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Wt3*~'x fonts could mako thoo ?roatOBtS^ilo loai T' could mako thoo), !v Tho louoly Btato?aomothlug thou over sook'st and sook'et, yet novor gnlu'st, w Buroly soroo right withhold?somo voloo, In. huge monotonouB toko, of freodom?iovor pont, Bomo vast heart, Uko a plftnot'a choln'd imd chatting In thoso breakers, , Dy lengthon'd bwoU, and spABiti, and panting' brontli, And rbythmlo raBplng of tby Bands and waves, i And sorpont blsB, and Bavago ponls of laugh* tor, r And undertones of distant Hon roar' ,J ' - (Sounding, appealing to tfio sky's doaf oar* but nnvr rnnnnvJ /aW ... V V? Vliwv A phantom In tuo nigbt thy confidant for onoo), ; l Tho first and last oonfoislon oY tho globo, Outsurglngr, muttering from thy eoul'0 abysms, Tho talo of oosmlo olomontnl passion, Thou toll?st to a kludrod soul, r ?Walt Whitman in Ilarpor's Magazlno for Muroh. A DAUGHTER OF BABYLON. . f ' "Allheal Althoa! Wiioro nrt thouP" It was BoIobos who caliod, in a atom and angry voico; and his daughter P/ vainly strovo to chock hor aobs, in ori dor that sho might answor him; for tho tears of maidons foil as easily then as now, and young hoarts woro as soft. Mill nil! linniln na full nf ?lnmo ?.u ??*?. V* j^/KIWO 4U1 U Ul iU" ly gain and aa forgotful of tho powor I* of love, as in this yoar of our Lord r ' 1884; though tho acono was Babylon, and tho timo live hundrod years boforo |^\ tho infant Josus oponod his oyos in th? >' mangor at Botlilehom. , } "Althcai Althoa!" callod Bolosos nn-nin AHUao #1 ??/? ?? *-1%^ . uuu W1VUVII UIUIY IIUU run Ui HH? vcr tissuo across hor faco, and ontorod t.ho prcsenco of hor father. Sho stood boforo him, hor wfll^wy r figure clad in rich stuff, her face faintly outlined bonoath hor veil, tho dusky plaits of her long hair reaching to lior knoos, and with bont hoad mado him tho revorouco a girl always mado to her fathor. But sho could not spoak; sobs still choked hor voico. Bolesos lookod at hor with minglod *> omotlons. ! Sho was lovoly as a dream, {jracoful as a willow branch; but sho uid resisted his command, opposed herself to his will. IIo strotchod out his hand in n. iiarcnfjil flnvnao lint <>? ? lio touchcd hor, auger ovorcomo affoc^ tion, and ho struck lior, though lightly, Is upon the shoulder. Again a drooping hoad?" ho cried. w} "Again ft weoping oyoP Again an air iia though I had givon command that thou sliould'at ho put to doath, instoad . ?v of orderiug all thiugs well for thooP Why, girl, thou art sevoutoon, and unwed! In a year or two thy beauty will fado. Thou wilt bo a maiden in tho liouso of thy father and a reproach to thy jmronts. And Arbaces is a man of uuKiiL.tuiu ricn uoyonu compare. jluou. :*& wilt lmvo slaves, and jowolsvandh<iuP . or. Go to thy .mother, girt, ancl toll hor thou hast listened ?toJmy words, nntT Bui Hor'sob t'imt tliy 'robes are of HBSvP tho iinost and riohost stuff. I gruilgo WP* nothing whon I give my dauglitor to Arbacos, for ho will bo a son to bo j|^ proud of, a fitting spouso for thoe, and [p thou must wod him." But Althoa at this uttorod a littlo scream. "Fathor," sho criod, "I will never marry Arbaces. Rath or I will tako my own life. Arbaces is rich and powerful and not ill to look upon, but ho is notlibi<r to \no. Fathor, I lovo Balinon, and tP shamo would bo my portion should I wod ono man whilo I loved another. And my Balinoa would dio?ho lias told xno so. Fathor, havo pity on me!" . But tho old man only laughed sarcastically. "Thy Bcliuca would dio?" ho an-' Hwurou. "xno prate 01 a lortuuo liunt i tor, who lias made a silly girl beliovo that ho lovos her. For the sako of this Boiinoa who litis neither monoy nor tho esteem of mon?nothing but ?uo faco of a woman nml tho gift of ?ong, which ho shares with tho wild biros, thou hast rofused to wod moro good mon tlmn I can now roeall by nmuo. |?? This timo I will bo oboyod. I will cona??1f A? Art ?/v ?\.A 41... 1 ovuu im i/iuuu bU LHV UHJ UI wuu(ling, and on that day thou shalt bocomo tho wifo of Arbacos." ( i, "Not whilo thoro is poison in Baby-?, Iqii, or a rivor about its walls," said Althoa. "I will livo unwod rathor than dlsobov my fatlior, but I will bo tho wifo of no ono but llulinoa." f Sho spoko as only thoso spoak who L. huvo formod unalterable rosdlutions, Jr s and hor fathor listonod with an angry comnrehonsion of tho fact. 4'Thou canst bo rosoluto, Althoa," said ho, "but so can I. Mark mo, for wnat a ?ay tuiaii do ho. jlx oy to-niorrow's dawn thou dost ropoat what thou hast but just uttorod, I will sond thoe . this yoar to tho auction of maidons.nnd thoro thou wilt bo sold?thou, tho lovoHost maidon to-day ia Babylon, to whoso bids for thoo. Thou wilt bring a fino prico?