dumping
up from the pi-
an as Mis- s
Harcourt Is an
ou n c e d. 10
NJ arion. 1t Is
you. w hat .
relief
Marion-A r e
you expecting
anyone else?
Kitty-Yes
and / was afraid
but it's you
and I'm glad.
Did you get my
last letter? And
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In China the beggars are organized
into companies, each having its own
district and all owing allegiance and
paving tribute to a liking of the beg
cars, who lives in almost regal SPLEEN
dor. Every beggar has his own beat,
beyond which he is not allowed, under
penalty of severe punishment to go.
He is permitted to visit each house on
his beat once. and but once. every day,
and on making his appearance at the
door if his appeal for charity be not at
once attended he may shout, sing, ring
a bell, or make any other noise he
pleases until he has received one
s'cash," the smallest copper coin in use,
after which he must move on. Some
merchants, to save time and trouble,
have a frame hung in front of their
houses with as many nails driven into
it as there are beggars in the district.
Every morning servant hangs q
..cash'' on each nail, and each beRgal
comes in turn, takes one coin and
moves on.-Chicago Times.
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Hopeful.

"How is your son getting along in
college?' asked Former Corntosseps
neighbor.
''Purty well in some ways don't
know how he's dom in his studies.
But from his last photograph jcdge
he's discovered hair tonic that'll
make his fortune. "-Washington Star.
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Askine Too Much.

Sturdy Tramp-Won't you help a
poor man out with small sum.
Mr.. Uptown-No. ! will not give
money to stout, healthy young man
like you.
Tramp-Look here! If You think In
eoiu' to get the gallopin' consumption
Just for the couple of pennies you
might give me. you are foolin' your
,e.f badly. Texas siftingA
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Barker is dull fellow. He never
opens his mouth"
~ should say that was . sign of wis
dom. He never puts his foot iq it,
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Tj last letter? And
have you come back for good from your
travels--nearly two years, isn't 1t?
And is your father better? When did
you get back? And can You guess
what wicked girl am, and how mis-
cradle this unhappy secret makes me-
at least, part of it, for some OF it's hap
py, you know; but do so want your
advice and So mpathy and
Marion-O my dear Kitty, stop! Sit
down and let us talk quietly. want
sympathy, too.
Kitty (open-eyed)-You! You want
sympathy l thought you were above
tina. weakness.
Marion-Not bit l want all you
can give me-
Kitty-Oh, do tell me; but you must
hear me 6rst-my troubles are more
pressing. I'm in such fix! I've got q
letter from him to say
| Marion-Him? Whom?
Kitty (impatiently) = The him, OF
course. There's only one him-at least
there ought to be only one. That's
Just it
Marion-What do you mean?
Kitty-I mcan-that-there are two.
Marion-You are engaged to two men
at once?
Kitty-well. you see-they overlap
for the moment
Marion-You take my breath away.
Explain!
Kitty-You remember my writing to
tell you about my engagement to an
awfully nice, clever fellow, o lawyer,
about eighteen months ago, and how
he had to go to lndia--to take evidence
on commission. they call it, think--o
few weeks after we were engaged?
Marion--Yes. and you were to be mar
ried as soon as he came back. Hasn't
he come back?
Kitty-Oh. yes; he's come right
enough. I'm expecting him here now
immediately-Any-every moment; and
I don't rant him!
Marion-Explain! Explain!
Kitty-Last summer, went to stay
ut Mrs. Fairlight's place on the Hud
SON, and, of course, there was lots o.
boating. tennis, picnics and-(hcsi
latest moonlight walks
Marion (gravely)-Oh, my dear Kitty
Kitty-The situations got to b.
faced. know I'm a wicked f1irt, and
all that; but oh, Marion. he is such I
darling, and really, truly want to b
his wife.
Marion-Then why weren't you true
to him?
Kitty-Which him? I'm speaking u
the-the-well, the new one.
Marion-Kittty, you are dreadful
You never can have loved truly, deeply
seriously, for true love is CONSTANT
lifts one out of oneself, and
Kitty-Thanlxs; I've read all that II
novels
Marion-But you have never felt it
not deeply, I'm sure.
Kitty-You're in love, Marion. Yo,
never TALKED about it like this before
Who is it? Tell me, quick!
Marion latter a pause)-I don't fee
that 1 can talk to you as freely us
could once have done.
Kitty--Oh, / shall get it out of you
You met him abroad. Where was It
Who is he, and when were you en-
gagged?
Maricn-We are not engaged.
Kitty-Brolken off! Oh, Marion, I'm
30 sorry, dear.
Marion-No, not broken of. He wa
engaged before we met.
Kitty twhistles)-And he fell in Low,
with you and told you so?
Marion--No
Kitty He never told you he lovet
you?
Marion-No. not in SO many words.
Kitty-Well. when shall You see hin
again?
Marion-I do not expect ever to SCI
him again.
Kitty-And you love him very much
Marion-I could love him very much
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A Mean Comps -lson.

