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A CHILD'S FANClte.
THE LAND OF COCNTERPAXfc
'When I was sick ami lay alied,
I had 'fcwv pillows at mv bead.
And-*)*, my toys beside me lay
To keep me happy all the day.
And sometimes for an hour or so
I watched my leaden soldiers go,
With different uniforms and drills.
Among the l>ed clothes, through the hills.
And sometimes sent my ships in fleets
All up and down among the sheets;
Or brought my trees and houses out,
And planted cities all about.
I was the giant great *nd still
That sits u(>on tJw pillow hill.
And sees before him field and plain,
The jilcwsunt land of counterjKinc.
THE WIND.
I saw you toss the kites on high
And blow tlw> bints about the sky;
And all around I heard you pas*
like ladies1 skills across the grass?
Ol>, wind, a-blowing all day king!
Oh, wind, that sings so loud a song!
I saw th" different things you did,
But always felt yourself you hid;
I felt you push, 1 heard you rail,
I could not see yourself at. all?
Oh, wind, a-blowing all day long!
Oh, wind, that sings so loud a song!
Oli, you that are so strong and cold,
Oh. blower, are you young or old'
Are yviu a beast of tield and tree.
Or just a stronger child than me.'
Oh, wind, a-blowing all day long!
Oh, wind, that sings so loud a song!
THE l 'V.
The friendly cow, all red and white,
I love with all my heart;
She gives me cream tvith all hor might.
To eat my apple tart
i
She wnmlfrs lowinrr here anil there.
And j et she cannot stray,
All in the pleasant open air,
The pleasant light of day.
And blown by all the winds that pass,
And wet with all the showers,
She walks among the meadow gross
Aud eats the meadow flowers.
?Robert L. Stecenson, in Art Journal.
JACK.
!;
I.
"I don't know about sending such a
hardened little chap as he is.*'
"That is the kind that need to go."
"But what if nobody']I take him?''
"Then I'll bring him back."
So said the superintendent of one of
the earliest companies of children sent
out by the fresh-air fund, aud so it came
that Jack joined the eager little crowd
drawn from allev and slum of the great
citv.
"He is a tough one," said the superintendent
to himself, watching Jack as
he half carelessly, half wilfully tripped
up one or two smaller boys in the rush
which came when they were leaving the
steamboat in order to take the cars.
"He don't look like the right sort,"
said one or two farmers.
If they were the right sort they
wouldn't need our help," said a pleasantfiinpd
woman who sat in a snrini? watron.
"Put him in here, please. Come, my
boy, will you go home with me?"
Jack climbed into the wagon, butmade
little answer to the kindly attempts
to draw him iuto conversation. His
eyes were never raised toward her as he
rode along in dogged silence, and Mrs.
Lynn began to conclude that she had
taken hold of a very hard case indeed.
But it was quickly seen that there
were some things which Jack loved. Before
night he had made friends with
horses, cows, chicKens, ducks, geese and
cats, and lying under a tree iu rapt admiration
of a pert jay which chattered
above him. and almost succeeded in
coaxing it to light on his finger.
" Come with uic, and I'll show you
something more," said Mrs. Lynn, the
next morning after breakfast. She put
a pail of salt into his hand, and' they
walked up a little glen, thcu up a steep
hdl, when she called:
"Nan, nan, nan, nan, nan, nan?come
nan, come, nan; come, my pretties;
come, my pretties."
A quiet little pattering was heard, and
down along the path which led higher
/ up Jack saw coming a line of soft looking
white tiling.
f? ^"What's their names?" he cricd, in
great interest.
" Sheep. There arc a groat many more
up over the top of the hill, but they
don't know me very well, so they don't
come. We must go further."
Higher up they went to where a sunny
pasture sloped more gently down the
other side, and there were hundreds of
the pretty creatures nipping the short
grass or lying "under the trees. They
looked at the strangers with shy, gentle
eyes, but gathered near as Mrs. Lynnrepeated
her call.
Jack laughed and whooped and rolled
- 1 ?Vw.
UU iJLiC ^lUUIIU Jit kill/ v/x mo v*v/~
light at first frightening them away.
But he was soon in among them, winning
tllera by his coaxing tones to taste the
salt ho held out to them. The boy's face
seemed transformed as Mrs. Lynn got her
first full glance at his eyes, and wondered
at them. They were large and clear and
soft as he laid his hands lovingly on the
heads of some half-grown lambs, and
presently tenderly lifted one which
seemed a little lame.
"You may take that one to the house, if
you like," said Mrs. Lynn, "and I will
bind up its poor foot."
He did so. and when he carried it back
to the flock be remained all day. only
going to the house when called to dinner
by the sound of the conch-shell. And
every day afterward the most of his time
was spent on the bree/.v hill side, perV'
haps taking in the beauties of valley and
stream and woodland which lay below,
but finding his fill of en joyment in the
sheep, lie was little seen at the house,
seeming not to care for any human soci?ety,
but he took long walks at his will,
from which he once brought home a bird
with a broken wing, and again a stray
starved kitten, both of which he carefully
tended.
"Hear him!1 said Mrs. Lynn, one day,
when she had gone out into the meadow
where her husband was at work. "I believe
he knows every sheep there."
Jack's voic. came ringing down the
hill.
"Hiho ! hiho ! hiho ! hiho-o-o o-o-o!
my beauties! Come, Daisy face, come,
Mouu-wnne, cornc, iny i ngsy-ioes anu
Hippety-hop and Hobbldelioy. Hilla,
hilla, ho! my Hop-and-skip and oid
Jump-tlie-fcncc! Come with ycr patterCtter
and ycr wiggle-waggle. my
auties, oh! Where lie you. Flax and
Flinders and Foam? Come here, my
jolly boys, and kick up ycr heels on the
grass in the mo-o-o-o-rning."
"He gets ofl some such rigmarole
whenever he goes near them,'' she said;
u and I'm sure every sheep knows him.'*
Jack staid for a month among his
fleecy darlings, and when the time c?tne
for saying good-bye to them, nobody
was near to hear him say it. lie allowed
TWrs. Lynn to shake his hand as he
t, stepped on board the train which was
to bear him back to his home, or rather
to his homelessness, but with little response
to her kind farewells.
She had tried so faithfully to impress
- him with the idea that there are plenty
in this wide world whose hearts the dear
Lord has tilled with the tenderest pity
and love toward those whose paths
seemed laid in shadowed places, that
she felt keenly disappointed in fearing
she might have entirely failed. However,
she remembered with comfort that
just us the last car was passing the platform
from which she watched it, she
had indistinctly caught sight of a boy's
face whose softened eyes seemed tilled
with tears as he strained his eyes to ?;ain
a last glance at her, and she believed in
her heart it was Jack's face.
ii.
"It. is no use trying to get the matter
righted," said farmer Lynn to his wife,
speaking in great vexation. "This man
Green's a tricky knave. Ever since the
day hi? sheep broke into my field and
got mixed uj> with my tlock "the fellow
has been claiming some twenty or so of
my best Atwoods and Cotswolds, and
j-,' now he's going to law to make me give
P' them up."
"Weil, if you're right, won't that be
best for you?"
"Not with such a man as tli.it. He's
ready to swear the sheep arc his, and
' v there's the trouble. I'm morally sure I
0: know my sheep, but when it comes to
being pinned right down to swear to
each one among so many, I can't do it."
She shook her head.
"No, you couldn't: sheep are too much
alike, and you would run the risk of
making a mistake. When is the trial to
be?"
"Next Thursday week."
For the next few days Mrs. Lynn went
about with a very sober face. She took
two or three rides to the village, actually
O.
had an interview with Mr. Lynn's lawyer,
wrote several letters, and one day
the entire neighborhood was alarmed by
a messenger inquiring his way with a
telegram for Mrs. Lynn, it being the
1. notmxn
nrst tiling ui suuu an uAtuiu^ uuiuiv,
that had ever hapjitencd in the township.
Hut after that evening everything weiit
on very quietly until the morning of the
day set for the trial.
"Well," said Mr. Lyhn, "I s'pose
Green'11 l?e out here this afternoon to
swear mv sheep are his. The lawyers arc
Coming, too.''
The afternoon came, and with it came
Green, the lawyers, and half the township
beside.
They came, looked over the ground,
WW the two flocks feeding in adjoining
fields, and how, the fence breaking, they
had become mingled. Then little remained
but for Mr. Green to declare
which of his own sheep had remained in
Mr. Lynn's Hock.
But Mr. Lynn strongly protested
against the wrong beintr done him, sis a
number of his choicest animals were
picked out and put over the fence. Ilis
lawyer was restless, and seemed anxious
to delay the proceedings, at length saying.
"I am looking for another witness.
"It won't do much good, I fancy,"
said Green, with a triumphant laugh.
Mrs. Lynn drove rapidly up in her
spring wagon, and her husband looked
onnrprlv to see who was with her.
"Jack!" he exclaimed. "Hut what
good can he do, I'd like to know?"
