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r ABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNER; ' ] . .. ' '. '- /';;->\a| ____ * -.; ??? * t r ' ' ^ BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVTTTF S f WFT)^P^dav tttxti? ok . / I Ai5i)JGi vlLLE, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1879. NO. 3. VOLUME XXV. ; * .? ?, Two Fishers. One morning, when spring was in her tei A morn to n poet's wishing, All tinted in delicate pinks and greens? Miss Bessie and I went Ashing. I in my rough and easy clothes, With my lace at the sun tan's mercy; ' She with her hat tipped down to her nose And her nose tipped?vice versa. with my rod my reel and my hooks, And a hammer for lunching recesses; She with the bait of her comely looks, And the seine ol her golden tresses. So we sat us down on the sunny dike, Where the white pond-lilies teeter, And I went to fishing like quaint old lko, And she like Simon Peter. All the .noon I lay in the'light ot her eye And dreamily watched and waited; But the fish were cunning, and would not And the baiter alone was baited. And when the time lor departure caine, My bag hung flat as a flounder; But Bessie had neatly hooked her game? A hundred-and-flfty-pounder. ?Harper's Week A SLIGHT MISTAK " I declare,'' said Lydia Collins, who taken up the morning paper, " Sidney 1 has come home." She seemed to be de moved, and various were the shades chased each other over her fair face. " And has Frank come with him?'' aj Nellie, with an eager look and tone. "I don't know anything about Fra returned Lydia, with a toss of the head had some contempt in it, " Only the ni of those who have brought home m< with them are printed. \ou can lool yourself." Nellie took the paj>er, and saw that T* Woct linH hrniiflrht hnmp pi< ..V/ -. ?--"O ? ( thousand dollars. Below this she sa list of passengers, and in it she found name of Frank West; but there waf mention made of his having brought h any money. " Frank has come,'' she cried, in j tones. | "Well, suppose he has? Of course k do not mean to renew the old intimacy. "I should like to see him, at all evei replied Nellie, and then 6he went on r iDg the paper. Lydia and Nellie Collins were sist the former being twenty-eight years of and the latter six years younger. T father, who had been at one time qu flourishing merchant, had been dead a n ber of years, and the sisters lived with t mother in a fine house and in a fashion [?art of the city. Mrs. Collins was natu y a good woman ; but fashion had tui her head somewhat, and she thought e of having her daughters move in select cles than she did of surrounding thenf \ healthful influences. But there was a difference between the dispositions of t two daughters. Nellie had been father's p<?t, mid had drawn from hi fund of Sound sense and reason which Bister had failed to obtain, and which not leave her when her father was ta away. There was a deep current of manity?of natural, grateiul love?un lying her whole neture, and even scheming, fashionable sister respected for it, though she probably had no conception of why this respect was ca forth. It was generally supposed that Mrs. i lins was wealthy. She owned the hou? which she lived, ani? it was known that hus band had left her considerable mo Sidney and Frank West were couf and had" once been clerks in the employ Mr. Collins. Three years previous to opening of our story they went to Cali ' nia to ''seek their fortunes,v and had i returned, as we have seen. One evening, as Mrs. Collins and her daughters were alone, Sidney and Fr were announced. They were cheerf . admitted, and warmly welcomed. Sic was a tall, dashing-looking fellow, five-: thirty years of age, dre. >d in the heigh fashion, and flashing with costly jew* His cousin was some years younger, dressed very plainly. Frank was by the most intelligent, though he lac "styW In fact, he was rather comn place in his manners and conversation, Dendine more UDon the substance of v lie did and said than upon the sho^ could make. But Sidney blazed and fla.' away like a pyrotechnic battery, and he N not long in enrapturing Lydia and mother. Frank and Nellie finally c together upon one of the tetc-a-Utcx, there enjoyed a conversation by theruse " I must secure that man!" said Lv after the visitors had gone. "What," returned her sister, with s surprise, " do you mean Sidney West ?" "Indeed I do." "You cannot do such a thing, Lv Are you not engaged to Charles Ad an " No?indeed I am not." " But you have given him every couragement." " I may have done so while he was best match that offered," returned Ly with a toss of her head. " But I have I very guarded in my conversation with 1 I have made him no promise*.'' " But," pursued Nellie, with a trou look, you have given hftn every encour ment, and I know that he loves you, thinksyou mean to be his wife.' " And do you think I would give Unn/J *a a ?\AAf nLft wkon ciioVi n r*ri iianu iv ' [?w? v.vi ?, " ???-" " t this is within my grasp?" said Lydia, much warmth. "You should not call Charles Adar poor clerk," said Nellie, reproachfi " He has a salary of two thousand do! a year, and will soon go into business his own account. You know he has fided to you a statement of all his pec ary plans and prospects." " Yes?so he has," retorted the elder ter; and if he ever succeeds in busine? must be some years first, during w time his wife must be helping him s No, no?none of that for me, while a band is within my grasp who is aire independently rich." ' I think," spoke Mrs. Collins, at point " that Sidney West offers a very sirab,e match. I think he loves Lj and would make her a very good husba " I4cnow he used to love me," said Lv " But you returned his love by trea him very coldly," suggested Nellie. "That was when he was only a clerk," returned the proud beauty; " now that he has returned with the go fleece of Phry-xus, he is quite a difle person.1' "He will make a very eligible mat pronounced the mother, with much d inn Shft Knnke fts thmiph she had n up her mind, and wished to hear no i argument upon the points ' And now let me ask you a questi said Lvdia, turning to her sister. " probably remember that Mr. Frank 1 used to "have a particular regard for and I should judge, from the clumsy i ner in which he deported himself thise ing, that he not only had the same re; now, but that he had some hope of ceeding in his suit." " Well," returned Nellie, very quietl " Would you give him your hand?" " Perhaps so?if he should ask me foi " You would, my child ?" interposed Collins. , "I should," was Nellie's answer. is," she added, " if I found him to be < I think he is.'' " But, my daughter ' resumed the mo with some show of oncern, " von sh reflect upon this. ] had hoped that would give yourh::;id to Edwin Lo You know he is wealthy, and is ariAiuuP w gam juu lur a wnc, nunc Frank West ia probably poor, and not cnlated to rise in the world.'' . " How do you know he 13 poor, moth " I learned tcf-dny that only one oi cousins brought home money. Sydney been shrewedl? speculating, and coi gold, while the other was drudging, a? will probably continue to do.'' " WeH, mother," returned Nellie, a thinking for a moment, " I shall be ? emed in this by my own sense of whj right and proper. I know that my fal always loved Frank, and had much cc dence in him, and I will not deny thi love him, even now. With regard to > Lofton, I should never Jiave a husban he were my only choice. He may wealthy, but his character is not good. Frank is poor, I know he is industrious persevering, and the few thousand dol which ray father left for me will enable 1 ot start well in some moderate business.' Mrs. Collins changed color, and seei to be startled by what her daughter ! said; but she soon managed to comj herself, though she did not resume the c versation. ***** * s, "Egad, Frank, I come on gloriously v my charmer!" cried Sidney West, as rise, two sat in their room at the hotel. " has promised to be mine. Only thin she wouldn't even look at me when I w away." " What could have produced the chai think you?" asked Frank. "My manners, sir," retorted Sydr . spreading himself with a mock show, have captivated her. She is willing to stow her fortune upon me in considerat .p of the fine, fashionable husband I si ?]. give her. But I mean to do the handsc thing, Frank; I mean to be steady, and into business as soon as I am married.1' had "I hope you will, Si?