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' ' ? I i^mfl of Interest. 1W
Ill Thoughts.
&V ABSENCE.
~ "TiSjhot absence, though afar,
If hearts lovo-united are ;
: when love is 'neath a blight,
/ ..srris not presence, though in sight.
COURAGE.
Tio grandly boasts when there's no danger
ft & true courage is a stranger.
SINCERITY.
Rather silence than speech
Where deceit forms a part;
Rather heart without words
Thau tho words without heart.
TRCE NOBILITY.
AH noble minds may meet in mind,
And noble souls are kin and kind ;
They are by time nor space confined;
The past is present, distance nears?
I inoy meet across tne guii 01.years.
FQOtt RICUES.
A man may be rich ; yet, if truth were but toi(
Be poor as ourselves, in the midst of his gold
Who needs what he lacks, be it word, thougl
or act,
Though a prince in his woalth, is a beggar i
fact
SUBMISSION.
Neither pride nor ambition
Help us heavenward, but submission.
ENDUBIJCO FAME.
Blessed has been his days
P?hose name descends on children's hps i
rffynW ' :& /i praise,
ElfilPf By kfviuR mothers taught
MnSaj- To ARiplate his life in deod and thought;
IHm? WWia fame, from tongue to tongue,
Goea down the yearn, in story told and sung.
Bg^j3 REALITY.
Anticipations but enhance ;
im Reality oft disenchants.
EBj^ljj^fcyirtneV best counterfeits no worse can do
QDa^^^Sbabmuse a foul suspicion 'gainst the true.
r?._ I^ow^ver high, there is a chance to fall;
.Sopavcr low, a way to rise o'er all,
ww** altab and tomjb.
i j iff* d^ck the wcddiug-feast with flowers:
They vither in a few ."ho;t hours.
?g| Tho birds made such a', racket in th
g|| honeysuckle vine outside] my windo1
SjK that I couldn't sleep. Tfte moon wa
?-- ffr'Il ip thft sky, but a veiled! yet lumir
gljjpub gpleadoT 'til Vile eft^tfrjd^thatth
day was breaking?the day of JunetUa
began my twenty-seventh year. Whe:
I say that I was a woman, and add the
||i I was unmarried, and, worst of all, tha
S|| I had lost for good the requisite energ
i| that held forth any promise in tha
8| direction, it will naturally be though
H that I shall make but a sorry heroine
H aiid it is just because of these discourag
f| ing facts that I want to jot down thi
l| little experience of a day, as a sort c
m consolation to that suffering part of m;
I. w^? ^avo hojjes, long lingei
ing, unfulfilled, at times at the last gasp
then flickering up again with a sickl
tenacity most painful to contemplate
But -who knows what a day may brin;
forth ? Who knows ?
I went about on tiptoe, not to awake:
mamma; and I took it as a piece of in
gratitude that when she came down fc
breakfast, and began to enjoy the toas
I had so nicely browned for her, and fc
aniff the fragrance of a bunch of honey
suckles that I had scrambled for at th
risk of a sprained ankle and the cost of
shower of morning dew upon my cleai
calico?I thought it mean of mamma t
begin about that church festival befor
the day had fairly begun.
" I'm so glad it's tine weather, Jane,
said mamma, with great urbanity c
| tone antt manner. " I thought I'd ge
up early, so that you could reach th
church in pood Beason; and I woman
waste any flowers in the house, dearI'd
keep t'aem all for your table."
"You know very well, mamma," I re
plied, "that I'm not going to have
table. I've served my apprenticeshi
at tables. Long ago, when I was voun
and fair, I wore white, with my hai
curling about my shoulders, and ha
the flower table, and enjoyed it. Late
on, I put my hair up, and had a fane
table, and endured it with great resignf
tion. Last year I had recourse to
switch to eke out my scanty locks, an
was compelled reluctantly to take th
post-office. This year I sha'n't hav
anything; in fact, mamma, I'm not goin
to the festival."
Mamma put down her bit of toast, an
turned absolutely pale.
" Not going to the festival!" sb
echoed, mournfully
" No, mamma," I said, beginning a
ready to plead my Ciise. " Can't I hav
one birthday to myself ? I'm twenty
seven years old to-day."
"Oh, hnsh, Jane," said my poo
mother. " Yon scream so, the Huntei
next door will hear you, and blurt it a
over the place. I'm not deaf. If yo
choose to give up all chance of?of s<
ciety, and neglect your duties, and r<
fuse to help the church along, why, c
course, I have nothing to say, only
must in that case go myself."
" You!" I cried. " You'll be sick fc
a month afterward; you haven't bee
able to do anything of that kind fo
years."
" I know it, Jane; but if you refuse t
do these things, I must. I know I sha
be prostrated with the heat, and m
nerves will be shattered, and you ai
young and strong, and still attracts
* . j.?:n _? J
enongu 10 compete wnu nuj jruuus mu
in the place, and might, I verily believi
if you were not so obstinate and hea<
strong, be surrounded aud admired t
you us-sd to be, and you might, for a
sake, Jane, at least attend those litt
entertainments."
Mamma put her handkerchief to h<
eyes, and I yielded; I groaned in flet
and in spirit, but I yielded. After
had tidied up the work; and settle
mamma in the cool shady sitting-root
upon her favorite lounge, with a ni<
book in her hand, and a palm-leaf cloi
by?for the day was growing hottwisted
up ray hair before the glas
with roanv a sour mocking Rrimaoe :
the dark, tbin, discontented face iher
in, pnt on an ugly brown linen dress,
o ilabash of a hat, and went off to tl
church.
My mother looked after me with sue
miserv in her face that I caiiea DacK
her that f would wear something nice
the evening.
"Will you wear vonr rose-colon
crape ?" pleaded mamma.
"Will I wear spangles, and jun:
through a hoop ?"I said. " No, mamm
I'll wear my black silk."
l " And curl your hair ?" she coaxed.
" There's a whole switch alreac
curled for me up in my bnveau drawer
I replied. " It's nice this hot weath
to have very little hair of one's own
" Don't scream so !" said poor moth(
looking toward the Hunters' side wi
dows.
As if the Hunters didn't know i
about my failing charms, and no dou
took an inventory of tbem half yearly
send abroad to the eldest son, who h
been away in China these five years ai
more, r. ad would likely never come ba
ti 1
again. At least be Lad written to me to i
that effect- when he went away, I had
the old letter yet in a secret recess of,
ihat same old bureau where lay the cou- |
venient switch of hair.
Time was when I needed no curls t
shorn from maidens across the seas or |
manufactured from home material. I I
had plenty of my own. Jack Hnntor j
cut one of them off with his penknife j
that night when we parted.
"I don't know," said he, savagely, ;
" whether I most bate you or love yon; !
but I'll keep this to remember the girl
who flirted and fooled away the truest j
affection a man ever had for a woman." 1
He hacked the cnrl from my head
with his penknife, and looked at me as
if he was half tempted to do me further
butchery; and God knows I didn't care
then if ne had drawn the knife across
[ my throat; I should not have resisted
I him.
" Don't go, Jack !" I cried out at last,
holding the edge of his coat. "Don't
J, go, anyway, so far as China; if you do,
I; I shall commence to dig a hole when
rt you get there. They say that China is |
right under us, and I'll begin with a j
n little pick and shovel a3 soon as we get
news of your arrival. Then you can
begin on your side, and we'll meet each
other half-way."
He flung me from him with something j
like an oath. "You would joke and |
laugh over my grave," he said, and |
went away, not to come back again.
