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WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1885. :
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u lUad Poet. J
Tc Oertg* ifajrbard. fain on downy win? '
Would tr 7 witb toucher'mills to soar and sing!
Younjr larks, Ow whom tut* cast-door ne'er has
slauraed, M '
To lock ycu ia, "ali silent ar.d all damned 1"
These pert* ?.?*?nted jrreat in other days.
In writirg now, would have to mend their
ways.
They thought too much, and, cn their blinking
Dert.
With p]#in heroic couplets were content.
gay But wo- to him who rashly now repeats
p| The tne? *ure of a Goldsmith or a Keats I
M Dnc fern, and only one, could serve him
^ Let no 13 poet venture on blank verse.
If you'"?? orifrinality disguise it:
Be surv that Aristarchus would despise it.
? " ? U'olfO
tveep o* ?ne stuss. itemi-mocr (hjui u.u a..*.
Be insifcoiflcant. and shun his fault.
Bcctnn' sophisticate, and ne'er reveal
Aujyht? f emotion you may ch:uice to feci;
'Tis ex* crabie form, 'tis most ill-bred:
Son# c St.es not from the heart, but from the
h'*??.
' -nte ,;hr;stmas verses in the month of June:
J ax aary sin*: a summer tune;
ohuDt elegies before the victim's dead?
Tor Kiigazi nes want verse six months ahead
/fc a. following' my advice, you've conquered
fame,
F* I not to sijrn in full your middle name,
Mv lot in this regard was very sad;
I oad no middle name?they thought me mad.
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"SARNING THE RIGHT.
jfae was young and delicate, and fair
with the fairness of purity.
Mark Mannering stood by her side, a |
world-worn man of fhirty-ir e: not nee- !
essarily a man whom the world had
taught her cruel ways, but a man who
had buffeted fortune, who had earned
his living from boyhood by close application
to work, that had left him no
time to become a pet of society.
Yet for all "Brutus was an honorable
man." lie felt so far the inferior of
the graceful girl beside him that he
could not summon sufficient nerve to
tell her how dear she was to him, !
and how he wished to marry her and
show the world this fresh creature, !
with her frank, speaking eyes, as the
bright fairy who was lo lead him upward
and onward through all the future.
"Mermelie!*' called a high treble
voice, and the golden opportunity was
lost.
Mermclle entered the sitting-room
jyhose pleas nt white-curtained window's
opened upon the honeysucklecmbowered
veranda upon which they
had been standing. She entered to
meet a young, attractive man advancing
toward her.
"Mr. Tremnor, my dear, is not acquainted
with Mr. Mannering," said
her mother softly, "so I thought I had
better call you."'
Mermelle turned back to the piazza
with her graceful, frank air.
"Mr. Mannering, let me introduce
yuu iu liiai.iut.
The men bowed, but Mark bannering
stood for a moment, then began
making his adieu.
The j'oung man h:.d ycd him with a
look bordering on disiike, and was
doubtless only too well pleased when
the lirst caller took his departure.
Theodore Tremnor was evidently a
_ favorite with Mrs. Chesborough, and
Lg of this he was doubtless aware, since
her marked preference for the young
man as a visitor at her hou-e was open1-T?
ov>-*iKt? f \y
avuiiitiwi </ ? in . tuvmv??
* Young Tremaor knew why his attent'ons
lo Mrs. Ciie borough's daughter
were enco_uraged.
His father had recently died, r.nd lie
was reputed to be worth property to
the amount of near y half a million.
The Chesboroughs were also wealthy
and of a good family.
Two weeks passed away, and in that
time M:;rk Manneri:<g left the field
clear for h's rival, for he absta:ned
from again visiting the girl he loved
because he knew so well her -mother
destined iier fo :i wealthy marriage,
and he k w his ciiaa e> with Mermelle
w re leaned should his attentions
become too frequent and assidu
ous.
The gay season was at its he'ght,
when one night a party had be?n formed,
comprising young Tremnor, Mrs.
(Jliesborougti, ana Aievmene, to auenu
the o era.
Mrs. Chesborough, at the last minute,
found her>clf unable to join them,
and Tremnor, promising to call and
take an aunt of his with him in her
stead, the mother at last consented to
allow Mermelle to accompany him.
But his v orthy aunt, as Tremnor
was well aware, was a large body who
not only moved slowly, but rarely.
Her opera days were well over, and
though her nephew made a fe'nt of
urging her ehaperonage, he knew well,
beiore entering her abode, that nothing
would induce her to leave her warm
fireside on th's cold night
The exclusive iife of the old lady
(Tremnor's only relat.ve in the city)
prevented her from hearing the many
rumors current about her nephew.
That he wa* eading the life of a fa;h&glfifc^onable
young man she was '.veil aware;
Baftit that rumor accredited him with
^Krge wca'th slie did not know.
Had any one uhi -pered the word
"money" in connection with her nephH|e;v
she would have looked aghast.
B "Money! Don't speak to me of his
money!'' would have been her emphat1
?' (4 IT a vrtn fViO 1
j MV IfjU iiUUi. XiL A 4.?.iX tiiwu^u ?.uu
small property Lis father left him
speedily enough, and now the debts
his fashion anil folly have*led him into
have made hi:n a disgrace to his family.
What his wild course will lead him
to is only too plain. Never mention
his name again to me. His position in
fashionable .-ocicty is Iought with disi
hoi or "
? But the indignation of this frank
spo .en iaay a a not rea?n ine outsiao
world, so Mrs. Chesborough was not
alone in 1 elieving Theodore Tremnor a
young man o? fortune.
It was the fashion for the party,
ivl.cn, of cour-e, as on previous occasions,
it had included a chaperon, to resort
to a select dining-sa oon for supper
when the pi rformance was over.
To-night, as usual, young Tremnor
drove to their select d resort.
first his companion hesitated, but
cscort took it so n:uch as a matter !
ourse that she found herself seated j
d the lights and company of the
kg-hall almost before she had t'.me
Ibk.
?^ua;. wine was served, and preswere
agaii whirling over the
Bf t e c.ty.
unconquerable drowsine.-s
^^po^session of Mcrmclle, and
Hfciat she was yielding to a
Hkep, yet utterly unabfb to
SBshe at last lay back in the
|^Ktate of complete unconM
* ? ? *
H?oded fields and woods
|l| sea of light.
H-ndor the ocean rocked
EeRi tiie beach, while its
away in the distance,
Bee unbroken and perm
this bleak shore, with
m lighthouse, might have
[ ceen seen a boat our rpon tne waters,
j Slowly it i:cared a point o" nd
: about which some lisherm n's nuts
! were gathered, and where a few >a lj
boats lay rocking upon the waters.