& portion for somo ugly ox nlrvvm /> #1 . uvtv&uivu TTVJlUltU TfHV 111*9 IIV WUUUl fJ j for at this auction of maidens, wiaoly |y instituted that tho womon of Babylon should all havo husbands, whilo for boautlos rloh mon pay groat sums, poor onos rocoivo monoy to tako to; Wifo uix^ comoly cvoaturcs, and so bocomo rich. Thy Ualinoa may go thithor if hoploasi os and bid for tho hunolibackod Gissa. Ho would gain a fortune so: but ho will Wf not bo ablo'to bid for thoo; ills ?UrAd la too short for that." Father! Fathorl" soroamod Althoa, put old Bolosos flung hor from him as sho olung to him, and <c?t hor lying prostrato on the floor, bobbins and tL. wooplng sho orouohod thqro until dAy faded twilight foil. Tiion a fomalo ? ?lav^ Waring ly nRVtf; ?at#p,' dbtbrod rn tuo room, *?wwn<pt* AjtMft'tf itiothoiv BL Nf^yfirn, Who, much filav.m<ul, )md boon ftteZSS'SA Ma WBSI* hor ifo in hor amis, ahd boro hor away to hor own chtftuboi'. Thoio, amoilft p- maidtra? ^a^old in Qftbylon in thoso If: te days.i Thoro \vofo fifteen maidons tb ' bo sold to tho hi&kodt biddor that day, and * groat oottcourao had gatliorod In tho opon spaoo dovotod to that purp6sb,ndfc only thOso who wanted to pay for lOvoly wivos or rccoivo much poodpd money with unprepossessing' ones woro there, but many oamo from curiosity; and througly tho crowd-wout . tAio wnisuor tliHtirtu Ills bnrtpr, ^oIobcs, 6no oftliObost iWfcAVn <5ifcizona of Babylon, bad sent his oulv daughter, tho mai'veiouB beauty, Althoa, to bo sold to whoso wantod bor for n wifo. Girls who wero protty and girls who word not sat tdgotmir on a long stono bouch; clo3oly veiled and uttorly silont. Tho auctioneer walkod about with an air of itoportanco. Anxious paronts whisporod to thoir children. An old man Vrith a long whito board chuoklod tb himsolf over a bav of gold. A poor man tuhnuA linnnaoltUa tirnvn ?. mvmw I.vvuuuiwww ITVtv JV.UUW1A IV all Baljytou, though ho wns virtuous and of good charaotor, solemnly gazed at tho little crooked figure of Gisaa, who had <coitoo to bo sold of her own accord, aud who, doubtless, would bring tho greatest sum with hor. Tho groon and whito robo, boiled with embossed silvor about tho tapor wnlst. of Altlion.* t.lin vuliiln l.iin.lo ti.n gorgeous nrniloft, tho long oarfringg of j-ioh gold," r 'distinguished Althoa from lior compattioiis, though sho was closcly voilou. , , Thoso \?.Uft wore, buyors woro pormittod to sponk to tiio maidous. Arba003 amiroaehed Althoa iir.st. If nil my fortuno i^ust bo paid for theo 1 will wiu thoo, boautiful Althoa," . ho whisporod. Sho answered by a bitter laugh. Thon, trombling aud palo, Baliuea oamo forward. ; "AltlioA, boat bolovod," ho whisporea, "I havo sold all I havo, but tho sum is a moro triflo. I shall loso thoo, for thou art fairfcr than all tho womon of Babylo Arbacoa will havo thoo. \\n *1 ? T -111 mi i mvirvii! nuuu U1UU ?fl> HIS X Will Jtlli mysolf," but Althoa caught him by tho wrjst. 'Liston Balinoa," sho said. "When tho timo comcs Arbacos will havo nono of mo. Tlion thou mayst also rofuBo to tako mo. It is possiblo. Romain, but swoar that you will koop silonco until I ! placo my hand thus upon tho othor. i Thon, if still thou wouldst havo mo,cry out: "Givo mo Althoa." If not I will | go my way, and I will livo a maidon in 1 my fathors homo forovor." ! "What dost thou moan, Althoa?" I criod Baliuoa; but sho mado no answor. 1 And now tho orowd was biddon to < flilnnw nml ilrlirnn lionlr ? a?' ? i UUVilV W M? UUittiriU ' distanco?and a orior spoko thus: 1 < "Tho rulors of Babylon, bolioving 1 that tbo womon should bo wod.for that I thoy arc fooblo, holploss croaturos, un- < fit to labor for tliomsolvos, uuloarnod ' and weak of will, so that thoy nood ] protoctors and dhcotore. liavo instl- < tutod this auction ui" maiaons, tnnu 1 woman in Babylon nood laok a bus- ' band. For tlio beautiful must a groat < prico bo paid, but with tho ill-favored wo givo tho sum paid for tho othors, ' that oaclj man may liavo spmo advan- < tago.' To-day . our highest prico is ask- I od for Althoa. dausrhtor of our *rood 1 citizen Beloscs and' his wifo Nasara. Althoa, unveil thvsolf." Althoa, at this bidding, ai'oso and advanced. She lifted her whlto hand and toro tho veil from hor head. A shriek aroso as sho did so, and tho lookors on stood potrifiod. Instead of tho boautiful faco tlioy had oxpoctod to soo, thoy saw a torn and blooding countonance; and a head dostituto of ovory hair. Two groat braids, which alio oast on tho stones at hor feot, alono romainod of hor plontoous tresses. "Pooplo of Babylon," sho criod, "this havo I dono that I may not wod a ' man I hato! How now, Arbacos? Wilt 1 thou bid for mo?" i A roar aroso from tho crowd, and ' Arbacos fell forward in a swoon, and 1 was porno away by his friends. l!ali- I hoji jjtartod forward but was ohcokcd > Ijy tho soldiers. ] Again tho crior spako: 4,Sh0 who was tho lovolioat has now I bocoino tho most hidoous. Voil thyaolf, i Althon." Thon anothor namo was oallod. Tho srtlo proooodod. Vast sums woro paid for two IfoAutioa; tijodorato pifloos for otHors. Evon Gissa, with hor pointed 9mt ntt/l *\Vrw f tr K n'm kivv auu i/Autvjr n?u <uiu ujrua, \yi\n I1UU too ugly in tho oyos of tho man who rocoivcd a fortune at her lmnds. Only Althca remained unsought?too hideous for any to dosiro. And now sho lifted lior lioad, and1 at tho signal Balinoa strodo forward. "Givo mo Althoa," ho said?"Althoa who lias dono this for mo?Althoa, boautiful,forovor boautiful to my hoart Givo lior to mo, and koop your baso gold?I'll none of it." "I claim my portion," sho said. "Such is tho law of tho Babylonish salo of maidons." And alio gathorod tho gold into hor voll a? hor lovor lod hor away. And, so sayoth tradition, tho gods smiled upon tholovors; and all Althoa's boauty roturned?tho lovoly hair grow long again, tho wounds hoalod without a scar, and tho constant Bolinoa had a lovoly wifo as woll as a fortuno. And though old Uolosos might vox himself, 1. _ .".IJ -.11 At I- ? iiu uuiiiu iviiur mmiing, ior