*," returned (Vest younger cousin. " You have talent i eply ability, and there is no reason why ; that should not prosper." " Thank you. But say?how do you cc pked on with Nellie?'' " I have not spoken with her yet?t nk," is, not directly," returned Frank, with sc that hesitation. line? " Pooh! You're safe enough. She lo jney you?she's loved you for years. You'll : for a heart, Frank '' "If I get Nellie Collins, I shall g? Sid- true and loving wife, I am sure." ;htv " Of course you will." w a As Sidney thus spoke he looked at the watch, and then arose and went out. I t no little while Frank followed his exaiuj ome and wended his way toward Mrs. Collin He found Nellie at home, and went in glad spend the evening. They conversed uj various matters until quite late, and ti you Frank approached the subject that '' nearest his heart. He told Nellie that its." could not bear the suspense longer, ead- said he loved her as he had never loved i other?he had loved her a long tim< ers; and if she would be his wife he would 1< age, her always. ? heir Nellie trembled, and it was pome mome ite a ere she answered. But finally she look um- up, and said, with a warm, generous frai heir ness: able " I must answer you plainly, for my o iral- happiness is as much at stake as vol rned Had you asked me this question a week n nore I should have bad no hesitation in givi cir- my answer. But I am not situated now vith I then supposed I was.'' vast "Nellie, cried the lover, as his co liese panion hesitated," what do you mean'! X her surely We me. Oh?you cannot ha 111 a given to an " her " Stop, Frank," interposed the maidi did withasudden start, "you misundersta iken me. I must tell you the truth?I m hu- confide to vou a secret which I at first J? ?i?J .i?1 T t Ul'l* mnveu kUUl JL nuuiu IIC?Ci U>?U1^C. a v/? her knew it three days ago. You knew tl her my father left some property ?" real " I did.'' lied "And that some few thousand dolls were left for each of his chiidren ?" Col- " I had supposed bo.'' b in " Well?in an unfortunate moment i her mother, who had the use of it all, was 1 ney. into a speculation by which everything sins. lost. It all appeared fair and sure to h f of and she ran the risk with the firm bel the that she should nearly double the proper for- She lost it all; but she was not to blan low I am sorry, for her sake, for she suffi much." two " And what of this?'' asked Frank, af ank waiting awhile to see if she would s ully any more.'' Iney "Why, it leaves me penniless,''return md- Nellie. it of "So much the better," cried the you >lry. seizing the fair girl by the hand, "for n< and I can claim you on the ground of lo ' far alone. I have already made arrangemei :ked for going into business, and I am sure of i ion- come enough to support us comfortab , de- Now will you be my wife?'' ?hat When Frank West went homfe that nig v he he was as happy as mortal can be. f >hed plans for life were all laid, and he h was placed all the scenes of his future in her warm sunlight. Irew ?????? and "Then you have really consented to 1 Ives, come his wife?" said Lydia, after Nel dia, had told her the result of the interview the preceding evening. nmp Vp? aifitpr T VutVP ^ 'And I think you have done a ve foolish thing, Nellie. Since you have d dia. covered that your money was all lost us?" had hoped you would look out for a rat becoming match." en- "Since I have discovered it,'' return Nellie, with marked emphasis. " What the you mean? Did you know it before?" dia, " Yes, I knew it two years ago." been " And never told me ?" trim. " Of course not." " But, Lydia, why should you have kc bled such an important matter from me?" age- " Because," answered the elder sister, " and feared you would be too honest to keep to yourself. It might have made a v; my difference in our prospects, whether we h jeas $10,000 each, or had^nothing. We hoped with see you marry with a wealthy husband, a then you wouldn't have missed the mon s a you had lost." iilly. <fAnd do you think this was righi liars asked Nellie, with a look of concern. " 3 on is deception, and can only lead to evil." con- " There you go," exclaimed Lydia. " Ji uni- ! as I supposed. You will never succeed .?i??i,~ v? :n ?u jSKijiug nit Kd&ui, iuu tun nil sis- your hand at the very start." is, it " I have no wish to make a game of i hich life," said Nellie, with deep feeling ; "a iave. those who do so are full as apt to lone hus- they are to win. I had much rather tii sady life, with all its duties and resnonsibiliti as a solemn fact, and try to live it jus this and honorably.'' de- ' That's poetical, I must confess?thou -dia, rather of the psalm-tune order," repl nd." Lydia. " But give me the game, especia 'dia. when I hold the chances in my own hat ting 1 have played and won." " But you told Sidney that you had poor money but " Indeed, I didn't do any such thing, lden has money enough of his own. Did you I ;rent Frank " Of course I did." ich," " Mercy on me?what a paragon you hi ecis- become!'' lade Nellie turned away, sad and sorrow! nore for she feared that evil would come of this. ion," ?? You Sidney West and Lydia Collins w l\7 rwj 1 m nnoiA/1 on/1 ft\y n tifVi 11 r? kn luiaknn/] ?f wif iiiaiiivu, aim ivi <?. ?tint uunuailU you, Bided at the hoHse of his mother-in-li nan- One afternoon, about a month after the ? ven- marriage, Nellie gave her hand to Fra: e;ard The ceremony had been performed, and sue- guests had departed, when the happy bri groom asked his bride to accompany h y. to his home. "But," said Nellie, in surprise, "I i r it." not know that you had taken a house." Mrs. "Certainly I have, ray sweet wife, would not have a bird like this withoal Fhat cage fit to keep her in. Yes?come f what see it." After the newlv-married pair had go ther, Mrs. Collins drew Lydia aside and wl ould pered to her: you " My dear, I think you had better sp< fton. to Sidney about his business; and also h very to him that we must sooij find a new hoi this or else ha*e the mortgage paid off on t cal- house. You can do it now as well af any time,'' er ?" " Won't you do it, mother ?" E the " No?it is your place to do that." has " But you will be present ?" ning " Yes." I will do tnat," r i he The mother and daughter returnei parlor and sat down. fter " Sidney, dear," commenced Lydii jov- " My love?my life?what?'' cri it is husband, raising himself to an uprij :her sition. infi- " I want to ask you a question." it I " Ask me a hundred." Mr. "It is a very important one, Sidnf d if " Ask it, love?life?my charmer.' be " It is about your business, my dei It hand.'' and " Ah?the very thing I have loi lars anxious to speak about, my angel, lim I ought to go into business soon. 11 " excellent opportunity?one of tin ned lil>eral offers. For twelve thousand lisd I can buy out one quarter of a flou >ose concern, and for four-and-twenty th :on- I can have haif of it. It is a splendi I assure you." * "And do you mean to buyit?1 rith Mrs. Collins. the " I wish to do so." She " Then of course 'you will," su k? Lvdia. 'ent " Ah?that depends upon circumst replied Sidney. "I am willing to ige, my energies and business tact agair ital, and go it." iey, " I do not understand you, love.'' " I " Then I must speak plainly,'' r< be- Sidney. " If you will furnish the m ion will do the rest.'' tall " Me furnish the money!" uttered ime " iTes, angel." go "But?you?have?money?" "Not enough to pay a month's the sweet charmer. "But I have tact ind Bless me! What's the matter ? H? rou got a fit ?" "No money!" groaned Lydia, i ime back upon the sofa, and covering h with her hands. hat " Do not trifle with her feelings, S >me interposed the mother. "You arecr " But 1 have only spoken the truth ves "Did you not bring some eight, get | sand dollars from California?" " No. it a " Then you have deceived uf cruelly, sir." "But my wife has money." his " Not a dollar.'' ti a " Are you in earnest?' ile, " I am. What little money we h s's. been swept away by an unfortunate i to lation." >on "Then, by heavens!" cried Sidn ien should say that I had been sligl: lay ceived. You know that the imp lie prevailed that you had money, ar He knew I was aware of the fact thi m- Collins left over ten thousand dol >? each of his daughters. Why didr >ve tell me of this before?" " Why didn't you tell us that you nts I money ?" returned Mrs. Collins. :eil j "Simply because I never profe! ik- j have any.'