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istle-do w n.
/ow lightly floats y> n thistle down,
y By wand'ring breezes blown;
Gov. careless rovers of the air.
With source and goal unknown;
But in their silv'rv filaments,
Deep moral we may read?
Upon each airy, reckless flight,
Is borne a li\ ing seed.
?Kiuinu C'trleton. in the Current.
THE GYPSY QUEEX.
'It's easy enough to be a queen," said
C'ongrevc Harrison. "All you have to
dr. is to inherit your rights, and make
the most of them when they come to
you. Now, 1 am a hereditary prince,
aud ought to l>e President of the I'uitcd
States to-day. My grandfather was.
i lint my rights don't come to me. This
government multiplies hereditary princes
without giving any of them a chance.
Ami your triues arc particular 10 n:i
every ! eir enjoy his title to thv' utmost.
~' v 'Yes," renlied tin* fat jrvpsv woman.
young gentleman, there is much
mk' that you ought to know of your
^W:n future. You are rich ami generous.
Put silver in my hand again, and you
will he fully repaid by what 1 tell you."
"Oh," said the young man, with la/.v
satisfaction, balancing himself luxuriously
upon the stump, ' I iove to think that
the contest is not yet decided between
the fair young lady and the dark one.
If you showed which was to be crowned
and blessed with me, I should feel as if
^ 1 must reverse your prophecy from sheer
contrariness."
! The woman east a shrewd and blackeyed
look at him. half enjoying his inil.nt
i>.kt ilio rl/*tnrrmiif?(l nil
l,uu"vl' ~ - -more
fees.
The encampment of tents, wagons,
dogs, children. men, women, and horses
stretched quite into the woods. Smoke
from a number of tires, and several dirty
table-cloths were spread in the long
perspective. Around these ity children
rolled with those woltish dogs which
the gypsy makes his brethren. It was
warm summer sunset, and the mosquitoes
wSre abroad, twanging their instruments
of torture, while on that very earthen
table the fortune-teller had forsaken for
her subject, flics greedily covered the
beefsteak, or risked their lives in wait.????'
intr nine nf rrtlTl'P. A rilddv. swart
I young man, very sparklinir in eyes and
mouth, when he opened his lips or
widely separated his eyelids, louuged at
his length on the wagon tongue, and
kicked at two dogs whenever they aty
tempted to deliver the beefsteak from
\ the flies. He was too youthful to be the
v woman's husband, and too old to be her
' i?v for she had several small, duty
oSildren knocking their heel9 among
ggj' the te:i-cnps. Yet he staid by, as if the !
j,. kettle on the crookul iron was his own, i
B&~,- the table-cloth his individual board, and '
tiiR snare about the woman his SKV- !
1^' *00fed dwelling.
Young Harrison enjoyed his surround- ;
Swings. He had passed a season among !
^v-ihe Assiniboin Indians; was a good hun- j
ter and canoeist; he had run on snowshoes,
and jogged in the Assiniboin ;
?? ??^Tarts; lie had seen the barbarian of the
tropics, clothed only in flowers; he
thought he knew life, and he felt an
honest love for everything that dwelt
close to the irround. The children of the
road were like grimy and Ishmaclitish
brethren to him. lie had a liner life, lived
quite over mcir nt'iuis, uui nunauun-u Himself
Congreve Harrison could get clown
to deep sea level with the monsters, and
enjoy the rude delights of simple existence.
Especially was such fellowship a
delight when it let him look at the tentand-wagon-dwelling
type of a beautiful
woman.
'And she's the queen," he repeated,
scarcely taking his eyes oil the distant
figure. "By id! that's handsome, she
ought to l>e! What's the extent of her j
kingdom?"
The fortune teller cuffed a dog which :
was just in the act of gulping one piece ,
^k^from her beef patter. She then looked
HHnBtt vnnnc Harrison, and used the same I
Bffiv&tnd to point eastward.
^^B^H',Wehave farms over there," said she.
^y|OT>o you sec that house on the hill? And j
E&g?Ste have other land iu Ohio. And we
BPj have land in the South."
'You let it out to teuants, and live on j
B|jP^<'Ycs." with a nod which made her |
SffiijP&e&vy ear-rings swing. |
E&?v; ' k'lJut I mean over liow large a tribe of !
Bjggjpeople does your Queen Emeretta rule?" j
^ "Are you making a book?" said the i
' -Wftrt young man from the wacon tongue. !
''There was a man made a book about i
explained the fortune-teller, her j
' B^^lco^ect'ons kindling. "I never see it.
JPfrLfffon have much to do with studying. !
?Tou are a gentleman that meditates."
Sgx ; "I am only making a book of my own :
^J^gjcperience," replied Harrison, to the j
Pung rami on me wagon lougue. now
ge did you tell me your tribe is ?" lie
ked the woman.
A stolid look covered her face. She
med away a tlv with one ring-laden
nd, and said, with the air of a duchess
preserving court secrets : "There
are many families. There are fami|?;v
lies in Kngland, and families in this
- country."
"Yes. In short, the whole haman race
is one compact and prodigious family,"
said Harrison, laughing. His laugh
r shaded oil through smiles to interest, to
. seriousness and finally to an enthusiastic
narrowing of the eyes, for the young!
Stf.-V queen was coming down toward this ta- ;
k ble-clotli at his feet.
Her own feet were in low shoes and
scarlet stockings. lie did not remember '
(ever seeing such another pair of little in- ;
? nocent, unaggressive feet. Her dress
was black. She had a scarlet silk hand- !
Bkgcchief around her neck, and a scarlet !
and blue one crossed on her head. Her |
hair was a mighty fleece of shining black j
frizzling to minute tendrils around j
her ears and temples. The high cheek
-UVW13 Ui IIIU r-VJ>Jk ?vlv |u 11 i [?IIU1L
K&vbecause at these points the glow of lier :
jSfr&vColor was richest. She was all black,
kB~2? gold and scarlet, in llc-ii tints, hair, j
nKglance and driss, the clear whites of!
eyes being emphasized by their;
SKrm-hued lids and dark lashes. This j
little queen was probably seventeen years
5'^e f'^'fied her shoulders and head
j&VfjJ* 86 if she felt the crown and robe which
fctlfr" *frcr PC0P^e ?f the road have never given |
to any of their sovereigns. She was slim i
^v,Jb)d perfectly shaped rather than tall. '
' And just noticing the stranger by an in- i
BEaE* different turn of her eye, she said some- '
thing to the fortune-teller aboiit the
^ Jif^hivvy and kekavi. Harrison detected !
>'lhe words by which the gypsy always j
"""Hries hi* Philistine intruders.
^ - He took o!T his cap and bowed, stand- i
ing up from the stuinp against which his I
gun leaned. He was large and hand- i
some in his hunting clothes, as even the
swart fellow on the wagon tongue must j
* have seen.
"Oh. I can rakkcr a little Romany/'1
he put forth. "I learned of your folks ,
over in New Jersey. They were Coles. I
camped near Camden.''
The fortune-teller relaxed, the fellow
on tEe wagon tongue relaxed a little, but'
something like a nppie passed through
the teeth of their sovereign, sne HasIieU
out her t^cth in a laugh, anil covered
them instantly with decorous, beautiful j
lips.
"Come, now, we will take you in, j
Rye,'' said the swart young man, rising,
a jocular light breaking over hi? face. 1
' You've a good gray tied to that tree. |
Let's look at him."'
"He isn't mine." said Harrison, glanc- .
S??" ing toward liis horse and resolving to j
gpKSrfceep an eye thereabouts. "I borrowed ;
Bjjgf him to hunt to day. You sec 1 can't '
m^^^'Mavbe you'll buy," continued the
ffi&ffi'futc wants to pookor mandv," said
" She young man, at whom the brown fclpgfc
]cf\v laughed with a shout.
"Romany clials never cheat," he de- '
Prt^^dared." "And Romany dyes tell true
^^ ^ T^rtunes. Don't they?" lie appealed to
IE&tj "Always true," she replied, with the j
Sincerity of a child. "We know the .
^future by the lines in the hand."
5 j "I wish you'd look in my hand," said
cilnrrison, ardently.
H Queen Emeretta put her own arms bef-;tiind
her. "I never yet read a man's
rtpalm. Mother Joel knows ail the secrets. I
;t]Show it to her."