mo woman who \y:\s sold at tho yoarly miction of maidohs could not ho taken from hor husband, And thoy, lived and loyod for many happy yoars in tho old oity of Babylon. " j ( r /w p Tho First Million Groonbncks. i / ; I , - ... . Mr. Sturtovant, of tho stationery division of tho treasury, carried tho first n AAA AAA .1 1 1-- /_ iir I I ^,uw,vw ui iiuui vyiisiuug* ton ovor tho mountains to tho WosL "Tho groonbaokB," says he, 14wore itt1 common mail bags and I had to sit with a loadod royolyop to watch thom. I remember it Aras in Oetobor, and though warm in Washington it grow bittor cold whon wo gpkon tho mountains. I had noglcctod to bring my ovorcoat fmd l almoat froze. I carriod monbV 'Via Pittsburg to Cincinnati, and a low months lator I took anothor 1,000,OdOltt tho Bfimo way, Aftor thin It was > 11..1 5u. iLkiL.?i 1 - uuiduu uuiunu tiuiv wiu u&uummuAS woiv boitig distributed in this unsafo way i fend tho government rando n contract t With tho oxpross coniphnios' to ofttry ' thorn."?' Carp." : , _ ? ' ?1 > j Thoro aro aovoral towns in this oonnJ,iry called Bismarck,- and it is proposed to chan^O thorn to Laskor. I ... . m,ma jmmmHwtmmviWVfSBMf 8HOKT \VOKK WlTMl LOG^, : <| j L'vii '"li mtii rJMil ' HagO Circular Saws That' Do Not . . Neoil Sharpening. . n Tho largost oiroularveaw that has boon Bont out of this oity.rocontly, says tho Now York Sun, wafc exactly six foot iu dlamotor. It was ordorod by a match company and wont to Michigan, Fifty-two tooth nrojootod from s rim. It Is no\v rovolvlng at tho rato of 672 {evolutions \\ minuto, And leoupjiblo of making a ton-inch to twolvc-inoh cut1 with each revolution. It ottri hivw oft', a forty-foot plank, therefore in nn in- , iinitesimal portion of ft minuto, though na n ? ^ * ' * i> uidviuk vt tnub iiiiu AlUUUU Oil wnioa logs aro fod to a saw is tuljusted ty aovo at about tho speod at which a.'! iau can walk. At tho rate,tfioro is nothing but a whirr a,nd a shrinkto j announoo tho journoy of a log's length. This 1b not a solid saw or lt.would havo moro thanono hundred teeth. It is ono of tho now patterns, in whUrti the tobth are separato from tho plato,and dan bo insortod and removod at pleasure. Tho tooth in tho sort of saw "of which this monstov is a spooimon aro litilo curved bits of stool pointod liko chlsols at tho' outtiug oud. Thoy fit Into round sock-' ots cut out of tho odgos of tho saw platos, and thoir littfo cbisol blades project slightly beyond tho cirplo Of tho plato. Solid saws contlnuo to bo mado in groat numbers, but tho invoutors of tho movablo tooth, different pattorns of which avo mado by all saw manufacturors, aro dorlvlng fortunos, bocauso now teoth can bo roplpcod for a fow cents and in a fow minutos, and tho 1 11UUT ut VUU 0(?>V 1U1UU1UH IUU B1ZO It was mado, whereas solid saws have to bo nowly fllod and sot and sharponod ovory time thoy dull, a procoss that consumes timo and roquiros tho sorvices of a sawyor whoso skill commands good wages. Every cutting roducos tho sizo 01 tho saw. A 72-inch flaw is a big ono, ovon in Michigan, whoro Ifeo 66-inoh saw is in common uso. Thoro" thoao 6J-foot saws are run, at a speed of fivo to scvon hundred involutions in Norway-pine logs, and thoy cut as deep with oaoh revolution as the, monstor aboVo dosoribed. ; Tho littlo ohisol-bit teeth will chow out pino during a wholo working dav. and nil ontirn sot of dtill onoaTcan" bo replaced noxt day in fivo winutos for 3 cents a tooth. Some of the sawdust from one of theso great saws?w,as son,t.Irom Michigan to tho establishment 6f a groat sawniakor In this oity. It was ; osteomod as a curiosity. It was not dust at all, but a mass of little pellets of wpod, throcoightbs qi apin oh in thiokness. Tho lumbprmeii profor to waste lurabor in this way, provided thoygot spood out A thoir topltw > Thcso hugo flawH aro JHUU Bingiv m sawing ft Vqu^h'log into planks, A^torvyftrd tno planks arc ro'^plfa^onls" rovQTynir togotho* aL tho propor dlstancos jno from another. h! A saw-paalcei; mudfc'know jvbotbor or lot IiIh customor wants to rnn his purjhasopt.a high rate of .spood beiore ike saw is: mado. Saw-majors, ini dorclopfc'g u disk of stool into a' saw, lammor it so as Jo loavo olthor a hard jr soft contcr,. A saw that has a soft joutor will wabblo in tho middle if a person takes hold of it by.tho odtfo and .1. . 1?1 li. Tl.lJ ? ' juu^us li. jli is nas a nara contor ono part Will not shako moro thim anothor. A saw with a hard contor, it driven ftt iv high rate of spood, y/i(l iiot cut straight. Its edge Will wabble. But If it has a soft contor, and is sont fivound at a rato of700 to 800 revolutions a rninuto, tho centrifugal forco straining at tho oontor stiffens tho saw and keeps tho odgo stoady. To tho ivorago mind it would soom that thoro lias boon tho sumo straining after ortiamontal cffoct in tho vortical saws, so odd aro tho shapes of tho tooth. But lioro, again, tho study has boon sololy to produco strongth and cutting powor. Somo of tho vortical saws liavo dull tooth alternating with the sharp onos. JL'ho dull onos do not roach out quito so (ar as tho cuttors. Their purpose is to oloar tho sawdust boforo tho outtors. English Farmers in America. Mr. Burt, a mombor of tho British parliament, spout much of last summor in this country, and In an intorost* inglottor writes: On tho prairiosof Illinois and iu ti?o neighborhood