* " Then what was meant by that a wn in the paper irs. "Oho!'' exclaimed the huBband. ico got hold of that, did you ? And tl ?g I counts for the peculiar warmth of ception! That, it seems, worked the < that gave me the love I sought. I m- stand it now. But, upon my word ou was no deception on my part there. [ got ready to start for home, my received a summons to attend to som en. ness which he feared would detain h nd the sailing of the next steamer, and ust gold was already on board, and he d re- wish to remove it, he placed it und >ly care, and it was so consigned to tli iat But, at the last moment, he finish* business, and was enabled to come wit " And Frank is the wealthy one 1" \ Lydia. "Yes. He delved and dug, w! speculated; and he made a fortune, v ny ?didn't.1' ed " Oh ! how I have been deceived!' ras the disappointed wife, er, " Grossly deceived," added the mot ief Sidney started from his fieat, and 1 ty. walked up and down the floor a few ie. he stopped and faced the two womei Jrs was very calm, and the bitter exp: which had dwelt upon his face gave ter to a mocking smile. av " I guess we had better not deal too in accusations," he said, "for I don't eci either 01 us can claim mucn cnarny c score. We have both of us?peril a th, three of lis?played a pretty kind of a 5W but it seems we all held losing hands. ve were not averse tb a little bit of dec its for the sake of securing a rich husban* in- perhaps I am not free from the same ly. nesa. However, we've made a sligh take, but the thing's done, and it cs :ht helped; so we must make the best lis We had better keep it to ourselves ad have it pet out. Folks would enjoy it a ly if they knew what a mistake yc made in your game at fortune huntin there is about it, we must turn to no1 >e- work. I am caught, and I will ma! lie best of it; but just let me assure you of will not submit to any further fault-f or recrimination.'' * ? ? * a ;ry When Nellie found herself within : is- fortable, well-furnished house, and we that it was her own, and that her hi: >re was wealthv, she Rank upon his bosoi wept in her joyful gratitude. She ti ed chide him tor having deceived he do very soon he convinced her that he h deceived her at all. "This blissful hour," he cried, "ha my goal for years. Through all the seasons of toil I have been sustained !Pt hope that in the end this fair hand f be mine; and not a joy has,my 1 w* promised me that did not look to yoi it sharer in it." ant Nellie believed him, and she was ad ?happy as she deserved to be?ha to only such pure hearts can be. nd Frank went into business, and he iey his cousin Sidney for a bookkeepe paid him a good salary. Lydia hac: t?' to her senses, and when her mother w 1 It live with Nellie she resolved that she make the best of the estate which had iwt to her lot, though she will never ce i? regret, during the moments when t ow thoughts of fashionable life come ov the slight mistake she made in playi tiv t :f? uamc ui uiic. nd - - ? as Dwarfs. lke Old writers were fond of rolatii l*js; stances of court dwarfs, when take tl^' the king's council, cutting out a , king's advisers by their shrewd ob tions and ingenious suggestions. Iei1 example of their combativenes lly recollect hearing how some dwarf: nd. showman's caravan asserted mental superiority over the good-n? no simple giants in such a manner tl poor bullied monsters actually st( He awe of their fiery little traveling [ell panions. 441 have seen some n: very small stature," says an old v 44 Of this number was John de Esti ive Meehlen, who was thirty-five ye age, had a long beard, and was no ul, than three feet high. He could i all up stairs or climb up a form, but 1 be assisted by a servant. He was s in three tongues, and proved h ere jngenious and industrious." Aln; re. interesting a manikin was JefFery 1Wi son. who, at a feast given by the irei of Buckingham, started up in coi nk. inun it turn piu un its imtii the ?Pcn- How also, at a court in: jg. Evans, the king's gigantic porter, jm out of one pocket a long loaf, and Jeffery, instead of a piece of chee: jjj of the other, is well Known, and v call somewhat similar incidents j tioned by Ainsworth in one of h , torical novels. It was this pigmy tnd *uro ^y a Flemish pirate that wa brated in a poem by Sir William nant. Gibson, a page to Charles I ")e> another curious specimen of dimi: 1I8~ humanity. That must have b( ^ , interesting wedding for the spec !.nk when, at the dwarf Jmarriace the lnt gave away Anne Shepherd, a bri small as "Gibson himself. The i "18 their nine children who arrived t 1 at turity were of the usual stature. During the year 1878 forty-eigh roads were sold under foreclosure, , senting $151,016,700 of capital etoc ^160,014,500 of bonds and debt. i to the Indian Horse Races. A correspondent who dates his letter from the Southern Ute agency, Pine ed the River Postoffice, La Plata county, Col., "t jnt po- sa^s: Learning from Charlie and Iagler, ai chiefs of the Menache and Capote bands CI of Ute Indians,that they were going to run sa their horses against the Weimanuches fo 7-" of the same tribe, I accented their invi- if tation and rode out to tlxeir ti*ack one bi fir bus- ple.'isant afternoon about three weeks <i: ago and became a spectator of some of the sii ng been fairest and most quietly conducted horse- sc I think racing I ever witnessed. No grand lave an stand, no judges' stand, no fence to keep e most intruders from the course, no police force in dollars to drive enthusiastic backers from the th rishing quarter-stretch, and yet everything was It ousand conducted with order and decorum, or d offer, The track is a straight stretch of per- th haps a mile in length. On opposite tri " asked sides of the come-out the head men of the m opposing bands seat themselves upon p] the ground in a circle, pass from hana to ez ggested hana the pipe, from which each in sue- ,n cession puffs a blue wreath of smoke. ai ances," And while this is going on a horse is ridput all den from one side by a nearly naked In1st cap- d'!in boy and slowly guided down the track, and as he leaves the stand one of PC his backers rises from the group in coun- ?? j nil and brinirs forward close to the track ci oney I suc^ !irtic^s as lie desires to wager on ~ * Iiis horse?blankets, skins, furs, fancy ^ Lvdia Nothing and ornaments, guns, saddles jn ^ ' and silver dollars?throwing all together rfa on the ground in plain view of the other j9 11 side, who at once advance a like number ' ? of articles in a pile on their side of tho , ' . track. Another bare-legged Indian boy ive you jg mounte(j ftn(j started at a point desig- . nated by the owners at the head of the W1 sinking track, an(| without any one to give the er lace word the start is made, and if both are , ., ,, satisfied the race is run, otherwise both . e go back, and when both are satisfied the . u?'* first out is the winner. No claim of in ' foul; no words of dispute; the man of an 7 thou- the winning side walks across the track, J1" gathers the stakes and returns unques- }n tioned. Four times I saw the Weimanui most (.}ie man walk to the side of the Mena- r";( ches and Capotes and bear off their most valued prizes, while no word of com- ^ nloint nrnso frnm flip ln?pr? nnd huh f<mv i fl mv-v ? " signs of exultation were exhibited by 10 iad hap the winners. These contests have been w< npecu- renewed every'week since, until the ha Menaches and Capotes have lost nearly ha ey, " I all their valuables, and they are now foi itly de- looking for a horse with which to win do ression back their goods and chattels. tic id you te: it Mr. ??. ?^ Terrors of the Tornado. jjj 1 ^ou > Whirlwind, tornado or cyclone; reriarl had no or electricity, such visitation as that which has worked such devastation in ^ aed to Missouri, and was experienced in Con- ' r necticut last summer, is equally inex- JJC ccount pliable and unavoidable. It comes and !lt goes " where if' listeth," and man is [|J( "You Powcr^ess 'n ^s path. One feature of . l , a? ' these exhibitions is the sharpness of the '. ' " line between death ?.id safety. Whether \ t?han e the width of the track be more or less, * , ?e it is as sharply defined as the curbing in !i 1 I iii" a city street. An inch within the line, "J" W?re Hnc^ no'hin6 C!in withstand the force of . .n the elements; an inch without, and a ?IJ cousin haby's cradle would hardly be rocked. 0< e nu?i- 0rude us have been the theories as to the P?1 lm till caUse or causes of these cyclones, they as his are not }IS far ployed as they have been "ll .id not SUggoSted; and if we knew all about "a ler Jpy them, there would be no possible mode vo le list. 0f either preventing or escaping from ?d his them. Whither would we fly? Ordi- ?k lime, narily the approach of a cyclone is indigasped 'cated by a deadly stillness in and oppression of the air. There is no guide iis liile I to the direction it will take, and the fa rhile I first impulse to get out of doors may dl< only expose one to death from the un- Po cried impeded wind. The destruction of life sec unci property in this latest case has been mc :her. considerable; in that new country what- crc laving ever pecuniary loss has been sustained hoc times, by those unable to bear it will be made nit ). He up wholly !