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TciU'liiliy; the I'tt'ects of Alcoholl.'pou tin* VI ii in;% it System Popular1 u.nornnco I Ie«»-a riling thisSubject A Nurcotir Poison.

It ^ns a lot! step in advancewhen at ops taken in many Stall's toteach in the public schools the ef#forts of alcohol and other narcoticpoisons upon t.ie n111< 1:111 system. Timamount of popular ignorance uponthis subjeet is frightful. While theterrible results an- acknowledgedwhich follow tlio drinking of whattiro known as "hard" drinks.distilledliquors, such as whiskey, hrandy,^in, etc. there is popular belief thatit is only from drinking them to excess,and that in more moderatequantifies they are comparativelyharmless; while the error is wellniohuniversal that "soft" drinks

wine,beer, ale, ete..are not onlynot injurious, but healthful and nourisliino.

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There never was a oreater error.No matter what form of rum is usedwhether the drink lie "I mr< I*' < >p "v.ift

whether it In.' wine, or fermentedcider, or beer the reason it is swallowedi:- because of tlie exhilaratingeffects which follow. These effectsare caused I»y the alcohol which theycontain. In cider and the variouswines, there are fruit acids, etc.,which impart a taste which is agreeableto some; but, all the saute, alcoholis the active agent, and were itremoved entirely from these compounds,no one would think of drinkingthe nauseous slops that wouldremain. Now, what is this alcohol,w hose subtile influence cause alI spirituous,vinous or malt liquors to bodrank '1

Alcohol is a limpid, colorless liquid,of hot taste, which can only beobtained bv the fermentation of sugaror some substance containing sng»r.It is not produced in nature.Neither the grape, the apple, nor anyother fruit; neither rye, corn, barlev,nor any oilier irrain, contains one

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atom of it. Hut when the fruit-cejisof th" grape or the apple are crushedand tin' the juice extracted, a

cal process, called, sets up, wh^-(, vthe suear in these juices is split upinto alcohol and carbonic acid, thelatter escaping as a jras. Whenbarley, or rye or corn is fermented,tin; starch which tliey contain is firstturned, bv an anlogous process, intosugar, and then alcohol is produced,by a continuation of the process,from t he sugar.

In its effects upon the human systemalcohol is a narcotic poison. Itis not a food in any respect. It isindigestible. It can not be built intobone or tissue. The orilv thingthe body ran do with alcohol is tooet rid of it. It is largely thrownoff by the lungs, as any one can believewho has come within smellingdistance of the drinker. It passesthrough the skin, and works its wayto every part of the body, and a portionof it passes to the brain, derantr-injr the action of that orj/an, and^ r> 7

producing a species of insanity.When the alcohol roaches tin* l»rainof courso it is closely shut in, and, as

it can not pass rapidly through theskull it is more likoly to remain inthe brain than in any other part ofthe body, and here it does its mostdeadly work.The brain, when healthy, is so

soft that it. would not retain its shapebut for the skull. The sharpest knifeis required to cut it without mangliniflJPsstructure. It is necessary toimmerse the ortran in alcohol for

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some timn in ornrr to harden it, whena earoful examination is essential. Adrunkard's brain presents a contrast.J t Ts already hardened, pickled almost.In the dissecting room it affordsrare pleasure to a medical studentto secure the dissected brain ofan old toper. A celebrated anatomistsaid that ho could tell a drunkard'sbrain in the dark, bv the son.soof touch. A London physician reporteda case, m which he found, uponmaking a post-mortem examination^so strong a" odor of alcohc'icemanating from the brain that ho applieda match to it, when it burst intoa flame. The quantity of alcoholin the brain is sometimes so greatthat it can bo collected by distillationafter death.

