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v ^w PROF. iJOWD;S_ ODD MANIA. THOUGH COKSTANTLY EATING. HE IS ALWAYS HUNGRY. â- r fTcBt Ihuane on Ibe iinbjert of Dietâ€" BrIlL'veil Ibut He tihniild Kat Only to UnlHty UIh Appdite ami Thrn Krllrve Hi-: Ktom^irh of tbe Foodâ€" His Vaanrlrs. The physicians who have Studied the ca.se of Prof. Daniel Ii. Dowd. of New York, who was removed to Believue Hospital, an Wednesday, regard it aa one at the mo8t remarkahle of the kind that has ever come to the notice of medical men. IBrof. Ilowd has gone crazy on the subject of dieting, but his mania has taken a more dangerous turn than is recorded In the case of any other man who hais become a crank on this subject. Thirteen years ago, it appears. Prof. Dowd had an attack of blood poisoning which left him with a bronchial affec- tiqp. As vocal culture was then as much a part '>f his business as physi- cal culture, tbe throat trouMe was a â- erious matter. It ruined his voice and as a last resort lie went abroad with his wife and was treated by Dr. Ma<'kenzie. the eminent specialist. "Dr. Mackenzie treated him. with' sprays, and when Prof. Dowd cam.e back to New York he brought nearly a dozen dif- ferent kinds of sprays with him. The treatment, however, only afforded him temporary relief, and after he had been home for a few weeks he found him- â- elf as badly off as ever. "My husband suffered a great deal from this afflw-tion for some years af- terward," says Mrs. Dowd. "One day while riding on a horse car ho met an ol<l friend. Dr. Abbott. He had a lady with him.aod when my husband sptJce of his throat trouble she suggested a visit to Dr. J. H. Sali^ury, who is a diet ^)ecialist. Now. Prof. Dowd had always been interested in diets. Indeed, it was part of his business. He had been a vegetarian for a number of years, but he waa never a crank on the subject untU he visited Dr. Salisbury. The Doctor believes in. A MEAT DIET, and advised Prof. Dowd to follow one, telling him that he thought it would relieve him. Since that time be has been crazy on the subject. Dr. Salis- bury never told him to use the stom- ach pum.p. On the oontrary. the Doc- tor did all in his power when I told him of it to tnake him give it up.But he wouldn't do it. He is a maji of re- • niarkable will power, and he firmly be- lieved he was doing hiuuielf jSood by following this remarkable treatment. "During tbe last year his life has been a dreadful one. It would be hard to make many people believe that any man could lead such an existence, and I do not see how he lived through it. He thought of nothing morning, noon, and night but diet. He had hundreds of books on the subject, and he used to read them over and over again, lie cut thousands of clippings from papers, which he kept carefully, and whenever he ca'ne across an advertisement of a new book on the subject of diet he would send right out and ,(at it. When I tried to reason with him he'd tell mo that I didn't know anything sboiit such things or their importance. Some dav he said, he w-j^ goiu^ to write a book on the subject, and that i^ would be the greatest volume on diet ever issuetl. Discoveries he had made by tbe use of the stoiuach pump, he said, would put a new face on certain iuiportant ques- tioiw of diet. Thus he would ramble on, and there was no reasoning with him at all. Ue hud planned out a line of .ictlon. he said, and he would see it through to the end. The end, if he had been let alone, would have been his death. "Now, to give you an idea of the things he would eat. He w^ould sit down to the table a,nd consume a tre- mendous amount of meat. Then be would rise from, the table, go into an- other room, and pump It all out of his â- tomach again. In a few miiiutee, or niayoe half an hour, be would eat an- other large meal, and at its conclusion go through the same operation once more. AU day long he would EAT AND PUMP. and then, directly after our evening meal, he would go out to some restaur- ant and order anotoer big supper. He would invariably return home, immedi- ately after eating it, and use the