"She's already iooked at it, and pronounced
her or icle. She gave me a good
m fortune, but kept something back. 1
waDt the queen to read my final fate. I
think I can bear whatever she gives me." i
. said Harrison, foolishly.
-. - The brown fellow uttered a grunt and
sauntered behind the wagon.
|fc?>-v Queeen Eineretta and the fortune- .
teller exchanged a quick look, and
ambushed by Harrison's back, the j
' elder woman made some signs with
? her hands. Returning thereupon to her
neglected supper, she cut the gravicd
steak and gave portions to her children '
'/T* and dogs, and placing a huge piece upon i
ir. some bread, leaned against a stump to,
i, - ehew it. Her eyes followed the stranger 11
and the queen with complacent amuse- i
j. ment. Once or twice she drew the back j <
Pi of her hand across her mouth, perhaps to !
(MaHaaaUMMaMaaaanHaHai
wipe away grease, and perhaps to smooth
its twitching corners.
' We must go to one side by ourselves,''
said Queen Kmcretta, with childish
respect of the ancient rite of fortunetelling.
"Of coursc." said Harrison, enraptured
to have her lead him l?y the hand, She
did influence him strangely, demure and
curt though her manners were. They
wore both young, however different their
races might lie, both handsome and both
conscious of a peculiar freemasonry between
their temperaments.
Queen Kmcretta took him up to the
camp rather than aside, but no dogs or
children rolled quite to their feet, and
Harrison turned his shoulders squarely
against the gaze of several turbaned
witches.
Queen Kmcretta opened her lips and
breathed half audibly before beginning
1?;<* fjxKfttti/k Witlmnt riirhf
hand from her he felt in a special pocket
with his left, and got a piece of gold to
press against her palm. It seemed a sacriligious
thing to do. She stood like a
divine young oracle, her presence fragrant
with the scent of fern, in spite of
all the camp's ill odor.
Her palm received the money, and she
dropped it into her pocket as Kif that
were part of the process, not with the
greedy and satisfied scrutiny the fat
woman had given his silver. And then
she iK-nt her head, turning her inner
hand toward the light.
"You were born to be lucky," murmured
the young tjucen.
"1 believe it," said Hariison, regardins
the fleece of black ringlets not far
from his own face.
44 So far you have lived a happy life
with very little care. You had plenty of
money, but all your care was to have
money to have a good time with."
" True as gospel."
44 Your life-line shows that you will
live long, ana enjoy great iiujipuiuro
Here are some crosses."
' Yes, I've had my crosses," confessed
the young man, with a sigh of
which he knew not the source.
"They were caused by a young lady."
"I hope it'li never happen again," said
Harrison.
"13e quiet, and listen while I read your
fate," said the sedate queen. "Do you
or do you not believe my words?"
"I believe you, certainly."
"You are about to have a great piece
of good fortune. There are two young
ladies who love you. One is fair and one
is dark.
"Yes, that's what the other one told
me.''
* t'An I
" 1 OU illlvc Uui vut. urauvu nuivu iuu
will give your heart to."
"Oh, yes, I have," said Harrison, impressively.
lie felt borne along in spite
of himself, and ready to commit any absurdity.
"You have enemies who wish you
ill, but they will not be able to work
you much harm if you mind what I say.
You were born to be lucky, and will
never die in debt or in poverty. To keep
out of the clutches of enemies you must
be careful what you say. Within three
years you will be married to the young
iady you love."
Harrison smiled down at his supple
palm. Under her low monotone he was
carrying on a separate train of thought
without losing a word. He broke through
the fortune-telling to say at this point.
' It's pleasant to live in wagons in the
open air, isn't it?"
Queen Emeretta threw her glance up
at his face, and replied, as a mutter of
course, "Yes."
'White?I mean outsideis have sometimes
married among your people, haven't
thev?"
"Oh, yes. There was an Irishman,"
she said, "married one of the Jeffreys.
But he turned out a bad traveler."
"I heard of another such marriage in
New Jersey," said Harrison, hardly
knowing what impelled him to talk
so, "and it was very happy. Seems to
me it ought to be the ideal life, living
close to nature, and so on. with a beautiful
face always before one. Don't you
feel the changes in the weather very
much?"
"We go south in winter." replied the
queen, dropping his hand.
"And return north with the birds."
If lie was about to utter a lengthy poetic
sentiment, the sight of a dog absorbed
to the shoulders in a dinner pot
sealed his mouth. He wondered if the J
the gypsies did eat pigs found dead, and
in the same thought-sheath he wondered
if there was a lovelier creature on earth
thau this queen.
"15ut was that all?" exclaimed llarri- l
son. offering his hand to be held again, j
"Have you told me my whole fortune?"
"Xo," the gypsy queen replied, without
taking his hand. "Now. fold your
arms across your breast, and wish.
Whatever you wish will be granted.
Have you wished?"1
"Yes," said the young man.
"Then your wish shall be granted.
And 'that is all."
"What I wish for more than anything
else in the world is a kiss from you.
Remember, you said it would be granted."
While he was speaking the last words
Harrison knew tlie tawny young man
had risen up from the feuee corner, and
Queen Emeretta had receded from him
in a backward slope of her body from
feet to head. Still, he knew he would
have said it if it involved him with the
whole camp, and if she flashed lightning ;
at him. lie knew he was going at a
tremendous pace upon a foolish track, J
but he was already under wav. and could '
uot restran himself. And she bewitched
him even more by her recoil than by her 1
touch against his hands. This young |
man. quite a favorite among his social j
equals, and considered not bad, was for j
the instant ready to wade among gypsy
clubs and dogs and all the artillery of i
the camp to realize his sincerely expressed
wish.
It surprised him when the tawny young ;
man came near without distinct indi- I
cations of intending to try to thrash |
him. ? |
The queen did not disappear with a
dramatic bound, or utter any exclama- |
tion to spur on the tawny young man. !
As he approached the walked away from j
Harrison, and stopped at the lirst camp I
fire to talk with the old women who had i
watched her fortune-telling.
Two or three sticks only were burning
under their kettle hook, making scarcely
a gleam of flame,but considerable smoke, l
which kept the mosquitoes at bay.
Within this film of blue dimness which
nothing but smoldering wood produces
Harrison taw his last glimpse of Queen
Kmeretta. For afterward, if she did not
ascend to some leaf-curtained couch at !
the top of the trees, where the night air
cauld fan her and the dew itnpearl her
perfect cheeks, she must have crept into
one of the squatty, dirt-stained tents; J
and the bare thought made him shudder, j
The young gypsy man again began to j
urge horse-trading, and so relieved was ,
Harrison to escape quarreling with these
tawny Capulets that he plunged headlong
into the subject. He went after his
horse and his gun, the young man still j
beside him, and brought them into the
midst of the camp. A dozen dark-eyed
fellows with shining teeth gathered
around him, and others just returned
from town or country foraging, with two
or three horses led by one halter, or bags j
in which suspicious chicken squawks !
seemed solTocated, added themselves to j
th" examining committee, which seized
niifvi }\i< }w?r<r? Tlif.r f<?lt ifc lmilic
lookoil in its mouth, pulled out bits of
its hair, made it prance, and sprung j
upon it, one after another, to try its
mettle by a dash iuto the woods.
Dusk bad given place to evening. In
the gypsy camp, as in the best regulated
dwelling, children will utter vesper
wails. And odors not rank by day were
dampened and rendered almost palpable
by the humid ni*;ht air:
Harrison wanted to getaway. Through
all the wrangle and jargon of horse talk
he had kept a watchful eye upon every j
cpiar er of the camp, and (Juecn Etneretta
appeared no?here, lie had a Hitting j
wish to see her seated above the herd i
playing upon a guitar. She had im- j
pressed him as a sincere creature, free ;
from the gypsy's cunning reservations j
with every man. woman, or child of
alien blood. At the same time he never
meant to confess to living cars die ex- |
tent of his folly regarding her. lie staid j
more than an hour in the hope of seeing
a whisk of her ringlets at some tent Hap.
The fighting dogs swarmed around his
legs, the gypsies continued cantering his
horse: he was tired of parrying their |
oilers and keeping his head above the ;
successive waves of nags which thev i
poured in one exhaustless tide against
his resolution not to sell.