It must not he supposed that eTorydrunkard's brain is as hard as a tiw-h.led one; l>ut it may ho fairly suppos.ed that the hardening effect of alcor1)h*l has 110 little influence in the prorationof defeneration of the brain,

, such as results in various forms ofprogressive paralysis. Numerousfunctional disorders of the brain arealso traced to the habitual use of alcoholicliquors. Locomotor ataxia,an almost hopeless malady, involvingthe brain and spinal cord, is theresult of intemperance.When alcohol is taken into the

stomach it is absorbed and goes unchangedinto the circulation. Theheart, irritated by its presence, beatsfaster, and drives the blood more

quickly through the arteries. Everyexcretory organ immediately s< ts towork fo expol it from tho system.

^ Tho lungs and skin Imvo already~ been spoken of; and the liver and,

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it _*-.*11in»r rid of the infernal stulT.The effect on tin* liver is to produce,after consincranln time, an incurabledisease cirrhosis or. as it is commonlyknown, Hiob nail liver,v fromthe peculiar appearance of that orjranafter death. The kidneys arc weakenedand inflamed, and llriedit's disease.an absolntelv incura!>le ailment,always fatal, is a frequent result ofintemperance.The above is tin* merest outline of

the oh\sicnl efforts of this perniciouspoison. It cannot he too deeply impressedupon the minds of the risinggeneration that, no matter whatcause may he alleged, nobody drinkswine, or heor, or cider, or whisky, or

any other form of the rum, for anyreal reason save that it contains alcohol;that this subtle liquid is a poison,and nothing but a poison; that,like any other poison, its effects are

proportioned to the dose, and that asmall quantity taken daily will eventually be as destructive as u largerdose taken more frequently. /"/<</<>Jihttfr.

Knell wf Hie I'loody Sliii-f.

Xkw \ oi:k, Nov. 7. TIk' campaignin Ohio made liv (»ov. (ior<l«»nattracted a jniod deal of attentionhero, and it has boon talked aboutmuch more since lie went home thanbefore, for the bitterness of the liepublican papers lias increased as

election das has drawn near.I interviewed ('apt. John ('. ('aljhoun to-dav, and he said: kkl think

that (iov. (iot don did i/reat <rood.Here in New York many men, evensome Republicans, have expressedthemselves as pleased that he went to( )hio to make an end forever of sectionalfeeling as a factor in polities.The oftener representsttive Southernmen come North to speak the betterfor the whole country, and the samethine is true of Northern men aeineSouth. We live in a new era. Tin*old war issues are dead. (Jen. (Jordonis an ideal man to representid^fehern siu tine lit. As l.e sa d att'ineinnati lie beeum to preach recoifiliation before the smoke of batt

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of both sections who will rule in thefuture." The lire the seutiiuents ofthe ytandson of .lohn 'Calhoun.

Kx-Oov. 1 loudly, of Ohio, who isnow praetieiny law in this eity, talkedwdlinyly about (iov. Cordon'scninpaiyn. "Yes,'' said he, U1 amo 1 a(1 (iordon went t > Ohio. I wishmore Southern men would mi there.The Ifopublieans of Ohio are a set ofcranks. Their onlv stock in trade isthe bloody-shirt and at this time inthe world's history! They think itis the only way they can briny outthe vote. Comber has just two issuesprotection and the bloody-1shirt. Mural llalstead is worse olTman mat. tor Mc does not believe inprotection. < )f course the Republicansare liohtiner with nil their miohtto control the Legislature, as a boomfor Sherman. Rut the Shermanboom will "peter out." He will notbo nominated for the Presidencynext year. Itlaine will be if In? wisli!es to be; if not, then Rhone's manAllison will be. *1 have, myself,been in the South and have heardthreat numbers of Southern men, andnone of them, with one sinole exception,reirretted the loss < f slavery."

Gen. l»o<rer. A. I'rvor also wasfound in a mood willing to talk, buthe did not think so well of the policyof (len. Gordon's «M)ino to Ohio as

ex-Governor I loudly and ('apt Calhoun.Said he: "Although I thinkGen. Gordon the best of all Southernersto produce a eood impressionin the North, still, as is shown by thetemper of the leading Republicanpapers in ()hio, it seems unfortunatethat he went there. I am afraid thatit had a bad effect in stirring up partisanfeelino aoainst the South. Thisfool I mi* i t-' of n* '' -|« V im- i o f* t t V i i " t ; I W IK I 11 it ! I It in%i O

^in New \*ork or nnv of tlio KasternStates."