of Kingston, Canada, I mot several pooplo who woro formerly laborors in England and in tho north part of Ireland, who aro now the owners of tho farms thoy till. Thoy aeom to ho doing woll. Isponta fow days in Illinois with two brothora who wont Horn tho north of England soino thirty voars ago. Thoy took' nothing with them but stout hoarta and a pair of roady, willing hands. TUoy havo now farms of thoir own, in ono oaso of ono hundrod acros and in tho othor of oighty acros. Thoy havo orocted goon liousos, stablos, barns, and tho usual outbuildings oonnootod with a woll-oquippod farm. Surrounding thoir homostoads aro orohards in which thoy jflrow many. kinds of fruit. Thoir land Is woll cultivated. and well stocked with tlno animals. Nearly ovorything tlioy roquiro Is produood by thomsolvos; in short, thoy aro indopondont as far as anybody on ?arth can bo indopondent. Thoy still work hard, but work for thomsolvos, and woro among tho happiest pooplo I mot in my travols. Thoro was a quiot dignity, a 8olf-po3f>ossion, an ab3onco of haste and worry in tho life of thoso sturdy farmors which affordod a ploasant contrast to much that I saw in othor parts of Amorioa. . , . . ' )/ Ho was ft dudo of tho oxtromo kind. Ho couldn't hftvo boon moro so. His overcoat wns short, hio undorcoat long, his collar high, his trousors so tight that it would soom lio must havo gronsod his logs to got jnto thorn, his shoos pointed. As ho entored tho roadlng-room nt tho hotol ovorybody lookod at him, and a smilo wont round. Thoro was a brindlo dog in tho room nt tho timo. As the dudo pausod at tho nows stand tho dog went up to him, sniffed of him, looked up at him onco and walked away with dropping tail and an air of intonse distrust. Tno discrust wobublv aroso from tho frtct that tfTo 'hsil') w us itt tlio pofson tho dog whs lookin g /or, but tho unlmjtVs wholq uppqarunoe aoomod to say: <Thls lot's ino out. I oan't stand thnt tblogl" And tho orowd howled with -Bastion Post. j J . Y , ' ' ' taSQinnl* id DcttnWid Anlurtrtl*. | " '< If tlioro bo bno tjiiug a|ipvo } auotfror thufc I rovol in it )s Bolorioo.' Ivjwo doAt ..... I!i? .iA' ML.lxo.il/lj J_ Iiubvit U1UVU VI tuy.IUV W VU1VUUUU Ijtt* flearob, and fcbpugb , it \ hasnU riaaao mudh stir to tho apJoqtJfiQ worjd 4#ifffV I atu postilvo tbat wbon I am gone ? 10 scientists of oat d6y Wlirmlsft ino, at d tUo red-boa oil thooritft Will1 doirio1 tlx d shod tho soalding ton* oyer my humb le' tomb. , . , i ) , 11,. , j i, j j j< " i My illtontlon \vhs first attjfaptod to i iq, eomiiia as tho foo of tho'domostlor ai^i:maU by thdatrangp appoaranfcd of jt'lavorito doc nanifid iLiiflrntlii; llnrnrlii > IT dldl i4oj,,namo, tU^ au,Unal JUioiptTa Borgia. ,'#o wap, #amod whoa Xj purohasad him, , Ip Jiw .pocoatriq and Jabnorm il' thl^p't for bloqd ho fayorod i itAiordilj \f b^t, in, ftox hfydid no^:,, ,1 got him > W* 5* fa %paufgoTl^,<JoyodaiOWiaroiu. trap o\vuor said Luwptia 13orgia. waa an-ift v dppt loypr^o* oW*4FW? amLiWpuKdfchi t ho was. IIo soomod tolpvo; thorn. boat In, tho spring of ,^ho ixefff j "prho^ ithoV, wero tondor. Ho ^puyl havo oatoniup a ffivorito jchildo,<wiiq 4t tho young-, stop hadn't lpft, a rubbprs tbaUJit i ms' pockojt which plugged tho glottic ol Xmorojia till I oould getthqro and dlsongago >yha(; was lpft pi tho ohiJd, n i |' Luovotia Boon pftor thta bogaq to bo rostloss. tto would oomq^or my oasdhiout and lift up hls yolco and howl; into tho bosom of thp siloitf., night* At first I thought ho had foupd nomo oho in distyosa or wnntoditogot mo put of doora and sayo, my Ufp. I wonfc put soVo^al nights,iu a >yolr<jl costumo that I had n^auoup of garmonta belonging to different members of my family* I dro'ssod oarofyllyin tho dark and stolo out to( kill! tho aasa^in. roforrod to by Lucre'tia, but ho was not thoro. (Vhop tho faithluV animal would run up ftp mo and with almost.human, ploadlpg^yoa. bark and run away toward, a diptanfc alloy. I immediately dooidbd ;? Jthat somo ono was snfforing thoro. I; hud road in book^ about tho doga tha^' lod thoir mastora away to tho aufforin^ and savod pooplo's livoa, so when kuorot-ia Camo to mo with his groat, houoaji oyo^ and took littlo momontoos out of/ thn calf of my log and tlion galloped pflf sovon or eight blocks, I followou hjm in tho chill air of night ftnd my, jMosaio Olothos. I \Vandorod; away .t^horo the dog stoppod behind a livery stable, and there, lying in a shudddrlnff /hoap on the frosty ground^ lay tnq, still, whito features of a soup bono that had outlived lis usefulness. ] On tho way back I mot a physician who had boen up town to swoav lni;an Amorican citizen who would vote twbn?-r ty-ono yoar? later if ho livedo Tho physician stoppod mo t\nd was going to tako mo to tho Ilonio of tho Frlondlo^a whon ho discovorod who I "was,. You wrap a tall niaq, with a, William . H. Seward nose,' in a flannel rqJ)o, out pl*!!