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LEADER it Aisf Albany, man has shipped lo Western markets, this year, 8,000 tons Of maple sugar, valued at $97,000, men recently killed 1,000 jgreose, on NrAnan island, Colnsa Cdunty, wheu their ammunition 5 ISAAC 1-lAnntB captured a large bald Sagle near the Lewistown, Ohio, reservoir. The bird in a noble one, and Evinces no font, but fought bravely afad on exhibition. Not everybody is rich enough to lose $(500 Without knowing it, but this is httt ft Pairrield, Me." woman did. Mrs. I' H.

A. Small recently found a railroad of $500 that had been laid away 4 an old book-for the past ten years, and which she hnd forgotten all about. i i THE egotism of the young' Emperor of Germany was displayed, recently, when not having a knife with him, ho borrowed one from a forroat-keeper to the ends of a cigar, and, on re, turning it, said, "Tnke back your knife. It is now an historical relic." THE device of a lad, Herbert Price, (' has caught six chicken hawks in seven days. It is a steel spring trap on a and after it is set he lays a chicken Hit the end of the pole, The hawk will See the.

chicken, but will invariably settle On the polo before alighting on its victim. yi KAKSAS CITY has had a severe attack 'of adjacentivity, and has annexed a i number of square miles of neighboring territory. When the boundaries ol -Chicago and Kansas City impigno there b' will come a struggle tte terrible as that -which threatens when the English and Russian frontiers in Asia touch. 'A REMARKABLE chemical test for Asiatic cholera has been suggested to an Italian medical journal by M. Bujwid.

Hydrochloric acid added to a culture broth containing the cholera microbes is asserted to give a violet 'color, which does not appear unless these particular germs are present. THE French Professor of Chemistry, De exhibited meeting of Parisian scientists i several bricks of petroleum, which he has discovered how to- solidify by an original process. The petroleum bricks were hard enough to be handled with- out inconvenience, yet soft enough to cut with a stout knife. They burned slowly when touched with a lighted Millefleura says they are non, explosive nnd inexpensive. EDISON'S phonograph has found a new application at the Milwaukee where it will be used as an assistant in teaching French and other for- languages.

The phonograph, of course, never gets tired, can be made to repeat the same sentence or the same word hundreds of times. In giving a lesson the teacher reads it be fore the phonograph, at tho same time 'addressing the pupils and the lesson is reproduced whenever wanted. THE beard of Henry S. Cook, a tailor of Norwich, is us long as he is. Mr.

Cook is a small man, 60-years old. His beard is jet black and fine and silky, and so is his hair. When he is and his beard unfurled, he can i-VJ-'stsp on BIX inches of it. He wears it, Ordinarily, coiled in a wad, inside his Barnum wanted Mr. Cook to travel with his circus, but Mr.

Cook is prosperous and does not care to be a freak, THE Attleboro Sun records the following incident: "A good story is the rounds about a certain rnar- ried man street. Ho got up one morning last week in terrible hurry, rushed around frantically, built a'fire, decided 'that, he wouldn't have i time'to wait for breakfast, had his wife make him a clip of he could -fake time for the on his overcoat, said "good morn, to his wife, looked at the clock, found it was 2:30 a. and went babk to bed," -A WASHINGTON dentist recently -ad- 'f, Lvertised that he would give $100 for a front tooth of healthy young man, -The doctor seated that the Advertisement was no catch, but that he would pay $100 for a front tooth that hist purpose, and that is to replace one which he wishes to ex- 1 This ia frequently done, the doc- spys, but it is a very difficult opera- Sometimes as many as 203 ap- plioants who wish to dispose of a tooth will be examined before the exact kind ri -'will be found, and when the right one JS selected it is and planted 'in the'jaw of the other party at the same ''operation. rr POISSANT, a young electrician of Omaha, has a very ingenious way of rats. The prying rodent is cauefljtjn an ordinary oval trap, the bottom of which is covered with tin.

has a dynamo of bis own ture. One wire, connecting dynamo, is fastened tp the tin of the, trap, and the other is in to'the prisoners' cell, 'The pf a caged rat'to tin battle averts itself, and he'seizes the 1 jt i so doing, he 0 life, ffhe i. lite jaws plpse and'without ft he wilds of Maine, he mttat needs the jotirney on horseback. His money, which was in gold sad silver coin, he placed, for handy conveyance, in his saddle-bags. Whenever he stopped at ft way-side in, with the utmost nonchalance he flung his burden down bo- hind the bar-room door.

