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Glossy tiles of the brokers. ire* In Which Thry Arc Kept Shiny —Tit* flatter’s Little Trick. “These brokers are queef Cattle, as a tule,*\ remarked a deader in hats on lower Broadway tire other day. “They want their sdk hats to shine all the time ks if they ‘were just out of a factory. Swell young men about town have that sort of a dt%ire, but it don't seem to be a vnaracteristic of business men generally fexeept in the case of brokers. Some of thtisfebrokers have their Itate ironed. or think they do, two and three times a day, and have got so into the habit of that sort of thing that I liave to keep two men’ who don't do anything else but keep hats in order, either by block ing or ironing.” The shiny tile of the average broker would seem to indicate either that what the hat man said was true, or else that tIM brokers are lavish and frequent pur cluiscrs of new silk hats. The former was proved by inquiry to be the fact. Nearly every down-town hatter has a similar experience. Brokers are liberal buyers of high nats. They are also economical in caring for them after they once buy their tiles, however. It costs from 50 cents to $1 to block them. So the broker escajies the necessity of this expense by going to his hatter daily to hgve them ironed. There is no charge for this service. Ironing is supposed to be the running of a hot hatter's iron over the glossy surface of the liat, and this always gives a lustre to the tile. It don’t tjike much time even when thor oughly done, but it does help to do away with the necessity for blocking a hat, «u;U does, in a measure, help to eat up the profits of the hatter. So the wily •hatter has found a way to get even with the broker. “Some of the brokers,” said one of these, “come in here as soon as they get down in the morning and liave their hate ironed. Then they go to business. Knocking about in the crowds they run up against spoils the apjiearance of their hate. So, before they go up town they either bring or send around tleir hats for a fresh polish. Sometimes, too, they put in an extra polish at lunch time, especi ally if.tlley are to have ladies down town io lunch with them. .Now, that sort of thing gets monotonous when it happens days in the week. 'Hutters know, but the public gener ally doesn't , kow we get even with these brokers, * whose custom we naturally value too highly to juffend the men in •any way. Ouee in a while wc iron the iron the hats, of course, in order to keep them fh good shape, but generally all we do is to rub theui.ovrr with a bit of silk warmed until it is quite hot. That gives tue hat the necessary polish. It saves tis <l* trouble of ironing, and the polish makes the broker luxppy. If the people knew how easily they could burnish up their silk hats by simply rubbing them with heated silk handkerchiefs I suppose wo should lose some money, but it would have us lots of time and trouble. It would be a great scheme for us if brokers be informed of the fact without L ttiag fellows who pay for having their Jiats biyteked and ironed know anything #>*out it. We’d save much trouble if ssich a plan could be carried out.”—New York 'limes. Guy Great Ignorance of Mexico. Although geographically near, and fiaving been in commercial relations with the rest of the world for over 350 years, it here is probably less known to-day about Mexico than of almost any other .country claiming to be civilized; cer itaJjldy not as much as concerning Egypt, Palestine, or the leading states of British isdia, and not any more than concerning the outlying proyinees of Turkey, the #tate* of Northern Africa, or the seaport .district* of China and Japan. It is .doubtful, furthermore, if as large a pro |x>rti<«i as one in a thousand of the fairly -educated men of the United States or of . Europe*, could at once, and without ref erence to an encyclopedia, locate and jiMune the twenty-seven states or polit- Jrat divisions into which the republic of Mexico is divided, or so many of its town and cities as have a population in *-Acvss of 15,000 or 20,000.—David A. 