Who would have believed it possible ? I
That the years would come and go, the j!
sweet summers bloom and fade, the |.
heart of the roses lose strength And fail!;
and fall away, to come again as sweet, !
as strong, as fresh as ever, and Jack, j!
my Jack, never come back to me ? Yet '
he was not dead?nor wed. That was j
one good thing. And he was out there
among those women with narrow eyes J
and stinted feet, and he didn't as yet ,
know a word of the language. He was
growing fat, he wrote Home to rns peo
pie next door, and bald, which didn't '
matter on the top of his head go long as
he could keep enough to cultivate a pig- (
tail. This was necessary, as he meant
to set up for a Chinese mandarin, and i
was already embroidering a gown for .
the purpose on spare nights. And f,I (
felt, when they rend me the letter, that ,
it was Jack's turn now to make merry, .
when other hearts were sick and sad.
If he had only sent me one little line !
He showered gifts upon other people? (
chests of tea and parcels of silk, lovely
bits of decorated china, big soft beauti- (
ful shawls of crape. He sent gewgaws !
and gold to so many others; if he had :
only given me one little word !
0 They must have told him I had been
w sorely punished; that my mischievous
s gayety he had whiffed out like the flame |
h of a candle; that even the beauty of '
e which he had been so proud and fond ]
^wasgone?every bit of it gone. Sleepless :
useless repinings.long.weari- .
; some aaje,
't I yearning for that whicnsee!&6?kfQrever
_ j hopeless, had robbed me of all. Tko._
^ j old bloom of the heart took with it the
t j crimson cheek, the laughing eye, and
the light, elastic step. Even my hair
fell out. Alas! poor me, the flesh fell ]
'' I from my bones. As I hinted before, -it
? j was not a very alluriug object that
I greeted me in the glass on the morning ,
? I of my twenty-seventh birthday.
( "Aroint thee, witch!" I cried, and
' wiped away with the hand-towel some
J salt tears that fell upon the dimity bu'
| reau cover, and upon the grave of sad,
? i sweet memories. Then I put on my
Q ugly brown dress, and the hideous bonnet
to match,and went off to the church,
0 pausing at the portal to look longingly
j. ; over at the cool, quiet graves of onr old
0 j neighbors. A soft wind stirred the long
i grass there; a few birds hopped lightly
" and fearlessly about.
a How calmly, calmly smile the dead
q Who do not therefore grieve!" '
0 j "The Yea of heaven is Yea," I said,
? ] and went on into the church where the
n i ladies were grouped around the straw*
i berries that had just arrived. I took
'f | possession of a whole crate of these,
't sending the young and pretty maidens
? home to recruit for the evening,
t - There were a few faint, polite remon
strances when I declined to take any active
part in the evening's entertainment.
> "We must leave that part to the young
a and attractive," I said, and there was a
P general buzz of acquiescence. I had
g the consolation of hearing several rei*
j marks upon my extraordinary good
d | sense and practical capability.
)r I was graciously allowed* after I had
7 i hulled a whole crate of strawberries, to
j hold a step-ladder and some nails for
a | Mrs. Smith, the apothecary's wife, while
d she fiung some gorgeous drapery, and
? otherwise deformed the cool gray walls
? of our little chapel, so that I was pretty
8 well tired when I went homo at nightfall.
Mamma met me at the gate, and
d looked at me so dolefully that I burst
out laughing.
i? "Never mind, mamma," said I; "I
won't look so cadaverous after I'm rested
and dressed for the evening."
? But I'm afraid I was rather a painful
r- object for tbe gaze of a doting and once
ambitious mother when I had donned my
t black silk, and was ready for the evening.
"9 My hair was neither crimped nor curled.
11 You see, I had depended upon the switch,
u which was bought for purposes of that
>- kind, and failed me iamominiously at the
J- last moment My head ached, aud I
>f could not bear many hair pins thrust
into my scalp; in no ocuer way woniu
the obstinate thing be induced to stay on.
r Mamma was lieart-broken, and I was
Q perverse at times. I thought perhaps
T the switch was grieving over a beloved
and lost head of which it was once part
0 and parcel, and I forgave it, and left it
11 to its perverBeness from that time ony
ward.
'0 When I reached the church I was imre
mediately seized upon for something
ly they called "the grocery counter"?an
innovation brought about by the advent
1- of a well-to-do grocer in our midst, a
w widower, a stock-raiser and a man nfflictiy
ed with many maladies, of which be
le loved to talk. He had generously sent
down froTi the city, in pound packages
3r and tin cans, samples of his available
>h goods, and proposed this " grocery
1 counter " to the young ladies, which tliey
id despised and would have none of. The
a, grocer himself found favor in their sight.
? 4. U
Iflcy illliitJU ilUUUl 111UliUU lilt) UllbU'U
se holes with bouquets, his pockets with
-I bon-bons; they looked up in his face,
s, and tried to talk to him, poor children! as
at best they could. But they apDealed to me
e- to take the ugly counter, with its sordid
a pound packages for homo necessity, and
ie I took it with an ill-concealed avidity.
The truth was kind of heart-sickness
:h seized me when I thought that tho eveto
ning must be passed in making myself
in generally agreeable, and I felt that to
wander about this place, distorted out of
id its sweet savor of godliness and quiet
rest so dear to a weary soul?to wander
ip about among the flags and wreaths and I
a; tents and arbors, with a smile for one, a I
nod for another?was like the protracted
J aP o onnl
liUU <*g<>jLll&lU? piIgUUJ0?0 \Jl tM xyjaw ^v/^.A
lv beyond the boarders of the Styx.
,' So I speedily pnt myself behind the
er counter, -which comfortably hid more
!" than half my tall, gaunt figure, and was
>r, so glad of the shelter that I found myn
self becoming interested in these despised
articles piled up before mo. I
ill determined, if I could, to make my
bt mission a success, so that I and other
to poor weary women might have this
ad refuge to fly to in these gala seaeons of
ad misery.
ck The successful grooer, who had not
*
been tery well pleased with the open ingratitude
for his bequest, took heart And
brighteued up when bn eatf me giving Dl
an ait of cmartness to his goods. He
extricated himself from a bevy of young Cj
and fair ones, and came generously over tb
to help me. In sheer gratitude I l^egan is
* - - - 1 j. or
to pruibt) illM ^UUU^ UUlb tu?i wao puonuing
in r field adjoining our garden, and T<
he remained with me. Shortly after, pi
when lie found that a queer feeling in th
his head agreed with the same discom- to
fort in my poor cranium, he brought a til
chair behind the counter, and in a low, je
tender voice he detailed te me the inter- of
esting diagnosis of his pet malady. m
On the other side of me the minister's or
son, who was home from college, and suf- .
fering from that period of egotism which sh
comes to young men of his kind, remained
during the entire evening, to P*
show his contempt for the young, the sa
fair, the frivolous. A few old married fn
friends, whose wives were sick or away, oe
hovered about the grocery counter, so fei
thnt it really did happen that I was sur- to
rounded by men. The evening was it
passing pleasantly enough. My dark bt
corner was well patronized, and every br
woman who hes to do with church en- ex
tertainments will understand my grati- wc
fication and relief when I found it was to
nearly ten o'clock and all was well. At
this time a letter was put into my hand de
by ono of the post-office messengers? a 1
we always made a feature of the post- tal
office at our festivals, where pink and be
parti-colored missives, with doves and sci
.1 t l- a - fw
oilier aonng aetsigub upuu tucourciujjco, ?
