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r - . - . ' '. <: k5:VvABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNEI. i . 3^i?2 " ' ' ,'' / ' ' w- ?? ? ?- ; - - ?? , BY HUGH WILSON /and \y. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1879. NO. 22. VOLUME XXV. . | ' ' - M ?? ? s t | . . ~ _?r . Ups and Dow ns. , One day, as I have heard it said, It chanced a nig and bit ot lead Lay in the kennel snug tog? ther In very wet and muddy wea ther. The rag?was spoiled, and old , and to ,pnj Tho bit of lead was bruised a nd wc ,rn; Two wail?, whose worth, at full p .ocount, Was of such very small am oitnt They well together might r emoin, To bide tne pelting ol the n tin. Yet, low as was their preset s'atc, They both had known a 1 ,ottev fate. .1 AHAA lvonn 1 3 LJ* 1 ne ru? umi v?wo joviu uiiu wimt\ In every way had plea the sight; And, in its time, harl aliped adorn A bride, upon her he r -wedding morn; Lent to her figure n n(i her face An nddod, though anneeded, grace, Nor thought sucV 4 parting and distress Could e'er belal'^ a wedding dress! The picce of l'^ad could not forget Its fortu acs tmd been nobler yet; For, uk jlJed well, for use of one Who v /aa tig country's taithful son. It hn d?though that was long ago? Bee ji sped against that country's foe, A jid, guided by unerring hand, ila<l stretched him lileless on the sand. There came a man, with hook and bag, Who bore away the lead and rag, And both *ere to a shop consigned, With many others of their kind. When winter passed, and summer came, The former rag had changed its name To paper, and it might avow It ne'er had been so white as now. ? Meanwhile, the lead, so long despised, "Wno an tr??rhlv nrizfid: For, meltec, purified and cast, It -was a printer's type at last. They now, in this, their new condition, Were put into their old position; Drawn closer than belore, to kiss, And find their apothesis. What greater immorality Than helping genius not to die ? ?Scridncr. IN THE ORGAN-LOFT. The liajht of a September suuset lay full on the elm-tree boughs, and checkered the pavement below with soft rosy glooms, when a cab from the station stopped in front of the quaint brick building which did duty as " seminary " to the Bracey theological students, and a young girl got out of it. Even-song was in progress. From the ornate little Gothic chapel which stood at right an* - 1 ! of,1 gies W1U1 me JUUg H1US nuwc UK, o>uuents housed, sounded a Grecian chant, rendered by a chorus 0/ fresh manly voices. A little strip of closelyshaven lawn divided the chapel from the street. Its smooth green was broken now by long bars of pink light, and here and there a reddened leaf'on the ivy above glowed like a carbuncle in the sunset nre. It was a pretty and peaceful scene, not at all resembling her preconceived ideas of what America was going to be, thought Aimee Trenchard, as, after dismissing her cabman, she caused a moment on the door-step before ringing the bell. A bird'i shadow flitted across the illuminated grass; the chant softened and died; a sleepy twitter was audible in the tree-tops. From the far distance came the soft chiming of a bell. The sweet bell note and the dewy silence won her attention so long that black-gowned figures began to pour out of the chapel before 6he remembered ? what she had to do. Then she rang, and entered, but not so soon as to be unobserved, and young Chasuble poked his chum in the ribs and whispered, " Hey! What's that? A visitor to the doctor! It must be that girl from Xova Scotia. !,o .Ir.on'o rlnmrlit-pr \'rm know. I'll tell you what, she's pretty." Faith rather than vision prompted this statement, but Frank Chasuble was justified in making it. nevertheless. Aimee was pretty, very pretty. With the slender swaying figure which, with her rarae, she had inherited from her Canadian mother, she combined that beauty so especially the dower of English girls, a compelexion of unequaled fairnesstrue roses and cream?and lips as fresh and red as' a dewy clove-pink. Her hair had golden glints in it, and waved naturally back from a white forehead, beneath whose pencilled brows looked out a pair of clear eyes, as blue and fearless as a child's, in whose regard innoocnce and ignorance were charmingly combined. For Amiee had been "brought .... !? Kw n cIitt Wlrwnvm nf >t I Up 111 OVUlUUt KfJ 4? OMJ .. w. ?- v. ~ father, and a gentle rectangular old aunt, and this was absolutely her first peep into th6 wider world which lav beyond her guarded school-room bound. Dr. Bracey, an old college friend of Canon Trenebard's, had taken Nova Scotia, the year before, as the objective point of his summer vacation, and had then and there fallen in love in a fatherly way with his friend's daughter. " Poor dear little thing,"he called her in his thoughts, for she seemed to him cooped up and lonely, quite unlike the girls he was in the habit of seeing at home, and he plied her father with entreaties and arguments, till at length he won reluctant consent for a visit to " the States" during the en Sillily yt'Hr. JLillS V151l? lUi Ulic lcaouu and another, had been postponed till now, 60. here was Aimesjust arrived, with three months of delightful novelty and adventure before herj and bringing a heart as unhackneyed as a baby's to meet them, whatever they might prove to hold. As may well be imagined, her advent v created a tumult among the "Bracey Boys." Absorbed as these young gentlemen were supposed to be in devotional observance and theological lore, intei> vuls more or less existed during which it was both possible and natural to notice the propinquity of a pretty girl, and when both prettiness and propinquity were so unusual, these intervale; became more rather than less. Aimee had hardly been there a week, had attended matins and even-song not more than a dozen times under the wing of demure 1 u.if 4i,? Mrs. Kracey, Deiure nan mu actum.UJ were her svowked slaves, and the other half showed symptoms of yielding. One and all, in greater or less degree, wen charmed with the fresh beauty of th< young English girl and expressed it ir their different ways, by fiction, or bj silence, which is sometimes as eloqueni a thing as action. <*** Aimee enjoyed her honors modestly and meekly. A little eonsciousnes.' crept gradually into the frank eyes, i shadc'of innocent coquetry, perhaps, int< the manner?that was all: and no harn either, pronounced Dr. Bracey,, as h watchea this gradual unfolding of th womanly instinct. He loved tne girl and it pleased him to see her havinj "a good time," after the fashion of he age and sex. "It will do her all sorts o good," meditated this worldly-wise ol< theologue, with a chuckle, and h ruhben his hands approvingly. Simple Dr. Bracey! Themomentar ?xtroa nil hp hfl. amusement ui nu .. ? ? in his mind. It aid not occur to hir that happiness, most happiness, has t be paid for in one shape or another, an that the settling day, when it comes, i rarely a pleasant one. Among the crow * -"Ua efan/^ of admirers is aiways oue nuu swuv pre-eminent in a girl's fitney. In Aimee this one was Frank Chasuble. He wj the handsomest young fellow in the sen inary, for ono thing. His views we "high," but throtwas no objection to t) church-loving girl; and as the only so of a rich man. ne had it in his power t express and adorn these views with a the ornamental touches with whic modern arts essays to decorate an au tew faith. Nobody wore such wais coats as he; his bands were miracles i fineness; the little cross at his buttoi hole was an antique gem. The sec -crief of his life was the wearing of the inevitable student's black gown; its consolation, the contemplation of a drawer full of advanced garments, embroidered stoles and the like, with which he purposed to bedeck himself the moment that ordination should set him free to do as he liked. He was altogether a fascinating combination?enough to kindle the fancy of anv girl; and Aimee was in the fair road for a heartache when ."something happened, of which I shall now proceed to tell you. Among the little maid s accomplishments was a fair skill in water-color drawing, and it occurred to her some weeks after her arrival to turn this to account for the benefit of Dr. Bracey, "the dear old doctor, who had been so very, very kind to her." She had once heard him express a wish for a view of the interior of his beloved little chapel, and with some shyness she offered to make one. The doctor was