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BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1880. NO. 27. VOLUME XXY. ^
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My Wants. V
I want not wealth? the yellow gold J
J hnt ch.lls the fio.sl like Arctic cold. ^
That turns to ice the warmest heart, ^
And withers all its belter part. (]
I want not wealth; jt
Only enough to soothe distress, j U
To cocl the brow (if wretchedness,
. To bring glad smiles to eyes that weep, /j
A nd all my loved ones safely keep? ?
This wealth I want, and nothing more. v
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I went not j?ower?to sway my kind, |
And blindly lead a world ol blind, j ^
To silt the tcene on life's great stage, j li
And make mv imnre?s on the : U
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I want not power;
But rather strength to lilt the soul
Bound down in pas-ion's base contrci;
To aid it in its upward flight (j
To yon high realm ot love and light?
This power I want and rr>thing more. it
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I want not fame?to have u . name ?]
Encircled by a garnish flame tl
That, like the flro's dcceitlul ray, t!
A moment gleams then dies away.
I want not fame;
I only want it may be said, gj
When I am gnthereJ to the dead: Ji:
"He lived unknown and died content; e?
His life should be his monument." Ui
Such fame 1 want. and nothing more. ^
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. But this I wont?a Iriend that's true, fc
Who will my virtues kindly view,
And all my faults as kindly scan, ^
Nor count me more or !ess than man.
Ana even more; I Jji
I want p. hand my own to hold m
When days are durk, and drear and cold; m
An arm mv Inhering feet to stay y*
While here 1 tread my weary way. j
Such iriend I want, and even more. fa
I want true love?true woman's love,
As pure as that which rules above, w
As deep a> the unbounded sea,
And bioad as is in mensity.
And even more; lu
I want a smile to light my home, ce
A kiss to greet me when I come, T.
A heatt whose sweet and holy chime
Shall with my own keep even time;
Such love I want, and even more. sj
I want a calm, secluded place
In the kind thoughts ol all my race; al
I want that men should speak of me r<
In gentle tones ol charity. hi
And even mote; as
I want to It el deep in my heart,
I've acte<l well my humble part;
And, when my earthly coarse is run, Sj
I want the Master's kind "well done!" fr
All this I want, and nofhingmore. fa
?James It. Gilmore.
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RODNEY'S RETURN. ?
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Four years f.co this present Thanks C
givintr, Judge Cleveland's house of vi
Co., N. H.. was tiie scene of unusual hi
festivities. The most extensive prepara- tb
tions bad been made for the comfort
and pleasure ol sotuc thirty or forty ]a
invited ^uestf, for t!ic judjze whs an old- ^
lasnioneu nost ana uuea 10 entertain
sumptunusly. Rodney, the judge's son, jj?
was Lome from col lego ior 21 week, and
Lad brought with lnm a few friends st]
wL'*se homes were too" for awav to es
enable t hf m to roand leturn in the short, M
time allotted icr a vacation. w
Sirs Cleveland was a delicate little se
lady several years younger than her jn
husband, who delighted to please him
by keeping open house, seconding his en
desiro and Lis whims wiih astonishing ay patience,
tor Judge Cleveland was known ar]
to be something of an autocrat, and hau ^
been heard to' say that his will was ^r
always law in his own house. The ^
gentleman's will was also law on the nc
bonch and while very generous to the (;]
poor and suffering, was sure to give evildoers
the severest penalties t i:c statutes
afforded. .Judge Cleveland's father had a3
always bad a sideboard in Iub house, s..
and the judge insisted on perpetuating w
the custom, although hi3 wife by p ,-r- w
suasion, and even tears, had constantly ^
used her influence against it. Judge m
Cleveland believed in wine at dinner, fr
and a drink of brandy whenever he felt or
like it. " A man with a mind," he was gj(
accustomed to say, "knew when to be
leave off, a lid a nwn without a mind w
would get drunk anyhow." e?
The judge frequently ooasted that he jn
was sure his son would never imbibe <3
any bad habits with the wine he drank
at his father's table. Wine had always j,
been as free as water in the Cleveland ar
family, and from first to last there had ^
rever been a drunkard by that name. ja
The judge was accustomed to close his
remarks on this subject by declaring ^
that "it such a thing should happen m
that Rodney should ever become the r,(
worse for liquor, and he fou d it out, ,j(
then Rodney and he parted company for ra
the reit of their lives." Mrs. Cleveland,
who knew that her boy would be ban
ISiiru at uwuc aiiu iuicvli, ii au utuiucut ^
of this kind should occur, which, under
the circumstances, seemed to the
anxious mother more than likely, was
always ill at ease during the time of any Uk
extraordinary festivities. Just before
sitting down to the sumptuous Thanks
living dinner, Mrs. Cleveland took ad
vantage of a spare moment, to give her
son the usual wnrnicg. "What a funny V
little mother!" the young man laughed J?
as he put his arai about the slight figure
and lo.-ikcd down into her eyes with unutterable
love. " I shall tfrink only the ^
mildest C:ttawba,and only juct enough of
. that to kesp up'.the cood-will of the es- J*
tablishment. I wonder if I were to get *
a little top heavy," he continued in the ^
same tone of badinage, "if father would ^
turn me out a3 he hns always ^
threatened!" "Rodney, he would!" ^
Mrs. Cleveland replied, with more em- R1
phasis than seemed necessary to her
laughing sen. "I have suffered more c
with nervous horror about that
possible circumstance than with
everything else I have had to bear
pat together. Oh! my boy, you will
never know how cruel and wicked ??
it seems to me to put temptation before ,
a youne man and then threaten to disin- s
herit him if he succumbs to it. Oh! sc
ir\y r.Mir n Yil lior'c CmVo Kn nam. 5^
ful." At this moment dinner was announcor,
and Rodney led Lis mother to 7?
her sc:.t, and. then loaning over her said !r
softly: " I wouldn't do anything to hurt ,
you for all tho world, mother. Trust 01
me, lor I'm a Cleveland, you know." ^
Tliis h.st was a quotation from h'is
lather's oft-repeated words, and Mr. tl
Cleveland smiled a faint little smile as tl
her son's exact reproduction of the "
judge's manner. C
"There is nothing sure but theun- li
foreseen," says an old French proverb, v
and it certainly seemed ti\ e in this case, s
Dinner passed off in" excellent style, b
Rodney's behavior being as usual entirely
satisfactory. As the young man t
never touched anything from the side- \
board, Mrs. Cleveland's fears were quite c
lulled to rest. One oi Rodney's friends
seemed a little flushed after dinner, but s
after all Rodney's fi iend wasn't liodney, a
although Mrs. Cleveland would have j
shielded from temptation every young l
man at he table with the same motherly t
regard which she threw about her own i
son. t
There were old-fashioned games for ?
the chi idr ;n in the afternoon, ana a seven ?
o'clock tei. After tea Rodney and his f
friends went out for a stroll, and when t
at eleven o'cloci: the Thanksgiving party <
broke up, the young men had not re- 1
turned. S irs. Cleveland had been grow- '
ing3teadi!y anxious, and when twelve 1
came wimout nny signs of the truants, i
she was sure that the worst had hap- ]
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lencd. If she could only induce Ine i
uciRe to so to bed, then there might he a i
iossibility that the belated parly could
orue in and retire without being seen; J
>r t he judge was a good sleeprr, usually i
ropped cfi as soon as his head touched s
lie pillow, lint no! the judge had made <
ip his mind, and nothing that'his wife |
ouid say was ot the slightest avail. At j <
tst he exclaimed, irritably: " (io to bed 1
I you want to and Ic-t me aione. I tell 5
ou I am .coin.e to sit up and tind out t
flial has kept those boys out so late. It, 1
ioks very suspicious to me, and it an v. i
[ling has happened you know the resuit, '
rite; for I've been pretty careful for the t
lit ten years to see that ycu and Rodney t
nderstood.'' r
The clock chimed out one, two, and 1
till the judgt; sat erect, in his chair, 1
rhile his wife, pale as a ghost with ter- 1
:>r, flitted from room to toon:, and win- *
ow to window, peering out into the '
arknefS, listening for some sign, until I
, seemed to her as if the very blood *
.ood still in her veins. It was almost t
ireeo'clock wiifn her quick ear caught
le sound of mutlled voices by the back r
oor. The judge's hearing was as keen }l
3 his-wife's on this occasion, and he 3
umediatelv sprang to the door and [
irew it wide open. It needed hut a J
lance to see that all of the young men '
ad been drinking heavi.y. The judge a
>st one glance of supreme disgust at tlie I
astcady group, ihen said, in tones of
lunder: "Got out of here, the whole s
tftofyou! You can send a messenger t
ir your traps in the moraine?you, ^
odney, with the rest; and never, a3
mg as you live, do you dare to cross my }
ireshoid, for from this to the day oi my i1
;ath you are no son of mine." "Oh! ^
jsband!" shrieked the wretched P
other, "let them come in! oh, for a
y sake let them come in! Do not turn i:
>ur son from his home for this his first
iense!" Here the door was slammed d
the five, by this tine, almost sobered t
ces, and .Judge Cleveland with an iron s
'ip led his wife to the library. Then
sho'd relaxed, and the heartbroken
oman fell to the floor in a merciful
anee. ,
A whole year passed after this dread- s
il affair, and Mrs. Cleveland had rc- E
lived but one letter from her son j;
his w is sent under cover to a neigh;>r.
