VOL XXI. NO. IS.

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A TR'CK WITH CARDS.

II— — Am.ynr Fool (jird lriek,»rr «lo«y» im«rr»tlng, and pr"fe—luiuil rn»Kuiam bar, araulml !■ - -th.' liiindliiiK of Ncrrral pack, of can!, at ■ imc a celerity which look, niyrteriou,. t< ay the least, to their audience. 'With i ■ tile practical Inwimlty even amatcun ui perform rani trick, that uivMify theii

fririel, i

i, Ozark in

lcep.-rt butD— of the myrterlountaim^ rixhteen mile, a^uthrily, i, what i, perhaps the

KTVRteei arm nicwt wonderful natural fornmtiun in the world. The famous Mammoth cave, of Kentucky, has long been looked U|K>n as the grrateat marvel of the Hod in the known world, hut Its greatest ■ depth is only nine mile from the entrance^ Hidden away in the Ozark, is a cavern

over thirtr mile, and im.

heart., eight jacks of diamond, and eight queens of dubs. The latter sixteen ranis are cut in imlf diagonally with* penknife and a rule?-. These card, are £!. n pa.tcd on the back of the ace card, in Mich a manner that one-half of the card pnwenu the jack of diamond, and the other the on era Tbi» ends the preparation Oft he if card* Is secured, and >f thirty card., containerics of which

up. As only

* exposed the snbby the audience, rlrgatcd to draw the three series • him. The pet are been chosen

pack lei.ni

lime engaging mew Iqr constantly

and placing the pre-

of the deck. They are

spread out and held up to view so

the thumb which holds th-

the lower portion, head and and presenting only the Jack of

Is. When t hew cards are p

I*ck they an placed hollom of tlie same.

me la-rformanceis repeated, bring|Ueen of rluhs to view, and at last

••■cardsan turned upside down, tin of liearts appear, and an spnad ou' tie table alongside the other deck am gathered up again in a nonchalant man It frequently happen, that someone It ir audience will demand an Investignlint ' Oie ranis, and for that purpow Uic pres

‘ i a third |m<-k of esril.

ipnsed of forty-six

tWigi

alioiit him. eabh <ne .dil

'«• prulum after a little liesitai.. ing the other dick disapis-ar in renleut pockeC—Chicago Times.

eo|.le.

i-iswils of the rarlint W.that tin- inhqliltants were ind then largely fnl on me *—•. Hut in aft.-r ages, ■•ations wen folluwid hi.-fly eaten. The bonemhan open, doubtless fur the

the marrow,

domesticated l.y the

• litter providtd for them hi in the mud of the lakes. M. »1m> been la_jgely discovered i have formed the slei-pi 1 he household. Numerous w rults. such ns apples, pears, plums, ra blackberrirs and nuts, wen Mr dirt of these Sw ' apple p

rley; ami flat round disinterred, and also sev-' een which the grain wu nan's Magazine.

She Named the Baby.

What to name the baby, particularly tha

Bn-t baby, is oflen a hard question. So it proved in the Morse family. The father proposed to call the newcomer "Ebenexer ” Hter it. grnmlfalhrr. but Grandfather Morse said no. He bad oerrr liked hlsown name, ami • didn't want the child saddled with it." He thought '■Francis," the

» long dead uncle, would he a Grandmother and GrandfAther Perry

had each cbiwen a name from their family.

for the twnaunuon the Monr side ami

the three uncle, on the Peevy side, their

views wen all settled-and all dlffenni. IJttlc Mrs. Mors.- sat smiling In the

midst of all this dlscuaaion. When her opinion was asked she always said, "I haven't thought of calling him anything

but 'Baby'yet."

"But, my dear, you can't keep that forever,” said the family conclave. •Ao, I presume not.” replied Mrs.

up

r. wl.ii

vep and

rent on and the little wonder waa x months old. Tlirnooeday Mrs. id to her husband at dinner. "I le liaby this forenoon, George " . Wr Morse.

quietly.

"Why—what—how did It happen •" asked le asionisheil husband and father, gazing

blankly at his smiling wife.

“It was very simple.” said Mrs. Morse. "A on sw the c-usu. nmn came, and after he d a.k.-d me how old the baby wa, ha

-une.pleawr And before I was saying I told him.

I realized what ■George Henry,

book: I think it's the best name for bin and at any rate the matter Is settled now. Between Aer calm assumption that census book entry was unchangeable and fatlirr's natural pride in having his uam perpetuated. Mr. Morse concluded ths after all It was well the census taker ha come Just when lie did. George Henn Jr., is quite as happy as it his nsme ha been the result of great deliberation.Youth's Companion.

the reformatiou < of theuuwholrsorar, neglected j housewife, whelhie seep servant or lull. to investigate department am) see that it is looked nfler. Will it bear hygienic 1 Are wc aware of the way in which ise genus are engnulen-d and of the ul rapidity wi!b which they multiply pnqmgate. contaminating the at e we breathe and the food we milk for our tables and family us Iowa from the

And with what fatal rrsulta to heal and life they multiply after flndlng tbi t—u.-n Then lei the atmosphere of the lie kept -

hand and freely used, they should never lie substituted for soap and water.-Mrs. I. nod Housekeeping.