charmed with the Idea, and carried Aimee off at once to decide on the point of view. The students were absent for the brief Thanksgiving vacation, so there was no one to disturb the pair in their examinaation and discussion of the building. A view of the east end, with the apse and the tnli lancet windows over the altar, including a glimpse of the carved stalls on the right, was finally chosen; and as the best place for the artist proved to be the organ-loft, a small square space, raised about five feet above the aisle, Dr. Bracey installed Aiiree th ere, showing her how conveniently she <;ould set herself, and how she could regulate the light at will by closing or opening the curtains with which the loft was inclosed. " And here is a shelf for your things," he added, exhibiting a led ge at the back of the organ. " You mig'at leave them there, if you like, and save the trouble of {carrying |them to and fro. Nobody will meddle with them. The organist site round here, you see, and the bellows boy is blind, poor fellow." With this he'departed, leaving Aimee to her task. She worked on through that quiet afternoon and the next, and so successfully that her work became absorbing and full of interest. On Monday the students returned. Frank Chasuble walked home with them after evensong, was asked to tea by Mrs. Bracey, and spent a long evening with Aimee over the piano. Never had he been so charming, so devoted. Her thoughts were fuller of him than of her drawing as, early on Tuesday afternoon, she betook herself to her perch in the organloft, secure, as she supposed, of three hours1 solitude before the tinkle of the service bell at six should warn her to flee. She had just got well to work when the opening door and the sourd of footsteps and voices startled hftr attention. Peeping from between the closely drawn curtains, she beheld, to her surprise, the . . ..?: 1? greater part mc acmw tuus onuiu^ the chapel. There were Arthur Burns, Vedderbake, Bensen, Frank, of course, that quiet Mr. Challoner, who always looked at her so much and said so little, Gregory, Tom Esher and a dozen others, all of whom she knew by name at least, and most of them personally. What could they be doing here at this hour? She had never happened to hear of what the students called "practicing Tuesday," on which monthly occasion the senior class met to rehearse and criticize each others' sermons. But the mystery soon explained itself, for. presently Arthur Burns mounted into the pulpit and began to read from a manuscript, while Ins classmates, grouped in various unconventional attitudes, listened attentively. The discourse lasted about fifteen minutes. When he finished, the others proceeded to comment. "The ending was decidedly poor," nut in Frank Chasuble. "You just stopped, that was all. There was no finisn." " Well, what better can a fellow no than stop when he's through?" asked the speaker. 44 He can perorate. He can round and embellish." retorted Frank. "Anyone can stop. It takes a cultivated man to stop eloquently.11 44 "We'll have your kind of stop now." said his friend. "Forward, march, Chasuble; it's your turn." So Frank swept up the aisle and assumed the desk. His sermon was very fine, thought Aimee?very fine indeed. She peeped from between the curtains, her eyes shining with amusement at the thought of howlittlethey suspecte<J who was listening. Then a naughty thought popped into her head, ana she began penciling sentences down on her drawing-paper. She would learn a few by heart, she decided, and quote them as if accidentally in the course of conversation TTnw Am?7.prJ thpv wnnlrl InnV and what fun it would be! "Well, how was it?" asked Frank, rather vaingloriously, as he returned. "Very well written," said that quiet young Challoner, "but nothing to it, Frank. Words, just words." That desirable quality, frankness, was certainly prevalent at the Bracey. "What do you mean?" demanded Frank, flushing angrily. "How is a discourse to be expressed except in words I should like to know?" " It is well to have something behind them?" began Challoner, but his voice was drowned in acclamations from a chorus of Frank's special cronies. " It was first-rate. It was capital. No one could take exception to a syllable in it "?and Aimee, unseen in her gallery, clinched a a mall fist and shook it vindictively at Challoner. It was outrageous that her hero should be thus attacked. How did he dare?" The two hours sped by. the last ser mon was preached, and the class dis persed. A few lingered on their way out to discuss the events of the vacation. Aimee, who had been glad to see the move, shrank back into her shelter again. She lelt more than ever how O Ttflrtir n rrl Knr TTT nill.l 1 . r% irrnen U | awAnaiu uvt, ^vaivivu nuuiu uc wcic xo | discovered tlmt she had been there all , the time. "We had a most gorgeous service on Sunday at St. AllenV' said frank Chasuble, who had perched himself on the back of a bench directly below the organ-loft. "I went with the Dixons. Miss Dixon is a raving beauty, I can tell you." "Was that the reason you didn't come back Saturday, eh? I lizard you tell MissTrenchard you would." " 1 dare say 1 may have said so in a weak moment; but there was metal i more attractive where I w:is, my boy." r " All I can say is that Miss Dixon, or t Miss Anybody else, has got to get up early in the morning if she wants to beat ? Miss Trenchard," declared Tom Esher. 5 44 She's the prettiest girl I ever saw in i my life. I declare, in that blue dress > she wore to matins to-day, she's stun1 nine." e 44 That's just all you know about it,' e responded Frank, indolently, "She's I, well enough as country girls go? has goi g pretty hair and eyes, and all that; bu r shscanno moiehold a candle to Xetti< if Dixon than she can tiiy. No Englisl A girl ever born ever did compare, or eve: e will, with a tip-top New Yorker There's a total lack of style, you see y They don't know how to put on ther d clothes, or to show'em off after they go n 'em on. That blue thingumy Aime o wears on her head wonld bo laughed a d on Fifth avenue; I assure you i is would." (N. B.?Frank liarl no mnv d than once praised said "tliingumy." [s "She's a nice, soft little girl enough 's Aimee Trcncbard is, but she doesn1 is stand anywhere beside a dozen girls i- could name. A.s for Netty Dixon, she1 r a real upper." i Poor Aimee! The blood tingled i: in her cheeks as if she had received a sharp ,o sudden blow, as these words fell upo: 1. her ears. She was too stunned to mov< b and sat perfectly motionless in her sea s- as the conversation went on. t- "Well, if that's you opinion of Mil of Trenchard, I think yoi'd better leave o: i- hanging about her at you do. Yo et might give another felbw the ohanoo^i you don't want it," remarked Tom Esher. "My dear fellow," responded Frank Chasuble, in an indolent tone, "you're quite welcome. I can't help it if a pretty girl?the only pretty girl who happens to be on hand, too?likes me better than she does thel rest of you It shows good taste on her part, but really Jt's not my fault. I don't give myself any particular trouble to please the little thing, and I don't see that you are called on to take up anus in her behalf." "And I think." put in a quiet voice, "that you are speaking in a very improper tone about a lady. Miss Trenchard is the loveliest girl I ever saw, and the sweetest. She is a thorough lady too, and as gentlemen we are bound to respect her name as much as we should herself were she present." It was Ralph Challoner who spoke. He looked straicht into Frank Chas uble's eyes, and that worthy quailed under the glance. "I'm sure I meant nothing," he muttered, uncomfortably. "No one admires Miss Trenchard more than I do. 1 don't know what you mean, Challoner." "Yes, you do," retorted Ralph, with the same quiet decision; "you know perfectly well what I mean." But Frank did not seem inclined to take up the gauntlet. There was a moment of silence; then the young men moved away. If Ralph Challoner could have seen the look in Aimee's eyes as she peeped out at his retreating back, he would have been a very happy man, I think. Rut with all the glow of gratitude, the soothing which had come to her mortified spirits with his chivalrous words, 1 !LU 4.U* 4. cairaness was impossible uuw tun^ tuc moment of reaction was come, and for half an hour Aimec wept as bitterly aa a girl can weep. It was for the snipwreck of shallow ideal that she wept, as well as from wounded pride. Had she learned to lore Frank Chasuble, the pain would have gone deeper; but, as a recent writer, has told us, there is such a thing as "imagination-ache," and the suffering it causes, though not vital, is hard to bear. So Aimee wept on and only succeeded in drying her tears in time to appear at tea, when that useful plea of " a head-acheaccounted for her pallor and dejection. Frank Chasuble found MissTrenchard " changed somehow" from that time forward. She was less accessible, less easily interested; he even detected a gleam of mockery at times in the smile which met some of his impassioned sallies. She was far more attractive to him in this phase. He became piaued, interested ; eventually he fell in love, as he would have termed it. Aimee had her revenge, if she wished it, in the mortification with which he received the gentle but decided "No" which ended his suit. But he never heard from her or from any one else the tale of the organ-loft adventure. That she kept for the husbandno other than Ralph Challoner?who three years later visited remote Nova ? - - i i m i i. Scotia ana bore away a brine. 