The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, February 17, 1886, Image 1
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VOL XL 11. WLNNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17,1886. NO. 29.
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Sert:ie:i.
are tN- hi'": ' ; < r.wy i'1 tfc?* 'Hsmnce,
Ami sKijhily the 1. ci:?t his lay,
Dre:;niM:\r b'-conioth a j# irt ??i' exi'-tencc\
And tlie v.inf! as : siiive" away.
KJKlirvr the r:::p I'-nvr - t-:il ;:si:I q:ii"< r.
k. And blades of briAvri-iusseled
c? ni.
^ S'.vayinar The rr.-'(]?,a-r"<:. r:p;>M;:'.r river.
All uniiuerpivud. .; ! a::;: i'i?;-:or:i.
The stillness is ?t:;rtl- <2 by s of nuts <lrr>p*
pia.ir:
The creek is half-cover: i with butternut
leaves:
r White cow* in the sunshine ;t::d shadow are
The thresher is grinding the #oM from the
sheaves.
Now sail throu;:a the azure the spirit of flowWit
h white v.-i*j-.-s outspread in a jrioriiied
way:
Moths nervously l it !>>r t!.:<-:;- fc.v lr:ppy h"':rs^
Jl Sf'UIVlH UW wi lii- ?>'>iu ^
Day.
And hark! at the sunrise the chanticleer's
crowinjr.
That n'list'th as sweet as pure Itrufeol's
voice I
To school. novr, the shcutir.;r. jray children are
, XiiiK'?
The < mi-' "ctivitv, co'or nn.l noise.
Ah. d"ai . tli" children!?the tidy girl airy?
The bov li?ratiiirf Hornets, who taketh no
don ,
W\\*r t'nrr- thr. !??<.?irv1 i
Nf>"" .o*"inir to si;;) 111 tlx> f-::r I
I
ttrr o' eninjr the k"tyOi<l shn!!'-ih n:ul rn<p<-;h.
Tb > l'roy utul tav screech-owi?and lire-Mies
lit;
k <"he ;i:oon in pale gossamer stificth and sraspm*.
eth.
pn S< fl'lod *.vi;h ]jcr passion and sorrowed by
' 4.:
f ooxot'i on lovors. and scemeth us sadJ'-n'-d
? chn i-.-wl i,,<f .mi! \v;k fwr tr.oro dr<-:ir:
T' < Nijrhfs lus'rons eyes are ;iil troubled ahd
.nil down en the rnariirold trickles a tear!
?C. L. Fliifer. in The Current. i
1-5 I] TEL KG I5APIIIC SIGNAL, j
John Mills, the hero of this sketch,
was a railroad engineer, and had been j
for a ion<; time in uie company s cmploy.
When lii new engine was
completed and placed on the read. John
was given charge of it. and he cvinccd
a natural pride in his preferment. At
one of the stations there was a youn^f
^ ? girl, a teh'-graph operator, between whom
and the engineer there had sprung up a
mutual attachment, and whenever "o9"
came along. Kate generally managed to
be at the door and exchange signals
with her lover. One day the train was
detained at the station, and the locomotive
detached and sent up the road, to
do some additional work, and Kate went
along for a ride. As she listened to the
p- sharp, shrill notes of the whistle, it
occurred to her that slu: might teach
John fo sound her name in the Morse
telegraphic characters, so that could
distinguish his signal from that of the
other engines, whenever his train apkproached.
The plan worked to a charm,
and far and near the whistle shrieked
rK-a-t-c. until one day. as the operator
stepped upon the platform, she overheard
a conversation between two young
men. anu learned that they understood
die signal, and were laughingly wondering
who Kate eoulu be. Their means
of communication having been discovered
they w; re obliged to discontinue
it. In the meantime. Kate had, by
/ - means of the telegraph, made the acijuaititance
of a young lady, an operator
^ in a distant city, but whom she had
sever seen, and to her she made known
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PPfP plan as brillhirvt-.*:* it was ingenious. It
was simply to arrana means of telegraphic
communication between the approaching
train and the station, so as to
ring a'bell hidden away iu the c!os?-t of
Kate't; otlice, engine **00" being the
only one provided with the means of
completing the circuit, which was done
by laying the poker upon the tenderbrake
so as to touch the wire in p.tssing.
r - Kate found an opportunity to acquaint
John with the proposed plan, and in the
meantime had found an abandoned
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wire wincn ran lor a :ong ?;.ji:anea ci?se
by the track. and which sh" proposed to
use fur carrying out her purpose.
Thanksgiving day can:-.*.?;>!>n after. and
John fortauatJy having a holiday. lie
and Kate went bravely t;> work. and be.
io-rc the day had ended the task was
V completed, and proved a complete success.
The dramatic finale of their love
episode is old in following sketch:?
It was vciy singular how absent-mind a
and inattentive (he operator wa on the
day that the groat scientific enteqiri.se
was finished. * No wonder she was disfl^p
turbed. Would the new line work?
is? Would her little battery he strong
enough for such a great circuit? Would
John be able to close it? The people
heorjm to assemble for the train. The
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clock pointed to the hour for its arrival.
Suddenly, with start'ing distinctness,
the bell rang el. arand loud in the echoing
room. With a cry of delight she
^ put on her dainty hat and ran in haste
'' out upon the .platform. Tlic whistle
broke loud and clear on the cool, crisp
air, and ".39" appeared round the curve
Ill IIIC v. U'JUN .1 lit.? 5|;.v;iiuiu
slid swiftly up to her feet and paused.
Perfect, John! Perfect! It works to
a c-harm."
"With a spring she reached the cub and
^ sat down 0:1 the fireman's seat.
x "Blessed if I could teil what he was
goin? to do," said the iiroman. "He
told me about it. Awful bright ideal
'You see, he laid the poker on the tender
brake there, and it hit the tree slam,
and I saw the wires touch. It was just
prime?''
But the happy moments sped, and
**5S" groaned and slowly departed,
while Kate stood on the platform, her
face wreathed in smiles and white
r steam.
So the lovers met each day. and none
knew how she was inr.de aware of his
Lapproaeii Willi mien ;iu?oiiuv ithuiih;.
Science applied to love, or rather love
applied to science, can move the world.
Two whole weeks passed, and then
there suddenly arrived at the station,
late one evening, a special, with the
directors' car attached. The honorable
directors were hungry?they always are
?and would pa::se on their journey and
take a cup of tea and a bit of supper.