When he finally mounted his gray and
started toward the road at a foot-pace,
three men accompanied him, still pictur- j
ing the merits of their own animals and ;
his remorse when it would be too late, j
and he repeated to each separate man
what he had already told the entire i
camp many times, that the horse was not J
his, and it was therefore impossible for
him to sell or trade.
The last one to leave him was the
swarthy young man who had lain on the
wagon" tongue. lie patted Harrison's I
steed, and admitted there was not a
gray like that in the whole camp. He
rested his arms across the back of the
saddle as if to fondle the gentleman who
wished to kiss his queen.
But lie was got rid of. Harrison balanced
his gun, and took the last look at
the floating village. There was no telling
whether morning would find it in
the same place, lie did hope to see it
again.
The horse went slowly home, but it
was just the sort of a dark, dewy evening
to hum along between fences where
elders spread their ghostly parasols and
made themselves sweetly odorous, lie
had a few birds in his game-bag. shot in
violation of the game laws, and he now
and then hummed a bar from l)er Freischultz,
and perhaus thought of his many
It was ton o'clock by the stars when lie
led his borrowed horse directly across
the lawn to his cousin's stable, noticing
that the stable door was open and a light
was moving among tho stalls. James
met him with the lantern.
"What's the matter. .lames?" inquired
Harrison.
'"I was just taking a last look at things
for the night," said James, "because
there's a tribe of gypsies camped two or
three miles below here. Them gypsies
likes a good horse, Mr. Harrison."
' Well, here's one they wanted," said
(ongreve, giving up the bridle. "I
stopped a* their camp, but they're not
very formidable. What's the matter
with the horse, old fellow? he exclaimed,
as the lantern searched from head-strap
to crupper, from hoof to saddle. "I
walked him all the way home. lie
hasn't laid a hair."
"No. sir,'' responded James solemnly;
"and he'll never lay a hair again till some
of the irr.iv paint is scratched olFn him.
This ain't the beast you rode away from
here. "What's that?" inquired James,
lifting his lantern above the young
gentleman's suddenly stern face, "sticking
to the back of your coat?'
Harrison groped behind himself, and
seized a paper.
"They've played their games on you,
sir,'' said the old servant, grimacing
anxiously at the painted horse, and trying
the dry coat with his nail. "And
now they'll be gone like the bird that
flies. We wouldn't took a thousand like
this crow-bait for that gray of our'n."
"1 wish you'd quit your buzzing and
give me that lantern," said Harrison, extending
an impatient band. "Don't
mind what I say, James. This is meaner
than hazing. But it serves me right,
too."
tiT* /In in mnrlrllr* witli fhnm nrvn
AC UU1I W VW ?.V mvv^?.v Ov I
sics, sir."
Harrison sat against the edge of a
manger, and held the lantern to what
was written in pencil ou a piece of notepaper:
"Mr. , I told yure Fortune because
you knew Romany. Hut you did not
Trcct me Wright. My husband the King
says he has fixed you in a Horse Traid
for it. lie will give you this. We are
not Different from other because wc live
on the road. I am just a Young Girl,
and it Hurt me. Emkkktta.
"Queen of the the Joels, Stanleys and
Jeffreys."?JJurju r'.t Bazar.
A Quaint Old House.
The most remarkable and interesting
private residence in America, says a letter
to the Chicago Inter-Ocean, is that of
Major Hen: Pcrley Poore,the veteran author.
raconteur and correspondent, at
Indian llill, four miles from this place.
There are few ancestral or historic houses
in the new world, and scarcely any, beside
Mount Vernon and the Hermitage of
Andrew Jackson, that arc familiar to the
people, where an attempt has been made
to preserve the frame in which the domestic
picture was once embraced, or retain
the relics of past custom" and manners,
which often change, and arc soon
forgotten.
Around Major Poore's country home
cluster not only the family traditions,
which are as precious to him as they are
romantic to others, but he has preserved
in permanent and vivid form
a picture of home-life as it was in the
colonics more titan two hundred years
ago.
The family mansion itself, in quaintness
and antiquity, has no rival in the
United States, it had commenced to
crumble bPfore the declaration of independence
was framed, and four generations
had been born, lived and died
under its roof before the gallant I)r.
Poore strapped his medicine bags and
case of surgical instruments upon the
old marc's saddle and rode down to
Boston to dress the wounds of the heroic
rebels who fell at Bunker Mill.
It was away bark in 1G00 and something
early, that a certain man by the
name of Poore, a recent refugee from
political persecution, came over to New
England and engaged in driving a team,
half staye and half exoress waaon. be
twecu the colonies below Boston and
those on the Piscataqua river, where
Portsmouth now stands. The Indians
were frequent and troublesome then, and
they attacked Mr. Teamster Poore, killed
his oxen and burned up his cart.
As an indemnity for the violation of
the rights of common carriers, even in
those early days the Indians were compelled
to grant .Mr. Poore a certant tract
of land on the Mcrrimac river, and within
sight of the sea, known as Indian
hill. It was the highest point of land
along the coast, and was famous as the
rendezvous for .Massachusetts tribes,
whose signal tires, when blazing there,
lit up the whole sky from the White
mountains to that tip end of the Yankee
land known as Cape Cod. The docuin
finoinf efwlo on/1 cirrnnfl
iliiut, 111 JIMV
by several of the Indian chicfs, is Major
Poore's title to his home, aud it has never
been questioned.
It was in IO.jO that the residence of
Mr. Poore was completed on Indian hill,
and he took his familv there to dwell,,
and they have dwelt there continuously
eight generations of them, the property
improved bv each successive possessor,
until it is now a great mansion of sixty
rooms, covered with clematis and honeysuckles
which have fed upon the frost
and sunshine of more than two centuries.
A Curious Proclamation.
The following curious proclamation is
said to have been sent out as a "general
order of the day" sometime before a battle
was expected between the Chinese
and French. It was the work of a cele1
A 1 / .1 .
uraicu i liinese iitiiiKiiulit.
I, a mandarin and the chief captain of
the braves, order :md it is hereby ordained
to all that follow me. Tremble and
obey!
Thirteen days before going into battle
the braves shall cat steaks of the wild
tiirer in order that they may have the
agility and ferocity of this animal.
Twelve days before the battle the
braves shall eat the kidney of the lion,
that they may ac*(|uirc the iutrepidity
natural to that king of the
forests.
Eleven days before the battle the braves
shall cat of the brains of the serpent in
order to have the subtleness of this animal.
Ten days befoiv the buttle the braves
shall cat the cream of the chameleon in
order to frustrate the enemy by constantly
changing their colors.
Nine days before the battle the braves
shall take broth made from the llcsh of
the crocodile in order to be able to follow
the enemy into the water and
be able to beat them both on land
and water, the same as the crocodile
does.
Eight days before the battle the braves
shall eat the llcsh of the panther in order
to attack their enemies with furious rapidity.
Seven days before the battle the braves
hall eat two eagle heads in order to ac:uuire
the strength of vision of that in!tic
bird, ami distinguish in the distance
thair adversaries.
Six days before the battle the braves
shall eat the intestines of the wild zebra
in order to acquire the terrible voice of
that untamable beast.
Five days before the battic the braves
shall eat steaks cut from the hippopotamus
in order to communicate to their
skin the toughness that renders those animals
invulnerable to 1 alls.
Four days before the battle the braves
shall eat scorpions, so that all wounds
made on their enemy shall be deadly i
poisonous as the stings of those animals j
are.
Three days before the battle the braves |
shall eat steaks of the monkey, that they j
may become as agile as the monkey.
On flic cvf! of tlif? h:ittlr* tlift bravns
shall cat panther's ilesii and drink the
blood, in order to be cruel and ferocious j
toward their adversaries.
On the day of the batclc the braves j
shall eat the lle*>h and drink the blood of |
the leopard, in order to crush the limbs \
and break the bones of the enemy as
these animals do.
In making infants1 shoes lifteen different
machines are used, costing between
^2."?0 and $400. These turn out ten |
pairs in the same time as one pair made I
by hand. ? I
REASONS FOR HILARITY.
HUMOBOUS STOBIES DRAWS FROM
VARIOUS SOUBCES.
finvc Himself Away?A Telephone
Fraud?lie \Vj?* ,\ot a morse ?