Mr. Green's laugh took on a scorn fid
tone as he saw the new witness.
"Ilo! ho! Mr. Hright, is that your
witness? A heavy weight, I must saw
Who do you s'pose is going to take the
testimony of a little scancgrace ragamuffin
like that, hey? And against me!"
"I am not going to ask the boy to testify.
I am going to let the sheep testify
for themselves. Now, gentlemen, Mrs.
Lynn believes that their sheep know the
voice of this boy, and will come at his
call, and it is my purpose to submit their
testimony to the decision of the court.
Mr. Green's sheep have only been lately
pastured here. Now, my boy, stand on
this fence, and let's see if the sheep will
claim the honor of your acquaintance."
Jack leaped upon the fence which divided
the two fields, and ran a little way
along it. For a moment there was a
huskincss in his throat and a dimness in
his eyes as lie turned to the pasture in
which he had spent the only happy hours
his life had ever known. lie gave oue
look at his peaceful, white-fleeced pets,
and thnn tnrninf his face the other wav.
his voice rang out clear and distinct on
the crisp air:
"Hiho, hiho, hiho, hiho-o-o o-o-o, my
beauties! Come, Daisy-face, come,
Cloud-white, come, my Tripsv-toes, and
Hobbledehoy; come, Jack and Jill, and
Clover and Buttercup, llilla, hilla. hilla,
ho-o-o-o-o-o. my Hop, Skip and Jump,
come with yer patterin' and yer wigglewaggle
tail, my woolly backs! Where
be you, my jolly boys, kickin' up yer
heels in the wind ? Come, Snip and
Snap and Snorum and Flax and Flinders
and Foam."
At the sound of his voice a few white
heads were raised among the gra/.ipg
flock in Mr. Lynn's field; then more, and
then a commotion stirred the quiet creatures.
Bleating, they ran to the fence
where Jack stood, and crowded about
him, almost clambering oner each other
in their efforts to reach him. But little
V>sw,/1 woo tioiil tn tliom fr>r nil WITfl U'Jlffth
ing Mr. Green's sheep. There was a stir
among them, too, for nine-tenths of the
flock, alarmed by the unknown voice cutting
so sharply through the still air, hud
turned and tied, and were huddling in a
white mass in a distant corner, while
about twenty had bleated their recognition
of a friend, and hurrying up with a
run and ajuinp, were also gathering close
about him. And Jack sprang down
among them, and with arms around the
iicck, and face buried in the fleecy back
of one of his special favorites, was sob- i
bing as if his heart were breaking.
Mr. Bright danced about like a schoolboy,
swung his hat, and pitched it high I
in the air. ]
"Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah for boys and j
sheep! They are the best witnesses I
ever want. Mr. Lynn's case is the sound- <
est one I ever carricd before a court.''
"Witnesses!" growled Green. "Arc 1
you such idiots as to think this will '
amount to anything in law?" i
It did amount to something in law,
however, as Mr. Green found out when <
the ludirc's decision was criven.
As soon as the men were gone, Mrs. f
Lyon bent over Jack, whose head was
still bowed. I
"Jack, my boy, don't cry so. Don't i
yon know you have friends all around <
you ?"
"Yes. Look at 'era." He looked 1
about with a smile.
"Yes, the sheep, and plenty more if <
you'll have them. Oh, Jack, we're all
your friends. The loving Shepherd I !
told you of has sent us lu try to do you j
good. He wants you to follow him just 1
as the sheep come at the souud of your i
voice, because they love you and you ;
love them. Do you want to stay here and
take care of them ?"
"Stay here, with you and the sheep ?*'
Jack's eyes, beaming with joy and grati- <
tude, frankly met hers. ]
"I think we've found the soft place at i
last,'' said Mrs. Lynn to herself, as she ]
went homn lwivinr' him on the SUIlllV i
hill-side. ? Young Pfjjdc.
Owning a Ranch.
it is now becoming the fashionable
thing to own a ranch in Texas, Colorado,
Montana, Dakota, Wyoming, or some
other Territory in the far West. Young
Hostonians of wealth and social standing
were the first to take to the new fashion,
and a large number of representatives of
the best stock in Massachsetts may be
met with in various parts of that country.
A correspondent says:
A good many young Knglishmcn of the
same class are scattered through the territories
seeking fortunes and adventures
in cattle raising, mining, railroading,
etc. And now the N~w Yorkers are fol- '
lowing suit. Young Roosevelt has a ;
ranch in Dakota, from which he lias returned
with glowing accounts. Harry i
Oclrichs is another New Yorker who has i
set up a ranch in the West. He is said (
to l?e doing well with his cattle, but is
following the life more as a new diver- I
sion, for the excitement and pleasure it 1
affords than as a serious business. The (
ordinary ranch life is monotonous to the i
last degree, but Oelrichs has a grand es- I
tahlishment, and entertains a good deal I
of company. ;
One of the largest and most enterpris- !
ing ranchmen now in the West is the- 1
Marquis de Mores, wiio married a daugh.
ter of l.ouis von Hoffman, of New York
In the short space ot two years he has '
made himself master of SO,000 acres of '
grazing land, has built a town, a railway
station, and a hotel; has established a
freight line with the lilack Hills, and '
opened slaughter houses along the line
of the Northern Pacific railroad, by
which Montana cattle are killed within
a few miles of the plains where they are 1
raised, and by means of refrigerator cars
shipped to the Eastern markets without
the intervention of Chicago butchers and
packers. 1
The young wife of this enterprising
young nobleman, formerly Medora von
Hoffman, was born and reared to every
luxury and indulgence that wealth and
affection could supply. It is said that
she delights in the wild life of plains,
accompanies her husband on his "riding
and shooting expeditions, gallops over
the prairies with an eagle's plume stuck
in her straw hat, and a rifle slung from
her saddle.
Cholera.
Thecholcra (says the mayor of Toulon
entered that city on a government trans
port from Saigon, the French capital of
Cochin China. The original fountains,
however, of all pcstilcnces are the sacred
cities of the Orient. In those cities the
virtue which held next to godlinesg, or
indeed, far superior, is dirt. In India,
for example, pilgrims, penniless, diseased
and death-stricken, ciecp by thousands
from all corners of the Empire tn the
Hindoo's. Jerusalom, Benares. The result
is an unapproachable filth. The
fumes of some of the shallow sacred
wells, where the pilgrims wash away
their spiritual sins scorch the nose for
miles around them. From these hotbeds
of disease returning pilgrims carry those
scourges, the black death, the cholera,
and the smallpox, to their ports, whence
they are conveyed to foreign vessels
bound for Canton, Constantinople, Toulon
or Marseilles.
A paragraph in a number of our exchanges
says: "Napoleon was bow-legged,
Alexander Pope was humpbacked,
Hannibal had notoriously big heels and
was knock-kneed, Cicero was spindle- '
shanked and Alexander's left leg was .
badly out of plumb." One migbt suppose
that these old worthies were alive
and running for a political office.?Nor- 1
rixtoicn Utrald. \
HUMORISTS OF THE PRESS,
FUZTlfY STdEltfS BY KEWSPAPEB
WAGS.
Not a Musical Ear?A Narrow E*?
cajic- A Manlier Routed ? The
ICailroad Hop?Dog- and Crab.
"My dear, I wish you would tell the
servant to stop moving that furniture
around in the parlor. I'm sure she has
broken some of the vases and Sevres
ware."
" I hear no noise, Christopher."
"There! She has dropped the clock!
I heard the shade smash!"
" Why. Christopher, how silly you are!
That's not the servant moving the furniture;
that's lJirdic practicing a Wagnerian
sonata.?f'hiaiffo News.
A Narrow Eicapc.
"Sister!" cricd a little boy, running
into the room, "your little pug dog has
bit me on the leg."
"What!'' exclaimed the frightened
young lady, "lkauty has bitten you on
the leg? Let me see."
She hastily pulled down his stocking,
and sure enough there was the impression
of his teeth.
"You naughty boy," said his sister,
shaking him violently, "don't you know
better than to tease Beauty? Some day
he will bite a big lump out of your leg,
and it might make him deathly sick."?
I'/iilmh/jihiit Cull.
A !tlnfilicr Koutcd.
A lady, young and handsomely
dressed, entered a Woodward avenue
car and sat down opposite a passenger
who had the appearance of a gentleman,
but soon showed himself to be that contemptible
creature, a masher. He took
no notes on time, but at once proceeded
to mash; he stared, ogled. smiled insinuatingly
and made a second-class fool of
himself at sight. . The lady was discomposed.
She seized her parasol and every
one present hoped she was about to mash
the masher.
But she simply raised the parasol and
spread it in his face. Under its protecting
screen she calmly continued on her
way, but the chagrined masher ?ot out
at the next crossing and made himself
scarce.
When he was gone the lady closed her
parasol and said: "I have heard of
frightening wild beasts by such a weapon
opened suddenly in their faces, and I
find it serves as good a purpose with
tame ones."
The passengers all applauded.?Detroit
Free 1'reM.