The honorable* and >hoir wives and
children filled the station, and th > place
..it?*--. o it-li.i 'ktvlf.* fr\t
she demurely sat in her den. book in
Jiand. and over its unread pact's admired
the jjay party in the bri^'miy
lighted vraitin^-room.
Suddenly wwh furious rattle, her electric
bell sprung into life. Every spark
of color left her face, and her book fell
pyith a dull slam to the floor. What
eras it? What did it mean? Wi;o rani;
|t? Wi'i: affrighted faee she burst from
er ofilcc and bru.-h< d through ti;e astnished
people and out upon the saowIveivd
platform. There stood the
Sectors' train upon thy truck of the
ttomin^ engine.
Tiie condia-tor! Where is he? Oh.
jStart! Start! Get to the siding!
2' expjvss! The express is coming!"'
I'ith a cry s!io snatched a lantern j
: a brakeman's hand, anil in a
1 was irone. They saw her light
ling ami dancing through the darkand
they were lost in wonder and
zemcnt. The girl U crazy! No
l is due now! Tii.-re can be no
jer. She must be
hi that horrible whisile. Such a
1 shriek on a winter s. night! The
J men sijrnn^ t-> the train. the women
J and children lied in frantic terror in
| cv;-rv direction.
j "Iii;:! for your lives," .-e:v::m d ilic
I conductor. "There's m .sn:as!i-up omin-J
'
A .short. ?h:irp s-.Torsm from the
j whistle. hc::*!-IijLrht jfj?.;tn!fdon the
snow-eov.;\ u iraek, and tin-re was a
ni:;d rn<h ox slitting wheels and the
jrigamic engine roared like a demon.
TJie great ".Vj" slow'.v drew m ar and
stopped in the woods. A hundred heads
looked out, and a stalwart figure leaped
down from the engine and ran on into
the bright glow of the head-light.
| "Kate!**
| "Oh: John, i "
j She into his arms senseless and
I white, and tiic lantern dropped from
her nervsrh ss hand.
I They took her up tenderly and bore
her into the station-house and laid her
i upon the sofa in the "ladies* room.*'
! XI'M. i... 1.- .1 <:
Willi HiiMlUU \ UILX'" ltn*> lv>uuu
to offer aid and comfort. Who was she?
How did she save the train? How did
she know ;>r* i: - :;p?:ro:seJi?
i? inv daUt," said the old
srationmnsfer. "She tends the telegraph.*'
The president of the railroad, in his
gold-bowed spcetaeles. drew near. One
grand lady in silk anil satin pillowed
Kate's head on her breast. They all
gathered near to sec if she revived. She
opened her eyes andga/.'jd about dreamily.
as if in search of something.
"Do you wish anything, my dear?"1
said the president, taking her hand.
"Some water, if you please, sir: and 1
want?I want "
They handed her s<-me wine in a silver
goblet. 5>he sipped a little, and then
looked anion;* the strange faces as if in
search cf someone.
Are yon looking for anyone, miss?"
"Yes?no?it is no matter. Thank
you, ma'am, 1 feel better. I sprained
my foot on the sleepers \\ .en I ran
down the track. Ir is not severe, and
I'll sit up."
They were greatly pleased to see her
recover, and a quiet buzz of conversation
lilled the room. IIow did she know
it? How could she tell the- special was
chasing us? Good heavens! if she had
not known it. what an awful loss ol
life there would have been; it was very
careless of the superintendent to follow
our train in such a reckless manner.
' You feel better, my dear.** said the
pres'dent.
"Yes. sir. thank you. I'm sure I'm
thankful. 1 knew John?I mean the
engine was coming.1*
"You cannot be more grateful than
we are to you for averting such a disastrous
collision."
"I'm sure i'm pleased, sir. I never
thought the telegraph
She paused abruptly.
' What telegraph?''
"I'd rather not tell, sir."
"But you will tell us how you knew
'he engine was coming?"
"Must you know?"
"We ought to know in order to reward
you proper]}-."
She put up her hand in a gesture of
refusal, and was silent. The "president
and din dors consulted together, and
two cf them came to her and briefly said
i.l 1? -1-.1 1 U?.\.
iiad ocen muilo aware 01 use a.|>pro;icu- j
'1112: danger.
"Vv'eli. sir, if John is willing, I will
tell you all."
John M:l!s, the engineer, was called,
and hi- cam.' in, cap in hand, and the
enti'.o company gathered round in the
grea test cage mess.
Without the slightest affectation she
put her hand on John's grimy arm, and
"Shall I toll them, John? They wish
to know about it. It saved their lives,
they say."
"And mine, too." said John, reverently.
"You had best tell them, or let
m*'."
She sat dov.-n ajrain. and viicn and
there John explained how the open circuit
line had been built, how it was
iisL-d. and frankly told why it had been
erected.
Never did story create profounder sensation.
The gentlemen shook hands
with him, and the president actually
kissed her for the company. A real corporation
ki.ss. loud and hearty. The
.allies fell upon her neck, and actually
cried over the splendid girl. Even the
children pulled her dress, and put their
arms about her neck, and kissed away
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lilU I1Umuii \^kj > uvu il\,l vaa\^v?w
Poor child! She was covcreil with
confusion, and knew not what to say or
do. and looked imploringly to John.
He drew near, and proudly took her
hand in his. and she brushed away the
tears and smiled.
The gentlemen suddenly seemed to
have found something vastly interesting
to talk a' )ut. for th?y gathered in a
knot in tne corner of the room. Pres
ently the president said aloud?
Gentlemen and directors, you must
pardon me, and I trust the ladies will
do the same, if I call you to order for a
brief matter of business.
There was a Midden hush, and the
room, now packed u> sijflb:-a*ion. was
pai ally <;uUJ.
"The secretary wiil plesse tftk?* ininute.s
of this njf'Jin^."
Tile secretary sat down at Kate's desk,
and then tin re was a little pause.
"Mr. President!*'
Every ;v::s to a corner
where a ?rti\- ?:?-r*?l gentleman had
monn'ifxl a . hair.
-Mr. Pn-.sit
"Mr. (-rrivs. director for the State,
p-ntleiy.; n."
"I bejf leave. sir, ? .? olV<T a resolution.1'
Then h<? be?ra!i to read from a slip of
paper?
"VVhen-as. John Mills, engineer of
<1?:C IVrilwflV lillG.
erected :i private telegraph: and whereas
he. with tlic- assistance of tlic telejrraph
operator of tlsrs" station (! leave a
blank for her name). r.<- d the *:iid line
without the consent of this Company,
and for other than railway business:
"It is resolved that he be suspended
permanently from his position as engineer.
and that the said operator be
requested to resign "
" *' i .. i!n
A murmur oi insapprooaiion nuuu mv
room, but tin; president commanded
silence, and the Stale director wont on.