Speaker and Chaplain, Etc.
"I tell you what," airily exclaimed
Perkins, as lie sat down to the supper table,
"I was in a tiidit place this afternoon."
'Yes, I know you were," interrupted
his wife, in clear, cold utterances that
cut like a knife, "I saw you coming out
of it."
And then it Hashed aerocs Perkins
that he had incidentally stepped into a
saloon with a friend for the purpose of
examining a doubtful political statement
with the aid of a magnifying glass, and
his contemplated anecdote slipped from
lii< irnmn like inonev at a summer resort,
while tin.' supper was finished amid a silence
so profound that he could plainly
hear a napkin ring.?llockhind Courier(iilSiltc.
A Telephone Fraud.
Irate Customer? "Why can't you fellows
be honest ? That telephone you put
in my store is a fraud. You said that
words could he distinctly heard for twenty
miles."
Telephone Man?"Well,they can."
"They can't, J say. They can't he
heard live blocks."
"Oh, you are mistaken."
"Hut I am not. I yelled myself hoarse
at a man last evening only live blocks
and lie could not hear a word I said,
lie said so."
"Queer, very queer; but, by the way,
what was it you said to him?"
"I asked him when lie would be
around to square up his acfount."?Philai/c/j>/tia
Cull.
Iffc !Vol a Iforse.
"I have heard, Mr. Wright," said a
man who had traveled extensively, addressing
a Kcntuckian; "that you are
going to move to Cincinnati."
"Yes, 1 am. What do you think of
the change ?"
"I think it's a had one."
"Your objections, please ?" asked the
aiTablc Kentuckian.
"You will find in Cincinnati,'explained
the man who knew, "but <\ moderate
supply of rain water for washing purposes,
and as for fresh, hard water for
drinking purposes, that's out of the question."
"Water for drinking purposes!" exclaimed
the nettled Kcntuckian, scratching
his head. Then as if suddenly comprehending
the remark, he turned red
with anger at the supposed insult, and
exclaimed:
"I)o you think I drink water ? Do you
take me for a horse ?"
A tid In. ctn 1 L-frl nu-.nv likn n man in
jurcd to the very core.?Scimrs.
Speaker anil Chaplain.
Says the Charlottesville (Vu.) Chronicle:
Some one tells a goo'l story on a
former chaplain of the University (I)r.
William S. White, we presume). The
story goes as .'ollows: When J. L. Orr
was Speaker of the House he spent a
short time ut the Warm springs, in
North Carolina, where Dr. White was
also. The two had been sitting for a
time apart, each engaged with his own
knot of immediate friends, and by-andbye
the doctor arose and walked across
the room with the old-time limp in his
gait. Mr. Orr immediately recognized
him, and asked him if lie were not the
chaplain at the University of Virginia at
such a time, naming the year. The doctor
replied that he was.
"I was there," said Mr. Orr, "astu?4.
T ! ?,. ?i,?
UUlll- UL liiu tiiuv/f x i\ui n juu u*
peculiar limp of your step."
"Well," said the doctor, a little sc
vcrelv,though with ;i twinkle which told
he spoke jokingly, "it seems that my
limping made a deeper impression on
you than mv preaching."
"Ah, doctor," quickly replied Mr.
Orr, " I dccjn it the highest compliment
wc can pay a clergyman to say he is
known by his walk rather than by his
conversation."
From Jumping Creek,
" Pay!" lie called, as he walked across
the street to a poliecman yesterday at
the circus grounds, " have you seen a
I slim, little chap, with a red mustache and
a diamond pin?"
" I don't remember."
" Well, 1 want to hunt him up. If
i you'll help mc iind him I'll give you a
voke of two-year-old steers."
" What's he done?"
"Say! I'm mad all over, but I can't
help but?ha! ha! ha!?laugh at the
i wav he gumfuzzled me half an hour ago.
I'... .. T
; l ill u Hill, l <iiu i in iii'Ji jitiDiinv; iui
j cows! I'm turnips witli a head of green
| tops!"
j " What's the story?"
"Well, 1 was over there under a
I wagon counting my money. I brought
1 in $i:{. I was wondering whether I'd
better keep it in my hind pocket or pin
j it inside my vest, when the little chap
i comes creeping under and says. PartI
ner, there's a wicked crowd around
1 here. IV. t that money in your boot!'
! Say!"'
" Yes."
"Struck me as the sensiblest thing I
could do. It was in bills. And I pulled
ofT my rij;ht boot and chucked 'em in.
Say! d'ye see anvthing green in that?"
"No."
" Well, I hadn't walked around long
! before a chap come up and remarks that
I he has So to bet to a quarter that he can
I out jump me. Sav, d'ye know me?"
"No."
"Well, when I'm home I'm the tall
I jumpest of Washtenaw county. 1 jump
higher and further than anything, animal
1,.,,.?.? i lion ..
U1 ",w,v ?*"?* "
panther; I sail higher than a jumpin*
I ho.ss. I am open to even bets day or
night, and I go out and jump 'levcn feet
jost to astonish the children. "When that
'ere stranger offered sieli odds I looked
at his legs for a minute and remarked
j that I was his huckleberry."
"I see."'
"Say! up went the stakes. ofT name my
butes, and I outjumped him by three feet
six."
"And what?"
"And when I looked around for my
butes that little hornet with the sandy
mustache had made oil with the one the
cash was in. Say!"
"Yes."
"I live on Jumpin' creek. I'm the
creek myself. I'm called a daisy when
! I'm luunr* !ind nvnrv tinin I tradi; hossts
: or shot-guns or dogs I paralyze the other
I fellow. I'm previous. I'm prussic arid.
I I'm razors. Say!"
"Yes."
"If I kin lay my hands on that little
chap, I'll make every bone crack. lint
it was a good one on me! Eh! Ever
see it beaten? 1'laycd me fur a fool and
I hit me the fust time. Say! If you sec
| me?ha! ha! ha!?laughing, don't think
L I'm light; I'm mad. Hut say! old Jump:
ing Creek was too smart, wsn't lie? Niedcd
something to thin his blood, and lie
got it from a chap who didn't seem to
know putty from the band-wagon! Say!
Ha! ha! ha!"?Dttroit Free Prest.
Gathered from <iar!ia?e.
A machine has been put in use in New
York to sift from house refuse and street
| sweepings all rays, old iron, broken glass.
| etc. The machine i-; described as being
! a va^t rag and bone-picker of many Italian
nower. workimr bv steam. Its dailv
j capacity is 1-iO loads of 1,800 pounds
I eacii. The oscillator moves too and fro
| 2-10 times a minute, while two or three
Italians stand alongside and pick all rags
and soaps of paper out of the mass.
What is tlien left, after the dust has
fallen below, is passed into a washer, in
which all straw, leather, vegetable refuse
and other light material rises to the surface
of the water, and is removed and
burned. The coal, iron, glass and other
i lieavv objects fall to the bottom of the
water, arc washed in another vat of water
and are sold. Out of 1.10 loads of refuse '
hut thirty are conveyed away as waste, i
The rags bring about *:!0 per ton, the
old iron forty cents a hundred pounds,
the glass thirty cents a hundred; the
bones are the most valuable, and about
I 4(10 pounds of coal and cinder are obtained
from a load of 1,800 pounds.? ,
II II' -IJ
I / <rjnr n art".
j Various Ways of Stopping a Car. j
The Pittsburg Citronirlc says that in i
stopping street cars a Huston woman
shakes her hook, a New York woman j
1 throws her parasol at I he driver's head, j
a Brooklyn woman whistles, a Chicago j
woman puts her foot on the track, a St. j
Louis girl winks at the conductor, a i
Cincinnati woman says, "huha! India!" i
and a Pittsburg woman paralyzes the I
horses with a smile.
In opium joints and hasheesh houses
tea or water acidulated with aconite is
used to heighten the e!Tcct of the drug !
upon the nerve and brain. This is al- j
most the same excitant that was used )>y |
the New England witches, according to
Professor Scheie de Vcre. I
"> ' '
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
Fans remain very large.
Crinoline is on the increase.
Draperies grow less elaborate.
Small Greuze bonnets arc in vogue.
The newest Oriental laces have very
| light designs instead of the heavy pat!
terns.