A Muddled Minister.

A preacher who held forth in St.I'aul during the early days in closinglip his prayer one Sunday asked theLord: "To comfort the nflicted, healthe sick and raise the devil." Thecongregation, was of course, greatlydiscomposed, and even the old donconfound it hard to keep a straightface. Horrified by this lansns lin-gum, the minister, in 11>f<, autirne,made matters very much worn:-: bycorrecting himself in the words:l4< )h, Lord, we did not mean rai e

the devil, hut raise the dead.1' Tl;organist, who was a sagacious man,immediately took m the situationand helped tho very much rattled parsonout by striking up on a hymn.

A gentleman who was very zealous on the subject of horses, but notaccording to knowledge, bought amare at an auction and rode herhome. "Well, Caesar," he said tohis saldo companion, "what do youthink of her? She cost mo $500.""Dunno master." "Yes; but whatdo you think?" "Well, master, itmakes me t'ink of what the preacher

I said yesterday.something about hisi money is*, parted. 1 disremomber de' fust part. i

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mothkhs or Famous mkn

A 1 >eseri pt ion of I lie ."Mothers o

.Some Men of World-wideI'hiuie.

The mothers of famous men are always interest ine studies. Concernino iim) 11 v ««1 those women the worhknows much, but of the majority it iignorant. The mother of LouiAtpissiz, tin- scientist was the wife o

a Swiss I Votestant elerevmsm, am

lived t<> st very old a«re. Louis wsiher favorite son and she trained hinwith the greatest care. When, it1 sr>7, l'rof Silliman, of Yale Colleoe, visited lier lie found her sit fouscore si "tall, erect and dignified wo

man," with animated address am

Cultivated manners. When she wa:

sissured by her mtest that her son'adopted country loved him and wsi

proud of him, her strong frame wsi:

agitated, her voice trembled willemotion, ami the Uowine tears tohthe story of si mother's heart. Tindav tlisii I'rof. Silliman left she wsi Iked n lono way in the rain to bi<liiin and his wife farewell. Presentin^j tliein with :i litie boiupiet of pansies, she litule tlietn t 11 Iter s«»tl "liepensees were all for him." I'ensee itKreneh tneans both pansv an«

tlion«r|it. < >11 the fiftieth birthday o

Aoassiz the Siit urdav ( 'lub of Hostoieelebrated it with a dinner, ;tt whiefLongfellow, lloltnes and Lowelread poems. In the poem of tinformer, allusion was made to the n:it11 ra 1 mother ;is mournino* over tiefiiet that the ereat mother, naturehad drawn her son from the liresidtwhere she wished to keep him:And tie- motle'i* at home savs "Hark?

For his voice I listen and yearn;It is irrowin-r 1 ite and darkAnd my boy does "j^y^tnrn."

Aoassi/'s head duriiothe readine of the' "Vml whetthe allusion to his n. fwir tnadihis rudd\ face flushed with restrainetfeelinjr, tears ^fathered in his evesand as the hist line. w;i - uttered tin i

dropped slowl\ down h eheel: . otu

after .-tin it her.I'lie mother of Alphotiso and Krn

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an intellectual woman. She was i

constant reader, and her childreiwere earlv impressed with her stiperiority over other mothers, ami wen

pre foundly oreaiful to her in aft"life for her careful training of tliei

'minds. The father was a rich sillweaver, and had only an ordinarymind. I ,oss of fortune soured himand he seeiued to have little infillencc over his jriftod sons. I'ut tinmother was their inspiration and doliijht.The childhood of DicUens was s<

shadowed by poverty and his senxilive and imaginative mind was sin

keenly alive to the position that it i"