"?re-ipi her place.
"It is farther resolved, and is hereby
ordered, that the said John M'lls be and
is appointed chief engineer of the new
repair shops at Shnvson."
A tremendous chetr broke from the
assembled company, and the resolution
was passed with a shout of assent.
How it all ended they never knew.
It seemed like a dream. and they could j
not believe it true till they stood alone
in the winter's night on the track beside
that glorious The few ears
the engine had brought u>> had been
joined to the train, and vl'" had been
rolled out on the siding. With many
r....-.,-j .fn'nn l??v>r!v
kisses for Kale. and a round of parting \
cheers for the two. the train had sped j
j away. The idlers had ui.-jK-rsod. and j
j none lingered about the abandoned '
| station save the lovers, 4\r>9"* would |
slay that ni'j;!:; ?>n :!) -V:i.: *nl th?*v
had walked up : 11: {rack to !?<1 if a. Ir-ng
farewell.
For a fi.w moments rlvy j.;ood in the ;
glow of t!::- gr'*at lamp. and t'en h;' !
quietly pr:i it < ut. and :Ht the ginni to i
breathe awav its liv-rv life in ? .
clouds of \v!i;t * steam. A- for t!>i iowrs j
they hail no n.-c.l of its *i ln> {
winter stars shor.:* tlir-p.i. and the j
calm, cold n'.-rht M-i-nr-ii a paradise j
below.
TVhif ic T.i*r#V
The follow".];;.' r.e onsit of tlie sensa- J
tions of lumpn>r is s -nr us by a correspondent
who is a member of a ki: 1 I of
'Suicide Club," and was actually, he
says, partly Imn;' the oilier day. in the
presence of several friends:
A <rood stoiit rope had been obtained.
This was securely fastened to the rafters
of the barn roof. I nulled at the ron-> i
with my hands 1<> make sure th:it i:
would not break. Then I permitted myself
to be biind-foidrd ;md mounted on :i
cluiir. For the moment. I admit, 1 was
weak cno::;rh to : jm j::ih* and tremble.
I soon, however, recovered ir.y presence
of mind. Putr.n^my head through the
nnn<f>. I <r:lVl. il;.- signal. I f it the chair
drawn from under mt*. There v.w. a
great, jerk. ;ar.u i f? It a violent pain in
my neck. as my s-arf had ail of
a sudden become tight. Now eonu'S
the most curious part of my experience.
After the iirst feeling of torture. which I
admit was decid. dly very severe. I lost
consciousness. 1 seemed to be transported
into a new world, more beautiful
than anything imagined by the poet. I
was swimming. meihought, in a s-a of
oil. The feeling wn- rs-juisstely delicious.
A< 1 warn t:>.s:!y and without
efi'oit through the mass I noticed
afar otf an island of th mo-t gSorioas
emerald gre; n in color. Tips it was my
wish to reach. I swam easily and contentedly
on. The sea kept i wry instant
changing its hue. though it remained of
the same substance throughout. At one
inct-int if \VK ;i IV) MS.; of (mill. :IS the SUH
a as shining brilliantly 0:1 it. The next
moment it was a vivid blood red: bi:t
there was nothing terrible or disgusting
in this new color. It kept changing, in
fact, to all the hues of the rainbow, yellow
and red being the predominant
tints. I got nearer and nearer to the
isle. As 1 approached it there sprang
out suddenly from the ground a number
of people strangely disfigured, whose
faces seemed to be known to me. 1 at
iast leached tIn* land. A magnificent
chorus of voices, human and those of
birds burst forth. I closed my eyes in
ecstacy. I llo:i!i d calmyon ;o the shore,
and lay as a child in it.- era die, slightly
weakened from. I supposed. iJie enervating
edect of the oiiy ma: ter in which 1
had been swimming. At last I opened
my eyes. The magic charm was at once
dispelled. The divine harmony eiased.
1 he faces were still piercing at me with
an expression of eager curiosity, but 1
perceived that they belonged to the
members of our society. The pain in
my neck was great. I was now in entire
possession of my senses. My friends
had fortunately cut mo down in time. 1
was still weak.?too weak to at once relieve
my friends' curiosity. When I was
able to speak 1 told them my experi
>-li:)rm:ng picture
of tbo *>Mss whifh I had felt, not
orttrorrnom would consent to (w-mycx-periment.
They all considered my <eon- "
duct heroic, but absolutely refused io
emulate me. They said i looked so
ghastly!?l'all Mali Gazette,
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Empress Josephine's Last Days.
There is something very touching in
the account of the meeting between the
husband and wife at Fontainebleau after
the return of Napoleon from his Aus- |
trian campaign. Josephine well knew
,v ? T?? ! *.?ivv?irAAoKIT- I
mat me jum uivw>.vv
cidcd upon the divorce, yet. womanlike,
she called in the aid of her charms and
fascinations once more, as though to
strivo to win back the spouse who was
about to repudiate her. At dinner that
d:iy she appeared in a very elegant and
singularly becoming toilet?a polonaise
in white" satin trimmed with swansdown,
while in her hair were placed
clusters of com-liowers intermingled
with silver wh -at. Never had she look
ed more charming or shown herself
more winning, and tiie Emperor, who
was morose and silent at the commencement
of the dinner, regained his spirit
and made himself agreeable. But that
evening he avoided Josephine in a manner
that gave her to understand that all
was indeed at an end between them,
and that their formal separation was
only a question of time. A few months
later Josephine made her last appearance
in public as Empress of France at
a fete given by Berthier, Prince De
Wagram, at the Chateau de Grosbois. A
curious contretemps marked the end of
this festivity. One or' the diversions of
the evening was a comedy in which
Brunet, the favorite comedian of the
day. sustained the principal part. This
little piece was the well-known play of
'"'Cadet Roussel." Unfortunately it contains
numerous allusions to divorce, and
one can easily imagine the embarrassment
of the ho>t and the spectators
when Cadet Roussel declares that he
means to ?et a divorce "to have some
inooctrtrs" and afterwards" remarks; "I
know what kind of a wife I have now,
and I do not know what sort of a one
I shall take.'" Napoleon sat glowering
at the stage in evident ill-humor. As to
the Empress, she could with difficulty
restrain her tears. Four days later
Josephine took her departure from the
Tuileries forever.
