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P THE OLD REAPER.
Mid the brown-haired and the black-haired
men.
With ruddy faces aglow.
The old nmn stood in the harvest field,
With a head as white as snow.
" Let nie cut a sheaf, my boys," he said,
" Before it is time to go.''
fThey
put tho sickle within his hand;
He bowed to the windy wheat;
Pleasantly fell the golden ears,
With the corn flowers at his feet
He lifted a handful, thoughtfully;
It was ri]>e ami full and sweet.
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" Many and many a sheaf." he said,
' I have cut in the years gone past:
And man}* ami many a sheaf these arms
On the harvest wains have cast.
But, children dear, I am weary now,
And I think this is?tho last.
"Let ine rest awhile beneath the tree;
For I like to watch you go,
With sickles bright, through the rii>e, full
wheat,
And to feel the fresh wind blow.*'
And they spread their working coats for him
'Along the grasses sweet ami low.
When the s-?n grew high they came again.
For a drink and their bread and meat;
And in the shadow he sleeping lay.
With the sunshine on his feet.
Like a child at night, outspent with play,
He lay in slumber sweet.
When they came aguin, he faintly said:
" I have crossed the meadow stile.
My work is done; 'tis nearly dark;
I shall rest in a little while."
That night it was Harvest Home with him;
But he went away with a smile.
?Amelia E. Ifarr, in New York Independent.
THE CONDUCTOR'S STORY.
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The Omaha express stood waiting in
the Union depot at Chicago. There was
a large passenger list for the West that
night, and an unusual amount of express
* + A n mimltnr r.f nnflp}i/>a
UiiiblU. X1U UAlla UUlJtMVi V* VX/MW..VV
was therefore udded; and when the signal
for starting was given the engine
panted and groaned as she moved out of
the yards with her tremendous load.
Soon, however, we were flying over the
country under the impetus of the powerful
engine, which had needed enlv a little
coaxing and petting at the start to give
her the wild strength with which she
drew the thousands of tons burthen behind
her.
Our old friend, "Billy" F , was
the conductor: Coming through the
sleeper he greeted us cordially, barely
dancing at the "annual'' hela out for
f his inspection. "With a promise to
meet us socn to "have a cigar," he went
on through the train, lantern on one
arm, and "snip, snip" on either side.
This being a through and fast train
for the West, very few stop9 would be
made, and then only at important
. stations. Soon our friend returned, and
settling himself comfortably by our side
in the smoking-room, lit a Havana.
"We've got a very heavy train tonight,
and, what's worse, we will be de*
tained an hour at Aurora by a freight
wreck. No. 6 is following us, but as she
makes all stops, we won't be near her
L' long."
"You have seen some bad accidents
on this road in your long experience on
it, haven't you ?'' we queried.
jL "Yes, lhave. I never wasiuanybnd
wreck myself; have always been fortunate.
But I've had many narrow escapes.
"Speaking of wrecks, the worst one
I ever saw was that which occurred at
Tyrone, Iowa,some years ago. You see,
2so. 5. going cast, and No. J, going west,
had orders to meet there. Both trains
were late and were running
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ji.*ie iuu wixhi, mi! upciuiui
at Tyrone received 1he order and
with it an order for a frrigbt
train that had been standing there to
come on west. In some unaccountable
manner, lhe poor fellow got the orders
mi.\ed so that when No. 5 reached Tyrone
it was ordered to run on east, while
the freight was still held at Tyrone!
' Orders are orders' ou the road, and the
engineer of No. 5 innocently obeyed thfe
death command. So they shot into the
darkness?and to death.
"Meanwhile No. 3came tearing down
the heavy grade a mile or two from Tyrone.
No. 5 was rushing on to meet
her. There would be a terrible wreck!
Just ns No. 5 disappeared from view, the
operator discovered his mistake. But it
was to late. He stood helpless for a mo- ;
ment, 1 aralyzed with horror. Then j
rushing to the instrument, telegraphed |
as follows to headquarters:
" ' .Nos. o and 3 have met in a terrible
wreck on the grade east of here. Send
cars and surgeons!'
" And then a mighty crash shook the
night air. With an agonising shriek the
operator sank to the floor senseless.
* "Yes, it was an awful wreck. Many
were killed and wounded. It was pitiful
to hear the poor victims cry, and some
begged to be put out of their misery.
AU T f A vwl n,/.
V/u, 1'uuu i uuut rtuj ?icv/c\a: nuu ng |
seldom have one i.ow, for our road is
very careful.
"The narrowest escape I eve had was I
a good man}* years ago. The road was
_ new then, and 1 was running a passenger j
train in the West. It was a dreary, rainy, i
chilly night in March. We had a pretty I
p. heavy train, and were making good time
despite the bad condition of the road.
?, _ Soon after midnight a storm came on,
and the rain and wind was terrible. But
we had to plow along through it, though [
there was great uneasiness among the
04 passengers, and, to tell the truth, I
didn't feel altogether safe myself.
"About ten miles from II we
learned tnat Camp Creek was way beyond
her banks, and was rapidly rising, j
~ - There was a large trestle bridge over this
creek, but it was regarded as being perfectly
safe. The wind was now blowing
a gale, it had turned cold, and snow was
now mixed with the pouring rain. But
on we flew, and I trusted to Providence
Ci that all would be well.
"I had just snuggled down in a heap
to have a short nap, when I was brought
to my feet in an instant by the frantic
shriek of the engine, and the pounding J
and the groaning of the car-wheels on
the track as the brakes held them fast.
There was trouble ahead. And we were
. nearing that bridge! Looking out of the
window ahead in the distance, I saw a
huge bonfire on the track, the flames of
which lit up the surroundings vividly.
The train came to a halt, and within ten
feet of the engine, and on the very brink
of an abyss, roared the huge beacon fire.
?- The bridge had gone down.
"But who built the fire and kept it
burning, was the question. Ah, that
was easily learned, for there, standing
In the storm and the cotd. was a woman,
clasping in h -r arms a babe, and about
her clung three shivering children. The
passengers had crowded upon the scene
ere this, and many a hand was out
stretched to lead the heroic womatfand
her little ones in a place of warmth and
safety in the train.
'"There she told her storv. She lived
in a poor shanty only a short distance
from the bridge, and had heard it go
down with a crash into the rushing
waters. Knowing our train would soon
be due, she built the tire on the track to
warn us. Having nj fuel of her own,
and failing to find any, she had piled her
bed-clothes in a heap, lighted them, and
kept the fire burning by feeding it wtyli
what scanty furniture her house contained.