A velvet standing collar and a velvet
belt are added to dressy white muslin
frocks.
Gathered ruffles are used on both silk
and woolen dresses as well as on thinner
fabrics.
One of the Earl of Lvt ton's daughtersyet
in her teens, has written a story for
Tcmjilc Ji-tr.
Elegant dresses are made of changeable
silk combined with changeable silk muslin
and glace gauze.
Mrs. Sabin, the wife of United States
Senator Sabin. of .Minnesota, has adopted
three orphan children.
Dark marine bhie suits, braided with
silver or trimmed with many rows of very
narrow silver braid, are considered very
chic.
Ecru and tan-colored gloves are worn
this summer with all dresses, excepting
those of gray, with which gray gloves
arc used.
Very pretty arc the suits of white
twilled flannel of simple design, made up
over white sattecn of silcsia, and simply
at ilehed.
Instead of the plain hemmed skirt a
few tucks may finish the bottom, or
three tucks may form the lower half of
the skirt.
The "crazy" bonnet is a coat-scuttle
poke of rough and ready white straw
trimmed carelessly wnn neiu nowers uuu
white mull.
White dresses are pretty and comfortably
made with perfectly plain waist
and skirt, with only a velvet belt to conline
the waist.
White China silk is very pretty when
laid over pink or yellow silk, as it is
scmi-trausparcnt and gives a pretty,
changeable elTcct.
The corsage is not now always made
of the dress material. Many bnsipies
arc of velvet silk and woolen broche, and
can be worn with any skirt.
Plaids arc combined with brocades in
the shape of a pleated skirt, Molierecull's
and collars of the broeaded fabric, with
a cutaway polonaise of the plaid.
Chain bracelets with small links are
popular. These arc of both silver and
gold, the ends fastening with an invisible
clasp forming one of the links.
A number of religious women in Paris
go daily to the washing boats ou the
Seine, and siny and read and talk to the
laundresses while they arc at work.
Shoes coming well up on the instep,
fastened with a steel buckle, the back
and front cither red or any other color
patent leather, are favorite carriage
shoes.
Another industry is now open to women.
In an establishment on Centre
street, New York, they arc employed
as gold beaters. The proprietors assert
that, while not equal to men in physical
strength, they arc superior in carefulness
and delicacy of workmanship.
Franklin was married at tweuty-one,
Mozart at twenty-five, Byron, "Washington,
Wellington and- Bonaparte at
twenty-seven, Peel at thirty-two, Wadsworth
at thirty-three, "Wilbcrforce at
thirty-eight, Luther at forty-two, Addison
at forty-four, and Parr, for the third
time, at 103.
HEALTH IIIXTS.
Capsicum in three-grain doses is recommended
for piles. In twenty-grain doses
(capsule or bolus) it is a favorite army
remedy for alcoholism.
Do not work when you arc hungry, nor
immediately after eating. Use a little
discretion and you will not fail very much
from doing as nature would direct.
Impregnation ot 'he atmosphere of a
.sick chamber when the pafient is ill of
diphtheria,meascls,.scarlct fever,or of any
allied disease, with the odor of a mixture
of equal parts of turpentine and carbolic
acid, is recommended by Dr. Vilandt.
llalf a teaspoonful of the mixture will be
enough at a time, if it is put into a kettle
of water kept near the boiling point.
The odor generally gives sonic relief to
the sufferer,, and tends to prevent the
spread of the malady.
One of the best and most pleasant
things that can be used to relieve this
painful stale of the dental nerves (tooth
J ache), is chewing common cinnamon
bark. Jt destroys the sensibility of the
nerves and suspends the pain immediately,
if the bark is of good quality. It is
generally as etticaciousas any of the other
remedies, and not attended with the
unpleasant consequences of creosote, carbolic
acid, etc., which relieve the pain,
but leave the mouth as sore and painful
as the tooth was previously, though these
results are usually due to carelessness in
using.?Health ami Home.
The First Meerschaum Pipe.
In 1?2:{ there lived in Pcsth, the capital
of Hungary, Karol Kowates, a shoemakers,
whose ingenuity in cutting and
carving on wood, etc., brought him in
contact with Count Andrassy.with whom
lie became a favorite. The count, on
his return from a mission to Turkey,
brought with him a piecc of whitish
clay, which had been presented to him
as a curiosity on account of its extraordinary
light specific gravity. It struck
the shoemaker that, being porous, it
must be well adapted for pipes, as it
would absord the nicotine. 1 lie experiment
was tried, and Iviirol cut :i pipe
for the count and one for himself. JSut
in the pursuit of his trade lie could not
keep his hands clean, and many a piece
of shoemaker's wax became attached to
the pipe.. The clay, however, instead
of assuming a dirty appearance when
Karol wiped it olT, received wherever
the wax adhered to it a clear brown
polish instead of the dull white it previously
had. Attributing this chance in
the tint to its proper source, he waxed
the whole surface, and, polishing the
pipe again, smoked it, and noticed how
admirably and beautifully it colored,
also how much more sweetly the pipe
I smoked after being waxed. Other noblel
tin, wnnrlnrfitl lirnner
I 111<-11, l.v......^ 1 -I J
ties <>f this singular species of day, im,
ported it iti considerable quantities for
i the manufacture of pipes. The natural
j scarcity of this much esteemed article
j and the great cost of importation in
i those days of limited facilities for transI
portation rendered its use exclusively
I conlincd to the richest European noblcj
men until 18M, when it became a more
general article of trade. The tirst mcerI
scliaum pipe made by Karol Kowates has
been preserved in the museum of l'csth.
How He Hocuinc u mood-Drinker.
"Vcs, I'm a coulirmed blood-drinker
' now," remarked a ruddy, merry engineer,
j ''and it is quite a funny story how I
| happened to start at it, too. About
three years ago my health was pretty
bad. and my folks were very much worried
about me. I got thin and hoiloweyed,
and had a few night sweats. The
I fact is, 1 hail consumption, and I knew
! it. 1 hadn't any other expectation than
I that iu a year or so I'd have to give up
i my engine and soon after that part from
j my wife and little ones. 1 don't know
1 tli-i? I /imrlit til s:iv it. 1 lilt till! tllOUirht !
i v.*..*. * ...v w
I of leaving my engine gave me about as
much trouble as the idea of parting
I from iny family, l'eople kept advising
me to drink blood, ayd eited alleged
cures to me by the dozen. Hut there
! was something abhorrent to me about
that kind of beverage, and 1 couldn't !
i go to it. Two or three times I made an j
j elTort to down some of it, but 'twas no |
go. Well, one day I was running along j
i with No. 7, as usual, and feeling pretty i
j well down in the month, too. I had J
begun to feel weak, and I had heard the
boss was making inquiries about my condition
with a view to laying me oJT. It !
made me blue as my boiler jacket. Suddenly,
at a country road crossing, a fool
heifer jumped right in front of lis. We
were going lively, and as the pilot struck i
her it cut her up fearful and landed her j
riylit up on the smoke stack. I hope I i
may never touch my throttle again, if a
stream of warm blood from that heifer :
didn't take me riirht in the mouth. My
mouth was open, too, and in two sec- '
mwl< T IimiI uiiwillimrlv become a blood
drinker. There wasn't anything dfsa- j
greeablc about it, cither, and I've been j
drinking blood ever since. That heifer i
saved my life.''
There aro now fully 118,000 miles of '
railroad track in the United States, and 1
about :i!M,000,000 ties, and the average
consumption for renewels should be
about 50,000,000. or the product of 5(50,- '
(M)0,()00 acres of land, at 100 ties per
acre, requiring P20,SO!).000 acres? J(?,()00
square miles?or nearly four times the I
area of Massachusetts.
A bug has been discovered which bores j
holes in lead pipe. I
THE SOUTHERN EXPOSITION
A SHOW WHICH IS INTENDED TO
ECLIPSE THAT OF 1876.
How I In? Kntcrpriai? was Started and
Wliat has been Done ? The
(.rounds anil IIiiildingK.
The Southern Exposition, which is to
be opened at New* Orleans on December
1 ,* is the outgrowth of an idea that originated
in 1ST!), when the Mississippi Cotton
Planters' association was organized
with a view to meet the desperate state
of things then threatening the planting
interest by the proposed exodus of the
colored population and the apparent necessity
for replacing the old methods of
raising cotton by new methods and laborsaving
machinery.