To reach tlii> point, however, the
i boat n:.n must pass the promontory
where stood the old tower like struc
j turo we have described.
As he drew near something lUc a
f >i:it cry reached his ear. He listened;
it came again, and seemed to c.nanate
from the lighthouse.
Then : small dame lit up. the h'gh
window ; t flashed, then fluttered down
?the rucrcred old orav wall to the
J ?~ ? CO o /
| ground.
He made all speed to land at the
i nearest ointof safety, rnd made his
way at once to the lighthouse.
As he reached the s ot, lie again
heard a woman's scream, and it wa>
plain th t some one was calling for
help at t e -umrait of the edifice..
He >pra z up the broken stairway.
Dark r nnr! darker it grow, lit, only by
the occa ional gle m from a slit-lik-.;
window. Hj stru km t-hc> to ight
his way.
Suddenly he 1 enrd just ahead oi hira
other fe t treading the winding stairway.
They halt d, but the man from
the boat persevered, and presently
| stood facing a fashionably-:! ttired young
man.
I Hi - face was white as chalk. He at|
tempted bravado, however, as-Lc saw
i determination upon th? face of his pur
suer.
"Mr. Theodore Tremaor, what does
this mean?"
"It means chat you're a cursed fool,
and you'd better turn back and go
about your business."
"Not until 1 find out who is in d:.sin
this hnildinor at ?uch an llOUi*,"
said the other.
As he spoke he attempted to pass the
man, who now completely barred his
passage upw. rd.
As he tc&k a step forward, the other
snatched from his } ocket a revolver,
and took aim.
Anticipating this, his companion
dashe !, with one blow against Tremnor's
shoulder, himself and his weapon
scleral steps below him. It was the
work o'' a moment, and the next he
was l umuii" up luc sum
Tr-mnor, struggling to his feet, scudded
down th stairs, and lied through
foot-path and field, till lie rcachcd a
po'Dt where stood a carriage :ind driver.
' Drive like mad?stop for nothing?
to Station. You will be well
paid!"
And the next train which left for
London carried away Theodore Trorcnor
on his way to the continent
Meanwhile, Mermelle Chcsborough
looked up from the rotten planks where
hsrl lain hpnrintr naiicmt but the
waves and the scuttle of rats near : t
hand, to encounter with a shudder the
fa e, not of the one she most dreaded
and expected, but that of a deliverer
?the face of her friend, Mark Maunerir.%.
How he came she did not ask. Briefly
she told him of the evening's performance?of
the circumstances which
|>KfcCvT~R0~i :.i j.Vcuiuur*o puvrci4*I
knew nothing since we left the
restaurant till I opened my eyes to find
myself alone here. Yet, I recall the
circumstances, and guessed at the rest.
I was drugged?drilled and brought
OD {JO O
here. K:\rk?what is that? He may
come at any moment. Where can he
have gone?"'
"I met him on the staiiway on his
**?? "? ? Ua IT'i 11 rtAf AAmn r?AW
naj U|7. A-JUC iiu t| 1U uvt V.V.UV uv n
Fear nothing; he is but too well pleased
to Uee after meeting ir.e. Come
with me?Mermelle?Miss Che?borough
?my beat is near. I will get you safe
home to your mother."
Mermelle broke into wild sobs of relief.
"Oh, what kind fate was it that sent
you to my deliverance?"
She rose, and attempted to feel her
way, with Mannering for a guide, down
stairs.
Monnnrinor o cfrrnncr r?rm
about her, and bore her below as he
would a child.
Mrs. Chesborough was in a condition
impossible to describe when her daughter,
with Mark Manncring for a com1
panion, made her way into the house
at four o'clock in the morning.
Almost frenzied, the mother could
not for some time comprehend the circumstances.
When at last she did so,
she rose and seized Mark by the hand.
"What?what great thing," she
cried, "can I ever do to thank you for
this?"
"There is one thins:,1' said Mark,
modestly, "and it is a great thing, and
it is this: I love your daughter dearly,
and if I cannot give her great wealth, I
can give her the protection that an
honorable man can bestow. Will you
give her to my care? Will yon consent
to her becoming my wife?"
Mrs. Chesborough hesitated but a
minute.
She saw that Mermelle was not to be
questioned. She had already consented.
, Without
a word she took the hand of J
her daughter and placed it within that
of Mark Manncring. <
"You have earned the right,'* she
said, "and she is yours." c 1
Cane Sujjar as an Antiseptic.
Professor Lueke, a Straslourz surgeon,
strongly recommends powdered
'iane-sugar as an antiseptic dressin^.-fopwounds.
Hitherto it has b en used in
equal parts with napthaline, or with'
one part of iodoform to five of sugar.,,
In eases of wounds united by suture-!
the mixture is put up in gauze nnd applied
to the part; where the:*, is less-of j
skin the sugar is sprinKiea airecuyover
the part. The sugar dressing is iixed
in place by some layers of gauze de-J
prived of fat, over which a layer of gutta-percha
was applied, and the Whole;
secured by a bandage. The sugardressi
ing may remain from eight tp.f^bk
days without the sugar dissolving; Theciw^ratinn
fmm tll<? WOllftd 15" '(TdUallV'l
distributed through the sugar; arni it is j
only when the layer of sugar" is "too
thick?more than about one-fifth ot an "i
' inch?that lumps are formed.- -The n
| wounds have a healthy appcaranceTrrr-1
j der the sugar, the dressiugs are not of
| fensive, and bacteria can not be found
I in them. ' ' i
Bishop William Taylor, who is about1
to go to Africa to engage in missionary
work, has determined to teach the - natives
English by the phonetic system of
Mr. Eiias Longley of Cincinnati, one of
the oldest and best-known phonographi
cnril ??r? rr rnfrirm ore r?f t p IT
VlO auvi v
States. He believes that this stup"wiTl
largely aid the spread of religion; - He
quaintly says: "If taught to read the
Did orthography, as soon as they are
enabled to understand the Holy Scriptures
the Devil would thrust under their
eyes all manner of infidel and corrupting
reading matter, but the purity of
the fonetie alaphabet has not yet been
detilcd in that way *
V
! COL. HAiJNHY'S 1SEVENGE. !
! i
"Xed BuntlinoV Ite;n:nisccnc'j of the !
Seminole War.
When the massacre of the Caloosahatchie
ended tlie truce which had for
: a brief time suspended operations
! against the Scniinoles, writes "Xed !