stom- ach pump agaiu. I ha^l to go around a great deal with him, and no one knows how I suffered. "Often at night, after pumping his last meal out of his stomach, he would iuswt on going to au ice creaui saloon near by, and generally I went with hiui. I would sit there for an hour sonie^ times while he ate plate after plate of ice cream. Then he would retii'e to a room and pump it all out of his stom- ach again. About twice a week he would have a craze fyr sweet things, and then he would send the servants •nd his bookkeeper out in all direc- tions to purohaH^ tweet crackers, cakes, and the like, ajad he would sit in his office and gorge himaelf with such truck . The pump would then be u«ed aguiii, â- jid m half an hour he would be a<s hungry as ever. Then he would start in chewing gum. I think he must have spent a hundred dollars in the last few months on pepsin gtun, und it was ali over the place. He would .-hew it ULutU the sweetness was all out of it and then he would thruw it away and take a fresh piece. Some weeks ago he took me to the theatre. ;».ii,l in the middle of the performance he (got up and went out. He was hungry, he said, and after gettiug soujething to eat WouJd come Back iur me. He forgot me entirely, and I had to go homiy alone. Wheu I got home I found hiui there, chewinig gam. "So it went on for weeks and weeks. I called doctors in to see him. and though they told him it was slow sui- cide to act as be was doing, he ignoi^d their advice, telling them that they •imply didn't understand the subject, It was on the advice of friends an;l physicians that 1 h*ve had hiiu put kway. The publicity is unplvasant, but the truth of the matter nuiy as well be known. He will remain at Believue or â- ^ Ward's Island until I c%n arran^^a to place him in some private institu- tion." â- The physicians at Believue do not think that Prof. Dowd's malady is in- curable. C<unplete rest and good healthy food, they think, will restore his mental equilibrium. THE GREAT MAELSTROM Ai Sern by an ABieririin faptaJn at Cluite «aurten from 111* rercb Amn. Off the coast of Norvvay, between two islands of the Loffoden group, is the largest whirlpool in the world. Its name. Maelstrom, means "whirling stream," and the title is well earned. Between these two islands the cur- rent rtms for six hours from north to south, and then for another six hours it reverses its course, producing an im- mense vertical whirl. The water in this strait is twenty fathoms deep â€" one hundred and twenty feet â€" whUe im- mediately to the west of it the sound- mgs are from one hundred to two hun- dred fathoms. The poetry of ancient Scandinavia cen- tres around the terrible gulf of the Maelstrom, which expressed the su- preme height piixA mystery of the super- natural. Fearful enough in itself, its location in close proximity to the wild- est part of that rockbound coast added not a httle to the awe with which it was regardid. A'', high and at low water the whirl is at its greatest velocity. When the wind blows directly against the current it becomes extremely dangerous, the surface of tbe sea for several miles aitnmd being so violently agitated that no small boat can live In it for a mom- ent. And yet there axe times when that same small boat can cro.ss without danger the very mouth of the erst- while RAGING MONSTER. The old-time stories of ships having been drawn into the vortex by srane I mysterious power that they could not y resist, which acted upon them even when they were miles away, are mere Cablos. Tbe only detaOed account we have of such an occurrence is that given by Edgar Allan Poe. who tells of a ship that was drawn down into its centre, only one of its crew being pre- served, a youth of 22, who, after being toeeetl about by the whirlpool like a whi»p of straw, wiis finally cast upon a distant beach, his hair as white as snow and his whole astiect that of a wizened old man. That, however, is only one of Poe's weird tales. At tbe same time there can be ^o question that if a ship were once to get fairly under the influence of the cen- tral current it would