Any Mannrring" to 'The Fortuned of Nigel." I here .sx-um-d a Meg Merrilirw. ‘ ' ” * said, "but good too ofway Shakespeare con- ' 1 ' ' c disguised as

. ikes|H-are wss much Impressed l.y the stupid pride, levity and k..eil—— -» • i - young nohless heroes of then it rucs very uuh ■y» unworthy of the - persecute then lonis” onwan not without HI man of the mai ini frequently

The Is.w as used by Asiatic horsemen ns. times a furious shspe. They were uuule of bora—generally buffalo l.ora-in two pieces, joined by a wooden renter, ami • . . j j) lc f orni (,f „ capital

hem to be handover t he When Mrun3-jtdiffi. se unnseil .to tli«u—they curve of the antique Isiw

. representation of Cupid. This was the “Tartar s Isiw." uwl by the bcythlans, Parthian, awl Persians, and up • quite recent times in Iwlia. It was wn l.y tlie thumb alone, on which tbs her wore a broad, thlrk ring of born, ry, or coraeliau. on whose edge the bow lie long is.w was also much In use mg Indian Infantry of the Middle Ages; neither they twir any other Asiatics appear to have done such execution as the English archers of the same |ieriod_ Bernier aays, describing a battle lirtweru Auruug-rla-and Ida brother liara, "Tliry draw heir arrows with a marvelous swiftness, nr man being aide to draw six of them cfore a musketeer can discharge twice; nt. to say truth, their arrows do but litr execution: more of them are lost in the Ir or broken .m the ground than bit,” The 1k.w, in fact, requires more than any her weapon constant practice from cblldnud; and strong Englishmen of the presit day are quite unable to uao the liuws ' the half human Minropiea of the Autumns.—Chambers’ Journal.

Although Patagouia has long been such a terror to the ordinary travrler the name of that country tiring associated with monsters of cruelty, who kill strangers without the slightest compunction, Mr. Jonathon C. Davies, a Welshman, who has managed to live for sixteen years in Patagonia. ha, issued a little lawk In which he a lot of Interesting information reepreting a Welsh colony that was planted ' itag.mia In 1*» by the Rev. M. I). s. of Bala. The first arUli-rs nuniI ISO, but the preseut (wpulatiou of ninny is about 3,000. The aim of the ler was to secure a tract of laud for Welshmen who leave their native land to a settlrinent together, Instead of scattering almut among strangers in all parts of the world. “■ t colony is settled in Chubat valley, I is alsiut forty ndles long and four I, awl well protected by ranges of It was not until 1877 that the colony id signs of prosperity, and even now the colon ir, have to straggle with fears and dangers tlutt would dauut any but a hardy and determined people.-Pall Mall Gazette. ■ocrmpblcal Knowledge In l«»l.

the extent of the world in Aristotle's day. In the fourth century before Christ, and try little more waa known about it I.SUU years later, iu the time of Columbus. In 2.0UU years the world had in reality retrograded rather than advanced. as the popular belief iu the time of thus that the world waa flat, though _ coalcmporary scholars thought diffcreully. The great dvillxatiopi of the world at that time were grouped around the Meditcrratieau sea, although England considerable power, and the Scandl- , ns were a great maritime people. But European* at t*t time knew but little of Asia and hut little of Africa, and America of course was undreamed of. Even after Columhns had discovered the ,-jn tier continent he was perfectly oblivious^'J the fact. He thought Hayti waa Clpan- / C^ba J **** n ' Gme regarded /

11 in an addreza told the lowing alisurd story: "There was shipped during the m Alexandria to New York a mummies, which bad been take- ' -ight partly through fear of plrz go waa sold to a papermaker, ground up the whole m bitumen and the dried p and women, and made it into paper, and.” added the preacher, "the words I am readwritten on this paper."—Uome•aske. with Ia*s. Pythons and boas commonly exhibit raiments of hind limbs, which appear in the shape of a pair of small hooks or spurs, -'-■bleon the under surface of the hinder Off the body.—Quarterly JBeview.

The late Patrick Henry Cowcn, a prominent Saratoga lawyer, was fund of relating the story of bis admission to the bar. The committee met at Ballston, and young Cowet, waa the only candidate. A member of the committee remarked: "I think single question will determine the legal

of the candidate. Young name the best brand of

. . "I can." responded Cowcn, hut for fear that your huuors may sus ,«ct I am in error, I will forward to each of you a sample that will vindicate my judgment." That ■uitisfieritbr committee,

at wa* admlttecJr Ha '

qualifies

e kept his

Not Very Bad. SJd Highlander, rather food of hia glass, was ordered by his doctor during a • nporory ailment not to take more than e ounce of spiriu in the day. The old in was a little dubious about the amount, d ask id Mis hoy, who waa attending tool, bow much an ounce was. "An ounce—sixteen drams, one ounce.” "Sixteen drams!'' exclaimed the delighted Highlander. “Gaw! no' so had. Run and tell Tons] Mactavish and Big Duncan to oome dooo the nleht,’ -Dundee News.