'Jf’x'ik ip Popular Science Monthly. ’« Time Saved h(r Bailroad Travel. The estimated Blunter of passengers <« a/ried annually on the Berlin tramways jis 90,000,000. A statistici.x i has calcu- Jlated that, if every person thus trans jxirted saves only ten minutes’ time on 4*v»ry working day of ten houn : , count ing 300 working days to the year, the ag gregate saving of time In a single txden ,dar year will amount to 5,000 wording •years. Adding to this the saving of itwenty minutes' time for 15,000,000*0f ]p« rsons carried by the city railroait— /lamely: 1,606 working years—the grand .tmntiaJ saving for the traveling Derlin (jxiiUK* wdahl be 6,660 working years in a it u cl^ignonth.—Chicago Tribune. faw.Table. Charged with Electricity. Complaints are often made by those *teing iron saw-cables that the table be cemww charged with electricity to such ,«n extent as to be disagreeable. The ta ble is undoubtedly charged by the fric tion of the belt. To prevent the table from becoming charged run a small cop we from the leg of the table to a ■w*tec. ga«. or steam pipe. Anything <»b.t will carry off the current as fast as produced will do the work effectually.— Baltimore Herald. Veenlltirltlee of Borneo's Tree Toad. Tlw Borneo tree toad has a slender body and broad, webbed feat that can be HHvad out to act like a parachute, en- the animal to leap from a tree top h»id float through the air for a consider able distance like a flying squarrel —Er. change. W teat the Park Pbeasanfa Cost. Each pheasant that is shot in English and preserves costs its breeder, it is a sum of at let st 3 shillings.— Moutre al Star. A hi ndred years ago there were not more than 30,000 Christians in pagan rountrim. Now the number is close°on ?,00O,(jpp. Th® Earth Viewed at a Distance. if it w ere possible to rise above the at- •phere which surrounds the earth we ►hould see nothing but an intense and sharpy defined ball of fire, while every thing else would be wrapped in total darkness. There could be no diffusion of light without an atmosphere, or some eimilur medium for it to act upon; but if th<> air about extended to a height of 700 mile*, the rays of the sun could not pene trate it and we should be left in dark iw. At the depth of 700 feet in the I*van the light cease altogether, one-half Pf Jhe light being being absorbed in pass pig throirgh only seven feet of the purest Water.—Scientific Journal. or O»r DtetiarulKhed Men. SomelKMly who has figured on the sub ject the ages of our own most dig, tinguished public men as follows: Simon C-aineruii leads in point of years. He is b 7. Morrill is 76, Edmunds, 58; “Pig Iron Kelley, 72; Randall, 58; McKinley, 4?t John Sherman, 68; Lamar, 61; Tom Rc<>d. 4V: Blaine, 56; Cleveland, 49; Car lisle. 51; Beck, 64; Ingalls, 53; Holman, 57; Voorhees, 59; Morrison, fl> Logan. 60; Bayard, 56; Hawley, 60; ilgrland. 54. «md Sunset Cor 62 ~ EOAfN-HEARTED. flown hearted? Pshaw! there’s seldom seen A lane without a turning; Euch desert has a spot of green. In spite of bright Sol’s burning. Your friends have failed you? Well, what theft! Remember changeling Peter; Sorrow has tried the best of men, And life is all the sweeter. What adds a zest to Summer’s joy, Is it not Winter weary? Peace would be tame without alloy, nuikes suiaoo cheery. Ail can not win though all must run When once life’s race is started; Yet all may hear the words “Well done." So never be down-hearted. —William Lyle. SECRET OF A GREAT RIVER. The Headwater* of the Brahmaputra—An Explorer in IM.sguise. Descending from the Himalaya mount ains and flowing for nearly 1,000 miles along the southern border of Thibet is the river Sanpo, which lias been the sub ject of more geographical controversy than any other river in the world. No body has known whether this large river was the headwaters of the Brahmaputra and reached the sea through India, or whether it fed Irawady and flowed through Burmah. Most geographers have lieen disposed to identify it with the Brahmaputra, but as late as January last year, Mr. Robert Gordon, the leading authority on the hydrography of the Irawady, read a paper in London to show that the Sanpo must be tributary to the Burmese river. In the southeast comer of Thibet is a region marked on some maps as “The Country of Robber and Wild Tribes.” These tribes have guarded the secret of the Sanpo. No explorer, white or In dian, has ever penetrated their country. The last to try it was the now famous traveler, A —K., who had to turn back three years ago from the threshold of the dreaded Mishmi country. The Mish mis are still unvisited, but