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?|f ?to sift ?tnmm. ? BY H J. L. Sis & S. R. ?. vk w. xi. Auuiuuiiuiu];, Editous and PaoraizrQsa, SUBSCRIPTION RATES. '^eyasr. "'-.months.r. ADVERTISING SATES. ?irst insertion, per square.. 'i?bee<flicaitin>*rtfon. 6? Notices of meetings, obituaries' und trib utes of respect, same rates per square as or dinary advertisements. Special contracts made with largo adver Isars, with liberal d^dactions o,a above rates.. Special notices in local column, fifteen cents per line. His ami, f eyw an lonely. I wont ten What h?fl their loneliness rx&y shov ? braided hair becomes her wall, In odor Hkr>?but oh, no! rot That is my soared?red or brc vn, It is the prettiesthair in town I ?ho wulks with, such a dainty charr Butrwhethar she be Erh?rt or tan, Of rounded limb or sylph-like form, Her ngure suite mo?that is fill 1 Nor do I choose tho world to tnow HraTJc her dress, or calico. My precious girl is worth her weight, Not in rough gold, bet diamonds fine, And whether that be small or great I leave the reader to divine. Ask me to guage nor solid worth She would outweigh tho wholo round earth 1 To rhyme her praise is such delight That I must "keep it; to myself, Lest one should better verses mite And lay rne gently on the sbf?X 2 cm not jealcus; buty?u see This rharrnhjg-gfrl?belongs to ma. ? ?M. S. Bridges, in the Continent. A BANK ROBKE?Y. Tho littlo city of Linton, a place re markable for thesobriety, industry and morality of its people, is just emerging H&from a thrilling sceno which shook the whole community with nervous excite H&ment, and that came near to destroy ' ing the fire of faith in humanity which has so long burned brightly in the bosoms of those easy-going, honest countryfolk. Tho journey I have just completed was one of haste, and my s-tay in Lin Bjton was much shorter than I had hoped it might be; but I wat there suffi ciently long to witness the closing scenes of a remarkable trial, and one that will' bo long remembered by the people of that quiet town, and be talked of as the city's tragedy. The Linton bank is one of the inter . esting institutions not only of Linton, but of the whole country iit which itis situated. It has long been noted for - its financial stability, and its officers and clerks have many years borne the name, of "Linton's Conservatives," which was given them for their perfect - nonesty and firm adherence' to strict '.: banking principles. V- One of my firft movements after I Kfchad arrived and partaken of a whoie . some noonday meal was to visit the Hipank for tho purpose of,having a check cashed. As the teller handed me a small package of'gre?nbacks, I obser ved that my old friend; President Goodnow, who was sitting near the huge doors of the iron vault, was looking me sharply in tho fa~e. He seemed t ^ have observed ;-. --"that the- new iron and wire railing separating the teller's corner from tho outer part of tho room had strongly, attracted my", attention, and from my looks judged that X was noting thy. changed, appearance ot.Jjf?&jknC ^theref ' not a strar. teller's face"was a strango'o'Ke to me, and that, with the new railing and vorowork, had created within me a feeling of inquisitiYeness which I could not hida The bank president arose from hi> chair, raised his giasses from his eyes, and walked toward the railing which sep 'rated us. He soon recognized me, and I was greeted in his usually warm and friendly style. " I saw you were interested to nn *? dastand why all these radical changes in our little bank," said Mr. Goodnow, ,* and, from the manner in which y< u looked at the strange faceat the teller's ' desk, and tho wirework surrounding HKit, I concluded at once that you were not a stranger to us." "Yes," said L " it looked so strange to me that I almost doubted for a mo ment that I was in the place that I had supposed it to ba But I got a glimpse of your familiar face and my ^,/d?ubte were dispelled. Tell me, Mr. Goodnow," I continue!, "what is the Es'cause of this change?" "Yes, I will," replied the old gen - tieman, in tones which assured me :'. that his tender sympathies were Bpairoused on the subject. " I will tell ? you the circumstances a3 far as they I nave gonV he said, with deip feeling, "and I can assure you that it is a sad , - story you shall hear. But, as we talk, I will ask you to walk with me. I must be at the court-room promptly at two." "Indeed," Mr. Goodnow," I an: Liiswered, "it will be a plea-ure to ac ; company you. I will most happily ' accept your invitation." "Poor John Earnest is in jail for theft. I would almost as easily expect to be there myself as to see John Earnest in jail." I could scarcely have believed it had the fa ts not come be fore my own eyes, and even now it almost seems as though it must bo a dream." The tones in which these words were uttered were sufficient to tell me of deep sadness in the old man's heart as he was speaking. " Yes," Mr. Goodnow continued, John is in jail, and his poor widow mother is almost crushed with grief. John was her only support, her idol and her pet. She is a noble woman, a true mother, I can tell you, and even to this day, in spite of all the evidence ?^x^hich has been produced, she declares that John is innocent." " But what are the charges against ? him, Mr. Goodnow? Do I understand that John Earnest, that faithful, in telligent man, who has served you so long and so well, is now in jail for theft?" "He is," was the reply. "He is charged with having stolen a package of money containing $5,000 from our bank." "Is it possible? And what are the circumstances, pray let me know ?" "The circumstances," said my friend, "are that a package containing $5,000 > ; . was missed from our bank, and we have never been able to account for its disappearance upon any theory or supposition, save that John must have known what became of it He de clares, of course, that he does not,- but all the circumstances point so strongly to his.guilt that I am in great doubt .It was on, a busy Saturday that the shortage" occurred?or, at least, so far as any of U3 know. In closing busi ness atr the bank Saturday afternoon John asked our cashier, Mr. Westman, ; if he had put away a package of I money from the teller's desk. Mr. Westman said he had not, and John ._. -carefully looked over his cash again, and finally packed it up and put it in the vault. He checked over his cash entries and balanced his books as if all were right. Sunday morning Mr. Westman called for me and asked if I would go with him to the bank. I consented, and when inside the bank Mr. Westman said he wanted to ex amine John's cash. We made a care ful count and compared the money with the hook, and found the cash ?was an even $5,000 short. We said nothing about it until Monday morn VOL. XII. ings when we met John at the bank. Mr. Westmau then quietly asked . him if he had balanced his cash on Saturday. His faco was slightly flushed, and he said that he had balanced the cash book, but that his cash was short and he did not stop tosee what the trouble was. He said it was short $5,000 as he supposed, but that he expected a careful exami nation on Monday would show where