A iramp's .>cw xric*.
An elderly, charitable-looking gentleman,
wearing an air of prosperity, was
rubbing into the postoffiee on Sunday
when be was approached by. a dilapidated,
seedy-looking tramp. The latter
bold in his hand a sealed envelope directed
in lead-pancil am! smeared with
the marks of grimy fingers. "Will you
please give me a couple of pennies to
send a letter to my mother, oir? I have
just got out of a hospital and I want to
send for money to go home.'" The
gentleman was overcome by the piteous
appeal and dropped a coin in the outstretched
hand. As he issued forth
from the other end of the bis" sranite
structure be was mel by the same individual
with the same story and the same
dirty envelope. "Why. you scoundrel,
I just gave you enough to send your
mother a. dozen letters,'1 shouted the
benevolent gentleman. "You miserable
wretch. You're an impostor.':
' i hat's a new racket," said the policeman
on the corner, "and that rascal
has been working it very successfully,
too. Nearly everyone he asks gives him
something. 1 have driven him away
again and again, but lie conies back.11?
lJk iladclplt id Rccord.
Baroness Burdett Coutts has the satisfaction
of knowing that her young American-born
husband beat the marquis of
Lome for a seat in the house of com
mons. juu- manjuis is tne queen s sonin-Iaw,
and it was her majesty who
snubbed the baroness because she married
a young man.
QUEER THINGS IN TEXAS.
Characteristics of Some of the Nutive
Growths*
The centipede is not a very pretty insect.
He runs too much io leg's. Once
I thought them of no use, but after seeing
a lot of Chiricahua Indian papooses
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pumn^ cenupcucs irouu men uuiw ?uu
greedily devouring them, legs, poison
and all", I no longer doubted the wisdom
and beneficence of their creation. In
the course of my checkered career I
have had several adventures with centipedes
and always came out second
best. A centipede can raise a blister on
a man's body quicker than a red hot
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UUII.UUU U VUU UUU I Illinium.utiy
a remedial poultice of funded prickly
poar and dose yourself inwardly with
post whiskj-?which latter is warranted
to kill anything but an army mule?the
resultant effects may be serious. Centipedes
usually attack their victim at
night, when he is asleep and can't defend
himself. They are armed with
about 200 little lances conveniently
lashed to the tot: of each foot?of which
T- ~ ~ a Vioca r\f
UltJV I1UVC SCVUiiH iiuu ai< me uoov Vi
each lance is a tiny sack of venom. If
a centipede crawls across your body?
which he'll most likely do if you lie
down anywhere within a half a mile of
him?you'll have no difficulty in follovring
his trail, and vou'Il remember his
visit for weeks. Sfo man ever died from
the bite of a centipede, but I have
known one to make a man wish he were
dead.
TARANTULAS.
The tarantula is an exasperated spi
tier, with teeth and hair. They are always
ready for a tight and will tackle
anything, not excluding a buzz-saw. In
days gone by I have often amused myself
by teasing one with a red-hot coal.
At first they would fight shy, but after
they once got mad they would attack
that coal and never surrender until they
were burned to a crisp. I never heard
of any one eating a tarantula. If one
bites Vou use same remedies as prescribed
for centipede sting, only more
so.
THE VIN EGA BOAS'.
The vinegaroan has never been scien
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tincauy ciassmea, anu is consent to piuu
through life undistinguished. save by
his humble frontier patronymic. The
Mexicans and Indians, who have been
acquainted with the vinegaroan longer
than I have, solemnly assert that nis
bite is deadly. I have always taken
their word for it. The vinegaroan lives
under decaying logs, and. if disturbed,
scorns to run. I saw a light once between
a vinegaroan and a tarantula.
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inc larimuia was iuw:u out ui iuu yiu
dead in one minute.
THE STINGING JLIZZARD
is found most anywhere, but principally
snugly ensconced in the "foI<ls of your
blanket when you lie down at night. He
always lets you know that he is there,
and i have known strong men to tear
their hair and dance and pray in a very
.irwl f:i ilimn nnr>71
UUUI-UUIVV. ...... ~~T -j
discovering that a stinging lizzard hud
selected them as a bedfellow. The stinging
lizzard's weapon of defense and offense
is his tail, which is long and as
full of joints as a bamboo pole. When
he punches you with the sharp end of
this cauda^ appendage . yon think . of:
sheol's fire ..
-zarct is not good to eat. The application
of a fresh quid of tobacco will take the
tire out of the spot where lie salutes
you.
THE DEVIL nr/{SE.
The body of a devil horse is all of the
same size, and he looks not unlike a
green walking-stick set up on twelve
other walking-sticks, six on a side. The
scientific men who have sought to classify
the fauna of Texas have somehow
overlooked the devil horse, but he
doesn't seem to minci the siignt ana
continues catching flies with monotonous
persistency. I was never bitten by
a devil horse, and I never met any one
who had been,but the natives class them
among the poisonous, and they ought to
know.
A COLONY OF FIRE ANTS.
My camp was once invaded by fire
ants. It was a good place, convenient
to wood and water,and I hated to leave.
X UJajpiU*^ I LIU" U1 V/U/UpiUVJ Milii
them for three weeks, at the end of
which time I incontinently surrendered
and tied. During that three weeks I
dug them out, burned them out and
drowned them out, but they didn't seem
to mind it in the least. Tltey went, on
burrowing the building and exploring
the surrounding country, and when my
tent got full of them, and I had been
Kitfxin ir> lvtiif. 3 oOO 000 flifforrint
places, I thought it time to move. The
bite of the fire ant is like the sting of the
stinging lizzard. It hints and makes a
sore place. They increase with a rapidity
that is alarming, and the more you
try to exterminate them the more numerous
they become. It used to be a
test of courage among the Comanche
Indians for a brave to thrust his bared
arm into a nest of fire ants and hold it
there without flinching, while his com
panions went tlirougft tiie movements or
a somewhat complicated dance around
h?s tortured body. They don't do it any
more. Once near Pope's Crossing, on
the Pecos river, I reached a village of
fire ants and started to make a detour.
We discovered Indian signs of recent
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of Indians had camped on the edge of
the ant village, and a prisoner, who afterward
proved to bt: a bear-huaier^
named Goggin, was stripped, bound
hand and foot, and laid down among
the ant hills, l'ou can imagine his horrible
sufferings. We found his bones
and gave them a decent burial. The
tire ant is pugnacious, and his mode
of warfare is always aggressive. In the
-xfr<rvo<rnf*v will nrt;ink anv living
BO'" O J ~ . o
thing, from an elephant down, kill him
by sheer force of numbers, and devour
all but the bowels.?Sanderson. Texas,
Cor. of the Philadelphia Times.