The New Orleans exposition is a sort
of centennial celebration of the beginning
of the cotton industry in this country, as
the lirst cotton was exported in 1784.
Tliiii woo llin liprrinninrr nf the firat CX
* ""o ""O o
port trade that has made American cotton
an important factor in the industry
of the world. The year 1884 also marks
the hundredth anniversary of the peace
that closed the revolutionary war, and it
was thought fitting that the occasion
should be made memorable by the exposition
of the arts of peace. It was also
considered that the South had been the
arena of the most remarkable industrial
progress of this decade, and was, therefore,
the proper center for such a celebration.
The coming exposition is called the
World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial
exposition, and it is to be held under
the auspices of the United States and
the National Cotton Planters' association.
On April 24, 188U, the executive committee
selected New Orleans as the site
for the exposition. Congress approved
the charter constituting a board of thirteen
members, eight of whom arc appointed
by the President, and seven on
the recommendation of the association
and subscribers.
Under the act the commissioners of the
exposition had the authority to invite
foreign governments to participate in the
exposition. In order to make provision
for the guests thus invited, an act of
Congress was parsed loaning a million of
dollars to the enterprise, on the same
plan that proved successful with the Centennial
exposition at Philadelphia.
Louisiana and New Orleans raised $700,nnn
hv Stnfn .inrl oitv annronriations and
private effort, and from various sources
funds amounting to about $1,500,000
more were raised to help on the enterprise.
Then the plan was enlarged a little,
and the Federal government decided to
ask foreigners to bring exhibits relating
to the departmental workings of their
governments as a contribution to the
knowledge of the science of govern[
ment. To carry out this idea a supplementary
appropriation of $:300,000 was
made by Congress, and a board of ollicers
was appointed by the President.
When the enterprise was started, one
of the most active promoters was Senor
Diaz, now president of Mexico. President
Diaz has not lost interest in the exhibition,
and promises continued cooperation.
Already the Mexican government
has appropriated $200,000 for
its share in the great show. The Latin
countries of Central America will also be
duly represented at the exposition. Although,
on account of the use of the
term Southern Exposition, many have
supposed that it -will be solely an exhibition
of Southern products and things
having some relation to them, the fact is
it will be an international exhibition on
a larger scale than any heretofore attempted
anywhere.
The grounds cover 250 acres. The
main building is the largest ever built
for such a purpose. The government
building measures b84 by 5G1 feet, and
is itself larger than either of the two
Paris exposition buildings, and larger
than the Vienna exposition building.
There will be an immense horticultural
hall, art galleries, and other buildings
such as naturally cluster around a great
exposition. The intention is to provide
room for all exhibitors who have any
thing to show that is worth seeing. The
exhibits arc to be catalogued in nine
groups witft auotit i,uuu classifications.
The primary object of the exposition is to
educate the people, and this will be kept
constantly in view. The president of
the exposition is Edmund Richardson,
of Mississippi, the largest cotton planter
in the world. The director-general is
.Major E. A. Burke, of New Orleans.
There is an oflice in New York, in (he
Stewart building,at Chambers street and
Broadway, and another ofhee in Chicago.
Then there is a commissioner in every
State with 000 to spend in the interest
of the exposition. There are also
fourteen men traveling in Europe giving
information about the exposition and
getting exhibitors.
The exhibition will be opened promptly
on December 4. Already a fleet of steamboats
is being prepared on the Mississippi
to take visitors to the show. There
are ten lines of steamers connecting New
Orleans with New York. Then there are
the Louisville and Nashville railroad,
the Quc??n and Crescent railroad, the Illinois
Central, the Louisville, New
Orleans and Texas, and the new system
of Mexican roads ready to carry visitors
from ali directions to die exposition,and
the prospect is that even in the number
of its visitors the Southern exposition
will rival the exhibition at Philadelphia.
?Sew York- is'mi.
Working1 I)o^r9.
I once heard a gentleman say, that
during a long stay in Holland he never
saw a single dog idle, that was old
enough and big enough to do any work.
All sorts of barrows and carts arc built
on purpose for them, and they gallop
along at a great pace. They arc used to
carry the fish, wood, vegetables, and anything
else which their owner wishes,and
when it is all sold, and you think the
poor doirs might reasonably expect to go
home with an empty cart behind them, i
the master jumps in, and rides back in]
state. f
15ut this is not the worst p&rt of the
slory,for a certain amount of work never I
hurts any animal, but, as a rule, the j
poor dogs are miserably fed, and are often
driven until they drop down of exhaus- j
t ion. Still they are wonderfully patient
and persevering, and will lick their mas- '
ter's hands gratefully if he treats them j
kindly.
In Kamtschatka the dogs arc the only
animal? that can be used to draw sledges.
They arc strong and active and run over
the snow at a wonderful pace. A cour- |
ier once drove two hundred and seventy I
miles in less than four days in a sledge j
diawn by dogs. There are generally five 1
to each sledge and they are harnessed j
four abreast, with one for a leader. But, j
in spite of all the work they do. they j
are badly treated and ill-fed; they hate
the work they have to do, and give a !
mclancholv howl when they are first liar- |
nesscd. In Newfoundland the dogs are i
used for all sorts oi hard worK, mil nicy i
arc treated very kindly, and are so yentic
and good that they will actually draw j
a load of wood from the forest to the ,
seaside, wait for the carl to he un- I
loaded, and thuu go hack to get it filled |
entirely alono.
Tlio Cable and the Wliale.
Th<; steamer Retriever, says a lat<s iiumher
of the l'anama Star ami Jlcrahl, was !
engaged in repairing a break in the West j
Coast of America Telegraph company's
submarine cable, when a whale, measureini;
from seventy to seventy-live feet'in j
length, fouled itself in the wire. In its ,
struggle to get free the cable cut into its
right side, the entrails and large (planti- .
ties of blood issuing from the wound and
floating round the ship. In the last
dying struggle-of the captive it parted
the cable and lloated away to winuwam
of the steamer. Some days afterward,
the Ketriever returned to pick up the
piecc of cable in which the whale had j
been entangled. It was then found that
tlie lish had drifted away, and tlie cable j
was twisted up in a most curious fashion
In no fewer than six different places it
had been bitten through sufficiently to
stop all communication.
Tlie (Greatest of Suns.
Sirius is the brightest star by iar in
the whole heavens. The distance of
Shins from the earth is estimated to be 1
1,000 times greater than the distance
of the sun. or about l?o,7oO,UilO, 1)00,000
miles. Or, to measure its distance
another way. its light traveling at the ;
rate of 1!S0,(?00 miles per second, would ,
i- ?li.in i ivnntv-nnn veins iii reach- !
ing the earth. In other words still, the ,
astronomer who turns his telescope now j
on that star sees it as it was more than a t
score of years ago. The dimensions of :
the star must he enormous, even as compared
with our sun, for it is quite twice
ihe brilliancy of any of its companions,
while our sun at that distance would
probably appear like a star of the fourth
magnitude.
The forests in Prussia, unlike those in 1 :
any other inhabited lands, are increasing i 1
instead of decreasing. In Hanover alone j
they have increased 8 7, OHO ncrcs. 11
- - \ r
mammmmmmmmammtimmatm?mmmmmammmmm
SELF-RELIANCE.
I.
By thine own soul's law learn to live,
And if men thwart thoe take no heed,
And if men hate thee have no care;
Sing thou thy song, and do thy deed,
Hope thou thy hope, and pray thy prayer,
And claim no crown they will not give,
lTor bays they grudge thee for thy hair.
II.
Keep thou thy soul-sworn steadfast oath,
And to thy heart he true thy heart;
What thy soul teacher learn to know,
And play out thine appointed part;
And thou shalt reap as thou shalt sow;
Nor helped nor hindered in thy growth,
To thy full stature thou shalt grow.
III.
Fix on the future's goal thy face.
And let thy feet ho lurwl to stray
Nowither, but be swift to run,
And nowhere tarry by the way,
Until at last the end is won,
Aim inou inaysu loon uacK irora uiv piuco
And sec thy long day's journey done.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
A man with a cust in his eye?trout
fisherman.?Si/tings.
The United States speech crop will be
very extensive this year.? Waterloo Observer.