the mistake was. Then followed an examination and a re-examination, and still another trial at finding the lost money. All attempts were fruitless, and an expert was employed. The ex pert corroborated the other trials, and reported to the board that there could be no doubt about it, that John Earn i est was positively short in his cash to the amont^a|v$5,000. The matter was placed in the hands of detectives, and John was arrested. It was dis covered that soon after the money was missed -John paid off a mortgage on his mother's house, and that fact gave the detectives? as they thought?a direct clew to his guilt. When John was arrested his bondsmen came forward and offered to make good the loss, but John positive ly declined and refused to allow that to be done. He declared his inno cence, and said he could prove where the money came from to pay off the mortgage. He would rather suffer imprisonment and a trial than to'have his bondsmen pay for what he had not stolen, and thereby be considered a thief. He demanded a trial. This is probably his last day in court, and I see no chance whatever for the poor boy to escape the full penalty of the law. I admit being greatly in doubt about his guilt, and it will be a terri ble blow upon me to see John Earnest taken to prison. It would be almost as hard as to see my own child taken there." And with these words the old gentleman tremblingly shook his white locks and wiped his moistened eyes. . We were now at the court-houso steps, and we slowly ascended to the commodious court-room. An immense throng had gathered around the build ing, and when we entered the court room we found it completely packed, and the doors guarded to prevent iurther ingress of the crowd. My companion passed me in, and led the way down the aisle to a seat in the space reserved for counsel and witnesses. A few minutes later the prisoner came in under escort of a deputy sheriff. The face was natural, and was the one I had expected to see at the counter where I went to get my check cashed. The prisoner lookel pale, however, from the severe trouble he had evidently been passing through. But his clear skin, soft, glossy, dark hair, bright eyes and face beaming with intelligence and good nature all helped to inspire his friends with confidence in his innocence. It waa a picture for an artist as. every eye was turned toward the smooth-faced young prisoner. The old gentleman lamed over to m<3, and " in a whisper sail, as 'She tears came to his eyes: "Isn't it a sorrowful picture ? Isn't he the type of a noble man ? And my poor daugh ter?she was deeply in love with him. I wouldn't have had it happen for half I'm worth." Before I could ask any question, though I was now more thoroughly than before awakened in the case, the judge tock his seat, tho jury were es corted to thefr box, and the court was called to order. Just then a small boy came tiptoeing through the crowd and beckoned to the deputy sheriff. I beard him say: "Here's a message for Mr. Earnest" The telegram was placed in the prisoner's hands. He nervously opened the wrapper, read it, and passed it to his counsel. The attorney for the State had just arisen and asked to re call the expert who had examined the books. The request was granted. A series of what seemed to me quite un important questions were asked and answered. The witness was excused, and just as the State attorney was about to arise the counsel for the pris oner sprang to his feet and addressed the court: " May it pleaso your honor, I hold in my hand material testimony in this case. It is a telegram from an im portant witness, who will bo here to morrow to testify in the prisoner's be half. I desire to ask your honor for a ?tay of proceedings until .the witnevss arrives. If there be no objection I shall be thankful for the privilege of reading the telegram." ? ? The judge informed the attorney that he could fir-t i-how the paper to the attorney for- the State, and if he did not object it could then be read. This was done; consent was given, and the telegram, dated St. Louis, was read as follows: "John Eabneh, Linton: Deltyei by ac cident. Will bo there to-morrow to prove yonr innoceace and corroborate yonr state ment of my bequemt Take courage; all shall be we'l. Peteb Fouieh." After the telegram had been road the State attorney aroso and addressed the court: " I see no reason, your honor, why this trial should be delayed on the strength of this telegram. Theie is no evidence to show that it is genuine, and if that pdnt be admitted there is no evidence to show that the testi mony to be thus secured will establish the innocence of the prisoner. Even though it be proved that the author of the telegram is the uncle of the pris oner, as is alleged, and that he will be able to satisfactorily prove how the prisoner came with the money to pay off the mortgage, that will remove only one of the strong circumstances that go to prove his guilt. There are other strong circumstances, as your honor is aware, upon which he may be con victed. I trust, your honor, that this shall not be deemed of sufficient im portance to grant a postponement of this case." The able counsel for the prisoner then followed with an eloquent argu ment in favor of a postponement. While he was talking a beautiful young lady entered the court-room. She was at once the observed of all observers, and an almost deathlike silence stole over the immense audience as she carefully, though evidently under great excitement, followed an officer of the court until they reached the railing within which sat the counsel and wit nesses. Assoon as the young lady's pres ence was observed by my. elderly com panion he aroS3 quickly and hastened toward her, showing signs of surprise to see her there. The two held a short whispered conversation, the young lady pointing to a small package which she held in her hand. My elderly friend evinced by his movements, excitement He opened the little gats leading through the railing, the young lady stepped inside and took a seat near the counsel for the prisoner. When the lawyer had finished his re marks he turned round ao^ bowed giacefully to the young lady, and they shook hands. A few whispers passed Col M Glover Jttn |. >gg c between them, and the attorney, amis the breathless suspense ? of the spects - tors, and while, every eye in the room was upon the person who last entered, arose and said: "If your honor please, and with the consent of the learned counsel for the State, while I was speaking, an important witness in this .case entered this room. That witness Is now here willing to testify, and I beg the privilege of introducing further testimony.'' At this the attorney for the State arose and said: "I have no objection, your honor, to receiving any testimony which is important to a fair and im partial trial of the accused. I consent to the gentleman's request -of course, upon his honor that the testimony is important and material" "IcallMs3 IJettie Goodnow," the prisoner's attorney said. The judge bowed very politely as the young lady arose, and he said: " Miss Goodnow, you will please take this chair," pointing to the witness stand. The directions were