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hardly possible that he could dra\\an absolutely impartial picture of libparents. I lis mother had a keen uppreciation of the droll and of the pathetic, and likewise considerable dratnnuc latent. >iie was a comely littie woman, with handsome, briidieyes, and a jrenial, agreeable personI'Voin her 1 Jickens nndonhtedlv inherited his temperament and intellectnal f^ifts. She possessed an ex

traordinarv sense of the ludicrousand her power of imitation was somethino astonishing. Her porceptioiwas (juick and she unconsciously noted everything that came under heiobservation. In describing ridieur*>

Ions occurrences her tone and «_p\slures would he undatable, while heimanner was of the quaintest. Dickens declared that to her he owed hi:first desire for know ledge ami thahis earliest passion for reading wasawakened by his mother, who tauoh*/ '

him not only the first -rudiment olKnjjdish, but also a little of LatinPoverty saddened and darkened man}years of her life, ami her chihlreiwere early compelled to leave lieiand earn their own 1 ivi11«f, l>ut thevall honored and loved her as shu doserved.

Hei^h Hunt thus writes of hi:mother: "My mother had no aeeom

plisements but the two best of all i

love of nature and of books. I)rFranklin offered to teaed her the on!tar, but she was too bashful to boeoine his pupil. She regretted thisafterwaids, partly, no doul for hnving so illustrious a master. Iler lirsehild, who died, was named afteihim, I know not whether the antidoteis new, but I have heard thatwhen I >r. Fanklin invented the harmoniea lie concealed it from his wif«till the instrument was lit to plavand ther. woke her with it one niyldwhen she took it for the music o

angels, * * * 11 it vino* !>eorbom nino years later than tlio vimn^est of tny brothers, I have no recollectionof my mother's earlier aspectI ler eyes were always fine and hciperson ladylike; her hair also retainid its color for a loiitf period; billher brown complexion lino exchange*for a jaundiced one, which she re

tained through life; her cheeks weren '

Sunken and her month drawn dowiwith sorrow at the corner. Site re

tained tlio energy of her character 01

^ront occasions, but her spirit in or

dinary affairs was weakened, and shelooked at the bustle and discord othe present staty of society witl

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frightened aversion. .Wvcr shall I!V»r«»-«*t her face, as it appeared to mo

f coming 111> tlio cloisters, with thatwcarv haiio of tho hcatl on one sideand that melancholy sniilo!

"()ne holiday in a severe winter,as she was taking ine home, she was

petitioned for charity I»v a woman

jsick and ill-clothed. It was in lilackfriarsroad, I think about midway.My mother, with tears in her eyes,turned up a gateway or some otherplace, ami, lieckoninjr the woman tofollow, took oiT her llannel netticonf

s ami jravo it to Iut. It is supposed1 that a cohl which ensued fixed the1 rheumatism upon her for life. Actionslike this have doubtless been

often performed and do not of neeesjsitv imply any oreat virtue in theperformer, but they do, if they are atpeace with the rest of the character.

s Saints have been made for charitiesno greater." II "//nut's Ar^omj.

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J o Save 11 is Mother.1i» We have had a (.lermau baror»- atnune us, Huron von Karlstine, who1 has written a look about New Yorkand its inhabitants. One of his a needotes is very oood and interesting:

r ()n Washington's birthday he wasi standing in a crowd on the corner ofI Fifth Avenue ami Fourteenth Street,f waiting for the orand procession toi arrive. '1*lie first drums wort; hoardi in tin' distance, when a vounif man,! in his shirt sleeves and hat less, pass

rd through 'ho assembled nmltitudoand addiossed the jioliceman whokept the people back.