\\I*:n<1 on"mm and put l(lm out, in tho , 8troo? uudor tlxe gaslight* with his trim, puxv Elo ankles just revoaling thomsclvos as o madly gallops after.a hydrophobia lnfoatod dog; and it 1b not after all, surprising that poople's curiosity should ho a little bit excited. - Aftor I had introduced mysolf to tho physician and asked him for a cigar, explaining that I could riot find any in tho clothes I had oh, I askodhira about Lucrotla Borgia. I told tho doctor how Lucrotla seemed vestloss nights and nervous and irritable days, ana how ho seemed to b6 almost a -^mental wreck, and asked him tyhat tho trouble was. ' | Ho said it was undoubtedly ( insomnia." Ho said that it was a bad casei of it. too. I told him I tlioucht no niv Self. X said I didn't mind tho insomnia that Lucretia had so m^ich fts.I did my own. I was getting moi'o insomnia on my;hand8 than X bould usot Ho gave mo something to administer to Lucretia. Ho said X mtist put it in a link of saxisago and leave tho sausago whore it would appear that I , dldivt Want the dog to got'it, and thon Luorotia would eat it'grpodily: J'- [' ' T /IM an Tf. WM*lrnr1'\irn11 an ?a tho administration of tho romody, was! concovnod, but it was fatal toniy littlo,. high-Atirung, yearnful dog. It. inust have contained something ^ a dolotorlous character, for tho n6xt inoynln^ ft coarao man took Lucrothv Borgia by tno tail and laid hi ml whore the yiplots blow. Malignant insomnia is ; jfast blooming the groat foe to tho modorh Amorican dog.?lJill Nye. . . I HI f}oai)-ltul)l)lo Parties. ' V ,, ,1 . ,. I I.; ri : > Soap-bubblo partios aro tho latest. Twonty or thirty common clay pipes, for as many young ladios and gentlemen. havo ribbons of different! colors for oyory, two, and i are. soparatod vin equal piles, from which oaoh porson solocts ono, and, by matohing colors, finds a partner, so to speak, for tho blowing. On a medium-sized table stands a " toap and water* Tho partners.1 low bubblosi>< trying threo tin1. \tho efforts of tho others to am* ,i embarks > thorn* Tho 9no whoso?. >ubblo romaius unbrolcon tho longest is ontitlod^to ft prize., j| . t i . >v/o , oil) Somo of tho prlzort are paiptodpltish shaving and liandkordliief. crises, p'aihted piotu.ro, fr.&mos* ltlissiau loather toilot cases, blotters, plush bbioa of \?rltingrpapor, and othors! aro tasteful andusoful momoptctos. t At-a.rqcent. partyall bo.ro.tlie dato of tho cvoning i dn 'gilt lottors. Tho prizos are > sopaotimoa ox-* ponslvo jowplry. Thoto > i* i alvVays a spoclal prize .given to tho ono whoso bubblo nap lasted thO lob goat, of alh A judge fleloQted bofoni .tho blowing announcos (tho dooisions;; Aftor ull havo blown thoir bubblos, tho prizes ; aro drawn by numbors, i Thpn ncomdtith'o usual dancos and a $uppor.r?-jtfi T. tiufiv , . . ;iTvT ' --"I* '' TT'^'in"! o'11i t'.'Yii At a tnoator m Pnbiin!)a, gontlotrlau rpqucstod a man in ^ont of ihim to < dlt dowu, adding,,; sarp.ftptic^UjV "I iflUpposo that ypu aro, awartf, sir, j that you ftrA nAf. nna'nvm " ??T .11 v r , r" /rn'',)' ' *o? uwwu when it suits mo/Vwfts .thQ roflponao, "*n(l J'yo^wftnt to , lwndlo mynaipo, mind.it* 3 hof (rpaquoat all; but M#. O'Brlon." yA>u'Mf y.u ?v ? ?? Tte woro in; thoKparlori^nd she wajf ,ployiug tho,piano* and alngitfgtlie now song, VOU?. Whoro H&vOi thcOld V/Olrn /lAV./viSU 11a J i- l JU1L. -! A-V1AO MUUUl AAV >Y UUtUU IU UUlUllIiy. and said:, J'Guois thoy'to gono to' bod by this tixno.'V, ','Hott t ybit bo :?o ?uro about that/1 an>WQtud i 'tho i oil atoning girl: "pa may bo ont in tho baok yard at this mofaont* lotting tho dog .loose." A Oourao of Training WI?lol? ' '"" Him a Coward. | |M ifoW lHdvfcgy?tifih' floidloi1 required i ,biB phQUpmquftlunp?-<lg^Mng !W?HMogl is jyq]} tjjld by Urr < alla^o iu uiu ruuunt voiumo on. ttgypt ana tno KftyptUti <hfofrti6n. To bogfu. ;at tlio ? beginning; tho fellah' IsbVouglife up!< n jfWbafh <Btiok) in tho ^mo way. fchHlah always romains liri' irifant, unci tl 0 stiok is alwavs In noa* riitorimitv to; Ws bar<> back or tJho^olqa of.. his ,foot. ( WhttWor thb GpyornniQn't wants of him; whether taios or military2 dbfvidd *-fud< it.no vor1 manifests' >iWolf to; liim ilraf ideation 1SEMS OTP wpf ' Tho toothed 6t rcoVttltln# loFtbb ai w' .fVityoTla almt^ln1 fTkai ?**i 11 IrUILA'IL LI ?>ui|>iui xuu tum^u auuinii givos tho namts of a number of Mop to the looal polioe,, who goty tho hoy-,, ols of tho luokloss follauoon and firivp tli01 a into tho ' ?f root, put iron fcoliarfc or yokes around tholr nooks, fastOn' tho soveral collars togothor by, a oh aid, o iind drive thorn, as oatfclo aro drivon in . other countries, to tho prison, to ho oxK amuiod hy tho modicftl ofUoors. ) "A" stranjeor, says Mr. Wallflcc, "whon" stopping in a quiot villago', which hp naturally supposoS to ho tho abodoof. .norpotual Undisturbed tranquillity, rti&y uv o^wuij tvwaKunv.u a? oy ^ Violout altercation outsido which IpoJ* gins t>y a gruff, basd maid voice, ana I culminates in shrill, hysterical, falsetto tones,,resembling tho unmusical, plainjtiyp howlingg of tho professional wailf ors" at a natiVo .funeral. Tho first fchnd ho is so disturbed he probably assumos that It is a caso bf burglary or manf nuui^uwi, uuu ruaacs one wnn tno laudable purpose of supporting vigor ously tho party of l&w and oraor; oul ho ftndti, to his disappointment, that 11. 1b nothing.moro serious than tho oapj tn ring ofa recruit for the army; anq though it may bo quito truo, as tho women tremulously doolaro, that thd village sheikh, in making tho ohoico of his viotim, has. boon influenced by bakshoosb, tho argumonts adducod pra and con involve auoli contradictory Bitaumumy 01 iucc aim aucu compiica-i tod considerations of law and morals, that ho will probably, ns . a strangor, not fool iustitiod in interfering with the action of tho logally constituted au-> thoritios. Tho groat majority of thoj tfqoruits endoavor to provo by wordy, argumonts, solemn asseverations, oxprossivo gostuvos and rovolting contor-j tions that thoy aro totally unfit for mill-' tary sorvico; and, whon arguments fail,' importunate outroatios, ! lioart-ronding appeals or indignant protosts aro employ od. In vain tho poilco, with tho aid of tkoir olioks and switches, ontefil\.?Wl9JC.