obeyed, and the oath administered. The usual ques tiona as to acquaintance with the case and the prisoner followed. Then came the question : Will you. please inform the court and the jury as to the nature of the package you hold in your hand, Miss Goodnow?" The witness carefully unfolded the package as she replied: "This is the package of money, sir, which was taken fronrthe Lintern bank on Satur day.the 10th day oflast month-$5,000!" and she held it up that the court might get a view of it. " From whom, or where, did you get this money, Miss Goodnow ?" demanded the counsel " I found it to-day at the house of Mr. Henry Black, and among a bundle of papers belonging to George West man, the brother of Cashier Westman, of Linton bank I" This reply came like a thunderbolt from heaven, and the excitement which followed was so great that the court rapped vigorously upon his desk before order could be restored. The counsel for the accused stepped forward., and, taking the package of money, placed it before the court, say ing: "if your honor please, we de sire to offer this package of money as a part of our evidence in the case." A paper held in the young lady's hand was a letter from George "West-, man addressed to her, which gave a clue to the true history of the case. Young Westman was the brother of the cashier. He was in love with' Nettie Goodnow, the daughter of President Goodnow, and knowing that John Earnest was the young lady's favorite, he planned and carried out a scheme to steal the money in such a way that suspicion would rest upon the young teller, andjthrough the dis grace thus produced the attachment between the couple would be broken off. The letter in the young lady's hand was from Georga^e&fc';. If easing to ,her .his criu: vrii'.-r-. rasend, o*gg; her to get it ? an.I hot inform on him. It contained direful threats if she fhould dare to reveal the truth or re fuse him the money. As scon as the letter bad been exam ined by the counsel ai; agreement was made :for a postponement. Young Earnest allowed his friends to give bonds for his appearance the next day, and there was not a dry eye in the court-room when the accused man started toward the door and was stopped by the sweet voice of the young lady who approached him with an extended hand, sympathetically say ing: "Wehave never lost confidence in your honesty, John. You shall be free to-morrow." The remainder of my story can be as easily imagined as told. John Earn est is again teller of Linton bank. ! Cashier Westman is one of his best friends. The cash is no longer short, and though George Westman is not to I be found, his honorable brother has I paid all the costs in iho suit, and no charges have been preferred against the guilty person. I snail not be sur-1 prised to receive, ere long, cards in viting me to witness an interesting ceremony, which, I understand, is to take place at the residence of President Goodnow.?American Counting-Room, Pr paring Sealskins. In a small, gloomy room at the top of a dingy building in a downtown street in .New York eight girls sat working stolidly. -The.light seemed dusty and hot as it shone dimly through the soot-incrusted window panes, and the rumble of machinery below jarred the iloors incessantly. The girls sat in little groups. They were shabbily clad, though there were touches of bright color here and there, and their faces all looked pinched and careworn. Their backs were b^nt in a weary way as they leant over the work. Each girl held a sealskin stretched across her lap, and picked at it- with great rapid ity. Their hands were quite black.' They seldom spoke, and when a stranger entered they looked at him listlessly for a moment, and then dropped their eyes on their work again. "They are picking the long black hairs out of the skin," said the fore man, rubbing his hand over one of the glossy pieces of fur. "We get all of our sealskins from London, where they are taken direct from the arctic regions.' .Sealskins cannot be colored outside of England. They not only have a pe culiar process there, but the climatic influences result in better coloring than can be done here. So the skins go to England first. After they have been colored they are shipped all over the world and made into sacks, dol mans, muffs, gloves and hats when they arrive at their destination." " Why are the long black hairs you speak of not taken out in London?" " Well, I don't know that there is any particular reason except the economical one. The London concerns charge quite heavily for the work, and the result is we prefer to do it here where it doesn't cost us much. It does not require highly skilled labor, The black hairs you see' are not so very much longer than the rest of the fur. There is a difference of perhaps a sixteenth of an inch. By blowing against the grain of the fur the black hairs can all be made to stand out" " How many hours do thegirls ork a day?" "They come at 7 o'clock and leave at six. They are paid fair wages. Of course they do not make their fortunes, but still the pay is fair." "Monotonous work?" "Oh, it's overpoweringly so," said the chatty foreman, shrugging his shoulders impatiently. "The incessant picking almost drives me mad at times; but then, I suppose it's worse for the girls." _ v James Sherman, of Lafayette, N. Y., has a brook trout thirty-two years old. It is kept in a well, has lost its spots and looks aged and faded, but is apparently as hearty as Washington's body servant )KANGEBUEG, S. HUM?BO?S SKETCHES. Ittlvsed the mouse. Mrs. Jamieson is a Brooklyn lady, ttnd she had a very sore finger, caused by striking the wrong nail while lay ing carpets. She had procured the ringer of an old kid glove and used it for a finger-stall. Thereby hangs a. tale. "While cleaning house the other day she disturbed a mouse and it ran into one of the bureau drawers which was lying cn the Soor. Mrs. Jamieson is not a thnid woman by any means, but, wonian-like, she called for her husband. He was shaving himself, and he came in with his face covered with lather. ' '"Smatter?" he asked, with his mouth full of soap. " There's a mouse in that drawer, and I want you to help me kill it," she answered. Mr. Jamieson isn't at all fond of mice, and he'd rather go without them than pay an exorbitant rate for them, but he didn't want to appear afraid, so he went out into the kitchen and pro cured little Tommy's baseball bat. He climbed up on top of the bureau, and told Mrs. J. to 4i fetch on her mice." " I'll lift the clothes out," she said, "and when the mouse jumps you squash him." She grabbed the clothes out one by one, and finally Jamieson saw the mouse jump. Then he struck at it, upset the bureau and went through the looking-glass, while Mrs. J. went into the kitchen to howl. They don't commune at the same table now, for what Jamieson mistook for the mouse was the finger stall on Mrs. J.'s finger. Honors at Wholesale. It is said that while James Keene, generally referred to by the boys as Jim Keene, was a resident ot the Pacific coast, a California farmer burst in upon him one day with : " Say, Kurnel, my wife has got a bran-new baby, and we've named it Jim Keene Thompson." " Y-e-s," slowly answered the gentle man, as he passed over a twenty dollar gold piece. In about an hour another man from the same neighborhood entered with the salutation: "Say, Keene, what do you think? We have built a church up our way and named it the Jim Keene chapel. Can't you come down with a shiner or two?" " Well, I suppose I'll, have to," replied Keene as he shelled out a ten dollar piece. Thirty minutes had scarcely passed when in came a third man with : "Good-morning, judge. We are building a sehoolhouse ov?r the creek to be called the Jim Keene school. Want to contribute ? ?? .1 " Y-e-s^was lue reply, as a five was passed <>- . ..