' ( Mlirer,' ho exclaimed, "mv motli'or is sick in a house near Sixth Avenue;she has suddenly been takenmuch worse, and the doctor says thatif the procession passes our house1 lie noise will kill her/'

"(). I\., youno fellow,1* said the' polieeinon, and left him to run upthe avenue, where tie stood twentyI feet before the procession and screamed,"Halt!" holding "p !| boht. rattancane v. it .i both hands.The word was passed alono tlx)

line, and adjutant walloped forward,bent over his horse's neck, ami e.xehaneeda few words with the policeman.

Suddenly the command, 'forwardinarch!" heard, and the immensebody of men proceeded to the corner

I of fourteenth Street without anymusic, except the lightest possibletapping of drums. Then came,"Kioht wheel!" and nearly fifty thou'sand men. whom immense crowdswore* waitinir to see and Hirer, wheeledupjl-'ourteenth Street to llroadwav,land down Broadway they inarchedwithout music until they were hoiyond the distance at which tlievinie-hl disturb the siek woman.No one asked why an army of

well-drilled, admirably equipped menand many of hatllo-scarred veterans,turned out of their path at the simjpie rrqvest of a single policeman,

I armed with hut a little rattan cane.it would have heen hut a trill.nomatter for them to take (iothum; hutno, the general in command, whenhe received the you 110 man's thanks,reminded him that his very naturalrequest was addressed to lus oentleinenand soldiers. And a gentleman,he he soldier or not, reveres the *a'ered name of mother.

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Nicotine and tin* St oilinch

I suppose that the least harmfulmethod of smokino is the use of a

iclean pipe with mild tobacco.a pipothat has not ahsorhed the nicotine.The harm fulness of a pipe comes fromits havino ahsorhed a ^reat quantity1 of uictolinc, so that you are constantlytakino more or less of it into theI. ^ ^,

. system. The ciear would come nextr)

in favor. Of course, the stronger a

pipe, is the more nicotine there is init, and the more nicotine you have

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vour system. The chief constituentsof tolmcco smoke are water, carbonicacid, carbonic oxide in a state ofgas and nicotine.

s When a man smokes too much the" the excess produces redness and irri1tation of the stomach, and the mem

brane secretes irregularly and doesnot produce the due amount of gas"trie, fluid. Hence, digestion is inter'fered with. That is the first phase.After a while the stomach oets into

' snch a condition that it tolerates thisstate of existence, so that tisercinnot the same nausea produced in :tn

1 old smoker that we find in a younger' smoker.

Whether smoking1 is good for ai man depends on his organization. Iy do not think that smoking is everf really honelicial for a nervous man.i Then, again, much depends on howmuch a man smokes, and when hosmokes. There are certain men who,

. when they arc tired, wlion their nerv(jus system lias boon on too grea. a

strain, will smoke, one or two cigarsL thev will become <piiot. The nervIous man should not sjnoke at all,

Phlegmatic persons would he least> liable to be harmed. . IP. M. Jiutlev.i ]\1. />., in (ho h'/ntoh.i, lie was a "jewel" when she mar

ried him; six months later ho was> her "gem." When two years after,f she explained that g. e. in. stood forII "green-eyed monster."

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'EMKKU IT, 1887.

Til K SI I < >T<. I' N POLICY .

How it is Worked in tlio Iturul1 > is I riots of Louisiana.

Ni:\v Ohi.kass, Nov. 8. A specialfr in I 'attcrsonvillc savs: Thistowti was profoundly ouitM yesterday,manv of the negroes, who form a

majority of the population, havinocleared out in the eonsequence oftin* alVair of Saturday afternoon. < )fthat all'air everybody has a differentst. rv to toll. The follow injr aro thoconclusions arrivod at after some

pains and earoful oonsidorat ion :Trouble has been threatening in

this neighborhood for sonic time past.The neoroes have been talkino freelyof hurnino1 the town of Patterson*ville. It is state<l that one who isnow a prisoner made a fell eonfessionto lion. 1 )on (.'aITrev '>f a plotto burn the town, which was to havebeen earned into efTeet on Saturdaynitrht I but the events of Sntnrdnv ofternoon intervened. Mr. CalTrreywent to Franklin on the afternoontrain, and lias not, therefore, l>een interviewed.The shooting and woundingof four white men on Pharr'splantation on Friday decided the authoritiesto iustit nte a seareh for arms