either be drawn down into tlie depths or dashed to pieces on the rocks. whales are sometimes drawn into that terrible funnel, and many have been found stranded on the coast, cast there by the irresistible cur- rent. Trunks of trees that have been .sucked into the vortex, tossed about and finally cast up on the neiphlx)ring shores, are found so finely split up that the Norwegians term Liiem "mermaids' hair." The great Maelstrom is no lonf^or held in superstitious fear, and maritime charts have taught tbe sailors of the world where the danger Lies and how to avoid it, so that accidents rarely occur, never, except thrcugh ignorance or a previous disastc tiat has rendered a vensel umnanageable. Several years ago an American Cap- tain, desirous of seeing the famous whirlpool at clot« quarters, was assur- ed by his Norwegian pilot I'h.it be might venture near enough for examination WITHOUT DANGER. .\nd here is what tbe Oiptain saw : "I went on the maiutoiisail yard with a gooi! gUK«. 1 had been seated but a few minutes when my ship entered the dish of tbe whirlpool. The velocity of Ih"? water alt,'red her coui&e thrteiioints the water altered her <x>uise three [loints toward the centre. This alarmed me e.xtremely for a moment. I thought destruction was inevitable. But she aoswej^d her heilan nobly, and we ran along the edge, the waters (oaoxing around us in every form. '"I'he sensations I expcerienced are difficult to describe. Imagine an im- mense circle running round, of a di- ameter of one and a half milefi, the velo- city increasing as it approximated the centre and gradxially changing its dark !due color to white, foaiui'i<;, tumbling, rashing to its vorteix, vt>rv much con- cave, as much so as the water in a fun- nel when halt run out. i'he noise, loo, hissing, dashing, all pressing on the mind at once, presented the most awful, ^rand, and solemn sight 1 ever beheld. We were near it aiiout eighteen min- utes and in sight of it two hours. It is evidently a subterranean passage. !''rom its magnitude I should not doubt that instant destruction would be the fate of a dozen of our largest ships were they drawn in at the same luocjent. The pilot says that suiveral vessels that had liecome unmanageable have aljio been sucked down, and that whales have also l«en destroyed." Where does it go, this wonderful whirl ? None can say â€" as yet. There is a theory, generally acci-edited, that the MaeLstrom is subterroneously connect- ed with the Gulf of Bothnia. It is only a theory so far, but the. time is probably .•lose at hand when a ix»itive know- ledge may take its place. MCEITECTS mm BIRDS THEIR HABITS AND MANNERS EX- CITE ADMIRATION. Wtncnl HonKr-Ruliilt^i's ^Vlth an Kye to AcNihi'llr Kirrrt-Bulld Paai>aKew:i}'s and HiimniiT Ifuuu-â€" .4 Bird Wbu t'-jlllratcit a ^Bfirtli'u. There are among the bird creation many winged architects who build them- selves summer-houses with remarkable skill. There ia a bird in Austi alia call- ed the "Chiamydodero," whose habits as weU as manners excite admiration. Its plumage is spotted with black, a bril- liant lUac ring encircling its neck. These birds not only build in bird fash- ion nests for the upbringing of their offciiring, bat passageways and summer- houses. These nesta ai-e very similar to the pJay-touses built by children of twigs and leaves. Tliey coaaaist of long covered alleyis made of small stakes, set in the ground at even distances, over- lapping eacb other at tbe top. These huts, which greatly resemble those erected by strawberry growers, and vio- let cultivators \xl the suburbs of Paris for the pui'pose of protecting their young plants, are not entirely closed. Between the stakes are openings, which the bird fills up w^itb muss and dried leaves. When the labor is compared to tbe size of the bird, one cannot but admire the skillfulness of the little architect, whose only tool is his bill. The bird is » very little one, but bis cottages or covered passageways are thirty-six Inches in height and fifty or sixty wide. Such dwellings are not alone the work of a single bird, but of several, united by