Rodney was <;oing abroad with a i
iend, ir. hopes of getting something to g
3, so that he might continue his G
udies. At this time Mrs Cleveland
r.t her son all the money she could n
rise without her husband's knowledge, t
id now another Thanksgiving day had e
>lled round without any more news of r
im. Judge Cleveland kept open house v
; usual, and his wife sat at the head of t
is table and entertained his guests; t
at they all knew that her heart was a
3t in the festivities, and when t.;e wine f(
jarkled in the glasses, and talk flowed \
eely around the table, the mother's i
,ee wa? as ashen as when, on that c
wful night, she waited her son's re- j.
irn. There was no wineglass at her e
ate, and when the judge insisted on fj
lasting her, as was his custom on fes- t
ve occasions, his wife replied, with un- i;
cpected spirit: "No, I thank you, e
idge. I am not thankful for wine, e
lerefore you must always excuse me." r
s this was the tir3t time in a married , v
fe of twenty-two years that Mrs. : it
leveland had ever, in public or pri- !
ite, addressed a pointed remark to her Ih
usband, perhap3 it was not strange ](
at the judge had no answer ready. " ! v
A few month: after'his Judce Clove- | tl
nd died very suddenly; and when his j ti
ill was opened, it was found tnat he j it
id not oniy disinherited his son, but i ei
id arranged his property so that, in the | fe
rent ot his widow's recalling her child, j ir
ie should have only two-thirds of the j s<
tate, and this under a protest of such tl
i inflammatory nature, that the lawyer ; a'
ho read the document stopped short I si
veral times, and looked round wonder- ! fl
gly on the a>s mbied company. A j g
ird of the estate would be more than j r<
ough to support the widow comfort- si
>ly; but in case that she accepted the ! tl
aount, which the testator seemed to ! ii
ink very doubtful, she was to be j k
iven from the homestead, and in 11<
ery possible way straitened and an j tl
>yed. All those who knew Judge tl
evelaud well, felt sure that.he would t<
s hard to the last, but no one'supposed a
at even hi- obstinacy could*go so far T
this. Friends flocked around to g
mpathize with this doubly bereaved j b
omau. To the numerous questions of i a
hat she would do, Mrs. Cleveland made I ti
it one answer, and this was: "Help r<
e to tind my sonand all understood o
am this that the property?the whole j n
a third?was to her but a triflins con- , ii
demtion. for three months every- v
>dy did help. Letters and telegrams p
ere sent in all directions, and every d
Fort ma<?e that human ingenuitv could t!
vent; but all to no purpose. Rodney t
ieveland was either dead, or purposely t<
:eping out of the wav. The news of v
jdge Cleveland's w i 11 had spread far IS
id wide, and a lev/ of Rodney's inti- j p
ate friends were convinced ,hat the m
st theory was correct. " He would ! 1*
;ver return to impoverish his mother," j v
iey said ; lor, although Rodney had i s
uch ol his mother's gentleness, he also i v
assessed considerable of his father's ! li
jggedness, and would doubtless die J s
,ther than bring poverty to the mother j t
3 so idolized. j r
At last 3till another Thanksgiving j ?
ly dawned upon the earth, and the !1
idow, childless and forsaken, satalone ?
her home. She drove to church as j
>ual in the morning, and there was |s
xrdly a dry eye in the house, when the :1
neiy woman, clad in the deepest c
ournins:, walked slowly up the aisle, )
id took her seat in tiie deserted pew. J
h! how she prayed for help, and how c
r away seemed the divine hand! After s
ie service was over, her friends pressed i(!
und to speak to her, but her eyes !c
emed looking far a way, and her man- j J
;r was so strange, that it wa- not to be i \
ondered at?they all thought the poor I f
dy was losing her mind. At noon she ;s
it down to her solitary dinner, out sue ~
)uld not bear the great dining-room, L
ith its memories of former Thanks- 1
vings, and the dinner was taxen away J
atasted. In the afternoon several of 1
le neighbors dropped in, but she ,
ifused herself to all, and when night
ime, she had tea made in the little sit- |
ng-room, where she and Rodney used j
>metimes to taketheirsupper when the ;1
idge was away. 44 Oh! do, for mercy's ;
ike," said one* of the servants, who had i {
ved with Mrs. Cleveland ever since !
le was married,44 let me go and invite 1<
>mebody to come in and have tea with 1'
3U It breaks my heart to Fee you
ere all alone!" 44 You shall have tea 1
'ith me, Sarah," said tier mistress, try- \ '
ig to smile, "for it doesn't annoy me j1
) have you with me, and we will talk j'
f the old times, Sarah, when Rodney ; <
'as a little boy." i <
Sarah drew up the tab'e, and hung , j
ie kettle over the; glowing fire, with ,
lie tears streaming down her cheeks, j ]
I shall he awful company, Mrs. j,
Ileveland, if you don't chirp up a j.
ittle,"' Sarah replied. "I don't think I '
ras made to be of any use in trouble,' ! i
he continued, 44 for I always get to j ilubbering
so." {
" Oh, Sarah!" said Mrs.Cleveland, in
he old agonized tone, 44 if I only knew
whether my boy was alive or dead. Tell
ae again what you think."
Sarah at that moment was adjus ing a ;
lice of bread to the toasting-fork :
ill of a sudden the bread fell to the flooi, !
ind Sarah uttered a slight serf am. She !
lad seen a pair of eve3 peering through
he partly closed blinds, and had recoglized
them at oncc. For a moment or
,wo she busied herself with her work,
ibstaining carefully from looking again
it the window. "I think, just as I
ilways have, that Mr. Rodney is alive,"
;he woman answered with considerable
leliberation, though every nerve in her
nody was tingling witli excitement,
'*andl t-'*nk, when somebody gets the
Destof him, he'll come, popping in upon
you all of a suddeu. Say, Mrs. Cleveland,
if you'll please to hold this toastm
tag-fork a minute, I'll go out and get tlx
nilk."
1 lie sittine-room windows opened to thf
Jcor, and Sarah passed carelessly about
he room, adjusting the curtains and
slyly unfastening the sash of the winlow
through which she had seen the
jair of eyes. Sarah had always been
>ne of the number who believed that
Rodney was purposely keeping away,
md now she had but one thought, and
hat to surprise him before he could
cave again. "No, you don't, young
nan!" said Sarah, chuckling to herself,
'not if I have to holler fire and rouse
lie whole neighborhood." She opened
lie iront aoor careiuny, ana iuun, wim
t slep fis light as a cat's, stole round the
riazzato tho sitting-room side of the
icuse. There he was, sure enough! and
villiout waiting a second Sarah stepped
id softly behind him and threw the
French window wide open, at the same
ime administering a push to the young
nan's shoulders that sent Uim ilying to
he middle of the room.
This was a coup d'etat with a venroance,
and the excited servant shrieked
it the top of her voice: "Don't be
eared, Mrs. Cleveland! It's Rodney,
hat's all; and I thought I'd invite him
a to take tea with you." Mrs. Cleveand
did not faint nor shriek, but with
.fervent "Thank God!" laid her tired
tead on her son's breast.
A half an hour later turkey, cranberry
auce and pumpkin pie were seized by
he delighted Sarah, and Rodney revi.rded
her by eating as in the old days.