>r in good part by the neigh- f:u region bors, but the loss of relations, so sudden, coi : place so complete, as in many oases, for this pa there is no relief save in time and resig- on much nation. Nothing, perhaps, more irresis- bythink tibly and deeply impresses one than the po m that appreciation of the power and physical Ba p9 all malevolence of the tornado. In the in- tr^ game, land districts it j-eems an unnatural ex- |e"r You hibition; a prarie lire or a spring inun- on eption dation seems to be in the nature of \y J and things, but a tornado in the woods is as weak- incomprehensible as it is destructive and an t mis- awe-inspiring. l,a m't be " 1 an of it. Advertising for n Lost Umbrella. lie; i than A man was denouncing newspaper rer huge- advertising to a crowd of listeners. "Last du >u had week," said he, " I had an umbrella me g. All stolen from the vestibule of the to w, and church. It was a gift; and, valuing it ke the very highly, I spent double its worth in that I advertising, but have not recovered it." La :~i: ?. it?. ,i:.i .???,i ,wl, liming nuw uiu )uu wwiu juui ihivcilist- , ment?" asked a merchant. <, ' " Here it is," said the man, producing , x com- a slip cut from a newspaper. (lc knew The merchant took it and read: "Lost isband in the vestibule of the church, last *',V n and Sabbath evening, a black silk umbrella. . led to The gentlemen who took it will be hand- DJ' r, but somely rewarded by leaving it No. I,! ad not San Fernando street," "1: "No," said the merchant, "I am a P,r is been liberal advertiser, and have always , weary found that it paid me well A great by 4he deai depends upon the manner in which I diould !in advertisement is put. Let us try for \vl wealth y?ur umbrella again, and if you do not i aa a acknowledge then that advertising pays, |(L' I will purchase you a new one." haapv The merchant then took a slip of paper t,!T ppy as from Ids pocket, and wrotp: "If the ou 1 ' man who was seen to take anumbrella c^( hired ^rom tllR vest^nile church last 01 r and Sabbath evening does not wish to get eyi I 'onmp ^nto trouble, anQ have a stain cast upon Pa ont t'ie Christian character which he values 101 ?n-j so highly, he will return it to No. cr.( f ,, San Fernando street. He is well w! In I Inn ? "\vi ( Known.- , !a?e to This iluly appeared in the paper, and ? e , a on the following morning the man was . er j r? astonished when he opened the front riu nS "er door of his residence. On the porch lay ?ir at least a dozen umbrellas of all shades J and sizes that had been tin-own in from the sidewalk, while the front yard w:is ?? lg in- literally paved with umbrellas. Many ^ n into of them had notes attached to them, , .11 the saying that they had been taken by mis- ,l?j serva- take, and begging the loser to keep the As an little affair quiet ' s? we ' j"? ? Sr iturpd Nervonsness. m< at the Every organ and every muscle in the ^ )od in lyiman body depends for its action on i com- nerve-force, elaborated by the brain, or rp. len of spinal ganglia; and so does every rriter. thought and feeling?the more active t. i*ix, of the thinking, or the more intense the ars of feeling, the greater the expenditure of i more nerve-force. The little white threads j lot go that run in branches through the body ' liad to from the brain and spinal cord are merely * skilled conductors of this force, just as the de- / imself cline wires are of the electricity. The lost as brain-battery, when in a vigorous condi- ' j Ilud- tion, elaborates enough nervous force, nnt.nnlv for all ordin.-i.rv. but for a vast nplete deal of extraordinary use, directly from lg cut the raw material in the bloud, for in j usque, such case the raw material is lumished jev pulled in proportion to the expenditure. But chi little in "nervousness" of every form the mt if, out balance is disturbed; the supply is not foi rill re- equal to the demand, hence there is a at men- state of nervous exhaustion. sin is his-. By carefully guarding the outgo, the raj 's cap- person may enjoy a tolerable degree of rrn s cele- health; but he feels, often to prostration, mj Dave- a littie extra demand, especially if pro- ? '< ., \Vas tracted. Generally self-control is weak- tin nutive ened; one is easily startled; laughter I ;en an and tears come at trifles: the person is I ( tators, touchy, perhaps hysterical; the blood is in; queen impoverished, and hence no organ or tis- ha de, as sue in the body is pfoperly feu, nor can ris ive of fully do its work. it ma- This deficiency of nerve-force may re- ' Oil If fmm n rlpficionf rlipt.r t.lir> ahliqe of sai stimulants; too little sleep; protracted se: trail- overwork of brain or muscle; long-eon- see repre- tinued care, anxiety or grief; sensual or otl :k, am] emotional exe^m of any kind; lack of foi recreation. un TIMELY TOPICS. A merchant, sitting in his office in Soi reet, New York, recently received iswer to his dispatch sent to Shangh lina, six hours previously. Thirty the nd miles in six hours is good time, ev r the telegraph. The charge to Shangl S2.80 per word; to Yokohama, $3.( it the code, or cipher, is ho well systen red by certain mercantile houses, that nrrlo u-nrrl aprvpR for a rlr>7.pn whpn trt ribed. Flour obtained by drying and pulver g bananas before maturity was amo e articles of last year's Paris exhibiti* contained 66.1 per cent, of starch a ily 2.9 of azotized matter. Brandy fr( e ripe fruit wa also shown. Bana ees have the property of keeping the s oist around them, and have therefore be anted in proximity to coffee trees in V< uela, where droughts often exist i onths. As the country cannot consul 1 the fruit, it has begun to export ext< rely. In an editorial comment on advertisi hemes, the Reading (Penn.) Times saj There are men who would rather spe 0 or $20 in the rail-card and board ni nces, which may be seen by a few hi: ed people, than to expend the s^pje si their home papers, where tens of the nds would see their cards every day. T1 an age of newspaper reading, and I oner business men come to realize tl ct in all its importance, the better it w for business generally, and the better ill be for themselves." The sonic; of the nightingale has alwa en associated with some sort of unearth autiful music; with long, languid nigl Eastern lands; with dreaming gnr id cool shadows, and still waters, and fi oons, and musk-laden air, and crooni sects; and leonine, dark-eyed houris, a ve. This is somewhat the way in whi 1 have thought of the nightingale's sor lis is the way those fanciful individua e poets, have taught us to think of lis is the way in which we should be gl continue thinking of it, and the way th ! should continue thinking of it, perha] ;d not Mr. Bechstein and Ml. Davy, w ve made the nightingale a study, i rmed us that what the bird, in realii es say wnen it Rings, is j.iou, uou, uc >u, spe, tiou, squa-tio (six repetition r-contio, contio, contio?tzu, tzu, tzy,'' iVheet, wheet, wheet, cur-r-r ? swei eet, sweet, sweet, jug, jug, jug, jug?sw ot, swot, swot, cur-r-r. In the celebrated Billingsgate Fi arket, in London, the electric lig oved a complete failure, for the une cted reason that it was too good. Busini Billingsgate logins at, three o'clock 8 morning, most of the bargains beii uck by gaslight. When the eearchi: tctric candle was turned on, its brillia liteness literally showed the fish in sui lew light that the trade was demoraliz tright. Soles that would have fetched illing a pair by gaslight looked dear ;pence, while turbot fresh from the s deed a week old. The result was neral outcry. The copious and orna alect of the locality was enriched by mber r>[ notable additions during the f< ys of the new light; and for fear of a 1 It among the " bummarees,'' as the fi lesmen are called, the corporation w liged to restore the familiar yellow g? hts. IYoubles of various kinds a e reportc >m British India. Incendiary fires, ki :d by native malcontents, continue in t! onah dist/ict. Rain is needed in mai itions, so that the indigo crop will be t >3t a failure in any event, and oth )DS will fall short unless the drought m broken. Cholera has appeared >r?v nifioa r\f Pnninh T)l?lrp?fl fll nine, in connection with incompetenc rruption unci lack of