I v , j,r t,._ !
I Jtsuntime in uie i\ew iotk it unu, uiu j
war opened with renewed activity. The '
naval force on the coast?to which the i
writer hereof, then a midshipman, act- j
ing as lieutenant, was attached?con- i
sisted of the topsail schooner Flirt, j
Wave, and Otsego, commanded respectively
by Lieutenant Commanding I
J. T. McLaughlin. Lieutenant John j
Rodgers (lute admiral) and Passed
Midshipman Edmund Templar Shubrick,
about whom I will shortly write
a tragic h story. The army force consisted
of the 3d art llery, 6*th infantry,
2d dragoons, and a part of the 7th infantry.
The 8th infantry came later,
under command of Col. Worth, who
| soon alter was promoieu. ami, reuevj
ing Gen. Ztchary Taylor, pushed ac!
tive operations until the war was pracJ
tically cn?i<*I am thus particular
I now because in these pa2>e s all thi'se
parties w'l have a place.
Col. Har :ey was raging mad when
he reached Key Bi<cavne on onr schooner,
swearing the bitterest vengeance on
the red murderers of is brave men
For it was murder in the broadest
sense. The men fell not as soldiers in
battle, but were surprised in bed, shot
down, slain and seal ei, with no
chance for n'<i>ta:;cc. On the island
' . . . - ?
j WUicll iorms uape rioriua mere ^ere
I several companies of the 8-.i artillery
I and twocompani s of tli<- 3?1 dr goons.
! Harney as lieutenant coloncl ranked all
I the officers at the \ ost, and the naval
men having a la go number of cypress
! canoes that had been made expressly
i for our use in following the Indians np
J the river, lagoons, and bays along the
I r?n?(c(- ni?.in hi>! nl.iiis e:isv of accom
plishment.
Calling for volunteer? to go on the
expedition, tin; brave Harney soon had
20 1 picked men, sailors and soldiers,
ready for a start. I forget just now
the names of all the officer- who went
along. 1 am almost sure that General
Sherm n. now retired, was one?or he
was at t!i-' o?t. a lieutenant. I knowthat
the late Gen. Ord \tas there, as
will be scon in later lines i, this sketch.
Lieut. Rodn y. of Delaware, a gallat
dragoon, aiso Capt. Fulton, of the same
regiment, Francis Key Murray, John
Contee, and Lieut. Roger were in the
naval contingent.
"Young man," said Harney to mo
when v e were litting out the canoes,
"have you : ny small, strong ro c oa
board of the Otsego?"
"Yes, col;> e'. Here is a coil of
deep-sea lead-1 ne, v? h ch will hoi I a
strain of 5 0 pounds, and it is small, as
you see!"
"It is the very thing! Send the < oil
of roue to mv boat. I'll make srood use
of it before we setback!"he answered,
clinching his remark w th one of his
usual bitter oat lis against the "murdering
red niggers-.'1
To,make the story - .short, we- jrot
aw:.y just alter dark, provisioned for
ten days, but armed and munitioned
for a week's ste. dy fighting, if it came
to that. We had thirty boats and fanoes,
averaging about seven men in
ea-h. We pad it led as silent v as pos-i1-1
?i.i r.._4. T-\ n..?
Die lip IV UlU run .is 'iius, ao tuc muuiu
of the Little Miami river, and entering
it pu-hed rapidly up into the ev rgla
ics. Everything depended on our
taking the Indians by surprise. The
strictest ord rs were given not to lire a
gun, o: even give :m order in a Iuud
tone. An experienced guide was in the
first canoe, and tiie others followed in
line as close as one * ould be kept to
another.
It took all n ght to | ass up th sha |
low, sinuous stream and get fairly into
the glades. I lien, leai-ing to De a seovered,
wc lay all day close on a little
island, wat li ng through otir glasses
for smoke or igus of occupation on
distant islands in sight of ours. Our
vigilance and care were rewarded. We
| saw on one of tiie large t islands evident
signs of occupation, but no s'gn of
alarm to show that our presence in the
glades had been discovered. We knew
that we were near the haunts of "Sam
i Jones.'" or Aro aka. the oldest chief in
the Seminole nation, and of Chikik:t
the giant fishing cnie', who was supposed
to be at the head of the party
that committed the mas acre we were
now to avenge.
All day, resting andsleep'ng as much
[ as wc could, we laid by, eating cooked
provisions, making no fire, and wa'ting
I for night to cover our further rnoveI
ments. And right glad we were when
! it came, and just cloudy enough?not
too dark?to cover our approach to the
island, which we knew was occupied.
Every man was now on the alert. Arms
were inspected, orders given to keep
in line until close to the island. Then
certain detailed boats were to lay off
around it to cut off escape, while;throo
i landing parties were to advance and
! surprise the enemy, not a shot to be
I fired until we were discovered by the
Indians. "Then," said Harney, with a
bitter oath, "go in for work. Kill or
capture all vou see?young or old, he
1 > r> ? ^1 1
! or sne. op are mem o my ks lucy joined
my poor boys over on the Caloosahatcfiie!'"
On, slowly and steadily, muffled paddles
rising and falling with measured
cadence, we pushed through shallow
water and stiff saw-grass. It was not
| more than six or seven miles, apparently
that we had to go, yet we were
j fcill near midnight getting into position
for action, close up to the tree-covered
i -island. We had so far heard r.o sound
except the occa^onal yelp of some Ini
dian dog on the island. But now, understanding
the:r order?, the officers of
j each detachment moved forward.
l....Harney and his dragoons, with car[
bines, took the center, the artillerymen,
farmed witii musfcets, tne rigni; me na;Vy,men
the left, supplied with United
[;Stites Yager rifles.
r. Soon the landing parties were on
shore. Yet no sound of alarm. "For;
ward" came the order, passed in whisj.pers
from offic r to man, along the
! Jme. On?and soon a scent of smoke
t jrreets onr nostrils. Still onward, and
I. D
a chorus of 3-elping curs break the stillness
of the ni^ht.