The Itailroad Hog;.
?<To tints c/.nf iinnr>s>iinifw-l ?" fi !nilv tim
idly inquired.
Her voice was not very loud. It did
not recall the fat man from his reverie
nor his gaze from something interesting
in the brick wall of the depot. The lady
passed on as though embarrassed at the
sound of her request.
"Is one af these seats disengaged?"
The question was asked in a firm,clear
voice by a young woman, who looked
steadily into the monopolist's eyes as
though she understood him. His head
turned slowly, and he coldly replied:
"All engaged."
Then he resumed his study of the wall,
aud the train moved slowly out of the
depot.
"Oof!"
The exclamation resembled exactly the
grunt of a pig. It was made by a young
man with a dimple in his cheek and a
twinkle in his eye, ou a seat diagonally
across the aisle and behind the baldheaded
man. lie was absorbed in an interesting
article in a newspaper. The ex*
nlumotirvn woe nnf nnfWH
*' " OofT OofF Oof !"""*
A young lady in the scat behind the
person intended to be described by the
young man with the dimple, tittered
aloud. The fat man with four sittings
stole a wicked glance at the young mau
with the newspaper, and then settled
back with a determined gesture of his
head and neck as if he wasn't going to
mind it.
"Oo-oo-oof! kweek! kwe-e-eek! oof!
oof'"
The passengers turned their attention
to the passenger with the four seats.
Flic bald spot on his head began to get
red.
"Kwe-e-eek, kwe-e-cek, kwe-e-eek!
Jof, oof, oof, oof!"
A tittering and giggling broke out
spontaneously up and down the car.
ru_ U..1J
11IU UUIU 't Ull lii*J 1UV II1UU O AAV/t?V?.
jlazcd. Then one foot was dragged
slowly oil from the front seat, then the
Jther. A hand reached out carefully
md set one valise on the floor. Then
the other valise followed.
"Scat here, I guess, ladies," he
jrowled.
Three women threw grateful glances
it the grunter and took their scats. The
jruntcr, who had not lifted his eyes from
lis newspaper, turned it over to continue
reading, but just at that instant the train
glided iuto the tunnel.?New York Han.
Dog and Crab.
Some years ago my neighbor had a
log of an irnjiiiriiig turn of mind, which
lie called Philosopher when he was not
in a hurry. Philosopher was in the
habit of coming over upon my premises,
md trying in various ways to win my
respect and esteem; but he never sue
needed to liny great extent. Perhaps lie
3id not go about it in the right way. lie
same oft in the stilly night,and sat under
my window and poured out his sorrow
to the moon. The moon seemed to stand
it. but I couldn't. I went to my neighbor
with a protest, but he said he could
3o nothing; that he didn't like to hear
i dog howl any better than I did; but,
According to divine law, that was the
snly way in which a do<? could give expression
to his deeper emotions, and he
thought man ought to try and put up
ivitli it. Beside, he said, he believed
that the howling of a dog was an omen
){death.
I told him I thonght so. too, especially
ivhen the dog howled under my window,
ind then I v/cnt unci bought u shot-gun.
But after that Philosopher seemed to
reform and lead a more joyous life. He
stayed home of nights, and if lie was
jver sad, he brooded mostly in silence.
One day I came home with a basket
full of crabs, and found Philosopher sitting
in my yard with a look of mingled
curiosity and pleasure on his open
ind expressive countenance. He seemed
to be glad to see me, and when I set the
basket upon the ground and turned
isidc, he went up to it in an inquiring
>ort of way. As 1 have said, he was of
i very investigating turn of mind. He
would sit by a hen's nest half an hour,
waiting for the hen to get through laying
and adiourn. so that he could form
himself into a committee of one and investigate
the. proceedings. Ami his investigation
of a hen's nest was always
systematic ami thorough.
* When he saw something move in my
basket, he appeared to grow more than
usually curious, lie seemed to be both
surprised and delighted that I had carried
home something that was alive. He
studied cautiously around the basket,
wagged his tail with a graceful easy mosion,
and then,growing more curious and
bold, he stuck his nose down among the
crabs and picked a large one up. lie did
not intend to nick it up so suddenly;
it was all the crab's doing, it got one of
its claws tangled somehow with Philosopher's
nose, and then there was a sound
of revelry by day. I never before saw
a dog get so excited. He lost all control
over himself. His one prominent
thought seemed to be a desire to go
away somewhere and he went, lie went
with exceeding impetuosity. lie went
as nothing had gone before,except chainlightning,
perhaps, and he took my crab
with him.
If any traveler in Europe, Asia or
Africa has seen a yellow dog with a part
of one car bit off, and an expression denoting
humble birth, with a healthy
looking crab hanging to his nose, the
traveler will receive a lanre assortment
of thanks by communicating with my
neighbor. But I am rather indifferent.
I lost a good crab, I know; but there is
no loss without some slight compensation.?ikott
Wav. in Puck.
Sixteen Thousand Prune .Trees.'
Perhaps the largest prune orchard in
the world is situated on the Los Gatos
road, one mile south from Saratoga, and
contains Hi,000 trees. It was planted by
Messrs. Huggins & Stoddard and recently
sold by them to Malone & Hrown for
$72,000. It is situated on a gentle slope
from the foot of the mountain to the Los
Gatos road, and can be taken in at a
glance. Near by is the famous Kice orchard,
containing fruit and nut trees of
almost every known variety; also the
O'Hanion & Kent orchard of eighty
acres, recently sold for $00,000, and for
which $110,000 advance has been
offered and refused.?Los Gatos (Cal.)
News. '
Acoustic canes are a French invention
for the benefit of persons afflicted with
imperfect hearing.
HUtfOR OF TAE DAY. |
Drawing materials?mustard and \va- '
t'er. ?Life.
Never dispute with a woman about her
weight. She's always bound to have her
own weigh.
A wall in the southern purt of China is
said to be entirely made of fish. It ought
to be an easy one to scale.?Statcsmun.
A Philadelphia father makes his baby
sleep with the nurse three-quarters of a
mile off. It must be the second one. ?
Courier-Journal.
"Do cats reason ?" asks a correspondent.
Certainly. Thero are two in our
neighborhood that are reasoning with
each other all through tho stilly night.?
Baltimore Day.
"Why nm I like a Wall street financier
?" asked a young farmer as he returned
from the barn. "I give it up,"
replied his father, ''Because I have
been watering the stock."?Brooklyn
Timea.
The old saw, "Never kick a man when
he is down" is a good one, because to
kick a man when he is down is cowardly.
Now we give another, "Never kick a
man when he is up," because it is reckless.?Ecanxzillc
A nju?.
Tho l?oy who seeks tho river's brim,
Where he intends to take a swim,
But runs away,
Possesses wisdom, strength and vim;
For he will surely live to swim
Another day.
?Nero York .Journal.
The wise men tell us that the whale
livna ithmit. 400 rears. Sinco the days of
the patriarchs, however, no mail has ever
taken a whale from the breast and raised
it to old age. A. whale would be a good
thing for a man to buy who hated to part
with a pet after he became attached to it.
?liurlington Hawkeyc.
" It seems to mc," said a judge to his
daughter, "that your young man calls a
good many times a week. My court
doesn't sit anywhere near as often as
yours docs." "Oh, well, papa," was
the blushing reply, "I am engaged to
him, you know, and that entitles us to a
court of spccial sessions."
The scats in a "Western church arc
set on pivots, like those in a dry goods
store. This enables the fair worshiper,
who sits pretty well up in front, to
turn around and count the number of
new bonnets in the house without screwing
her head off almost, and going home
with a stiff neck.?Norrixtmon Herald.
A-nOWN TUB BAY.
Slie was a vision of delight,
When first she beamed upon my sight;
I met her in a casual way
A-down the bay.
What steamer, I refuse to tell,
Enough to say. she pleased 1110 well;
You bet it was a beauteous day
A-down the bay.
She seemed so modest and disci-eel,
I thought I'd asked her in to eat;
It only cost mo two weeks' pay
A-down the bay.
?Boston Slur.
The Story of a Love Song.
Upon one of the many hills surrounding
this old Ohio city, says a letter from
Zanesville vo the New York Sun, is a
beautiful homestead which overlooks the
smoky expanse of the town and the shin
ing course of the Muskingum river.
Thirty years ago a young preacher walked
down the hill from this home heavy at
heart and weary of the world. Two
years before he had come to Zanesville
fresh from the old collegian institution in
Columbus as the Rev. II. D. L. Webster.
He soon fell in love with Ella Bloxom,
the daughter of Judge Bloxom, who sang
in the choir of his church. He was privileged
its a pastor to call upon his fair
chorister at the home of her married sister,
Mrs. Henry Blandy. The young, penniless
preacher proposed marriage to her,
and was rejected. The refusal was given
111 a kind though firm manner, and the
young man persuaded himself that his
suit was denied because of his poverty
and the pride of the girl's family. Jle
left Zanesvillc, for he could not be at
peace where the woman lie loved was
shining in society.