& over twea^-mihutes be .ourth man bustled in and called out: " Keene, I discovered a new canon up the country the other day, and I dedicated it to you." " Look here," said the gentleman, as he turned in his chair; "I want you to go-back and hunt up all the new ba bies, schoolhouses, trotting horses/, an ons, lunatic asylums, burying grounds and berry-patches in your county which are to be dim Keened, and come back here and give me the lot at wholesale, for I'm blamed if I'm going to fool with the retail, business any longer. Good-day, sir!"?Wall Street News. A Mother'!! Disappointment. A Detroit lawyer who had business in one of the northern counties a short time since put in a night at a farm house. It was a long structure con taining two rooms, and such furniture as pioneers get along with. The family consisted of an old man, his wife and a girl of twenty, who was slashing around barefooted and had a fist like a slugger. After supper the old woman took a seat.in front of the lawyer and suddenly asked: "Do you wear sich fine duds all the time?" " All the time, madame." "Is that a real diamond in your Bhirt?" "It is." "And I heard you tell the old man you had a horse and buggy at home?" " Yes, ma'am." " And that watch and chain are real gold, I suppose?" "Yes, the real stuff." "Cost as much as $200?" "Yes, over $300." " My stars I AV'hy, you must get as much as $40 a month and board !" she gasped. " Madame, I sometimes make $50 per day," he placidly replied. " Shoo! Why, you arc worth a thousand dollars!" "Yes, ten times that." "Stars and stars I" There was an interval of silence as she recovered from her amazement. Then she tiptoed to the corner of the house to see if there were any eaves droppers. Coming back she walked up to the lawyer and dropped her voice to a whisper and said: " Say We've bin saving Sally these last two years for the boss of a saw mill four miles up the creek, but if you are struck on her and she is struck on you, I'll run the old man six miles through the brush after a preacher to do the splicing P The lawyer had to decline on the grounds of having a wife in Detroit, and the old woman felt so bad that the husband had to rise at midnight and make her a mustard plaster.?Free Press. The Mux-K ?n Club. " If Clarence de MellvilJe Bung3 am present wid us to-night. I should like to spoke to him,'' said Brother Gard ner as the meeting opened. Brother llungs was on the back row with a looking-glass in his hands and a new brand of hair-oil on his hair. He rose up with a scrape and a bow, made a great spread of a blue silk handkerchief, and finally stood before the president's desk. "Brudder Bungs," resumed the old man, " I reckon you am de purtiest member of de Lime-Kiln club. You puts ile on yer ha'r, wax on yer mus tache, an' de perfume on yer clothes reminds me of de wild roses of Var ginny. Yes, you am <ie purtiest an' sweetest one of de lot." "Yes. sah." replied the brother, while his face betrayed the fact that he was tickled half to death. " But ?by de way, Brudder Bungs, what am your present bizness?" "I'ze out of a job jist now, sab." ? When you work how much do you aim?" "As high as seben dollars a week, sah." ' .list so. Am dat suit o' clothes a 1 paid fur?" "No, sah." I c, THURSDAY, 0 f -'An' you am how many weeks be nlnd on yer board?" "Not ober six, sah." "An' you owe this lodge three dol lars due3?" " Yes, sah." "An' you owe members here as much as twenty dollars fur borrowed money." "Ize borrowed some, sah." '?'Brudder Bungs, Fze had some 'sperience wid purty men, an'-1 nebbsr seed one yet who wasn't a fraud on de word manhood. "When a man sots out to be purty all de hoss sense leaves his head. No man kin labor and he purty too. He darfo lets work alone. He beats his board, his tailor, his shoe maker, an' all his friends. He looks killin', an' smells like a- cologne fac tory, but he doan' pay up. Ebery smile beats somebody outer twenty-five cents, an' ebery giggle costs somebody half a dollar. I'ze had/ my eye on you fur some time." ; "Yes, sah." "Six months ago you had steady work, good pay, respectable clothes an' was outer debt., You sot out to be purty, an' to-day you wouldn't sell fur 'naff to pay yer debts. You smell awful nice, but you owe a twenty six-dollar board bill. Your ha'r carls beautifully, but de' tailor am whistling fur his money fur dat suit. Your form am elegant, but you has borrowed money until no one will lend you anoder cent. You smile like a buttercup an' raise yer hat like a Chesterfield, but yer butes ain't paid fur I" "Ize gwine to squar^up, sah." v Maybe you is, Brudder Bungs, but it am too late, so fur as dis club am consarned. Secretary "Yes, sah." " Scratch de name of Brudder Clar ence de Melville Bungs, off de roll I" "She's dun scratched; sah." " Janitor 1" "Yes, sab." " Escort dis pusson fo de alley doah 1 He am too purty to remain heahwid us. He am gwine out owin' us fur dues, an'?wall, nebber mind." There was no need to post the janitor. Every one could picture him as he cleared a space to swing his right leg, and if anybody doubted.that Clarence de Melvilie Bung3 was. " lifted" into the alley he had only to listen to the labored breathing of the janitor a3 he returned to his &ea.t.?:lZree'Press. History of FlsCUng. Fishing was a far earlier mode of supporting human life than agricul ture. However far back in the stream of terrestrial events we^'may suppose it allowable to date mags appearance on the scene, still he -?st have been preceded by fish. The nprs, lakes and seas, when he first looh? upon them, must have been peopleiwery much as they are at this day. ?nere Avas as great, a variety of spe&fij* and proba viduals in some, of tlieHKecies. And, as a savage population rlustbe always sparse, and in any localy few in num ber, their supply of fjodfrom this source could only have leenlimited by their inability to capture it. What the wild game of the instand of the open plains were to the Inland hunting tribes, the fish of the fwsh and of the salt water were to the riverine and the maritime tribes. Between these early days and the first beginnings of agri culture vast periods of time must have elapsed. First, because in these, and more or less in all latitudes, nature offered to man no plant that in its un improved state was worth cultivating. The suitable form had to be evolved by long processes of observation. This is why we know nothing of the parentage of wheat, barley,' oats, rye, beans or maize, and why the tropical breadfruit, plantain, banana and sugar-cane