She told us with a sob that baby's cradle
had crone to keep the bcacon light burn
ing. ~
"About that time everybody was j
blubbering. I think one or two of the
ladies were praying and crying. But that
didn't last long. One big, red-faced old
man just took off his hat, a tall stovepipe,
and went through the train in a
manner that would have done credit to ;
any well organized gang of train-robbers j
?only the passengers crowded up to [
him with their valuables. They showered |
gold, silver and paper money into that i
hat until it was full, Some gave a fifiy,
others more, some less, and oue old fellow
put in his check and then wiped his
eyes and blew his nose. Oh. they gave
her an ovation. It was a heroic act, and
one that no doubt saved many lives."'
"How much was collected i" we asked,
with mercenary curiosity, as the train
whistled for Aurora.
"Well, sir, I don't remember the exact
amount, but enough to buy baby a cradle
that would grace the little home which
the rest of the money purchased".? Washington
llatchet.
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There are in this country 11 St. Pauls,
20 Bridge|>orts,18 Bufl.ilosaud Newarks,
17 Brooklyns, Clevelands, and Rochesters,
16 Hartfords, 15 Louisvilles, 13
Bostons and Pittsburgs, 8 Cincinnatis
aud Philadelphias, 0 Chicagoe>, 7 Detro.ts,
5 Milwaukees and St. Louises, 32
Washingtons.and 2 New Yorks and Baltimores.
New Orleans and San Francisco
are not duplicated.
RESCUED FROM THE GRAVE
WONDEETUX. BrSUKBECTION OF
P?OP?E APPAEENTLY DEAD.
A Woman and n Child Seciiitnjjly
Di-uil ICe&torcd to CoiiNrioitMiiCN*?
Some Valuable Suggestion**
I The Washington Star priuts the following
letter: My attention has been
called to an article contained in your
publication entitled "A Wonderful
Resurrection," quoted from the London
Lancet, relative to the case
of a woman fifty-three years old
who was found hanging eight minutes
after she had been last seen alive,
suspended by a cord which encircled her
neck. AYhen cut down the latest known
appliances failed to indicate the slightest
spark of life. The physician iu attendance,
however, resolved to try slow
artificial respiratory action. In the
course of ten "minutes application of
such action the faintest signs of returning
life were observed by means of a
stethoscope. The work was continued
incessantly for two hours befoie natural
l.mnthinrr was sutficientlv established to
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dispense with the artificial means.
Apropos of the need ot steadfast and
hopeful perseverance iu efforts to restore
those who have apparently lost their
lives by strangulation which this lesson
teaches I desire to relate an incident of
my own experience.
While engaged in conversation with
relatives, whom I was visiting a year
ago, I was abruptly interrupted by the
startling information that the little fiveyear-old
daughter of the next door
neighbor had fallen into a cistern, containing
rain water, and beeu drowned.
Hurriedly proceeding to the spot 1
learned that the body was still lying in
the water. As soon as possible it was
gotten out and laid face upward on the
ground, with the hands fixedly extended
beyond die head, then with my hands
I exerted a continuous pressure on the
chest in imitation of slow breathing motion.
The feet were immediately bared
and a large cloth, dipped in boiling
hot water, was held to the soles. In
about twenty minutes from the commencement
of the restorative action we
were rewarded by seeing the little one
breathing naturally, and in a few days
she was playing around as well as ever.
On a comparison of notes it was discovered
by the closest calculation that
the child must have been in the water,
which was three feet in depth, at least
five minutes. "When taken out the body
was cold and rigid, the eyes set. the face
of a deathly pallor, and, so far as ordinary
signs indicated, resuscitation was
j apparently an impossibility.
In view of the surprising success attained
in the case of the woman, by
means of artificial respiratory action
only, would it be unreasonable to presume
that if the blood had been forced
to circulate by the application of heat,
as in the case of the child, that she
might have been resuscitated in less than
two hours?
The result of suffocation is a suspension
of respiratiou. Taking for
granted, as a matterof couese in all such
cases, that the condition of the heart is
normal, can any one say positively that
asphyxia of even thirty minutes duration
might not be overcome?
The possibility of resuscitation in various
cases of sudden apparent dissolution,
resulting from other causes than
those mentioned, is well worthy of seri- |
ous contemplation, in view of instances
constantly occurring of persons having
been buried alive through ignorance of
the attendants concerning prompt and
proper action. In any event, what harm
can result from a practical application of
the remedies suggested?
A Scandinavian Snuday.
Sunday came, ana it was very preriy
to see, on the evening before and early
in the morning, the boats streaming up
the tiord and down from the iuland
lakes. One boat passed the yacht, rowed
by ten young stalwart women, who"
handled their oars like Saltash fishwives.
With a population so scattered, a single
priest has two or more churches to attend
to at considerable distances,pastors
being appointed according to the numbers
of the flock, and not the area which
they occupy. Thus at Elversdale there
was a regular service only on alternate
Sunday's,"and this Sunday it was not
Elversdale's turn. But there was a
samling?a gathering for catechising and
prayer?at our bonder's house, where the
good man himself or some itinerant minister
ofliciated. Several hundreds must
have collected, the children in largest
proportion. The Norse people are quiet,
old-fashio; ed Lutherans, who never read
a newspaper, and have never heard of
a doubt about the truth of what their
fathers believed. When the meeting
was over,as many of them as were curious
to see the English yacht, and its occupants
came on board. The owner welcomed
the elders at the gangway, talked
to them in their own tongue, and showed
them over the ship. A had handfulls
of sugar plums for the little one*.
They were plain featured, for the most
part, with fair hair and blue eyes?the
men in stroi:g homespun broadcloth, the
women in black serge, with a bright sash
about the waist, and a shawl over the
shoulders, with bits of modest embroidery
at the corners. They were perfectly well
behaved, rational, simple, unself-concious,
a healthy race in mind and body,
whom it was pleasant to see. I c-ouid
well understand what Americans mean
when they say that, of nil the colonists
t who migrate to them, the Xorse are the
best?and many go. Norway is as full
as it can hold, and the young swarms
who in old days roved out in their pirate
ships over France and England and Ireland
now pass peaceably to the Far
West.?Froudi', in Longman'* Magazine.
Barbarities in Old Kussin.
Of the barbaric features of the old Russia
out of which' Peter sprang the tor!
tares attending judicial processes were
the most marked, says the Quarterly lierieic.
His father was considered unusually
mild and gentle for a czar, and, indeed.
had been named "the most debonair;'1
but even under his reign there
were fifty official oxecutionersin Moscow,
whose hands were iucessantly red with
their ghastly functions. Every judicial
investigation involved the intliction of
horrible tortures all round?torture of susj
pccted personr to extort confession; torture
of witnesses supposed to know more
than they revealed; torture of criminals
to force them to betray their accomI
i)l ices.