In 1850 he moved to Racine, and soon
afterward wrote a song and gave it to J.
P. Webster,the composer. This song was
the once popular "Lorena." In it Webster
wrote the sentiments of his heart to
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People who remember the songs of twenty
years ago will readily recall the opening
ines:
The years creep slowly by, Lorena,
The snow is on tho graft agnin,
The sun's low down the sky, Lorena,
Tho frost gleams where the flow'rs have
l>ecn;
But the heart throlraon as warmly now
As when the summer days were nigh.
Oh, the sun can never diu so low
Adown affection's cloudless sky.
In the days of the war the song took
a firm hold on the popular fancy. Soldiers
in the camps of both armies sang the
plaintive verses. It was the " Annie
Laurie" of America. The name "Lorena
"was given to all sorts of things,
and the young ladies of to-day respond
to the same musical name which sentimental
mothers of that time bestowed
upon them.
When it became known that Webster
wrote the song many of his acquaintances
in Zanesville remembered his love altair
there, and concluded at once that Ella
Bloxoin was the original of Lorena.
Miss Bloxom was married to William W.
Johnston, a young lawyer of Ironton,
who had been educated in Zanesville,
aud who is now the chief justice of Ohio
and the Kepublican candidate for selectman.
Mr. Webster, who has drifted
about from pastorate to pastorate, was
recently stationed in Oak Grove. He
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several children.
Tcacliin? the Dumb to Speak.
In a corncr of Southeastern Connecticut,
near the village of Mystic river, is a
school where the deaf and dumb arc
taughl to speak like hearing people aud
understand spoken words through the
sense of sight. A very touching incident
is told by the .principal, >lr. Whipple,
about a former pupil, a young woman
who had graduated deaf and dumb from
I)r. Feet's sign school in New York.
She came to l'rofessor Whipple to learn
articulation and lip reading." Through
the aid of an ingenious alphabet (invented
by the late Zerah C. Whipple)
which pictures the organs of speech in
the position they assume in producing
audible sounds, this pupil was soon able
to speak so as to be understood. One
morning she brought her slate to Mr.
Whipple with something written in this
alphabet. On reading he found it to be
the Lord's Prayer. Perceiving her agi- J
tation, he could scarcely restrain his
emotion as he corrected the few unimportant
errors anil delicatclv returned it
to her. The next morning she came exultinglv
to him, exclaiming, vocally, "I
prayed last night with my voice." Her
teacher then asked her if she had never
prayed before. -'Oh, yes," said she, "I
have thought my prayers, but never spoke
them befoie," and then shes:iid. audibly,
"My lips shall praise Thee, oh,"God."
"Attend to the voice of my supplication,
?>h, Lord." The enthusiasm and joy
manifested by this young woman in her
new-found power of speaking was shared
in by her family and friends, who greatly
rejoiced with her.?Sjninf/fiill J{ej>ubliam.
Showers on Top.
It is generally believed that the discharge
of artillery tends to dispel clouds
and mists in the immediate neighborhood.
A French electrician combats
this theory, and maintains that the effect
of a series of sufficiently violent detonations
would be to compel the clouds to
discharge their moisture. He even goes
so far as to say that it would be perfectly
possible to produce a fall of rain in this
way. He suggests a method by which
he believes this often highly desirable result
might be brought about. His plan
is to send up one or more baloons
freighted with panclastic or some other
equally explosive compounds. They are
to be connected with a battery on the
ground by means of a fine wire, and when
they attain tho necessary altitude?that
is. when they enter the cloud-zone?the
spark is to be transmitted. The detonation
will follow, ami a refreshing shower
will be the result. Farmers and others
who suffer heavily from the effects of a
prolonged drought will probably be anxious
that the French savant's system
should be fjiven a trial, no method hitherto
devised for obtaining rain having
proved quite efficacious.
There arc sixty Catholic churches nt
Montreal. The French cathedral situated
there is the largest church building
on this continent. It is built of limestone,
and fifteen thousand people have
often been assembled under its roof.
The largest- zinc-producing locality in
the world is the district around Galena,
Kan. Last year 70,000 tons wore
mined.
One of the sights of Atlanta, Ga., was
twenty-two women working in the chain
gang.
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oruAiunu rion AI mum,
8TBAHGE SIGHTS SHOWN ST THE
JACK LIGHT. t]
Catching a Saw-toothed TTIoiiMter?A a
Diver'* Adventure with a Garfixh?Hice
an Bait for Trout* 0
"He druv me clean out of the boat,'
said a St. Lawrencc fisherman as the jack v
light illumined a long silvery fish that he
was pummelling with a patent licadachcr. n
"I took him for a pickerel, and the
minute I landed him he got oft the spear ,
and began a-snappiti' and goin' for me, '
so I jest lit out ana let him nave the hull
boat to himself. They're reglar freshwater
sharks."
The great fish was a gar nearly lour
feet long, one of the most powerful fishes a
of the St. Lawrence and great lakes, unfit r:
for food, with a long, slender muzzle,
armed with powerful, saw-like teeth, ii
The boats were rigged with braziers over d
f lip. Imw. in which burned nine knots that
cast a lurid light about the smooth c
waters of the lake and illumined the <3
depths far below. As the boat drifted
slowly along, propelled by an occasional
push, all the curious objects of the bottorn
came plainly into view. The green
and purple grasses assumed strange
ghostly tints In the ruddy glare, and the ?
white sand patches that appeared here *
and there glistened like beds of silver.
The light penetrated the darkest 1
nooks and corners, starting the black ^
bass, which darted away in alarm. Dusky
eels were outlined upon the bottom, re- c
ruaining quiet until they felt the spear, as t
if paralyzed by the sudden blaze of light.
The chubby rock bass started upward, as j
if attracted by the glow: the pickerel j
moved slowly away, as if half asleep, while
a host of other forms of aquatic life illus- ,
tratcd as many different traits and hab- ,
jits.
"If one of them fellers ever gets hold
on yo i," continued the dripping oarsman, 1
referring to the gar, "he'll make his mark. 1
They come around here by spells. Sometimes
you won't see one for a year, and s
then they come with a rush. They ain't c
afraid of notliin'. A man by the name
of Bailey, that lived down the river here f
a piece, went out fishin' one day, and j
fouled a long silk line. He did not want
to lose it, so he stripped and went down i
in about fourteen feet of water to unwind
:j. r ?i.? 1 who fioViln' nhnnt. n '
It 11ULU lUU Ollilg. Jl. I*ut?
hundred feet away, and was watchin' him,
and it seemed so long afore he.come up |
that I was just goin1 to pull up and go '
over, when up he come and gcv a yell
that was enough to make your hair stand \
on end. He hollered for me and threw r
up his arms. I up anchor and soon had
hold on him and jerked him into the boat, -v
and I tell you he Wiis a sight to look at. t
He was jist gashed all over, so't you'd a
thought he'd been goin' over a circular
saw. The poor feller couldn't say uuth
in'; I happened to have gome salt in the j
boat, so I put that on and it soon
stopped the blood. Then he told me
how it was. When he went down
he had hold on the line, and had c
got most down to the hook when he J
felt a jab in the side, jest as if a sword *
had cut him, and turnin' he see it
was a bi^ garfish. In a second the crit- *
ter had shot by and come for him again, t
and took him in the arm, and in the c
struggle to get out of the way he got
wound in the line and couldn't get up or 1
down. While he was kickin' and tryin' 1
to get away the iish jest made a target of e
him until the line broke and he got r
clear.
"There's a muskrat's nest," said the v
poler, as the glare of the jack threw a g
mass of weed into sudden brightness. s
"They're regular night animals," lie add- a
ed. "You jest watch the water while I
stir'em up." He thrust his oar down ,
I into the mass, and in a moment several ,
dark forms were seen swimming from the '
nest. One came up near the top of the ,
water, as if attracted by the light, which
proved .a potent charm for many of
the insect tribe, millions of which Hut- v
tered about. '
''Look there!" exclaimed the poler J
again, pointing to a half-submerged rock \
on which the little form of a water snake J
glistened. "Jest wait a miuute and I'll
show you some carious tishin1." Taking \
his delicate fly rod, he put on a live min- t
now from the pail and gently landed it v
in front of the reptile. Hardly a mo- i
ment elapsed before the latter had it and c
was writhing in the air, winding about t
the line, and finally dropping to the wa- t
ter and escaping, as it was not hooked,
its teeth being merely caught in the t
bait. 8
"There's a place up here," continued i
the boatman, ''about three miles,they call t
'Snake Roll,' where I've seen some queer t
sights. They call it a 'roll' because the t
snakes arc often seen rollin' down hill, a
The first time I ever see it I. see a ball
about as big as a large-sized cabbage r
come rollin' down hill toward me as I ?
went up. One minute it would gi kinder a
fast, then hold up a bit, and almost 3top.
I thought it was mighty curious, and r
when I got to it I tell you it gave me a
tarn There it was, a ball of snakes,the v
heads a-stickin' out on all sides, and ahissin'.