the secret of the Sanpo has been solved beyond doubt. If is identical with the Dihong, the north Brahmaputra, and is thus the head waters of that Indian river. Not far from the southern edge of Thibet a river coming from the east unites with the Dihong to form the Brahmaputra. Messrs. Needham and Molesworth fifteen months ago followed this branch far east until their explora tions joined those of A —K. pi oving that the river was identical with the Zayul Chu, whose upper course he had thoroughly explored. The Zayul Chu is therefore the eastern branch of the Brah maputra, instead of an affluent of the Irawady, as Mr. Gordon and some Chi nese geograpers have believed. The Zayul Chu having now been as cended east and northeast for several hundred miles to its sources, it is certain that the Sanpo can not join the Irawady unless it either burrows under the Zayul Chu or takes a flying leap over It. It is thus proved beyond a doubt that the Sanpo is identical with the northern biancb of the Brahmaputra. Another geographical mystery has passed into the realm of ascertained fact. The explorer A—K is so called because the names of the travelers in the employ of the Indian government are not pub lished until after they quit the service. A —K traveled in the guise of a mer chant, and if his real character became known in many regions north of India his usefulness as an explorer would be destroyed.—New York Sun. The Boomerang Practically * Myth. “Do we ever get fooled?” exclaimed Barnum* when I asked him if he was often led into wild goose chases after things that turned out to be ordinary. •*\Vell, I should say so. There’s no de pendence to lie placed on the reports of travellers as to the alleged wonders they’ve seen. For instance, we’ve just wasted $5OO on boomeitmg throwers. You've heard of Australtm bushmen who have a weapon made of a bent stick with a sharp point, that t£.’ey throw with wonderful skill, hitting tu'e prey unerringly, and then returning of ,'tself to fall at the feet of the marksman. V\ ell, it struck me that half a dozen of Micvu would be a fine attraction, and I had an agent go from London to the wilds ox I New South Wales; but he writes me that the accounts are two-thirds lies, and the remaining third isn’t worth bringing away. The boomerang is a fact, and the native Australian sav ages fling it at game—missing about as often as hitting; and it will return, if it strikes nothing, to near the starting point, but with no surt of cer tainty. My man searched thoroughly, and witnessed the feats of the best ex perts to be found, but they amounted jo nothing in particular. The famous boomerang is practically a myth Boston Herald. ' The Common Causes of Neuralgia. The commonest causes of neuralgia are defective or poisonous conditions of the Large losses of blood are very certain to be followed by neuralgia in some nerve or nerves. The red blood corpuscles are very necessary to the projier nutrition of the central nervous system; consequently, when they are not present in due proportion, the brain “cries out for healthy blood, ” and its de nial. d is most often uttered bv way of more or less sharp, neuralgic pain. The vegetable parasite that produces what is called malarial poisoning destroys these very essential red-blood discs.—Cor. Globe- Democrat. Actor's Armor Made of Pasteboard. In Macready’s dress for Virginius, now in Mr. Irving’s possession, the armor was of pasteboard, covered with tinfoil, and the dagger of wood. There was a scarf of red serge, a linen tunic and sandals, etc. The whole could not have cost $lO. —Chicago Herald. Lou of Shoop 1 B Australia. The colonists of New South Wales have lost 24,000,000 sheep in the last five years because of droughts. They were worth $40,000,000, and might mostly have been saved by proper works for the ttorage of water. A “« vurirannra, or Lace Plant. It is one of the rarest plants hr exist ence, and known botanically as the Ouvirandra, or more significantly to the average lay mind as the lattice or lace leafed plant. It is a genus of aquatic plants, native of Madagascar and not found in any other portion of tlie globe. The appearance of the leaf resembles a bit of open lattice or lace work and seemingly consists of only a skeleton of delicate nerve fibres. The leaves grow in a radiating cluster and float just be low the surface of the water, presenting their flat sides to the light. The .plant, besides being curi ous and beautiful, is of real value to the natives of Madagascar, who collect its fleshy, farinacious roots and utilize them as articles of food, and very good they are said to be, although the experiment could only be tried by a Crresus in this country, since the lace plant in this portion of the globe is worth considerably more than its weight in gold.