What did they do about the property?
Voil, Judge Clev eland's brother, another
ud?c. came on from California and
iroke the unjust will, as was the only
>roper thing to do; and Mrs. Cleveland
nd her son celebrated the Thanksgivnc
of 1879 in the old place.
Rodney Cleveland has never tasted a
rop of liquor since the night he was
urned from his father's house, and the
ideboard is a thing of the past.
Strange Discoveries in a Cave.
The Silver Cliff (Col.) Prospector of a
ate date lias the following account of a
trange experience underwent by three
ainers who took refuge in a cave duras
a storm:
S. J. Harkmnn, F. R. Oliver and H.
L Melton were prospecting in the
iangre de Cristo range, on the San Luis
ide, about two miles north of what is
;ncwnas Dead Man's camp, on Sunday
ftornoon, when the storm came upon
hem in all its fury, rendering it dan.erous
to travel. Being near a deep
anon, they sought shelter fro n the
;ind by entering. Not far from where
hey stopped, on the same side, they noiced
an opening, and concluded to make
,n examination. Drawing near, by
eeling around, they found that there
ras a long tunnel, though not very deep.
?hey determined to enter, and proeeded
to gather dry pine for torches.
Lfter getting a sufficient quantity they
nterc-d on hands and knees in single
i!c. In this position tUey crawled for
en or twelve feet, when they entered
oto a large chamber, where tliey could
asily stand upright. This chamber
nlarged for twenty feet, where they
cached what seemed a second passage,
/hen, as before, the walls closed, and
; became necessary for them to proceed
t single file. The sccond passage,
owever, was not more thau ten feet in
'ngtu, wnen tuey emergen mio a somewhat
deeper ar.d much "larger chamber,
ic walls widening to such an extent
iat in order to tell the size of the room
was necessary to follow them up from
ither side of the entrance. About ten
iet to the right Mr. Oliver, who was
i advance, struck his foot against
jmething that moved very easily, and
linking it strange, lowered his li?hl,
nd to his horror found a human
cull. A fire was then kindled on the
oor out of extra fuel in order to
at a better view of the floor and surpundincs.
Not far off lay four other
*.?1!q XTrvf cofiofiofl roitli f Iiiq H isnnVPrw.
icy retraced their steps, and obtaining
resh luel, re-entered, determined to
cow the secrets of the cave. Returning
j their lire, which was still burning,
ley lighted new torches, and continued
[ieir exploration. About twenty leet
j the left, and near the western wall,
no!her skull and bones were found,
'here was no trace of any tool, knife or
un?notl :ng but the half-decayed
ones. Tue cave extended to the north,
lid, as in the previous chamber, conracted
somewhat, leaving another nardw
passage. This passage, unlike the
ther, however, was much longer and by
o means as narrow, it leading them
lto a smaller chamber, the walls of
rhich were very irregular, havine largo
rojecting rock3. resembling in some
laces the shelving in a store room. On
iie western side of this chamber, near
he north end, one of these shelves exsnded
to a considerable wid h from the
/all, about ten inches from the floor.
Ir. Melton, who was examining this
larticular spot, out of idle civ u?ity
awercd his light and stooping dewn
ooked under the ledge, and noticing
chat seemed to be' peculiar-shape:*,
tones, concluded to draw them out,
7hen, to his amazement, he found them
icavy enough to require his entire
trcngth to remove them. He pulled
hem out, however, and called his companions,
who were examining the oppoite
side of the room. They were not long
n discovering that he had found three
:old bars that have since proved to be
vorth about $900, Elated over that
trange and rich discovery, they renamed
long enough to notice that the
:ave extended in a northerly direction,
md through another small passage,
["hey did not, however, follow it, but se:ured
their treasure and retraced their
tepa to the first chamber, where thej
:amped until morning, when they shoullered
their gold and departed for their
rr if in Qrtfpf.V _ TllPV rcfllSC
0 tell the exact locality of the cave, but
ioclare their intention to return to it as
oon a3 the weather moderates and make
1 more thorough examination. We obuined
our information from a gentlenan
who has just arrived in the city,
ind who vouches for the gold part ol
he story, having seen it and handled it,
The Farmer and the Painter.
One of those men who go about th<
:ountry disfiguring nature by paintine
id vei tisements on rocks, trees, etc., hai
ieen giving his experience to a Ne^
Fork Sun reporter. He tells this storj
>f how he was worsted on one occasior
)j a termer:
"I had a warm time one day near An
lapolis. I found a low house uuil!
i gainst the gabie end of a barn, and gol
>u the house to paint ' Tutt's Pills ' 01
iv^v u.?-v, T m.iu MfArL-infr onrutT
jliu U.liii. X ?uirtin?, UUHJ M.vw.j
an the *P' when the farmer saw me am
ordered me away. I tried to reasor
withiiim but he wasn't open to convic
Lion. I had to go; but I hadn't eone fai
When I thought what a pity it was tha
the sign wasn't finished, and then I con
eluded to go back and finish it. I wa
working away on the last 4L' when th(
farmer saw me again. He insisted upoi
my getting right down. I paid noatten
Lien to him, finished the 4L' and begai
on the '8 ' as if there w;is no one withii
a thousand miles. 'Oh, you won'
stop, won't yout" yelled the farmer
'Well, we'll see,' and he rushed into ?h
little house on which I stood and begai
thumping arou>d at a ere at rate
'What s he up to?' thought I, and I be
gan to shade the 4 S.' I soon found out
tor just then b-z-z z, a bee spotted m
on the left ear, and another jabbed me ii
the cheek, and before I knew it about :
million of them were around my head
I didn't wait to make the period. I jus
finished that4 S' in a hurry, picked u
my paint pot and litout in double quie
time. 'I thought I'd stop ye,'yelled th
farmer aft-.-r me. 1 thought he had. Th
house was a bee house, and lie waked u
t he inmates and that fetched me. I ha
hard work to get rid of the bees, an
had to keep mud on my cheek nnd ea
all that afternoon to keep the swellin
down."
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i :THANKSGIVING DAY.
! Origin of the Day, and How It 18 Celebrated.
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' Like all good customs the origin o.f
[ Thanksgiving day is almost as old aa
! the hills, and its observance by Christendom
may be traced by analogy to (
' that perennial race whr> inhabited the i
Holy Land and to whom we owe the ]
Old Testament. In the old Levitical t
law, Moses ordained that every forty- e
ninth, or, as some commentators say, 1
every fiftieth year should be held as a a
year of jubilee-a year of rejoicing, and | t
the re-establishment of the old order of ' s
things. With every recurring jubilee, \
tte lands which had been alienated by
sale were restored to the;.r original own- "]
ers, or if they were dead to their cliii- \
dren or children's children. All debts t
then remaining unpaid were also to be t
forgiven, and great must have been the a
gladness of the poor in Israel at this, to o
them, all important period. As time v
elapsed the rigid fulfillment of the duties 1:
exacted became neglected, but when
Solomon dedicated his great temple to
the Lord he instituted new days of i
thanksgiving, which have ever since v
been celebrated. Vast multitudes a
flocked to Jerusalem to witness the t
triumphant ceremonials and the city c
was unable to house them. Booths i
were, therefore, built all about and t,
around the holy city, and the feast of j;
booths was proclaimed. It marks two a
mighty events in the history of the na- j,
tion, for the annual feast is also the an- v
niversary of the delivery of the tables of I
the laws upon Mount Sinai. It was in 0
the middle ages that Christendom f<51- 0
lowed the example. Pope Boniface c
VIII. declared every hundredth year a t
year of jubilee, and during its progress a
every pilgrim who visited the churchcs B
of St. Peter and St. Paul at Rome a pre- 0
scribed number of times, received cer- c
t-nin nnpoifip/! indii/(rences. and in the t
first jubilee over one hundred thousand t
pilgrims availed themselves oi it. But y
a hundred years was too long a period a
for the common life of man, and subse- f,
quent popes appointed, first every fif- f
tieth, then every thirty-fitth, then every i
twenty-filth year as a jubilee. This was fc
in a single generation, and at length the E
obligation to visit Rome was dispensed t
with, and pious works performed at p
homes were declared sufficient to secure v
the religious blessings. D
Time passed on, and from the reform- t
ation to the present time, Thanksgiv- d
ing days have been appointed among the s
Protestants, but they have gradually s
lost that essentially religious character f
which prevailed in the earlier apes. As f
ascetism has passed away, so Thanks- a
giving day has become more joyous. c
Amorg hundreds and thousands it is c
still considered most right and fitting to ?