j in the town, and at the same time toarrest several men who had madethemselves most conspicuous by theloudness and feroeitvof their threats.Troops were ouartered on a steamboatlvino alongside William's saw

mill, about a mile from town. ITomthere on Saturdav afternoon, betweenI and -) o'clock, the Attakpas IJanjr;ers. under command of ('aptain t'ado,together with it posse of citi/ens,partly of this neighborhood and partjly from Franklin, moved on the town.There sire several versions « f whatafterward occurred. The correctstory is ]»r<>bablv litis:

At the entrance to the town standtwo cottages the one on the rij/htoccupied b\ a white man named llili|bert, and that on the left by coloredpeople. Mere, as the troops ap1preached, they found a crowd of fromott to 100 excited neproes assembled.This crowd was ordered to disperse,and some of the members of the mobleft, while others remained and assinneda dcliant attitude. ()nc nee-roof notorious character threw hisIwind behind him, as if to draw a pis.tol, and then, in a moment, the wholeaffair was over. A regular fusiladowas « Mened epon the neoroes by theSheiiIT s posse and four of them wereshot dead.

It is asserted by the militia-- andwith considerable positiveness bysome of them that no militia manlired a shot, and that all the killino1was done by the Sheriff's posse. (Jantain(.'ado seems to have had ere-atdifficulty in restrainine his men fromliiine1, but he appears to have sueneeded.JJesides the four negroeskilled, one was very severely wounded.Two boys also are said to havebeen hit. The Sheriff withdrew assoon as the firing bewail.

After the affray the troops marchedthrough the town, and many offlu »i (un'onu i-ol i am 1 1 I "»

Tilts number of shots tired is variouslyestimated at. from 110 to 100, ImttIks firing was by no means indiscrim,inate.The four men killed were all bad

characters. Their names were Washand l)olj»h Anderson, brothors; Lewis Cooper, brother-in-law of the Andersons,and Robert Wrenn, a ne^rosaloon-keeper, who killed a man aweek ami within a few yards of theplace where he was shot.The dead were buried yesterday

by the troops. The town was e-uardcdand patrolled bv cavalry and infantrylast, niolit. It was impossiblet:> move in any direction without beingchallenged.

(iivin^ and Receiving.

Thorn is a meanness which willgrovel low in the dust fer gain; andthere is also a pride that will nobheiid gracefully to receive a favor.There are people who dread to beunder obligation, and cannot rest untilthey think they have repaid it.Vet isi? not one kindof selfishness thatwithholds from a friend the pleasureof giving? True generosity is freerland broader than this; accepts ingratitude what is offered in kindness,while it stands ever ready to bestowwhat is possible upon those who mayneed'it. It is a great mistake tothink that kindness consists only ingiving. finite as often and as pleasinglyis it shown by receiving in a

glad and grateful manner the kind|11ess otTered by others..> #> *

Brain Boh or ol' Womankind.

1>... i r fj>ui ociurc wn can lorm ail (> | > 111

ionas to the fitness of tlioir sex toproduce hnl; a do/en immortals in a

millennium we must first ask if historicand social influencos liavo produceda generation of womanly precursors,and a jrroup of women oftalent, out of which the missing immortalinioht have emerged. It. doesnot quite settle the question to say,what is no doubt true, that if womanhail stronger brains they mi^ht haveproduced both. The brains both of

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habitually ujiou such stuff as tlio <mihturnsof their aim and race sot beforethem.