10 mm she confessed that the dear love which, to his surprise and rapture, met his so fully and completely, was born in the little curtained space, the reward of his | manly interposition on her behalf; and knowing this, the chapel-is still the Mecca of his imagination, tho place to which his memory goes back to pluck that fairest flower of romance which is the recompense of all time and happy manhood and womanhood, whether clerical or lay,in England,or in America, I or elsewhere.?Harper's Bazar. Dead Letters. It is stated that the daily average of money found in dead letters in the Washington office, amounts to about two hundred dollars. Last year more than eighty thousand dollars was returned to the owners though this office. Sometimes money is enclosed in an'envelope without any letter accompanying it, or, what is just as bad, without any proper signature. In such cases, jinnt,h?r effort is made to reach the per son to whom it was addressed, and, Tailing in this, the money is deposited at the department, to be delivered to the rightful owner, whenever lie shall come forward to establish his claim. Another class of valuable letters contain notes of of hand, draft, checks, bills of exchange, deeds, mortgages, insurance policies, and other papers that are or may become representatives of money value; and beside these, a great many articles of more or less value, including jewelry, pictures, etc. All letters of this class are re-enveloped and endorsed bv the clerks who open them, and after being carefully registered are sent to another office to be returned to the owners. Many letters are received at the department making anxious inquiries for money or valuables sent through the mail and known to have failed in reaching the perso.ns addressed. These letters cannot expedite their return. The lost letter must remain two months advertised at the local office before it is sent to Washington, and then it must be found before it can be returned to the owner. Formerly there was quite a colection of curiosities at the department, composed of articles found in dead letters without any one to claim them. This has been dispensed with, and every ..nrtfhiviTroino IQ il'LUTl (,'UUUllUilJ^ iiujr imug ui iuiuv iu returned to the owner if it is at all practicable. The third class of letters consists of such as contain stamps, coin in less suras than one dollar, receipts for money er property, legal documents, etc. These being of less value, are not formally registered, with a description of th^ir contents, but special clerks devote their time in returning them to their owners. Last, but not least in number of the preserved letters, are those which contain no valuable inciosure, but are so dated and signed that it is possible to return them to their owners. These constitute about onehalf of all the dead letters returned to i the general postoffice. The other half of this great multitude of stray epistles is composed of such as are not dated at an v post town or office (the postmark itself being frequently illegible) and have no proper signature. These and some others of an utterly worthless class, are first torn to shrerls by a machine, to render them illegible, and then sold to the paper makers. There is a great number of clerks engaged in opening and re, turning dead letters. They dispose of over fifteen thousand a day, amounting to several millions in ths course ofn year. How a Dog Fooled his Master. | A newspaper that is printed in the i town of Palmyra, Wisconsin, the Entcr. prise, tills a story about a dog which it says is true, every word of it. The dog, > whose name is Tiger, belongs to a sur5 vejrdr, now at work in the service of the I United States government in that part t of the country. One day not long ago 3 the surveyor saw that Tiger was asleep i near the edge of a thicket, and he thovght r he might have some fun with him. So the surveyor shouted out: " Catch him, | Tiger; at him, old dog." and jumped r into the thicket, as if a deer, or at least t a rabbit, had been seen. Tiger, of course, e went bounding and barking in, but very t soon returned with his tail between his t legs, seeing t):at a trick had been played e upon him. Now comes the good part of ) tue story. Tiger made believe that he lt was going to sleep again. In aoout three t hours he all at once sprang up, set his X ears and eyes in the direction of the 8 thicket, gave a loud bark and leaped forward. The surveyor followed, thinkn ing that Tiger had found some game. (). When Tiger saw his master parting the n' bushes curiously, he gave a peculiar ?t "Ah wooh," and went back to liiE it sleeping place wagging his tail, and satisfied that he haa paid the surveyor is back for fooling him. ff ? u Old settlers?The egg shells throws Lt out of thejooffee pot.?Syncutt Tfmu, FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD Catues of Failure with Poultry. The successful and profitable keeping and rearing of poultry, either for home use or for market, and especially where they cannot have their liberty, depends wholly upon good management and upon strict compliance with numerous essential though simple requisites, any of which being omitted only partial success at most can bo obtained. Some give due attention to many of these requisites, and, for the want of necessary facilities, thought or information, omit others. For instance, one complies with all essentials except a warm, dry house, yet -wonders why his fowls do not lay in winter; while another builds a good house, but with a northern aspect, or omits ventilation or cleanliness, or perhaps has the ventilation so arranged that the fowls are compelled to roost in a constant draft; and he cannot imagine why they have colds, croup, etc. The home of another has no windows, and the owner, ignorant of the great benefit of the sun's rays, wonders why his fowls seem to prefer being almost frozen to death out of doors rather than resort to a warm (but dark) house in daytime. Another overcrowds, which, with want of cleanliness, is a most frequent cause of disease and failure. Another so overfeeds his fowls that they get too fat, cease laying and become diseased; while another fails to provide the natural requirements which they obtain for themselves while at liberty. ' Another neglects the supply of clean, fresh water, and complains that his chickens are afflicted with the gapes. Another is unable to hatch more tnan three chickens out of a dozen eges, simply because the nests are not made on tha ground. Another hatches chickens ,so late in the season that they produce nothing until a whole summer, autumn and winter's expense has been incurred in feeding them. Each one of the above either fails en tirely or only obtains to a limited degree of Buccess, and fach in his turn comes to the erroneous conclusion that fowls do not pay. But we confidently assert that a few simplp rules will, if properly observed, not only insure unfailing success, but that fowls, even when confined, can thus be made to pay better in proportion to their cost than any other class of domestic animals, and that the socalled " bad luck" we so frequently hear of is simply bad management.?Bacon's Guide to Success in Poultry Keeping. Patting Away Potatoes. Every method has been tried by farmers to store