were distributed at extravagant rates of th
postage. I had just been favored with th
a liberal offer from a customer, and, an
elated with my bargain, proceeded to be
put up my bundles, not giving much bo
lieed to the love-letter from the neigh- T1
boring booth. Truth to say, I felt a th
Itttle tingling of the blood at the idea of
the mockery that might be concealed lot
therein by one of those witty village op
youths, and the letter lay there for a full sh
half hour, when somebody said, in the if
most commonplace way. wl'
"So Jack Hunter is back from
China." do
In a moment every thing was black i?(
before me. I dropped my hands and j mi
oiy eyes to the counter, and when this | tin
/lirTTinnaa woa firrm A T flaw Tinnn I bfl
3UUUCU V4X<i(iiuvoo nwv gvuvj ? .. I
the little tawdry envelope Juck'B scrawl- we
ing handwriting. Here was the little ly
line I had coveted all these years, and a'J
this is what my half-blinded eyes made bcj
out: w
"1 came home because I was mad to aii
see you?because all these years, and tbi
your old perfidy couldn't kill my love tic
for you. i find you just as I expected wa
to, in a space small enough to be filled ii*>
outside and inside with?men. You are wu
as beautiful and fascinating as ever, and gl'
as fond of admiration. I hear that you of
are about to be married to the grocer at of
your elbow, who so engrosses your atten- av
tion that you do not care to look at the It
passers-by. God help him, and God th(
bless you I I have had my lesson. Now
I shall, perhaps, be satisfied. Good-by." on
s_Five minutes after that I was running les
LomeTwrtkOtttmy hat, and with his note coi
crumpled ud in~!B*y-iiand. The people cei
at the festival no doubTvtiieHglit?that-'~~1
mamma was taken suddenly ill. They Ca
1j -'vi fnnniorl t TT7QO WtinitlOf 1 ihf
L'U U1U UUU 'Iiato iUUCiCU x nwu |
s.fter Jack, because he bad been there at sig
the church for an hour, and I had been thi
totally unconscious of hie presence. a ?
Dear heaven! how could it be that I ba
didn't know, that something didn't fell th:
me, that I didn't feel he wag near me ? be
Ent I didn't. I went on talking fo br<
the grocer about a remarkable operatic n ?u'
for an ulcer that he had undergone,
when Jack must have been only a few ai*
rods away! I ran down the road, my nu
heart in my throat. Fortunately the thi
village street was deserted. Every man, thi
woman, and child were at the festival, do
except those who could not be out at all; an
so I ran on uuchecked, a dim fear gain- sit
ing weight with me that Jack had not
unpacked .his trunk, and was off to ar(
China again within the hour. But when gu
I reached his house, which was next fo]
-*1 T nnnr Ut'm eiffin#? nnf Vfi
uuur W.J lliy UWU, A ri?w uiux nuuiu^ vuw on
the balcony smoking a cigar, with his in
feet perched upon the railing. But his bo
face grew very pale in the moonlight, a *
and his feet clattered quickly down ah
upon the porch when he saw me run iD go
at the gate. The cigar fell from hia lips, sti
the ashes tumbling over his broad white wl
waistcoat. to
"Why, thank God," he said, "this on
must be my own dear little girl. Now, hi
see here, Jenny," he began, scolding, th
a minute after: but he kept tight hold th
of me, and trembled fully as much with he
happiness as I did.
Nothing can persuade him that I am N
not a desperate flirt, as beautiful as an be
angel, and irresistibly fascinating. I he
have not the least doubt that half the th
village are laughing at Jack's ridioulous rfl
devotion and jealousy; but the wellmeant
endeavors of his friends and family
to convince him that I am a piain,
faded, unattractive, and neglected old fr<
maid he laughs to scorn as a conspiracy nc
of envy or jealousy. And how can I to
wonder at. his delusion ? Mamma says tb
Tnnlr l<oa lomhlr nnrnrl dnrincr tllP.KA ve
uuva uuo wiiiuij v.v?.
years of loneliness and exile, and looks to
older and not so comely as our neighbor sa
the grocer; bnt to me he is still the la
handsome, alluring, in every way adora- 01
ble Jack. Ha is walking np and down tc
the little balcony next door at this pres- et
ent moment, and hidden by our odorous tl
honeysuckle vine, I am listening to him al
trill out the last words of his favorite r(
ballad: tl
" So girls be true while your lorer's away, bi
For a oloudv morning, for a cloudy m?o?orn- c<
ing 8j
Oft proves a pleaeant day."
?Harper's Weekly. ^
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A Colossal Snake Story. d
A correspondent of the New York Sun, h
writing from Shohola Falls, Pike Co., tc
Pa., tells this story for the edification of d<
the world at large: Jennie Wurtz, a oi
German girl of New York city, who is ol
summering at 8hohola creek, and her c<
cousin, Miss Wolf, went trouting in the sf
if oVinnf fnnr n'nlrv.k in the h
k?llUJLLlSlC*? AV wwvwv wm* ? ?
afternoon, having caught nearly one 01
hundred trout, they started for home by f?
tho way of "Ball Hill," a place noted d
for its rattlesnakes. After they had fi
walked-about half a mile Miss Wurtz ti
stepped upon an object that moved tl
and threw her down. Regaining her oi
feet she saw two large rattlesnakes crawl- ai
ing into the rocks and underbrush. She ii
had stepped upon one of them. With a tc
stick that she had seized, Miss Wolf cut s<
one snake in two. Miss Wurtz struck at w
another but missed it. The snake that b
Miss Wolf killed was five and a half feet al
in length and had thirty-two rattles, tl
The girls took the rattles and continued li
on their way to the summit of "Ball o:
Hiil." Here while resting they heard a
frequent and distinct rattles from the v
foot of the hill. They walked to the ci
" 1 " __ 1 i-L-i. i.l__ _
edge oi toe summit; anu bhw ujui mw ^
rocks beneath them were covered with li
rattlesnakes. Gathering together a pile 1
of stones, they threw them in quick sue- h
cession among the reptiles. Ten minutes h
later not a live snake was visible. The li
girls descended, and found ninety-eight t
dead snakes, measuring from two and a h
half to six feet in length, and with from t'
three to thirty-seven rattles. Tying a li
string to two of the largest and dragging r
them along, the girls reached home at \
about dusk. On the following morning s
two neighbors brought from the den the t
remaining ninety-six. 8
? t
Of a barber's shop that was formerly c
a law office the paper saps that people 1
get shaved there; just the same. t
1 ?"\ *. ' V " '' '
V >s.
A WOTftERftlL MARKSMAN.
r. Carver's ANtonnitJrit^catH With a Klfle.
A New York paper Dr. W. P,
irver, the man who can putjkbullet
rough a silver quarter whiletUfene^yi
flying through the air, is an enlargea
td revised edition of Buffalo Bill and
?xas Jack. Being fresh from the broad
ains of the nntrnmmeled West, he has
at delightful air of unconventionally
be found only in the land of the setjg
sun. A pale-face, to him, is an obct
of pity. The aboriginal inhabitant
the primeval forest is his prey. He
ust dote on blood; and he can bring it
it of a waRp's wing at forty yards.
Dr. Carver is, no doubt, the best
ort-range marksman in the world. He
ive his second exhibition at Deerfoot
irk, and astonished everybody who
w him, Ho is as fine a specimen of
lly-developed manhood as ever walked
** ?K_ii T?1 1 oi-r
I lUUUIlUbLUU IDittliU* arx^'ic muu pia
et high, every park of his body is built
correspond. His chest is so deep that
would take a poVerful rifle to send a
diet through it. His shoulders are
oad and high, and altogother, he is
actly the man that ordinary people
mldn't put themselves out of the way
pick a quairel with.
The scene of tho shooting is worthy of
scription. A small wooden Bhed, with
bar in one corner; in front of this a
ble, on which wero lour rifles, several
>xes of cartridges, and half a dozen
are-books. Fifteen or twenty feet in
>nt of this, again, a barrel and a man,
e man taking the glass balls out of
e barrel and throwing them in the air,
T>r fiarvpr hrpftlrinc tllfim with the
illets as fast as they appeared. Somedy
was always at work loading a rifle.
16 marksman could fire them faster
an the loaders could load. And they
ire the most remarkable rifles?breechlders,
of course. When they were
ened at the end one cartridge was
oved in after another, till it seemed as
the first one must surely be somelere
up by the muzzle.