Sometimes it was inflicted by the alternate
stroke of rods wielded by a couple
of executioners, who kept time in
hammering away at the back of the prostrate
victim as smiths are accustomed to
hammer at an anvil; sometimes by the
horrible flail-like knout, which cut a
deep furrow at every stroke, till the back
was ribbed and crossed from top to bottom
; sometimes by the continued dropping
of boiling water on the top of tlie
head after it had been shaved; sometimes
by roasting the naked back of the
accused over a tire, above which he was
j suspended horizontally by a wooden spit.
Hanging and decapitation were the most
common methods of inflicting capital
punishment, when their work had not
already been done in the torture-chum|
ber; but suspension from hooks through
the flesh, breaking alive on the wheel,
and impalement on stakes were by no
I means unfrequeut. Even private individuals
enjoyed a large freedom to torture
and kill their serfs and dependents, of
i which ample advantage was taken; and
! as lute as the regency of Sophia, Peter's
| half-sister, a speciul edict wus required
j to deprive creditors of the right to make
j perpetual slaves of insolvent debtors,and
even to maim atid kill them at their
pleasure.
Bill Nye Describes a Cyclone.
Like a peaceful Ute stealing up
through the sheltering ambush to saw
open the throat of a dear friend, comes
the ring-tailed peeler of the skv, scarcely
moving the green leaves as he steals
along the valiey on his hind legs. The air
is like the atmosphere of death. No
sound is heard except ttie dull thud of
the woodman's axe as it burries itself in
the heart of a pine tree that belongs to
some one else. The sun has dropped
behind a dull, gray cloud that is faced
with pale green. Still lower down the
steel gray and purple clouds come boiling
over the tree tops. The tree toad makes
a few desultory remarks, katydid says
"good evening," and the permaturt
twilight has come. Up from the southwest
comes a sullen mutter, a crash, a
roar, like twenty oceans iu joint caucus,
the rush of falling trees, the crash of
giant hailstones, the thunder of falling
waters, and like the deadly charge of
heaven's artillery, it is over. That is a
cylone?one of the adult variety when
it is feeling well. When you sec one of
that kind sliding up into the sky, do not
try to twist its tail as it goes by. It takes
a strong, quick man to reach out over
the dash board and twist the tail of a
cyclone. He must be strong in the
wrists, cool headed, and soon in movements.?Denver
Opinion.
FA KM GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Farm Drainage.
Under-drains arc always to be preferred
to open ditches, provided the drains are
large enough to convey all the surplus
water that will naturally collect in them.
Open ditches are always in the way of
cultivation and the harvesting of crops,
while there is a constant call for labor in
keeping them clean. In soft land the
sides of ditches may cave in and require
cleaning out every year. Under-drains,
properly built, may remain perfect for
an indefinite period. What material to
use in constructing under-drains is an
important question. Many writers have
contended that tiles only are lit to be
used, while others believe that small
stones may often be used for this pur- j
pose with advantage. In some localities j
we believe stones will be found-useful
and profitable. Many farmers have surplus
stones that they seem to have no
other use for. Wet spots are sometimes
helped by having the surface raised to a
desirable level. In such cases it often
happens that a portion of the tilling may
as well be of stone* as of more valuable
material. In making under drains
for conveying running streams, it is
often advisable to lay the stones in
the form of a bridge with abut
I merits and covers, but wnerc inc
amount of water is very small
the stones will sometimes afford a sufficiently
open course when placed in without
regard to a regular water coursc.
Water is constantly running through the
earth under our feet in natural channels
formed of sand or coarse gravel. When
making stone drains it should be remembered
that the great danger lies in the
tine soil from above or at the sides of the
ditches. If this falls in and fills up the
spaces between the stones the drains may
be ruined. To prevent this, care should
be taken to cover the stones with some
material that will remain in place. Inverted
turfs, old hay or straw, shavings
from wood-planing mills, leaves from the
forest and small brush are all useful for
covering the stones before hauling in the
soil. Tramping the filling hard is a good
practice, also tilling the ditch above the
common level to prevent the first rain
from washing the loose earth into the
stones below.
3Iost beginners fail by making their
drains too shallow. If the filling be
stone, there should be at least twenty
inches of earth above the stones, and
two feet would be still better. The
wider the ditches the deeper the covering
of earth should be, to prevent overdrying
in time of drought. It should
be remembered that it is the bottom of
flint Mm'Ol'fl thf? wjltfir. A
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filling of two feet of stones is no better
than a tilling of one foot, so long as the
spaces at the bottom are free from obstruction.
The water which runs in
tinder-drains comes in mainly from the
bottom. The soil directly over the
drains may be made as impervious as
possible without injuring their drainage
capacity.
In digging drains it is usually better
to begin at the lower end and "work up
hill, so that the water may flow away
below, but the filling should be tegun
at the upper end, else a heavy shower or
storm, occurring before the work is comI
pletcd, may wash so much soil into the
: drains as to entirely spoil them It may
| save a second handling of small stones
| to have a drain constantly open for re|
ceiving any surplus, as they are picked
] up from the fielas, but unless the sides j
! of the ditches are very firm it is unsafe j
to leave them any great length of time,
especially in winter or when the frost is
likely to tear them to pieces.
In many localities the greatest need of
improvement in farm operations is in the
direction of drainage. Thorough drainage
would warm the land, increase the
! length of the season, in some years
! doubie the crop, and frequently give all
| the profit to be derived from cultivai
tion. Thorough drainage of wet land
| will ensure a full crop every year.?Aete
| England Fanner.
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Farm and Gardeu Notes.
live straw for tying grapevines is
cheaper and better than cord or wire;
i also for tying trees to stakes. It is best
j cut before quite ripe.
The light Brahma fowls have stood the
[ tests of experiment longer than any of
our pure breeds, combining more good
qualities than any other.
The New York Tribune says that a
grower who laises cabbages effectually
prevented the deuredations of the cabf
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uage-worui vy fining un mc nuuc um,J
tcrllies that appeared in the field.
In packing bees for winter see that
there is an abundance of ventilation, not
only through the combs, so that the bees
can at any time during the winter have
access t.^ their supplies, but at the boti
torn of the hives so that they can have
plenty of fresh air.
At this season of the year, as the ma
nure heaps are accumulating, there will
be frequent cases of "fire-fanging." This
may be obviated by frequently turning
the heap, by judicious use of absorbents,
i or by drawing the manure and spread|
ing it on the field.
No grain gives better returns for the
number of pounds than oats as feed for
young pigs. Oats will also fatten pork,
"but not so rapidly as corn, nor will they
make so large a proportion of lard and
I fat meat. Their chief advantage is in
j furnishing more bulk in the feed.