organization on tl rt of officials, are producing a moot Bei s state of affairs. " Dacoity," or robbe: armed gangs, is assuming alarming pr rtions, especially in the Poonah distrii nds of " dacoita" are scouring the cou committing most daring deeds of vi ice. They seem to be parts of a regul janizTtion, under the command of o assadeo Bulwund. They are suspect having destroyed many public building d in a remarkablemanifesto to the Boi y government they threaten to rai other mutiny and put a price upon t nd of the governor unless their distress noved, native trade encouraged, taxes i ced and employmentsupplied by gover nt. Energetic measures are now tak< suppress this mutinv. rge Farmiug a Precarious Bnslnch riie following figures are given by n Francisco correspondent of a Phil lphia paper, as evidence that farmii a gigantic scale is profitable neither u country nor the farmer. He say ic largest wheat producer in Califc i, or in the world, is Dr. H. J. Glen 3 was formerly from Monroe count issouri. He is a man of great cnte ise and energy. His ranche lies >lusa county, and comprises 60,(X res, nearly all arable land. I s this year 45,000 acres in when licli, at a low calculation, will pr ce 900,000 bushels. His wheat wi 1 for eighty-five cents per bushel, < 65,000. Dr. Glenn lias "been farmir i years, and one would suppose 1 glit to have a handsome sum to h jditinbank; but what with a failu crops?which occurs two years : ery five?and the enormous interest 1 ? ? i-?_ i i.~ ?:.i 4.^ ys on his luuns, lie i? sum tu uwt; jnd million of dollars. Last year h ;dit was bad, jus he had no crop. No\ th his splendid crop in ?prospect. 1 11 probably get out. The Dalrimple St. Paul, who, ten years ago, were tl gcst farmers of wheat in Minnesot ising as much as 40,000 bushels in igle year, went to the wall. Anoth ge wheat rajser is I). M. Reavi lose land lies on the borders of Colu; d Butte counties. He is also fro Dnroe county, Missouri, and has t pretending little estate of 15,(X res, 13,000 of which are in when licli he thinks will average this yes irty bushels, or 390,000 bushels. I; o is hard pressed, and I am told ying.nine per cent, on a couple of hui ed thousand dollars of borrowr rney. If farmers, raising half a millic a million bushels of wheat, cannot g t of debt, it might be well to inqui lat is the use 01 having so much lane ic truth is that from the frequent fai 3 of crops in California and the was it attends on largp operations of tin id, farmine on a gigantic scale in til rtion of the Paoilie co.ost must be coi ered a failure. North of this, in Oregc d Weshingtor. Territories, there is r lure of the harvest; farming oper ns are carried on on a smaller seal d consequently the farmers, while nc ling in wealth, are all well-to-do. What She Forgot. V lady in Portland, Me., called at relry store, and after making a pu ase went home. Two hours later (ssenger called at her house and ii meci Jier mat sue naci icit someuim the jeweler's. " Now. let me see 0 mused, "what can it be? Here j jiocketbook, and there on the sofa r fjin, and I have my watch here, ar j bonnet?why, where is my honnei )h, there it's on the floor; it fell c stable?and really I can't think win have forgotte? Why, to beteure let-hire if l haven't forgotten my dar precious little babe!" And so si d?only that and nothing more.?No toivn Herald. ' It's a standing rule of our church d one clergyman to another, " for tl tton to walce Up any man that he mi ! asleep." "I think," leturned tl ler, " tiiat it would be much bett< the sexton, when a man goes to slec der your preaching, to wake you up FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD crii if t ith Orchard and Garden Notes. j an Carrots for the late crop may still be Sre ai, sown, using plenty of seed, as tne young coi >u- plants are weak, and cannot break en through the soil unless sown thickly. UP( iai Weed as early as the rows can be seen. the '5; Cabbage^.?'The early crop should be ?01 ia* kept growing by frequent hoeings. bu' a plants of the late sorts in seed-beds not m- should not be too crowded, and the cab- me. bage worm kept off; picking will answer here. 1Z" Beets.?Those who would enjoy beets nS in their perfection should keep up a sue5n: cession of the Egyptian, to use while * nd ? . 11 CliCY rtlC Obi 11 JUUllg. JL 11 111 11 lll^o U1 tllt'SU )m and of the late crop make an excellent ve? "/j substitute f)r spinach. 0 Blackberries and Raspberries.? cut en See that the fruiting canes are properly mo :n* tied up to stakes or trellis. The young tor canes should be pinched off at four feet <] me for raspberries and six feet for black- am :n" berries. Cut away the old canes after 3t0 fruiting is past. for Egg Plant.?Set out in very rich too ? ground. The potato-bugs will find wi j tnem the same day, and must be fought las . from the start; at first, hand-picking b& may answer; but when the plants get the m* large, the only safety is in the applica- wo Im tion of Paris green. a li Tomatoes in a private garden should t0 ' always have a trellis or support of some cer kind, and should be tied to it before the cut mi plants fall over. If the plants once get mo it out of shape it is difficult to manage r?8 them. The simplest frame of poles that siri will keep them from the ground will PeT answer. 8ta jy Beans.?If not already done, put in the Limas; if a cold rain has injured the ' v.e first lot, replant. These and other pole- -t. jjj beans neea a little attention at first to r, n(f make them take to the pole. Put in the ' n|j bush sorts for succession; the "Refugee" / is regarded as best late variety and the lg best For pickling. 18) Onions.?Those from seed will need ajr it. weeding early. A top-dressing of wood ren ad ashes helps the growth wonderfully. A kej iat dressing of salt is thought to prevent a By pfl rust that sometimes appears. Keep those beji ho from sets clean. Where onions are _jf marketed, thev usually brine a better ty price when sent to market iiT bunches, naif grown, then when ripe. <j s), Squashes are subject to several enemies; an or at least three insects devour the leaves, a wh it, borer attacks the stems and a caterpiller ant ot eats the young fruit. Hand picking will for do much, but if the spotted Galerucaap- adr pears, we shall try Paris green, as we rec Bh know no other remedy.. For the borer hai ht it is advised to slightly bury the first jea x. few joints of the vine. . bus Odds and Ends,?Fill vacant spots bid in with sweet herbs from seed-bed. Use the ng the hoe. Cut off flower stalks jis often hoi ng as .they appear upon the rhubarb. Use pie nt the rake. Take care of the hot-hed and he ch other sashes. Use both hoe and rake. pli< ed Use nil the weeding imjjlemements often. a ?American Agriculturist. toi ? ? - . w5l at Cucumbers.?Dust the young plants j"] ea freely with a mixture of ashes and plas- Jjrtl a ter or air-slaked lime, to keep away in- Sro ite seeks. Unless seed is to be saved, cut *ler a away all that are large enough to use, 5?n :w whether wanted or not, to prolong the ^ e- bearing. In sowing for pickles the hist Rut Bh of this month or the first of next, it is as j'Je aa well to sow in well-manured rows, as in lle ls. hills, putting in twelve to twenty seeds S?f to the foot, to allow enough for the hugs. .i: When well established, thin out tlie ?in d vines to a foot apart, and let them spread aa> out on each side of the row. ??c " , Ion "e Grape-Growing. ]jit1 V A writer in the Practical Farmer says: jivi " I see much written in the Farmer f?r; . about growing grapes, but liave seen no 1B plan described ana recommended like ^ ^ mine. As I never lose a crop of grapes "r( from frost in the spring or from rot or ?n. 7? mildew in summer, ana have used this ".ni . plan, after experimenting with many re- j",v ri" commended methods of training, prun- "ftr ry ing, etc., for eight years, I can recom?" mend it confidently. The vines can be wii grown as for other plans of training, a''i n* th? fh'st two years. At the first 1 ?* pruning, afler the vines are two years Ha ar old, if the vines are strong so as to have 'ee1 ne two arms to fiisten to the wire, in oppo- wa ed site directions, I put in a stake equally swi distant between each two vines. The SeA n- stakes should be six feet long and put an.