A man who paints the town red generally
looks blue himself the following
morning.?Pittsburg Telegraph.
The most verdant young man of the
period was the one who attempted to cut
grass with a bicycle.?Boston Budget.
There is a variety of slug which has
28,000 teeth. Mow devoutly thankful
we arc that the slug is not a dog.?Pliila
elfiluh in f!nil
" I)o cats reason?" asks a scientist.
Well, our view is that they try to settle
matters that way, but nine times out of
ten the debate seems to end in an oldfashioned
riot.?Philadelphia Press.
To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis better to lose the nomination;
Or to be a presidential candidate and have
A pirate's picture passed off lor your own,
All in public prints.'
?Siftinys.
There are said to be 20,640 stitches in
a plain shirt. These figures, added to
the number of half-hours annually consumed
in looking for collar buttons,
would make the public open their eyes.
? Courier-Journal.
' Man has not half the courage of
woman," shouts a female orator. No,
indeed; no one ever saw a great big,
overgrown woman running from a littie
O w # #
bit of a man with a rolling-pin in his
hand.?Philadelphia Call.
EPITAPH ON A TRUTHFUL MAN.
The world with mysteries is rife
That puzzle e'en'the wise;
This man was truthful all his life,
He's dead, and hero ho lies.
?Homervillc Journal.
Colorado has a woman who speaks
eight languages, but when her husband
comcs in at three in the morning with
his legs hopelessly entangled she doesn't
deviate very far from the Colorado interpretation
of plain English.?St. Paul
Herald.
"The evening shoe for little girls is
the Patti slipper," says an exchange. It
is used just before the little girl is put
to bed without her supper, and the ceremony
of " trying it on " is attended with
more or 1USS CHliSlvu uuujuuai.iai.juus uu
the part of the little girl's mother.?
Lowell Citizen.
The blatant bullfrog's soggy song
Conies gurgling from each clump;
The chirp of sparrows all day long,
Is heard beneath the trees.
The screeching owl's " too-whit, too whoos,"
The cackle of each barnyard goose,
Vt'hich waddles 'round the pump,
Now strike upon the breeze.
But not a sound of all these crews
Is half as harsh as the hullabaloos
Of orators on the stump.
?New York Journal.
SELECT SITTINGS.
There is a cat in Ulster County,N.Y.,
which violates all the feline traditions by
diving into the water after fish. She
goes down to the pond regularly every
day, and as regularly returns with a fish
1 for her little family.
A Catskill, N. Y., man has a curiosity
in the shape of a lomon and omnge combined.
On one side is a jerfCit lemon
skin and the juice sour, while tfcc other
is an orange and sweet. Thus writes an
exchange. The story is probacy niric
curious than true.
A Providence antiouarian of sood
memory says that tho last criminal whose
cars were legally cropped in Rhode
Island went through the operation on the
18th of October, 1822. The name of
the man was Malbone Briggs, and his
oilense was the passing of counterfeit
money.
The largest room in the world, under
one roof, and unbroken by pillars, is at
St. Petersburg. It is G20 feet long by
loO in breadth. I3y daylight it is used
for military displays, and a batalion can
completely inauumver in It. Twenty
thousand wax tapers arc required to
light it. The roof of this structure is a
single arch of iron, and it exhibits a remarkable
engineering skill in the architect.
The Manse Tower on the Rhine is on
an island in the river, It was erected
it is believed,in the middle ages by some
of the robbcrkuights of the Rhine. The
ruins have been covered with stucco,
and converted iuto a watch-tower. It
derived its name from the legend of the
cruel Archbishop llatto of Mayence.
According to the story, as told by
ouuinuv in mt) laminar uanuu, mu uiauop,
having burucd alive a barnful of
starving poor in order to rid himself of
their importunities for food from his
well-furnished granaries, was punished
for his cruel act by being devoured by a
whole army of rats in his tower on the
Rhine, to which he had tied for safety.
A copy of George Washington's "sundries
account" during his eight years as
President from lT.S'J to 171)6 has just
been brought to light by II. 31. Zimmerman.
of \\ ashington. Among other cur.
ious items in the account, which is written
in Washington's own h ind-writting,
are: 'two dogs, weight thirty-five
pounds, from Farmer Bassett, to guard
the President's house;" "thirteen patent
lamps to illuminate the President's
premises;" "Damask curtains for the
state dininir-room"a massive desk for
the Prosiclout's office, L" 120 10s." IJc.sidc
these items the account includes
various amounts loaned by President
Washington to different parties, beside
amounts paid for at least 100 lookingglasses
and French mirrors. A "Franklin
stove" for Mrs. Martha "Washington's
room, cost four pounds, and a French
painting for the "main parlor," cost
thirteen pounds.
Tar.
Professor Peckham, in an intcrcshag
article on tar, has thin to say in regard to
its manufacture: It was known to the
ancient (Jreeks, and Dr. Clarke, who describes
the method of manufacturing it
iu the forests of Bothnia, says there is not
the smallest differences between the processes
then practised and those of ancient
(?recce. Along the whole coast ol" the
Hull" ol iSotliiiiii tlie liitiaimants arc very
generally engaged in this occupation, i
Tliey make ti.vo of the roots of fir trees,
with logs and billots of the same, which
they arrange in a conical stack, fitted to
a cavity in the ground, generally in the
side of a bank. In the bottom of this
cavity is placed a cast-iron pan, from
which a spoilt leads out through the
bank. The heap is covered over with
turf and is then fired, as in making
charcoal. Tar collects in the latter
part of the process of charring, and
runs olT through the spout into barrels.
In Sweden, where the business is also
important, some peculiar methods are
adopted to increa.-e the yield of tar.
Trees of no value for the saw-mill are
partially peeled of their bark a fathom
or two up from the ground, not enough
to kill them, but only to check the
growth. After five or six years, when
cut down, the wood is found to l>e much 1
richer in resinous matter, which pro- i
duces tar. Along the coast of the South- i
cm States, especially of North Carolina, I
Virginia and Georgia, the business is carried
011 upon a large scale in connection
with the manufacture of turpentine,
rosin and pitch. Old trees which have
ceased to produce turpentine, and dead i
wood which is rich in resinous matter. !
are selected for the coal-pits. The process I
there does not dilTer materially from j
that already described.? Chica'jo Inter |
Oct HI).
The census shows that from 1870 to
lsSO in the Stales of Virginia, West
Virginia, North Carolina, South Car
olina, (ieorgia. Florida, Alabama,Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Kenlucky
and Tennessee, thirteen States,
there was a net Ions in valuation of
?202,81)8, Nil. In Texas there was a gain
Df 1 TO.ii:t 1,586; in Georgia, $12,25:i,()N<);
North Carolina,$25,721,580; total,$208,1500;
240.
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BAFFLED!
Oce of the Mo it Unaccountable ud Ducer*
on* or Recont Deoolu DUcoverea nadExposed.
There la soma mysterious trouble that la attacking
nearly everyone in the land with more
or leas violence. It seems to steal into the body
like a thief In the night Doctors cannot dingnoee
It. Scientists are puzzled by lte symptoms.
It is, Indeed, a modern mystery.
Like those severe and vague maladies
that attack horses and prostrate nearly
all the animals In the land, this subtle
trouble seems to menace mankind. Many of
Its victims have pains about the chest and
sides, and sometimes in the back. They feel
dull and sleepy; the mouth has a bad taste,
rcially in the morning. A strange sticky
o collects about the teeth. The appetite
is poor. There is a feeling like a heavy load'
upon the stomach; somotimcs a faint all-gone
sensation is felt at the pit of the stomach,
which food does not satisfy. Tho eyee grow
sunken, tho hands and feet feil clammy at
one time and burn intensely at others. After
a while a cough sets in, at first dry, but uf ter
a few months it is attended with a greyish
colored expectoration. Tho all!icted one reels
tired all the while, and sleep does not scorn to
afford anv rest. He becomes nervous,irritable,
and gloomy,and has evil forebodings. Thoro 1h
a giddiness, a peculiar whirling sensation in
the head when rising up suddenly. Tho
bowels beco?io costive, and then, again, outflux
intensely; the skin is dry and hot
at times, tno blood grows thick and
stagnant; the whitesof the eyes become tinged
with yellow; the urine ia scanty and highcolored,
depositing a sediment after standing.