Dr. Carver's costume has nothing to
with his marllmanship, and his shoot?
is strictly business. He seldom
sses what he fires at. Most of the
Q6 was taken up in shooting glass
lis, filled with feathers. The balls
xe of the thinnest film of glass, slighttinted,
so as to be seen easily in the
, and, when they broke, the feathers
lttered in every direction. The balls
ire thrown about twenty feet into the
, and the marksman was not more
an fifteen yards from them at any
ae. It was noticeable that the shot
is invariably fired just as the upward
petus of the glass ball ceased and it
is about to begin its fall. This close
iss-ball shooting did not give the idea
remarkable skill, probably on account
rtttnr*
eraRe was nine hit out of every ten.
looked much more wonderful when
3 assistant threw the glass balls as far
he could and Dr. Carver broke each
e as it flew, the distance b&ing not
is than one hundred yards. Several
ins were^-ekef'straight through the
ateErfiTthey whirled through the air.
Otae of the most astounding of Dr.
rvtr's feats was his hitting a bell
)tal ball when it was almost out of
;ht up in the air. The ball is so made
it when the bullet strikes it it rings like
imall gong. The assintant threw this11
many times as high as he could
row it, till, sometimes, it could hardly
seen, but every time the marksman
oue:l)t the sound out of it. He also
t in two all the lead pencils he could
iuce the spectators to throw into the
and he fired successfully at a largo
mber of unused cartridges. When
3 assistant threw two glass balls up at
3 samo time the riflrtnan, with a
uble-barre' weapon, first broke one
d then the other, without making a
igle failure.
The two requisites for good shooting
3, of course, an immovable rest for the
u-st-ock and a steady hand and arm
r the barrel. The secret of Dr. Carr's
wonderful marksmanship may be
his immense and perfectly-balanced
dy, which stands firm as a rock. With
steady hand also, such a man may do
nost incomprehensible things with a
od rifle. His body seems able to withind
any attacks of nemmsness; yet
ien he misses a shot he ^ very likely
miss the two or three succeeding
ies, a sure sign that the miss flurries
m. Anothor of his peculiarities is
at he aims with both eyes open?so
at he can keep an eye on the Indians,
> says, while lie ir tiring at a ouuaio.
Dr. Carver's shootng Las astonished
3W York. Nothing to equal it has ever
sen seen here before. Whether or not
> would be able to cope with some of
e Creedmoor marksmen on their long
nges, is an interesting question.
Ant Wars.
Mr. F. E. Colenso writes to Nature
om Maritzburg, South Africa: "I
)ticed one morning that along the botm
of the front wall of my house, on
ie veianda, there lay a quantity of
ddish-brown powder; there was enough
fill a coffee-cup. On looking closer I
iw that it was made up of small and
rger fragments which glistened, and
1 inspecting some in my hand they
Lrned out to be the heads, legs, trunks,
c., of countless ants. A number of
lese animals were still on the wall
Jove, and my attention being now arssted,
I watched them, and saw that
iotr wflro nnnfrihlltinc to tllft CflrnaPO
eneath. This BpecieB of ant is a small,
imparatively harmless one, the chief
n of which is that it makes its way to
?ery species of food and swarms on it.
s is usual with ants, the general body
f insects is accompanied by larger inividuals,
which are provided with
eadB and jaws quite disproportionate
) their bodies, and with these jaws they
o all the cutting up. Among the ants
a the wall there was a large sprinkling
F these 'soldier ants,'and the whole
immunity seemed to be bent on decoying
them. The proportion of
eavy-jawed to ordinary ants was about
ne to ten. I saw a group of little ones
istening on to a big ant, which made
esperate efforts to release itself. At
rst the big one bit several little ones in
vo, and the parts dropped down from
je wall; but after a while the little
aes severed all the lege of the big one,
ad finally got on his back and cnt him
i two. The gronp then droppea down
) swell the maas below. Similar
jenes were enacted elsewhere on the
all. The commencement of one comat
was as follows: A big ant walked
long till it met another big one, and
je two shook antennae. Just then a
ttle one seized hold of a hind leg ol
ne of these big ones. Neither took
oy notice, but continued a rapid conersation.
Suddenly other small ones
ame up, when the big one, whose leg
ras grabbed, turned furiously on the
ttle one and seized him by the middle,
'his could not be done until the big one
ad doubled himself up; as soon as he
ad hold of his small antagonist he
fted him in the air and snipped him in
wo. Meanwhile all the big one's lege
ad been seized by the little ones, and
he party seemed to turn over and over,
ittle bits tumbling down, now a leg,
iow half an ant, till tho big one waf
anqnished. The ant is most aBsuredlj
nbject to passions. The way in which
he big ant turned on the little one wai
ingularly indicative of rage. The deermined
manner in which he laid hole
if the little one was quite human. If ]
tad had a magnifying glass, the scen<
rould have been quite ezoitiing.
i
i
Relies. Pi
There seems to be a passion which is
developed in the majority of mankind
for the possession of *lics, that has led
^extraordinary priced being sometimes bl
j -jfrifdfor articles of little valne in themsalijeSv
or sometimes perfectly worthless.
We present a few instances of exorbitant
sums paid for objects more or less P1
curious. A tooth 0/ Sir Isaac Newton's Pf
was sold, in 1816, foi"i?e sum of 83,650. P1
It was purchased by & nobleman, who
had it set in a ring and wore it constant- ie;
ly on his finger. The prayer book used rii
by King Charles I., when on the acaf- is
sold, was sold in London, in 1825, for ?u
$500. The hat worn by Napoleon Bona- Ac
parte, at the battle of Eylau, was sold wi
in Paris, in 1835, for nearly $400. It co
was put up for sale at 500 francs, and ju
there were thirty-two bidders. Vol- gr
taire's cane realized $1(30 at a sale in
Paris; while a watch beronging to Rousseau
sold for $100, andJjjte waistcoat for j*
$190. The two pens usecfln signing the
treaty of Amiens were sold in 1825 for
$2,500. Several generations of relic- ar
hunters have been supplied with mementos
of the battle of Waterloo, manufac- ?,
tued to order by enterprising tradesmen.
A wig that had belonged to Sterne was Be
sold at public auction in London for ^
$1,000, while an old wig which had been
worn by the German philosopher, Kant,
was sold after his death for 200 francs. be
The ivory arm chair presented to Gus- Pr
tavus Vasa by the oity of Lubec, was dc
sold, fifty years since, to< the Swedish
chamberlain, M. Schunekel, for 58.000 i11
florins. The coat worn by Charles XII.
at the battle of Pultowa, and preserved B"
by one of his officers and attendants, e8
' * * ' "/?* nnA * /Ann nn/\\ rm.? un
orougill 001,WU inmuo xuo ?
pens used in Paris for signing the treaty se
of pcace, concluded after the Russian
war, were presented to the Empress g0
Engenie, by whom they have no doubt it
been carefully preserved. The pens sa
that have been the instruments in sign- on
ing famous proclamations, edicts and cn
treaties, have always been held in great fr]
esteem by relic hunters. The passion f01
for possessing fine vases and ancient 6U
pottery is quite prevalent, both in Eu- <jr
rope and America, at the present time. pe
This, however.isonly a revival of similar f0]
fancies half a century ago. In Naples,in
the early part of the present century, a ,
single vase, representing. the last night ,
of Troy, realized 87,500, another por- ,
trnying a Dionysiac feaj/t, sold at $6,000, P.
while a vase with the grand battle of the ,,
Amazons was purchased for $4,000. ? 1
The preservation of many anoient .
relics has undoubtedly served to ac- ,,
qnaint us with the manners and oustoms '
of races now extinct, and in many cases 9
have served as connecting links between
* . - l- -* ? _. _ i; ve:
amorenc epocns 01 uie wunu ? vivuloution.