and preserve their potatoes ( through the winter, and we may say until potatoes come again. It is the ; mo3t valuable of all vegetables, though ( here and there we find a person ana a writer who undertakes to tell us of its , unwholesomeness. It is universally consumed in all civilized countries, as , where it cannot be grown it is imported, which can be done long distances with- ' out injury when ventilation is attended . to. In storing potatoes several methods are adopted, yet they are all practically the same, the object being to protect , them against freezing, whether buried in pits or stored in cellars. The first consideration is to keep them iij perfect darkness; the next is the bins should not be too deep?not over three feet?to produce warmth and cause them to , sprout. When stored in the field, straight trenches are dug, say twenty feet in length and four or five wide, , which arc filled to the depth of three ' feet with potatoes, then well covered ; with straw, on top of which put eighteeu or twenty inches of earth. In a pit , twenty feet lone there should be about ! threej gas escapes or ventilating openings, which should be plugged witli straw ana covered with a board set at an angle to turn the rain. If in cellars, barn or otherwise, the bins should be covered with nigs, old carpetings or straw. Those intended to be kept for ihc spring sales should be frequently examined and all sprouts removed, for as soon as a potato begins to sprout it : loses its solidity, dryness and quality.? Germanlown Telegraph. Household Hint*. Cement for Gi.ass and China.?Lime pulverized, sifted through coarse muslin, and stirred up tolerably thick in the white of eggs, makes a strong cement for tfass and china. Plaster of paris is still better, particularly ior mending broken images of the same material. It should be stirred up by the spoonful, as it is wanted. A Cheap and True Barometer.? i Put a small quantity of finely pulverized 1 alum in a long, half-ounce vial, and fill j if mitli cnirilq nf witlp. Whpn tllfi lit mosphere is dry and clear, the spirts i will be as clear as crystal; but on the approach of rain or bad weather, the alum will rise in the center in the form j ot a spiral cloud, which is an infallible indication of rain or bad weather. Duhable Whitewash.?Take a barrel and slake a bushel of fresh lime with boiling water. After it is slaked add cold water enough to bring it to the < consistency of good whitewash; then dissolve in water and add one pound of white vitrol (sulphate of zinc) and one quart of fine salt. This will make a whitewash that will stick as well as paint. Ttowes its durability chiefly to the white vitrol, which hardens and fixes the wash. Halt on Wheat. The Montreal Gazelle says: "In an interesting series of experiments recently made on tlv farm of the Royal Agricultural Society, of England, the manure value of salt was unmistakably indicated. An acre of wheat dressed with 300 pounds of common salt, yielded thirty-nine bushels of grain, with its proportionate amount of straw, while an adjoining acre left unmanured, produced only twenty-nine bushels per acre, with the straw imperfectly developed. The entire cost of the crop is not stated, but this experiment shows that the additional ten bushels resulting from the salt were produced at a cost of thirty cents each. In another case a piece of ground intended for wheat was plowed the nrecedinc fall, and again in May, when it was Hewed with salt and afterward plowed before seeding. On the 1st ana 2d of September wheat wns sown at the rate of two bushels to the jicre. The crop, when harvested, yielded, according to the estimate of the owner not less than forty bushels to the acre, with a luxurious growth ol straw. From these and many similar cases, the inference seems to bo that salt is a specific for the wheat crop, imparting solidity to the grain and firmness to the straw. Hut it must not be concluded that equally good results will always follow the application of salt.1' Life In Sweden. A correspondent of the London Times, traveling in Sweden, speaks of the general, well-to-do condition of the country. Each of a dozen small towns which ho visited had its school house, its church, its newspaper and most of tlient had its public garden; the streets were paved and lighted with oil lamps swung across as they were in old Paris; the houses were trim and neat. The people were as neat as their houses. lie did not meet half a dozen begirars since he had been in the country Even in Stockholm ho sww no signs of poverty, while a crowded opera house, overflowing cafes and U-Jllmni eV*/%r\a nV\ />? 14V Anil MlllliaUU OMV/prj ? v.?v ~ r ? lencc. There is a general level of comfort in SSveden without any violent contrasts. Thn army and navy of Sweden cost only a trifle. The national debt is only $50,000,000, and has been solely emnloved in the constructiou of railways. Alfthe children go to school and over | ninety per cent, of the people can read and write. The subdivision of property 1 is such that in the country the greater part of the population own their own farms. Near Gothenburg a friend pointed out from a hill near nis house forty properties, thirty-six of which belonged i to preaent owners, themselves the culti* vatoraofthsioil. Buffaloes that Execute Military Tactics. ' "Yes, sir, caught these buffaloes when they were calves: got the prairie dogs when they were puppies; the antelope when it wasn't as. Dig as a kitten, and the prairie wolf when the eyes were scarcely open. They are all over four years old now, and I trained them myself." The speaker was John Richardson, who for ten years has been serving Uncle Sam as a private soldier at Forts D. A. Russell, Harker, Wallace and other outposts cn the Indian frontier. He varied the idleness of garrison life by studying the habits of the prairie animals, 'and aa a result he has been able not only to make pets of three buffaloes?a cow with two calves, a bull and a heifer?an antelope, a prairie wolf and a prairie dog, but also to bring them into a tolerable condition of training. Yesterday morning he landed them in this city and proceeded with them to the farm of James Archer, near Fordham, where they will be kept until he can give an exhibition. "What can the buffaloes do?" asked the Herald reporter. " Well, I would hate to tell you without provingit; because you'll think I'm boasting'. We'll have a little exhibition 9oon as I feed 'em. You see they've been on the cars since Thursday, when I started from I/eavenworth. I had the buffaloes out at Rochester, and like enough they're scared and won't obey orders first-rate." The prairie doer nestled on his master's 9houlder. the wolf sneaked at his heels and the antelope walked alongside the buffaloes, all of them responding to their master's voice by following him through the stock yard of the New York Central rai roaa. Then they were fed?tbp buffalo with hay, the antelope with twigs of spruce and grass, the prairie wolf with a great bone and the dog with an apple. When they were through with their meal Mr. Richardson called out "Fall in!" At once the buffaloes stood facing him and formed in line according to size. The antelope took position as'liie closer, while the wolf, refusing to take part in the drill, got a beating, and slunk off into a corner, where he whined piteously. "He is very disobedient, and will parade only occasionally. I control him by fear. The rest, except the antelope, are very docile, and he isn't wild. I taught him to stand always behind the line. Now you see I got these things, j and I made pets of them. I didn't intend to train them for anthing but fun. | "Being myself a soldier I, naturally enough, taught them Upton's tactics, so far as they can be adopted for tnree big shouldered brutes like Topsey, General Custer and Meadow Grass. The heifer is Meadow Grass. Fours right?I say fours, but its really threes?march!" Immediately the unwieldy Meadow firoco hof?in tr? wlippl. the nt liprs Veen ing the allignment by moving more slowly until the front had been changed. " Halt! right dress!" and the great shaggy beasts turned their heads and eyes to the right, and waited for the order "Front!" Then came "Fours left!" "Fours right about!" "Twos left and right!" "Three step to the rear!" and a score of orders intelligible only to a military man. All obeyed with promptitude and intelligence. Finally, tkeorder was given, " Forward, double