He: Permit me, noble Countess, to
present you with this rose. as emilia.
matte of your sweet self It's beautiful.
pink is as the color Of your cheek
She: And the thorus?
He: Are for the happy possessor o.
yourself Hello
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MINK.

KrrY TEELAwNEY, Mink. MARION
HARcoURr, an Angel GEoFFREr
HoRTEsQUE, Man.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

OOu6UCe SNO
-GeoloRists find that the Juniata
river, by reason of its course and fall,
affords q wonderfully comprehensive
view Of the geological formation
through which IL lows
Underground photography has re-
Gently made such progress that mining
engineers are now able to illustrate
their reports with pictures showing the
exact appearance of lodges, ore bodies
and other features OF Importance.
DIR. Ochse has invented new cart
ridge, the charge Of which Is acidu'
lated water. This, on decomposition
by electricity. gives oxygen and hydro
gen, and on ignition of these gases sud
denly develops pressure of $500 at
Popular Science News.
The bee Is an artistic uphoisterer.
It lines its nest with the leaves OF fiow'
ers, always choosing such as have
bright colors They are invariably cut
In circles 30 exact that no compass
would make them more true.
"A new enemy of the vine In France
is a galleyworm, or myriopod (Blaniu'
| lus guttulatus), which has been OBJ
served by M. Fontaine the buds in
numbers ranging from five to ten on
bud, forming balls of the size OF . small
pea.
The Lawrenceville district OF Pitts
burg has made another expectation OF
Hunpariaus. italians and Slavs to the
cotton plantations Of Texas The
! crowd numbered 200, which makes 7Oo
already sent from the one districs
alone, and the third expectation from
Lawrenceville in three months
in the course of some experiments
ON the effect of changes OF tempera'
ture in the pupsl stage OF butternies
by Mr.. Merri6eld, some Vanessa 10
showed the gradual .disintegration by
| exposure to low temperature OF the
eye-like spot on the fore-wing, which.
in the extreme specimens, ceased 70 De
an ocellus
One thousand and sixty persons
were killed in coal mines in Great
Britain during last year. and sixty-nve
persons In metalliferous mines, Dotn
numbers being above the yearly
! average. The quantity Of mineral
raised from the mines during the year
was 179, 007, s4S tons, q considerable de-
crease compared with the previous
H. Max SCHUYLER Is said to have dis
covered, in the joints of persons attacked
with chronic articular rheumatism.
bacteria, which are always identical
in like cases These bacilli are short
u IL ia
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ScENE-A drawing-room.
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Noodle pile cure Cons tipation BY restoc
Ing the peristAlto action Of the atmentazy canal
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true to you, Kitty. and would have
married you. You wish to be free.
Well, give you your freedom.
Kitty-Oh! never thought you'd
take it SO coolly. You want to be free,
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LOUISIANA
eREcIANs OF TO-DAY.

rho Modern Occupants OF Ancient anu n'S
torIcal Soil.
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A northern visitor in Florida recent
" asked q native negro as to the char
acter Of the sub tropical raccoon, and
this was the reply: "Coons is . mighty
curious leetle animal, but All doan' lax
coons, an All tell yo' why. Onct Alb
ketcht . leetle coon an All TUX i'm
home. All did. All lef i'm In de house
whal All went aout in de ya'd, an
wen All come back dat leetle coon had
foun' de m'lasses jug. All wstcht i'm.
an dere he sat a-puttin' his leetle han
daown in de Jug, an a-drawin' it up.
an a-swipin' it acrost his mouf. Den
he'd lick of his whiskers, an he'd put
his leetle ham down in dc Jug, an he'd
draw it up agin, an he'd swipe 1t
twel he had all de m'lasses he, wanted.
Den he jes' jump upon de baad an he
walk right acrost de- pillows. he did.
No. All doan' lax coons, All dosn'."
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BIRD TOILETS. I
Peculiar Habits Of the FeatheFsd Ds1l
/ ..t,, Gems Of Wood and Field. H..