an intelligent socialism tor the com- mon good. Those birds deftly unite the orna^ mentai with the useful. The entrance made of twigs is decorated tastefully with SHINING SHELLS, and brightly colored berries. In order to obtain these tbe birds are obliged to hunt for them. Their tastes often vary, and some add to the shells and berries many colored stones ajd the bleached bones of small animals. These nest are veritable museums, and the good taste displayed clead'ly indicates the presence oi an " aesthetic cultiva^ tion " regulating their selections. Another Australian bird, the Ptylin- orhbynic, builds a country bouse m the pine forests. His foundation rests on a slightly convex board, and is composed of sticks clociely interlaced. In the pith of the wood the bird fastens little round switches curved at the ends and lap- ping each other like a thatched roof. These switches have been gathered in the forest and S'luared. jVs there are always some lateral branches adhering to them, the bird is careful in building the house to turn thenx to the outside, leaving the inside smooth, and in no way injurious to bis plumage. This little fellow is very coquettish in his way. Like Chlaniydcxleixj he pc- cumuiatca all kinds of shells, snails, mussle shells, blociAhed bancs, and even gaily colored parrot fealhc .-s. Noth- ing more incongruous than this collec- tion can be imugLiied, and Mr. Gould, the learned oriiii bologist, found in a nest, one day, pipe stems, a finely carv- ed tomahawk blade, bits of blue cot- ton ra^ and a heterogeneous collec- tion evidently gathered from some rag- picker's heap. Ani'ther bird, the Baja, ornaments his nest \. ith bails of clay, in which are inclosed living phosphoresccuL maects. Naturalists uiiiiatain that tbe Baja acts thus, not from coquetry, but for the purpose of KEEPING OFF SERPENTS. As Mr. V. Houssaye remarks, " The Ro- man limi;ej^jrs, making use of the burning Chiistiaus as tx>rche8, were but plagiarists of that little bird who paves the threshold of his love uest with nar- tyrs." A still more remarkable bird than those just described as building plea- sure bouses ornamenting them in so many different styles, is the Aublyor- nis, a nati\'e of New Guinea, who not only builds a house, but cultivates a garden. The habits of this remarkable iMrd are described as follows; "The Aublyoruis chooses a little glade with a ijerfctly level soil in the centre of 'vhich rises a small tree about fifty or sixty inches high. Around thus tree the binl piles a certain quantity of moss in such a trionner as to hide tbe roots ; then he plants in the eiirth branches borrowred fiom a living plant, grafting them on the tree as orchids are grafted. These branches grow closer to each other and in tune form the roof of a conical hut. " Before the opening he spreads a lawu of moss, wliich is most carefully tended. The material for the lawn is hunted for by the bird and carried tuft by tuft from long distances. On this verdant carpet the bird scatters flowers and lierries and renews them as soou as they show signs of wither- ing. In a word he designs a real par- terre in front of his home and keeps it in order with a zeai wbich fully jus- tifies his name of "Gardener ijird.' " WINTER WRINKLES. Traded for a Hog*. A German farmer in Oceana County, Mich., tra.ded one of his daughters to a neighlx)r's son for half a hog, which weighed 165 pounds. As the girl was 1 a heavy weight, it was a "pound for I ;H>ui)d trade." The youn^ groom and his purchased wife are living happily together. This fond father has six more, daughters, one weighmg 200 )V>unds. It is said that she ought to firing a whole hog. " 1 rememtor," said Mrs. Wickwire, impressively, " you once said that if j vou had the world you would gladly ; lay it at my feet." "Oh, did I?" asked Mir. AVickwire." " Yes, you did. And t now I have to nag at you for three days] to get you to lay a carpet," AU -.tr actions take their hue from' the complexion of the heart, as land- scapes their variety from light.â€" Bacon. The brightest blaze of intelligence is of incalctuably less value than the smallest spark of charity.