Where stubble is left long, and has not
been beaten down by pasturing, it affords
a very considerable protection to young
clover. It prevents the snow from being
blown off by winter winds, and is thus
| probably worth more to the farmer than
an equal amount of straw in his stacks or
barnyard.
Celery should be earthed up as fast as
it grows in order to get it to blanch well.
Still the operation must not be commenced
too early, as the growth might
I be weakened somewhat thereby. Above
I all things, allow no soil to get into the
heart in earthing, as the crown is apt to
I rot from this.
No process for gathering apples has
I improved or hasted the old and slow one
j of careful hand picking. With self-susj
taining ladders and low heads moat of
: the fruit may be easily gathered. One
I advantage of low heads is that even if
I the fruit falls much of it will not be
! seriously injured.
Don't make perches for fowls too high
j nor on an inclined plane. If low down,
j they will be just as well satisfied and be
i less liable to in iurv from flvinir or fall
! ing down. No matter how high the
i perch is, fowls will not be safe from
: thieves unless the lien house is locked
j every night.
To keep celery, place a board about
i nine inches from the cellar wall and pack
full of the plants in an upright position.
Nine inches from the board place
another, and pack full in the same way.
Underneath is placed damp moss. Keep
the cellar dark and at as low a tempera*
j ture as possible to forty degrees.
More and better feed for chickens can
( be grown Ijy planting sunflowers than
| corn on equally rich soil. The sunflower
seeds should not be given as an exclusive
i diet, but once a day in alternation with
I other feed. The fowls that soonest learn
j to like them will be marked by their
l bright combs, and will begin lading
j first.
A clean, well-cut field of corn looks
| better and can be got into conj
dition for the next crop.. The butts of
I corn stalks may not be eaten, but if
j chopped up and spread about the barni
yard they are excellent absorbents of
i linuid manures that would otherwise be
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i wasted. In the licit! they arc worse than
useless.
If beans are quite dry when pulled or
gathered, the best way is to thresh immediately.
leaving them in the chair, and
that spread thinly on the barn floor till
i well cured. If they are put in mows or
! stacks, some moisture will gather, and
more of the beans will be discolored and
unsalable.
The fall is much the best time for top
i dressing orchards, especially of the pear,
j If applied in the fall it secures a healthy
j growth next spring, while if manuring is
I delayed until then the tree docs not get
! much benefit from it until then, causing
! a late succvlent growth which is very liable
to blight.
Few auimals will eat barley heads, but
after the grain is threshed the straw
makes palatable feed for a change during
i wintfr if kent in pood condition. It
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is usually, however, so broken up by the
threshing machines that the stacks are
soon spoiled unless topped with the stif|
fer straw of wheat or rye that will make
| a more compact covering.
The common white flat turnip or the
i purple top strop loaf variety are the
I kinds mostly in demand by city coni
sumerB. Yet they are not so rich as the
yellow varieties or even as the rutabagas.
Toward midwinter and later the early
| white turnips become stringy and of
j little value, while the yellow turnips and
rutabagas are better after midwinter than
I they are when first gathered.
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It is probable that eggs will never
again be as cheap in summer as they
used to be, owing to increased attention
given to various modes of preserving.
Every winter, however, there is a large
demand for fresh eggs, and those kept
over from summer will not take their
placc except at a considerably reduced
price. But the business of keeping
eggs from summer till winter is profitable
if well managed.
Clover is biennial, and usually will not
blossom until the second year after sowing.
But under favorable conditions,
with early seeding and a late, warm fall,
many heads will often appear the first
year, and some seeds may ripen. This
late growth should be cut or fed off, as
the clover plant dies after it has perfected
its seed. This accounts for the
entire destruction by winter-killing of
many clover fields that appeared unusually
promising the fall befoie.
On clay or heavy soil probably the
only part of the farm that needs more
potash is the fruit orchard. Much of the
potash in the soil is locked up in the
wood, and still more goes into the leaves
which arc mostly blown away now that
the timber hind lias been so generally
cleared up. The beat bearing trees
in orchards arc generally near fences, or
in depressions where leaves are not
bfown ofT. A good deal of potash is also
required in perfecting and ripening the
fruit.
Household Hint* and Itccipo.
Oatmael wafers are relished by babies
and older children, too. Take a pint of
oatmeal and a pint of water, with almost
a tcaspoonful of salt. Mix, and spread
on buttered pans. Make it just as thin as
it is possible, and yet have the bottom of
the pan covered. Hake slowly.
Plates should always be sent to the
table warm for dinner. The best method
is to dip them in boiling hot water and
let them remain for a few moments. Dry
quickly, pile and set on the table. Tea
cups should always be dipped in hot
hot water before pouring in the tea.
ttice cake is made of one pound of
ground rice, one pound of sugar, half a
pound of butter and eight eggs; salt and
flavoring to suit taste. Beat the eggs,
rub the butter and sugar together till like
cream, then add the eggs, and, last of
all, stir the rice flour in a little at a time.
Bake in sponge-cake tins.
To polish wood floors of black walnut
and ash: Moisten a soft flannel cloth
with kerosene oil, rub the wood with it
and then with a very soft, clean and dry
flannel. If this work is trusted wholly
to a maid it will very likely not be a success,
for too much oil will be used, and
that is far worse than to use 110 oil at ali.
A good rccipc for tomato soup is as
follows: To one pint of canned tomatoes,
or four large ones cut up fine, add
one quart of boiling water, and let them
boil till done; then add nearly a tcaspoonful
nr enrln* wlipn it. frvima un ndd one
pint of sweet milk, pepper and butter or
one cup of sweet cream instead of butter,
a few crackers rolled fine, and serve.
Never throw away cold potatoes
There are many nice ways of preparing
them. Here is one which bears the
somewhat high-sounding title of potatoes
au maitre d'hotel. Cut cold boiled
potatoes into quarter inch slices.and put
into a saucepan with four or five tablespoonfuls
of milk, two of butter, some
pepper and salt and chopped parsley.
Heat quickly, stirring all the time until
ready to boil, when you may 3tir in the
juice of half a lemon. Serve very hot.
It is the lemon that gives it its name;
without that it would be siirply "stewed
potato." It is not to be treated with disdain
under its less pretentious title.
To free canaries and other cage birds
from the insects that infest them, the
following method is recommended by
one who has successfully practiced it for
years; every night just at dusk the cage
or aviary is covered over with a white
cloth. During the night the parasites
will crawl oit iroui me wras on to tne
cloth, where they may be seen running
about when the cloth is removed at daybreak.
The insects may be killed by
putting the cloth into boiling wa'er. A
repetition of the process will soon clear
away the pests without injuring the
birds. Insect-powders will no doubt
kill parasites, but the birds as well.