return thanks with all due solemnity to a
the common giver of all good things,but o
alter the "Service High and Anthems a
clear" the remainder ol the day is gladly a
given up to feasting and merriment, and 1
if the weather be line, to picnics and excursions
intoJtJie country. Many keep y
open houses, p ad the lordly turkey and \
rich plum pudding smoke upon many a n
table, upon which on other days they I
are seldom seer ; and, thank God, it is not 1j
the rich alone who feast themselves. To a
our honor, be it said, that there is scarce- b
ly a home for ihe friendless, a refuge or n
a bethel, throughout the land, where p
some of those to whom plenty of this v
world's substance ha3 been given, do not b
contribute of their abundance to thoss p
who have but little or nothing. Diekene 3
in one of his novels, or tales, paints the s
eager eyes of the little Arabs of ihe n
streets peering into the windows of the v
Christmas game and cook-shops. With n
their hungry desire their ncses are fiat- c
I hpnflH nffftinfit fclie mines to enable them f<
the closer to see what they may never s
devour. On Thanksgiving day, to thou- a
sands of American children, thanksto n
the charity ot the wealthy, the appetiz- y
ing sight of good cheer is no mirage, n
What, to so many London street boys is v
but a dream, to "them becomes a very o
substantial reality. Thin is the noblest b
thanks man can return for all His bless- ti
ings. It is no tithe nor tax, it is the vol- 1<
untary offering of beartii grateful for a b
thousand mercies. Let those of us who c
can then, for this one dr.y in the year, n
cheat tlic bitter old jailor, hard times, n
out of an army of his vicl ims, and to the s!
bethels, the hospitals send good cheer, a
and oncc again light ui* with a smile n
the worn faces of the si2k, the unior- v
tunate, and even the guilty. a
In the old days of Greecp, Damagetes p
wrote: " He whose stoDy eyes ne'er melt v
with tears is':hated to the skies." and in o
our great national day of Thanksgiving, a
let tnc dewdrop of kindness fall upon c
the sterile soil of want and of misery,
and waken into being the buds and bios- t
sorns that should gladden the heart sand
inspire with brighter hopes the children 1j
of men. $
a
Tripping info Matrimony. c
A nice little romance appears in the ^
columns of the Springtield (Mass.) v
Republican. One of the rosiest maidens 1
m that city, while Hurrying to the depot t
to take a train, tripped, and so grace- t
fully recovered herself as to win the ad- t
miration of a very substantial-looking ^
old gentleman. He assisted the young j
woman on the train and to a seat beside .
himself. Conversation flowed pleasantly ,,
and acquaintance ripened fast. On j:
parting at a station not many miles west v
of the city the. couple exchanged ad- \
dresses. The old gentleman proved to J
i be a wealthy Chicago merchant, who j:
opened a correspondence with the f
heroine. She apparently wrote as agree- g
ably as she talked. Letters winged their }]
way^between the city by the river and t
the\city on the lake. Then came a s
proposition?not of marriage, but that .
the wort.<y son of the susceptible parent *
i J ?
De IlUIUlllA-'U LU LUC IxnitajJUllwcuuv. x lit .
; father gradually drew out of the field, *
i and tlie son more than made his place 1
food. Then came an offer of marriage,
t was accepted. Three souis are happy, ,
a brillir.nt wedding and luxurious home
are in prospect, and the railroad c lli- .
1' cials have been greatly puzzled of late ,
. by the number of Springfield girls who }
are stumbling, with more or less grace, .
aboard trains bound for the great and j
glorious West.?New York Tribune. ,
; Tcrrilleil ?>j a Mirage.
' In Watchapreague Inlet, off the i
county of Accomac, Virginia, about 1
: twenty tishiTig boats were ridine at i
anchor. The sun arose behind a thick I
v.nnij- ProapnMv thp fnir crpw thin- 1
. IUP - --J -co
j. ner until a few pale rays shot up above. '<
i Ail the crews were busy at their lines, I
j when a shout from one of the boats was :
. heard. A great transformation scene
j had occurred in a single minute. Apj
parently not a quarter of a mile away
lay the island ol Chincoteague, with its
" tall white tower, its dwellings, its trees
t anrl shrubbery, and a little boy driving 1
a flock of shoep along the shore, ana
" even a littie girl sitting in the door ot
g tne lightkeeper's house with a doll in
" her arms. In another minute another
fog bank rose up between them and the
" shore, shutting out from their vision
j their own homes. Imagining that by
1 some unaccountable and mysterious influence
they had been suddenly transg
formed a distance of thirty miles from
. where they actually were, they broke
anchor <ge in the greatest consternation,
* many of them in their fright steerinc
directly out to sea. An hour afterward
g the mist vanished, and the sun shone
Q out. The mirage had disappeared, but
a there was no more fishing on that day.
it A person called at the quarters of a
p man who was!training for a prizeIt
fight, and seeing him diuing on a plain
e chop with unbuttered bread asked:
e "Why do you live so poorly?" "Oh,"
p said the tniner, " he is a very closed
fisted man."?New York Herald.
d ?
^ Thunder has been heard in Iceland in
g only twenty-threo hours during the last
fourteen years.
A (JUEFK OCCUPATION.
1 Mau Who Manufactured Mermaid*,
Sien-SeriicntB and Other Cariosities to
Order.
Roonne, a New York taxidermist, was
jverilowing with humor, and as queer
i customer as most of his curiosities,
le was an old sailor, had lost an eye in
he East, several fingers in Mobile bsy,
md nearly parted with his head in Cuba,
finally, alter wandering all over the
vorld, lie opened a curiosity shop, and
>eing himself a part and parcel of his
tock, he succeeded well. To < reporter
vho called one day, he said:
"Yes, this is a queer sort of business,
fou might think, now, that a man
vould get gloomy worKing over luese
lodies, but it never seems to me as if
bey were dead. I soon have them alive
gain, leastwise as regards looks. Some
if them old monkeys I wouldn't part
vith for love or money; they're just
ike old friends."
"Who buys such things?"
"Well, I have my regular customers,
jadies have a good deai done in the
ray of stuffing canaries and pet dogs
nl cats, and they come in here some*
im s weepin' si you'd think it was a
hild. But it pays, as I make it a rule
o charge accordin' to the grief, not to
ake advantage of'em. When the grief
3 great they always bring photographs
nd want me to give the dog the wery
30k he had when alive, so" you see a
axidermist has to be a sort of sculptor,
f I hits it exactly they wery often insists
n maKirr me a present, auuiuki cmss
f customers is a few gentlemen who
ollect birds, and they don't want anyliing
except it's new arid rare. I have
, good trade in birds' nests. A good
aany bovs go in for that; but the best
>f the business, that is, the most money,
omes in from the show business. All
hey want i3 somethin? startling, and
bey always pay for it; but trade ain't
?hat it was twenty years ago. Here's
n old order I had from a man in Caliornia,
a sea-ser.)cnt to be 100 feet; long,
our feet in diameter at largest part, and
o be in sections and have an authentic
listory. That was for a big side-show
nan, and, as the man's dead, I suppose
le won't object to my giving it away.,
le didn't put no limit on me, so, as^it
ras my firs'. ord?r, I thought I'd mak
ay own reputation and his fortune at
be same time, and I came pretty near
oing it. At that time there was a big
hark fisher? on the Tybee river, so I
ent down a piece of shark skin about a
oot square* and offered a cent a piece
or all I could get of the same size, and
.s they threw the skins away, I soon
-ot all I wanted. I made the frame
iut of wood, and covered it with canas,
and then softened the sharks' skins
nd put them on, overlapping each
ther like scales; the j.iw3weie modeled
fter an alligator's, only ten times as big,
nd in them I put whales' teeth,
.'he inside of the moutli was lined with
,sh-3kin and painted red, and when it
/as done you couldn't find a place that
wasn't natural. The man gave me $100
lore than I asked, and shipped it West,
made the jaws so they would lift, and
in nspfl to show it with a vouna cirl
-standing in its mouth. He fooled everyody
and made lots of money. I once
aade f. wbale. It was on the balloon
rinciple. Every night they tilled it
mil gas, and after the show drew it off;
ut one night when the shouter was exlaining
it, the people commenced to
mell gas, and some one yelled, ' There
he blows,' and sure enough the great
pass was settling, and in five minutes it
ras flat on the floor. A rival circuslan
in the town had hired some one to
ut it. I made gorillas fifteen feet high
jr a South Carolina showman. It '.ook
ix black bear akins to make each one,
nd they had alligator teeth and real
jan-skin faces, taken from bodies by a
oung student friend of mine. He put
ae up to the dodge. When the gorillas
,rere exhibited a scientific professor said
ne night before a crowd that he didn't
elieve they weie gorillas, and that the
ices showed that tney were notuing out
?ather. Tlie showman offered to bet
im S1C0 they were, and asked him if he
ou'id tell the difference between comion
leather and the skin of an animal
ext to man. He said he coald, and the
bowman offered to let three doctors exmine
it. They went to work with
llcroscopos, and found that the pores
rcre almost exactly like those of a man,
nd that settled it in the minds of the
eople. Of course the show men knew
rhat they were, and I got a good many
rders on them at $200 apice; but there
in't any demand for them now. You
an1t fool the people with old things."