A story is going the rounds about the
unique Mr. nenry rrouse cooper, tne
tailor, who has figured somewhat in
New York courts in times past. One
day, just after Mr. Cooper had been arreted
at the instance of somebody who
didn't like the way that Mr. Cooper
spent his own money, a young man who
happened to be running an Ishmaelite
sort of paper printed an editorial paragraph
pitching into Mr. Coopers wicked
enemies and setting Mr. Cooper himself
up for little less than an archangel. Mr.
Cooper saw this paragraph in due
time, and made a call upon the young
man to render thanks. "I believe vou
have an account with me," said ^ir.
Cooper before he left. "I asked my
bookkeeper for it before I came downtown
to-day, and here it is, all receipted,
my friend/ Take it as a token of my
innrnpifitinn1 vr.nr hill is all witwl ont."
"Receipted!" ejaculated that practical
journalist. "Wiped out! Wiped out be
blanked! What you want to do is to set
up a new suit right quick. Don't come
around here with your ancient history.
I wiped out that bill myself eight months
ago."' This sort of financiering captivated
Mr. Henry Prouse Cooper, and the
young man got just what he wanted.
' Flattering Recognition.
A tfiemory of names afcd faces not
only.contributes to social success but
to eminence in official positions. A
teacher who always succeeded in memorizing
the names of her fifty pupils
withm the first forenoon of the term,
has declared that in th;it faculty lay one
cause 01 ner enecuve discipline.
can say,*' she explained, "on the
very'first day" of school. 'Mary Jones,
what are you doing?' Tom Brown,
where is your book?' the scholars begin
to fear my quickness of thought. Each
one-r has an ill-defined feeling that I
mav not only know his name, but all his
traits.^'
iSe man who aspires to be a leader
of the people will do well to cultivate a
memory of faces.
President Van Buren was said to possess
that faculty in a high decree of
perfection. A gentleman was once introducing
a party of friends to him. and
Tr-V?o<> l>o thn fourth mprnhpl' of
the^roap, Mr, Yan. Buren anticipated
hircuby saying,?
"This is Mr. Thompson."
^Yes," said the gentleman, "I was
once introduced to you, but did not suppose
you would remember it."
44Oh, yes, certainly I do. You were
introduced to me at" Syracuse, in 1835,
on the occasion of the visit of General
Jackson to that city, and with you were
fhr/% ftf-TiPr crpntlpmr-n. Yon were the
secqhd. presented,M?a statement which
the gentleman confirmed.
On the occasion of the meeting, at
Montreal, of scientists from all parts of
ther world last year, many of these
leaded gentlemen desired to be presented
to General Grant, who accordingly
received them; but their guide was
greatly astonished at finding that he
recognized many of them before their
names were mentioned. A frequent
for? of salutation was, 'How do you
do, ^Professor? I met you at Liverpo<*"
or, "I saw you last in Manchester.?*
m-incfe Viorl toL-on tVioir Ipfl VW
the, general's friend asked where he
could have become acquainted with so
many foreigners.
"Oh, I met them abroad." was the
answer. They had been introduced to
him there among crowds of other strangers,
but he had fixed their faces indelibly
upon his memory. At another
time, he recognized a lady whom he
had seen for a few moments only, years
before, and then as one of several hundred
schoolgirls.
A delicate flattery is implied in the
fact, that one's name or face has made
so deep an impression upon a stranger
that he has ba?n able to retain it through
a period of years. And since it shows a
truer kindliness to preserve a gracious
attitude towards the world at large
rather than a hostile one, such a flattery
of strangers may spring from something
nobler that mere seif-interest.? Youth's
Companion.
4 Some Street-Car Xuisancos.
Men who have been eating onions
Men who smoke bad cigars on the
front platform.
Men who chew and expectorate in the
cars.
Pcdle? who fill the cars with their
' wirres aneFsm^ll.badly?
The stareful dude. """" ?
The awful masher.
Men who talk so loudly that no one
else can hope to be heard by his neighbor.
Men who sit sideways when people
are looking for seats.
Men who crowd the platform so that
people are squeezed nearly to death in
getting on or off the cars.
Men who pick their teeth in public.
Men who clean their linger-nails in
public.
Juveniles who insist on sky-larking.
Boys who eat pea-nuts.
The small boy who. on muddy days,
insists on knbeling on the seats.
Squalling babies.
Men who hum all the way.
Men who want to know where the
car is going to and when they get there.
Women who flirt with the wrong fellow.
The girl who hangs on to him all the
way.
The bundle woman.
The lady who has just l>een doing a
little shopping and bought out the store.
Giggling girls.
The umbrella fiend who always pokes
the driver in the back or the conductor
in the stomach.
The stout indv who. when the ear
lurches, subsides in one's lap.
The shrill-voiced female.
The mother of six who brings the
whole six along.
The lady who will mistake the bellrope
for the strap.
The woman who at every street corner
asks where she is to get out.
The gum-eating girl.
Ti.. l.?
J.JU5 WUIIil'JI Willi aiLUl tHO
car only take five minutes to kiss and
say good-by.
The old young girl.
The musical enthusiast.
The stage-str-rk girl.
The girl wh.> captures the conductor's
attention so ihat he lias no eyes or ears
lett for his business.
The loud jrirl.
The women who paint.
The stalwart party who challenges you
for your seat.
The girl who looks at vou too hard.
The girl who won't look at you at
all.?y. Y. Graphic.
Concerning Xames.
The fact is, scarcely any nuisance is j
a greater nuisance than that pertaining I
to ill-assorted names. Why, for in
stance, with our beautiiui ana musical;
Indian nomenclature, should we have
our Syracuse, Memphis, Thebes, Toledo,
St. Louis, San Francisco. Cairo, Babylon,
Jerusalem? What an uneuphonious,
ill-assorted name is New York
when we can have Manhattan for the
taking! Why should racing: mares be
named Miss Woodford and Flora Tem-1
pie??or an Indian Hole-in-the-Wrall,
Man-Afraid-of-His-IIorse, etc.? Why
should a harmony composed for a relicrio
:k hvmn be named Federal street
O"" ?" "J
and another Bowdoin square? Why
should two of our gunboats be called
Terror and Vixen? Why should so
many names of hamlets, villages, towns
and cities be repeated in thirty-eteht
states and seven territories, and give
rise to innumerable \Yashingtons, Jack- j
sonvilles. jeffersons, Adamses, and so j
on??Christian at Work.
m + ^
The ministers, it seems, trouble the
librarians as much as any other class of
persons. At a recent conference of librarians
in New York Dr. Btiel, Librarian
of Union Theological Seminary, was
asked how he got along. He said he
was afraid that ministers were as bad as
any one else, for since he had been librarian
more .than 1,000 volumes had
been taken. "One minister," he said.
lil _ 1 1. < *1 V.,if
AvpL it UUUtk. iwiruij-mi W out
finally returned it, with a note to the
efiect that he neoded the book no longer,
as he had obtained a better edition.'