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power of 111 a11ki11< 1 has boon spent, orw-1«»«1, in sinitmo tlf 1 Miilistiik's 11it»and tliioli* an enormous part of tbobrain power of womankind bus boonspent, or wasted, in eaj >lino Samson.Hut the victories of Samson pave tbo1way for those of Saul, and tun victoriesof Saul lay tbo foundations ofthe throne of Solomon. Tim daughtersof I H'lilah found no dynasty,tliouob tliev help to upset a jroodmany. In otner words, by followingthe fashion which required toon tofioht, the men on the winnino sidemay drift into social and political re.lations favorable to the growth ofcivilization, while the primitive divisionof labor, which confined womanto the tent or homestead, cutthem off, as a class, from the educationalinfluences of power and freeassociation with powerful equals.11i .i ej i i' mm i i n i i" .1 woman <»i oxceptiouuleupaeity unci position iniirhtappear l»\ eluineo unione tin* rulersof iiK'n, I>111 the opportunity would!>e owinjf to her connection I»v hirthor marriage with tlie privileged class,and would make no opening for othersof her sex. A nn fi't nf/i ( 'rutin')/.

Tlio Woman unci the !*i11.

1 \vnii(l(»r what women did beforetlm little, treacherous, reckless, pointed,sharp pin was invented. If aman jroes to the opera with his collarpinned on or some portion of his1simple* attire fastened in that way liespends that ni<dit in a irony. lie isafraid it will come out and lie's alwavsOllttimr his lined im to th<«back of his neck to see if it is allliolit. Then ho strikes tho point,sum ami runs it, into his linger.Then lie xavs " gently underhis breath ami turns to the operaaoain. lint a woman has the mostperfect confidence in the little fastenerami it really seems to be steadfastand true to her. A woman willdaily oo into a room with her whole

outfit haiiein r on the constancy of a

pin end she'll never show the faint-est sijjfn of anxiety. It's ureal virtue,this confidence. She'll sit r.whole eveninir with the sharp pointinto the small of her back, and conj\\ e and look happy. It is justsue expedience as this that makes a

woman so strone" in endurinir the)trials of life. She bears so muchdiscomfort for effect that she is ableto face all sorts of sulTerinir with'

Ifortitude. A man always carries ajpill in the back of the lapel of hisI t \t* i»» fl»*» i Men lo , f l'«e ...v. *»/ III I ll« IIIPMI' <JI ||1.^

What doos ho carry it thoro for? 1don't know, hot a woman alwaysasks for a pin some time and generallyjn'ts it away from him. Thenwhen he wants it himself suddenlyho finds it jome and he is mad.

l*ri<le, Not Pot at ions.

Senator Thurmun was altogether jout of the u'av in supposing that(ion. Ilonry It. Jackson ceased to hoiminister to Mexico because of anylapses of a bibulous kind,. The troublewas only in his arrogant and su-

porsonsitive temperament, which haskept him in hot water from his earlymanhood to the present day.

lie regarded the sending of Mr.Sedowick as a special aocnt of the!State department to Mexico, to ascertainthe facts in the (hitting case,as a reflection upon himself, while,in fact, it was simply obtaining informationwhich tins minister couldnot have obtained himself withoutpassine beyond the proper limits of)iis diplomatic cilice. Had (icnoralJackson been directed to ascertainall the filets, ho would, if sensible ofIiis own position, have caused thornto In? sought for by n special agent,and this was what Seretarv Bayard/ V

provided for.It can safely bo said then that it

was not too much "aguadiente" thatcaused (Jen Jackson's removal, butrather constitutional sense of his ownimportance, which has not yet beenconcurred in by the peoplo whohave had tlx? hazard to be in communicationwith him, whether in militaryor civil life. and (\nn'irr.

I>uty in Life.

A man is put into this world to doa certain share of the word's work; tostop a gap in the world's fencing; to;i -iiui 111 < v<m>, ihmyoit iiimuie, 111 mo

world's machinery. By tlio defalca*tion of the humblest individual, soinoof its movomiuits must lio thrown outof gear. The duty is to I»o gotthrough, ATI el none of us may shirkour share. Stink to your post like aRoman soldier during the watches ofthe night. Presently morning willcome, when every phantom mustvanish into air, every mortal confrontthat inevitable reality for which thedream wo call a lifotsmo is hut a novitiateand a school. W'/iyfc J/t/-1ri//c.