^aMd:rlmposo #1-^ break from tho ranks and havo to tfo kopt in thoir placo by forco. ThosfO who have no glaring corporoal dofoct, and >v1iq havo tnot succeeded in privatoly conciliating tho modical ofllcorj or tho military authorities, are inarched off.", ! Ouco in tho army tho roorult is given 1 up iQr, dead by nil his friends. His' torm of sorvico is fixed Hp by tho will j of tlio Government, and If ho survives I tho harsh troatment of his oflicors and tho casualties of war until old ago ho I is turned oyt almost ponsionloss, to bo ! a burden upon, relatives who have for- i gotten him and:! Who :havo scarce enough for,their .?*rb! support. <:It is no woudojv wita $uch prospects before them, that thpso liable to conscription mutilato themgolvo.s by outting off tho right forefinger and putting. out tho right eye. >.; 3/ho practice was so comtoon In the tiqio of Mehomot All that that enlightened Prince formed 'battalions of one-eyed; nMn . and: aim t tliom Intn hntlln with 'I'ni'Holi1 hAahLhaonnlru and artillery bohind thonVwithordorid to phoot do\m every maa who attempted tp; pun, away.; Ihiaiplan for) infiw-. iug courago into thopoMiocy liad boon triodso of (en that it ban coaaod to have any effoot.,; ,'jjh? follah; would naliof bo shot by tho enemy in . hia rear as; by thei ono in front. j nBy;iiaturo tho most i submissive of all1; malo, croatiiros;v tho follah povor showa signs .Of disobc^ dlonco until brought into: the neigh*-: borhpod, of tfye enemy.: Ho thon brdvos any aapgor irpngi JiUS suporiora in oraor to got out of buUot rango. Wholo rdgk monts lmvo boon known to mutiny,, murdor their o Alcorn mid disband whon within fv day1* naaroh. <>t . tho opposing foroo. Th^naturally poao^ful disposi Hon of thq Egyptian soldier has uoon cultivated by tho n flyatom whieii Mr.i WalUco dosoribos until ho has reached! tlio vppy pinnacle o? timidity, < Thera aro. no oxtromos of cowardioo for him to conquor. v lto has surmountod thorn all?New York Evening Post. i ;j i.ffl C ?" " ,i ( vii Sioux Ponies. , UVIPII f? i . " "t -f. . , t * rj , ';) v ;) nbromising looking! Woll, thoy aro liotprotty n* a rule, though I'vo soon somo dnutfioa," said tho cow-boy. Turn Jay-Kyo-Sco put in a Dakota wlntor, and givo him just what food ho rustled fof?oottomvood twigs ancjl barjf ap'^panty byffalo gra^s mostly?-and I utm.s gueJfs flo u jinv^^.w vufy mt?rvclousshapp iu tl?9 spring. ; I was a* Sully oncp, just as rotfroat waa fcpuuding j>wp, y?u faow* '' An Iw difcn rodo up on/a pot-bellied. scrawny" skinnod, spiay-typied, / xna^tcdt-Ualrod calico, and gavo alottor from tho adjutant at Fort IlaU to tlio Sully adjutant. ''To'artInterpreter who happened to bo standing by, thov tnd)pp,- a Urulo Slouz, fpmarkod ^hn^ Iio had riddon, a Hall letter Whs dated that morning, and hia interest boing .^roused, ,%skod 1 'thenlqssongor ,iyMn u'O,.lo?t his pogt. Ho ropliod thfit ho at,ftf,Wd just after ' 'first sorgeadta1 call (aftor day broafc.) i -Subsequent investigation proved hia i truth. Ho had ridden, tha* sorry nag 104 miloa (n lea? j than, fhirtoon houra^ and rirnoh of the way tho toad would have boon hard! onabirtL ilteHyo'U wo treated that1 mrtngy-lboking.1 briite *A<i 11 1, A lltAiIlkln'a'A^ l\1 rtA/l aV all 4li I ?o l> UO ???*** tUQ UJVWU vt "** V"V , barbs in hlsvoins.?Pto^r Tress. ,; , , miw,. :ii *mwmm^' n ' 1 (Tho method 'ot it' Cfcllfonrta j,dlvo^CC lawyor Mrnato oW^a. tUQfcataoaj,froH ? bid doorftW and :in thoaq i of now ! cllonts. Thbso frniululont papors wore thoa rogularly illod in court* 1 ' < 11 ir! : 11 Ol !ir Ml ?K|TTTT ?!!/ . " " ?'j tloH>J.u.Pjr$?Wa for ScbooIoGlrla. i. . ';j' >Ono of tiiohitfat'gratifying si&ns of I progeria the gottorrtl a^fckenirig- in * 3 WAV vvvu. uuudiuvruu,, OUPUg^i XQ .QlBf . Ooitrago & IttVldh' .distilhy df' )d\volrj. bbfe a glplcbuld b'd thraly clad In co'd woathor; sho could.'ohnngo from thlcfld; wOOl tb thfn illk;' <fh4 6dlu& briofcso hoij, arms in skln-ticjht. sleoToa and pull hor drcssfcd togothdr ttlthitiMi^rforbf an' Inch of hw Mb^atul ilO ono 'thou&ht^f protostl&g against'hor folly. J i BUt gy?W nwtl<?s In whQftl hayoi - ^oompinhp 1 sompthlng: thoy havo ^tabHsliod tho, fact that Wlth 'ordluarV ^t'OHa tho girl canuoti ,udb or falbO' httr'afnW ana t Iftal; /IftmnArl 4??*/v?W ifMWl MlJU dJJV&f WIWIIUIH' AUU igcnfc mo^o^ 'that > oyght to toost fMblouRDle'fioaWM^ iii1 N?w York will, flpt permit ho*?' iiupijs to Syoar a droaa of any material savo wool ;0r oot;ton?tlio formdr la winter, tho. latter in triild ' woathoh If thoy chdoso. A gitl , woaroig a volvot suit ono day was sout Ijomo with; a moasagO that hor drosa must ,0.0 ohangodto one adaptor, ?6 <ohoV)J tyoar. The mother'of tlio girl: tfotuftidd With a fdply that Jtwtisa las i ., year's sqit which lim&fc <bc utiliKod or ip would bo out-grown, i Tho tcaohor was (uflojciblo, Sho -paid -tho school-rooni was ni> place for caiJt-off iinory^ tha; tho moral effedt was bad and tho finaj result was worsd thaii tho prosont loss: Tho lcjson wan a salutary onb. i < I A sohool in Massachusetts recom-f monda to its 200 girl studonts a sonsiblo school-dross, of which tho following aro somo of tho features: First, it is to ? ?? J ~ i -i _? i -1?.? -? uuuai?i> ui BUlglU inyoro OI I OlOtmng, 80 that tho warmth will bo oqually distributed " * ?