CONVERSATIONAL*
Advice to Those Who Desire to Become
I'rolielent iii the Art of Belngr
Agreeable.
A young lady, whose man 'mgo is in
prospect. writes to us that she would
i:ke to become export in conversation.
She realizes that as a wife .she must
cany herself with dig nty and selfpossession,
and that her conversation
ought to be ready and intelligent What
she particularly desires is the ability to
talk with "a whole company," and even 1
to 1)0 the leader oi' conversation. She
fears that the meeting of many strangers
in her new home will appall her conver- ]
'? " "'I' ? ' !? /?L1
MUlUIlili [JUWl'lJ?. U jitui ill iiiTi \fi\k livixiv |
rarely failed her. The foundation of a
new home circle is in the special province
of Good Housekeeping, ami we will
respond to the letter on this page.
A trying ordeal it is for a woman to
break away from her home where she
has always lived and where everything
and almost everybody whom she sees is
familiar, and enter a strange home
where nearly all are strangers and
where manv new acquaintances are to
be noquirccl. Next to her care that she I
shall look well, which is usually easily
provided for, is a woman's concern that
siie shall appear to lx: intelligent, an
end that she regards as of uncertain attainment,
because her feelings greatly
predominating over her intellect, she
contrasts herself with the other sex,
whose intellect is more conspicuous than
hers. A natural timidity, arising from
almost exclusive home experience, is
I sure to magnify every difficulty, and she
approaches the ordeal with misgivings.
The principles that underlie conversational
ability fully cover this case. The
very first requisite of all, compared with
which all the rest are insufficient, is
confidence, without whicli no one can
tnlk well, neither privately nor publicly.
It comes in various ways to different
people, being inborn in some, knocked
into other;; by contact with the world,
and, in a conversational way, in the
case of still others, often acquired by
practice under disciplining circumstances.
Bearing upon all these instances
is the command that one has
over the language, and his ready use of
words. In short, good conversationalists
arc born as well as made.
With inborn assurance and loquacity,
no one will falter in conversation, and,
though his part may not be well sustained,
he will be likely to monopolize
attention. If to these be added practice.
an extensive knowledge of the
world, varied reading and thoughtful
intelligence, spiced with story-telling
powers, a person will shine in conversation
above most of his fellows and may
pardonably take the lead in it. At the
other extreme, one whose power owr
language is very limited, whoh as been
so homekeeping that ho knows little of
the world, who is timid and fears to tnut
himself in the mazes of connected sentences,
and never h:is conversed mucft,
will be a failure conversationally, no
matter how intelligent he may be. The
average person is :i mean between these
extremes, and such we will assume onr
correspondent to be.
The average lady will gain confidence
when she finds herself constantly where
she needs it, and, with ordinary com
manci 01 language, sne may ueciueaiy
; improve her conversational .ibilit*-. 4wtpWtfewHn
V?<v>oiTIO fl,
leader, is doubtful?certainly*n<3t~1r~?tic
is in the presence of a gifted talker,
though otherwise she may train herself
to take a stand in the front rank among
others. Practice must be persisted in
constantly, taking advantage of every
opportunity to converse, and making a
study of the matter. Newspapers should
be read thoroughly, for they supply sul)jeets
that arc timely, and often much in
addition. Takinsr care to note the sub
! jects that may be conversed ::bout. the
reader will cultivate her memory and
provide herself with ready material for
discussion. The fresh and best literature
of the day outside of newsp.:oers
should be treated in the same way.
j Ladies usually narrate the incidents
of their life, both great and small, re;
mote and recent. feelrnjfiv :: id entertainingly.
and these may be depended
upon for conversational stock, where
propc-r. They>hoii!d be enjoined to ac(juire
an intelligent comprehension of
the affairs of the town or city where
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Lllt!\ 1IYI". U1 IJII'll v?? ?. .?.?
Nation, not only current events, but historical.
Tims' prepared the average
lady, keeping in <r?-x><I practice, will
have a capital si art f? *r conversational
conquests, and will then i>e aide to do
well on a higher plane of >td>j et> of a
more abstract and 5nu*il?v:ii:i! nature.
To sustain a conversation of this kind
much reading of the !>vst. sort and considerable
study are necessary, the particulars
of which would need a special
article for their treatment.
With all these preparations in training
I confident?, in practice :uid in providing
I the subject matters, our correspondent
ought to become a very good conversationalist.
But it should be remembered
that one should possess an art in conversation
beside talking -th? nrt of
making others fciik. One who is a
<renius in this social duty may monopolize
most of the time and so charm his
hearers that they will be content to be
silent: but, if he is not a genius, he may
make himself obtrusive and cad forth
unpleasant criticisms. Therefore, to
give others an opportunity to talk, who
may stand in danger of finding none, a
talented conversationalist will ascertain
their favorite and most familiar fields of
knowledge for purposes of enticement.
^ 3 . AfKoiv'
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conversation arc sometimes more advisable
for one than taking the lead. However
easy conversation may be under
other circumstances, tlio most unfortunate
and unsatisfactorv attempt will be
found to be in a miscellaneous small assemblage,
endeavoring to sustain only
one subject, when the assemblage
ought to be divided into groups, each
engrossed with its own topics. Conversational
power, then, our correspondent,
will find, may be acquired, even among
strangers, by one who is not gifted iu
this particular, by assiduous attention to
the matter. . by forcing confidence
through making demand." upon it, by
unremitting practice, by providing the
materials in many ways, and by attending
to those arts and expedients that
make it possible for others to take part
in a conversation.?Good Housekeeping.
The fact that :i commercial agency
has been beaten in a suit to collect damages
for an injurious report and ordered
by a Montreal court to pay 84.000 ought
to have a wholesome effect on concerns
I * o- n *:i_ ..