â€" W. Nevins. Declares His Own Insanity. Dr. Dexter V. Dean, of St. Louis, Mo., is eoitfincd in the insane asylum at his own request. He is suffering from paresis, and bos sense enough to know it. A week ago he applied at the health department for quarters at t.Lc asylmn, stating the nature of his trouble. He was examined and his di- agnosis found to l>o correct. He was sent to tbe asylum and put m a private room, where he will be kept tor the time being at least. Dr. Dean is a â- well-known physician. He was super- iaitciileiit of the St. Louis hospital for two terms ten or twelve yoaas ago. Good for the Indians. Gauada'a Irdians increased 2000 in numljor last year, and earned by their own exertions nearly glOO,000 more than the year before. Results continue to be creditable to the lX>iniiu.on'B hu- mane dealings with poor Lo. " You told me you .and Harry loved at sight." " Yes, but we quarreled on acquaintance." " Baroness, have you heard " " la it a secret, your excellency t" " Yes," " Then I have heard of it." He (gallantly)â€" ' I couldn't kiss any one but you, dear I" Sheâ€"" If that's the case you can't kiss me." W illie â€" " Will teacher go to heaven wheu she dies ma {" Mrs. Ferrvâ€" " Yes, dear." Willieâ€"" But will they let her in»" Kilduff â€" "Glanders is a singularly cons<ientioua man." Mullins â€" " Ah i" Kilduff â€" " He was never known to lie, even about liis thermometer." Willie Wittâ€"" My deah fellow, Inev- ah use bay rum." Barberâ€"" Why not, sir i" Willie Wittâ€"" Because it goes to me bead." Passenger (cm the vestibule limited)â€" " Porter does this train stop at Dinkey- ville?" Porter â€" "No, sah; she doan' even hesitate dar, sah." " Hi'.rry up, Maud. Mr. Jones has been waiting an hour already." "Humph I ' Let him wait. Didn't he ke^ me wait- I ing three years before he spoke ?" I " Ah, me, my heart is full 1" sighed I the girl who bad been t-aking advantage of her leap-year privilege until she [ found herself engaged to five men. Teacher â€" " Olga. translate the follow- ing sentence into French : ' My cousin Arthur is greatly attached to me." " Olga <quickly;â€" " His name is Max." Junes â€" " Smitb is in business for him- self, isn't he?" Brown â€" "For himself? Weil, I should say be is in business for the benefit of an extravagant familv." j Mimiie â€" " I never noticed before that j this mirror had a \vrtnkle in it." Mam- I ie â€" " I thought you were able to see wrinkles in any mirror you looked in- to." j " If I only knew whether the polloe- mon is standing there because nothing is happening, or whether nothing is happening because he is stanoing ! there I" " All the good things have been said â€" " Staylate murmured with a sigh ; Mabel yawned and shook her head â€" " WeU. suppoee you try ' good-bye." " " You ask me to put von glass lager on shlate uot you drunk tree glasses, ain't it f" " That's all right ; it only proves there's more in me than you gave me credit for, see 1" " Mamma, I really cannot see why you call my Reginald ' the lodge ;' in- deed, I cannot." " I call him that be- cause he is such a poor excuse for a man." Gadzooksâ€" " W^ don't seem to hear anything nowadays about the coming woman." Zoundsâ€" "No, because she has already come, and is now off on her wheel." " Watts â€" " There seems to be some truth in the saying that heaven helps those who help themselves." c'otts â€" "Of course there is. They are the only kind worth helping." " How is your danghter Mtting on with the piano, Nuinson ?" "First-rate. She can play with Iwth hands now. She says she will he> able to play with her ear in six months." LTncle Haysâ€"" 'Member the Hawkins boys wlio ran awav to jine a theater company?" Aunt Mart hyâ€" "Why, yes! What about 'em f" Uncle Hays <quietly) â€" " They're walked back." Biggsâ€"" I am so stout that I know exercise would do me lots of good." Tainsâ€"" Then why don't you get out and shovel that snow off the walk '" Biggsâ€"" That's not exercise, that's work." The brakeman's "all aboard I" ere long Will be of little worth. When from the air -ship rings the son^, " Come, all get off the earth I" It's all right, -we supjKjsc, to say that a man is homely enough to stop a train, but he'll find he's not homely enough to stop it if ho has arrivtsd at the sta- tion a minute after it has started. Patient â€" " That sign of yours is not very encouraging." Dentist â€" " Why so? I guarantee to extract teeth without pain." Patient â€" " Yes ; but 1 wont the pain extracted. I'd rather keep the tooth.' ' " I wonder how warm the room is," said Bloobuniper. " Benny, go and look at the thermometer." The little boy's consultation must have lieen very un- sati.s factory for he .siiid presently "tbe thenuomet^er isn't gomg." First new woman ^at the c'.ub)â€" "What makes you so blue?" Second dittoâ€"" My .father-in-law has come to stay with " us, and John and he sit at their knitting all day, and cry about my treatment of John." Teacher â€" " George, what excuse have you for l)eing late f" George â€" " Only a far-fetched one." 'leatherâ€" " What do you mean ?" George-" The conductor of the car carried me several blocks past the school." Officer â€" " What did you want, sir ?" Citizenâ€"" Somebody has stolen my wat«h, and I want you to hunt the rascal up and ^ive hiui the key to it. It raises the mischief with a watch to let it run down, you know." " You can't tell whether a man is a bachelor or a father of a family simply b<F his looks." " Certainly not ; but tiicre is one mfallildo method of finding out." What may that be ("• "Give him a young baby to hold." " Jane," said her father, "I thought you hated stmgy peopiu, and yet your joung manâ€"" " W hy, pa, who says he is stingy?" "Oh, nolxxly .says so; only I could see that he was a little ' near' as 1 pos-sed through the room." He-" But of course you will forget me." She â€" "Nonsense; I shall think of you wheu .vou are gone." Heâ€"" Oh, shall .vou?" She â€" "Yes; therefore, the longer you are gone, the longer 1 shall think of you. Won't that be nice ?" Heâ€"" Why do you like the Wagner- ian operas so »n;ich better than those of the ItaliiUJ sciool?" Sheâ€"" Oh, Wag- ner operas make so much noise that you can talk all you like through the performance and nobody can hear you." Sheâ€"" Come, dear, here are some nice fresh biscuits 1 oooked myself. Put on your slippers and couie lo the table." He â€" "Excuse me. de^ir ; I don't think I'll put on my slipiwrs. I've always made the boast that I'd die with my bocfs on I" Littli! Ii-ene (entertaining Mr. ifoodle) â€" " Do you play very h&rd with mv ais- tei- Clara, ilr. Noodle f" Mr. Notidlo- " Play with your sister ? Why no, I don't play. Why do you ask?" Little Ireneâ€"" Well, she says you make hor awful tired." A EAI-PROOF TBJCYCLfi. AFFORDS PROTECTION FROM THB ANGRY ELEMENTS. A Coxr 8«at Bencalli u Hoodâ€" A New Mip cie Aiiplianee WUcb TrUii Yoa at a (â- laaee Hvw Meep a ttrade Yob t/ta RlfllnK on. Tho cycle ^>plianoe which will be o»- pecially appreciated by women has just been pat^ited in France. It ueo- si£ts of a hood resting on an aluminiun frame, and is designed to protect the rider from the elements. The arrange- ment in general a{^)earance looks not unlike a cab, with the forward, up» ward part cut away. The machine is a tricycle. The ui- ventor at first proposed to attach hia hood to a bicycle, but for various retfc» sons he found that this would be, it not impracticable, at least highly inoon* venient and even dangerous, oo actnimk of a bicycle's instability. As the ood- trivance is intended to be used in citiM^ where traffic is heavy and often inter- rupted, it would be a rather luuardotM matter to travel around on two wheefas in a cloned cab, which might toppl* over and entrap or possibly LNJURE ITS OCCUPANT. Comsequeatly the inventor, M. da Saa- nier. applied nis hood to the tricycle. The rosults have Iwen very gratifying. The hood offers ample protection from the most violent rains. In case the ^vind carries the water horizontally against the laaa there is acuitain which may be di-awn up. This curtain is provided with glass-oovered apertures, lar^* enough to permit the rider