To whiten flannel, made yeilow by age,
dissolve one and a half pounds of white
soap in fifty pounds of soft water, and
also two-thirds of an ounce of spirits of
ammonia. Immerse the flannel, stir well
around for a short time, and wash in pure
water. When black or navy blue linens
are washed, soap should hot be usud.
Take instead two potatoes grated into
tepid soft water(after having them washed
and peeled), into which a teaspoonful of
ammonia has been put. Waih the linen
with this, and rinse them in cold blue
water. They will need no starch, and
should be dried and ironed on the wrong
side. An infusion of hay will keep the
natural color in buff linens, and an infusion
of bran will do the same for brown
linens and prints.
Saved by a Load of Hay.
A Bradford (Penn.) correspondent of
tlm Vhilndelnhia Times writes: "I tell
you what, boys, I've railroaded it for
years and been mixed up in all kinds of
disasters, but I hope to croak right here
if I want to be the eye-witness again of
such an awful sight as I saw a day or two
ago."
The speaker was a brakeinan on the
Erie.
"A day or so ago,"he continued, "a
tall and handsome woman got into the
ladies' car at Dunkirk. With her was a
bright and interesting boy, possibly two
years of age. The child laughed and
crowed and played with the passengers.
When the train left Cattaraugus the
woman, who seemed nervous, got out of
her seat, picked up the baby and started
for the rear end of the coach. A short
distance cast of Cattaraugus is a long,
deep gulf, over which the railroad has
built a high trestle. The distance from
the top of the trestle to the wagon road
below is perhaps one hundred feet. A
sharp and short curve leads to the trestle.
As the train rushed over the gulf a
woman's piercing shriek was heard. I
looked and saw an object leap from the
platform into the rocky gulf. That object
sir, was the lady passenger, and in
her arms closely clasped to her breast
was her infant. I pulled the bell-cord
and the train came to a halt. How it
happened I cannot say. but at the time
the woman jumped a load of hay, drawn
u\ ;i pail ui uauij, jmnscu uuviui uiu
trestle. Mother and child landed squarely
in the center of the hay and were thus
saved from a horrible death. The farmer
was so horrified that he jumped from his
wagon and darted up the hill. The
woman, who was not hurt in the least,
said her name was .Mrs. Adam Scell and
her home in Michigan. She was ou her
way to visit friends in the oil country.
Hers was indeed a miraculous escape.
Mrs. i?cell said that she could not explain
her action. When near the car door she
was seized with an insane desire to jump
from the train. The farmer, as he drove
along, was thinking of his dead wife and
daughter. When the visitors came
through the clonds, as it were, and
landed on his hay he thought that the
dear departed had come back to earth to
revisit him.
Birds and Wires.
Animals great and small have ways of
avoiding danger to which their ancestors
have been exposed. Hut when a new
danger arises, they do not know how to
meet it. Telegraph and telephone wires
are a deadly peril to birds which.haunt
cities and other places where the wires
are numerous. A few generations hence
wires will be as harmless to birds as
trees are now. In the following extract
it is the wires which suffer, owing to the
size of the bird:
According to the Brazilian German in
of Rio de .laueiro, the telephone wires in
that city have found a formidable cyemy
in the "assgeier," a large bird of the
vulture species?u kind of John Crow?
which, living very low as it passes over
tne tops ot tne nouses in scavenging tne
streets, hits the wires and breaks them,
or else becomes entangled.
Good wire is very expensive in Brazil.
In consequence of the damage done by
these birds, the telephone people arc
compelled to keep up a large force of
men for repairs. Mo sooner are the Vires
mended in one part of the city than report
comes of interruption in another
part, owing to the operations of the
asseeier. It is against the law to kill these
birds, and as a result they increase very
rapidly in number.
The Provincia, too, says that nothing
positively remedial can be done at present.
The telephonists must wait until
the bird learns by experience that it will
enjoy more personal comfort by flying
higher.
A man in Kansas conceived the notion
of removing the tombstones from his
family plot to the roof of his house,
where they stand in a row of seven
along the ridgepole.
%
THE DANCING DERVISHES.
AH ODD SECT XV THE KOOBXSH
QUARTERS OF ALGIERS.
An Evening: Spent in Their Companj-Soinc
of Their Singular
Ritea and Performances
One evening during our 9tay in Algiers
we were informed that the Dancing Dervishes
or Ai.ssaoui, as they are called,
were to give a performance. Accordingly,
that evening, having procured a
guide, wc proceeded to the place where
the performance was to be given, driving
through the narrow streets connecting
the French with the Moorish quarter of
the town, until they became so narrow
and winding that it was impossible to
go farther. He we left the carriages in
a small square, where four flat stdnes
imbedded in the ground marked the
spot where prisoners were formerly beheaded,
and walked on through the narrow,
dimly-lighted streets, and on arriving
at our destination were ushered
into a large old Moorish house with its
central open court, galleries and com
municating rooms. On two 3ides of this
i ..??.,0 linvKfo/l Iw fliolrprinor
J cuuri, Wliilli Wtta Ugubvu MJ 0
candles, are benches for spectators, while
before them perhaps fifty Arabs in their
picturesque costumes were sitting
cross-legged, smoking and drinking
codec. In the center of the
court was a large square carpet, upon
| which was a brazier and burning charcoal,
and behind it was a lighted candle
about three feet in height. Behind this
| candle six musicians were seated, in the
center of whom was the master ot ceremonies
or high priest of the order, an intelligent
appearing Arab of perhaps forty
years of age. In the gallery immediately
above us, partially concealed by screens
of rugs and shawls, were many Moorish
women, and when the exercises became
exciting one could occasionally catch a
glimpse of a pretty face.
At a given signal the music commenced.
The instruments were immense
tambourines,.perhaps two and a half feet
in diameter, which they tuned to the
right musical pitch by occasionally heating
them over the charcoal fire. The
noise produced by these instruments was
deafening and monotonous. They continued
pounding steadily for perhaps
twenty minutes with no result, when all
at once a young man rushed into the center
of the circle with a scream and commenced
to dance and gesticulate wildly.
He was immediately seized by the attendants,
who divested him of his outer gar
.. j u,. ?
mUIIlH UI1U UIIIUIUUU^. uv tuvu,
vacant, staring expression,began to dance
wildly before the tall candle. It could
hardly be called a dance, as his feet were
stationary. He simply threw his head
and body backward and forward, all his
muscles being completely relaxed,
his head nlinost touching the flames of
the candle as it swung forward. His
face soon became red and he began to
froth at the mouth. He was soon joined
by two others. An attendant kept them
in line, not allowing them to get too near
the candle, and occasionally joining their
hands. Soon a wild looking emancipated
old man sprang into the center of
the circle with a scream. After he had
been divested of his outer garments he
did not dance, but commenced pointing
with wild screams, at the different persons
in the room. He then placed his
heel in the center of the burning charcoal
until the smoke and the odor of the
burning flesh filled the room.