—New York World. The Curious Effects of Sunshine. The rays of the sun do notstrike at the same angle upon the earth at all times and places. It has been ascertained that wafer is raised four and a half feet at the This elevation corresponds to the increase of temperature. The pres sure at the bottom also decnaseS. Sci- IRtific Journal. A POPUI-Z.R EX-MAYOR. Ex-Mayor Newton, of Dos Moines, la., ■ deservedly popular in the city over whose destines he presided, by reason of the many good deeds and the unostentatious acts of charity which he is constantly doing. Suc cessful as a politician, he has also recently been playing the part of a good Samaritan with a success equal to his triumphs in politics. The fainting traveler by the wayside, whom he has raised np and re freshed by good counsel in the last in stance, is Mr. George A. Crandale, the man ager for Oberne, Hosick <& Co., Second and Walnut streets. Mr. Crandale, who nat urally feels under many obligations to the Ex-Mayor telle as follows how he came into such a wretched plight as to need help and how it was cheerfully given. “1 have never had an ache or pain of rheumatism/’ he said, “since I used Athlo f boros and the medicine cost me only $3. f any one had guaranteed to cure me I would willingly nave paid him $5O, yes $lOO. My rheumatism was inflammatory, mostly in my ankles, but a little in the wrist. 1 could manage to hobble around by the use of canes, but felt as if I were walking on the bare bones, or in other words as if my feet were oft’ and I was walking on the stumps. The pain was terrible to bear, yet 1 managed to be about and to attend to my business. “One day, during the time I was suffer ing so much, I hobbled to the Court House to look after some matter. As I was struggling to get up the steps I met ex- Mayor Newton, who asked me what the trouble was. I told him that it was rheu matism, whereupon he advised me to get a bottle of Athlophoros. I did not pet it then, as I had no faith in patent medicines and did not want to take any. A short time after this I wrote to an old friend, Charles P. Griflin, of Stuart, to inquire what had cured him. I knew that he had been confined to his lied with rheumatism of the worst kind. His answer was: ‘Get Athlophoros. That is what cured me.’ I then got some, but really had no faith in its curing me. 1 began to get relief from it in twenty-four hours. I continued tak ing it until I had used three dollars worth, when my rheumatism, both the pain and the swelling, was gone, and 1 have not had anv return since. That is now over a year ago.” Ex-Mayor Newton based his recommen dation of Athlophoros to Mr. Crandale upon the very remarkable cure it had effected in the case of his wife. That lady thus tells all about it: “I have been comparatively free from rheumatism for the past year ami a half. Previous to that I had been a great suf ferer for years and had resorted to many remedies, but nothing would do what Ath lophoros did for me. I have bad a few twinges of late, but I attribute that to my self and not to the medicine, as 1 have not been so carefid as I should have been. Athlophoros took the stiffness out of the joints of mv fingers and gave me the use of my hands, in which I had so long had trouble. 1 have recommended it in many cases and in every instance that I know of the results have been very satisfactory. I do not hesitate in the least in recom mending it most heartily to every rheu matic sufferer.” If you cannot get Athlophoros of yourdrug gist.'wc will send it express paid, on receipt of regular price—one dollar per bottle. We prefer that you buy it from your druggist, but if he hasn’t it, do not l>e persuaded to try something •Ise. but order at once from ns as directea ATMLOPHobos Co., 112 Wall Street, New York ONLY trd2 Ay IRON QTONIC Will purifv the BLOOP, retm- WH late 1.1 VIEK and M.IUNBYS, ~ W and Bestoiie tile hrai.th and VIGOR of YOUTH. Dy»- pepsla, Want of Appetite, lii- digestion. Lack of Strength, and ’l'ire.l Feclingabsolutely cured. Bones, muscles and nerres receive new force. Enlivens tlie mind and ... w ~ '•ipplies Brain Power. Suffering from complaints LADIES , ecullar to their sex will find in DK. HARTER’S IRON TONIC a safe and snecdy cure. Gives a clear, healthy complexion Frequent attempts at counterfeiting only add to the popularity of the original. 