However, the desire to possess
relics of famous events, or bits of per- be
eonal property of eminent personages, ^
or even mementoes of fallen oitrwruow on
buried in ruins, is apt to become a rul- an
ing passion, the gratification of which CP
overrules the dictates of common sense ric
and reason, yet so long as this indul
gence is practiced by .thoseeof ample "?
means, the average individual must be 8,0
contented with their description, or pos- Pn
sibly a ?ght of the same iq some art Tfc
mnseum, or even with the history and
fact that may be deduced from their p0
construction and surroundings, -qc
en
The Czar's Narrow Escape. an.
Both the czar and his uncle, the ^
Emperor of Germany, have twice n'ar- e
rowly escaped being shot; but the dead- ^
liest and most nearly successful attempt ^
upon the life of the former was of a more ^
insidious kind, and is still known to nQ
j only a few persons, even in Russia. ge
j There is in the Winter palace of St.
I Piforal-mrrr n nmn.ll "elevator." Consist
ing of an easy-chair fixed upon a stand, as
originally constructed for Hio Czar J?
Nicholas, who was wont to mount in this
fashion to his cabinet on the third floor ov
of the palace. On one occasion, after a es.<
state dinner, the present czar, instead of W1
taken his seat in the chair as usual, ^
offered the place to a lady of rank who
had been a friend of his mother. The
countess, flattered by the compliment,
took her seat at once; but she had not "e
risen many feet when the chain snapped m.'
and down came the chain with a terrifio W1
crash, flinging out its occupant upon the
floor with a broken limb and other seri- an
ous injuries. The diBmay of the com- sn
pany was extreme, and all were loud in nil
expressing their thankfulness that the cu
czar himself had so narrowly escaped a ini
cat<J6trophe which, however, no one th
looked upon in any other light than that inj
of a very unfortunate accident. But one it
of the imperial pages, a shrewd young th
fellow, who had himself witnessed the th
catastrophe, had his own thoughts about pt
this "accident," and took tne earliest to
opportunity of inspecting the broken lu
chain, when he at once perceived that it
had been Bawn half through, close to
the staple. The announcement of this
discovery fell like a thunderbolt upon ,
the assembled grandees, and not a mo- _
ment was lost in calling up the palace
servants for examination, when it was
found that a foreign lackey, who had
entered the service some months before, ,
and had up to that time borne ah excellent
character, had unaccountably disappeared.
The affair, however, was hushed v
up, and to this day many persons who ?
are acquainted with the story, consider
the whole occurrence either imaginary
or purely accidental.
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flFhat Becomes of Wealth. is
A boot and shoe dealer has hanging in 111
his store a pair of boots worth seven a (
dollars. They constitute a part of his QC
wealth, and a portion of the wealth of je
the world. A man buys them and be- ^
gins to wear them; by friction against 8U
the pavement little particles of the
leather are rubbed off, and thus separated
from the rest of the sole. Every ?r
particle that is thus removed takes ont
a portion of the value of the boots, and je
when the boots are entirely worn out the QTj
seven dollars of wealth which they jic
formed is consumed. The wheat, corn,
etc., which was raised by our farmers
last summer is being eaten up. No particle
of matter is destroyed by this process,
bat, the value which was in the gt
grain is destroyed.
i As, while men ere wearing out cloth- '
ing and eating up food, they are general- ^
lv busily employed produoing wealth of nf
some kind, the wealth of the world is Zi
not usually diminished by the cousump- ^
tion, but it is changed. This applies,
however, only to personal property; |
town lots and farms generally retain
. their value, but personal property is
. subject to perpetual destruction and re- in
: newal. As the several particles of ol
: water which constitute a river are for- si
ever rolling away to the ocean, while y<
i their places are being supplied from the in
; springs and fountains, so the moveable si
i 'wealth of the world is constantly being cr
consumed to gratify human wauts, and si
) constantly being renewed by the restless n<
i activity of human industry. w
) _ _ ! 01
I JLiittie Jonnny IS visiting m? grituu- uj
i father. This is ail oxtract from a letter oi
[ to his mother: " Potato bugs is plenty, m
an' I enjoy 'em very much, 'cause they at
, makes gran'father swear, an' every time ui
i he biles over he spills his false teeth,
r an' he always forgets where he spills tt
t 'em an' he hires us to roust 'em out. So s<
j yer see huntin's good here. He pays us w
in pigs, an' 'fore the sesin's over I think d
1 ile have enuf to start a swine shop. Tell ii
[ Sam Jenkins, 'cause it'll make him hop- fa
3 pin4 mad to know ime hevin' such a &
binanzer." . a;
1RM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Recipes.
Homint Cake.?Add a spoonful of
ltter to two cupfuls of hominy (boiled
i hour with milk) while it is still hot.
sat three eggs very light and add.
iir in one pint of milk, and lastly one
nt of corn meal. Bake in a pan,
jrve with a napkin under it on the
ate.
Lemon Pie.?For three pies take two
mons, squeeze out the juice, soak the
ads in warm water, rub until the taste
all extracted; let it boil, add two cups
gar and three large tablespoonfuls of
>ur rubbed smooth in a very little
iter. Take from the fire and when
rtl odd t.hrflft wAll-hfiaton ecrcs. the
ice of the lemon and one nutmeg,
ated.
Stewed Green Peas.?Shell one
lart of peas, add one onion and one
ttuce, cut iuto slices; put into a stewin
with butter, pepper and salt, but
? more water than that which hangs
ound the lettuce from washing. Stew
intlv for one hour. Then stir into it
well beaten egg, aui half a teaapoon1
powdered sugar. When thickened
rye. Do not allow thereto boil after
e egg is added.
Bean Soup.?Take SpsL__J*>r black
:ans, wash and put into a pot with a
oper quantity of water; boil until well
me; then dip out the beans and press
em through a colander into the water
which they were boiled; tie up some
yme in a little bag, put in the pot to
nmer a few minutes; boil hard a few
gs, quarter and put eggs into the
up; a sliced lemon, a little butter, and
ason with salt and pepper.
Rook Cream.?Boil a teacupful of
od rice in sweet milk till soft, sweeten
with powdered loaf sugar aud a little
It, and pile it up high in a dish. Lay
. it, here and there, square pieces of
rrant jelly or any kind of preserved
aits; beat to a stiff froth the whites of
or or five eggs and a little powdered
gar, flavored to suit the taste; then
in it fhft riflft. on vine it the aD
arance of snow. A wholesome dessert
r children.
Salt oit Steak.?It is much better to
oil or fry the steak without salting,
ding the salt after the meat is on the
itter, as the salt draws the juice out
the meat if put on before it is cooked,
ereby making it dry and indigestible,
cooking steak, the object is to keep
the juice as much as possible, hence
0 meat should be seared over as
iokly as possible on both sides, and
squently turned while cooking over a
ry hot fire.
Beef Soup.?Take a shin bone of
ef, put it into a pot an 1 covcr well
th cold water; boils put in
e can of tomato^^Hft large carrot
d o.iae*rnairturnip7lHJ|l; one onion,
t in & one ices; one-halireacapfu] of
e and43*aMe parsley, cut fine. Cover
3 pot ana HSE It DOLL BlUWiy iur tuicc
ur?. The meat can then be taken out
d leave a thick soup, or strain it and
t in some vermicelli for a thin soup,
le thick is the " old-fashioned kind."
Rioe Cheese-Cakes.?Take half a
nnd of finely sifted ground ric?, a
tarter of a pound of fresh butter beatto
a cream, and three eggs; the eggs
d sugar must be well beaten together;
x all together and flavor with a small
ade of mace, finely pounded, and the
el of two lemons rubbed on sugar,
le quicker this is made, the lighter
0 cheese-canes win De; me unutr
ould be poured into little tartlet tins,
t quite full, and bake in a brisk oven,
rve them cold.