This performance was rendered more
clTective by his continual screams and by
the unearthly noise of the tambourines.
He then withdrew his foot, and a redhot
shovel having been handed to him.
he rapidly struck it with his open hand
and then drew his finger slowly across it,
producing, probably, a slight blister. A
heavy, Sliarp-poinieu lnsiruuitjui ?.ia
then handed to him, which the old man
placed against his abdomen and proceeded
to hammer against the other end
with a heavy brick which he broke into
several fragments. lie then with apparently
great effort, pretended to withdraw
it, but as its withdrawal was not
followed by blood and as he immediately
covered up the spot with his
clothing, we concluded that the instrument
had not penetrated the flesh at all.
He then kissed the priest and ran into an
adjoining apartment, where he placed his
foot in water and afterward resumed his
seat with the others.
Meanwhile the three dancers, who had
continued bobbin? wildly up and down,
had fallen to the floor in an exhausted
condition, and had to be assisted out of
the room by attendants. The performers.
though some were wild and emaciated
in appearance, did not show scars,
and though those whose heads were not
shaved showed irregular losses of hair,
as though it might have been pulled out,
still they appeared to be in fair physical
condition. At this time there was a
temporary lull in the proceedings. The
tambourines continued to beat monotonously,
and the habitues of the place
were evidently awaiting some new development.
An Arab who sat near me spoke to me
in French, saying: "Watch that old
man; he is the best performer of the
party." The man in question was a fine
looking old Arab, richly dressed, wearing
spectacles, who was stroking his
long gray beard and smiling serenely.
Near him sat another old mau, watching
the proceedings. The chief evidently
did everything in his power to excite
him. At stated intervals the musicians
would beat the tambourines fast and furiously.
At such times the old
man would sway backward
!ind forward. and look wildly
about, muttering to himself. He even,
at one time, unbuttoned his outer garments.
evidently preparing for his approaching
tit. lie would then subside
again, anu finally buttoned up his coat,
and did not perform during the evening.
Soon, however, the other old man,
without warning, suddenly fell forward
into the circle. He was raised by the attendants,
who, as in the previous cases,
took off his watch and outer garments.
He then commenced to repeat in a
loud voice various Arabic sentences. A
tambourine was then passed about the
audience, containing perhaps ten stones
varying in size fro.ii one-fourth to threefourths
of an inch in diameter, and a
rusty nail. One of the stones was then
passed to the old man, who, holding it
between his thumb and forefinger,placed
it in his mouth and swallowed it. He
then swallowed all the stones, finishing
with the rusty nail. There was no opportunity
for deception,as his arms were
bare, and he invariably opened his
mouth, showing the stone, and afterward
opening his mouth to show that it was
empty. It is said that a member of the
order has recently died from the effect
of swallowing nails. After lie had finished
his performance he resumed his
seat, adjusted his garments, receiving
many congratulations from his friends.
The music then became more furious
and deafening, and the uproar was in
creased by shrill screams of encouragement
from the women above, and subsequently
three new men rushed into the
circle -two light-eomplexioned Arabs
and a negro?dancing and si reaming.
Thr/.n twl.lint shovels were handed them.
which they struck as the tirst pertormer
had (U no, while one of the number took
the red hot shovel between his teeth and
held it there until there was a distinct
odor of burning flesh. They then took
the ied coals from the brazier, chewed
and swallowed them, while the black
froth ran from their mouths. Two large
portions of prickly cactus, covered with
long, sharp needles, were then handed
to them. These they seized, furiously
struggling for the largest portions, which
they chewed and swallowed?meanwhile
frothing and foaming at the 'mouth.
Eight scorpions were then placed in a
ambourine and passed about for the inspection
of the audience?ugly, crawling
reptiles, resembling small crabs. These
were then given to the performers, who
held them in their hands, not allowing
them to fasten upon their fingers, however.
Then at a given signal they ate
the struggling reptiles, the disgusting
crunching sound being very distinct?
fighting as before for the largest, flavoring
the morsel with charcoal and prickly
I cactus, meantime screaming and dancing.
Our curiosity having been satis- I
tied we left, although the performance
was supposed to continue throughout the
night. We paid our fee to the Arab
who had conducted us to the place,
though our regular gume, a uevoui oiu
Arab, whose religious scruples would
not allow him to visit such a place, to
drink wine, to have but one wife, and
who felt himself obliged to pray at least
five times daily, sometimes to our inconvenience,
and that the performers would
get but a very small portion of the money
which we paid him.
The conclusion which we arrived at
concerning the performance: That the
performers took care that they did not
seriously injure themseves ; that tliey
were willing to dance, to swallow stones
and disgusting objects, and to endure a
certain amount of pain for the money
which they received, and the distinction
which they enjoyed; that they really
became very much excited by the furious
.?is*"*
music, and that some among them were
doubtless insane, while others were 'simply
actors.
This sect was founded about 200 years
| ago in Morocco by a SidI Mohammed
Ben Aissa, who is said to have proved
him9elf a saint by casting himself down
from a high tower without injury. He
and his followers, after having been banished
from Morocco, went into the desert
and there found themselves able to
nourish themselves upon sticks, stones,
scorpions, etc., a talent which had been
handed down to their descendants.
There, during the religious festival of
last winter, the disciples of this creed
rushed wildly through the streets, seizing
living sheep, tearing them limb from
limb and eating the raw flesh. At that
time Europeans were cautioned not 1o
approach them. Their performances aio
said to be discountenanced by the more
intelligent Arabs.?Boston Transcript.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
The Edison Electric Light company
has three farms in Japan devoted to raisj
i ing bamboo for carbon.
j According to the latest results of the
| finest instrumental tests as to the propa
gation of electricity, an electric signal
travels at the rate of 16,000 miles per
second.
Cotton waste i9 now used in conjunction
with straw and asbestos in building
houses. It is formed into a paste which
in a very short time becomes very hard
and makes a durable slab or block for
building purposes.
Recently the dome of St. Peter's, in
Rome, was reclad at an expense to the
Vatican of $40,000. The old sheathing
required such continuous repairs that it
was deemed better to replace it. The
sheets of lead which now cover the dome
weigh 708,610 pounds, and would extend
over more than an acre and a half of land
if they were spread out Hat.
Another danger is added to modern
housekeeping. Dr. Austen has discovered
that water containing organic matter
will, when under pressure, dissolve
compounds of lead, zinc and copper
more rapidly and in much larger quantities
than when pure and under ordinary
conditions. He claims that many cases
of dysentery result from drinking such
water that has stood all night in lead or
zinc pipes.