01 IUU fctU'l. AUlWiiUUit; iJgrutico mxi
| useful institutions beyond doubt, but
j they blunder miserably at times and
l ought to suffer for it when they injure
business reputations.?Chicago Tribune.
j According to the Southern Practitioner,
the City of Mexico, being entirely
j without sewers or drainage, the mortalI
ity is at the high rate of 50 per 1,000 of
v.*: .ii? T? o
I popuiilliuu UllllUUIl^ . 111 uiiaiirtjuuu/t a
I city of 58,000 inhabitants, the death rate
is said to bo 74 per 1,000.
I
An Athlete's Diet.
I eat, and always have eaten since 1
was a boy, a plenty of nourishing, generous
food; and I am very wide "in my
choice, eating as a rule any good food
that tenants mv annetite. and that is
" ' . 1 . "%. ? rr ?
hearty enough to be easily tempted.
For myself I am not especially fond of
wnat you call made dishes, but prefer
food in its plainer forms. For meats, I
eat chiefly mutton and beef; and I use
a good deal of bread, of course being as
careful as I can to get the best. My
own idea is, tnar so long as you nave
sound, sweet food it doesn't make much
difference what kind it is or how much
you eat of it. I am very particular to
eat slowly. I eat three times a day.
Breakfast is a light or hearty meal according
to how I feel about it at the
same time. Lunch in the middle of
the day is always light, and dinner at
6:30 or 7 is the principal meal of the
day. I always take an hour for that If
I haven't an "hour to spare at dinnertime
I put off dinner till I have the
time. I find, though, that aside from
meat and bread I must have nlentv of
vegetables. No man can make any
kind of an athlete without eating plenty
of vegetables. I take all kinds, and
pretty much of all fruit too. Fruits are
food. A man can't stay without that
ind of food. He has ho endurance.
Yes, Tm Scotch, and I believe in oatmeal,
but I don't think you ought to
eat too much of it. I have it at breakfast
about three times a week. I am
fond of milk too. and am especially
careful to drink it slowly. It is excellent
food, but it is very bad to drink it
fast And it isn't p-ood to take too
much liquid at any time, especially at
meals. I have a habit of always drinking
a glass of water when I first got up
?spring-water if I can get it. 1 don't
exactly know why I do it. I don't know
that it is very good for me. I guess it
is because I like it. There's no accounting
for taste, you know. Tea is mv
greatest stimulant. I don't drink mucR
coffee, but I do take considerable tea?
black tea always. I never use green?
and I take it with sugar and milk, and
never take it iced. 1 don't mean when
I sav it is mv greatest stimulant that I
never take anything stronger. I very.
seldom do, but sometimes, just before a
race, for instance, if I need it I take
some brandy?no malt liquor. That's
bad, especially lager. La?rer is very
bad. In training? Well, I make no
difference in my diet in training. I only
try- to keep more regular hours, especially
in sleeping. And I take no physic.
Physic is baa always. In training it's
fatal?Wallace Ross in the Cook.
Resent ing an Intruder.
From John Burrough's paper on BirdF.npmjps.
in the December Centum, we
ouote the following: "One day a tragedy
was enacted a tew yards from where
I was sitting with a book; two songsparrows
were trying to defend their
nest against a black snake. The curious,
interrogating note of a chicken
who had suddenly come upon the scene
in his walk, first caused me to look up
from my reading. There were the spar
rows, with wings raised in a way peculiarly
expressive of horror and dismay,rushing
about a low clump of grass
and bushes. Then, looking more close~4y,
I saw the_..glistening form of the
"Lick snake, and the quick movement""
or nis neatt-as iw-wreu ** - ? - t ^
The sparrows darted about and through
the grass and weeds, trying to beat the
snake off. Their tails and wings were
spread, and, panting with the neat and
the desperate struggle, they presented a
most singular spectacle. They uttered
no cry, not a sound escaped them; they
were plainly speechless with horror and
dismay. Not once did they drop their
wings, and the peculiar expression of
those uplifted palms, as it were, I soall
never forget It occurred to me that,
perhaps, here was a case of attempted
bird-charming on the part of the snake,
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The birds charged the snake and harrassed
him from every side, but were
evidently under no spell save that of
courage in defending their nest Every
moment or two I could see the head ana
neck of the serpent make a sweep at the
birds, when the one struck at would fall
back, and the other would renew the assault
from the rear. There appeared to
be little danger that the snake could
strike and hold one of the birds, though
I trembled for them, they were so bold
and approached so near to the snake's
head. * Time and again he sprang at
them, but without success. How the
nnor thintrs r>antpd. and held UD their
wings appealingly! Then- the snake
glided off to the near fence, barely escaping
the-stone which I hurled at him.
I found the nest rilled and deranged;
whether it had contained eggs or youn<*
I know not. The male sparrow haa
cheered me many a day with his song,
and I blamed myself" for not having
rushed at once to" the rescue when the
arch enemy was upon him. There is
probably little truth in the popular notion
that snakes charm birds. The black
snake is the most subtle, alert, ana
devilish of our snakes, and I have never
seen him have any but young, helpless
birds id his mouth.'1
Hare-and-Hounds.
Next to foot-ball, the most important
amusement?or shall I say work??at
Ru^by is hare-and-hounds/ Every boy
is obliged to go on these runs just as he
is obliged to play foot-ball, unless, of
course, his physician has forbidden him
to take this exercise. There are what
arc called "house" runs and 4'Big Side"
runs, or those in which the whole school
is represented. In the former, the
smaller boys arc helped by the older, so
that they nave an easy enough time;
but on the latter, "every man for himself1
is the rule of the day. The runs
are necessarily made every year over
the same ground, and in whichever direction
the boys go. they must cross
plowed fields or grc-en meadows, with
sheep scattering to every side: they must
leap over hedges and brooks, mount little
hills and jump ditches. And fortunate
they are indeed, if the sun shines
and the grass is dry and the roads hard;
for, in rainv England, in the winter and
.it .1 .u? -l,
IUU tarn IUU wiirtuvv.^ iuw man
rain or fog will add to the trials of a
run.
Tiresome as the runs are. the lx>ys
find real pleasure in them. There is.
for example, all the pride of coming in
lirst, of gaining a reputation as a run-,
ner. or of being appointed the "holder
of the bags," These are the bags in
which the "hares" earn* their paper, or
"scent,'' and are looked upon as symbols
of authority.?Elizabeth Robins
Penncll, in St. Nicholas.