" I see you have a sign outside relating
o mermaids?"
"Yes; I sell one once in a while, and
lave two or three orders for South
Lmerica now," he said, as he pulled
,side a curtain and showed in glass
ases some mummified sirens. "Twenty
'ears ago I sold one like tins," ionaung
me in iiis hunds, " for $1,500, nnd they
vere cheap at that. It takes almost a
ifetime to make one and have it so as
0 stand close examination, and then
he pedigree costs nearly half. People
hen were mors particu.ar to have lies
veil braced up. Now here's one," takng
up a specimen about six feet long,
1 that was made in 1857, and has a pedl;ree
signed by the captain and ere w of
lie bark R. M. Lnwson. That will give
'ou an idea how much trouble and exjense
people went to. I made this; myelf,
on an order, for ?1,000, but it was
lever taken, becau?e the raan died beoi*3
it wa?i done. He wanted it perfect,
o that people and scientific professors
ind that Kind could look it all over as
nuch as they wanted to. One of the
itipulations was that it should have a
jedigree, showing the sworn statements
if the finders, also their names and adIresses,
so that tlicy could refer to
.hem."
"Was this all complied with?"
"Every bit; and I'll tell you how it
vas. I got the oldest female monkey I
:ould get. and a fish called the grouper
;hat would skin well. The old monkey
was killed, and divided below the waist,
ind prepared and stuffed regularly, and
,he fish done this same way below the
liead. Then the two parts were joined
:ogether. This is the nardest part ex3ep';
the face, which has to be stiffened
:opivc a look of anguish like. The
;ca.es, which you see are very small,
iiave to be put in by the thousand, one
it ?. time, and graded on to the skin of
the monkey, so that the joining will look
natural. This done, it i3 treated with
acids to make it look old, or natural, as
the case may be, and then the making
part is done."
" But how about the pedigree P"
"Well, I hunted around, and at last
found a friend who was master of a ship
bound for China, and he and I fixed it
up that he should take the mermaid to
China and pretend to find it. So I took
it aboard and the ship sailed, and after
a while arrived at Yokohama, and here
the mate was fixed. One day all hands
were given liberty, and you may be sure
they were all jolly drunk when they
came down to the boat. The captain
took the tiller, and the mate waa in the
bow, and when they were off-shore the
mate gave a yell and told them to stop
pulling. Then he grabbed th" boat hook
and struck very savage at something in
the water, and finally ho reached down
and to all intents and purposes lifted out
of the water the mermaid. ' Is it dead?'
yelled the captain. 'Yes,' said the
mate. ' I billed it the first hit,* and
stepping over the seats he took it to the
captain, just letting the men see that il
was a regular mermaid, and every ont
of 'em signed a paper say in' that thej
saw it swimmin1 around the boat, and
saw the mate kill it and haul it aboard
and also tiiat if any one doubted it thej
could send to their address jishore
which waa so-and-so. The mermaic
was taken aboard, and with the papei
packed away and brought back to New
York and handed over tome, and woulc
have been delivered, but the man died
That's the way the businesu waa done ii
those days. Now I make them, and Ie
the party that takes them make up hi
own yarn. In fact, I got married nbou
ten years ago, and my wife bping a stric
churchgoer, came near breaking up th
business."
French Farmers.
A very common type of farmer i;
ifrance is tne man wno 1103 receive
what we should call the education ol
gentleman; that is to say, that he ha
been brought up at a first-rate publi
school, and has afterward learned farm
ing scientifically at the agricultural col
lege of Grignon. Such a man is preciou
in the wine-growing districts, wher
new experiments have constantly to b
tried to combat the phylloxera and t(
improve the quality of the vine soil. J
wealthy vinegrower will pay a fine sal
ary to a farmer capable of adding t<
the renown of bis vintage, and it stand
to reason that the farmer almost alway
ends by setting up for himself when h
marries a wife who brings him a dot
Another pretty common type of th
French farmer is the one who has beei
obliged to sell off lands of his owi
through pecuniary stress, but who con
tinues to occupy his old dwelling am
farms the land that was once his lor it
new owners. This man is not likely tx
be very ambitious; failure has mad'
him wise, and he Is inclined to thin]
that his lot as a farmer is, on the whole
nreferablc to his former condition as 1
starveling peasant proprietor. For om
thing, he has given up all idea of amass
ing money lor his children. A larg
family springs up round him, but he ha
made up his mind that they shall shil
for themselves, and what money he cai
make he spends on himself. Just fo:
luck's sake ho keeps $100 or so investe<
in some municipal loan having tiragei
a primes, which gives him a chance o
winning a gros lot of 100,000 francs; an<
possibly one bright morning he ends b]
winning this gros lot, or an equivalen*
prize in a lottery, which enables him t<
laushforthe remainder of his days a
the'more parsimonious race of farmer
who pinoii and screw all their live:
lone.
Generally speaking, the French farme:
is not a jolly soul. Whether he be i
man of education or not, he settles dowi
into a grub sort of life, faring frugally
on soup and ttie thinnest ol ordinary rei
wine or cider. The stock of his soup ii
bacon, and he eats butcher's meat onl:
twice a week; that is, on Sunday an<
market-day. When he attends marke
he makes a succulent dejeuner, an<
drinks a good deal of beer afterward a
the cafe. This is his only cheerful time
at ordinary seasons he is morose
troubled about the weather, the con
scription which is going to take his soi
into the army, and about politics, o
which he understands ju3t enough to b
in constant dread of revolutions. He i
a conservative; that is to say that he up
holds the government of the day, what
ever it i3, for fear of anarchy ; but m
government is popular witti mm, 10
every administration finds it necessar
to lay on new taxes. Taking liim al
round, however, the French farme
ought to be more contented than lii
English brother, for he has a much les
inclement climate to contend with. 1
bad harvest is not a common thing ii
France, and a succession of bad harvest
never occurs. It is lucky /or the Frencl
farmer that this is so, for there are fe*
French landlords who would be in
position to remit any pari of a jear1
rent after a bad harvest. The rule i
France is that the farmer's rent must b
paid a3 punctually as lodgers' rent. 1
it be not paid, ejection is resorted to a
once, and nobody thinks of looking upo
the tenant as an ill-used man.?Harper
Weekly.
Removal of Hair from the Face.
The Sciefilific American says: W
frequently have inquiries, chiefly froc
ladies, who find their beauty marred, a
they think, by growth of hair on the lio
or other portions of the face, for a recip
or method by which they can get rid c
their trouble. Caustic alkalies hav
been recommended; but they injure th
skin and the hair soon grows again; th
razor no lady likes to use. The onl;
permanent remedy appears to be th
absolute destruction of the follicle b;
electricity, the hairs being killed one b;
one. The operation is tedious, and i
thus performed by Doctor John Butler
of this city:
The patient being seated in a chair i>
a semi-reclining position, the head wel
supported, and the face opposite a stroni
light, the operator pelects the hair fo
the first attack, takes hold of it in apai
of lorceps, making it tense by gentl
traction.