When' the the chink of metal was heard, he would remark, casually, that in the new)y- settled region whither he was going, the price of nails was very high, utid he it best to buy a ftttuply and take them along with him. When he retired to his chamber to rest, he allowed no fear of thieves or robbers to disturb, his dreams, and he and his treasure reached Maine in safety. SHOCKING accounts of i the cruelties practiced by the Hungarian police are given in the Vienna correspondence ol the London Times. A specimen case was that 6f a man named Kovacs, arrested at Alt. Becsc, on the charge of sheep stenling.

He subjected to terrible tortures, and the pain wrung from him tho name of one Cseko. This man Ceeke was arrested and laid oti his back. Two gendarmes held hi hands and a third knelt on his chest while a fourth beat him with a leather strap on the soles of his 'feet till he fainted. Cseke, however, would not 1 confess to the crime, so his tormentors steeped his feet, dripping with blood, in vinegar, and thrashed him again till he fainted a second time. The ncxi day Csoke's innocence was amply demonstrated.

The gendarmes waited till night then turned him into tho street with a sLick to support him. He had to be conveyed home in a cart, and will remain, it is said, crinpled for Equally barbarous treatment is inflicted Upon women. THEME is a hollow old oak tree on the town and county lino between Lebanon and Columbia, that for several years distilled instend of sap very fair brand of oak tanned "blue-grass" whisky, Now and occasionally, in droughty weather, domestic ales and beer. During all that time the officers of. the-, law had remarked a phenomenal overflow oi spirits on the part of tho staid nnd pious oldfarmers of Lebanon who vote for prohibition, and they readily understood that somebody hnd a cache of balm somewhere within the town's limits, but every raid they made on the premises of suspected persons was fruitful.

It was not until a few weeks ago that the secret of the. hidden rum was laid bare by a deacon in the church, who accidentally stumbled, on the bank of exchange and deposit in the silent and faithful old oak. As he-was a man untroubled with no-license thirst, ho gave tho whole' thing away. Piece by piece the news transpired that the old oaken bank had been in the hands of a dexterous and thrifty receiver, a Lebanon man, who t'vice a week filled the oak's till with rum, gin, whisky or beer from Norwich, and nightly a stockholder or two came stealthily with a jug, or milk can, or tin pail, and drew on the funds. In payment for the privilege he left collateral security by the side of the deposit in the Since the good deacon's fortuitous trip to the tree the old bank has gone into involuntary liquidation.

Laud Sickness. A surgeon of the United States Navy, in recounting his experience on a sloop- of-war off the coast of Texas during the Civil War, speaks feelingly of the torralgia, he calls sometimes afflicts men in such circumstances. The sea is really always same, whether at rest or in angry commotion, amiita monotony at ply terrible. Occasionally we were martyrs to that terrible disease known as land sickness, which is common among men who spend months at sea, far from home, far from the refining influence of women, far from laud with its changing picture. The malady comes on insidiously in dreams, when one's sleeping ears catch the rippling music of between their grassy banks, the rustling of Juno leaves and tho music of birds.

Then the dreamer wakes aud hears but the steady wash ctf water, six inches from his head, and what he saw, and heard in his sleep begets an desire to step once more upon dry land, t)ie earth, to fill the lungs with' other thdft salt air, to stretch himself out once more upon bank, and watch the- sunbeams filtering through the thick foilage over Now and then this a real disease, and the victim must get away, or his mental poise will be overcome. More than once, during our long term of service, lasting more than six months this time, the surgeons of the" aeet compelled to invalid men and send them home witnout any discernible cause except this. New. Uncle Abimelech Barnes regards aimself. as dreadfully abiwed by his wife, Aunt Amanda, who scolds" him more or less, doubtless with good -reason, The other day, Aunt Amanda plained of being ill, and sent Uncle Abimelooh for the doctor.

The physician arrived, felt Aunt Amanda's pulse and told her to show her tongue, "Urn!" said the doctor, shaking his lead. "A prptty bad tongue, Mrs, Barnes; ajve.ry bad tongue," Uncle Abimelooh wriggled a little nt this, and presently managed to get the physician a little to OHO side. Look a-here, said ho.sin whisper, "that don't prove nothin' at all. She's had the wuat kind of over eenco we was married ja tfaj' SOMEWHAT STRANGE OS 1 LIFE. Queer Episodes and Thrilling Ad ventures Which Show that Truth id Stranger than Fiction.