Peculiar Habits Of the Feethersd Deal.
! ..rlsi GEMS Of Wood and Field. s.lT
J The feathered tribes have many Pc.
culiar ways and fancies about tho de-
tails OF their toilets Some birds use
water only, some water and dust, while
others prefer dust and no water. Birds
are not only exceedingly nice in tn cir
choice Of bath water, but also very
particular about the quality Of their
s'toilet dust" Wild ducks, though
feeding by salt water, prefer to battle
In fresh water pools. and will fly long
distances inland to running brooks
and ponds, where they preen and dress
their feathers in the early hours Of the
morning. sparrows battle often, both
IN water and in dust. They are not 90
particular about the qualitylof the wa
ter as about the quality of the dust.
They prefer clean water, but I have
seen them take bath in shallow pools
that were quite muddy. The city spar
row must take q water bath where he
can get tin the streets or on the tops
Of houses-but he is most careful in his
choice of his dust bath. Road dust,
The dryest and finest possible, suits
him best. I have noticed the city spar
row taking his dust bath in the street,
and invariably he chooses q place
where the dust is like powder. Part
ridges prefer dry loan. They like to
scratch out the soil from under tho
grass and fill their feathers with cool
earth. Most birds are fond of burnt
ashes. Some early morning take .
walk across field that has been burnt
over and see the number Of winged
creatures that rise suddenly from tho
ash heaps. A darling form, q small
cloud Of ashes and the bathers disap.
pear. T.. $@s
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4 laoh.vs Superstition.

The Mohave Indiansof the far west
have ono curious superstition that is
supposed TO be Of comparatively recent
origin. They refuse to eat tho flesh OF
tho 5besver, and declare that whose
eats besvert flesh viii have . swollen
neck. An agent who has lived for
pome time among tho Mohsves oon3eo-
turos that some Of tho Indians must
hayo eaten tho desh Of beavers poi
eoned for. their skins. and died With
sI,ollenI assks TAe 1neaaoeys hee hese
5000 downs .throagh. sths sFf6ss ard
10 1lohavo eats bsovee's desh ssnee
49, AA1.
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zuNl INDIAN DANCES.

n Clog and Doubls-shums DarkIss ARs
Not 60 10 Oompaeed 60 Thorn. Mai
'The Zuni Indians are the original
wing and buck dancers" said Mr..
George Sherman, . Denver man, TO tho
Fort Worth Gazette. 1--WE seen tho
genuine plantation negroes in Louis
lana and Mississippi, and the minstrel
article, but they arc simply not in Il
with the Zunis.
II went out to Tuscon, A. T., several
years ago, ono spring, and we visited .
pueblo near where there are many Zuni
Indians. @a524 $40 ->~l @ ~
"A fellow with us asked If we had
ever seen 'em dance. We said we
hadn't, and he said we'd missed q treat,
for they took the cake for fancy foot
movements. wa. =, 1.s "t&
HE spoke to the old alcalde Of the
eettlement, and he called two men.
They were ane-looking men, not very
tall, but sinewy, supple and well
made. -.
without any preliminaries, they set
10, and Of all the higk jumping, side
leaping, heel-and-toe work, sliding,
shutting ever saw, that dancing was
the best. They were light on their
feet, graceful and quick as lightning
in all their movements. They whirled
away from each other with pretty
heel-tap movement, spun around at the
same time, touching the tips Of their
toes, turned q back somersault and
came down like feathers, keeping in
perfect time. The only accompani-
ment they had was q rude sort Of q
tom-tom and the whistling of boy.
They danced for three-quarters Of an
hour and weren't broken down. - 49,.
This was on the bare ground, mind
you. Then fine looking boy brought
stone. not more than foot square,
threw it on the ground, hoped on it.
and gave the finest clog dance and
double-shufae ever saw. He had on
cheap, worn shoes, with the heels
nearly worn of, but he didn't mind
that He spun around on his toes, on
his heels, danced with one foot held IN
[his hand, jumped up and clapped his
heels together twice and whirled about
on the toe Of one foot. Then he beat
d sort of tattoo with the heel of one
foot, and made some fancy movements
with the other. He gave few ring
movements that caught the crowd.
AFTER he got through with a num-
Der of difficult fancy movements he
Jumped down as fresh a. a daisy.
There were other dancers, and for CO.
centric movements, fancy steps and
pretty figures Two never seen the like.
understood that Primrose, the min
stzel, saw these people dance once and
got stuck on EN- and tried to get 'em
with his show. They would make .
great hit" + E.4~,.Y { 7
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Travs II On The red 80.