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A Sufferer from Headache writes s ‘•AVer’s Tills are invaluable to mo. anil are my constant companion. I have been a severe sufferer from Hcptiacho, ami yo.i.- Tills are the only thing I could itstk *.:> for relief, tine dose will quickly move my bowels ami free my hciui from pnin. I bey are the most effective ami the easiest | hys.'j 1 have ever found. It is a pleasure to me :o speak iu their praise, stud 1 always no tj when occasion offers. W. L. Tauk, of W. 1.. Pago & Tro.” Franklin St., Richmond,Va., dune o, L-sJ. “I have nsed AVer’s Pills in number, less instances as recommemkul by yo-i, :in<| have never known them to fail to nccontpi.sli tho desired lesult. We constantly keep thcr.i on hand at our home, and prize ihrm ns < pleasant. saf«, and reliabie family tmdlcmu. r'VR DYSl’Et;siA they are invaluahie. J. T. 11.-. VE:.*.” Mexia, Texas, .June 17,1&2. The Rev. Fit xcis B. Jlauioive, writin from Atlnula, Gt., says: •* For some yeais past I have been subject to eon. Cipaiimt from which, in spite of the use of me-ii ciues of various kinds, 1 guffereti incrcasiim 'incouveHieitcc, until some inonths aso 1 began taking Avi'.k’s Tills, Tl,<y L.i.e entirely ccrrected the coslitv lial it, and have vastly improved my geueial benilh.” Aver’s Cathartic Pills c<>vre«t irreja larities of tho bowels, stimulaU th» app<» tite and digestion, and by their prompt ami thorough action give tone uud vigor tu lh«j whole physical economy. FREI F.Y Dr. J. C. Ayer &. Co., Lowell, Mr«s. . Sold by all Druggist?. YGUWG AH experience the wrmderf.il OLD, AHO . T"'? 1 MIDDLE- A ,y®f s Sarsapartta. • #nrn Children with Sore Eyes, fivre Aul-J. Ears, or any scrofulous or syph ilitic taint, may be made healthy a.:d sirvog by its use. Sold by all Druggists; 81, six bottles fotglk Father, Mother, and Three Sisters Mr. David Claypool, formerly Sergeant at-ArmsoftheNew Jersey Senate, and now Notary Public at Cedarville, Cumberland Co., N. J., makes the following startling statement: “My father, mother, and three sisters all died with consumption, and my lungs were so weak I raised blood. Nobody thought I could live. My work (ship smithing) was very straining on me with my weak constitution, and I was rapidly going to the grave. While in thin oonditiuq I commenced using Mishler’s Herb Bitsfei, and it saved my life. Because it was s»- difficult to get it in this little place, and ( had improved so much, I stopped taxing it for a time, and the result is that I have commenced going rapidly down hill again. Somehow, Mishler’s Herb Bitters gives appetite and strengthens and builds me up as nothing else does, and I must have a dozen bottles at once. Use this commu nication as you please, and if any one wants to be convinced of its truth, let them write me and I will make affidavit to it, for I owe ray life to Mishler's Herb Bitters.” *• The secret of the almost invariable relief and cure of consumption, dysentery, diar rhcea, dyspepsia, indigestion, kidney and liver complaints, when Mishler’s Herb Bitters is used, is that it contains simple, harmless, and yet powerful ingredients, that act on the blood, kidneys, and liver, and through them strengthens and invigor ates the whole system. Purely vegetable in its composition ; prepared by a regular physician; a standard medicinal prepara tion; endorsed by physicians and drug gists. These are four strong points in favor of Mishler’s Herb Bitters. Mishler’s Herb Bitters is sold by all druggists. Price $l.OO per large bottle. 6 bottles for $5.00. Ask yonr dregKiHt for Mibhlxb’s Hebb BlTTEira If ba does not keep it, do not take anything else, bat ■end a postal card to Mishler Hxbb Bxttxbs Co* 52£ Commerce Street. Philadelphia. IM O 1! RllVal J w 8 “The Greatest Cure relieve more quickly than any other known rem B edy: Rheumatism, Neuralgia, B Swellings, Stiff Neck, Bruises, B Burns, Scalds. Cuts, Lymba- Q go. Pleurisy, Sores, Frost-bites, £4 Briaragn. T., xEJ) Backache, Quinsy, Sore Throat, H 'Wi AsgaAi :.,Stl Sciatica, V. ounrls, Headache, B Toothache. Sprains, etc. Price B SiSSEg So cts. a bottle. Sold by *IIB Caution.