( se eighteen inches deep into the ground. I J* he then fasten a wire?No. 16 will do?to "'1! is each stake along the row, and give each ?V( e- vine a wrap or two around the wire: j0Sl Ti- they need no tying. I then place plank, 'ie* en full length of the rows, on top of the ?vf stakes, driving one nail through the J?u t plank into each stake. The plank should ^',r lie twelve to fifteen inches wide, and six 8> inches above the vine. I always let two shoots grow about six inches below the a wirn for t.ln> nfi-vt. vonr's fniitinrr: all "r( ^ other shoots I pinch the ends off of, at t0 about three leaves from last hunch o !XPT to grapes, and t:ike off all suckers that may *? 3: appear after pinching, except the end ir* one, which I do not^pinch anymore. n? I have no tying up of young shoots, as y, I let them grow in their own natural q ?r- way, juid by the time the fruit is full ye.> in grown, the vines loaded with fruit are ^t under cover where due and heavy rains i)U( *c and hail cannot injure in the least, and an( ,t;? the fruit?even the Concord?can be n!ir o- kept on the vines for weeks after being pre l" fully ripe. I have kept them sound on f 01 3r the vines until frost in autumn. This is S(^v lS not costly here where plank is worth i,'a]Je only 81 per hundred feet. Forty of the wjf 18 leading varieties of grapes have been fn(] fe grown here on this plan, and all proved rr ln successful. 1C a Systematic Housekeeping. Til* is Have a day for each part of the heavy ter v, work. Monday, washing. Have a dry- l>ut ie ing-room or balcony for drying in wet by s, weather. Always dry the tubs and boil- oft ie ers nicely before putting them away. If tak a, possible, have a wire line in the yard for sist a drying clothes. Use borax instead of the er soda it the water is hard. As much care atir s, should be given to the rinsing as to enti sa the washing of clothes. Take great pea m pains in folding down the clothes, as resi m this facilitates the ironing. Tuesday,iron- B 30 ing and baking. Wednesday, clean Flo ,t, pantries and cupboards, drawers and the :ib0 ir cellar. Thursday, sweep up stairs; do ivic [c this so well that each bedroom will smell sud is fresh and new. Don't be alraid of sun- jntr i- shine and air to assist in cleaning. j0a< id Wear a dust cap and mittens whose ren: >n wristlets extend over the dress-sleeve, ai'oi et With neatly-combed hair, tidy-dressed mil re feet, and a working dress in repair, you ten' 1? need not be ashamed because Count Jmr 1- Noaccount gets a glimpse of you at your the te work. Friuay, sweep halls and stairs, tj n.t and all of down stairs. Disarrange only ow is one room at a time. Pin a cloth to your jupt a- broom and brush away cobwebs. Sweep ' i " in your rooms twice, and many carpets are jz io improved by taking a damp cloth, wring- i ' ii- ing it out frequently in a pail of water, * i e. and wiping the dust otf the carpet. Sat >t in-day, clean kitchen, bake and prepare for Sunday. Let every Sunday afternoon bo a rest and recreation. l)o as little f? extra cooking as possible on the Sabbath. ' PJ: Gentility counts tor a greater value than lj.e a show. By doing this only you will have 0ft r" time to read the newspapers and maga- i j a zines. Keep up with your music, or ' take up a course of study or reading. ~ 'f, Medicine and hygiene are fit studies for ^nt \ a housekeeper. If you have a physician ?ct1 . in sicKness, you can am mm oy caieiui w nursing; if you have none near, you may 'j10 '(* save the life of a dear one. You would j.lie t study long years to accomplish so much. \v ?77te IJousckccpcr. 'J10 ivt the , t Preparing AaixiriMtiia for Itlarket. f|,f 1- Afipai'agus, says the New York World, in 1 ie is best when cut early in the morning of the r- the day when it is used. If required for roa< home consumption it should be washed trai in cold water immediately after being Ion; cut. When designed for market, and a else ie day or two must intervene -between the iy time of the cutting and the sale of the " ie vegetable, it is more liable to remain in girl ?r good condition in an ice-box than else- sho ;p where. During warm weather aapara- mai r gus eannot, however, be kept fresh and gla( sp any great length of time, especially he tips are allowed to become moist. Uparagus with solid heads when cut 111 en, i. e., above, not below the ground, nmands the highest market price: ' it which shows much white is looked let sn as tough, whether it be or not, and at* irefore fails to gain as favorable sale, to nsiderable skill is required to cut and thi ich asparagus neatly. When one is of ; supplied with a patent buncher a th< asure should be employed to insure pei formity of length. After tying, the S3! tts of the bunches are trimmed over 18( th a long sharp knife. About three th< :en bunches to a bushel-box is the sic e. th< rlany asparagus beds are injured by an e cutting. Is is not advisable the first an .r to extend the cutting beyond the roj of June, and old beds should not be 0Q( , long after the middle of the same tin nth. sio Budding Hoaes. fit Chis is a simple process by which sai ateur cultivators often increase their soi ck. A sharp penknifp can do duty ar< a budding-knife, and the handle of a pr< luiDrusQ. it ground down smootn, m? 11 aid in lifting the bark. From the rru t of June to the last of August is the tin it time for this process, as the bark can of in be more easily raised from the coi od. Take a smooth stalk and make gh lorizontal cut across the bark through at the wood, but not into it. From the ye; iter of this cross-cut make another na ; straight down the stem an inch or 10, re in length, These two cuts should sic emble a T. Slice off the bud you de- sic e to propagate witli one cut of the It iknife, cutting it closo to the main sic lk. Now, with the edge of the spud wi itfback the bark on each side of the tic aiglit cut, and insert the bud on the di< oa of the branch to be budded, fitting da -ightly to the crossed cut; with a bit pr ?oft yarn bind down the bark, leaving JT1 aT kiirl nvr\r>onrl A lion/IAll ' vmu v/i liic uuu a uuuuiui *? dampened moss must then be bound qu ind the stem, taking care to leave iss i tiny point of the bua exposed to the sa; . In six weeks the wrappings can be m< noved, but all other shoots must be is )t from growing on the budded branch, tri this means a rosebush can be made to ws ir half a dozen different colored roses, cat Exchange. tif ? =i!= tif A Mnrderer'ft Perilous Journey. of ^he Medina (N. Y.) correspondent of thi ew York paper says: Asa Broughton, ni( 0 killed Covert Bancroft in Medina, an 1 who was arrested in Canada, per- P<> med, in effecting his escape into Can- ' i, one of the most perilous feats on fei ord. Broughton has a remarkably pri idsome wife, and he was desperately lous of Covert Bancroft, a prominent Co siness man of Medina. He had for- pei den liis wife to speak to Bancroft. On < day of the murder Broughton went th< ne. His little boy was eating an ap- 15, , and the father asked the boy where < obtained the apple, and the child re- noi 2d that Mr. Bancroft had been there < I had given him the apple. This led Oh i quarrel between Broughton and his * *c, and he drove her from the house. Ha ;er he went to the residence of Ban- 16, ft, summoned him to the door, and J nanded to know where Mrs. Brough- Ne had gone. A quarrel ensued, and 1 icroft, with the aid of his hired man, of ; Broughton off the piazza. Broughton J w a pistol and shot Bancroft dead. Sti .then went home, bade his children .1 id-bye, and went away. gin troughton went to the house of a cou- l'e: in the town of Hartland. OntheFri- am r after the murder the cousin saw the Ca ount of it in a newspaper. He refused 9,0 zer to give shelter to Broughton. The 1 :er started at once for the Niagara of er. At Lewiston a suspension bridge . i merly spanned the river. Some of the sin wires still extend across the stream D'> an elevation of 100 feet above it. 9.4 )Ughton, confident that officers were 1 his track, reached the site cf this old ?n< rtge. Fearful that trying to cross the sio er at Suspension Bridge lie would en- 1 lger his safety, he determined to gain eaj Canada shore by means of the old pei es. lie sat on the bank of the river 1 night Friday night, and at daybreak Pe Saturday began bis perilous crossing. i nd over hand, suspended in air 100 sas t above the river, he made his way to- 10< rd the opposite shore. The wire ] nyed too and fro with his weight, tri reral times he had to pull himself up wj 1 clasp his legs and arms around the an ? i a. 1.2-K ? j? ' re lU lfst ins iiunua, vviiiun >Yaui;tuiij stered and cut. When about half way Nc ;r, Broughton says lie thought he must l'it s his hold, so nearly exhausted was < By frequent rests, as stated, how- tin 'r, he finally completed his precarious gel rney. When he landed on the other sic >re lie was unable to proceed further 45, over an hour. Ollicers Fuller and len, of Medina, who were in pursuit him, arrived on one river bank as myhton landed on the other. He went ] lla^ersville, Ontario, where he wjis co" >reliended, and he returned to New nl( rk State without making opposition. Qc says he killed Bancroft in self-defence. rCi ? m roi Cariosities of the Day. jet !harles Schumeck has been for several trs rs a grain speculator at Tell City, Ind. W( first his ventures were unfortunate, ji0i ; some months ago his luck changed je} I his investments realized a big bo- JS1 iza for him. Mis good luck, however, , . ycd upon his mihd. He went to Hu lisvilleand began to buyevcrthinghe cla t, from thousand-dollar horses to i1"' ly carriages. His brother caught up h him and lie lias been sent to tne ianapolis insane asylum. 