PeaOh Short-Qake.?Make a dough
for strawberry short-cake or biscuit;
11 out a layer less than an inch in
ickness and place it in a battered tin; j
er this spread a layer of stewed peach- |
, sprinklo with sugar and spice, dot
th bits of' butter, put on another j
per of dough, and bake ip. a quick ,
en. Canned peaches stewed until re- !
iced to a pulp may be used instead of
e fresh fruit. T-his will be found a
lightful dessert or supper dish, and
ly be served with any plain sauce or
th butter and powdered sugar.
Baked Potatoes.?Bake potatoes of
equal size. As soon as done cut a
lall piece from one end, if you can
ike them stand on the other; if not,
t a piece from the side. Scoop the
side out, being careful not to break
e skin; mash the potato well, seasong
with butter, pepper and salt; return
with a spoon to the skin, filling so
at it protrudes about an inch above
e skin. When enough skins are filled,
Lt them back into the oven a minute
?1 aua i/vwo tlinoq ftrfl mv?a fnr
UUIUI tliC lUfrJO, AUVOW W*v M?VW
nch or supper with cold meat.
Carltifr Tor milk
1. Never under any circumstances put
pail of milk into your can before
raining. One pail of unstrained milk
ay spoil a whole can, and one can of
ipure milk will certainly injure all
ilk or cream with which it comes in
ntact. In the name of decency we beg
every patron to be particular about
ilking and properly straining his milk.
2. Cans containing milk should never
) kept in a milking barn during t"he
ght. The scent of the stable, however
all kept, will injure the milk and spoil
e nice flavor fresh butter should have.
q open shed a little distance from the
irn, your woodshed or a cool kitchen,
the only proper place for keeping
ilk over night.
3. Insist that your milking is done in
cleanly manner. Too much pains can>t
be taking in this particular. Careasness
here will entail a great loss on
e manufacturer and insult the conimer.
4. Bed your cows with sawdust, if
>88ible; it will keep your cows clean |
id the stable sweet.
5. Do not under any circumstances
ave your pails and strainer at the barn
rer night. Please carry them to the
)use and insist that they be properly
ished both morning and evening,
uch depends on this.
6. Use only tin pails for milking.
7. Tin strainer pails are the best for
raining milk. Some dairymen use
rainer pails and also a cloth stretched
ross tho can, thus straining the milk
rice. We advise this double straining
milk. It costs you but little trouble
bile it will greatly add to the value of
- ' nliooao mnilo frnm vnnr
,tJ UUtlCl UUU UUCV/OU A. vm. J w w.
ilk.?American Dairyman.
Two Old Friends.
A gentleman living at a cattle station
Queensland often noticed two very
d mares; the one had a line foal by her
de, the other had none. For many
;ars these aged marcs had rnn togerher;
. winter they sought the ridges for
lelter, in summer the banks of the
eeks were their resort. A deserted
lepherd's hut stood by a creek, and on
mring it the owner of the station
as struck by the way the foal wns going
i; for it would gallop round the hut
akin<? the valley ring with its pite
is appeals, and then would timidly
ake its way back to the but, peering in
; an opening, and then again, as if in
tter despair, scamper back to tho creek,
fhen the owner went to the hnt, one of
le mares was inside, standing still, aud
iemed to take little or no notice of him,
hile the mother of the foal was lying
own (quite naturally) inside the buildig:
her posture was that of a tired horse
lying to rest every limb at once. Her
us, inolining forwards, gave her the
ppearance pf being asleep. He felt so
'
sure that she was asleep that he touched
her with his whip, but she did not move.
On closer inspection he saw that she was
dead?that she had ceased to breathe
while sleeping soundly. Her old companion
remained upon the same spot,
the foal increasing the eagerness of its
cries. After a lapse of three days the
owner, in company with his stockman,
visited the spot; they saw only the foal
outside the hut; the old faithful friend
had laid down close alongside of her
former companion, and, strange to say,
was quite dead also.
Farm Hones.
There is much diaoussion among our
farmers about which breed of horses, or
what sized horses are suitable for farm
horses. I am inclined to horses from
1,000 to 1,200 pounds ir weight, as being
the best size; and I think that a
blood stallion* bred to a large roomy
mare, will give us the moat satisfactory
stock. Many incline to the Norman
horses, and if you want to sell the oolts,
vnn will find them as profitable as any;
but I would prefer horaes with less beef
on their legs. I have seen two teams
this spring, each having a beefy horse
and a trim-built one, and in eaoh case
the beefy-legged horse had the scratches
badly, while his mate was free from
the ailment. That these beefy horses
will keep in good order on less feed
than a high-Btrung, active horse, I am
quite willing to admit; that they are
able to do as much work when well fed,
I doubt; and I am oertain that, ip an
emergency, one aotive horse is worth
two of the others. There is almost no
limit to what an active, ambitious team
can pull for a short distance, and after a
rest or "blow" they can do it again and
again, while your big, beefy horse is
discouraged and has to be urged to
make him take the collar after a severe
pull. And anyway, with our farm work
Sluck is more needed than weight. I
ave seen a big team tired out, pl oughing,
when a small, aotive team haa done
more work and felt fresh at the end, in
plowing a fallow where the ground was
soft,?Col. J. D. Curtis, in Eural
New Yorker.
* To Keep Fnr? in Sammer.
Fare or woolens may be kept safely
from moths daring the sammer by
brushing thoroughly, so as to eradicate
all the moth eggs; then wrap them np
in newspaper so that every part is covered
entirely. This is unfailing if the
clothes or furs be well brushed beforehand.
Some think gum camphor put
with them is desirable, but I have used
only the newspaper, and never had any
trouble unless the moths were there
when wrapped up in it.
Fashion Notes.
Fringe or trimming is not suitable for
mountain suits.
White is the favorite garden party
dress this summer.
Parasols have round tops this season,
and are of medium size.
The "Carmen" is the fashionable
blouse waist this season.
The Mignon visite is popular
dressy wrap of the moment.
Grenadines and all tissue fabrics are
made with a low waist lining.
Large gilt buckles are worn on both
gentlemen's and ladies', low shoes.
The prominent features of the new
basque are the combination proportions.
Upturned pleats are still admired in
the arranging of draperies of all kinds.
Lisle thread gloves for gentlemen and
ladies are preferred for summer wear.
The Estelle basque is an improvement
on tho cutaway jacket and waistcoat.
Deep collars and tiny capes give a
novel and somewhat dressy effect to the
toilet.
Small cheoks and hair-line stripes are
very fashionable in light wool and Bilk,
as well as wash goods.
Velvet bands, with clasp and fringed
ends of silver and gold, or simply tied in
a pretty bow, are mnch worn.
Blue, rose color; and yellow are the
favorite shades for tinted tulle veils.
The dots are either white, black or
straw color.
A noticeable change has been instituted
in the formation of drapery. This scarflike
transition alludes more particularly
to light suits.
Lace mitts and long lace gloves, of
bright and pale dyes, are much admired
for full toilets. Lace mitts are also worn
Oil llie prumeuuuc.
Shoulder drapery gives a classical finish
to a princesse dress. These shoulder
garnitures are called "wraps," and are
represented in mode goods.
For young ladies, very pretty simple
evening dresses are made of white bar?
ege trimmed with fillings narrow white,
ribbons and wreaths of flowers.
The inside of the new bonnets is
merely faced with velvet or satin, and
has a classic fillet of velvet or of gilt,
banding the hair close to the forehead.
Etruscan jewelry is very popular.
Jewelry enameled in imitation of Hindoo
ideas is pretty. Plain carved gold is much
worn. Chatelaines are fashionable for
drossy occasions.
There is a revived furore for the English
walking-hat. The sides are not
turned up so high nor so close to the
brim as they used to be, and the front
has a rounder effect.