XTBEME low, water IT tho Misr'ssippi recentl unearthed storical reli flt tho ferry landing at Go himlms, in the of a huge, old-f a-ihionod col umbind, winch did duty during file lute War in tho hnn Is. of the Confederates Those familiar wi the history' of th formidable weapon stntotlint it played conspicuous part in tho battle of Bel mont, in the fall of 1861, and tha from its lofty perch ou the bluffs aboV. Columbus it sent many a huge shel screaming across-the river into Grant's army, and that it had more to do witl keeping the gunboats at bay than al others nt tho fort. The gun is the onb remnining rjlicof the Confederate forti flcatious erected at Columbus. Ky.

thirly years ago. 4 THE most diminutive railroad in al Down East is that owned and operntec by the Monson Maine Slate Company running from the company's quarries to Monsou Junction on tho Bangor anc Piscataqu-'s. This little railrond has i two-foot gauge, is libout six miles ir length, and is thoroughly equipped will locomotives, passenger, baggage nnt freight cars, has several stations, reguhv time tables, and a superintendent. Tht superintendent is also conductor, bag cage master, mail agent, passenger anc freight brakeman, news ngent, anc regular Pooh and for performing all those offices he gets $900 a year. Ton constitute the entire force of the read.

The traino average about fifty miles a day in summer, anc twenty-five mi'ea in winter. The road Ismail down hill one way, so' that a cm will rim from tho quarr.es to the June tion without the nssis'ance of a locomo tive. a passenger misses the. regul a train, $5 will secure him a special to carry him over the Last thi toy railrond earned 9,000 ton's of the comrany's freight to Monson Junction (six tons to a tar) for transhipment Ove tho Bangor aud Pisciit.iquis to Baugo and points west, nnd 4,200 passengers who paid $12,000 in fare were trans ported at a cost of $9,000. This litth has been in operation six years and in all that time no accident of kind has occurred on its line.

A. BECENT visitor to one of the Punjaub jails was amazed to find a remarkable large number of -old men among the prisoners, almost one couviot in five Having a gray beard. Tlio jailor being asked for au explanation replied: "I is a common practice when a theft i brought home to a nvm by the police for him to get au did father or uncle to take the blauie on himself, or he puts up a young brother to do so. Before the court they make full and circum stantial confession. They are convicted nnd the leal tliievos get off, and it is fo: the family benefit that this should be so A sturdy young man is able to do more for the family support by honest labor or by thieving than an old man or bov The old mnn had lost many of the in stmcts and appetites which make liberty so dear to the young man.

He can no be put to any very hard labor, and wil well fed and. wall after while he is in jail. If a boy confesses ho wil probably escape with a flogging. The conviction of an old man' or a boy wi look quite a-3 well "in the police returns as that of an able bodied young man so long as they got conviction, the police don't trouble themselves very much about the matter. MANY a landsman on brard ship has been ready to suy that if he were only once more on shore he would never leave it.

Such seems to have been the feeling of a dog, of which wo read in the "History of Thouiftston, Me." Captain Norton, of Cusln'ng, had a favorite dog, which he took him on a voyage to Wilmington, N. C. No sooner were they at sea tlinn, from or some other cause, the creature broime uneasy and remained inconsolub'e through the whole voyage. Soon after the vesse' arrived at Wilmington the dog was missed, and nothing wns seen.of him. On getting back to Gushing, however, the Captain found the dog at home safe and sound.

He had avrived there in just fourteen days from the time ot his landing at Wilmington. How ho had made his. across 01 around iwlets or bays, passing circuitously along the coast, or by the regulni traveled nobody caiild tell, and he, of course, could not communicate. One thing wns clear, he had had enough of salt water. No OOUNTBV manufactures so many artificial pearls as France.

For this purpose the glass used is the color of whey, and the glass pearl or bead is filled with a very costly solution prepared from the sia'es of fishes. A vessel holding a about one and three- quarters is worth several thousand francs. are of irregular sizes and forms, nnd are made to imitate pearls of black, gray arid other colors. When placed by the side of genuine pearls, oven spread out und arranged in the same string like beads, it is not easy to between the genuine nnd spurious. The small imitations oa.n, how- over, always be baeauseof their perfect' regularity and superior beauty, It is alco asserted that they can be successfully made of the same specific as tho real nrtiolo, so that no other proof of genuineness is reliable except the This is a means, sinoe it would sometimes ba applied to real articles, which requires the utmost care in tho use; A.