. 'Forward?>iouble quick!"
| Then in a few seconds we bu-st into
a village of palm-thatched houses,
| with smoldering tires aro :nd and among
them, and a horrible yell and a scattering
fire from the startle ! redskins greet
us as we rush in, firing as ws go. It
was the quickest bit of work I ever saw,
yet the surprise was so complete that it
was hardly like a fight. Fifteen or
twenty shots on their side, a full volley
, on ours, and we had nothinsr more to
shoot at, for all who were not- down,
dead or wounded, fell to the earth in
submission, except four or five, who
fled off in the darkness among-the trees
; and shrubbery. Among these was seen
the gigantic Chikika, dropping his rifle
from a broken arm as he ran. A bravo
private in the 2d dragoons?his name
was Hull, and be was made a sergeant
soon after?saw Chikiki as be ran, and
followed, carbine in band. He never
lost sight of the chief, tut kept cm untfl i
he could get a sure shot. Wounded
and bleeding Chikika found he could
not escape. He halted, threw up his
left uninjured hand, and cried out in
his broken English:
"\Tr? cVmnf! mn trnod Iniun?heaD
good! No shoot!"
"Take tlx t for Caloosahatchie!"
shouted Hall, as he sent a ball through
the chief s heart An instant later ho
tore the scalp from Chikika's head, and
then ran back to the vil age to present
it to Col. Harney. The colonel was
standing by some wounded officers and
men of the comma d looki gsternly at
the "roup of terrified prisoners and a
small i ile of? ead a:.d dying India: s.
- -t' ? ??. -~:i -fwvtv. mv
"X>nag uiiitt luu vi 1XVS14X *jjj
boat!" he cried out to one of his men;
"and be quick about it We'll
na\ e a hanging-bee before sunrise!"
"Woman's Devotion.
My son, I am pained to learn thai
you are becoming somewhat cynical in
your views concerning the natural tendencies
and qualities of womanki-d in
general. Remember your mother was
a woman. The only thing I can recollect
at all derogatory to her blessed
memory is that she was too coy with
rod and household boot-jack. The natural
consequence is, you are rapidly
running to seed, and fast becoming a
tit suoject ior <onnemnaoon Dy au
members of your mother's sex. Your
mother was a good woman, but she
just escaved being a perfect motlier
when she held her hand aloof from the
bump of your self-esteem.
it is a wonder to-me that the Lord
don't permit the spirits of departed
irothers to come back to this realm just
to shake the nonsense out of their offspring,
or paddle them with the proverbial
golden slipper.
xou sneeringiy remans, m tnc casual
manner akin to your class, that woman's
devotion is a sham. You also
add that the greatest devotion of woman
is laid upon the shrine of fashion.
Now, my young limb of the sidewalk
posture, your mother was a lady of
fashion. I cannot say that she wore
out your fathe's patience teasing or ^
a s ealskin sacque and a forty-dollar
bonuet. I have no recollection of this;
still, she may have done s-o.
Once, I well remember, you got into
a street fracas and had your Grecian
nose demolished of its pristine line of
beauty. You ran to your mother; she
applied a twenty-dollar lacc handker
chief to staunch your life blood, when
a ten-cent towel would have sufficed.
She didn't stop to question the cause
of the fracas. No; bnt she ruined that i
elegant bit of lace in the utter aban?
?
aonmenc 01 maiernaiinsuncianu uiuw
erly devotion. The genuine cause of
your nasal organ's disaster was?you tried
to walk over a poor little street
Arab, who proceeded to do you up after
the style set down in the volume
known as "The Manly Art of Self Defence.11
--Thgt.*my noa.-ht ? ?fti??plo 'ol'Wgttaan's t'
*x cn/v?im/?n
going beh'nd the retnrns to get at the
cause.
While you are horning the midnight
gas, busily eagaged with the hemispherical
ivories on a green-baize table,
there's a light in a sensible girl's parlor
not burning for thee. One of these
days you will open your eyes to the
tact tnat trie iusty-iimoea mecnanic got
the deadwood on you, also got the girl 1
you thought you had, sure pop. A'ter
he's gone and married her, you'll lu? 1
around a big lump of misanthropy and
swear that woman's devotion is all a '
myth.
Boy, you've got to come down from I
your perch. There are too many of the !
prime articles, homo sum, floating j
around this part of the globe, for wo- '
men to yearn after such game as you \
are. You must drop this vapid ignis
fatuus of vour foolish brain and buckle
down to biz, else you'll get left when 1
the cake of domestic bliss is passed.
A woman's heart just gushes foun- 1
tains of pure devotion. If you don't 1
receive some of the pellucid drops it's '
bccause you are proving by your daily 1
comings and goings that you are only
worthy of an existence which is envir- 1
oned by the cold walls and chilly sheets
yt a poor old bachelor's proscription.?
IT. S. Keller, in Cambridge Tribune. j
Advantages of Limited Museums. i
. ;
The value of every collection intended ]
for scicntific purposes and public use? i
books, natural science objects, ethno- <
graphical specimens, it matters not; ,
what?does not depend u:>ou quantity |
or variety, but the completeness of its .
classes or their subdivis ons. A refer- |
ence library for instance, that contained
every publication of consequence relating
to the Mississippi Valley, would
be preferable to one more numerously
supplied with books on American history,
but wanting many in every department;
or an ar, hajoio^ical cabinet
able to show all that can be shown of |
the flint implements of the United
States, but little else besides, is of a i
higher order than one in which there <
are more and varied specimens, out |
every class incomplete. What thor- t
oughness is to the intellect, complete- .
ness is to a museum: one, an adequate i
knowledge of whatever the mind pro- i
fesses specially to occupy itself with, ,
its parts and its relations; the other, |
the possession of all the types, sorts j
and varieties in fulness, or books that ,
go to make up one or more classes. If |
thisview is correct, its practical accept- |
ance may be insisted upon: for, if in- 11
corporated into a museum undertaking .
not as a theory but what should be realized,
it would, by keeping before it a |
definite and fixed aim, steady and direct |
efforts into proper channels of activity, j
and check nap-hazard collecting? j
Oscar W. Collet, in Popular Scicnce |
Monthly for Jan. i
A well-educated person who possess- !
es a college sheepskin, reads his Bible, I
his Shakspearc and the daily papers i
seldom uses more than 3,000 or 4,000 i
words in actual .conversation. Accurate
thinkers and close rcasoners, who :
avoid vague and general expressions i
* -i? K-.i j ,
ana wait 1111 me} uuu a num mat c.x" i
actly fits their meaning, employ a larg- i
er stock, and eloquent speakers may '
rise to a command of 10,000. Shaks- i
peare, who displayed a greater variety of I
expression than probably any writer in <
any language, produced all his plays i
with about 13,000 word*. Milton's <
works are built up with 8,000, and the ,
Old Testament says all that it has to
say with 5,462 words. In the English
language there are, all told, 70,000 j
words. I
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Sierra Valley, Sierra count)', CaL, is
Dne of the prettiest but most isolated
places in the State. It has no telegraphic
communication with the rest of the
world, and can only be reached by a
difficult stage ride of twenty-five
niles.