Orossbarred and dotted Swiss mnslin
dresses are trimmed with Smyrna or
fine fanchon lace, and are worn for the
most part over Silesia or lawn slips colored
pink, blue or mauve.
Flowers are again worn almost as profusely
as they were last summer, bnt the
fancy is for something not commonly
copied in artificial flowers, and for the
rubber grasses and plants.
One of the daintiest and most bacomir>r?
nposnnnlilo tnilptfl is either lawn or
muslin. Some of the patterns and the
delicaoy of designs are positively poeti
cal attractions, so far as expression of
dress can be displayed. The self-garnitures,
combined with lace edgings, constitute
the chief embellishments.
Camel Doctors.
It is quite amusing (writes a traveler)
to listen to one of the native doctors
(camel doctors) and hear him give an
account of the medicines used in the
treatment of camels.
I hear of one person in Cairo who had
a valuable dromedary who was sick with
some ordinary complaint. He boiled
down a vonnK sheep in molasses, and
i made the dromedary swallow it half
j scalding hot.
I Another, who had been practising his
j art without success, made a requisition
| for a "chameleon's tail" to tickle the
I nose, without which he said he could
not effect a cure.
Another, to my knowledge, naked for
a piece of cheese to cure an animal of a
slight cold; and the same person recommended
me to administer an ounce of
tea mixed with five grains of gunpowder
to cure a camel with swollen legs.
. Cauterizing with a hot iron is a favorito~r3n3.edy
for many diseases, aud there
is scarcely an animal that has not somewhere
about it the marks of a hot iron.
In purchasing camela, it is very neces
A- ? /ini-nfnllr if +li?ro VlAVP
eary lo ciiiiumu w^
been cauterized, and in what placee
about the bofly; for in some spots it de
notes an inourilj^e disease.
TI.UEL* lums.
In Paris, year by year, there is a uni- rform
increase in the prevalence of dipli- sel
theria, due, it is alleged, in a great ?
measure to a neglect to isolate cases of car
this diseasa. tisf
It is only a few years since New Zea^
land was associated in our minds with ^
the idea of cannibal savages. Now we _ _
find that there are no less than 924 miles . ^
of government railroads in operation. ^
Of twenty-eight railroads that made ^
returns for the first three months of this ma
* "* 1 A. fll'/ll
year, seven snow a decrease on ??"
year's business of 3347,831. The other 1
twenty-one roads show an increase of Sot
$2,619,900. - wh
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It is stated that there are 8,000,000 the
pnpils enrolled in the public schools of fac
the United States. The average daily j
attendance is 4,500,000. The estimated cre
population between six and sixteen years fcee
of age is 10,500,000. ^
The canning of meats, fruits and vege- ^es
tables has become an immense business. due
In Maine over 5,000,000 cans of corn 'A
are paoked annually, the sales of which I
amount to 81,150,000, giving emplov- hea
ment to people during the pack- mei
ing season;-' wit
1
The number of teeth at maturity is ?tai
thirty-two or sixteen to each jaw. The niu
eight front ones are called cutting teeth, ed 1
and the two next on each side are called "
dog or eye teeth. The two next are two to t
pointed teeth.and the three next on eaoh to 1
side are called molares, or grinders. The wit!
two last are called wisdom teeth, as they rep
are cut last .<
; pea
A romantic incident of every-day life saw
occurred in Brooklyn the other day, tie
when a pretty girl of twenty chased a will
man rotin lm/i af/ilan 1i?r nn/drAthnolf. T
and, having overtaken him, learned that mtu
it was his first offense, went home with ' E'
him, gave him money, and then sued he i
for his pardon at the police court The ?toi
mail was at heart honest, but was driven I
to the theft by the sight of his starving ave
family. poi
five
We learn from an exchange that the 0?
Napanee Paper Manufacturing Com- 1
' pany, Canada, manufacture "table fine
cloths" from rolls of white paper, sixty- " S
three inches wide and of any desired con
length. Since paper is used for bed can
quilts, shirt fronts, collars, floor cover- 1
ing, and so on, we don't see why it can- ,jer
not be made to do duty for covering vea
dinner and supper tables, especially for
large gatherings, where quantity of ^g,
covers is of more importance than quali- j
turl
intc
A singular affair recently happened pro
near Lynchburg, Va. While Colonel A. i wh<
H. Fulkerson was riding over his farm L tub
he was attacked bv about one hundred I J
swallows, who assailed him with Kreat eigl
chattering and pecked away lustily at fam
his face and clothing. He was at firs^ thrc
amnsed at the puny assaults, but the 'one
wounds which they soon inflicted upon hun
his face and nook convinced him that he >j>
had nothing to laugh at, and he barely
escaped w;tv> his life. W
John D. McOabe ia prosecuting attorney
for the eighth district Arkan- a.
sas, a leading lawyer of the State,
has been a candidate for the Unit^j ?
States senate. He lately eloped with v-T.
his sister-in-law, after writing as follows
to his wife: "God knows I deplore tk? ..
anguish this letter will cause. The world
may well denounce mtffor the step I am an(j
about to take, as I am leaving my wife, hav
family, home, all. To refer to the past j
would be au insult, but in the future I ^
can only look to God to protect you."
Mrs. McCabe fell in a fainting fit, and
has since been a maniac. rJS*
Diphtheria appears by no means to be (
a modern disease. In fact, according to ?n '
au article which recently was published
in the Boston Journal of Chemistry,
diphtheria was known in Egypt more
than two thousand years ago, extended
through that country and Asia Minor for
about five hundred years, and then
found its way into the south of Europe,
where it received its present name. In
the year 330 it appeared in Rome; in T
1337 it raged as an epidemic in Holland, | wer
entered Paris in 1576, and showed itself Wh
in America in 1771. In 1818 and in 1835 mat
it was very prevalent in France, and of I
about 1856 was epidemic in England, Bla
and in the United States was a terror for tur<
several years. Th<
mei
A Tokio correspondent gives the par- nun
ticulars of the recent assassination of as ^
Mr. Okubo, minister of the interior for ft
the Japanese Empire. The day named the
had been set apart for a special meeting froi
of the Emperor's cabinet at the Dai-Jo the
Kwan, near the palace, and about eight tree
o'olock in the morning Mr. Okubo left frui
his residence in a carriage to attend the at I
council. Just before reaching the palace mo{
gate, at an open space near one of the res<
city moats, his carriage was suddenly froi
stopped by a band of armed assassins, stre
six in number, who were lying in wait A s:
for him. The assassins were each armed van
with swords; they first killed one of the Hej
horses and the coachman; they then fell trai
upon the minister, who was entirely un- stoi
armed and helplesa, and hacked him almost
to pieces. The murderers then w
gave themselves up to the police. Mr. w
Okubo was the Emperor's favorite min- A
ister and a man of great energy of character.