I was afeared to touch it, .as
there was so many that if they were all r
scattered I would be bound- to run over s
some of 'em, so I let 'em roll on.
"Hear that?" said the talkative guide, ^
presently, as we moved in toward a sandy ?
shore, and severai splashes disturbed the 11
smooth surface of the lake. "I don't ?
know for sartin, but that sounded to me J
like mice." f
'Mice in the water?" asked one of the 8
party. v
"Sartin. Mice swim jest like a duck, 1
and down by the mouth of the river t
they take to the water like 'em. I happened
to know this way: I went down 11
the river fishin' with a gentleman, and
one day lie says to me, 'Jim, jest save
the stomachs of them trout, as I want to
see what they feed on.' The next day
he found that eight or ten out of twenty- n
live trout had been fecdin' 011 mice. I t
thought it was kinder curious catin1 for ii
trout, but the man I was pullin' for said g
there wasn't nothin' curious in it, and a
wanted me to get some live mice for y
bait. He said the mice went into the a
water at the spawning time of fishes, li
mostly at night, and as the eggs arc laid t!
in shoal water, they would dive down g
to the bottom after them, and in doin' g
this the trout would get 'em. Since e
then I've often seen mice a-lcapin' over- y
board, and had 'em swim right under t
the jack light. This same gentleman a
told me that lie was a raiser of trout, h
and that mice hurt his business more a
than anything else. Tliey would dive i<
into the troughs and eat the eggs, and })
the only way to keep them off was to y
cover the troughs with netting. A bass'll li
take a mouse as quick as a wink, and I've f'
seen 'cm take a muskrat and a duck." T
The distinctively night animals cannot b
be better noticed than by the aid of a li
ten-jack light. Even the night-hawks ii
seemed to be attracted by our light, and b
darted about the ilame and through the a
smoke. The sharp click of their bills, ri
however, told that the insects which si
hovered about were really the attraction, li
Loons often swim close to a boat at g
1 ' .1 i??,,.
Illgilt, filtering meir UCUIUUIIH/ luu^nni, v.
und when .skirting the shore a mink will si
occasionally be seen standing motionless t<
with amazement at the sight of the
1 gleaming light.?New York Sun.
Mexican Etiquette. ^
I was given a lesson in etiquette by a hi
Mexican young lady I met in the train, is
says a correspondent. 1 chanced to be o
the only man in the sleeping-car when it tl
drew out from El Paso, and after au iu- u
troduction by the conductor, to whose t<
charge the young lady had been coin- n
mitted, she and 1 became (piite well ac- u
quainted. "I saw you eating an orangj A
on the depot platform," she said. "In Ii
Mexico that would be considered uu- s<
mannerly. There it is unmannerly to
eat anything outside of a house, even is
enndy. And I noticed when Mr. Ho- ti
mero gave you a Mexican match you si
threw it away after using but one end of st
it. The other was still serviceable, and ir
you should have returned the match with si
your thanks. If you hand one a cigar st
or cigarette to light with, you must take tl
a whill from it after it has been returned w
to you, though it may be so short as to T
burn your fingers." All this I received p:
with good grace, for my young lady was ai
but ten years of age. hi
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Deaths from Cholera.
In 1871 there were 300,000 deaths a
from cholera in Russia; in 1873 there ]1(
were 10,000 deaths in Poiand; in 1872- ^
73 there were 140.000 deaths in Hungary;
1872-73 there were nearly 27,000 j,
deaths in Prussia; in 18(15-07 there were w
14:5,000 deaths in Italy. In Paris the w
mortality from cholera has been as fol- !t
lows: In 1832, 18.354 deaths; in 1840, tr
19,1N4; in 18.13-54, 8,0!l(i; in 1805-0(5, ^
12,082; in 1873, 88*). In England in tj
1H49 the deaths from cholera were 70,- rc
000. In 1 HI 7 the ariny of the Marquis p,
of Hastings lost in India 9,000 men in v
twelve days from Asiatic cholera. ft|
" pi
John B. Gough was a sincer of comic gi
songs in New York before he became a U
lecturer. is
NEWS AND NOTES FOE WOMEN.
Raw silks and foulards arc worn more
nin ever.
Feathery tufts of clematis are much
dmired on hats.
bilk gloves arc more worn t^an piain
r undressed kid.
Mrs. John W. Mackey's diamonds are
alued at $1,000,000.
The sailor hat, trimmed with white
lull and white wings, is still popular.
Ilich collars arc worn by ladies, fas2ned
by a small diamond collar button.
Red is becoming so fashionable thai
ven riding habits are made of red ladies
loth.
Fan scabbards arc novelties. Thoj
rc made of brocadc and suspended by n
ibbon.
Buttons of Brazilian pebbles mountec
i silver arc popular on dark vclvel
rcsses.
Bodices of velvet or silk of any darl
olor arc very much worn with lighl
Iresses.
Very high-peaked bonnets, devoid o
trings and advancing far over the face
re worn,
A female custom house ofliclal is ven
xpert at detecting smugglers along thi
)etroit river.
The woman market is down now ii
Tunis, Africa. Wives only bring $20 t(
5120 a head.
Harrow satin ribbons arc worn tic<
:losely around the neck and in a bow 01
he left side.
Satin sash ribbons, cither pink or blue
irocaded with velvet rosebuds, urc won
>y little girls.
The square parasols have not been a
ashionable as predicted; they ate pretty
)ut awkward.
Jackets that arc new are of brown clotl
nade in the cutaway form over a pleatci
est of surah.
The newest earrings arc copics of th
iwamp cowslip, made of bright, Etna
:nn vellow cold.
*! ' ' CD ~ "
Shoulder knots of white satin ribbon
astcned by a rose, are worn with Mothe
lubbard dresses.
The handsomest dog collars are o
)lack velvet studded with rubies, cmei
ilds or sapphires.
Mrs. Joseph It. Ilawley, wife of th
,'onnecticut Senator, was an cflcctiv
lospital nurse during the war.
English brides wear white satin shoe
vith pointed toes, embroidered in che
lille and pearls, with bows to match.
Belts of white Ottoman siik are won
vith white flannel frocks, and to fastei
liese a silver buckle is an absolute neccs
ity.
Lace-bordered handkerchiefs arc si
rranged up the front of a high bod
j... t
CU as IU lunu 11 anuuiiucu nuui
:oat.
Porccluin finger rings in difTeren
olors arc worn by New York ladies
vho declare them to be the latest Pari
ashion.
A few years ago the women of Indi
vure not allowed to learn to read. Nov
here are 12C,:>48 girls attending school
stablished lor them.
Black lace dresses arc admissible ii
ight mourning. They are made of ne
ace over surah, with many rows of lac
dging iu Chantilly or Spanish, ham
un.
Small nink and white or blue am
vhite ginghams, with white yoke am
leeves, blouse waist, ruffled skirt am
ash are worn by young ladies of al
ges.
Sincc the publication of the fact tha
Jticcn Victoria has a fondness for frier
lominy, the London hotcis have begin
o print on their bills of fare. "Friei
lominy, her majesty's style."
Woolen velvet stuffs, with* uncut vel
et flowers and figures on prunell
willed grounds, are to be worn as skirt
if suits that will have polonaises or red
ngotcs or jackets of plain, twilled, o
erscy web cloth.
Ladies who use tho tricycle in Englani
vear a dress made of dark blue serge
he skirt kilted or tucked, with jerse
vaist and pantaloons as lor riuing nau
ts. This dress obviates the necessity o
oany under-garments and will not catcl
he "dust. Compactness is the aim o
hesc dresses.
The sashes worn w ith autumn dresse
?y young girls are very broad, made o
ilk or surah, not ribbon and arrange)
n pleats which pass around the waist
ying on one side, with the ends fallinj
he full width almost to the bottom o
he skirt. Red surah is the favorit
tull of these sashes.
It is no longer fashionable to wea
ewelry in the street or in calling; noth
ng but the simplest of round-lieadci
ilvcr or gold pins are used at the throat
,ncl if earrings tney must oe oi me mos
nodest description. The collar stui
hould be of hammered gold or silver
nth or without Rhine stone.
" Women," says Miss Howe in he
iew novel, "arc neither angels wh
tand immeasurably above men, nor in
erior beings whose place is at their feet
>ut human like themselves, full of goo<
,nd faulty instincts, and, with all thci
mperfections, the God given helpmate
f man. Thus justly should they b
udged; and if a little mercy be claimec
or them, generosity should not deny it
o few are their chances in life comparet
vith those of their brothers. A womai
ins but one possibility of happiness ii
his world. The stakes are high oi
/hich she risks her all,'and she may los
t by one unredeemable throw."
Growth of Human Beings.