have lost the power of producing seed, and so of reproducing themselves; this must have been a result of long ages of huma. Section. Nothing of the kind had je done for fish. There it was as fit for human food on the first day that man stood on the river bank or the seashore as it is at this day. Agriculture also required implements to clear and stir the ground, and to gather in the crops with, and these implements we know were the result of a long series of discoveries, im provements and advances. Primeval man, therefore, as we now read his history, could not have lived by or known anything of agriculture. Nor could he have lived by wild fruits, for they are not continuous throughout the year. They have their season, and that a brief one. He must then have lived by hunting and fishing, and, of the two, fishing would be the most continuous and unfailing thruughout the changing seasons, the most valua ble of all qualities for those ill-supplied times. It would not be more dillicult to hook, and spear, and net, and trap fish, and to gather mollusks from the rocks and sand banks, than to trap or pierce with arrows wild game. Our immediate comparison, however, is with agriculture; and we may be sure that not in it were the foundations of society laid, but in hunting and fish ing, ana that of these two, as the great carnivors at first had possession of the forest and plain against intruding man, fishing was the main primeval occupa tion and means of subsistence.?Mac millan. A Do? That Takes Up a Collection. The Scotch colley dog Help, which collects funds in almost every part of the kingdom for the orphan fund of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, has just returned to his headquarters at the chief ollice of the society, City road, from a trip to France, where he has been getting money for the orphans of railway men. In troduced' by Mr. Iiraggett, chief ollicer of the steamship Brittany, to the vice conBul at Dieppe, the "Railway Dcg of England " received in a short time 188 francs; on his journey back to England Help got 17s. 9d. and 26 francs while at Newhaven, and on board the steamer he collected ?3 Is. 6d. The general secretary of the so ciety, Mr. E. Harford, has now on hand numerous invitations to the ani ma', distributed over the leading rail way systems. Help, trained by Mr. John Climpson, guard of the night boat train on the London, Brighton and South Coast railway, is expected to be the me iium of collecting some hundreds of pounds for the orphan fund during the present year,?London Queen. Used to It. ? "Oh, Bennie, you na ighty, naughty boy," exclaimed mamma, "to throw papa's watch down the cistern I" u Didn't hurt it," replied Bennie, stoutly; "I heard papa tell Uncle Ed ward ho had it in soak nearly all last summer."?Burde.tte. One thing is CTta'n, the man who perpetrated, "There's nothing like leather," had never tried to' eat tripe. CTOBEK 11, 1883. HUNTING ORANG-OUTANGS. Incidents ofaChaoo In Borneo?Char acter istics or the " Jnnglc.Mon." Mr. William T. Hornaday, of the National museum at Washington, said to a Post reporter : "I was sent out in 1878 by Professor Ward, of Rochester, on a tour around the world to make natural history collections. One of the most important objects of the journey was to secure specimens of the orang-outang. We could not buy skins or skeletons anywhere, and there was no way to get them except to go after them. I had no experience whatever in orang-outang hunting, nor could I obtain any information on the subject before starting. Nobody seemed to know whether they were abundant or scarce, but it was certain that they had been obtained in Borneo and Sumatra. Where they were once, I thought, they are likely to be found again ; and so in August I landed at the first-named island. I went to the territory of Sara wak on the northwest coast, and there I heard that the objects of my search were to be found in the valley of the Sodong river. For this place I started, fully equipped to live in the jungle for an indefinite length of time. Accom panied by two servants I penetrated the interior. We made inquiries of the natives, and were told that the orang-outangs were to be found only in the fruit season, which had then been over some months, and they seemed to have gone into the depths of the forest. So we hunted over the mountains and along the streams, but without success, and finally came to the conclusion that we would have to give up. At that juncture two natives came down a little tributary of the river and said that they had seen mias, which is the common name for these creatures, and that, if I went up to their village and stayed a week or two, I might be able to kill three or four. I packed up my things, got in my boat, and went up there. On the way up the river I killed three. When I reached the Dyak village I made myself at home and devoted myself entirely to hunting orang-outangs. ? In two months 1 had killed forty-three, a number unprecedented in so short a time. We found them only in the trees al ong the river side. The natives said that the orang-outangs were subject to fevers at that season, and came to the river to get the cool breeze." " What are the principal features in hunting orang-outangs, as you call them?" "Suppose, as the best way of answer ing that question," said Mr. Horna day, "that you and I start, some morn ing, from the Dyak village, on a trip up the river after orang-outangs. You will find our boat excellent for hunting purposes, being broad and flat-bot tomed. One Malay is in the bow and two in the stern. As we proceed you will notice that the trees on each side actual banks of the river are invisible; for a cheveaux de frise of screw pines grow far out into the stream, and beyond them there is yet a vast extent of ground covered with water. Presently some one sess a tree top moving. A moment's glance tells us that the quick motion of the branches indicates a monkey and not the game we are looking for. A little further on, however, a tree top swings heavily to and fro. Now we know that the gentleman whom we have come to c all upon is at homo. Quickly the boat is rowed as near the tree as po.-sible, and with my indispen sable field glass I try and locate him. Then I fire, aiming, lor the breast or body?never for the skull for that would spoil the specimen. If wounde 1 mortally he will tumble down, but, if not, we* will hear him make oif through the woods. Overboard we go into the swamp, natives and all, and harry after him. My ammunition is waterproof, and the wetting will not hurt it. After a chase I get another ? chance to fire, and, if that brings him down, it is only a matter of time to wait until he dies. We must not go near him until he is dead, for we would speedily fin 1 what strength the oraug-outang has in his hands and feet. You see that with firearms there is neither danger nor ex citement. When the natives attack these creatures with spears the case is different; but even then the pictures you see of an orang-outang defending himself with a club are pure imagina tion. They don't do anything of t'.ie kind." , " What are the characteristics of the orang-outangs V" i " They are solitary in their habits, especially the old ones. Once I saw four together, but that is an unusual thing. Their home is in the trees, and they rarely descend to the ground. They are as helpless on the ground as a man with both legs*- amputated at the knees, and simply wa Idle. They can not stand erect for a moment. It is a physical impossibility. They aro not savage toward man, their lirst instinct being to run away. Even mothers with their young take llight rather than attempt to make a defense. Among themselves they fight f re paent ly, biting each other's hands and feet. One old fellow I kilied had three fingers and two toes bitten off, and a big piece bitten out of his face. They are very destructive to the fruit, and, for this reason, the natives are glad to have them killed. They could not, however, bo said to be numerous." 