to keep m clear ccurae. The chief objection to the machine, it would appear, is the large surface it offers to a wind blowing acroHs the path or directly against it. AU wheel- men are familiar with tiie extraordinary power exerted by the wind even on » rider unencumbered by skirts or dr^ pery, and mounted on the lightest ma- chines made. It will be seen at a giauie that the rain-proof tricycle of- fers a verv consideraiile area for the wind to play upcm. However, as the machine is a tncycLe, the rider would, proliably feel little inconvenience in maintaining his balance, although bis forward progress would be rendered more difficult. Tbe machine is made by an English firm, and is said to have gained much popularity in the short time since it was introduced. The hood may be removed or ad- juster! at pleasure, and is iiy no meaoS an essential port of the machine. It is said that swell voting men who are uu- able to afford tbe luxury of acarriiige^ have foimd the rain-proof tricycle A GIIEAT BOON, in bad ^\'«ather, as it gives perfect pro- tection to dras suits and tup hats, and at the some time provides am opportun- ity for gentle exercise. Another interesting cycle appliance ie that called the "declivograp> ' This ie -a device for indicating what so.t of a grade the bicycle may be travers ng at a given moment. Most wheelmen will probably sneer at this, and suggest contemptuously that be is a pretty i)oor bicyclist who can't tell whether ue is going up or down hiU. A pparently true, out there are many cases where the rood is so nearly level, and so smooth, that the most skillful wheel- man wouM tie puzzled to tel' tlie grade. " Of wliat use is it, then, anyhow ?" asks the sneering bicyclist. Not much liraoticol use. without doubt, but iik- leresling aud curious. .-Vfter all, how- ever, the "ileclivograph" will tell ;/oa, not only what grade you are traveling. but it will tell you at agloiuse the exact degree of acclivity of declivity. This is ac<!ouiplished by means of a pair of tubes, each containing water, and leav- ing enough .St>acc for a bubble of air, like an ordinary lever. Wlien the ma- chine is traveling at a level the bub- bles will remain at opi>oe<il« ends. Whea climbing a hill both bubldes will asi«nd to tbe tup of their resiiective tubes, and on going down bill they will fall to the lx>ttom. It the grade is not very steep the bubbles wUlrako up intermediate positions, according to the grade. PEARLS OF TRUTH. Featuresâ€" the great soul's apparent seatâ€" Bryant. Heaven, the treasure of everlastiner joy . â€" Shakeefpcare. Of all vain things excuses are the vainest.â€" Buxton. Idleness. is the burial »f a living man. â€" Jeremy Taylor. A man's best friend are bis ten fins^ ers,â€" Robert CoUyer, Thoughtful, disciplined, intended in- action. â€" John Randolph. The shortest way to glory is to be guided by ctmscionoe.â€" Homo. Fashion mu.'^t Ixi for-vor new, or sh* becomes insipid. â€" Lowell. The virtuous homo is the basis of all national prosperity.- .Vnou. Bb more prompt to go to a friend in adversL'y than ui prosjierity.â€" Chilo, Hope â- ./rites the poetry of the boy but memory that of the man.-Euieraon. The fruit d«rived from Labor is the sweetei^ of ail pleasures. â€" V'auveuar* gues. I There is no genius in life like the gen- ius of energy and industry.â€" B. O. MitcheU. Justice is the oonstant desire ajid «t- fort to render to every man his dus.-v Justiniivn. I knoNv no such thing as ^nius; it is nothing but labor and diligence.-* Hogort-h. ' No one will dare maiiit.ain that it i« better to do injustice than to bear it. â€"Aristotle. By nature's laws, immutable an<l 3»^ enjoyment stoiM when iudoleooe bogma, -,PoUok. The inn(X5enoe of the iatcrtion abate* nothing of the mischief of the example. -Itobert HaU. Any feeling that token a man away froin his hf»nn> is ;i traitor to th..' house- hold.â€" H. W. Beocher. God oft de,:i'!i<i:* to visit fticn, un» seen and through their habitat km walks, to nuvrk tiieir doings.â€" JMilton. New York Las an IrLsh population of inil.tlR. the largest of any city in the United States.