I
Over-Population in Germany.
Germany is growing fast a prc-cmihefctly
industrial country, for which the
export of its productions is the condition
of providing the population with
food and raw materials, and at the same
time her nonulation is increasing more
cgpidly than that of any other country.
The average yearly increase on 10,COO
inhabitants since 1881 was in France 26,
inj Great Britain 101, in Germany 115,
notwithstanding a large emigration.
Tie population of the German empire
irfsts p csent limits was in round numbers
26,000,000 in 1816, it U now 45,2?,000,
while 3,500,000 have cmiirratefL
o
This increase results almost exclusively
from the excess of births over
deaths, while the feeble growth cf the
Fnench population is still partly due to
immigration, which proves that the increase
of wealth is stronger than that
of the people. In Germany it is the reverse,
the amount of expenditure
caused Dy tne acceding num Ders is aoc
equaled by a correspondingly growing
income; In Prussia the number of those
exempt from all direct taxes?i. e.,
whose income did not exceed ?25, had
risen within five years by 1,500,000; It
was more than 7,000,000 in 1882; the
statist cs of other Germany states shcjjv
a similar result, the poor fates have increased
everywhere in an alarming pro
pqiuon, ana ine auiuuci ui vagxauis
aiid tramps have become a general
P%ue.
Our industrial production suffers
from chronic plethora, its net produce
does not correspond to its immense expansion,
still less is a real amelioration
of the situation of ihe working classes
to.be discerned. The supply of labor
gfecerally exceeds the demand; consequently
wages do not rise, and the lower
straia of the population can absorb
comparatively little of the mass of products
which are daily thrown upon the
market, because the scantiness of their
earnings does not allow them to satisfy
eorresnondin^lv their wants. But in
theiigher classes, also, all the callings
are overcrowded, the increase of academical
students has been abnormal and
fat exceeding the demand, and a considerable
part of this surplus of trained
forces, finding no employment, perishes
or launches into adventures. In short
everywhere we find an enhanced struggle
for existence, which engenders dissatisfaction
and hopelessness, and furnishes
social democracy with fresh re
cnnis. "
ft, is this overpopulation which is the
source of the large German emigration.
True, without it the pressure would
stall be stronger, yet the opinion which
would consider this outflow as an unmixed
boon is erroneous. Germany
has comparatively more children under
15 years than any other country?16,016,045
in a population of 45,500,000?
and they represent unprotective elements
to be sustained by the rest. With
the emigration it is very different; 44.8
percent, of it belongs to persons of 20
to 40 years; thus the same number of
emigrants represents a much larger
of lakor^ than the corres
punu-l-oj^ UUUlUCt Vi LilC ?YCI ilgC
fcion. We educate at a great expense
productive forces in order to lose them
when they are grown to maturity, and
the foreign countries to which they go
reap what we have sown.?Dr. Geffeken
in the Contemporary Review.
Tolled By a Dog.
"A man can get along without friends
if he has an intelligent dog,1'said a
Jackson street bookkeeper, yesterday,
is a Day reporter entered his store,
riie bookkeeper touched a fur rug at
bis feet, which got up and shook itself.
"Dinner time, old fellow," ho said,
nnintincr to a low table standing under
r~ o v
a peo; in the wall. "I shall never forget,
said the bookkeeper reminiscent[y,
as he buttoned his coat and shook
himself into shape for lunch, "that old
Kew England village where stood a
*rav, moss-grown stone church, and by
its side a little weather-stained cottage.
A. lonely old man, the sexton, lived
there. He had outlived the hopes and
Eriends of his youth, but was utterly
ilone but for the companionship of a
coble dog. It was a familiar sight to
see h'm hobbling back and lortn to rne
cottage, always accompanied by his
faithful companion.
"The old man could often be heard
muttering fragments of talk as he went
lis slow,unsteady way.as if in conversation
with his dumb friend, who never
left his side, but gazed with a look of
human intelligence in his master's face
at the least sound of his voice. At tee
tillage the sexton would exchange a j
quiet word with a friend, and making !
little purchases for himself and his dog i
set out for the cottage, liis basket upon '
bis arm. But even here the dog would
relieve his care and gently but firmly
take the basket in his mouth, trot on
before with an air of joyous satisfac- J
tion. He seemed to. take a peculiar
pleasure in the ringing of the bell of
the church, and waa always with his
nld master when he summoned the
people to holy service.
"Once when the bell-rope broke he
:limbed the stairs of the old bell tower
with the sexton and repeatedly watchjd
him ring the bell from the loft. But
irif? dav the old sexton wlio was seized
with his last illness, and in spite of the
mxious solicitations of the dog, could
not ring the bell the following Sunday
and soon after passed quietly away, his
band resting on the head of his poor
follower whose mourning was inconsolable.
The dojr was visibly affected by
the tolling of the bell. From the grave
the faithful creature had to be taken by
force, and would return there immediately
on being released.
"One day he was observed to go to the
ihurch and soon after was seen in the j
belfry where his master bad lor a time
rung the Sabbath chimes. Sere he appears
to have reached the bell with his
paws and to have swung it, for it tolled
Dut a single mournful note as of sorrow
ind despair. Immediately after the
log was seen to look down from the
tower into the churchyard, where his
master lay buried. Then with a low
mournful whine, reaching slowly forward,
lie suddenly leaped out into the
iir and fell a lifeless moss on the
~ ' ^ AtfAT* rl?r? 1"?. ?
LLiUUliU. A5 SU1C OO uiu uw
died of grief, feeling with unerring instinct
that life without affection is
worse than death. So, you see, I take
my friend to lunch and he keeps my
feet warm and soothes my perturbed
spirit by the intelligent sympathy of his
eyes. I tell you a man?a lone man?
without a dog is a subject for pitv."?
SL Paid Daij.
Only two women in the world's history
have ever been honored by eauespfnfMrto
on/) nnviAiic tr\
itiiau otakuuj) auu vui.*vv?w ?v
Queen Victoria is one of them. Fancy
tier Britannic Majesty on horseback.
The Prince of Wales is only forty-five.
But if you count his age on the littlo
darkey's plan, by the fun he's had, he'd
be most three hundred, says tas Boston ;
Globe. ]
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. An Armless Woman's Feats.
"Now, let me show you what I can
do. Dinner'U. be here in just a moment.