In the waters Of tho Red sea the ceo-
nation Of tho engines on . steamer
Tor IN hour means extreme physical
suffering for passengers, for . day II
would involvsl absolute torture. The
wind which prevails every day iss hot,
hsphyxiating blast, and ito continuous
directions arc from north. and south
howard the oenter. AZ . result, every
passing vesssl IL subjected to two days
o3 almost intolerable heat, followed BY
two days Of comparative comfort
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YOU TRAvEL FROM HOME------------
cHLoRoFoRM IN lTsEARLy DAYS
Che Curiosity e IN Undergraduate II
1854 Was Amply ROpald.

Ehs Curiosity Ct IN Undergraduate II
!. 1854 Was Amply Repaid.
Your notice Of the discovery Of chlor-
oform in 1s47 recalls q curious expert
ence in my Cambridge Undergraduate
life, says d. G. NJ. IN the London News.
One evening in January, 1851, ], went
to chemists shop and ordered some
Photographic chemicals to be sent to
my rooms Lard by; !. was lodging on
the parade. Seeing an ounce bottle OF
chloroform on the counter bought It
out Of curiosity and took it away with
me, leaving the chemicals to follow.
In my own rooms, seated in an arm
chair. put four drops on my handker-
chief, and, carefully placing the bottle
on the table at some distance from me,
shifted the handkerchief. A pleas
ant sensation and singing in my ears
was the only result. So, shortly after
ward, counted out eight drops and
acted as before. - :, D.. .s.,, ! J.. -.
The next thing I remember is find
ing myself on the floor on my back, my
dress undone, my face, ETC., dripping
with cold water and hearing q voice:
"He's coming to, I do believe" Yes,
it was so. I came to after having been
unconscious two hours and q half.
Next day my doctor, when out with
the foxhounds, was greeted with:
"Hullo, doctor. So you raised man
from the dead last night" "You
may well say that" was tho reply,
''for had given up all hopes was
very puzzled to account for the effect
of my carefully.measured DOSE, AL I
could gather from the servant was that
she had brought me up q parcel from
the chemist, and, seeing me asleep,
tried to wake me. Then, finding I was
dead" she ran down into the shop,
calling out: NM. NJ is dead" Two
Trinity men were in the shop. One
went on to the six p. m. chapel, telling
everyone Of my sudden death,
the other, after q glance at me, kindly
called in DR.. O.. .... .."..
Some time afterward the mystery
was cleared up. The ''slavey" gave
warning, and the day she left she
made the following confession: "You
remember that night you was nearly
dead, sir. Well, you know, sir. l
thought you had tainted, and I see tho
bottle on the table and thought IL
was salts. 80 took out the stopper and
held it to your nose, but a. It didn't do
no good I poured = lot of It out into
my hand and rubbed it all over your
nose and mouth" told tho doctor
the story. He replied. 'Well, my dear
fellow, all can say is this: fever you
have to undergo an operation you can
tell your family doctor that, you can
take chic roform." Thank God, that
necessity has never arisen. "A
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gnsu Hounds sof Ds,awars..