The investigations of the Anthropo
ictric committcc of the IJritish associii
ion have made more or less clear severa
utercsting facts respecting the rate o
rowth of the two sexes. The period o
lost rapid growth is from birth to fiv<
ears of age, and then both sexes grow
like, the girls being a little shorter anc
'11 Til i!..? 4.^
iglitcr man me uuys. rrum uvutuici
ho boys grow a little faster than thi
iris, bat from ten to fifteen years tin
iris grow the fastest, and at betweci
leveil and a half and fourteen and a hal
ears old, arc actually taller, and fron
welve and a half to fifteen and a hal
re heavier than the boys. The boys
owever, take the lead between fiftcer
nd twenty years, and grow at first rap
ily, but afterwards slower, and coin
lete their growth at about tweuty-threi
ears, while girls grow very slowly aftc:
fteen years of age, and attain tlici
nil stature at about the twentieth year
'he tracings and tables show a slov
ut steady increase of stature up to tin
ftieth year, and a more rapid increas*
1 weight up to the sixtieth year in men
ut the statistics of women are too fev
fter the age of twenty-three to deter
tl.n ufnfnrn .inri wniirht. f)f thni]
nil W bllb OUUVUIV l???w ? - --
2\ at the more advanced periods o
fe. The fact that man continues t?
row in stature up to his fiftictli yen
011 tradicts the popular notions on th<
ubject; according to which he cease:
3 grow before reaching half that age
Making Ice in the Tropics.
In the tropical climate, far distan
rom high mountains, as neither natura
now nor ice can be obtained, recourst
i had to the cold generated by cvap
ration and the comparative coolncss oi
ic air a little before daybreak to man
facture ice in large quantities, and thin
i supply a most grateful luxury at n
loderate price. Ice is thus simply manfactured
in a large way at Benares,
.llaliabad and Calcutta, in the Jinsl
idics, where natural ice has never been
jen.
On a large, open plain an excavation
i made about thirty feet square and
,vo feet deep, on the bottom oi which
ngar cane or mai/.e steins are evenlj
rewed to the height of about eight
ichcs. On this bed arc set rows of
nail, shallow, tinglazed earthen pans.
) porous that when filled with water
ic outside* arc immediately covered
ith a thick dew oozing through them,
oward the dusk of the evening, the
fins, previously smeared with butter,
re tilled with soft water, generally
oiled, and let remain there during the
ight.
In the morning, before sunrise, the icc
lakers attend and collect from each pan
crust of ice, more or less thick, that aderes
to its inner side, and it is put into
aflkets and carried without loss of time
) the common receptacle, which is a deep
it in a high, dry situation, lined first
ith straw and then wit h old blanketing,
here it is beaten down and congeals into
solid mass. The crop of icc varies cxcmcly,
sometimes amounting to more
lan half the contents of the pan, at other
mes scarcely a pellicle. Clear and seme
weather is the most favorable for its
roduction, whatever may be thesensible
cat of the atmosphere. Theco'd gener;cd
by the rapid evaporation round every
irt of the pan is the cause of this conelation.
In this way ices arc secured
>r the table, when the heat in the shade
very commonly above 100 degrees.
A DAY AMONG THE BEES.
HOW K0ZTEY-MAXEB8 ABE TAKES
CABE OP AT AS APIABY.
Bcc Culture om n Sciencc?A BeeKeeper*'
Association's .TIeetinsr
With an Old Bee Farmer.
The Philadelphia Time* describes a
, visit paid by the Bee-Keepers' association
of that city to the bee and poultry
farm of their vice-president, Mr. Arthur
Todd, at' Germantown. Mr. Todd,
. says the Time*, ia from the old country
I and has only been in America a few
years, but has already identified himself
^ with the apiary interests in this country.
In his yard are arranged more
1 than eighty boxes, some of them three
stories in height. These arc the
I hives
t Each hive contains a family of from
thirty to forty thousand bees. These
: arc supplied with a sheet of artificialt
ly-prepared wax comb, on which to
build their cells at the rate of about
f twenty-five to the square inch. In each
box from five to eight of these combs
1 are placed and in each comb the busy
little workers store from three to five
[ pound of honey.
2 "Now, ladies and gentlemen," said
the bee-farmer, "if you will step this
1 way we will look into some of my hives.
> Put on your veils if you have them. I
do not think it will be necessary, but
1 you may be nervous, and if you should
i be rough with the bees they are apt to
get angry."
Mr. Todd, without any covering to
a face or hands, lifted the licb of the hiveboxes,
took out the combs swarming
s with bees, handled the little creatures,
nllnwnrl fhum tn rrawl nvf>r him find
' showed no trepidation of any kind
"Do they never sting you?" he was
J asked.
^ "Very seldom. Sometimes when the
stock of honey runs short and they are
c hungry, they are not so quiet and amiai
blc. But they arc exceptionally goodhumored
to-day. You see, I blow a
t little smoke into the hive. That frightr
ens them; they gorge themselves with
honey in their terror, and they are thus
f rendered quiet and comparatively harmless.
Ah, there is the queen," he continued,
poiuting to a bee much longer
than the rest and with smaller wings.
"See, there are some eggs. It is all
c right. She is fertilized." At this statement
there was considerable excitement
3 among the enthusiasts assembled.
The apiarist took two frames of comb
into the house and showed how the
11 honey was extracted. He first shaved
a the covering from the cells and' then
i- placed the combs into a kind of a churn,
which he turned very rapidly. The
3 honey was all ejected into the receptacle
. and the comos, once more empty, were
ready to be again filled by the industrious
little collectors. Mr. Todd then
t took his visitors to see his three-acre sunflower
plantation.
? "This is an experiment," he said. "I
have heard that in Spain and Portugal
the green leaves of the sunflower are used
a as fodder for the cattle. I have tried it
v with perfect success. My bees will ob9
tain an immense supply of honey from
the flowers and the seed Is good feed for
i the poultry. I shall in that way obtain
t three crops from ray one outlay. It is
e also possible that out of my abundance
1 of blooms I may send some to market for
sale, as they arc a beautiful flower, and I
i may also make the experiment of making
i bread of the seed flour. That is done in
1 Spain, where the sunflower receives the
[1 title of 'the gift of heaven."
The party thence returned to the bee
j. village and resumed the inspection of the
I tenements. They were shown colonies
^ of Italian bees, blacK bees (wnicn are iae
j insects indigenous to this continent) and
hybrids. The various qualities of their
honey-storing abilities were descanted
upon and the safety of handling thepureA
bred, civilized Italian was extolled, while
3 the fierce nature of the native black bee
was vigorously proclaimed. Mr. Todd
r exhibited a thoroughbred Italian queen
bee and her young brood. This queen
3 was sent over from Italy in a little wire
!i covered cage, supplied with saccharine
Y provision for her long ocean voyage on
* two little bits of sponge. She is very
f healthy and is rearing a prosperous young
\ colony in her new quarters with all the
1 mateni.il energy ana pnac oi wnicu sue
is capable. They make a very good
s living out of the highways and byways
f of the district, often carrying their pick:1
ings and gleanings many miles in huge
packs about their persons.
g Dr. R. H. Townsend, president of the
f Philadelphia Bee-keepers' association,
c called a meeting on the hill above the
house, under the shade of some fine
r chestnut trees, and spoke of the increas_
ing interest which is felt in apiculture.
] He bemoaned the fact that more interest
in this useful branch of productive art is
.. nnt tfilrnn in t.hr colleges and schools of
j learning in this country, saying that he
thought in every college tncre should be
' a professor of apiculture.
r
0 Early American Coinage.
" The earliest coinage that can be called
j American, in the sense of Anglo-American,
was ordered by the original Virginia
r company, only five years after the found8
ing of Jamestown. The coins were minted
? at aomers islands, now known as the
Bermudas. For a long while the stand'
ard currency of Virginia was tobacco, as
in many of the early settlements of the
11 Northwest it was beaver skins. The ac1
counts of the fur traders and pioneers in
1 their dealings with the Indians were
e kept in beaver skins instead of dollars
until some years after the opening of this
century, and in some parts of the Domin
ion of Canada they arc still kept so. in
1045 the assembly of the Virginia col"
ony, after a preamble reciting that "it
hiid maturely weighed and considcredhow
' advantageous a quoine would be to this
1 colony, and the great wants and miseries
1 which do daily happen unto it by the
2 sole dependency upon tobacco," pro'
vided for the issue of copper coins of
^ the denomination s of twopence, three1
pence, sixpence and ninepense; but this
K law was never carried into effect, so the
J first colonial coinage of this country was
1 that struck off by .Massachusetts under
f the order of the general court of that
1 colony, passed May 27, 1305, creating a
f "mint howse" at Boston, and providing
> for the mintage of "12 pence, 0 pence
1 and ;i pence pieces, which shall be for
forme llatt, and stamped on the one side
with N. E., and on the other side with
2 XI Id., VId., and 11 Id., according to the
r value of each piece." In 1002, from this
r same mint, appeared the famous "pine
tree shillings," which were two-penny
' pieces. This mint was maintained for
3 thirty-four years. In the reign of Wil
' liam and Mary copper coins were struck
5 in England for New England and Caro>'
lina. Lord Baltimore had silver shil*
lings, sixpences, and fourpenccs made
r in England to supply the demauds of
f his province of Maryland. Vermont
> and Connecticut established mints in
r 17Nr> f?r tlic issue of copper coin. New
3 Jersey followed a year later. But Con5
gress had the establishment of a mint
for the confederated States under advisement,
and in tlus same year agreed
upon a plan submitted by Thomas Jefferson,
and the act went into operation
t on a small scale in 1787. After the
1 adoption of the Constitution of the
! United States in 17N!> all the State
mints were closed, as the constitution
f speciiically places the sole power of
coining money in the Federal governi
nicnt.
i " "" ?