Thread a needle! Of course I
can; see?" and suiting the action to
the word, Mrs. Thomson picked up a
fine needle with the large and second
toe of the right foot, held it tightly between
the tips, and taking some yarn
in her left foot, rolled the end deftly
on a small smooth stone, put it to her
mouth by bending her body almost
double, and deftly inserted the yarn in
the needle, more easily than a bachelor
threads a large needle with very
fine thread. Next she took a hand
some tidy on which she was crocheting
and with remarkable deftness held the
work with her right foot while with her
left she guided the needle in and out,
catching the threads with ease and
fashioning the figure as fast as "my
lady" in the sitting-room does with
her soft hands. Her right eve giv.'ng
her some trouble during this work, she
deftly pushed back the spectacles which
she wore and with the second toe rubbed
the eyelid Tuen she bent forward and
brushed back a few stray hairs from
her forehead. Taking up the pen between
the large and second toe of her
left foot, and nolding a slip of paper
with her right toes, she wrote in a feminine
hand, small and rather neat: "He
that lends to all shows good will but
11 - * -C T
ItlliO StJIlbe. 2i.nu jzj. xj. jliiuiu-vu.
Born without arms, Dec. 23, 1839, Ga."
This written, she put the pen down,
took up a blotter with her left foot,
placed it over the writing, and dried
the ink. Taking up a pair of large
scissors with the large and third toe of
the left foot, she cleverly cut off the
portion of the paper on which she had
written.
"Here comes my dinner. Now you
can sec me eat?not that it's such a
sight, but you may find it odd. to see
one eat with toes instead of fingers."
Mr. Thomson spread out a napkin
on the platform, and placed on it the
dinner of a person in good health.
Mrs. Thomson turned around in her
seat, took a cup of tea in her foot,
stirred it up with a spoon held in her
right toes, and half bending, half raising
the cup to her lips, drank oft' the
tea and placed the cup on the platform.
Then she grasped a flat-handled silver
knife in her 1< ft toes, caught a fork between
the first two toes of her right
foot, and cut some steak into piece-.
Part of it was tough, but she had no
more trouble in cutting it than an ordinary
person would have. A piecc of
merit held on the fork was transferred
to her mouth, and was followed by a
piece of bread broken from a slice by
her large and second toe .
As soon as she had finished this novel
meal, Mrs. Thomson continued: -"Iforgot
to tell you about my schooling. O,
yes, I went to school. The pupils were
kind, and I had a little raised platform
for my use. I held my books in my
toes, and read ard -*udied as well as
the rest of the g. is. I held a slate in
my right foot and the pencil between
the toes of my left and managed to figTire
as well as" anyone. My right limb
is shorter than my left, and I learned
to write with my left foot, a; you have
seen. I learned all that was taught in
the common schools of Georgia Tbefore
the war."?Detroit Times.
To Find Gold And Silver.
A well-known contractor and builder
now living in this village has recently
perfected an instrument by means of
which he is able, as he says, to discover
the location of hidden gold or silver or
of either metal in the shape of ore. He
won't talk mnch about it, because he
has not yet obtained his patent. He
calls the instrument a mineral rod. To
a friend he said:
"I take a small, wide-mouthed b-'ittle
and put into it a combination of minerals.
Then 1 insert two slender pieces
of whalebone about ten inches long; after
which the mouth of the bottle is
closed air-tight with wax, and a buck[
skin cover is drawn over the mouth and
! tied around the neck of the bottle with
| a strong cord saturated with shellac
varnish. The combination of metals
I fV./ > pnwot ti-ViioVi will nnf Via ^ivnlo-pd
JO U.V OV!.lVU O '
even when tho patent is obtained."
To operate this rod the inventor takes
the ends of the whalebones in his hands
so that the bottle is above his hands
and his thumbs between the ends of the
whalebones. In'this position he walks
over the supposed location of the precious
metals until the right spot is
reached. 'J hen the bottle drops down,
bending the "whalebones double if the
attraction is great.
"There is no magic about it;" he said'
! to dav. "It is simple enough. Certain
combinations of metals produce certain,
magnetic effccts. By experiments I
found the combination which would,
in my hands, be attracted by gold and
silver. A ?20 gold piece was placed under
a plank without my knowledge to see if
it would attract the. boltle. I was directed
to tell under which portion of
another plank it had been placed. The
bottle bent down and over toward the
right plank while I was twenty feet
away. I really believe that it would be
attracted by ?11,000 in gold placed one
mile away if there were no counteracting
attraction. 1 can make a rod to
find copper, one to find iron, or one to
find hard coal. The rod is good onlv;
F/->t fnr TrViirh it } * intended.
? ?
| When l explained tbe matter to the ed!
itor of The Scientific American some
time ago he laughed, and said if it
would work in'oue man's hand it would
in another's. My only answer is an
j actual trial. I can do it. Other men
who happen to have as much. electricj
ity in them as I have c.an handle the
j rod successfully. Theory may laugh
| at it, but I am ready to do the deed any
time."
The inventor is. about 65 years old.
tie has Dcen in tne iumDer ana piaining-mill
business for years, and has also
taken contracts for all sorts of buildings,
including wooden bridges.?Keio
York Suji. * *
, America promises to become the
greatest wine-producing country in the.
world. Ten years from now our annual
wine product will j robably amount
to 100,000,000 gallons. Even theu the
industry will be only in its infancy..
I California is a jgp-eat wine State, but as
yet she has cultivated very nuie 01 ner |
grape area. 'J here are three great
wine centers in this country. The lirst
is the Pacific slope, the second is the
Piedmont region, or table lands between
the Allcghanies and the Blue
Ridge, including Virginia, the Carolinas,
Georgia and parts of Kentucky
nnd Tennessee, the Indian Territorv,
with large parts of New Mexico, Arizona,
Arkansas, Kansas, Texas, Missouri,
Ohio and New York. We have
100 acres adapted to grapes for every
one acre that France can show.
'
A learned professor claims that he
las discovered lately that "Nystagnus,
or oscillation of the eyebails, is
an epileptiform affection of the cere- [
cellular oculomotorial centers."
MALTESE AND ANGORA.
Something About a Sort of Pets that Many
Ladies Prefer to Small Dogs:
"Is it possible," asked a reporter,
"that Maltese and other fancy eats are
taking the place of dogs as ladies'pets?
It is said that in Washington ladies go
out shopping taking with them Maltese
cats fastened with gilt chains to their
girdles.'