11 " Can they swim, like men ?" "No, I do not beliove they can. All my observation and experience, go to prove that they cannot make a single stroke in the water, but sink as help less as lead." "Can they be tamed?" " I taught a young one unhurt, and kept it quite a while as a pet. It was tame, and its passions and emotions were exactly like a child just before it is able to talk. Do I think orang outangs could be taught how to talk.? 1 don't know that the experiment has ever been tried. If it was, and proved successful, it would set people think ing."_ The Country's Horses. The horso population of the United States is now over 11,000,000, or about one horse to every five humans. Ac . cording to the 1880 census the leading horse States, with number of horses respectively, were: Illinois, 1,023,082; Ohio, 730,748; New York, 010,358; Pennsylvania, 530,087; Michigan, 378, 778; Kentucky, 372,648. Two-thirds are draught and all-work horsey and one third are used for pleasure driving. Quinine is said to be decreasing in demand at the West, a prominent Chi cago firm reporting that weekly sales are a fifth of those a few years ago, a circumstance due to the disappearance of malaria, as farms are drained and land cultivated. In New, England, on Jhe other hand, the sales of quinine have greatly increased of late, as ma laria has succeeded typhoid as the cur Jrent type of diseases* **t Proportions in Unman Figures, Clara Belle, the New York fashion correspondent, inquired of an artist concerning the proportions of human figures, and received for reply: "In well proportioned figures it is usual to find the length of the body from head to foot to be about eight times the length of the face. The length of the hand bears a certain pro portion to the forearm, and this to the arm from the elbow to the shoulder. The foot is in length shorter than the leg from the ankle to the knee-joint, and this is shorter than the leg from the knee to the hip. An idea of the proportion which the limbs bear to each other may be inferred from the following numbers, which appertain to a figure measuring five feet ten inches from head to foot; from ground to ankle, two inches and seven-eighths; from ankle to knee, eighteen inches; from knee to hip, nineteen and two eighths; from hip to collar-bone, six teen and six-eighths; from collar-bone to top of head, thirteen and one-eighth; length of foot, from heel to toe, ten and five-eighths; hand, finger-end to wrist-joint, eight and three-eighths; wrist-joint to elbow-joint, ten inches; elbow to shoulders, twelve inches." Taking a long stick, or alpenstock, that some pedestrian had abandoned in a corner of the yard, the artist said: "If you wish to test your own symme try here's a good method. Cut this stick to exactly your own length. Then mark it off into twenty-four equal parts. Number one should mark about the ankle-joint from the bottom of your foot; number seven the knee, thirteen the hip, twenty the shoulder and twenty-four the top of the head. The length of your foot should be somewhere between three and four parts, from your middle finger's end to wrist-joint three parts, to elbow six and one-half, and to shoulder ten. The female head is smaller than the male head." "Because it holds less?" " I didn't say that. Only, to meas ure the body by lengths of the head is a method, though common, by no means infallible. The body is longer in the child than in the adult figure, to which alone the foregoing measure ments apply. The growth is greater in the limbs during youth until wo manhood. There can be no settled or fixed measurements employed to decide what should be the widths or circum ference of the chest compared with the height of the figure or of the limbs." An Operatic manager's Experience. New York is overrun with young ladies ambitious to shine in the operatic world. They' come mostly from the West, Wisconsin sending the great majority. The Journal estimates the number of these stage-struck beauties at 2,5C0 ; but a gray-haired manager says it seems to him there are 50,000, -OOO-of-thom.?He-is perhaps a cipher :or two out of the way.' " Max Strakosch thus relates his experience with one of these girls: Every woman I meet has some new song to sing me, and do what I may I can't get away from her until I have listened to every verse. I met a young lady yesterday on Fourteenth street. Oh, she was so beautiful?like a rose bush. "Why, Mr.. Strakosch," 3he say, " how well you do look 1 . How have you been all the while?" Of course, I think, maybe I know her mother or I was her godfather or some thing like th at, and I ask her to come and see me. She came right along to the house, and the moment she got inside she made a dive for the piano. " Ho, ho," I say, "You was a singer!" "Yes," she say, "I came all the way from Kalamazoo to sing for you, be cause 1 know you want one prima donna." " My dear lady," I say, " I have more prime donno as I could pack into a double-horse furniture car, and they was all singing in the chorus, waiting for the head one to die." " Ha, ha," she say, "it was very evident that you don't ever hear me." Aft-* that she pull about twenty-five sheets of music out of her pocket, and she began to sing. Oh, how she do sing I If I live 500 year I will never forget how that young lady sing. She untie her bonnet-strings, and byVby she take off her shawl. She got so excited over that " Heart Bowed Down" or "Star Spangled Banner," ? or whatever it was that she was hcllerin' at, that I think maybe she would burst her head off. Every time I try to get out of the room she be gins to scream, so that I was afra'd maybe she would blow her brains out, so I go back and sit down a little while longer. When she was through she ask me how I like it, and like a fool I told her that was better as Patti. "Caraniio. cara mio!" exclaimed Mr. Strakosch, wringing his hands and tear ing his hair, " it was the mistake of my life when I told that to that lady. She don't do nothing ever since but chase me up one street and down another. I tell you, my friend, it's an awful thing to be an impressario." "Do you understand music your self?" "That's tho funny part of it. I don't know one note from another. Hefore I engage anybody I have to send tho singer to my director; but it is of no use for me to tell them that, for they