—The gen- B Salvation Oil bean ourß * 4 oc we registered Trade-Mark, and our M fac simile signature. A. C Meyer & Ce., Sole Li ProprieUn, Baltimore, M<L, U. S. A. S| Dr. Bull’s Cotisrh Syrup will cure y«ur Cough at once. Price only 25 Cfs. a bettlai. ELJESJNTfimxrCkTOTa- • SWING 012211521 ram Being fully aware of th* VA. Wgreat interest the ladies are terra on best government 'AS parchment Paper, all S\F 11X ' of Boy, G rl, Bug', Vc.. &c., BO in alt ranging lire from in ix. to j in- -Saa. .Wder.l Box White foil and complete dmetm.(<» oj Colors’ E a b i r^err ’ Ke " sin Eton P. ’sting, Lua&e, "ork. Cartel Jesting. and ml. eryLtch Ribbon Embroidery, Chenille an * 1 Arasene H hat-an- Colon of al l the different flowers, nption o&e. oduce used in embroidery .&c., making a com pete Outfit a. tted at rcta tl for less than To inc Tie FARM AffD HOUSEHOLD, the large, 33 p'fire Illush * Magazine duvoced to the interests of the Country Hex. anti Household, we will send one of these Outfits complk ft-eo poatpaid, to any lady who will send for 3 mos. subscription to the Magazine. Five for Si. Mcaar cheerfully hmmv UsM-MOtiaewry; AohficX FARM AND HOUSEHOLD, Box 48, Hartford, Con» * COATS BROS. City Omnibus —AND— DRAY! RE and other Goods t ansported xr ,n 10 11 a’deUred. Ployed b,,t careful and competent men em- Ice Furnished on AppUration. Charges Reasonable. “* , . .. COATS B BOTHERS. Sa*ik Centre. Minn. .Nov.3otb 2JBv of Ink. 1 h* Supernatural has run riot in do* Ch dnese imagination ere are divinities ing h onor to ink. As th ery object, the to pr: wide over almost e* do not lack instn iments of literature s and their their: rapernatural guardian*. settled by place and precedence are Prefect of • strict rules of etiquette. The. • style of Health is Wealth! *= V *»• E "”*’ ror »“ " I t c U*e Tang dynasty, was at Ipflp ady, suddenly there popped out SJwl I m his st o f ink that lay upcm his tar , w Ol 2 a , 8 int figure no larger th:Uiafly,i We a qua the appearance of it Taoist I>b KC. West's Nerve and Bbain Treat- i _ , VI S he startled monarch waO soon • guaranteed specific for Hysteria, Dini- pnest. T words of the apparition. n juk uon8 > i' lt3 , Nervous Neuralgia, ; reassured > Y ~ .ti Q rionin. of the 'lnk. Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by the use ud i m»• said. The Genius or tne. of alcohol or tobacco. Wakefulness, Mental De- Behold, i he Envoy of the Black pression, Softening of the Brain resulting in in- Mv title is t * wnn sanity and leading to misery, decay arai <t u to announce to you PrenMiture Old Age, Barrenness, Loes of power and I have when a man <rf true learn* K henceforth, 5 writes, the Twelve Deities A-Ji WO abuse or oyer-indulgenca. Each box contains wig or gem us tfieir appearance to • J I Pkjmnntm WB dVAKAXTEB BIX MZ» I ? .... «®t ITrom that day to ‘ T r . > cure ary case. With each order received by ns £^ S J. Or .t te, j BU De tie Bof Ink have re- ■■ ll CenmaO I)< ' xeB ; accompanied with sioo, we will this the Twelve . although many cen- iKIntTA rpHj|lftS mained invisible - 1 « <cure. Guarantees isßuedOßhrbj.- tones have pas| ■ * JnnmrU. * Consequent es of Killing Birds. “Steps are being taken to pass laws in every state of the Union to make it a criminal offense to kill biTds for any pur {X>se, except strictly game birds used for food and such birds as are needed for scientific purposes.” “How can you make a crime out of a matter of sentiment?” "This is something more than a matter of sentiment, something much more. The loss of the birds which are almost insectivorous has already caused a quite appreciable loss on the farmers’ crops, and we are destined to see a plague of insect life so great as to entail important commercial consequences to the country at large. Nothing but birds can regulate the increase of insects and keep it within bounds, and to destroy the birds as we have done is a crime of the highest order against society, and will cause loss and waste incalculable.” “Is this guesswork or verifiable hypo thesis?” “Fact, sir! France once, in a paroxysm of folly, allowed the destruction of a