"Well, I don't know whetner cats
will ever snpplant dogs in the affections
of the ladies," laughingly replied Surgeon
B. G. Dovey, as he sat in his office
at No. 26 West Fourth street* in
ront of a door marked "Private,
where both dogs and cats were for -sale
and under medical and surgical treatment;
"but there is no .doubt that the
Maltese and Angora cats have become
great favorites. Still, there is no great
c r demand for the former tiian tnere
was three years ago. The Angora cat
has probably increased in popular favor,
and now, on any line day one may
see ladies driving in Central park with
the bcnntifnfr wwtluies in their Iapi
The Malte e, too, are often taken for a
dr to, and both they. and the Angoras
seem to enjoy the fresh air fully as
much :'s their rn "stresses do. .No, .cats
are not often taken out walking. 1 A
cat IS not iUiJU Ui lOLia nroi&a nunc
t ere are no fences to climbs and dogs
may b * encountered, but the lazy lux-'
ury of a carriage seems to suit" theml
The Maltes and Angora <-ats -are very
docile and affectionate. The Maltese,;
probal ly, can.be more easily and, thoroughly
domesticated than any other of
the feline tribe. They are less expense
than the peerless Angora, but still
they come-prettylngh. I can sell a
full-grown male for about $12, and
male kittens fcr from $8 to $10 each.
The females are cheaper, being worthabout
$2.each- A well-grown Maltese
cat should weigh about twelve pounds.
They are long-lived, and, if ' properly
treated, should : tta:n a score of years.
4 f l%i* n 1 f A
a periwl iU'dllCSU * an 3ijvuiu wu (uivgel
her ?late-colored, without a particle
of white. Most of them have six toes
and verv lar<re feet, i-ut thev mav be
pure-bred and have small feet and only
fire toes. They came originally from
the island of Malta, but to-day America,
or even New York state, produces
more Maltese cats than Malta does.
"The Maltese cats, as a rule, are
hardy, but they are usually kept so
closely confined to the house, and often
feed so injudiciously, that they; are
liable to :et indigestion, torpid liver,
and fit-. When the fits appear -death
is likely to be close behind They axe
brought to me often when there is no
time to treat them. Somc-tmes I am
called upon to attend a cat afflicted
with what the owner think* is an abces-,
or u tumor, but which :requently
proves to b: a cancer. Nothing then
can help them except an operation, but
if the disease has not made very great
progress I can generally operate sue
cessfully. With do<rs cancer, is much'
more common, and I often have to remove
it. Sometimes. I u?cother, sometimes
not, as the circumstances require^
,but I can save life far more frequently
than surgeons who treat human patients.
"A litter of Maltese kittens numbers
from three to seven. They grow quickly,
and are very playful and interesting.
The Angora cat is as different as possible
from the Maltese. My wife takes
exclusive charge of our stock, and is ay
devoted to them as though they were
children. The Angora came, and
cornea yet, from Persia, lut we raise a
good many in this country. They are
jf various colors?pure white, black,
rvhite and black, yellow and white,..;
gray and white, steel and white, and
mottled?but all are alike beautiful.
Their hair is very abundant, long, fine,
and soft as silk. Their tails are as
bushy as those of foxes. Their ears
are small and far apart, and. their eves
are large, sagacious, ana of a lijht
olive color. They live from twenty-five
?o thirty years. In price they average,
for male kittens $40, and for full-grown
males ?125; for female kittens $2o, and
for full-grown females $ll0. The Aneora
cat is, i think, the handsomest,
small animal that lives."?X. JVSuru
? ? - w.
A Fall Moon in His Room.
A.n extremely dignified elderly bachelor
who was wi d in his youngeridavs,
but who had been a choice blossom of
propriety, lo! these many years,4 lives
at oar house this winter. There-is an
ancient stovepipe, hole. through the
wall which divides the bachelors room
from an unoccupied one, which hole is
covered and hidden by wall-paper, and
the bachelor knew not of its existence.
He had made a few bets on the election
as js .the custom of bachelors,-, whether
old or young, and on Saturday night
last he collected those bets and treated
the "boys," aged from 50 to 70 years.
He is such a stanch old democrat and
had lost all his bets for many .-years;
hence it is not at an strange mat upon
this occasion he became as "glor.'ous"
as Tarn o' Shaunter aforetime- At a late
hour he came home in what had been
his normal nightly condition twenty
years before, and stumbled up to his
rpom. Now, it so chanced that there .
was a visitor in the unoccupied room
that night, the gaslights rwhereby
clir??r? WimR- .t.hrt' TOOm
through the paper that covered the;
round stovepipe hole. The bachelor
saw that light at once, and gazed at-it
with eyes of horror. Terror-stricken,
he ran" to a friend's room, and bursting
the door he wailed in a > voice loud
enough to waken everv. inmate in the
house: "Take care of me Charlie, I've
got them again. I have not had them
for.twenty-seven years, but .they Have
come back, again. . Save me, Charlie,v
save ine!" Charlie endeavored . to
soothe him by asserting that he was all
right, etc., whereupon the old fellow
roared: "I know I have them for I saw
a full moon in my room! as full as a
tick'l"?Cor. Portland Argus.
m ? ? j
Tricking a Wild Duck. : j
A Manitoba paper t lis of .an ingenious
method of securing a ..stock of-bens
practiced by a bachelor vrho lives in a
secluded 'corner of the hills, di tant
from neigh'- ors. Discovering the nest
of a wild duck near his shanty, he removed,
the eggs and placed an equal
cumber of hen's eggs n the nest In
due time the wild duck found that she
u-n> the bewildered mbther of a flock of
chickens. Not that she knew they vv'cre
chickens?she did not know, what they
were. Their bills were net right, their'
feet were all wrong, and they were of
every color; they could not swim and.
could not understand. A more astonished
wild duck was not to be found in
Manitoba. The bachelor placed lm
misbegotten chickens in a basket and
took care of them, while the old duck
returned to a neighboring pond, feeling
that she had in some way been
shamefully imposed upon.
A colored citizen of Lowndes County,
Mississippi, has named his thirtieth
child Grover Cleveland.
wnrx X&-HH5IOK.
' ' < -
The Jersey farmer felt the, shake -:
On Sunday's sudden fierce earthquake.
And shivered, as if racked with-pain;
He looked around, in mortal dreacL
And, seeing- nothing, shook his head,
iiut leeoiy-smim ^, iimpiy saia:
. "I've got the blasted '*hakes' ?gata."
?New Tori: Journal.
Dr, Paxto:\ of New York, says that
the Scotch arc the; only people who
have succeeded in solving the difficult
problem of combining punch with
Piety.