-tho body. Socondly, it should bi ??t??oso n0t *? *m"i poso rostr lv> TAX IvE i; v#roo atid active ugo ot tho ... f?rd, thci material a should bo sonqrty forpiting in( oolor, and uudistiuguishablo mpattorn. Fourth, tho dosiffii should sue?ost iratn 9i' thau outlino tho figuro, unless tho matorial is elnBtie, and should bo dividod into low party in ordor to bo froo from distractions. Fifth, it should1 avoid whatever is ufcnooosBary or that takos time and slrongth that could bo bottor put into work or play?. , Tho combination undorgarment of knitted wool or cottou, or both, thoi ikirt of plaitod wool attachod to a lining" waist cut .with a>Bprhig ovor tlio1 hip, and a polonaise pr woven 4 'j or soy1'. supplios all the requirements for suoh a dress. If tho polonaiso: is omployod tho lining waist may bo extended so ne: to requiro only a deop'-plaited ilouneo j tho wool to bring it to tho lon^th of' tho walking-skirt, thus rondering it Ughtor and clioapor. Tiio polonaiso should bo ploatod at thd back a part of tho fulluens boing taken out of tho watp.t and out With a udv^aauok front which could bo bolted high and ' somewhat full at th6 tofc, sb j j?h to surround tho nt*m fit tho Rnolfflt. and allow froo movement.' m ^ I Storlcfi of Victor JQmmitnuel* : Tho Italian papers nro lull of anecdotos just now concerning Victor Em-1 thanucl, whoso not too afcrWtio'Any' sue- j cossful toinb has juSt bbbn inaii?iiratod in tho Pantheon.' Amohg. those hcuo is ono that is curious. ThoiKing when innlfn vnimnr wnu \xr fi 11r I ri rr inpnirnitn wir6ugh tho streets of TtirYn with his broth er^ tho Dnko of Gonoa. : Thoy piot a gip^y woman, Who accosted thom ana boggod to toll tl^fa lortunpj' Thoy assentod, muck amusod. Aftor looking at> Prince Ferdinand's hand, the hag said ho would dio yonngj'thon, turning to Victor, bhoifeaid, ^Y6ti will dio in Homo in, tho Quirinal Palace." Prince Victor laughed hoar^ily at this apparently absurd prophocy, but did iiot forgot it, and himuolf rolatcd tho anecdote in 1852 to tho Duko Ponza dl SI. Martiuo. In tho yoap 1070, whoa, ho sont the Duke tc> JRome with his let-, tor to Pius IX, :ho said slgnifiqantTy; <4Yoil romombor'that yotf go to Roifto to proparo for mo tho chamber in which jmustdio." Horo is .another. Shortly aftor tho ICing's marriage ho. mot ft peasant'girl upon tho stops of the lloyal Palaco at Turin* Sho was''bringing a basket- of oggs for tho royal kito?tofi,i and bpcauso tho King wore a plain : huntinsr dross and was alono sho took ; him for n aorvani "Do point otit tlio King to iho," shoboggod: "I should so iUko toisOQ him.'V * ! Am tho King," iho, oahl.: "Eh! bah!" said tho girh: {laughing into his faco. "Tho Prinpcsa iWould not have choSea such an Ugly iman/' Tho King- laughed <166, 'and iacoompanlcd tho, girl to tho kitohon, ;whoro no bado tho soyyftnts attest 'to jhis idontity, IIo then gavo tho gipl a 20-franc 'pioco, and loftTior bc.vrildorod and surprised. Tho story IS chtrthc torlBtiCi Qf;itlUs monnt6li,i who was jopsontlally slmplo iu fyls habits, and full of bonhomie.?London World. ; ['< i?. ' + i m - ? ' i . ( i j J ( /1 I/onKfollow'B Iiast Resting PIacO* i Lohgfollow has 110 totabstono, no , mound, no moniorjal, says a ro.uonfc write*. ?Wt$found his gfaVo by tho tiumhor of tho lot. < The wholo^laco is1 il l- U'-J % - smooiuiy py n outumk > It Ih ou . a torrnco. Onqsldo runs aU, friost' pbtyondldular ilown to. a lowor toad. Tho plado Bftitiis flttod 'haturSlly for < a vrttilt,', but only a' bank of vcpn, liaot tho oyp pn,tho stoop hillside. Jnmarkod as it was, It Was aUrrounded VfsitoM-^ybuhg and old, homo' pooplo and sttangors. Nd neicidttt Hlik,' no nood to toll who wao'Lon&folloW. Thoro woro pqoplo thoro ffom beyond tho, Hocl^iofl, and thoy. gathered) thp; , gras# blados to take back .with them: a ?ohoolboy ttoftkVirod1 ii: Hbrirbl' blbtteom that grow by the way, and theory duat of thp ^rjflaao imd.r.Iibfilioyon dwelt!ifelltf ''tHMbbrfriUful' Whose fame ht* friend .'Emerson In, his foqbtopQS9 ; had, lorgotton, hut whose btinuty ovo^ ofJfjtu jmadows. oould not I? dim. <' I i; .;il(ji> jM >!' I '? '??' ' i " ' ' 'V.AUL'Jl" i | |"Ttw latest noyoHy M weddings li ?' f9*' ^0,VLr1IA0 w4^0?^jt0 k??P W .ft profound sccrot wnoro moy ,aro com v. The <6bJfeot('nd doti$ , jlf'tdiosvtvpo/itho plrosontntibn ?of biili \ during tho; honeymoon, Ti\o achomo twtefta > his whorcabouts altor ho returns from Ma ni(i- XF/\r?J?f rutin Jftmlrl. 