would not believe me." Hangman Marwood's Curse. When the Phoenix Park victims were hanged by Marwood, in Dublin, tho mother of the youngest?who was roally a boy?kneek'd on the ground, all in tho rain, in front of the jail, and called down curses on all concerned in the execution. Marwood was then in excellent health. Almost immediately lie took to drink. This weakened his vitality. At a subsequent execution in Eng land his cunning, that had hitherto been proverbial deserted him, and he made a wretched bungle of an execu tion. A short time ago he contracted pneumonia, which to rally from he did not have strength -enough, and now he is dead. Was there any connection between the curse and the event??New York Truth. Interesting Belies. Some interesting relics of antiquity were lately received at Berlin l'rom Mayence. They consist of the remains of piles belonging to the bridge which once led from Castel to Mayence, and which is proved to have been in use fifty-three years before the Christian era. The pieces of wood are trunks of various trees, including oak, elm, and white and red beech. Internally they are quite sound. At one end there are pieces of iron. Some of the wood is tobe devoted to the manufacture of a piano-case. Prince Alexander, of Hesse, has had some ornamental? pieces of furniture made from oak dis covered at the spot referred to, and those articles he has presented to his son, Peace Alexander, of Bulgaria,^ - ~ j ~ ~"_ NO. 33 A loathful Prodigy. The poet Wadsworth once said tuat Coleridge and Sir William Hamilton, the famous metaphysician, were the two most wonderful men, taking all their endowments together, that he had ever "net. Hamilton, indeed, began to be " wonderful" at a very early age. At three years old be could read the Bible; at four years and five months be was accomplishing the feats thus related by his mother in a letter to her sister: " He is one of the most surprising children you can imagine; it is scarce ly creditable; he not only reads well, but with such nice judgment and point, that it would shame many who have finished their education. His re citing is astonishing, and his clear and accurate knowledge of geography is beycnd belief; ho even draws the countries with a pencil on paper; and will cut them out, though not perfectly accurate, yet so well that anybody knowing the countries could not mistake them; but you will think this nothing when I tell you that he reads Latin, Greek , and Hebrew 1 It is truly funny to see the faces some of the wise heads put on after examining him; they first look incredulous; then they look as if he said it as a parrot would; but after an examination of various books and various parts of the same book, and when sometimes, to correct those who from long neglect to read these dead languages have forgotten some letters,' he puts them in?it' they say no, he says, ' Well, but it is so,' and when they must agree with him, he says, "Now see the advantage of attending to what you read'?they stare, then say that it is wrong to let his mind be overstocked. They cannot suppose that all this Is learned by him as play, and that he could no more speak or play, as children in general do, than he could fly. Everything he must have a reason for. The things at dinner are the different countries in the world: if he wants his handkerchief tied around his throat, it is ?please put this round my isth mus; if his eye itches, it is his east eye or his west. He reals the He brew with points. H. H. is learning it without. She, being rather incredu lous, brought her book, to see the dif ference in pronunciation, and what was the advantage of points. She read for him, but he got so vexed at her persevering to pronounce the words so differently from what it is with points, that he began to cry most piteously, and came and told me she went to examine him, and that she knew nothing about it at all, tfeat she called her letters wrong, and could not say Haeamain as it should be said, or any other part any more than a dunce. We had some trouble to pacify him. and after that, if he was asked to read Hebrew, he always-asked: 'Do you read'withpoints?' But by this time you are completely tired of a mother*!! ehlhusiasm "about her prodigy of a son." The Shetland Pony. The native live stock of Shetland cannot generally be commended, but the well-known pony of that part of the world is perfect of his kind. As carts would be out of place on the steep sides of the hills, ponf.es are kept by every family fcr the purpose of carrying peat for winter" use. The fuel, after being dried, is placed in baskets called " cassies," one of which hangs on each side of the animal's tack, a s-trong, broad back, admirably adapted for the purpose of bearing heavy burdens. The " Sheltie" is an animal which for many generations has been bred and trained under special and peculiar circumstances, and hence Iiis physique and general character, his hereditary in stincts and intelligence, his small size and his purity and fixity of type. A pony belonging to a breed which has had to pick its zigzag way down a steep declivity during many genera tions must be sure-footed. By the same rule, a pony, whose grooms and play mates include a dozen juveniles?the children of the neighborhood, who roll about underneath him or upon his back -must bo gentle, and the same pony, living on the scathold on air sometimes, rather than on herbage, must be hardy. The pony of the Shet land Isles is, in fact, the offspring of circumstances. He is the pet of the family, gentle as the Arab's steed un der similar training. Ho will follow bis friends indoors like a dog, and liok the platters or the children's faces. He has no more kies in him than a cat* and no more bite than a puppy. There is no precedent for his running away, nor for his becoming flightened ot. tired, even when he has carried some stout laird from Lerwlck to his house, many Scotch miles, across the hills. He moves down the' rugged hillsides with admirable circumspection, loaded panier fashion, with two heavy "cas sies" of peat, picking his way step by I step, sometimes sideways. In crossing boggy spots, where the water is re tained and a green carpet of aquatic grass might receive some steeds, and bring them headlong to grief in the spongy trap, he carefully smells the surface, and is thus enabled to circum vent the danger. In the winter tho Shetland pi ny wears a coat made of felted hair, and specially suited to the occasion. Iiis thick winter garment is well adapted for protecting him against the fogs and damps of tho climate. It is exceedingly warm and comfortable, fl;s close to the wearer's dapper form, and is not bad-looking wheu new. But when tho coat grows old toward spring, at the season when the new on ? should appear, it becomes the shabbiest garment of the kindthat you often see. Its very amplitude and the abundance of tho material render it more conspicuous when it peels and hangs for awhile ragged and worn out, and then falls bit by bit till the whole of it disappears. Colored Provisions.' Everyman has his favorite story, and the Hon. Roswell P. Flower, of New York, tells the following: " One day an old negro, clad in rags, and carrying a burden on his head, ambled into the executive chamber, and dropped bis load on the floor. Step ping toward the governor, he said: " Km you de gubner, s-ah?'' Being answered in the affirmative, he said: " If dat am a f ac' I'se glad ter meet yer. Yer see I libs way up dar in de back ob de country, and is a poor man, sah. I h'ar dar is some pervishuns in de cons'tut ion for de culled man, and I am bar to get some ob em sah."