A moistened sponge electrode fror
the positive poleol the battery havin
previously been placed on the back c
the neck, or fixed at some other con
venient adjacent spot, a three-cornere
needle with sharp cutting edge3 set in
suitable handle and attached to th
negative pole of the battery, is made t
enter the hair follicle, alongside th
hair, care being taken to make th
needle penetrate to the entire depth c
the follicle. The action of the curren
soon causes a few bubbles of the visci
froth alluded to, to be observed. A
soon as this evidence of electrolytic df
composition manifests itself, the ncedl
should be rotated ji few times, so as t
cause the sharp corncrs of the needle t
scrape away the debris, and allow clec
trical contact with a fresh surface. Th
operation is continued until the hair be
comes quite loose, and comes av/ay wit
the {very slightest traction, the who!
operation Listing a very much shorle
time than it takes to describe it. Th
operator then proceeds with ilie nes
hair in like manner, and so on with tb
whole series, as many as there are to b
removed, or as long as the patient ca
bear it. It is by no means a painft
procedure (except in trichiasis), but i
usually complained of as a disagreeab]
sensation. There is a great difference i
patients, however, in this regar.i; som
will tolorate a seance of half an hour o
even more; indeed, I had one patier
who stood it, or rather sat it out, ur
flinchineiy and uncomplainingly, fc
over anliour, and would willingly hav
allowed the seance to be continued muc
longer, but that the operator's eyes be
came so tired that it was impossible t
proceed. I should not omit to mentio
that I use a modification of a jeweler
magnifying glass, which I had made fc
me by a weil-known firm of optican:
It consists of a lens with a lour-inc
focus set in a cork cap, for the sake <
lightness, and made of such a sliape f
to tit the eye, and is readily held thei
as a single eyeglass is made to do. Eve
with the lens"the operation is fatigi
ing to the eyes; hut without it it
almost impossible to continue the seam
uninterruptedly for over ten or tweh
minutes, and then it must necessarily t
done in an unsatisfactory manner, ;
it is impossible to see liow the detai
are being carried out With the lens,
skillful operator ought to be able to d<
stroy about three or four hairs a mil
ute, and continue the seance half a
; hour. It will be noticed that I ha\
; laid great stre?s upon the noi
' removal of the hair previous to the d
! struction of the papilla; this is one i
tlie principal point? in the operation, f<
as long as the hair remains in, we ha^
: a positive guide as to the direction of tl
i follicle, arid wheD it becomes loosene
, from the action of the current, it may I
' taken as almost proof tnat the paDil
; has been entirely electrolyzed. I use tl
; word 41 almost" advisedly, as about h
| to twenty per cutiL. ui two hairs act<
; upon return, and have to be electrolyz<
the second time.
r So extensively is the adulteration
, tea now earned on in China that M
I Medhur-t, the British consul at Shan
: hai, recently wrote that 53,000 poum
r of willow leaves were in course of m
I nipulation at oneport alone, to be mix*
. with tea lor shipment, at the ratio
1 from ten to twenty per cent.
t fABM, GABDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
3 _____
t
Improvement and Care of Hogs.
e A writer in the Chicago Times paints
the following picture of the modern hog,
and adds some sensible suggestions in
regard to the care and management of
this " artificial" production:
n That the pig has been improved too
i much, both for his own and his master's
a good, is now generally conceded. His
s bones have become so small that he can
c only with difficulty sustain his weight
i- when fattened for market. His limbs
- have also been reduced in size and
s length to such an extent that he is ale
most deprived of the power of locomot
tion. His neck has been well-nigh
o eliminated from his system. A poor
apology for a head is attached direct to
- the shouldere. Had the animal leg3 to
a. 1 ^ iL L- 1 J 1 A.! r. " J
natural iengm uu uouiu not uikk ioou or
s drink from the surface of the ground,
s Being virtually deprived of legs, howe
ever, lie linds little difficulty in eating
. and drinking. He experience! the
e most trouble when he attempts to trave
a about.
a The first lard package was a bladder
- or the entire skin of a small animal.
I This was the model which modern
s breeders have tried to imitate in con3
slructinga pig which should have " all
e the modern improvements." Tney have
? succeeding in producing a skin inclosing
, two hams, an equal number of very
i small shoulders and a large amount of
e lard. It is claimed that the demands of
- the market have been supplied bv a pig
e ot this style of architecture. The des
mands of nature, however, have not
t been satisfied. The modern pig is an
i artificial creation. Being such, he canr
not be expected to obtain his living in a
i natural way. He cannot obey tbe in3
junction. "Root, pig, or die." If lis
f was obliged to obtain his living by the
1 process of rootin?, as his ancestors did,
7 he would die in a very short time.
6 The modern pig by necessity is a sel
dentary animal. Like a human gormand
he requires his food brought to him. Se3
dentary habits'have served to make him
3 an epicure. He delights to satisfy his
pampered appetite on dainties, and he
r prefers to have them well cooked and
1 seasoned. He is deficient not only in the
1 tusks which ornamented the head of the
I wild boar, but in strong and sound teeth.
* " t - 1 TT
* tie is no longer a grazing aminui. xie
3 no longer frequents the forest and
J streams. He requires a roof above him
J and a soft bed beneath him. He needs
P protection of all kinds; because he is in
J no condition to protect himself. Like
t most creatures that take little exercise
? and live an artificial life, he is delicate
!? in constitution, susceptible of injuries,
and liable to many diseases. The
* catalogue of the diseases of swine has
1 been greatly enlarged since the animals
e began to be improved.
9 The improved pig is not prolific. The
" more it is improved the smaller the lit"
ters become, while the difficulty ofrais0
ing the youDg ones increases. Sows that
r are not active and muscular are not
? like-Jy to be good mothers. If kept in
1 confinement they often kill their young,
r through accident or design. Domestic
9 animals that do not graze do not, as a
9 rule, give much milk. There is no food
" equal to green grass for the production
a of milk. All the so-called improvements
Is n pigs have seemed to injure them as
d breeders. Dry corn is not a good kind
* of food to feed animals when they are
a suckling young. They should have green
3 grass, clover and other succulent food.
n They should a*so be allowed a wide
? range, so that they and their young may
* have sufficient exercise.
lt If a pig baa a good start on milk drawn
P from tlie teat it is much more Jikely to
s do well than if the supply of this kind of
food be stinted. Pigs that suckle their
dam in a pasture will learn to eat erass
in a few weeks and will form habits of
e grazing that will continue through life.
q Green grass is not only the cheapest but
3 the best kind of food for ail young ani3
mals kept on a farm. It is excellent food
q for the formation of bone and muscle.
,f Milk and grass should constitute the
e chief food of pigs till they ate four
e months old. On the approach of fall they
e should be fed cornstalks, roots and
j pumpkins. Artichokes are excellent for
e pigs in all stages of tbeir growth, and
y their cultivation cannot be too strongly
j urged. The supply of food for pigs
3 should always be abundant, but in the
i. earlier stages of their jrrowtb it should
beofakiad less stimulating man corn
j and small grain.
] Pigs that have been raised on milk,
e grass, clover, tubers and roots, till they
r are of a size to weigh 150 or 200] pounds
r are generally healthy. They are the-iin
e a good conation to fatten. Theyshouid
not, however, be put in close confineQ
ment as soon as corn is fed to them. It
?, is much better to allow them the run of
,f a good pasture that is well supplied
. with clean water till the approach of
j quite cold weather. It is not necessary
a for corn to be fully ripe before it is fed
e to them. If cut up with the stalks and
o green leaves, nearly the whole of them
e will be devouied. The change from
e green to dry food should be gradual, and
,f on this account the feeding of green corn
t with the stalks and leaves is desirable.
d | itpreparss tne pigs ior suuag muic
3 j hearty food, as dry corn, which will be
j their principal food till they arc slaughe
'tercd.
0 j After pigs have eaten dry corn during
0 ! several weeks their teeth are likely to
.. j become sore and their appetites imc
I paired. It is then best to change their
.. j food, or at least the manner of prepara:
tion. As a general rule it may not pay
0 j to grind or cook com that is to be fed to
r j ho s, but during the la3t stages of the
e j fattening process it generally pays to dc
X i both. An occasional feed of boiled ape
1 pies, potatoes, cabbages or pumpkins is
e : relished by pigs that have had little but
n ; corn to eat for a considerable period.
ll | Hyacinth Culture.