Discreet Youth, how many ounces make a pound? Vcigol (the grocer's And how many muije a hundred weight, Brisket (the Tmtplier'a agaM, Now, Win- manv hundred weujftt are therein a hope- A SINGTOT-AB story comes from Italy which i shows the abate to which red mny be carried. In a Neapolitan family some of tho children became ill recently, nnd the doctor ordered them to Capri to tnko salt baths. The children were too ill to bathe in the sea, so tho servants wtnt down to the beach and brought up sei vater in buckets for their baths in the Jionsj; whereupon tho Government Inspector arrested the Eer- vnnts, beauuee ho caught them in the aat of taking salt in the water without paying the Government duty, salt being a Government monopoly in Italy. The father of the fnmily hud to appear before the Prefect in order to liberate his servants, who were not set free' until the Nearolitm doctor's oertiftonte.vas procured stating that it was necessary that the childien should have salt baths. Afterward he had tp give to Inspector a receipt for every backet of salt water taken out of the sea.

it v. The powers of goo4 are better than the, powers of eviJ, York h'ave taught deaf-inutos to talk in Paris, This result bus, beeu accomplished after years of labpr, M. val, of the National Beaf Purnh institution, hjta given, thfl -public 1 exompja oj foe ability, of (jpme hjs pupils to speak. At the several deaf-mutes held conversations, words being ejowly wtioulatedend their WIKK divined by the move-. mcntsof the Jips.

One student be'na questioned abont Eiffel's as the highest monument, mid that he had never gons up to the top of it, a-? the nscrmt cost too much. A young deaf- and-dumb Turk from Snlonica wc.s able to give a brief if rather a pnrroi-Hke description of his native to-fcn, nnd a French sourd-muet nnswered severel legal questions with nccutncy. in India sometime? have stiange Ved-follows. A ntst-clas? fase senger, by s'ow i asssnger train inn- inng between How ah nnd Assjnole, was die agreeably surprisid to find, on wnking from a spnnd sleep, that something cold had come in contact with h's hand. On looking at the hnnd, wha was his hii horror to find that nnder- nea'h it was a cobra.

As the snake was ns eep and ha 'not coiltd itself aiound the hand, the gentleman sprang up nnd managed to evade ils bile. How it got into the cirr'ago is one of those mysteries no one oan unravel. It may have effected an entrance while the carriage was on the siding at Howrah, and quietly' ensconced ilsdf behind the cushions of the carriage sent. MB. AND MBS.

HOMER GRIEVE, an elderly couple of Homor, quarreled twelve years ago over a remark made by a neighbor that one of their children did not resemble the remainder of the family. Argument only widened the breach, nnd the couple at la't agreed to live under the same roof, but never to sneak to each During nil that time Mr. nnd Mrs. Homer sat at the same table and eutartained their friends, and no one ever detected the breach. Mr.

Homer brought the matter before the church brethren, who advised a reconciliation and remafriage. Mr. and Mrs. Homer have consented to accept thfs advice, and will immediately remarry. GEOBOE CBEEMER, of Morristown, N.

while hunting in the woods, taw two moose approaching him. He at once took aim, endeavoring to shoot one of them. Unfortunately the gun burst, leaving the stock in his hand. The moose then sprung at his assailant, Mr. Creeiner managed to'climb a tree, where hejremnined several hours, when the animals walkel off.

Creemer then started for home. The mocse then renewed the chasing the defence- less mnn many times around a trte, which he tried in vain to climb, and finally gave himself up as lost. As a last resort he lrie.1 screeching, which, happily dro.e the moose away, DELOS GBIFPIN lives at laurel Bun, Beakesley, Penu. Crows dug up his. corn last begot very angry.

He couldn't get the -bast of the black thieves, and finally he scaked a pint of corn in a quart, of cheap whiskey for forty-eight houis. Then he sprinkled the corn in the field, and crows gobbled it up and hung arritud for more until tljey got so diuuk that they couldn't fiy They tipped up on their tails, cawed hoarsely aud tumbled about, and Grilh'u got some cord, he and tied them to the fenre by their legs till they sobered up. Then they flut'ered hard fqr freedom', and Griffin wrung their necks. IN Surrey County, N. is a remarkable natui a I curicsty in the shape of a mountain resembling the'famous Sphinx of Egypt in all its del ails.

It lays east of the Blue Bidpre Mountains, on the Piedmont plains, like a gigantic lion; its body at right angle to the ridge and with aloft as if in the a ct of ris ing. The head is of solid i ock, several hundred feet in height. The shoulder and breast are finely pvop'or- tionad, and at the distance of a few miles ib looks like a thing of life and intelligence. Jt rises about feet above the plain and can be sren for a distance of many miles. BEOENTLY the dentists of St, Louis have begun to employ young women as office assistant'.

Probably a dozen are thus employed. They are paid from $10 a week. Among other things, it is their duty to assist in bracing the nerves of patients. One of them says "If tho patient is a woman I frequently stand by her side and hold her hand sympathetic illy. Some people may laugh at this, but it's tin immense help to person in the Once 01 twice when a very nervous man was being operated upon taken his hand, and it really braced his nerve wonderfully." JACK GEIGEB, who is teaching school at Clay Hill, was attracted by the cries, of eome of his pupils the othei day, and projeedtd to ascertain the cause of-their alarm.