turn, march!" and at once the trio, followed 3lo<?ely by the antelope, started off at a sharp run, and halted at the word. "Perquita," said Richardson, speaking of the prairie dog, " is sick. He has i been sick ever since lie got out of Kansas. But he shall turn a somersault for you. Here, Perouita; over! march!" At the word the quaint little animal threw a half handspring that would have done honor to a trained athlete. It is Richardson's intention to give exhibitions of the chase of the butt'alo, as the Indians do it with bow and arrows. and to that ond lie has brought with liim a mustang and a bow, with blunt arrows. " I use blunt arrows because I wouldn't hurt my Meadow Grass, would I?" and the master put his arm caressingly over the shaggy neck of the heifer, while she responded by affectionately rubbing his hand with her nose.?New York Herald. Five Thousand Idols. Some years ago the province ot Yunan, almost exclusively populated by Mohammedans, rose in open revolt against its sovereign, cast off the Celestial yoke, and declared its independence. The Chinese government having subjugated the Yunanites, set to work to convert them from Islam to the state worship of the 'flowery realm. The Yunanites have hitherto withstood persuasion, theological argument anil torture with stolid resolution; so the astute mandarins entrusted with the ta3k of weaning them from their dogmatic errors have adopted the cunning expedient of making it worth their while to becomte idolators. A recent imperial decree ordain" that every Mohammedan publitrlv r. ununcinff his faith shall be en franchised from taxation, and that this privilege shall be extended to his descendants for the peiiod of 100 yearsThe actual convert, raorcovei*, shall b distinguished by a mark of iraperia favor?a peacock's feather or cap but ton, according to his condition in life Meanwhile the Chinese government has caused 5.000 idols, of every orthodox variety, to be manufactured for the especial benefit of the Yunan metropolis alone. These deities have been set up by the police in the porches and courtyards of every house in the town, and the heads of families are compelled to burn incense once a day before their unwelcome Lares, as well as to provide them with new clothes from head to foot at certain stated periods. The Chinese police is instructed to "lock up" any householder proving a defaulter in the performance of any of these obligatory rites, and to stimulate him to the fulfilment of his duties 'by every convenient inducement. Thus caught in a cleft stick, one section of which represents the certain advancement of his personal interests and the other all the mechanical ingenuities of the Celestial torture chamber, it is considered highly prolm ble that, ere long, tne lunanue mosiem will enthusiastically recognizo the intrinsic; merits of tne Chinese form of Buddhism as the best of all possible roligious creeds. A Revengeful Son-in-Law. The German criminal code contains some laws that have no counterpart in American statute books. Such is that which prohibits, under heavy penalties, the use of insultinir language about the emperor, a law under which there have been very innny prosecutions in the past year. Another is the curious statute prescribing punishment Jbr behavior in violation of the respect due the dead. This law is faid to have been rarely made the occasion for prosecution, but a case has just been before the circuit court at Berlin in which it has been applied. Several months iico tlie widow ijangenheira wits interred in the churchyard at Wcissensee. She had been possessed of ample wealth, but her numerous children, with one exception, were greatly disappointed in their expectations, the bulk of her property having been bequeathed to one daughter. Unable to restrain me rage ana uisgusi arousuu uy this discovery, one of the sons-in-law of the widow, a provision dealer named Hackmeister, presented himself at the interment, and as the grave was about to be closed stepped up to it, and, in the presence of the priest and the assembled mourners, with loud expressions of contempt, spat upon the coffin. He was arrested and prosecuted, the attorney for the eovernment demanding that he should be sentenced to six months' imEriaonment. The court was merciful, owever, in consideration of the rarity of suoh an oftence, and imposed fourteen day#1 confinement. AN OPIUM DEN. 1 AI Visit to One in San Francisco?Fire WhlCts . from an Oplnm Pipe?Sensations of the "on Opium Smoker. can A San Francisco Chronicle reporter visited an old rookery on Pacific street, e t The froat of the building bears the ap- ' pearance of having withstood storm rjir and weather for many a year. Here V_fl^ and there are patches of paint, but more "atioften the boards are plain. There is "rr1?, also a narrow show-window bearing the . legend that beer can be obtained at five ' cents per glass. The doorway is nur- jr? row. and the interior is hidden from riVr" 'passers-by by an old blind-screen. Hav- rac_ ing once gained admittance, the visitor nen1 found himself in front of a bar with jj nothing remarkable about it save that the bottles and glasses had a dingier and _ dirtier look about them than usual, even ? for so low a place. Behind the bar was the proprietor, an old, wicked-looking : fellow, Dlear-eyed and unclean. The L-j, bar and saloon are but blinds for the maj5 unwary. Near the back of the saloon ears was a narrow door leading to apart- natj. ments above. These are used as opium q dens, and in them squalor, dirt and filth reign supreme. One room jj was square, ten by twelve feet in ern size. Ranged on one side were bunk? {1 t witK -rrr moffrflOOfiD fltlH WltU Obianr uinii/bfctoovgt ktiuiva mmm wnq shiny with filth. Benches were ranged along the other side of the room, and in cuje about the center stood a small rickety ^ee(j table with the opium pipes upon it. This 8tTe) room was presided over by an old crone mj.fitly placed among the surroundings, gan her dull eyes, languid movements and ' hard breathing indicating that she was .:on the victim of the deadly drug. Every cjjje thing about her pointed to the fact that ot^e nothing in this world can ever be any thing but a dreary blank to her; her con? wants and ambitions are satiated with r0 a pipe of opium. The reporter entered the room and was met by a sickening Ja ? odor, as if the very air and walls were i.?:r impregnated with death in its vilest va? form. The room at the time was unoc- ' j rimlprt Viv anv nno hnfc thp attendant. wfio listlessly asked if the visitor de- 0# tj. sired to smoke, to which an affirmative at answer was given. " Then give me your money and I'll fill your pipe." The ^g] money wps handed her; she took up several pipes, put the stems one after an- race other into' her mouth and began blowing u ? into them. When she finally found the ' one she wanted she quickly rubbed the Qr e moisture off the mouth-piece with the g dirty sleeve ol her dress and handed it J _ to the visitor, saying: "There, fix it i.iipt. for yourself?herexs the stuff." On being g: ? tola that the reporter did not understand at tj manipulating it, she deftly put her long jet< bony forefinger into the jar containing ^en the opium, and rolled a small quantity geal of it between her thumb and finger; she then placed it into a small hole in gom the pipe, paying: "Is that enough or i or dy'e want more?" On being [Lj-. told that it was sufficient, she w pointed to one of the bunks to ^ which the reporter, with a shudder, re[ tired. At a small lamp on the table the pipe is lighted and a few puffs taken. Tne sensation is indescribable; a sleepy | languor pervades the whole body, a T1 pleasant tingling from head to foot en- seng sues, and with the fifth and last puff dep< dreamy unconsciousness overtakes the trav victim. De Ouincey's confessions of an Mrs opium-eater do not describe those of an nent opium-smoker, although the feeling the < must he somewhatsimilar. The Strang- the est dreams overtake the unconscious vali; sleeper, the pipe lalls from his hands, a gr his face becomes livid, and the visions " that pass before his drugged fancy are you simply delicious. No dream of pleasure, " no fancied benutv. can eaual the scenes mad and forms called up in the visions of the but opium-smoker. After half an hour of " perfect content and rest the victim wakes is i to find that with the dawn of reason thoi comes the waking, racking