A certain Methodist preacher of this j
county tells it upon himself that while j
on his travels recently he stopped a j
while before sundown at a house to j
spenu me nignt, ana alter entering tne j
house the dog came in. approached him j
good-naturedly, and then, as if he had
ascertained who the visitor was, immediately
went out and got after the
ir? tVw? vowl ? ihWi'voam /s! \
Journal. * 1
MISSING LIXKS.
A Japanese judge lately fined a newspaper
man for not crediting an article
clipped from a contemporary.
Nearly GO) newspapers in the United
U A W AmA A4? TT*V? 1 AVI
UUllCO UCtU LJ1AJ Ul Wi H U1WI
thirty-fcnr are located in Pennsylvania.
The*-e is a demand from China for
Christian missionaries at once. Converts
arc multiplying in all parts of the
empire.
An English lockmakcr has constructed
a key which he says is capable of
opening 22.600 patent lever locks, all of
which aift'er in their combinations.
Dr. Albeit Thompson, a young Irish
physician, has been presented with the
Albert medal for removing poison in a
ea-e of diphtheria by sucking it away.
M de Lesseps is said to look wonderfully
well, although for several months
past he has been harassed by puny syndicates
gotten up for the purpose of
ousting nim from his position as presi
tion.
Mr. George W. Childs, of Philadelphia,
has added an interesting item to American
annals by his discovery that Commodore
Stewart, grandfather of Charles
Stewart Parnell, is the one who induced
Joseph Bonaparte to buy land and build
his house at Bordentown, X. J.
A boy in Cleveland fell from a tree
and dislocated his neck. A surgeon
was sent for, who replaced tbe disjointed
vertebras so skillfully that the boy recovered.
and is to-dav as well as ever.
This operation has been frequently attempted,
but very seldom with success.
Judging from a paragraph now going
the rounds of the medical press, the
higher education of women does not
eonduce to connubiality and fecundity.
Of 759 female college graduates only 196
are married. Of these, 66 have no children,
and 130 have had 263 children, of
which 232 are living.
A well-known scientist says the feeling
of one while standing on a high
mountain or on the edge of a deep abyss
is to fly. Instances are noted where
persons,' unable to resist this impulse,
have cast themselves headlong into dark,
yawning chasms, in the belief that they
would reach the bottom in safety.
Of all the eminent jurists who have
Mil Upvil II1C KJUyiClXlO wuiu vv,uvu vi
the United states from the organization
of the government to tie present time,
only one of them has been impeached?
Samuel Chase, in 1804. He was accused
of unjust, tyrannical and arbitrary conduct
at certain trials, but was acquitted.
By an automatic tea or coffee-pot used
by the French army it is impossible to
obtain a drop of coffee unless the water
is lmilinor. The water is underneath
the coffee but when it boils it rises up
through a central tube and falls over
the coffee or tea, percolates, goes down
to the lower part of the apparatus, is
warmed again and once more travels
upward.
Near Odessa two Greek merchants by
mistake purchased the same lot in a
cemetery. The matter was referred, after
a warra dispute, to the District Judge,
who decided "first come, first servcS^ ^
and that whichever died first should j
have the coveted resting-place, it "being
unfair advantage of the^offier"by com- - ?; *..^1
mtrttg^ uniwirlo.
While I am on the subject of heraldry
let me recall a good story credited-' to * ?.
William R. Travcrs. It was told that * *
when A. T. Stewart conceived the idea
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Mr. Travers for advice. Mr. Travers
suggested an employer rampant,' chasing
a lazy salesman with a yardstick;
and Mr. Stewart did not speak to him
again for a month. This anecdote is
probably about as authentic as the
other, which states that Mr. Stewart, being
extremely loquacious at a State banquet
at Delmonico"s, Mr. Travers silenced
him by calling the length of the table,
4>Cash!v?A". Y. Today.
Agriculture is the basis of the prosperity
of the world. If he who makes two
blades of grass grow where only one
sprang up before deserves well of his
country, then Mr. Mitchell Henry, M. P.
for Gal way County, deserves a statue as
a public benefactor. On his estate at
Kylemorc, Connemara, he has planted
"the Caucasian variety of the prickly
Comfrev {Symphytum, aspetrimum)\
and from it has already produced this
year, by five cuttings, forty tons to the
acre, and another cutting is yet to come.
This has been grown upon reclaimed
peat land, of which millions of acres
could be had in Ireland, and is excellent
for fattening. Cattle eat it greedily; it
is excellent for dairy cows; it fattens
pheasants, ducks, and all sorts oi fowls,
and in feeding them saves two-thirds of
the grain that could not otherwise be
used.?English paper.
Others besides Miss Anderson have
suffered from the too fervent idolatry of
Dublin worshippers. Titiens relates
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mat one uigm taere sue piaytru xueua m
Weber's "0heron" for her benefit But
a whole evening of tuneful Weber was
not enough for the Dublinitcs. Is the
middle of the opera the cantatrice had
to sing a few verses written to the tune
of "St. Patrick's Day*' by a local poet
This performance aroused the enthusiasm
and flattered the vanity of the audience,
and "The Last Hose of Summer'
was demanded. Already overtaxed, she
bowed and bowed again and shook her
head. But the gods were inexorable.
She was forced to comply. At the end of
of the opera, she was dragged, as usual, by
a great crowd, as Mary Anderson was, to
the Sliel bourne Hotel. \\ lien sue appeared
at the window to l)o\v her thanks,
shouts came from hundreds of voices of
The Last Rose." "Gentlemen, I am
extremely obliged, but I am too tired to
sing." spoke l he exhausted diva. But
all in vain. Her gallant Irish admirers
remained shouting "R??o" until a deputation
<?f would-lx* sloejxjrs from the
hotel begged lu-r to sivsg the air for the
6.1 ke of quiet, and she- had comply.
JoueuaUsni in the Galloping "West.
Any galoot -who wants the Rip snorter
for a year can have it left at his barroom
"or. payment of three red chips in
advance. Xow's your time to chip in.
Boys, she's a dandy.
Advertisements wiH be stuck in at
liberal terms and dust and mules taken
in exchange.
J6@?*You ducks who haven't paid up
-.-our subscriptions want to hustle. We
warn you that we know who you are
and wc are going out collecting in a
day or two with a new brace of Colts
ready for all. low customers. Wc mean
business.
JBSF*Funeral notices must be aceomnoir?rl
Kr rtf tV?c v*a>
yCA ii IV, V4. ?/l I IIV Vi liiv uwc
for publication, but as a guarantee of
prompt payment.?Rwl Gulch (Arizona)
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