It proved to be a monster Jack got a pole and ttruck at the snake, but tha pole broke, the impetus of the blow throwing Jack, who has but ona lep, dovn to the ground. The snake struck at him and barely missed his ear, nnd before it could strike again Jack had rolled out of danger. The snake was killed, nnd measured 5 feet 11J inches in length, and had eleven rattles nnd a button. A PBESBYTERIAN church in Melbourne lias.introduce:! some into its tervices, which, although happily blending patriotism and piety, would the sober minded Scotchman at lionie. Tho choir, composed of gentlemen wearing the Highland kilt, nnd girls attired in the costume of the Ludy of the Lake, sing their hymns of praise to tho music of the bagpipes.

The ingenious person who, conjriveI these effects has lis reward in greatly enlarged congie "lotions. THE central and eastern parts 6f Trumbull County, Ohio, are Buttering Tom a plague of rats. Corn, cabbage, bests, tpumtoas nnd grapes, were destroyed in largo quantities in fields and rnrds, aud then the rats swanuel to jurns nnd houses. A competitive rat Hint of savernl weeks in Meoja Township was reentry when the winning side produced 2,073 rat tails and ihe losers 1,618. Oue hunter brought 580 tails.

A Beady Answer. A story of Will Carlton, shows the aptness for making a ready vnswer. Ho was recently the invite'd guest at a public dinner of jolly booksellers and stationers. Upon rising to on6 of his poems ho was exotfed- ngly annoyed by the loud talking and aughing or a group at one end of the iable, who had indulged too freely in beverages served. Seeing that a iteady glance did not avail, the poet aid: "You pardon, me if I wait; it vould scarcely be polite for me to recite while thoie gentlemen over there nro alking." At th's one of the most boisterous of he group shouted across the table: "Go ahead, old fellow, we're going over the hills to the Quick ns fash the poet answered his uterruptprwith: and ts tlie asylum, too," diuera, eliouted at the neat te- ohider, the' boistei pits member WHS wushed and the pcet prpi ee led to tho ng pi one of his best Fiftuoisoo Wasp.

A QtJEER BEAR FIGHT. Farmer Cramer and His Hired Man Thrash Bruin in Great Style. Crnmer, a Pennsylvan a farmer, went to his Ivrn fill the hay lajksin his stalls with hny. A pile of hny that had been prev.ously thrown from the mow lay on the floor. Cramer his hay fork down into Iho hay with considerable force, nnd was nlmo thrown from his feet by the suddenness with which the fo: was jerked from h's hnmls.

At the same time wns badly ed by a howl that arosjfrom the pile of hny, by le livoly tumbling e.f the hay in all dm etione, and by the form of a good- sized ai- that nros3 from pile. The hay fork wns lu-ried ne.irly the full length of the tines in tho bear's shoulder, aid was so flim'y embedded in the flesh that it remnineit the handle sticking straight in the air. The bear, howlinz with pnin, pranced about the bun, a-icl Farmer Crnmer was dumbfounded tha 1 he could find use for neith'-r lungs nor hi-i legs until the brnr, discoveiing the cnnse of his irainfnl -sitnntu Hindu rush for the fnrmer. Crnmer then started on a run around the sir all ace covered by tho barn floor, yelling for help nt the top of his voice. The bain door was shut, and the bear pressed Cramer so closely that he did not dare (4op long enough to open it.

The fork still stuck in the bear shoulder, and the wobbling of the handle angered Hie wound and increased Ihe pain, and the bear howled with agony at jump. The tremendous hubbub in the bam wns heard by Abram Wisner, Cramer's hired man, who wns cutting down liny from a stack in the barnyard with a double-handled hay knife. This farm instrument is a formidable-looking a htrong steel blade two feet long, to one end of which are attached two strong handles, by which the knife mny be manipulated in hay or straw one edge of the blade having teeth like a straw nnd the other edge bsmg keen like a knife blade. Wisner hnd no idea whnt the trouble was in the barn, but he ran to find out, carrying the hay Imifo with him. He opened the barn door, and one sight of the circus that was going on inside rooted him to the dooisill.