The Stupid Camel.
The .camel appears to be so completely
unintelligent, and withal so perverse in
its dullness, that in the East the word
"camelishness" is a synonym for thickheaded
obstinacy. To contend successfully
against this prodigious, persistent
and invariable stupidity constitutes,
therefore, the whole art of camel riding.
That it calls for no special ability
on the part of the rider is obvious,
but nevertheless the beast often succeeds,simply
by the cumulative influence of its
exasperating want of sense, in breaking
down both temper and patience. The
British soldier in Afghanistan was completely
beaten by it. He had never encountered
such stupidity before, and
failed to grasp it. Whatever he did to
it, the camel roared at him. "Whatever
he tried to make it do it refused. If he
stopped pulling at its nose-string for an
instant the animal stopped at once. If
he left it for a minute the brute wandered
slowly away in the very direction
in which it could get into most mischief.
The aimlessness of his conduct utterly
baffled Thomas Atkins. He succumbed,
collapsed, went down before such inconceivable
obtuseness and perversity. It
was one of the commonest sights of the
march to corac across a soldier standing
with a countenance of utter despair by
the side of a loaded dromedary, gazing
up ut the supercilious brute with an expression
of the most comical helplessness.
lie had exhausted every
device he could invent to make the beast
understand what it ought to do, but all
in vain, and there he was, utterly
staggered and dumbfounded by such a
miracle of stupidity. He was too far
gone in a hopeless bewilderment even to
use strong language. His vocabulary
had been used up over and over again.
There was nothing within miles to beat
it with. He could not reach up to its
body with his foot to kick it. Pummeling
it with his fist had no appreciable effect
upon the beast; he might as well have
thumped the ground. His helmet was
battered out of shape with repeated
hurlings of it at the passive monster. So
he was at his wits" ends, and his discomfiture
was as obvious as it was
ludicrous. He looked as if he were going
out of his senses, or would like to sit
down, as women say, "and have a gooi
cry." As for the camel, it paid no more
attention to the puzzled soldier than if he
had been one of the thirty-nine articles. It
stood tlicrc, exactly wnereuuaasroppcu,
gazing into spacc with a look of
silly loftiness, as if it saw the north pole
in the distance, and with a complacency
that would not have been inappropriate
if it were beholding a vision of angels.
That it was falling short of its duties had
obviously uo interest for the idiotic
quadruped. It never so much as winked,
but simply stood in its tracks with its
head high up in the air as if awaiting a
revelation. There was, therefore, nothing
to be done except to wait till other
camels came along, and then to tie its
nose to the tail of the last "ship" in the
line. The sight of the hind legs of the
animal in front of it moving, and the
tension of the string in its own nostrils,
were the only hints it could understand.
?London Standard.
Remarkable Eyesight.
It is recorded by Humboldt that he
was traveling in South America under
conditions which rendered it ncccssary
for the party to divide, and to reach
their destination by different routes.
As he and those who remained with him
approaehed the appointed meeting
place he said to the Indian guide that
he wondered what had become of the
others. The guide looked at him with
some surprise, and pointing across a
wide mountain gorge, one side of which
they were traversing, replied : "There
they are." Humboldt himself could see
nothing but rocks and verdure, but
ultimately, being assisted by the guide
as to the position of the other party,
succeeded in discovering them by the
aid of a telescope ; and then by making
the guide describe the order of march
and the lelative positions of the several
individuals, obtained proof that he actually
saw them plainly with his unaided
eyes. An experience of equal aignficance,
if of a less striking character, may be
had in any Highland deer forest, where
deer, which are conspicuous to the
eyes of the keener, can only be seen with
difficulty and uncertainty and after much
pointing out of neighboring landmarks
by visitors who are habitual dwellers in
towns. In other words the acuteness
of sight of the average citizen is much
inferior to that of the average Scotch
forester; while the acuteness of sight
of the forester is probably much inferior
to that of the savage. People are too
prone to accept this as sometning necessary
or inevitable, and to think of the
forester or the savage as the possessor of
some special acuteness which has been
conferred upon him by training and
practice, instead of thinking of the citizen
as a person who by reason of unfavorable
circumstances falls short of the
acuteness of vision which lie ought to
possess.?JjOiulun Time*.
Aerial Navigation.
This great problem nas been solved, if
the French journals are to be believed.
Captain Kenard, at Muedon, Franco,succeeded
with a cigar-shaped balloon in
navigating the air for four hours: thnt
is, he was enabled to work against the
wind 011 a very calm day. His motive
power was electricity, stored in a Siemens
accumulator of ten-horse power.
This is the most important news of the
century. It is now 101 years since the
Montgolfier brothers ascended into the
atmosphere by means of hot air. Since
their time there have been hundreds of
thousands of ascensions; but the only
Smiirftvnmnnts nil t>ir? first One llllVU beCIl
the substitution of hydrogen gits,and the
use of mcchnnical contrivances in the
construction of the balloons. Hut until
Captain Menard's experiment at Muedou
ever}' air vessel lias been at the mercy of
the winds. They were so large and light,
and afforded no great a surface to the air
currents, that they could not be controlled.
It has long been suspected that
electricity would solve the problem, be
I cause it can furnish power with very little
weight. This is rendered possible by
i the accumulators of Siemens, in which
the electricity is, as it were, stored as in
a reservoir. The defect of this motor,
however, is the speedy exhaustion of the
power, and hence only short journeys
can be undertaken; but, according to
the proverb, it is the first step that costs.
Once establish the fact that an air vessel
can be moved directly or obliquely
against the wind, and the inventive
minds of all civilized nations will be set j
to work to perfect the air ship.?lJe?u>r- !
cut.
Correct returns show that drunkenness j
is decreasing in England.
ALL IN A HUMOROUS VEIN.
SOME COKXOAX. SKETCHES 7B0X
VABIOUS SOURCES.
Developing' HU Kluscle?A Different
Affair ? lie Had Bead About
Grcelj-Xot There Now, Etc#
"What is that drab object hanging
from the lower limb of that apple tree?"
asked a dude of a freckled country boy.
" That," said the boy, "is a sort of
foot-ball that we strike to make our
' muckle big."
" May I try it?" asked the dude.
"I guess so," replied the boy, as he
moved off a good distance.
So the dude drew back and drove his
fist right into ar. old-fashioned hornets'
nest, and got his sleeves chock full.?
Judge.
He Had Read About Greely.
It was growing very late, but the
young man showed no signs or disposition
to take his leave. After relieving herself
of several yawns, the lady said:
"You have been reading about the
Avnn^ifiAn V?otfonH vnn?"