9 UIV fIVUUiw^j ?VH*? r ???W%V|? ?4fr ?t?f* I \ y.Vft (I^^oJiSjSC&Wu Vl'lJVJ " I I' ^Varioijs >hopriqq,bayA b?ou advanood to aooount for tho formation of ,i/rin drops, but tho mg&J, satisfactory ox0fixws Olos' bf whion olbUUu W4 cdmp6soU Tiro tooylnft' dowuwardl > in condfcquonco! of tuo /fflmttpik ftl.g*ftyHy 5) I.by waroelatonoo offorpd to tliopassago of largQjfljropa 4s miiofepinftUor J6 propor* dropk Will! Tdosoond 1 fftstor* Willi {Ko smallor onos, and will ovortaktt11 thorn, coming into oollision with any whioby arolnlho dircot lino of tholr doscont. Who# , , fflvo tfrops; . collide i they will sweeping up smaller drops in Its patn, and thus increasing in sieo until 1 it omor^os fyoa^bQ oloud- 8lneo many ciouds aro sovoral mllos intbloknosa, it is oasy to boo that a partiolo dosooiidiug from tho upper part of tho oloud tuny boooruo a! drop of considorablo <8i?a bo(oro it omorgoe txohi, the oloUcL la tholr pass.a&o frou\ tj^o oloud to tho oartH tho lntgof raindrops ^Ul pvortako tho small ones ih a prcriMbly similar way. At tbo aamo timo tho ftisro of tho drops may bo slightly- inoroaeod by tho uunuonsauon 01 water iirorn tno air through w;lijch thpy nro falling, or may bo slightly diminished by partial evaporation frotn' tho. tmrfaoo of tho dtop'8. iU-'-i./. ' v A.falling raindrop dosoonds with a velocity which inorpasQs until tho aocoloration is balancQd by tho rosfstanpo of tno air, after which tho drop descends with unifofm velocity.1 It is, of coursoj well known that largo elouda may exist .without any rain falling irom tnoni. in aomo cnsos rain Is actually formod, but ovaporatos and 18 again convortdd into vapor boforo It can roach tho ground; in many oagos tho non-formation o#- rain is possibly duo to tho fact that uridor cbrtain unknown atmoaphoric or other conditions tho partlolos forming tho, clouds dp. not iMito'whon th'6y dollido. As an agont of goologicnl change rain is of tlib eroatosfc ImnorkaUflo. Ft dUvh n !??<? /? 13 ? ? ? r 1 i~ " X"*""?7 ?? ?? few part la the disintegration of rocks and tho formation of soils, washes tho femallof particles Into fcttoams and rivors, and is in fafct ohd of tho important of tho various donuding agonts. Indeed, sinco rain is tho ultin^ato sonroo of all our brooks, riyore, oto,, it may bo 9aid to bo tho principal agont of geological change on tho earth's surface. 'Jfho - amount of tlio rainfall varies very considerable, in difforont narts 6f the snmn ?mint.rv. tlnnnnrllnr* i - r - . ?r ? j ? j on geographical position, tho conformatlbu otjiho sai'fnoc of tho ground, the proximity of largo lakos and tho rnjh occurs" in tno zono ui the equatorial r6j?ldn'of tlio Atlantic and Pacific Oeoans ind dtt 'flid'Wcst coasts of tlio British Islps, IhUia, Norway, North and. Souths America and ISfovr Zealand, In all theso latter .district# tlio wost wiu,d blows.oyo* a largo tract Of oeoan and bcconjibs hoavuy Charged with'moisture, which1 it deposits: whon forced upward by tHe action of tho luouptqins on tho coasts. Tho driest districts to.tbp ,*rp debort regions of Africa and Asia. Tlio amount of'tain winch fkll's in airiglo Bhowerb :is somotimoa enormous, csspoqially ju tyto trppiqg.. In; t^ot I}rit?> jsh Islos of tJiQ hoav^y#.^, record id a rail of 0.56 inohes In twonty four hoiirs, in Mbht^lditthshi^, Jiily 14,1875. On Oo'tobor 2S; 18B6, 'Kt G1-' braltar, thqro w,aa a fai) of 80.11.iuolioa.. ? Cassetys Concise i A Good Exahiplo 11 ' Tho ovil \v Wc^i1 Franco suffered in tho sorentobnth ctintuty bttr1 country is ondutiog to-day, anddt Mil tfeqaljro prompt; moasuros to oorroot it. lOuri apparontly Unlimited tyn^tyry,, al^Uded ovof' with foi'osts, has mado us proilW gato even to ivaBtofiilrtCS^, and wo hkVb' "V* it I rA UUUll Ul UUU^Ui UL WW ost of our lioritagoo.; l :, In Prussia and Gormany H>o lajY?,ro?. lating to' forostry exhibit tho wlaost forothotighton tilo port of tho gotfornimont, ondthopooplo sustain it in ovety ioffort to proserva* what othor gonorations had Woll-nigh doprivod thorn ot Xhoao notions sot us on: example which 'it would bo wisp to. copsfdpr. ] .Xhoif,, lows haVo1 jHvoii rtio to a largo system of ttoo-plantlng, thinning; aritl prdMrV4ng> and aleo to an onotftnous litorhtnyo l-pffftEtfirj# arboriculturo und . cognato1 subjects. , Millions of trees aro aanualIV sdt '6ui> examined, and transplanted, niul'groht rainfalls and droughts aro obviated, : wliilo malaria from both jcausos is groatjy diminished. Tho ill rnnuVta of tho old donndinor process aro Rapidly diuttppbarln?, showing thftt no* turo'fl Capillary clothing must bo tos- ' pootod? for. utilitarian as woll as sonti-1 i mortal rQasQps. . :i . / )i fit ! In the United States tho gonqral fashion bf'bkJtravagancO provailliig in inspect to fitted ts ik largely dtus' to Igiiiivnnnn nnltr.lntrili/ h?a ()ia aftlnnflfii U<UA(f^VV4 . J o^mnn.irapressQd, upon him of Avorago . idtolli<?onco tho nocosaity of troo-presjrvAtiotl and tho desirability of using ^thbr 'materials'than lamb or for many pugposog.in whioh wood was formerly i jonsitjorod l;idi?pon*ablo. Tho wakening ahxlotylh rogard to forestry, cfllJnmHtod, 'a' llttlo moro (hah a yoar a^o, Id the formation Of wnat wad ttonotow i\btqd a forestry cbngrdsa, of whloh yroh, Coring,,, ot \\\o , ftgvjQalUufftl do . fcartmont was oloQtod cluiirman. FoJU , .{dWing tlibiir IhtotfoHtfng' aoijsidhs woao , thd dl?Homination of touch information 'favrqgard toarboticultura in thoUnitod >$>tatos and tho iuuoption of vlltago and, country sooiouua ior miq nurpuitu ui ' 'Sna^t VWtfrH ^iljfl'Uil 't'1.1 pradtlfto l^W,. W^'t Aff'6ftf. ?] <ow?4w^ i nlllV *U fWhOf hMA'irfWiAf! 5f/iu kf fitUnAn* tornmiatft rM|,' fib?iJooft." ' Whtth'1 tnb 'ottj 'JdntlMan . rotuVnoti M <K d 'liMited 'ficd J?' over thoi eVaiJflfim;1, tlirowgh lite ?<Mdr;Hwftiocl and mawikMtt m bihbduummW-11 amlnod it ngain. Tho neat sign road fchust "Thomas P. Oohlltroe and Father, Aftornoya at Law.1' -V -tj < " - ; v - V" A > * ^ i: t V ?V 'Awi f' > ?* ". - .* '- : : /- : -V > - 'IV '' ' J . ' 4 '