The latest freak in ladies' head-gear
IQ tKo ur?ow^Tviru>r hf?Tinpf; " Tfc
has a hug t rosette, simulating a penwiper,
on top. Must be veiy "handy for
reporters in pnblic: Jgathetingsu^-"3tfttrlington
Free I'ress. *
Twenty-five years ago there were fifty
cats where there is only one to-day,
says a statistician^jind the' Philadelphia
Call adds th'-Tfc .twenty-five years
ago. there was one set of furs where
* there arc fifty to-day.
At bay: He?"Sow snnbby yoa are
< with these young -men. ' ~ThatT last one
is quite b??jccn up.'; She :(who lives
in a collegiate town)?"I really. cannot
help it; I ani'sotired or educating other
people's children."?Life. A
mendicant approached a Weitchester
man on the < anC.the oQier day, and
said: "Dear sir, I hive lost iny lesr^' to
which-the Westchester man "replied, as
rhe hurried aw y: "My. de^r jirieaad, I
have not seen anything of it."'?Westchester
Local yews. .
"is your overcoat at f nomer; assea
a merchant of hisr clerk, who came
shi verio ?~irrfo Ifis'Sffi'ee, '/^o, sir," he
cheerfully rrpl ed; "fcrnt my otrter is at
my uncles.'' - "As neither of them knew
what the other, thought, the business of
the day proceeded 3.s usuaL-^ ...
A lawyer in one of- tho courts lately
threw an inkstand1" 'at another's' head.
The court required him'to'apologize
for it He did so. and. added, "WhileJ
am about it I may as weil apologize beforehand
for throwing another inkstand
at him the jQi^t chance 1 get/"
wnac is tue .ufflerence oetweeii toe
man who is "temsfixed, .with horror"
and a leopard's tail?. Answer: One is
"rooted to the sp6t" and the other is
spotted to the root. ' (P.. the
leopard's, tail is not spotted to the toot,
this conundrum is declared o^-Norristown
Herald. . *
The well-grounded belie? that money
is all-powenul h:is sustained a severe
blow. A theatrical company is traveling
over the State with..& play called
"Power of Money,"-and it doesn't'pessess
sufficient power to draw a house
big enough to 'p;iy their hotel bills.?
NcrrisloiDK-IkrcUd7~ -
ner laying rt qnesc.-L.uy is Tciy ill
-^dangerously iIL Her mamma is'very
anxious about her. 4'Say, mamma, am
I going to die?'1 asked the little patient
"Hush, child; you surely don't
want to break your poor " toother's
heart?" "No, ma dear- only, if I die,
I want you-.to put all my dolls into
mourning!'';?Zondagsblad. _
-Parson-Wbongdoodle Baxter;, distin- - iiniHnil
gu shed himsei once more at the funeral
of an aged colored manr "Our
diseased brudder was married foaa
times durK*g-lHs4ife," sa d Whangdoodle;
"but only one oh de widows am so
fortunate as to be able to survive him
l/inor pnnno"!i tA hp nrpspnt nn Hi< Itooh
soieninious occasbun.'''?Texas Siftings.
An inspector, who had been explaining
to a class that the- -land of the
world was not continuous; said to the
boy who happened-to be standing nearest
to him: ''Now, could your father
walk round the world?" "" "No, 'sir,"
was promptly answered. "Why not?'1
"Because lie's dead," was thealtoeeihcr
unlooked for response^?AU theTear
Bound.
He had-jttst'had'kis hair cat and returned
home- 'Hum T- h? says, after
examining himself in th? glass jcritically.
"I gue*s I shall have to go ba<ck to
the barber's shop again. This'll never
do!" "What's the matter?^ "says his
wife; "has' he cut your hair too long?"
"No, confound him; he's gone and cut
it too short . Til make him cut i$ over
again.'1?FrencJi-Paper.. ... .
. There are a number of .very! eligible
young men of Pembina County, Dakota,
but no young women. ' Although it
is not spring, the young, men's fancy
lightly turns to thoughts "of love, and.
pooling their issues, they, have deputed
one of their Dumber to" go to Boston
and secure wives for the rest. It is
commendablefor theyoung men to take
unto themsol .es wives,' but why go to
Boston? r V;
The Tartr-.ry young man who breaks
his engagement with his girl does so at
his peril, for then he has to' engage
himself to the next older sister, if anything
happens to her he has to take the
next one; ami so ondowa. .The/family
that matrimonially catches a Tartar
doesn't let go its grip until grim .death
has been very busy, for Tartar families
are always blessed with a large bevy of
girK?Water bury American.
A Texas cattleman married a refined
vmmcr Lftdv belonging to the besLsocic
ty of Daila-. Afnerid meeting him
shortly after his marriage congratulated
him on his hapj>v fortune! "It's all
right, but I had to" make sacrifices,"
replied the newly-made husband,..shaking
his head. . "What , sacrifices?"
"Pre had to sire up going to bed with
my boots and s?>nrs- on when <f come
home tired.''?Texas: SifUngs. ,\f_
At a -sewingockcle all the women
were talking,, and some of the subjects
eot hopelitssly confused, ?or instance,
the snbject of < rickets and -'ehnrch
choirs, "I never heard sneh &;-fcorrid
noise as they mad* lust 'Sunday,-' said
one woman, referring to the .choir.
"Nor I either," said another, thinking
she referred to the Fall crickets. "They
say they make that noise with their
hind legs.1'?Cleveland Leader.
Col. Elliot, who isthelexas-Commis
sioner at tne jxew vrieans j^xposition,
has got himself into trouble. " A Dallas
youth, who imagines tbat-be is an artist,
brought him a beautiful landscape
he had painted, and told him -he- wanted
it exhibited at New,Orleans!.., "Certainly,
sir; certainly,7* replied Col.
Elliot. "But I want a card 'put on it
statinz that'it is not for salfe*' "I don't
think that there is the slightest necessi
for that,." remarked Commissioner
Elliot, taking another glance at the
work of net.?Texas Si/lings.
Husband?"It looks like rue, my .
dear.* Don't'you-think we* Jfctad- better
take an umbrella?'.' -Wife?".O, no!
we .don't want to be bothered with it."
Husband?"You take great chances,
my love.'1 Wife?"I know I do.' If I
were a man I would be a bold speculate
r novor lilra
LV1* I TTVUiW UVf V4 -- ?W
you, to {la an ordinary humdrum business
that wou'll' just bring me a living."
'[Ah hour later, the couple
standing in a narrow doorway with the
rain beating fiercely io.] Wife-r-4tHow
do I look?? Husbahd-^'Yery much
like a speculator, sharerof my joys aid
sorrows." " < - ;