13 A few bulbs of hyacinths well grnwr
e give as line a show in the windows durn
ing the spring months as any planl
e crown. Not only is it the colorings
^ which are attractive, but a few plant*
11 in bloom will perfume the whole house.
l" They can be grown in a great manj
? different ways?in glasses tilled witt
, water, in pots filled with soil and ir
, moss or sphagnum in a box or orna
mental pot or vase. The great seciet ir
(? raising hyacinths is getting g.od root*
,n upon the bulbs before ihe ilower SDikee
3 begin to appear. In selecting bulfr
!.r always get such as are firm around the
V j bud and well shaped, if such are se
^ 1 cured, there is no trouble in getting
51 j them to start roots soon after^ beint
Is ; placed in the material in which they :ir<
:e i o be grown.
n j When potting the bulb3 fill the pot!
?"! early to the top with soil; then mak<
J3 j a small hole, into which place the bulb
5? i then add more soil, and press it firmlj
j around the bulb, lor, if this is not at
tended to, as the roots start they ar<
Is apt to lift the bulb out of the soil. T(
grow them in glasses, fill with watei
a suflic:ently high t" o lth<
c" bulb to touch it, and, as it evaporates
| keep supplying when neceisary.
re j Whether planted in pots or placed ir
j. glasses, set them away in some dark
e_ cool place, which induces them to mak<
roots, and do not remove into light unti
)r the pots and glasses are well filled witl
re them They can then be brought into i
warmer room and placed in the light, j
cj few at a time, so that a succession o
bloon s can be secured.
]a The single hyacinths generally bloon
ie earlier tlian the double and to me appeal
>n just as pretty. The Roman hyacinth:
'(j are the most useful for tlorists, as the;
J(j can be forced into bloom much earlier
and, although the spikes are not so large
several of them arc usually proiueec
from the same bulb.
of The culture of hyacinths in beds i
r. very simple. Enrich the soil with wel!
e- rooted manure, dig deep, and level tin
ds bid on the suriace; then plant the bulb
a- about six inches deep. Give the bed i
?d good mulching with manure, or an]
of material which will prevent frost fron
getting too deep into the soil. Befon
m
the bulb3 begin to grow in tbe spring,
remove the mulch. The flower-spikes
soon appear, and the labor upon them is
repaid with beautiful flowers at a sea
son wnen out iew nowers are uj u? seen.
After they have finished flowering
and the foliage has decayed, lift the
bulbs, dry, and store away in paper bags,
for next /all's planting.?^. Milton, in
Prairie Farmer.
Household Hints,
To take the brown discolorations off
of cups in which custards are baited, rub
with damp flannel dipped in best
whiting. Scouring sand or sand soap
will answer the purpose.
It is a mistaken idea to cover.a carpet
with drugget in the belief that it saves
it. What wears out carpets is the
grinding on the floor, and the protection
should come from beneath.
Crackers that are not fresh can be
made to appear so by putting them into
a hot oven for a short time. Watch
them carefully, as a minute too long will
serve to brown and spoil them.
When about to cook anything get together
everything that you expect to
use. See that the fire is right to begin
with, and remember that as much depends
on the btiking as on the making.
To take white stains from dark wood
use equal parts of vinegar, sweet oil and
spirits of turpentine; shake all well
together in a bottle; apply with a flannel
cloth and rub dry with old silk or linen.
American Wealth.
lb IB H? S5WJU& remain tuab iiiiicuuauo
love the dollar. The sayine, like most
stock sayings, misses the point; the reai
point is, not that Americans love money
more than other people, but that they
love comparatively few things besides
money. We have fewer objects of
serious pursuit than other Western
nations have; we do not, as a people,
pursue the fine arts, or literature, or
scholarship, t>r society with the zeal or
the fruitfulness that we find in European
communities, and so we are regarded as
still being somewhat deficient in our
duties as a civilized nation. We love
these ttiines less than the old world
communities love them. We do not
love money more than they?probably,
indeed, not so much as they, it is the
exclusiveness, not the zeal, of our pursuit
of money that is the thing to be
regretted. Some day, perhaps, we bhali
try to do better than this: meanwhile,
most of us pursue the dollar without
thinking of stopping much for rest until
we take rest where no work is. No
community thinks so little about 'rest
from work a3 ours.
We seek money and we find it; yet do
we love it either well or intelligently
to 1100 if. fmihfnllv. to keeD it
^UVUgU IA/ uww aw ..J r .
safely, or to bequeath it wisely? First let
us glance at the wealth we possess as a
nation. Let us sec what place a century
oi money-making has given us. We
call ourselves a rich people; how rich a
people are weP And first, where do we
stand as to the total valuation of the
national wealth?
We stand near the head of the list
?third on the list of all the W estern
nations. The United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland heads the list with a
capital valuation of $44,400,000,000;
then France with 336.700,000,000; the
United States with 832,000,000,000, Rus
sia with $15,000,000,000, and the Low
Countries with $11,150,000,000 of capital
collectively. Thpse are the valuations
made by those countries of their entire
resources. What is the average annuaL
income per inhabitant in the various
countries P We come to the front in this
comparison. The average annual income
in the United Kincdom is $165;
in the United States, $165 also; in the
Low Countries, $130; in France, $125; in
the British colonies, $90; in Germany,and
also in Scandinavia, $85. In this reckoning,
Russia, with her 90,000,000 of people.
is out of eight as yet; she will not
be very long.
Once more, taking the question from
another point of view, let us ask: What
?? ? ? ? 1 A! WOQ 1 tfl
I IS OUr &HDUU1 ilULUUiUiawvu VA vtvm?VU)
as compared with the annual accumulation'of
other nations? And here we
step lar in advance of any community
which gives us full estimates; it should
be borne in mind, however, that the rate
of interest for agricultural capital, with
us, is double the average rate for
Europe. ?
The annual accumulation of wealth,
then, in Germany, $200,000,000; it is
$325,000,000 in the United Kingdom,
$375,000,000 in France; in the United
States $825,000,000. Oar increase of
national wealth since 1830, says a good
English authority, would be enough to
purchase "the whole German empire,
with its farms, cities, bank3, shipping,
manufacturers, etc. The annual accumulation
has been $825,GOO,(00, and
therefore each decade adds more to the
wealth of the United States than the
capital value of Italy or Spain, livery
day the sun rises upon the American
people it sees an addition of $2,300,000
to the wealth of the republic."
These are figures to make a poor man
expect wealth; but let us hasten to say
i that they do not prove us any happier or
wiser, or more estimable in the sight of
the world, than many Janother poorer
i nation is. What thr se figures prove is a
different thine; they prove the bounty of
nature toward an energetic race; tbc-y
do not prove what we sometimes take
i for granted on the strength of them,
that our nation is great or admirable in
' the greatest and most admirable things.
No; we have been busied with necessary
things; in great and admirable things
i our record is still, for the most part to
i be made.? Harper's Magazine.
j His Load or Coal.
; There are some men in this world j
who are smart enough not to be cheated.
They don't propose to let the sharks and
sharpers of the world get the best of
them. Mr. Gallagher is a gentleman
wlic weighs nearly 300 pounds, but he
isn't too proud to loo* after his own interests.
The other aay he purchased a
load of coal, and went himself to see it
weighed. The driver, who was also a
very heavy man?3omehow the coalcart
drivers are all heavy men?didn't
get down from the load, and when Gallagher
called his attention to it, said he
had to hold the horses. But that didn't
satisfy Gallagher. He made the driver
go to the horses' heads and hold theif.
Then he discovered a doe: that would
weigh about ninety pounds under the
seat. He remarked that he wasn't paying
for any dogs these days, and wanted
i the brute removed. The driver said he
couldn't leave the horses t remove the
dog, so Gallagher climbed up on the
wheel, grasped the dog's collar and
yanked the canine out It immediately
umped back to its place on the wagon.
Then Gallagher yanked it out again,
and again it jumped bick. Again ho
* !**. otilmol s\ff fhof fimo xxrifrn
puucu I lie; tin 1 UJUfci uu , ? 4WH
} much difficulty, tlie dog resisting,
[ though not i ffering to bite. He tried to
1 hold tcio dog that time, but the animal
was as big as a yearling calf and too
strong for him.