brain. The Bi head feels about ten times its usual size ladj and the feeling about the heart is most qua: painful. On the reporter's awakening seng he found the room occupied by others omi who had arrived in the meantime. One " man was already asleep in the bunk _ " above. On the bench, awaiting their isju turn, were two females, one of them " closely veiled but decently dressed. " h? The other was of the lowest class; yet the in spite of her squalid appearance, her can' bloated looks, the crime depicted in out every feature, she looked as if at some day time in her life she must have been very woi attractive. Her hair, tumbled and un- pro] kompt, was fine and of beautiful color, sayi The eyes -were large and well set. al- opei tl ough it became painful to look into stra them, their expression being so wild, so mea wretchedly unhappy; her nands were leng small and well-formed in spite of their the redness and dirt, they showing in strange curi contrast to the closely-veiled woman O sitting next to her, who wore big kid gloves. "Here's your pipe," said the ofes old crone, handing it toward the two bod! women. Both made a jump for it. and T) the closely-veiled female being the one his s npnrpst. cnmirprl it. without anv cere mony, showing that she was well ac- The quainted with the place. She lighted sane her pipe, took her hunk and was soon Bi 'lost to every thing save that which the trav opium fumes created in her brain. smil The other woman growled out: pain " Hurry up there with a pipe; I've been femi waiting long enough. Here's your the] money?give me a pipe." The reporter valii embraced the opportunity to enter into a long conversation with her. "Take my place," said he. "All right; wait till that old fool there gets me my pipe. You're new,.you are?ain't you? I ve T1 been at it, I guess, lor four years. The clip] old woman over there knows me long pap< enough?don't you, Mollie? Well, you effoi pee, I couldn't do without it now. I ploy know it's killing, but who cares for that? . s You bet, it's just the best thing ever invented, and John Chinaman ought to moni fet a medal for that, if nothing else. 0fflc< [e's the one brought it to this country. I used to go to a Chinese place on Bart- \ i lett alley, but the cops spotted me and pulled the whole shebang. I don't caie will for nothing as long as I can raise my to'1" two to buy my pipe with-'-that's all I care." These sentences were liberally in- \\ tcrlarded with curses and blasphemy. . " ?"? A,?:ik ?u mo1 ncrn? yuui piyc; nuu, nimuuu , only shade of expression that had flashed over her face during the whole conversation, she grasped the pipe, HRJ lighted it and went to ner couch. Leavthis den, the reporter, with tottering inRt< step, reached the street once more and OMJ again breathed the pure air of heaven. P, in Advertising Deaths. labo In Munich there is a curious custom, yw obedience To which tills a liu-ge portion X t< of the newspapers. It is the advertising raih of deaths after the following style: by tl It has pleased God the Almighty, in dresi Ilis inscrutable providence, to take away our innermost loved, best husband, "p? father, grandfather, uncle, brother-inlaw and cousin, Herr , dyer of inK 1 cloth and silk, yesterday night at eleven o'clock, after three weeks of severe v' suffering, having partaken of the holy sacrament in his sixty-sixth year, out of. this earthly abode of calamity into a In better beyond. Mor Those who knew his good heart, his serv great honesty, as well as his patience in proc suffering, will know how justly to esti- acoi mate our grief. will This is signed by the " deep-grieving', gpt i survivors?widow, son, daughter, ana Whi /lot, w in t.llR TIRJTIP. of tllfl absent relations. After the name of the com son is written, " dyer in cloth and silk." cent The notice closes with an announcement that of the funeral at the cemetery, and a ness service at the church the day alter. It forn is common to engrave upon the monu- part ment the business ns well as the title o ihej the departed. slee; noti " top: A sportsman wm boasting yesterday of having shot a rabbit. "But it was not in seaaon," said a friend. "Oh. Lt ye#," was the reply, " 'twai seasoned Tit] after I peppered it, ''"Oil Uty Ltrrick, An Extraordinary People. fc the meeting of the British associa at Sheffield, the well known Afri explorer, Commander Cameron ' was received with applause, apolo d for not having his paper prepared lie did not believe, in detailing th< ner and customs of the people o a, in Central Africa, this would be i vback. Urua was one of the larges re states in Africa. Itwasboundet tie east by Tanganyika, on the nortl ndependent tribes in Manguema, 01 tvest by Ulunda, and on the south bj ntains south of the lake Bangueola great chief was Kasongo, and th( was perhaps the most civilized ir iral Africa. The chief claimec ne honors. On his death all hit ;s save one were slaughtered at th< e, and the one whose life was no n was handed over to the chiefi essor. The spirit of the deceaset ce was supposed to pass into th< j of the successor. Authority waj itained by mutilation. Hands, feet and noses were mutilated, and thi ves did not seem to mind it much woman had cut off her own ears i woman was one of Kasongo's wives ohnnf. l.OfW) nf them. She askec aission to mutilate herself, and di< once. Tho body-guard of the chie composed to a great extent of muti i people, whose affection for th f seemed in no way decreased; in I, it would appear that mutilatioi lgthened their regard for their chief name of the idol was Kungwe i za, and profound reverence wa vn to it. Fire was obtained by fric from a fire block, and in one case i fused the shin-bone of one of th x chiefs who had been conquered dress of the people was very simple listing of an apron. Members of th ,1 family wore three large skins, am or members of the Family wor ins of green monkey skins. Th -dressing of this people was curiom ring more with districts than wit In some cases it was worked u four ring plaits, crossing at the to le head like a crown, and surrounde le bottom by a band of cowries o r shells. Skewers were in serted i tiair, one end of which could, be use mi CCOOing. 1 lie puupie wcie uir?. a uou , but they managed to grow thei ds, and plaited them like a China ,'s pigtail, usually putting at the en acn a lump of mud to weigh il e of the beards reached to the waist women, not having beards toamus aselves with, were tattooed, exten ly. Tattooing generally commence ie age of seven, and might be com 2d about the age of twelve or foui , which was the age for marriag* atiful patterns were used, and th wing was done in raised cut? etimes a husband, when he was die jed with his wife, cut off all thes id pieces, and the woman could no jar in public again; she was not re ed into rociety until she was retat d .?London Times. Mistaken Identity. ie other day an omnibus full of paf ;ers drove up town from the Unio: )t. Side by side sat a commercia eler named William McCaby an . Winnie C. Dumbleton, the emi ; lady temperance lecturer. Whe omnibus reached the Barret Houa InniAnnVlf 00170/^ 111 CUUlliiClUlOii j Ml se and started out. The lady mad ab after him and he halted. I beg your pardon," she said, "be have my valise." You are certainly mistake! lam," the traveler said, courteousl finnly, " this is mine." No, sir," the lady replied firmly: u nine. I would know it among is and. You must not take it." at the traveler persisted and tt r insisted, and they came very net neling. Presently one of the paj ;ers pointed to a twin valise in tt libus and asked: Whose is that?" It isn't mine," said the traveler; " st like it, but this is mine." And it isn't mine," said the ladj ! has mine, and I want it or I'll ha^ law on him. It's a pity if a lad t travel alone in this country witl beingrobbed of her property in broa light." Finally, the traveler said 1 ila open the valise to prove h perty. The lady objected at firs hg she did not want her valii ied in the presence of a crowd < ngers. But as there was no oih? .ns of settling the dispute she a ;th consented. The traveler sprur lock, opened the valise, and tl ous crowd bent forward to see. n the very top of everything lay flat flask, halt full of whisky, a dec irds and one or two things that n< v knows the name of. he traveler was the first to recov* lelf-possession and speech. Madam," he said, "you are rigli valise is yours. I owe you a thoi i apolo?" it the lady had fainted, and th -1 1?1 .nA i.:? .. UlUr l'ClU^&UU 1110 vahsu niva e. Early in the afternoon a sig ter down town received a not>; in nine hand, asking him to c< me 1 Barret House to mark a red 1 sith< se in black letters a foot and a ha .?Btirlinylon Hair key e. Government Situations. le following advertisements were a ped from an issue of a Washingto >r. and tell an interesting story ottli ts made to get into government en iJTUATION 119 n watchman or messei fcer in any of the departments, S15 pe Lh will be ^iven as long as retained i 3 Address J. J. 15., 906 Fourth street, n.