? La Presse has an account of a peas ant named James Tygelof, who has ^ust died at Ode/sa, aged 147 years. His son is still alive at the age of 115; he has a grandson of' eighty-five, and a great great grandson of forty. He never drank or ?moked. ? - ___ % f intor at* ?tmmt SPECIAL REQUESTS. L All changes in advertisements must' reach us on Fridny. 2. In writing to this offlco on bnoiness always give your name and postofllco ad dress. . 3. Articles for publication should bo writ ton in a clear, legible band, and on only ont side of the page. 4. Business letters and communicationf to bo published should be written on separata sheeto, and the object of each clearly in dicated by necessary note when required. JOB PJRIJNTTIIVGJ *X>NE WITHNEATNESS AND DISPATCH . TERMS CASH. HERE AND YONPW? I walk in the crowded city, ; And the pavement pains my fe?t, And nothing but piles of buildings Shut in the stones of the street; But I only see the meadow And the wood so cool and sweet. I walk in the crowded city, And mix with the noisy throng, And the din is like to the beating Of a great, incessant gong; But I only hear the brook flow And the brown wood thrush's song. I walk in the crowded city, And daily the many grow more, And they fill up the street like a mill race As hither and thither they pour; But I only see a cottage And a maiden at the door. I walk in the crowded city, And buy and sell in the mart, But still in its crush and clamor I feel that I have no part; For the sweet, fresh life of the couutr Forever abides in my heart. I walk in the crowded city, But see the green meadow stfil, And look through the piles of buildings To the wood that crowns the hill, And alone with tho cottage maiden I wander afar at will. ?Edward Willett, in New York Sun. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS Vesuvius threatens another "alarm ing eruption." It is high time for Vesuvius to be vacwnated.?-Pitts burg Telegraph. A Boston commercial traveler, men> tioned by the dole, was paralyzed whe ? a young lady asked him, *.'When a .: you going peddling again?"?Courier*^ Journal. "Yes," he said, "I prefer to have black sand given me instead of pep- \ per by my grocer. It doesn't hurt my eyes so much when my wife gets mad." ?Boston Post. ...-.';>? A baby will cry no hardeY ir apm is stuck into him than he will if the cat won't let him pull her tail. Jt is cheaper, therefore, to pin him.?Chi cago Telegram. . * " How shall we stop the great evil of lying?" ajks a religious weekly. Don't know, give it up. It's a habit you ought never to have fallen into.? Saturday Night. Mrs. Homespun, who has a terrible time every morning to get her young brood out of their beds, say3 she cannot understand why children are called the rising generation.?Boston Transcript. A Kansas woman was upbraiding her husband when a cyclone hove irr sight, and, with a sigh of reliefT^er unhappy man ran out into its path and was safely* blown into the next I county.?Rochester Express. "Have you heard any bad news?*" asked a minister's, wife of her hus band, as he entered the house, looking a little despondent. "Yes," the good man replied, " I have; the marriage of ~ young Smith and the Begleygirl is put off until next year." "Will there be a hop to-night?" asked a summer sojourner of anothrt who had loved the stock market " nf wisely but too well." "Don't knot f about the hop, but there will be a skfp if lean get my trunk out," was the reply.?Boston Bulletin. ? A report that the bones of a masta*)-n had been discovered was circulated (1e other day, but a close inspection prov ed the relics to be a sunken foundation of a corncrib. It is a blessing that cool and clear-headed men inhabit the country.?Arkansaw Traveler. A Los Angeles rancher has raised a pumpkin so large that his two children use a half each for a cradle. This may seem very wonderful in thejjn..il tBJr> tricts, but in this city three or four full-grown policemen have been found asleep on a single beat.?San Francisco Post. Last Sunday morning Jay Could walked down Broadway without a rag on him. Oh, no, he wasn't crazy. He was one of the best-dressed men in the street. You wouldn't expect a man of Mr. Gould's wealth to go around dressed in rags, would you ??Burdette, in Argonaut. "You make yourself scarce!" said an irate father to the young man who had been forbidden the house, at the same time reaching for him with a number nine. And the y. m. excited ly remarked, as he cleared the front fence, " I am now taking steps in that direction."?Rochester Express. A man makes a row if his wife takes his ra or to trim a little maize on her little toe or sharpen a lead pencil, but he thinks it is all right, and scoffs at her, if she shrieks her feeble protests when he takes her little embroidery scissors to cut a copper telephone wire. "Don't hurt the scissors at all," he Bays.?Hawkeye. The mother of the high-school girl,,, having occasion to bo emphatic yester day, close 1 a little speech with the re mark, "That's the word with the bark on." The high-school girl said the ex pression was not genteel, and told her mother she should have said, " That is tho exogenous combination of articu late and vocal sounds."?0? City Der rick. "Charlie," remarked Fogg, "you were born to be a writer." "Ah," re plied Charlie, blushing s'ightly at the compliment, "you have seen some of the things I have turned off?" " No," said Fogg, " I wasn't referring to what you had written; I,was simply think ing what a splendid ear you had for carrying a pen. Immense, Charlie, simply immense."?Boston Transcript. Skumka, chief of the Umatilla tribe in Oregon, mistook Jamaica ginger for a new kind of beverage that both cheers ; ndinebriates,and drank twenty bottles of the stuff. A few moments later a more surprised Indian was never seen. He thought a volcanic eruption from .Java had steuck him where he lives, ail? before dying he urged all his braves to look not upon the Jamaica ginger when it burneth like a urairie on lire.?Norriitjum Herald. National Population, - "If the various countries maintain their present rate of increase," says M. Gosselin, sc retary of embassy at Berlin, " fifty years hence the United States will have a population of 190, 000,000; Russia, approximately, 153, 000,000; Germany, 83,000,001); the United Kingdom, ttf.OOO.OOO; Austria Hungary and Italy. bot\ 44,000,000,. and France only 4O.OU0.O00. Ger many has already in round numbers 7,500,000 more inhabitants than France ; but in this reckoning Algeria I is not taken into account." For war purposes, however, it is obvious that the balance is hot so heavily against France, for, whereas in Germany there are only -05 males to every thousand females, in France there are 991.