Tliero is frequently a spitting up of tho food,
sometimes with a sour taste, and sometimes
with a sweetish taste; this is often attended
with palpitation of tho heart. The vision bocomes
impaired, with spots before tho eyes:
there is a feeling of prostration and
great weakness. Most of these symptoms
aro in turn present It Is thought that
nearly ono-third of our population have this
disorder in some of its varied forms, while
medical men have almost wholly mistaken its
nature. Some havo treated it for one complaint;
some for another, but nearly all have
failed to reach tho seat of the disorder. Indeed,
many physicians aro afflicted with it
themselves. The experience of Dr. A. G.
Richards, residing at No. 468 Tremont street,
Boston, is thus described by himself :
"I had all those peculiar and painful symptoms
which I have found afflicting so many of I
my patients, and which had so often baffled '
me. I knew all the commonly established
remedies would be unavailing for I had tried
them often in the past. 1 therefore determined
to striko out in a new path. To my intense
satisfaction I found that I was improv
ing. Tho dull, stupid feeling departed and I
began to onjoy life once mora My appetite
returned. My sleep was refreshing. The
color of my face, which had been a sickly yellow
gradually assumed the pink tinge of
health! In the course of three weeks 1 felt
like a hew man, and know that it was wholly
owing to the wonderful efficiency of Warners
Tippecanoe The Best, which was ell the
medicine I took."
Doctors and scientists often exhaust their
skill and the patient dies. They try everything
that has been used by.or is known to the
profession, and then faiL Even if they save
the life it is often after great and prolonged
agony. Where all this can be avoided by
precaution and care, how insane a thing it is
to endure such suffering! With a pure and
pa)atab!o preparation within reach,to neglect
its use is simply inexcusable.
A bug has been discovered which bores
holes in lead pipes.
The Knife Grinder and His Work.
The knife grinder has, after all, a
stoiy to tell, and a very dismal one it is.
lit; is environed by dangers as completely
as he is saturated with wet "swarff"
(powdered stone) which dyes him a deep
saffron color from head to toe. He sits
over his tool, which at any moment may
send him through the roof with all the
suddenness and velocity of dynamite,
and he works in an attitude and (especially
if he be a u dry " grinder) inhales
a dust which he knows will shorten his
life by ten, twenty or even thirty years,
as constitution and fortune may serve
him. The sharp crack of a breaking
stone is an appalling sound to the occupants
of a grinding hull. A bang in a
trough, a crash in the roof, and a piteous
moan, and all is over. If the victim
be alive he is hurried to the hospital; if
dead, his crushed body is reverently carried
away. No vigilance in the master,
no care in the workman, seem able to
avert these periodical catastrophes. The
insidious water rot, the hidden flaw and
the unequal grain do their fatal work in
spite of all precautions.?English Illwij?ir?
LIULVJM liiuijucmc.
Pretty Women.'
Ladles who would retain freshness and vivacity.
Try "Wells' Health Renewer."
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mo minora,
however large, speedily and painlessly cm ed
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reply. World's Dispensary Medical Association,
663 Main_streot, Butl'alo, N. Y.
Plowing rac<S are popular in Texas.
Joilnh Davis' Trouble.
Josiah Davis, North Middlotown, Ky.f
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Henry's Carbolic Salve upon an ulcer, which,
for the past ten days, has given mo great pain.
This salvo is the only remedy I have found
that has given me any ease. My ulcer was
caused by varicose veins, and was pronounced
incurable by my medical doctors I And,
howover, that Henry's Carbo'.io Salvo is effecting
a euro." Beware of iraitatLns.
Life Preserver.
If you are losing yourgripon lifo,try"Wolls'
Health Renewer."Goes direct to weak spots.
Low Pilcen for Butter.
The New York Tribune, in its market report,
explained why some butter is sold for
such low prices. In si5caking of butter it
said: " Light-colored goods' are very hard to
dispose of, and several lots were thought well
sold at eight to ten cents." If butter-makers
would got tho top price, they should use the
jtuiiiuveu i3uiw.t vyuior, mauo oy >v oils,
Kichardson & Co., Burlington, Vt. It gives
a pure dandelion color and never turns red,
or rancid, but tends to improve aed preserve
the butt .-r.
"Hough on Toothnrko."
Instant relief for neuralgia, toothache, facetche.
Ask for" Rough onTTooi liache. "15&?5c.
Hay-Fever. I can recommend Ely's Cream
Balm to all Hay-Fever sullerere, it is, in my
opinion, a sure cure, I was afflicted for
2o years, and never before found permanent
relief.?W. H. Haakins. Marshfleld.Vt.
Hay-Fever. I have been a Hay-Fever sufferer
for threo years; have often heard Ely's
Cream Balm spoken of in the highest terms.
I used it, and with the most wonderful success.
T. S. Goer, Syracuse, N. Y.
Regulnrns
One of the strongest proofs of the value of
Kidney-Wort as a remedy for all diseasea
of the kidneys, liver and bowels, is the fact
that it is used and prescribed by "regjilar"
physicians. Philip C. Ballou, M. D., of
Jlonkton, Vt, says: " Take it all in all, it is
the most successful remedy I have ever used."
"Rough on Itcli."
"Rough on Itch" cures humors, eroptioaf;
ring-worm,tetter,salt rheum, chilblains.
The medical properties of petroleum lure
long been known to the aborigines, and since
Carboline has become so well known as a hair
rttbiurur uiiu jJULiuieiuu u&m? xrviio
rank among the new remedies.
In the Diamond Dyes more coloring la given
than in any known dyes; thoy give fnaterand
more brilliant colors? 10c. atdrnggista. Wells,
Kichardson&Co. Burlington, Vt. Sample card,
32 colors, and book of directions for 2c. stamp.
The short, hacking cough, which leads to
consumption, is cured by riso's Cure.
Beri.ix has a monthly paper devoted to
cremation.
Business Men
Who Buffer from dyspopsi.i, biliousness, headacho,
constipation, nervous dobility, orotheraffoctions caused
by closo application to business and overwork, will And
in Hood's Sarsaparilla a medicine which will give pcs:tivo
roliof aud renews I strength to the body, clearness
and quickncnto the mind, and steadiness to the nerves,
"i have boon afllioted ?vit!i a bowol complaint for 15
yonrs, and ns often as one week in eight was disabled
for business. My wife urged mo to tako Hood's Sarsa.
parilla, and from tho time i commeuced taking it until
now i have been free from the complaint, and feel
I thnnkful that i have received effectual relief."?Jo.
EKi'll Fisueii, of Fisher A Colton. Montpelier, Vt.
MR. OtonoE K. Ki'fcsKi.L, paper manufacturer at
Bellows Tails, Vt., B:iya ho foun-J Hood's Sarsaparilla
the best remedy he ever usnd for oonstlpation?the business
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women, who have been snatched almost from
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in its early stages, is no longer incuraole.
The Discovery has no equal as a peo
toral and alterative, and the most obstinate
affoctions of the throat and lungs yield to its
power. All druggists.
Birch wood is coming into demand for
floors for skating rinks.
The best test of a human life is the amount
of good it has been and done to others. Mrs.
Lyaia E. Pinkham may be given a seat of ^
honor among those who have helped to
change sickness into health, and to transform
the darkness of suffering into the sunshine
of rest and hope.
A LONO meter hymn?The gas bill.
"What wo learn with pleasure we never
forget."?Alfred Mercier. The following is a
case in point: "I paid out hundred* of dollars
without receiving nny benefit," says Mrs. Em
liy itnoaoH, 01 jucunaes. jiuu * uat j.oinalo
complaints, especially 'dragging down,'
for over six years. Dr. It. V. Pierce's 'Favorite
Prescription' did mo more good tlian any
medicine I ever took. I adviso every sick lady
to take it." And so do we. It never disappoints
ito patrons. Druggists sell it
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SA Cent*
Will buy a Treatise o.vthb Horse and His
Diseases Book of 100 page3, valuable to
every owner of horses. Postage stamp? taken.
Sent postpaid. New York Hop.se Book Co.,
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With every diseaso imaginable for the last
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I used two bottles I
Am entirely cured, and heartily reconv
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I carlv twenty years, and we believe lie has been
i urea as stated." -./?
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