Cramer, seeing Ihe open door, made a rush for it, kuojking the hired man heels over head in the rush. Cramer kept right on toward his house. The benr made for the door, too, but the handle of the hay fork was so long that it caught a a ust the top of the door, nnd the contact shoved the handle back and pushed the tines forward nnd deeper into the benr's flesh. This brought the bear to a stop, and made him howl worse than ever. Wisner was just getting on his feet, and the bear, boiling over with fury, sprang out of the door in spite of Ihe tearing of his flesh by the bending down of the fork handle by the door.

The bear rose on his haunches when he got out of the bnrn nnd IT shed upon AVis- ner, who had hardly recovered himself. The hired man still held the hay knife, and mechanically plunged Ihe long, saw cdjed blade into the benr's breast. The blade either found little resistance, or it was thrust with tremendous force, for it went clenr through the bear and the projected three inches from the back. The bear tottered and fell, with the hay fork buried in his back nnd the hay knife impaling him from the other side. Wisuerdid not wait to whnt the result of his defence had been, but followed Crnmer to the hous e.

two finally ventured out to see what the ef feet hnd bean ou the bear, and they found him about as dead as a benr carrying in his vitals two formidable farm implements could well be. Cremation in India. T'-saw many, cremations among the Hindoos, nnd I attended not a few funerals in India, says a correspondent of the Chicago Times. The bodies were generally carried on the shoulders of men, without coffins, and covered with cloths. In some oases a band accompanied the procession, and the burnings were in general veiy simple.

At Calcutta they took plaoj in unroofed sheds ou the banks of the river Hoogley, but were Luilt on the nnd a little hole wr.s scooped out them to make a draught. At Benares the cremations took place in the open air, and, after the body had burned to nshes, the ashes and bones remaining were dragged down into the river. The undertakers of India belong to the dome or chief caste. Thesa preside over the funerals, and sell the wood, and light the fires used in cremations. They the elbows, wrists, knee and ankle joints befoie cremating the and at Calcutta the body is'placed on the fire with the face downward.

It is covered with ghee, or clarified butter, to make it bum, and the wood used varies with the cost of the funeral. A rich man-will send his soul to heaven with sandal wood, while a poor man takes what he can buy. The domes sell everything- connected with the cremation, aud to be chief dome of a big city is a money-making position. One of the richest men in Benares is the head of the undertakers, and has made his money in this way. There is a regular charge for burning, and tho ordinary cost of a cremation is less than $2.

Funerals in India are, however, very expensive, and presents are given away by the nearest of the deceased to those who come to the i'uueial. A rajah of Calcutta not long ago spout $250,000 in burning his father, mid rich families often spend ns high as $100,000 in this sort of The Wa-Teitas Belles. Picture to yourself a huudied or so chocolnte-hued women of all s'zes and ages, one-half of their persons glistening like patent leather in bright SUE with every motion of their supple bodies, by reason of the liVernl dressing of castor-oil they ive on, and the other half 'bright nnd barbarous of of be. els, and you have with us teen a truly Enst African spectacle, Thomas Stevens to the New Yorh World. But take my advice nnd clap your handkerchief to your ncse in deference to that particularly dashing young lady who is approaching the tout.

She Isas been making her toilet afresh for tho ponquests of the afternoon among the porters. In other words, she has just come from her hut, nftsr nnnohatiug herself from to foot with a pint or so of extremely odoriferous oil How eho shines and glistens a btuniet! And how proud and, salf-oonsuiofs she is of thesa added'charins! She cannot help smiling as she Rotes our looks of admiration and approval. Or likely ehe smiles let us sea towhaV fine points her teeth have been fil d. Wo 'note the teetU tivd also a sha and lively of the bright, beady black ojes, iuh- betja-s the fa, that every i--h in er lands we coveted by tha sex for tho softened espressivn they iujpwt, has bjen removed. EXILED FOR LIFE.

tho nsircl Fnto of Young Officer. Announcement 1ms been made of the death, at his home, on Thomas street, St. Louis, of ex-Police Officer J. H. Lystance, nt the age of 67 years.

This scrap of information will bo of little aiore thnn passing intere.it to the general reader, but in the capital of pen- mark the news will be read by several persons who seldom, if ever, note nn event on this side of the oceim unless it be of international importance. When the history of the man is told, the reader will see that his death closed remarkable career. Aa will be gathered from the preceding, Julius Henry Lystance was native of Denmark nnd a scion of one of a noble family of great wealth and of social standing that brought them very near the throne. To no one did Julius give a connected history of his family, so that just who they were can not be stated. In providing for the sons, it fell to the lot of Julius to enter the navy.