proportion of hers. The result in disaster to fields and crops and in positive famine and distress was so apparently the result of this folly that now France and Germany protect the birds with jealous care. For every wing on a woman’s liat to-day some one will suffer loss, some one will go hungry and lose some joy out of life. If it would be a crime to destroy the grass of the fields and hills, because grass is necessary for the support of life, so it is a crime to destroy that which nature has provided as the sole protector of that and its kindred grain, the birds. Nothing can make it less, than a crime: a crime against the order of the world, against human society and wel fare.—Chicago Tribune Interview. Author of the First American Tale. Royal Tyler was not only the author of the first American drama, but also wrote the first American tale. This was tlie “Algerine Captive, which went through two editions, but is now a very rare book. It has no plot, and was written to show up errors of the times, and especially the absurdity of paying tribute to the Alger ines for the privilege of sailing in the Mediterranean unmolested. It may now seem almost incredible tliat the United States was once subjected to this humil iating condition, but such is history. Our government, however, eventually sent a squadron to Algiers under De catur, who soon taught this nation of pirates to respect our flag. To return to the above-mentioned tale, I may say that in early childhood I came across a copy, and I well remembered that the author mentions that while yet a lad he was so deeply interested in “Pilgrim’s Progress” that he stuck a pin in Apollyon’s eye in order to help Christian out of the fight.” The author published this book under a nom de plume, and the title page was, “The Al gerine Captive; or, The Life and Ad venture of Dr. Updike Underhill, Six Years a Prisoner Among the Algerines.” The book was popular, and Tyler might have continued his attention to fiction, but the next year (1798) Charles Brock den Brown’s first novel appeared, and this checked all rivalry.—Cor. Cincin nati Enquirer. Maps Made by Native Greenlanders. In the collections recently taken to Denmark from the east coast of Green land by Capt. Holm are several objects that have excited the astonishment of European geographers. They are maps made by the natives. The maps are en graved with their rude cutting imple ments on boards that drifted ashore. They were found among the natives who live along the shores of a deep fiord near the most northern point attained by Holm. Only ten or twelve of these 400 people have ever visited the Danish set tlements in south Greenland, owing to a stretch of glaciers and ice fields which have so nearly isolated them from the world that their existence was not known until recently. They had never seen a white man until Holm and Dr. Knutzen came among them. Some of these curious maps, Capt. Holm says, represent quite accurately the contour of the coast, with all its many big and little indentations, along which they live. Other maps give the outlines of islands lying near the coast, and the explorers say the maps repro duce the shape of the islands with a good degree of fidelity.—New York Sun. The Chief Condition of Longevity. Success of some pet project or other seems to be a chief condition of longevity. The loser of a game for high stakes gen erally hands in his remaining chips. The after-effects of a bad disappointment rarely fail to shorten life. They killed Firdousi and the two Napoleons, Czar Nicholas and Leon Gambetta. Bismarck comes of a short-lived family, and his fourth decade threatened to be his last; but the triumphs of 1870 gave him a new lease of life. Death loves a shining mark only in the form of a setting star. In western Europe pensions used to be be stowed as a reward of success—military, literary or artistic—and pensioners of that sort were proverbially long-lived.— Dr. Felix L. Oswald. An Easy-Going, Good-Natured People. The native Bermudians are an easy-go ing, good-natured people, very, fond of amusements, in illustration of which a letter in The Troy Times records this in cident: “A lady from New York was in one of the largest stores here one morn ing looking at goods, when the clerks be gan to put up the shutters. 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