1 It got away and back upon the load.
, Then Gallagher was mad. "ll.ame
2 your peit!"~he cried. " l'.l fix you."
1 He seized a pitchfork, an<i mounting the
i load, grabbed the do? and hurled it off.
i " Now," he cried, bracing himself upon
i the load and pushing the animal back,
f "go on and weigh the coal!" and there
he stood and with the fork kept the dog
i off while the coal was weighed. Then
r he cot down from the car\ and, re9
marking ihat they didn't make him pay
7 'or the dog's weight, went home happy.
; And the driver went off happy, too, as
. h.' reckoned that iiimself :ind the dog
1 together didn't weigh over twenty-live
pounds more t ian Gallagher
3
2 The Croton aqueduct is taxed to Its
3 utmost power for supplying the wants
i of the people of the metropolis. New
p York daily consumes 94,000,000 of gall
Ions ofrwater, while the aqueduct is put
9 at 95,000,000 of gallon*.
......
umiJKBKmun.
Let us thank Him tor the rose
Which the summer season lends; . % A
For each blade oi crass that grows,
And the sunshine that He sends;
For the daisies' drift ot snow,
And the sunflowers' golden shields; . ~ ;
For the strawberry plants that sow ^
Small white stars throughout the fields; ' > .J
ii/
For the thistle's purple orown, ^ %
And the hawkweed's yellow hood;
For the crocus in its gown, * * * f
And the wild bird in the wood; " .
For the milkweed, spilling out - .**?.
All its hoard of silken skeins;
For the brooks that sing and shout
Louder after heavy rains; i
* vSfl
For the stars that nightly rise, jp
All the heavens brimming;
For the rainbow in the skies,
And the crickets' hymning. ?
, ? -'vr-%N
Thank Him tor the red leaf's glow,
For the vine's increase, - %
IT ! ?l It,. {' '
rur UiO piUlUJUJO VI IUO ouuny
And the wide world's lease!
?Mary JV. Prucrtt.
N
HUMOROUS, . ?3
? " - -
The astronomer's; pastime?Shooting. ,4f
stars.
If you want to make up for lost "time"
buy another watch.
Some of the most timid girls are not ;
frightened by a loud bang.?Lowell Citizen.
y . ?
"How do you find Uncle JohnPn
"In apple-pie order." "How i3 thatP :J- ''J
" Crusty." ' 4|
Charles Lamb remarked of one of hla * " J
critics: " The more I think of him, the >
les3l think of him."
" Well, wife, you can't say I ever con- ' r'*r
tracted bad habits." "No, sir; you
generally expanded them."
A tali man Having ramea nis mena- ,.>
on the shortness of nis legs, the friend repljed:
"My legs rea?h the ground;
wbat more can yours doP"
A medical writer asks: " Does position t
affect sleep P" Well, rather. If you're
hung up by your trousers on a spiked
fcnce, you won't sleep very soundly.?
Boston Post. J.
"What do you use your fingers foi . when
you blow your noseP" asked a
gentleman of a bootblack. "Do you expact
me to blow my nose with my legsP1
?Galveston News.
The fust thing a man thinks ov iz
himself, the seckond thing he think? ov " iz
himself agin, and the third thing he '$
thinks ov iz himself once more. Bully
for man \?Jcsk Billings.
A sad-looking man went into a Bu??
lington drug store. " Can you give
me," he asked, "something] that will *
drive from my mind the [thoughts of
sorrow and bitter recollections P'f And
the druggist nodded and put him up a v
little dose of quinine and wormwood,
and rhubarb and epson salts and a dash * *
of castor oil, and gave it to him, and for % ;
six months the man couldn't think of
anything in the world except ne#
schemes for getting the taste out ofrhia "
mouth.?Burlington Hawkeye.
New York has more lun out of its
transit lines than any other city in the
world. On the street railroads a highwayman
enters the cars at convenient - \
intervals and robs the passengers; on
the elevated xailroads tUey let a mas
into the inclosure, and then the train
jumps oat and leaves him. He graft
the hand-rail and is jerked down on -'
somebody's head below. A man can
ride down town in the stseet cars-and be
robbed, and go back iu the elevated
train and be maimed for life. Thus do
I he New York lines combine pleasure
with business.?Detroit Free Press.
"TEAB8, IDLE TEAKS."
She wept, and she wept, and she wept,
And she sat with her head in a whimple,
" Why this griet ?" I exclaimed, as I stept
To her aid; and her answer was simple:
" They said I could make either side
In my cheeks a most keantifnl dimple
It I cat out a piece; and I tried; *
And it isn't a dim?it's a pim?pie!"
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Statistics or Lire Stock.
The department of agriculture at
Washington has prepared a table, compiled
from the latest returns, giving the
umber of domesticated: animals iu
Europe and the United States. It
shows that there are in Europe 31,573,663
horses, Great Britain having 2,101,100;
Russia, 16.1PO OOO; Austria, 1367,023;
Hungary, 1,158 819: Prussia, 2,278,nOA
Q 7A.0 7ftS thp Othpr
/.6-x, auu x imivv
countries having less than 1,000,000
each, while the United States has but
10,938,7(10, or 20,631.963 less than all
Europe. Europe has 4.136 031 mulea
and asses, Spain havmg 2,319,848; Italy,
718,252; France,705 943; Portugal, 188,640,
the other countries bavin? leas tban
100,000 each, while the United States has
but 1,713,100, or 2,422,931 less tban all
Europe. There are in Europe 89 678.24?
cattle, Great Britain having 6 003 100;
Ireland, 4,142 400; Sweden, 2 026,330;
Russia, 22,770 000 ; Austria, 7,425,21*;
Hungary, 5 279.193; Prussia, 8.612,150; r
j Bavaria, 3 066 263; France, 11.721,459;
Spain, 2,967,303; Italy, 3,489 125, the .
J other countries Having less than -2,000,000
each, while there are in the United
States 33 234,500 cattle, or 5e.443.748 leas
than in Europe. There are in Europe
194.026.236 sheep, Great Britain having
29 495 9 0; Ireland, 4,482.000; Russia,
46.432,000; Austria, 5.0*26,398;' Hungary,
15,076 997; Prussia, 19 62 1 758;
France, 25 035 ll*; Portugal 2.7oC777;
Spain, 22.468 969; Italy, 6,984,04'J; R omania,
4,786,317, the other coururiea
having less than 2.000,000 each, while
the United States has 38,126,800 sheep,
orj 155.902.436 less than all Europe.
There are in Europe 42,686 493 swine,
Great Britain having 2,519 300; Ireland,
1,052.244; Russia, 9 800 000; Austria,
2,551,473; Hungary, 4.443 279; Prussia,
4,278.531; . France, 5,755 656: Spain, .3
4,351,736; Italy, 1,553,582. the other *
countries having i*ss than 1.000.000
pnoh. while the United States has 34,
766,100 swine, or 7,920,393 less tlian an
Europe. 1 j
Electric Discharges from An!malB# >'
Touching the electric brush discharges
which sometimes takes place from the '
hair and fingers of men, and the coats of j
animals, as well as the leaves of trees, a 1
recent note by M. Amat to the French .1
Academy mentioned some curious facta 1
which came under his observation cut
in Algeria, in 1876, between Djeifa and J
Lighouat, among the Atlas mountains. j
He says that he has frequently drawn ( j
large sparks from the hair of his horse ]
by means of his pocket comb. The best
results were obtained in dry weather, in
the evening between 7 and 9 p. m. If
the ba'"r was a little moi^t, or the sky j
cloudy, no sparks or cracklings could be
got. Animals, and especially horses, t
present in a higher degree than iran the
power of exhibiting there discharges.
Travelers on tde high plateau of Central j
America have remarked that the ccats j
of their horses discharge sparks under J
the brush or currycomb; and ic South
Algeria it is common to see the hairs of
thj tail so much aiive with the electric
forces that they diverge Irom the center. j
0:i strobing thp tail by hand, distinct
crackling sonn'Is may he heard, especially
duriiig th? rfuy. One reason why J
man accumulates less electricity than ^
the horse is perhaj s that tho horse is
better insulated on his horny hoofs.
" Landlady," said he, " the cofl'ee isn't
settled." She replied: "But it comes 4
as near to it as your last month's board. '
' bill does." He never spoke again. J
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