A King of the Cowboys.
An Ogalalla (Neb.) letter contains the
; following: The presiding genius of this
1 town is Tucker, who runs a combination
saloon and gambling-house. When any
1 of the cowboys get hard up they go to
see Tucker. He gives his money liberal1
ly and freely to his friends. Tucker is a
' tall, tine-looking man. with an intelligent
countenance, lie alTects long hair, a h
Buffalo Bill, and prides himself on his
lighting abilities. If a drunken cowboy
is disposed to have a shooting matinee or
rough-and-tumble exercise he can always
be accommodated by applying to Tucker,
who guarantees to do up the anxious individual
in short order. When any disturber
of the peace tries to invade the sacred
precincts of the Cowboy's Rest, as
Tucker's saloon is affectionately called,
the gentlemanly proprietor gives him his
advice to cither light or have a drink.
The festive and belligerent cowboy adores
Tucker on account of his generosity and
<;rit, and he would stand by this popular
border gambler through thick and thin.
Any other man than Tucker would be liable
to have his saloon completely demolished
two or three times a week, but he
always remembers his friends; no hunirry
man was ever turned from his door, and
the cowboys, who have had substantial
evidences of his good-will, never forget
the kindness. Tucker has many imitators,
but he is the typical border paradox*
of gentleman and rutiian, and no man can
compete with him in shrewdness or popularity.
Novel objections?Those urged agains
fiction.?Philadelphia, Call.
'
Popular Cookery.
Among the immense majority of man*
kind each household cooks for itself, the
work falling mainly on the wife, who is
never taught except by her mother, and
in the most traditional way. Improvement.
if any is ever made, is exceedingly
slow; and among some people, the English
for one, popular cookery has probably
retrogaded, owing in this instance
to the chasm of years which, so to speak,
broke or interrupted the popular knowl- 1
edge of the way to prepare meat. The ,
women found flesh meat difficult to procure,
and failed to hand down the need- i
ful instruction for preparation. Half
mankind ;it least knows nothing of boil- '
ing; of those who do know, another half |
will eat their vegetables in a sodden condition.
Among the races which eat meat only
a limited percentage of persons try to
make meat tender?we believe the flesh- '
eating Mongols form an exception to this (
rule, and some of the Polynesians?and 1
among those who eat grain there is a distinct
preference for the undercooking
alike of-flour, rice and millet, under a j
belief that such food is more fully satis
lying. 1 WUUb LU ICCl 111 J IVUIUVII
'tiff," said one of Charles Reade's characters,
and he exactly expressed
the view of the indistinguishable millions.
Separateness in cooking is pushed
everywhere to preposterous limits, till it
is probable that the preparation of food
for mankind, which is the second great
expense in feoding them, costs three
times what it need, and till in many*
countries a proper supply of fuel is
wholly beyond the reach of the poor.
In Asia, entire people burn dung, and
even in Europe firing is never quite sufficient.
And, finally, cooking does not advance.
A new article of diet is occasionally
added, like the potato, or a new condiment,
"like pepper; but it may be doubted
if a European laborer's dinner is made a
bit more palatable than the dinner of an
Israelite was when the lawgivers promulgated
the curious notion that roast meat
was more acceptable to the superior powers
than meat boiled or stewed. Indeed,
the way to make a kibab, which is known
to the humblest in Asia, has been lost
here, and only the gypsies are aware that
meat covered with damp clay and placed
among the hotushosis not only delicious,
but much more nourishing than meat
either baked or boiled. The natural way
with civilized people, if they cared for
nice food, would be to kitrust it to professionals.
who would learn their trade
by apprenticeship, and incessantly improve,
but, except in Tuscany and South
France, this is liardly done, though it
ought to be the easiest of arrangements.
?Spectator.
In spite of the efforts of foreign modistes
to make the low-pointed corsage de
riguer on till house toilets and street costumes,
the majority of American ladies
wear white lawn and wash dresses, made
with full puffed waists and yokes, and a
belt at the waist.
Yon Can't Make 8300 by Reading Thli?
even if you have chronic nasal catarrh in its
worst stages, for although this amount of reward
has for many years been offered by the
proprietors of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy,for
ativ noca r\f fafhov SHLnnnf*. nuro. Vof.nofc
withstanding that thousands use the Remedy
they are seldom called upon to pay the reward,
and when they have been so called upon they
have universally found that the failure to cure
was wholly due to some overlooked complication,
usually easily removed by a slight modification
of tho treatment. Therefore, if this
should meet the eye of anybody who has made
faithful trial of this great and world-famed
Remedy without receiving a perfect and permanent
cure therefrom,that person will do well
to either call or write to the proprietors, the
World's Dispensary Medical Association, of
Buffalo, N. Y., giving all the particulars and
symptoms in the case. By return mail they
will get good advice free of all costs.
Decatur county, la., has a girl who captured
and sold fifteen wolves during the last
season.
PVirrmVlnno nttwrHha T.vHta E. Pink ham's
Vegetable Compound. *
Br. Louis claims to be the leading bardware
market of the country.
* * * * Pile tumors, rupture and fistulas,
radically cured by improved methods.
Book two letter stamps. World's Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
A man in Adair county, Kentucky, lost
1,400 chickens with cholera. {.
Throat and Lane DImum ;
a specialty. Send two letter stamps for a
large treatise giving self-treatment Address
"World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo,
N. Y.
Louisiana is promised the largest rice crop
this year she ever had.
Mod arc U Potato Digger.
One of the most valuable farm implements
la the Monarch Potato Digger. It will dig 800
bushels per day, in a clean, perfect manner.
Immense shipments have been made by the
manufacturers,MSfiarch Manufacturing Company,
206 State street, Chicago, 111., to every
State and Territory in this country. They
are sent out on sixty days' teart: trial to every
farmer, and no one raising potatoes should
fail of sending for their full elegant catalogue
in six brilliant colors. The company is
an old one, and perfectly reliable. See their
advertisement in this issue.
Heart Pain*.
Palpitation, Dropsical Swellings, Dizziness,
Indigestion, Headache, Sleeplessness cured by
"Wells' Health Renewer."
For years I have been afflicted with HayFever.
I gave Ely's Cream Balm a trial. The
relief was immediate. I regard myself cured.
?fl S^hreihfr Sunt of Cordfifi'e Co.. Eliza
beth, N. J. Price 50 cents.
Hav Fever. I have used Ely's Cream Balm
for Hay-Fever, and have experienced great
relief. I recommend it as the best of all the
remedies I have tried.?T. B. Jenks, lawyer,
Grand Rapids, Mich. Price SO centa.
Color Yoar Butter.
Farmers that try to sell white butter are all
of the opinion that dairying does notpay. If
they would use Wells, Richardson & Co'a. Improved
Butter Color, and market their butter
In perfect condition, they would still get good
prices, but it will not pay to make any but the
best in color and quality. This color Is used
by all the leading creameries and dairymen,
and is sold by all druggists and merchants.
"Buchu Palba."
Quick,complete cure, all Kidney, Bladder
and Urinary Diseases, Scalding, Irritation,
Stone, Gravel, Catarrh of bladder.$1. Druggists.
I.ots of People
get bilious, have heavy he adaches, mouth foul,
yellow eyes, ect, all the direct result of impure
blood which can be thoroughly cleansed,
renewed and enriched with Kidney Wort. It
acts at the saino time on the kidneys,liver and
bowels and has more real virtue In a package
than can be found in any other romedy for
the same class of diseases.
An Editor's TtntlinonlnJ.
A- M. Vau^han, editor of the Greenwich
Review, Greenwich, 0., writes: "Last January
I met with a vory severe accident, caused
by a runaway horse. I used almost every
kind of salvo to heal the wounds, which
turned to running sores, but found nothing
to do me any good till I wa3 recommended
Henry's Carltolic Salve. I bought a box. and
| it helped me at once, and at the^end of two
months I was completely weu. n is ine oesi |
salve in the marker, and I never fail of telling
ray friends about it, and urge them to us?
it whenever in need."
"Hough on Uats,
Clears out rat*, mice, roaches, (lies,ants,bedbugs,
skunks, chipmunks, gophers. 15c. Drgta
So (I'tits
Will buy a Treatise ox the Horse and His
Diseases Book of 100 pages, valuable to
every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken.
Sent postpaid. New York Horse Book Co.,
134 Leonard Street. New York city.
A natural oil, cleanly, one that will not become
rancid, ono that Is penetrating, one that
combines nil these qualities is Carboline,
the most elegant hair-dresser and restorer.