He- served with fidelity until he rose to the rank of lieutenant, when the event occurred, the event that changed the whole course of his life. On board ship, one day, a superior officer, under the influence of drink, reprimanded the young lieutenant for some offense he had not committed. He asserted his innocence and was struck by his drunken superior. The blow was maddening, nnd in nn instant, his sword flashed from the scabbard and was raised to strike. The superior retreated, and within ten minutes the lieutenant was in irons, charged with, and, in fact, guilty of nn offense, according to Danish naval regulations, with death.

His family, of course, brought influence to bear in his behalf, ami after a time, he was told that the King, William was disposed to treat his case with leniency, on account of his family. Then he made his second fatal mistake. He said he would never beg pardon from the drunken brute who had struck him. These words reached the King. In due course, he was taken before the King.

His irons were re moved, so that when he' entered the audience chamber his limbs were free, but his spirit was not. contrite. He stood some minutes without attracting his monarch's attention, when, turning suddenly, and glowering nt him, the King said "Well, dog!" "Sire," was the reply with a and a salute. "You deserve death!" This was responded to with another obeisance and salute. Ton will kneel and humbly crave forgiveness?" will kneel to my sovereign the soldier responded, suiting the action to the word, "but not to the man who struck me." "Are you, then, still stubborn "Sire, would you have an officer oi the Danish navy submit uamely to insult, even though it be from a Dane "Out of my sight, dog!" fairly roared the King.

No word of pardon or restoration to rank was said, and the young realized that his fate was sealed. It would be death or worse. He was ironed and ordered back to prison, but in a few days he was released. While he was not formally banished, his fam ily sent him abroad, and he soon learned that his life had been spared on condition that he'should quit his na tive laud. St.

Louis Republic. "Me anil Jin." Half a dozen of us stood at the dooi of the Erie passenger depot in Buflalo, when we saw a tramp bearing down upon us. There was considerable comment ou his looks, and some guessinp as to what excuse he would urge, and as he came up one of tho boys said: "Come, now, but you want to get on to Cleveland to see your wil'e die," don't you "Ah! I recognize him at a glance!" added a second. "He is the man with the ossified liver." "No he isn't," put in a third. He is the man who never recovered from the Chicago fire." tramp looked from one to the other with very serious face, and whe.n the laugh had died away, he said: "Gentlemen, you are all If you have five minutes to spare, please come with mo." We followed him thmngh the depot and out into the yards, and there on a platform was something covered with tarpaulin.

He raised this, and we saw the crushed and mangled- remains of man. ''My partner, Jim," he explained. We've traveled together for many a year, me and Jim, but this is the end. We came in on the bumpers last night, and he got a fall under the wheels down here in the yards." Say, we didn't mean to hurt your fooling," replied one of the boys. "Oh, of course not.

Poor oldJhn! Poor, ragged, and ignorant, but true as steel, and he never done no man Gents, I'm a tramp, but no beggar. I don't want any help, but if yo.U feel like chipping in bit for poor Jim get him white shirt to be buried in, have a barber shave his. face, and when the Coroner orders him off to pauper's field I'll drop a few flowers into the pine box to take the curse off." Aud mayhap, the poor old tramp in his pauper's coffin sleeps the better for what we New 1'ork Sun. Medicine That Turns the Hair Dark. Dr.

Prentiss in the Therapeutic Gazette of this year has related a remarkable occurrence following the use of jaborandi. The patient was a woman, aged 72, who had snow white hair for twenty years. For the symptoms of beginning uriomin, due to contracted kidney, twenty or thirty minims of extract of jaboraudi were prescribed sev- ernl times daily. Tho drug was taken from October, 188(5, to February, 1888. During tho autumn of 1887 tlio eyebrows were becoming darker, and the hnir of the hoa became also darker in patches.

Tin continued until the patches of hair were quite dark contrasting with the natural patches of snow whito'hair. The hair did' not universally change before her death. In 1881 I)r. Prentiss had published' another case of kidney disease, pyelonephritis, treated with piloonrpine. The hair of the patient, a lady aged 25, changed from blonde to black under the influence of the drug.

The pilooarpine was administered hypo- dennically (one-si sth of grain) tweuty- one times in the course of two mouths; the close was then increased. In one month-after beginning the treatment; the hair changed from a. light blonde to a chestnut brown; four months later it- was "almost a pure black." It is satisr factory to find that eight years afterward the hair is dark London Timw, i A Free Rendering. was on the northern circuit, jovial old judge wai sitting. Tho Court was frightfully hot on tho afte-p- of a sweltering July day, nnd wft all felt the want of some'thing to relieve the monotony of the scene.

For me it was especially trying, ns 1 was and hnd but little prospect of getting anything in the shape of casn. Tha long, uninteresting trinl that had occupied the court for some days at length end, and the'next one came up for hearing. A poor, half- starved looking wretch was'put on his trial'for horse stealing. His woebegone face and hopeless look struck every one. No counsel appeared for him, nn'd the edse'steehied to be clear against, him.