\ SITUATION as watchman or messeng( in one of the departments; ?10 per mont bo paid as long as the plncc may bo n >d. Direct to B. WILLIAMS, City P. ( flLL pay 2 per cent of my salary to any one getting me a situation of any kin le of the departments. Address W., Ale: ia, Va. OFFERED?I will give to ar party proouring me a position i of the Government departments in Waal jn, the snm ol ?150 cash. Addros SGA, City Postofllce. 'ILL let any ono draw my first month my could they secure me an appointn.ei ny ol the departments aa a comrac rer. 'ILL willingly give my first month's pn > any one securing my appointment in th :l A nnli'notlnn nnrlniMn [tiy llllUX DUlMVOt <?|ip?W*UV? VUUV4UV tic> President and officially relerrcd. Ac 9 MONROE WILSON, City Postofflce. iPLOYMENT in any ol tlio department or Gorernmont Printing oftloe, or ei>;>j :o do, by n lady. Will pay 40 per cent n as employed. Please address MISS 1 IARRISON, P. O. Sleep. i a recent work on 44 Sleep," l)i timer Granville objects, without rc e, to the use of narcotics in order t luce it. They produce not sleep, hii unterpart of it. When a man says take a sleeping draught in order t i quiet night, lie speaks in narables at ne really says is, I will poison mj a little, just enough to make meoun icious, or slightly "paralyze my n rv era, not enough to kill. lie declare if people troubled with sleopless would resolutely set themselves t ling the habit of going to sleep at ; ;icular time, in a particular waj r will do more to procure regula p than by any other artifice. It i so much matter what a person doe rod uce sleep, but he should do pre ly the same thing, in the same^way ae same time, and undei yearly n lible, the same conditions, night afte it, for a considerable period, rr; ? or four weeki at 1?m*. A Mangled Hoc tor's Fortitude r The New York Herald has the follow ing account of the shocking death of Dr. , Eugene Peugnet, one of the ablest phy sicians in the United States: , Dr. Peugnet was .vun over and had e both his feet cut c.ff by a train of the f Harlem railroad, n ear the West Mount i Yernon station, and died about six t o'clock the next mr >rning. On being jrei moved from under the train it was found 1 that he was perfef ;tly conscious, and he i remained so until, within fifteen minutes j before his death. Immediately after the . accident he gav e orders to be taken to ? the residence o.f Dr. A. M. Campbell, in i Sixth avenue, Mount Vernon, but the I jolting of the carriage proved too severe, j and by his 'ilrections he was taken to ? Smith's hot el, near by. Here he directt ed a telegrr im to be sent to Dr. H. B. j Sands, of N.cw York, to come and ampu[ tate his lirabs. He also sent for other ? medical friends, and by about nine j o'clock fo arteen of them were at his side , tendering their professional services, a While waiting for their arrival he . took his lance and made incisions in his . arms and injected with his own hands brandy and morphine into them with a 1 view of counteracting the effect of the \ shock to his nervons svstem. He also f gave di rections in regard to the manner _ in which the bandages should be adjuste ed, and regulated with his own hands e - the doses of brandy and ether necessary 1 under the circumstances to allay his ex- 0] cru dating pains. He recognized the host fj a of friends who called to see him, and s conversed freely with them, especially h with some of whom he had performed j a oy>erations, remarking that he himself 0 was past saving. He likewise gave directionsjto Rev. Father Coles, pastor of v t,he Catholic church in the village, Jin ~ e respect to the obsequies he wished to be 1 ohserved after his death. When his son, C e a youth of about seventeen years old, ar- n e rived and knelt down beside him and , placed his hand in that of his father's, the n h latter expressed his dying request to his c p son in regard to the future of the youth in p words tliat moved all present to tears, t 4 After remarking to him that he had ? r thus far lived without a blemish upon a his character he urged him to maintain a that spotless character to the end of his * y life; and upon him rested a greatrespon- fa r sibility, that the care of the young memk hers of the family would devolve upon tl d him. that they would naturally emulate ti u his example, that his mother would liave to depend wholly upon him, that \ e he would not be only her son, but also ^ - her adviser; that one of the highest d characteristics of manliness that could L_ be displayed by him waa a devotion to .. his mother. . a Shortly after this touching scene was e enacted more suitable accommodations u for Dr. Peugnet were offered on the op- o (1 posite side of the avenue and accepted. e Here the ampul Ation of the two limbs tl t waa concluded shortly after midnight, n the patient Mmself giving directions at ' r whit, points he desired the amputations to be made. He bore the ordeal with g heroic fortitude. q i_ ! II atp ft TAVAM /^nnr*kf A Ponr fl r uvi\ a xci?u vuu?iii/ a kcui ? j H. P. Fancher was trying to catch a a ^ horse, and was rapidly riding after him [. through ai thickee of mesquite when he n suddf jaly came upon a huge bear. A e chasM at once commenced, air. Fanclier attacking with hia pistol, and bruin, e probably nearly overcome by heat, trying to make a successfu1 retreat. Mr. f F . fired five shots without bringing down ? his game, and having only one charge " , left concluded to change his tactics. 1 Uncoiling the rope as a lariat, which y was tied to his saddle, he made a laeso jt and attempted to rope the bear. The first E a attempt was unsuccessful, the rope get- P ting into the animal's mouth. The next $ ie proved a successful throw, the rope get- b y. ting on the bear's neck. A quick move3_ ment on the part of the bear ierked the e rope out of Mr. F's hand, and the bear tl resumed his retreat, closely followed by is his pursuer on horseback. Finding it S if difficult to approach the bear.sufficiently near to eaten hold of the rope Mr. F. ^ .. dismounted and commenced the chase on a rg foot. Seeing this thobear slackened his a ? speed, evidently not caring it his pursuer 8j did come up with him. He occasion- j j ally stopped and looked bacic as if ex- . peeling company. Declining a hand-to- ? hand encounter with a large bear, Mr. * t F.returned;toliis_horse, and calling to his ? jg cousin, Mr. T. jj'ancner, resumeu me chase. With the aid of a stick he pos- ? ,r sessed himself of the end of the rope, K lt which was about thirty feet in length, , and fastened it to the saddle. Now J* ? commenced the frantic actions ?f the s. b?ir in his savaee efforts to release him- o a self. He plunged in every direction, tl nearly throwing the horse and showing c ' evident intentions to free himself at all hazard. But his captor managed to re- & ;r tain his prisoner and at the same time keep his horse out of the way of the sav- v t age brute until a shot from the six- f ' shooter of bis cousin put the bear hors p de combat. The fore-paw exhibited by Mr. Fancher and left with us is the v largest ever seen in this section and in- * ' dicates, so old hunters tell us, that the ^ owner, in eood condition, would have q * weighed GOO pounds.?Bayler (Tex.) h ? Cresset. ' " if The Horse Pleads His Oira Cause. 5 My dear ladies and gentlemen, rememer that we, like yourselves, have moods, and cannot always be frisk? and cheer- K n iui, iou ao noi siriiic juui n mother in the face, because this morale ing she does not feel as ifcual; why, i- then, do you strike us? Before you I pound us, ask whether we have been up d j. lale the night before, or had our meals at o ir irregular hours, or whether our spints r n have been depressed by being kicked by t! ir. a drunken hostler. We have only about t: ten or twelve years in which to einoy jr ourselves, and then we go out to be snot r h into nothingness. Take care of us while n s- you may. Job's horse was" clothed a with thunder," but all we ask is a plain t blanket. When we are sick, put us in g . a horsepital. Do not strike us when we a ' stumble or scare. Suppose you were in ^ the harness, and I were in the wagon, I had the whip and you the traces.