Try it.
Do it yourself. With Diamond dyes any
lady can get ns good results as the best practical
dyer. Every dye warranted true to name
and sample. 10c. at druggists. Wells, Richardson
& Co., Burlington, Vt.
"ltoiiali on Corn*."
Ask for Wells"'ltough on Corns. "15c. Com- I
pletecure. Hani or soft corns, warts bunions.
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is a certain euro i
for that very obnoxious disease.
The full strength of England's armed force ;
in Ireland is 45,000 men.
Delays are Dangerous;
Delays often canses serious loftes, and neglect in attending
to one's own physical condition frequently
cauBts much suffering and serious illness. It you ha?o
spring debility or are weak from any cause, take
Hood's Sarsaparilla immediately. It will givo you
new life anl strength, anil enable you to enjoy Rood
health ohco moro. Thousands testify to ita reviving
and toning influences.
"I know Hood's Sareaparilla to be Rood by the trial I
gave it for eruptions on my face. I had a bard time to
cure my blood, but auccoeded at last with Hood's Sar- |
saparilla-" Haiiky (j. Pabk, Champaign, HI.
Purify Your Blood
"I have used Hood's Sarsaparilla, and gladly give
this testimonial. It lias helped me moro for catarrh
and impuro blood than anything else I ever used. If
any one wishes to inquire about my case, I will gladly
give thom all information desired-" A. Ball, Syracuse,
X. Y.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists, fl: six for $5. Prepared only by
U. I. HOOD ?t CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
1OO Doses One Dollar
H Lying Apnti cant SELL and tct)
th? truth abuut Jonis. Put your
lies OD ^ap?r and iign if you dara.
S60 5TGN
WAGON SCALES. I
Hrarn Box. Tar* Beam. FrttrM '
Paid, i'rtt Pric* Lilt. Ertry Siml i
ddrsss JONIS OF BDJOElkTWl :
BtNOHAMTON.y. C ;
A A samples large prsttyohromo reward, merit, credit,
xy diploma, birthday, friendship, gift and school aid
carda. liq. Price list Fib* Art C*.. Warren, Pa.
A Great Problenu
. ~
?Take all the Kidney sad Liver
Mrrffir
?Take all the Blood purifiers,
?Take all the Rheumatic remedies,
?Take all the Dyspepsia and indifottali
cures,
?Take all the Ague. Fever, andbfllloni
speciflet,
?Take all the Brain and Nerve foroe
r&vivefMj
?Take all the Great health restorer*. , -H
?In short, take all the beet qualities at
ill these, and the ?best I
?r^.rtHtSma nt nil tVm host miyiMn? In the.
vorlri, and you will find that ?Bop
?Bitters have the best curative qualities "?
md powers of all ?concentrated
?In them,and that they will core when any
>r all of these, singly or ?combined
?Fail. A thorough trial will give positive
jroof of this.
/
Hardened Lirer.
Five years ago I broke down with Iddnev
ind liver complaint and rheumatism.
Since then I have been unable to be abcat
it ftlL My liver l?cume hard like wood; ixj .
limbs were puffV*ri up and filled with water.
All the best physicians ngroed that nothing' ' ..
could euro me. I resolved to try Hop Bitters;
I have used seven bottles; the hardness has
all gone from my liver, the swelling from my
limbs, and it has worked a miracle in my
case; otherwise 1 wouiu nave oeennuw m wj
gravo. J. W. Mobkv, Buffalo, October x,
1881.
Poverty and Suffering:.
"I was dragged down with debt poverty
and suffering for years, caused by a sick
family and large bills for doctoring. . f\
"I was completely discouraged, until on*
year ago, by the advice of my pastor, I commenced
Using Hop Bitters, ana in one month
we were all welL and none of us have seen a .
sick day since, and I want to say to all poor
men, you can keep your families woll a year
with Hon Bitters for le"? tliau one doctort
visit will cost I know it"?AWoannoMAX
Uf None genuine without a bunch of
green Hops on the white label. Shim all the
vile, i>oisonous stuff with "Hop" or "Hops" In
their name.
N T ITU?35 * . - v
A THRILLING STORY.
Aa Told by a .llrrrliatt in Tray, K< T?-i
Surgical Operation A voided?How a Ftdh ,v
er? Wire and DaufXiter Eacaped an Awfnl
Doom.
Of tb? hundred! of account* of renuuUbl* csrM
wroosht br Dr. KENNEDY'S FAVOJUTB
REMEDY, none have appeared ?o purely Mtonkfe
Ing m the following: The poisons jaeationed an
arnons tho most highly respected InffljiWttMSray,.
and the atory m told by the father wiflprtw-intere?ting
to all our readers.?Ed. "VfiA
hat ,X. T. \
Or. Kennedy, Rm<1outt iT. T.l
Deab Snc?BIy daughter wm afflicted with fttmM
frowth of Fungu*. To remove It we had reaortad M
almost e\ery remedy and consulted the moat proaiavnt
surgeons and physicians. Dr. ?, of Troy, Hi
tliat a surgical operation would be nacasaary.Mt
frariDg fatal rwralts I heniuted. Some of tba phfm 'lans
claimed that it was caused by one thin* and
<ome by another. The Fungus waa Drominentanf
disfigured her look*. Having neardoi Dr. Kennedy*
FAVORITBREMEpV working so thoroughly am
the blood I determined to try it, to Me if this nwt
cine could do what doctors had failed to do and mm
geon* had hardly dared to undertake. I can say tl
truth that the result of thin triifl waa the complete
cure of my daughter of thin dreadful malady. Dr.
Kennedy's FA V?) RITE REMEDY alone effected
it. We used nothing else, for other things hadMm>
i'letely /ailed. My daughter to-day enjoys vigorous
health aud to Favorite Bemedy alone la the credit
duo. My wife also was in very poor health, due to
sorao liver diffleulty with whlcn she had Buffered a -*
long time until she became verv much reduced ia
flesh. A trial of Dr. Kennedy's FavoriteBemedy has
-esulted in the complete restoration of her health.
xhich she had not enjoyed for yean. She had caiaed . ~
in fle?b andotrentith.and thus secured perfcct health,
anrt this Is DUKENTIRF.l.Y TO Dr. KJBJfW
lirn FAVORITE REMEDY. As for mvMtf.
being ongaged in the grocery and commission bosfc
ueer, which makes it uccewiary for me to tetttfca'
quality of different articles, like butter, etc., my sen**
f fa??a an/1 mtf atrtwiflfh ufimt naHnnilv ifftimvul. lh
wythinff aeemed to n*u*eate me, und fearful otjtn*P?is
in its most sovere form. ItriedDr.KBN>
.VEDY'M FAVORITE REMEDY. The flat bot.
tie afforded immediate relief, and from that da/ to
this I can say that Favorite Itemed v has restored tos
to perfect health- Theao are lacti which I claim
)irove that Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Kemedyiathebest
medicine in the world for those afflicted with the
above difficulties. If any one in the dty of Troy
doubts the truth of these atntements let him come to
me and I will prove them. I have recommended Favorite
Bemedy to hundred* and with the same goo<
*e8,UU' Yours, etc., WILLIAM WfflOSOB.
Cornet Canal and Mount Streota, Troy, Y?
Fast Potato Diggiu ,
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Bus pi* bottle by mail 10 cent*. ELY BROTHERS:
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Paynes' Automatic Engines and Saw.MilL
We offer an 8 to 10 H P. mounted Kncin* with ttUL
10-ln. eolld Saw, U ft. belting, cast-hooka, tig complete
for operation, on ean, $l,10u. Engine on ikida. tIM J
Um. Bend for circular I Bl. B.W. PAYNR**:
HONS, Manufacturers of all atylet Automniic E?- f
slues, from 3 to 3W H. P.- also Poll?y?, Hant?r? ud
Shafts^.Klmlra, N. Y. fecac 1850. iL- X
El Best Couf U Syrup. Tanto^icood. M
IB] Use In ume. Hold by druetiatt. M .
Walnut Leal Hair Kesloror.
It Is rntirrly different from all Other*. Hid u Itaname
Indicates ii a perfect Vegetable Hair Bentorar. It will
immediately free the head from all dandrn ft. restoregnt
h'lr to its nataral color, and produce a new growth
wlmre it has fallen off. ft does not affect the health.
which sulphur,sugar of lead and nitrate of gilrer preparations
hare done. It will change lljcltt or faded nalrin*
few days to a beautiful gloujr brown. Ask jroor druggist
for it. Kach bottle is warranted. Smith, Kline <t Co.,
Wholesale Ag'ts, Flu la.. Pa., and C.X.Onttenton.W.y.
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o? the Ilorse, and the Diseases
to which the noble animal is
liable, that sickness may be recognized
in its ineipicncy and
relief promptly afforded. Our
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every Horse owner,as the knowl- . j
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hundreds of dollars at any moment.
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send 25c. in stamps, aud receive
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