The Judge cast his eyes down upon us young barristers, nnd, looking fixedly at me, said: "Mr. Freshwig, would yon like toun- dertnke this man's case?" "Certainlyj your lordship," I replied. "Very well, then," said the Judge, take him on one side and give him the be.st advice you can give him under the circumstances." I at once asked permission to see prisoner alone, and he wns allowed to adjourn with me into an ante-room of the court. When face to face with the unfortunate wretch, I soon learned thab he had not the shadow of a chance of getting off. Without a friend in the world, and, on his own confession a horse-thief, I was puzzled what to do, and casually cast my eyes through the window as though seeking there the cotirae to pursue.

The window was wide open, and at the bottom of the small court-yard was a wall about six or seven feet high. An idea suddenly flashed across my mind. The Judge had said to me, "Give the prisoner the best advice you can under the circumstances." These were my instructions, and I decided to carry them out to the very letter. With tho slightest possible wink of the oye I said to the prisoner: "Do yo think that wall is too high?" A queer, puzzled sort of look came over his face, and then he brightened np arid said: you mean it, sir?" "Certainly," I answered. Quick as thought he was through the window, across the yard and over the wall.

I sat down to reflect, took out my watch, counted ten minutes, then rose, took off my wig and gown, opened the door and made sure there were no observers about the hall, crept stealthily out and put on my hat, and then walked up the street to the railroad station. Luckily I was just in time for a fast train up to town. The above accounts for my having spent my life among the cow-boys of the western prairies instead of among the wig'ged and gowned brethren of the law. It was a sudden impulse, and I have no wish to extenuate my foolhardy freak, it happened, it turned out all right for me. I hated the law, especially on that July afternoon, and of my heart was "anything for a change." I have done well on my ranch, the old Judge is long'since and I never heard how he took the joke of his instructions being rendered so freely.

My client I have never seen from that day to this, but I hoped he profited by his experience, and has always had proper respect for the members of the legal profession. "30." When those who take the telegraphic dispatches for the press receive the close of the report to the last sheet is attached the figures "30." That means copy is finished. It is a symbolic number that has. come in vogue in newspaper offices generally, for all editors have fallen to use it as the closing sign, and when the weary compositor alter a night or day of toil hears the words from the foreman: "Last on the hook," he braces up and pulls out, rejoicing that the end of the long hours is at hand. Times great calamity and danger reveal; or create heroes.

Four brave firemen lost their lives in the discharged duty at the Boston fire, and not even their charred bones were found. 'In the soon suceeding calamity of fire in the great newspaper buildiag at Minneapolis printers who stood at the case lost their lives. Sud is the fnte and sorrowful, too, that of Igoe, the faithful night operator of the Associated Press. Way up in the seventh story when the flame.s broke out, he heard the startling cry of'fire and soon know it was blnziogion the third floor. He was in conn with New York, and while the fiife was gaining force, stopped to finish a message which told him a man had accidentally lost his life.

The delay in flight that was caused by his remaining at his post of duty to complete as far as possible hii work, was fatal. He tried.to escape, but was too late. Flames hemmed him around, aud ho broke through these to seek esoape by means of the telegraph wires he had been operating, thereby seeking to lower himself to a place of safety. But his strength gave way at last, his nerveless hands relaxed their grasp, and the brave operator was dashed to his death. It wns "30" for him.

A gallant spirit was that. He perished in the discharge of his duty as noble as any hero on the field of battle. His brother operators all over the land will rend with sad interest the of his tragic death and over bear in mind his heroism nnd faithfulness. Men are better by the contemplation of death uuder such dying when one is doing his duty right nlong. It nerves others to show equal fidelity in the discharge of their trusts and omblnzons the names of such as Igoe high on the roll of those never to be forgotten, who in the battle of life fall martyrs to duty.

A Cooler. something very important to say to you, after the girls leave the room. Oh, talk it right out, do. I've promised every one of them to tell them just what you said when you proposed, and they might ns well get it Judge, Whore Man lias No Ilival. "Talk about the capability of woman! hy, she is already a dangerous rival of man in many pursuits." but there is one iu which shtt will never eclipse him." "What b.

that?" "Trying to, say 'truly rural 1 at 3 in the A MALE reformer may be defined 93 a mau who.has made jure of ness, and a female reformer as a -wom who has mwde a failure qf murriajjo. MAN like.s to think the world a better'than'he likes to think that Ue auweiiv ou it..