'lie Savannah News reports the death m,J l Mrs. Susan Fibash from starvation. ga ; deceased had lived with her daugh- m'f in a wretched shanty on the canal, js< was driven thence, it was supposed, her daughter, and found on the hanks f0j. he cnnaT in a state of exhaustion and p;l] en to the hospital. Dr. Sheftall, as- *^a ed by l)r. R. S. Sanders, physician at f!is hospital, held a post-mortem examin- jg >n' ot the body, and found the stomach pja irely empty of food, and from its apranee were of the opinion that death ?0, llted from starvation. etween Leesburv and Sumterville des rida, is a rich strip of hummock land, ut four miles long and a half mile wa le. In this strip is a large basin which til denly wont dry a few days ago, leav- ?er] myriads of fish in the bottom. Many Gr< Is of tish were hauled away, but the he tainder being exposed to the sun, there anc se a stench which was offensive for hel es around. It is supposed that a sub- the anean river llows unucr rue suijj ux cioi nmock and that the lack of rain caused cat basin to loose it contents. on< [ugh I). McMullen, of Aurora, Ohio, an is a matronly old game hen which hoc ; now struts about with a brood of ?kens. One day a large gray rat ;cd one of the peepes and started lor j, hole. The hen cut off the rat's retreat ,1 fiercely attacked him. The strange 1 ilists fought for five minutes, at tlie C of which time the rat gave up the I st. Next day another rat made his -y earance in the yard. He, too, was gejj icked, but fought more gamely than ? first of the rodents. He put out one * lie fowl's eyes and was himself finally ta low. I ccording to the Virginia City (Nev.) no* crpri.sc, a freight train was stopped T veen lleno and Wadsworth recently giv an army of crickets which covered 1 track for three or four mill's. When jt 1 engine struck them it slid along a ( feet and stopped, the dead bodies jof ' insects having the same effect upon ' track as thougli it had been greased. * se crickets are jet black, two inches s'lil ensth and fat. Tliey do no harm to I. crops. It is the opinion of the rail- ant 1 fit#* rttMfklrnta tnnl' tn thn a k because the rails kept their heat the ; after sundown, when the ground -y wlicre was cold. " t Mary," paid a mother to her little "} , "if I was a little girl like you, I Wlt uld pick up all those chips." "Well, I nma," answered Mary, "ur6 not you rah 1 you are not tt little girl?" boc WHAT WARS COST. To le Money Paid Out by the United States ^ Government to Pensioner!. _ To This government, says a Washington jjy ter, has paid more money proportion- Qr sly in the aggregate, and in all ways its soldiers and sailors and their heirs, ^ in any other government on the face the earth. Since the formation of Th< 2 government it has paid directly as An nsions $535,368,727.27. Of this amount An 55.480,664 have been paid out since _ *4, or for the soldiers and sailors of (~ ; late war. Since 1868 the annual pen- To n bill has averaged $30,000,000. On ; top of all this, last March there w;is Fo: appropriation of $25,000,000 for the jn earages of pensions to soldiers on the . Is who'have been taking the $30,000,) each year. There have been filed in Mu 2 Tension Uffice 50,aw claims oy pen- ?* ners already on the rolls for the bene- W1 of the arrearage act. Under the ne act, thousands of claims of per- To is never before on the pension rolls ; coming in, and they will have to be Dvided for?that is, those who can ^ ike out a good case. For instance, a W1 in who lost a finger and never before WJ aught it worth while to get a pension I'll two or three dollars a month, notf he mes in because his arrearages wouM re him three or four hundred dollars v 1 once. There were on the rolls last By ar 206,380 army" pensioners and 3,846 Tb vy pensioners. Besides these were 407 pensioners and 3,725 heirs of pen- . ners of the war of 1812, each pen>ner drawing eight dollars a month, is estimated that for the 209,866 pen>ners on the rolls for the civil war, it ii require tne Jjao,uw,uw approprj;i>n to pay the arrearages of those who I not begin drawing a pension at the te of disability, as the new law now ovides they ought to have done. Pa lese cases are being adjudicated very pidly at the department, in fact much ni, icker than the certificates are being ued, as the Secretary of the Treasury ev ys he can only pay about $2,000,000 a )nth. When tne certificate h issued it wj sent to the pension agent in the disct of the pensioner and a noticg for- . irded to tne pensioner that on applition to that ;igency he can get his cer- * icate and what it calls for. The cericates are not being issued in the order tb the receipt of application, because all ke 3 first applications came from the im;diate vicinity of Washington. They sej b therefore sent to agencies , in pro- cai rtion to their lists of pensioners. The number of pensioners at the dif- gr ent agencies, and the territories com- ^h ised by them, are as follows: f Boston, comprising Massachusetts, nnecticut and Rhode Island, has 16,500 Fel asioners. m >nandaigua, N. Y., comprising all of < ; State excepting New York city, has a ' 000 pensioners. ~ n? Chicago, comprising the State of Illi- dr is, has 17,600 pensioners. ' Dolumbus, O., comprising the State of mj iio, has 20,400 pensioners. shi ncord, N. H., comprising New hi] impshire, Maine and Vermont, has ' 500 pensioners. t0' 3es Moines, la., comprising Iowa and braska, has 900 pensioners. j1Q Detroit, Mich., comprising the State jjt Michigan, has 10.000 pensioners. Indianapolis, Ind., comprising tlie . ite of Indiana, has 14,000 pensioners, vnoxville, Tenn., comprising Vir- 9n lia, West Virginia, North Carolina, uei anessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisii, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South ; rolina and the Indian Territory, has 00 pensioners. J111 ,ouisville, Ky., comprising the State Kentucky, has 5,300 pensioners. thi Milwaukee, Wis., comprising Wiscon- < , Minnesota and the Territories of wi kota, Montana and Wyoming, has bu 00 pensioners. an tfew York city, comprising the city foi 1 immediate vicinity, has 13,300 pen- ' ners. ou 'hiladelphia, comprising the city and sp] stern part of Pennsylvania, has 14,700 fle isioners. fei ?ittsburgh, Pa., comprising Western fe-, nnsylvania, has 11,000 pensioners. Tv\iiia nnmnncin cr MlBQmiri If ATI- 4 i, Colorado and New Mexico, has 11,) pensioners. ? J Washington, D. C., comprising Disct of Columbia, New Jersey, Dela- J ire, Maryland and all national homes d foreign pensioners, has 15,000. The district comprising California, tj1' :vada, Oregon, Utah, Washington Terory and Arizona has 1,400 pensioners. w 3f course, it does not follow that all w' 2 pensioners on the rolls at these points iei t arrears, for, out of over 200,000 pen- un ners. it is estimated that only about 000 are entitled to arrears. ra] ?? :igi rei Three Cnriosities. foi JSTot long ago tne papers gave an ac- t,i'" unt of the bursting asunder of a eni juntain near the Tallulah Falls, oriJ lorgia. Since that interesting occur- ' ice passengers on rue Air i-iine ranid in Upper Georgia have observed a bin of water which shoots up near the of ick to a height of fifty feet. This les jnder is about midway between Toe- am :i and Mount Airy's stations, and a shi v ruiles from the sink in the moun- tht n. The water is cool and sparkling. th( ie stream rises as from a large foun- the n and falls iu drops and mist. It is an* limed that when the mountain burst oft tl a half of it had settled there must i ve been a pressure on some subter- fro lean lake, which is seeking relief ?jre rough the spout. his rhis is the season for miracles in the jati itter of hens and their eggs. The mo rnesville (Ga.) Gazette has found the da} ist wonderful of wonderful eggs. It 0f shaped like the head of a man. Little not ick feathers, which look like hair, eye m the crown, and these feathers are Jja ,*ted in the middle, just as a young wli ,n of the dandy order would part his 0f ntnofino-lonL-s. The white comb-line nrlr clearly marked. The forehead is in, the arched black brow, the eyes, ! ear, the nose and chin, with a little r itee, can readily be chased. The ? tor of the Qazcttc declares that the j:tt cription is a true one. ( Vhile H. L. Schiorff, of New Orleans, ^ j s fishing with a hook and line at eOld Lake End he felt a fearful (i:k upon his rod, He began to pull. ?at wjis his astonishment to find that had caught an alligator four feet long I very active. Schiorff called for jr p, and, three men hastening to him, j . alligator was hauled ashore, having r le no further damage than to mastie the foot of one of the men. This is j ? of the few recorded instances where i* alligator has been caught with the ou't )k and line. hre she Words of Wisdom. fro Jo legacy so rich as honesty. ' sue - - Tin "he greatest prayer is patience. )ne lias only to die to bo praised. 