UIUC1J CAp^UlVlVU, uui v>u V JVWI
"I have, why?"
"And you have thought so much about
it that you fancy you are now in the
Arctic regions yourself?"
"What makes you think so?"
"Because you seem to be under the impression
that you are in a region where
the nights are six months long."
He took his hat.?Somerville Journal.
Not There Now.
"You ought to live in my neighborhood
!" chuckled Smith, as he met
Brown the other morning. "Why, I
leave my spade, shovel, hoe and rake in
the alley from one week's end to another
and they are not taken."
Brown congratulates him on having a
home among such honest people, and a
man who overheard the conversation
while rubbing the \vall with his back
halts a pedestrian and quietly asks:
"Do you know that man with the
white plug hat on?"
"Oh, yea; that's Smith and he lives
on street."
Smith doesn't keep his spade, shovel,
hoe and rake in the alley any more. He
has none to keep.?Detroit Free Press.
A Utile California Bee Story.
"Talking about bees," remarked a passenger
from the West, "people in this
country don't kuow what bees is. Now,
out in Carifornia, at the foot of the
mountains, I've seen swarms that was
worth talkin' about. The air was fulL of
'em. "'Bout sundown, when they come
from the fields to their trees in the
mountains, it gets dark as sudden as I
if the lights should go out in this here
car. One time my pard, Dave Johnston
?poor Dave?an' me found there was
a hundred bar'i or two of honey in a
whoppin' big fir tree. We made up our
minds to hev it. So we fixed ourselves
up for a fight. We made suits out of
gunny sacks that covered our faces nnd
hands. There wasn't any places left
they could sting us, and we wore heavy
gloves tied down tight at- the wrists.
We were to take turns chopping at the
tree. Dave tackled it first. I stood
back and watched him. The first blow
he struck didn't rile 'em up much, for
only about two million came out and
went for him. The second blow brought
out a few million more. The third blow
didn't sound very loud, and I saw him
raise the ax for the fourth. But it never
struck. The air between the ax and the
tree was so full of bees that he couldn't
move the ax. Then I lost sight of him
entirely. I never saw him again."
"Why? Did the bees sting him to
death?"
"No, they couldn't sting him, but
they formed a solid wall around him
ten* feet thick and smothered him to
death. Why, I couldn't of got away
myself if most of the bees hadn't been
down on the plains at work."?Chicaqo
Herald.
A Different Affair.
Blinks?"As I am going away, doctor,
I called to settle your bill. How
much is it?"
Doctor?"Sorry to lose you, sir. The
bill is two hundred dollars."
"Two hundred! Oh, come, now, you
must have made some mistake."
"No mistake at all, I assure you. Here
it is?fifty visits at $4 a visit amount to
$200."
"But that is an awful price."
"You forget, sir, that I saved your
mother's life."
"But it was not my mother. It was
my mother-in-law."
"On! I beg your pardon. Your bill
is seventy-five cents."?Philadelphia Call.
Giving the Counteraign.
During the camping of the first regiment
at Santa Rosa, the pickets found
considerable difficulty in preventing the
men absenting themselves without leave,
a circumstance for which the mint julips
of the town barrooms and the large contingent
of pretty Santa Rosa girls?small
blame to them?were chiefly accountable.
One particularly sultry evening, while
the sentinels were pacing their beats with
their tongues fairly hanging out of their
mouths with heat, and wondering
whether the pirates in the mess tent
would drink every last drop of beer before
the ''relief" came, one of the guards
observed a private approaching, who was
staggeringaiong under the combined load
of much conviviality and an enormous
watermelon under each arm.
< <nri_ tl,
" W UU {^UC3 IUCIC1
"Er?hie?er fren," responded the
truant.
' Advance, friend, and give the countersign."
"Hain't got no?hie?countersign,"
amiably replied the private; "but I'll
er?hie?give yer er?warmellin."
Pretty soon the officer of the day came
round, and said to the sentinel, who was
absorbed in munching a huge piece of
watermelon stuck on the end of his bayonet;
"Did Perkins pass you just now?"
"Ycssir."
"Did he give the countersign?" inquired
the lieutenaut, taking a bite himself,
as the man presented arms.
"Well, no sir," said the sentinel, confidentially;
"the password was 'Cholera,'
but lie said 'Watermelon,'so I passed
him and put the other half in your tent."
"Did, eh?" mused the officer. "Hum!
watermelon, eh I Well, I guess that was
near enough."?San Francisco Post.
Jerry and Joe.
It is related of the late Judge Black
that in 1857, just after he was appointed
attorney-general of the United States, he
was staying at the Astor House in New
York. Scores of leading politicians called
upon him. One day, u small, gray haired
man arrived at the hotel, ana registered
himself as Judgo J. Williams, Iowa.
On seeing the name of Judge Black on
the book, he took a card and wrote:
"The supreme judge of Iowa presents
his compliments to the attorney-general
of the United States."
lie sent this up to Judge Black's room,
together with a half sheet of paper on
which he had wiitten:
"Oh. Jerry, dear Jerry, I've found you at
lost.
And memory, burdened with scenes of the
past,
Returns to old Somerset's mountains of snow.
When you were but Jerry, and I was but
Joe!"
In less than three minutes the great
dignified Judge Black was coming down |
the sta rs, two steps at a time, with the j
little bell boy in close pursuit. Two old
schoolmates and law students were together
after a separation of some thirty
years. Two old men embraced each other
aud neither was able to utter a word. It
was an affecting scene.
Why Hair Suddenly Turns White.
It is said that the hair and beard of
the Duke of Brunswick whitened in
twenty-four hours upon hearing that his
father had been mortally wounded in the
battle of Auerstadt. Marie Antoinette,
the unfortunate Queen of Louis XVI.,
found her hair suddenly changed by her
troubles, and a similar change happened
to Charles I. when he at tempted to escape
from C'arisbrooke Castle. Mr. Timbs, in i
I ? ? a. D-il >1 iUai I
Ills "jjociors anu mucins, snva uiiii
"chemists have discovered that hair contains
an oil, a mucous substance, iron,
oxide of manganese, phosphate and
carbonate of iron, Hint, and a large proportion
of sulphur. White hair contains
also phosphate of magnesia, and its oil is
nearly colorless. When hair becomes
suddenly white from terror it is probably
owing to the sulphur absorbing the oil,
as in the operation of whitening woo'en
cloths."
While the pastor in a Florida church
was in the midst of the most impressive j
part of his discourse a great commotion :
was noticed near one of the entrances. |
In the middle of the aisle, thickly
crowdcd on both sides with men. women
and children, lay a monster rattlesnake, j
seven feet long, with ten rattles and a
button.
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The Mormon church has an income of
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