Bh1Q 0ooAd04 Of OolAWoEos1 = l.
Interesting relics Of dead and gone
Indian Tribes are tho great mounds q
oyster shells formed along the aesshoeo
IN southern Delaware. According TO
local tradition the Nantieokesof Penn
ulvauis were Il tn habit Of winterang
I1oug thasasshors. n lower De1aNsre
nod Of eating enormous Quantities o.
Io3p4etss TIA shs1ls, Ae1tay 1o' - -
az fhes 1VSnlaooake6 md 1aAl1
lpdiaa ine3suants 80 1o1nd b ~
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SNAKES AND SNAKE STORIES.

11dls Has s10 Known vsristiss Of Rep
TILES But Only u Are Poisonous. -"
Surgeon General Sir William Moore
aate1y read ssvery interesting paper be-.
tore the members OF the Balloon 90!
oiety, on snakes, says the Westminster
budget. ID 49,. !, 1T
/? Sir Willian approached tho consid-
|esa*ion Of tho subject from . popular
rather than : sceentiflc pointof visw,,
mentioning - his reason for doing 20
6ha1 the names Of snakes were 90 di@-
oult OF pronunciation and moro difn-
sult of remembrance. Sir William's
paper was based upon his experiences
In India. He declared that more nos
t1ums had been proposed as q certain
euro for snakebite than for almost:
enything else. As there were In In
idis some two hundred and eighteen
known varieties Of snakes only thirty
three OF which were poisonous, It often
followed that persons were bitten by
non-poisonous snakes, and, after being
trested by some nostrum, Of course
recovered, hence the alleged success
of those nostrums. Even poisonous
lsnakes did not always strike with tho
poison fang. The teeth in all snakes
fwere crooked and hollow, and capable
of being erected or depressed at pleas
'ure.
Tho fang Of tho common viper was .
curious contrivsnce. It was per-
forated tooth loose at the root. In it,
quiet state tho fang lay fat upon the
Jaw, and was furnished with muscle,
which jerk suddenly erected. The
Slosing OF the jaw pressed the tooth
upon the poison bag, and the fluid was
sent with considerable force through
tho hollow Of tho tooth. It was
astonishing to know that the poison
might be swallowed without fatal re-
suits, but the gallant officer did not 60
DO far a. to recommend the expert
ment. It had been said that in Its
snake charmer exhibited snakes at
bartholomew fair which danced on
ropes, but the lecturer was decidedly
slkeptical on the point. Describing
how best TO avoid snakes, Sir William
baid line Of .earbolio acid powder
would keep q snake out Of . room, but
before adopting this expedient It was
equally essential that they should
mako sure that there was not . snake
IN tho room already, for then It would
not 60 over the! carbolio line, even to
not out He mentioned - tho best
treatment for the snake bite the early
duplication Of . Ngsture above tho bite
teS being tho most important prelimt.
=
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-08-24
Foreign.

THE Venezuelan troops have been defeat
ed by tho rebels, with heavy loss, north of
Bolivar.
GENERAL CACEREs has been inaugurated
President Of Peru, but will have to fight to
keep the office.
GRAND DUCHESS NENIA, daughter of the
Gear, and her husband, were injurel by be-
ing thrown from their carriage while driving
from their wedding dinner.
The Tien-Tsin correspondent of the Lon
don Times declares that the report that the
rank and privileges of the Viceroy Lii Hung
Chang, of China, have been reduced by inn
perial command is entirely unfounded.
THE Britannia beat the Vigilant over tho
Queens Course at COWes, England, for the
Town prize of $500.
THIRTEEN persons were killed and twentv-
nine were wounded by the earthquake at
Aci Reae, Sicily.
A FIGHT occurred on Corn Island. in
which tho Governor of tho islands was one
of the combatants. Four Nicaraguan
soldiers were killed and several persons
were severely wounded.
The Edinburgh express dashed against
the buffers in st. Pancras Station, London
injurinS twenty-one persons.
IT Is confirmed from an official Chinese
source that Lii Hung Chang, the Vicer o Y
has been reproved and degraded for
dilatoriness in prosecuting the war.
CHOLERA is steadily spreading to the west
of Europ'.
AN expedition to bring the Wellman party
back from the Arctic regions has started
from Norway.
A STRONG Chinese fleet has left the coast -,
for the purpose, it is believed, of intercept
ing transports conveying Japanese soldiers
to Korea.
GERMANYs Emperor called on ex-Empress
Engenie of France at her home in England.