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A Qneer market in fans. u
Hard by the market of the temple in p
Paris there is a retired little cafe, in a y
recess, with its curtains always closely H
> drawn. You would fancy that it was a
unoccupied, but turn the door-knob and I
go in. Around two large marble tables, mei
standing or seated, crowd about fifty Jot
men, some elaborately dressed, others Th<
plain as pipe-stems. These people bas
drink coffee and absinthe, but that is fit 1
not what they come here for, by a long erii
shot. They are second-hand dealers in bar
precious wares, and they meet here to rH
trade. the
Each, on his arrival, deposits on the he!
table a jewelry box divided into com- 8rn
partments, such as dealers in goldware aro
use, filled with gold and silver watches, (w
chains, rings, brilliants, etc. There is ara
one who carries in his hand a black 0th
leather valise, from which come out, as wnl
from a conjurer's bag, the treasury of
?iotrola Allflmplfl. medals, f hirt
evcijr j-nw., , , . ?4vr
cnps, porcelain, etc. . ^
As soon as the goods are displayed on | pn
the lable the sale begins, but in almost g0]
whispers. No sbonts, no discussions, J
little bargaining. In order to be snre of I
what they buy, these dealers are always j j ,
provided with a goldsmith's balance of j jUf
extreme delicacy and infinitesimal ftnc
weights. They give one another all the ^wc
credit asked for, and all their transac- ^r(
tions are in honor. 0g>e
1 Dii
It is a peaceful, refreshing sight to see | in \
a female negligently reclining against as i
the softly-cushioned seats of her fash- tha
ionable landeau, smiling sweetly to her the
friends as she passes tliem on me aven- pre
ue, while her placid face is shaded by a wit
cardinal silk parasol. More peaceful far Ion
i than to think of her crossing a five acre or i
i lot on foot with that wild sunshade oscil- po:
luting in the air and an inquisitive bo- the
vine following her in hot pursuit* pol
I
Those who never retract lore them- *M
ves better than the truth. jfl
L handsome " wrap " for the shoulder i 1
i be formed of silk, lace, gauze, and V
me. ~m
rVhv is a ship the politest thing in 1
> world? Because she always advances I
h a bow. I
Che mercy that can forgive our in*
lity will never be severe to mark our > |
ilties. J' J
L dandy on shore is disgusting ro ^
ny people, bnt a swell on the sea
tens everybody.
There are 9,000 papers in North and
ith America. The number in the
ole world is 23,000.
Lgriculture and mechanism build tip
country, while commerce and maim*- g
tores build the cities. 1
listory gives Italian merchants the I
dit of being the first to practice book '1
ping with anything like system. J
ledical examination: " What is thtte
ides ether and obloroform to pio!e
unconsciousness ?" Visiting boy:
.club."
"our things are grievously empty?A
d without brains, a wit without judgat,
a heart without honesty, a
bout money. ??h1
.lie mosque of Santa Sophia in Oon^^l
itinople is always fragrant with the I
sk with which the mosque was charg- '
1,800 years ago.
'Suppose I should work myself tip
he interrogation point ?" said a beau
lis sweetheart "I should respond
h an exclamation 1" was the prompt:
ly.
See," said a sorrowing wife, "how *
ceful that cat and dog are." " Yes,'
1 the petulant husband, *' but just j
them together, undsee how tbefur
[fly!" .
'he Graphic makes this oowordly re>
rk:" When Emerson recklessly wrote
rery naturalaction is graceful/had
aver seen an angry wouuui huvr ?
le at a cow?" . ,.s.,p
n London, frum 1838 to 1852, the J
rage annual d^&fcfe rate-from small- -2m
: was 540 per million. In
i years of compulsory vaccmaaSKjH
53-77) it deolmea to 344. *$W
lie seoret of "war has been well de^WH
d by an unknown Chinese author: D
oldier he come on, he come od, he
xe oft quite near, we go 'way. How jg 1
two men stand on one mt so ?" I
'he Russians give they'd o?8 theno^^^l
ed lame of the
tative for hydropholHS^BHflRSH
ledy is administered^NBHS^^Hn
a who have been bitte^(||RHHj^Hg
life-preserving Rules: 1?Never d!^^^
3 a dog when he is eating. 2?Never
irrupt an editor when he is reading * of.
3?Never call upon a housewife '
in she is up to her elbows in a wash* ... \
edediah Ayres, of Hartwell, Go., now
lty-three, belongs to a remarkable .
ily, his mother having had twenty-' ;
i-i children, seventeen of them bayr, j
of whom attained the age of one ' J
dred and nine. * J
is sweet when the rose drops to sleep, *' ' M
And swift to its next flies the dove, -' r JH
hen the first star from heaven doth peep,
And bosoms are throbbing with love, ^ I
> sit with your fair one, who beams + '/ I
With the powerful sweetness of yore, H
id glide into loveliest of dreams,
As she tickles your nose with a straw. - _ I
opper-spoons and implements have I
a unearthed in Indian mounds west
Pond du Lac, Wisconsin, with aa |
re sknll; also an article of iron, . ]
?u in trio tiroi;
copper implements ot mini \ i m
e been found in conjunction. H
3 the house of a Devonshire laborer
re were lying in au ordinary sized I
two mothers, two sons, one daugh-)
one grandmother, one grandson,( jH
ther and sister, uncle andnephew. ^3
>f whom (eleven) were comprehended JH
four persons, viz: A mother and jH
daughter, each with an infant son.
" Only a trees of a woman's hair I" *'
The lover musingly, f oud!y said; S3
' And yet it forma a halo fair gjg
To-night above her sacred head!" H
" Only a tress of a woman's hair I" .JH
The maiden, smiling, sweetly said,
And laid it on the back of a chair .t^H
And went to bed I
here is some doubt whether blanket*
e originated in France or England.
at is certain, is that they were first fl
le in England at Bristol, in the reign JH
Bdward III, by three hmfliers called JH
nket, by whose name the maflQfl^^^H
id article baa ever Bince been knov^-nfl^B
i species of cloth 60 called was
ly used for the dress of monks
is, and persons of the. lower ordo-J^^H
veil as for bed covering.
lany of the old naturalists entertainrfjj^^H
notion that geese were produ-^H M
n trees. It was supposed that
banks of a river in the Oread
> or aw that nroduced live geeoe, Ilsu^^Hq
' O"" " | _
it. In an old-time volume, printed
iasle, 1550, entitled "Munsteri Cos- Hflj
fraphia," ia a curious engraving rep^HH
anting the barnacle goose droppin
n bursting pods on the trees ifito tb ^B|
am beneath and swimming awa;(^HH
imilar out is to be foond in " Aldr<J?HH
dus," and at the end of " Gerrardt^^H
rbal." The early navigators anlBH
relers related the most extraordinary^^?
ies of this character.
A STUDY LV PEOJfOTCIATIOIf. gM
hat contumely canst thou cast on him flH5
hoeo life indisputably points him out
hero, and with proof irrefragable
roclaima him while as is Aldebaran,
arning in beanty in a winter's night
bove the shining Cassiopia's ch&m. \ M|H
[oral microscopists with cnrions eye#, * HQ
et them make deep inquiry in bis lifep*
[oral photographist* limn every line,
nd each opponent, chivalrous or base,
oint oat in him each
et still with cement of all
is life is knit, and evermore
ife from irreparable harm, sect^l^^HH^B
Svery part of the barber'a
rly had special significance, whk ^mMH
irnal of Commerce thus erpk/wBBBS
3 gilt knob at the top waeonoe a br
in. with a notch in the side, need iBflB
under the chin to facilitate the
)g and washing of onstomers. TnflKH
bers were formerly surgeons, at lea^HH
the venesection was performed
m. The pole represents the st^HDjj
d by persons who were bled in
1, and the two spiral ribbons paint^B^B
und it were originally actual ba^HH
;es, one for cording or binding
1 to cause the flow of blood, and tflHj
erfor dressing the puncture aftfl^H
rd. The whole was significant of
ber's twin occupation?shaving aflBRj
odletting.
l fashionably-dressed man went isjlMH
nt & Roskell's large jewelry etord^EHH
Lid street, London, selected artiq^^^H
:th $1,000, and tendered a thous^H^H
md note in payment. Mr.
ertained that the note was a f'-irl?JHH
it as he was about to summon awHH
e, a ftub was drawn rapidly up
> men in police uniform hurried Iy^H|H
im, paying inai me man whs
iuder of whom they were in soo^H^H
ecting a porter to place the
;ho cab and to come nlong -vrifcU
i witness, the men in uniform
t they would intoim the firm
ir attendance would be requixe^B^BH
>ss the charge. Then thOv rfrov^B^H
h their prisoner, leaving tne jewflB^H
id in their praises of the protici^^^^H
the police. Next day, however,
rter, brutally beaten, returned
i information that the two supp^J^M|
lice officers were thieves in disf^HHfl
mgm