~what . iy an ardent advocate you would be for 1 n kindness to the irrational creation! Do ? nnfc lot tliA hlftflrsmitli drive the nail ; is into the quick when he shoes me, or F burn my fetlocks with a hot file. Do c not mistake the "deadeye " that nature r 'a put on my foreleg for a wart to be ex- . ?t termined. Do not cut off my tail short * a in fly-time. Keep the north wind oui of j our stables. Care for us at some other time than during the epizootic, so that 7 we may see your kindness is not selfish. ! ^ My dear friends, our interests are inutual. I ara a silent partner in your 0 business. Under my sound hoof is the jj diamond of national prosperity. Bea yond my no*tril the world's progress . may not go. With thrift and wealth | is and comfort, I daily race neck and i /. neck. Be kind to me if you want me to . be useful to you. And near be the day ! J1 when the red horse of war shall be 1! hocked and impotent, and the pale horse 1 ~ "? ? l 11 1-- l K/. L > ,.1. 1,!^ ^ ol neatn snail nu inui?.-u uu.uk uu m? u " haunches, bu^ the white liorse of peace c ' and joy and triumph shall pass on, its ? rider with face like the sun, all nations e j following.?Home Magazine. h Four young ladies wore sitting on the ? porch of William II. Speakman's resi- " " dence, in Wallace township, Chester !j county. Pa., when there assailed theii J: _ ears a deafening explosion, as of a heav' ily charged gun. Then, instantaneously a small ball of fire passed through one of 0 r the panes of class in a window, making S( ' a rouud, well-shaped hole. Through an sc 8 opposite open door it took its way into w an adjoining room, and therp, appar- " u ently, in the shape of a large, fiery ball, ; stood still for several seconds at a distance le ' of about two feet from the floor and ac r then disappeared. What became of jit w I all tho laaies were too much frightened at 1 to see, and one of their number wm ac badly etunn?l by th? itraBf ?visitor. w An #Bumn vuj. Like a jewel golden-rimmed} Like ft chalice nectar brimmed; Like a strain of music low Lost in some aweet long ago; Like a fALy story old By the Hps of children told; Likearnneof anoien bard; Like a missal glory-star red? Comes npon her winsome way This enchanting antomn day. O'er the hills the sunlight sleeps; Through the vales the shadow creeps; . , On the river's stately tides g ' Rich the silent splendor glides; Where the flowery orchards be, Perfumed breezes wander tree; Where the purple clusters shine Through tho net-work ot the vine, Fragrant odors All the air; Beauty shineth everywhere, ^ While upon her joyous way Via IAVAIV ?ntMTWTl /kv. ITEMS OF OTERE8T. Tlie paragrapher's favorite nut is the etnut. Japan has fine macadamized roads a which the bicycle is coming into high ivor. " I acknowledge the corn," as the man lid when he palled on a tight boot. ligys. The pain of a boil can be endured rhen some other man gets it in the neck. -Picayune. In eight Tyean the manufactories of Ihicago have more than doubled their umber. No matter how much a candidate Sches for offioe, he never likes to be ratched. The royal family ot the Sandwich nlfmda ha* adonted nennermint tes the oyal perfume. There is an establishment in New raven which manufactured 33,484,773 sh-hooks last year. Silk embroidered by hand and worth lirtv-five dollars a yard ia on exhibiion in a Boston shop. Over 1,000 persons |in Clark and Payne counties, Miss., earn their living y the turpentine industry. Statistics show that of the 968,000,000 eople inhabiting the globe, .3,000,000 ie each year of consumption. "I go in for tfieearly closing'move* lent," said the prizefighter as lie struck at for his opponent's eyefBeth Bpicer. The ordinal life of a locomotive is iiirty years. No doubt it would live men longer if it didn't smoke so much. The latest estimate of "practical sta sticans is that there are in the United tates 35,000,000 cattle valued at $1,800,D0,000. A jury in New York city lias rendered verdict of $2,500 against a policeman Fho was sued by a citizen for unlaw* illy arresting liim. t " Darling, I am grown# old, Silver threads among the gold "? S.tng the wife, bat Jack replied: " Turn your switch the other side." - Houston fiivt. In Massachusetts recently, a trog was >und on the top of a church steeple 180 set from the ground. It was the most 3piring croaker ever" heard of.?Pica- # une. St. Louis has jnst found out that Mary luffy, an insane pauper supported at the U?.? tli. >.aof ?Mn hut UUl'-IJUiUC iUl VUC |inn luw J ~ 1,300 on deposit in one of the city anks. . t ln'an article on the Kussian advance astward, the Cologne Oazettt estimates iat 17,000 Russians are every year banshed or sentenced to penal servitude in Iberia. . * A Canadian girl carried a twenty-foot idder one hundred yards, placed it gain-.t a burning house, climbed np nd?well she did not pnt out that fire. be fell back on a man and nearly killed iim. "A new temperance movement in Great Iritain takes the form of a joint stock ompany, with a capital of $5,000,000, a shares of $1 each. It proposes to pen temperance houses all over the ingdom. A Milwaukee girl suffering from lock* iw was left alone with a mouse by the hrewd physician, and she contrived to pen hcT mouth enough to give a veil nat made the crockery in tne chinaloset rattle.?Boston Post. The import of wine into Great, Britain was only seven-eighths as large the ist year as reported for two years ago, rhile the import into tlie United State? 3r the year ending last June was ten >er cent, larger than the year before. London, with all its suburbs, covcrs. rithin the fifteen-mile radius of Charing Jross, nearly 700 square miles. It numbers within these boundaries over 4,000,00 inhabitants. Every four minutes a * * * " - -1 OflH lrcil ISK68 pJftCC in uic uicuv^v?i?| hum very six minutes a death. FAUIKO AWAT. low fades the glimmering landscape on the lea, Now tades the fly, the.gnat and all the rest; i'ow walks the street, oh painlni sight to see, The man whose winter nlster shrouds his summer vest. Much interest has been felt in Florence, taly, at the discovery of over six hunred paintings belonging to the masters f the sixteenth century, laid away to ot and perish in government buildings; tie authorities intend placing them in he royal gallery of the Uffizi. A party recently visiting the Daly iver, North Australia, appear to havo let with, an alligator far larger than nything hitherto seen. Nothing but he head was visible, but this is dccribed as being aboutfour feet in length nd two feet six inches in width. On leing fired at the monster disappeared. The total amount of anthracite mi ed n Ppnnsvlvania daring the coal year. nding September rtth, was 17,123,5*73 ons, an increase of 6,601,043 tons over he product of the previous year. The lituminous coal rained was 2,372,568 ons, an increase of 156,073 tons. The' otail coal product for thfl year was 19,95,843 tons, against 12,738,727 tons for he coal year 1878. Words of Wisdom. It is always safe to learn, even from ur enemies; seldom safe to venture to ? astruct even our friends. A quarrel, miie times out of ten. is lerely the fermentation of a misunder- ,:. landing. -'V Every man throws ou to his surroundags the sunshine or the shadow that exits in his own soul. . It is extraordinary how long a man aay look among the crowd without dis (?a./ r.. overing uie i;u;c ui i? u itn... Then; is a groat deal of unmapped ountry within us which would have to e taken into account in explanation of ur gusts and storms. Honorable age is not that which tandeth in length of time, nor that is leasured by number of years. But wisomis the array hair unto men, and an nspotted life is old :irre. Good intentions are at least the seed f good actions; and every man oucht. to >w them, and leave it to the eoil and >asons whether they come up or no. or hether he or any other gathers the uit. Nature seems to exist for the excelnt. The world is upheld by the verity ofgsod men; they make the earth holesome. Life Is sweet and toler>le in our belief in such society; and itually or ld?*lly/ *o >i<-n8$o to Hv? , ithout J