0;lt t is e:isier to blame than to do better. sle< Vould you be strong, conquer your- gre *. ? 'lie less men think the more they i. a 1< the Setter cut the tongue out entirely than f;is; to govern it. 0'f , <ve gives insight, and insight often dul us foreboding. am he more we praise virtue the dearer Mr tecomes to us. jar >f alf noble qualities, loving compasn is the noblest. j, 'here is no vice so covers a man with sjjj une jus falsehood. ^Sl ,ife is a comedy to him who thinks fir< 1 a tragedy to him who feels. ' qui ill things are admired, either because of i y are new or because they are great. !in< Vhen a man has forfeited his integrity, liing else will serve his turn. ?' " 'here can be no peace in human life j,1;, bout the contempt of all evil. jnr )cspair givea tlie shocking ea?e to the <1 Is ul that mortification give" to the det ly. ' ml A Subscriber's Soliloquy. pay, or not to pay, thai is the question? icther 'tis better for me to refuse take a local paper, and dcpriv e family iroin reading all the news, pay up promptly what the printer asks, d, by such payment, cheer him ? Ho payno paper? en no more shall I be posted on the new* d local haps throughout the town, d divers topics?'tis a consummation it I long have feared. To pay, or stop ? stop! perchanflb to loso?ay, there's the rub; . . , r in that stop no interest d X take any ot th' affairs wliich move the town, d such a shuffling off ot all that's good ist make me pause. There's the respect lich every editor maintains lor those 10 come .down with the cash and ne'e delay settle up " that little bill." For who would bear e pointed squibs and pungent paragraph lich far too oft reflect upon the mar^ 10 tails to settle his subscription bill*? haste me now unto the editor, ? . d, with my purse plethoric in my hand, 11 settle up in full, one year irom date, paying to him Irom my ready cash e sum which is his due in advance. ,v ?Hackeruack Republican. ITEMS OF DTTEREST. i i Fashiofi notes?Large bills. The modern watchword of life?Tick An elephant is always a big attraction Motio for the married ? Never disir. . / Even the most veracious men lie a ght., ? ? . Did the man who took a half day off er return it ? " This can't be beat," as the man said len he bought the porcelain egg. TM*A Wnalnn^An Ana A TP Xlic TT OOlliUgbVU uvmu *vVw? vu*w ? v ives more than three million letters a ar. According to the Yonkers Statesman e mule's ears are immense side-whirrs. The elephant is the first traveler of the ison to have his trunk covered with nvas. There is a loss of equine-imity among iglish turfmen when Parole appears on 9 track. The United States Consul at Tangiers )orts that the deaths from typhus fever Morocco number 300 a ?Uy. Did Blaser keeps a private tumbler 3aloon he patronizes, marked " Busi is Hours," so that he can say he only inks out of business hours. ': The man who " launched on the sea of itrimony" took passage on a courtip. We hope he won't have a liard3 before the voyage is over. The Chicago Tribune gives directions enable a person to "see the wind." it what most persons want to know is w to "raise the wind."?Norristow redd. There now ply between Europe and nerica 160 ocean steamships, and new es are added frequently to meet the rnand for the quick transportation of ssengers and freight. Speak of a man's marble brow, and h ll^low with a conscioas pride; but uae to his marble head, and he's mad ? a minute. Language is a slippery ing to fool with much. dne person in 450 in Prussia is affectea th insanity. A Berlin professor attrites the result largely to intemperance ? long the lower class, and too much ^ cing of early education among others. The old Marquis of G., while looking* t over Paris the other day from the ire of Notre Dame, said, sadly and rectively: " How many people and how v men! How many houses and how v homes!" A.I the dedication of .the cathedral in iw York five dollars'was charged lor ? rnt seats, back seats were sold for three liars, and admission to standing-room stone dollar. Some choice reserved its were sold at a premium. All men might be better reconciled to eir fate if they would recollect that ere are two kinds of misfortune at lich we ought never,to repine?that licli we can, and thnfrhich wecannot medy?regret being Sfche former case necessary, in the lattenbnavailing. Lacoste, a Frenchman, who was natulized in the United States some years o, has been expelled from France for louncing his nationality without re'ming his military duty. Mr. Noyes, i United States Minister, fruitlessly tleavored to secure a revocation of the There is a tale told of a certain indilual in a country town who is provertl for absence of mind. It is reported him that one day lately he went no s than four times into a barber's shop 1 underwent the operation of being ived, forgetting the hist three times it he had been there previously. On j last occasion the barber performed i operation with the back of the razor, i then informed .his customer how en he had visited him during the day. i shopkeeper in a small place not far m Berlin Dought a doll dressed in a en muslin frock from a peddler for child, aged one year and a half. The ter repeatedly put the doll into his uth, as babies often do, and a few fs later showed very grave symptoms some illness, which the doctor could , define till he happened to cast his on the doll. The frock was immetely sent to a chemical^ laboratory, '* *t?no (VMIVI/1 fn foin o nnonfifv C1C lb YfOO iUUHU fcV VVHMtiu ? arsenic sufficient to injure even an lit. ___________ Lost Children. ,'hildren occasionally lose themselves mysterious ways, as the following le anecdotes show: >ne -day it was reported that little land, Mrs. M 's youngest child, a ? oCthree or four years, was lost. He appeared at about four in the after>n. Search was made everywhere; ghbors were interviewed, messengers t all over the town, and at last the ok that ran at tlte back of the ise was dragged; but po Roland was nd. Six o elock came, seven, and 1 no Roland. Rut youn^r folks must re tea, and Mrs. M with a heavy irt went to prepare the meal. In and of the pantry she moved, carrying ad, butter, milk, etc.. and presently went to replenish the sugar bowl m the barrel. There, fast asleep, jared over from top to toe, was land! The little rogue had climbed o the barrel^ covered himself over, en his fill, and peacefully gone to 5-1-11 i i ...... .. wmie mtj nuijjiirjuriiuuu >vi? m n at commotion about liiin. >Iy mother one day lost one of her ldren, a child of two years, and after )ng and anxious search found him in i kitchen closet, in a huge iron pot, t asleep. He had been left in charge a servant, who had fulfilled her ties by taking the child to the kitchen 1 then going oft' to gossip. And a s. 1) , of warrington, after a simiexperienee, found lier missing child a bread-trough, sweetly sleeping on ! dough. The trough was a very ge one, used for mixing bread for the pvard men, and when fullofdoujrh willy stood on u low settle near the ?, that the bread might rise the ickcr. The child, during the absence its elders from the kitchen, crept in 1 made himself comfortable. But re amusing than this was the case of idy who lost her baby, and after disu:? ii.~ ? /.nmmiinitv *ind r-rv mug lilt; winjn- iwuuiu..... r herself nearly blind, found oaby safe the cradle, with clothes heaped in so orderly a manner upon it m to have led previous search \?Chambtra} Jour ? a