The length of a flash of lightningis estimated to occasionally reach tonmiles Of course most Hashes are ofvery much smaller dimensions.

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< )no aero is enough especially ifit bo a teiulor corn.

Kvo was tli" lirst woman to turnover a now loaf.

I lerbs corked in bottles will keeptlioir stroiiL'th for voarsn «

Tin* story of Kve clothing herselfwith leuvos of figs was morelv a figr>* oIter of speech.Many talk the loudest against sin

when they are walking arm-in-armwith Satan.A great many men who start out

to reform the world leave themselveso(T for the last job.

Despair and postponement arecowardice and defeat. Men *.yereborn to succeed, not to fail.A large number of yachts are advertisedfor sale this season; but of

course that's what yachts are builtfor.

In th<* matter of speed there is a

great similarity bcetweon a flash ofujMiUMiinif ami :i I»11 <1 unrounded^

gossip.('anada boosts a t>rit»11 r 1OJ' yearold. Mo remembers having seen a

clean ollico towoll wlion lio was abov.

Tito ( ,'zar of Russia receives thelargest salary of any ruler on theface of the earth, lie ought to. I'ohas the most dangerous job.

I lenrv George says there will be aLabor candidate in the ne\t race forthe W hite Mouse, All of the candidateswill labor to g< t there.The happiest lot for a man, as far

as birth is concerned, is that it shouldbo such as to give him but little occasionto thi* k much .about it.

"It's all very well," said the gravedigger,"to advise a young man tobegin at the bottom and work up,but in mv business it ain't practicable."

If you contemplate making a blindman a birthday present, don't selecta pair of gold spectacles. Silverones will answer the same purpose.

"The pin," we are told, "has made *

its way into the highest walks oflife." <v>ueer. The pin has but one

point in its favor. But then it hasa level head and lots of brass.

Next to joining a Masonic lodge,getting married is probably the most

important duty the ordinary man hasto perforin in a lifetime.

Building lots are always more

plentiful in places where no onewants to build. In some of the new

boom towns tlieie is nothing butbuilding lots to be seen.

The average age of Europeansgirls when they marry, according toa (ierinan statisticians, is t went v-si v

years, wliilo that <»f men is twentyeiolityears."Von never know effect without

cause," said one disputant. '*Yes,"said the other, triumphantly*, "1have known a hen to scratch all claywithout itchincf a hit."n

It is with disease of the mind aswith diseases of the body; we arehalf dead before wo understand our

disorder, and half cured whey wedo.

There are twenty thousand morewomen than men in Washington.Washington can't very well bo a

capital city f»»r women who are mat-nmonially inclined.

There is a tendency in llio mindsof many men, when they are heavilydisappointed in the main purposes oflife, to feel that life itself is u vanity-

()ne of the notes jotted down hvLongfellow reads: "A j'reat part <>fthe happiness of life consists not inlighting battles, but in avoidingthem. A masterly rotreat is in itselfa victory.A man was so delighted with some

sponge cake that he ate at a hotelthat ho went to a drug store andpurchased a lot of sponges, takingthem to his home for his wife tomake sponge cake out of.

Sawdust and petroleum are beingused as fuel by V ermont manufacturers,on account of the increasedcost of the transportation of coalsince the passage of the inter-StateAct.The man who does not think as

you do is not always a fool. Ofcourse the chances are that ho isn'tho wise as ho might be, but theremay be a little loophole of oscapofi ii« lii iii w/unoii liOr.i

Tho oldest Christian church is thatat Bethlehem, built in tho year A. B.82/, by tho Empress Helena, motherof Constantino tho Croat. It isknown as tho Church of tho N'ativity.An optimist is a woman with

now spring suit. A pessimist is a fwoman without a now spring suit.An optimist is a man with a baby,one day old. A pessimist is a manwith a baby 1S8 nights old and teeth

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