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SHE DOES NOT KNOW CHICKEN
FROM TURKEY,'"
Helene is the handsomest girl of her race;
She's an elegant form and an exquisite face,
And she dresses with i?erfeetly consummate
grace.
But she doesn't know chicken from turkey
She knows many languages, living and dead
In science and fiction is very well read.
But she cannot cook meat, and she canno
make bread
And she doesn't know chicken from tur
key.
She can play a "Fantasia" or "Nocturne"
with skill:
Can sing up to " B"?has a wonderful trill;
Can write a story or sonnet, but still
She doesn't know chicken from turkey.
She's been up the Tilter, the Rhine and the
Nile;
She's a j ainter in every popular style?
full r-liili!! :i 1 itilnllo ill'? till*?
But she di icsn't know chicken from turkey.
She's always self->atisfied. graceful and < <k>1:
A critic. l><?tii just ami correct, as a rule:
And knows every stitch of the Kensington
School.
But she doesn't know chicken from turkey
She can work a design l?y Leasing or Burt;
But she cannot cut out for her children
skirt.
Or make for her husband a well-fitting shirt?
She di esn't know chicken from turkey.
I'm willing a girl should read Latin and
Greek:
Should German and French and Italian sjteak:
Ar.d !>e " up" in the latest ;vsthetical freak.
If she only knows chicken from turkey.
I'd like her in music and song to take i>art:
Read poetry, science, and cultivate art.
If husband and children were first in her
heart.
And if she knew chicken from turkey?
Knew barley from rice, knew a tart from a
I'ie:
A boil from a stew, a broil from a fry:
And if she went into the market to buy,
Knew very well chicken from turkey.
For. to make a home happy, all knowledge
must blend:
Art. science and service their benefits lend:
TJ.r.t, in.i;. < mil! wis>>. condescend
To know a fx nit chicken and turkey.
?Lillic K. Burr, in the Continent.
' An olii saying for a roor housewife.
"the BTG-MN;*'
The proverbial straw liad broken ,
the metaphorical < am si's back. The ,
patience of Charlotte Urantome, j
usually equal to the exigencies of the j
o -casion, was exhausted. The twins, j
:is a matti r of course, were the cul-J
prit% They,"however. With the com- ,
placencv natural to buys of six or
thereabouts, were indifferent to the
tempest of despair which raged in
their Aster's breast. They had con- ,
siderately refrained from adding deceit |
to their guiii, but had confesstd, fully j
and unreservedly, to rilling the canary's j
nest, to tearing a jacket, and losing a .
hat down the well, to eating the straw-!
berries that were saved for supper, and |
to < ati hing the.r mast faithful hen
with a fishhook. That fishhook repre- J
sented the straw; Charlotte the camel. |
She could have l ome anything better I
than downright cruelty developed so j
early in one of her own blood. She !
never was a Ik y.
" And a man was here," went on
Popsey; "a big man," volunteered)
"Wopsey, the other twin. " And he .
asked us about evt-rything. and we said |
our niotl.er wasn't very well and our J
sister was a old maid school-ma'am."
^Charlrtte win< ed. Where had he !
picked up that expression? And had
it come to that?
"You must not talk to strange men
Wjout mother or me. What did he
want V"
? He wanted to see you." .
"Me?" Visions of of tramps, spying
burglars, only they had nothing to
" burgle," as Popsey had said one day,
. came into her mind.
"llowdidhe look?"
"He was beautiful," "He was
dreadful," said the twins in duet.
Further questioning elicited these
facts: II e was young; he was old ;i
lie was short; he was tall; he wore
lip b.'trl a mustache, and
OpV.V/lUVA\,u , *?v ? j
was a bug-man. In the last and
crowning fa< t the boys agreed.
Practice had made Miss Brantome
a tolerable clairvoyant, so far as reading
those two small minds was concernid.
She jumped at the conclusion
that some wandering naturalist chasing
an elusive bug had chanced that way,
and gave the subject no more attention.
She had other things to think of
than "bug-men" or any men, and
the problems of how to provide a new
hat for Wopsey and how to instill |
. remorse into the hearts of her charges
Sitting down on the low doorstep of
tie house that had been home to her
for si\ and twenty happy years she
tried to reason it out. The sun was
yet high, the (lays were at their longest.
Jiehind her flowed the tireless
river; in front of her, across the
prairie, the hills were green. In the
field of rye over the way gleamed a s
large white wooden cro>s. Her grand- j
father, in whose veins flowed some of
the blue blood of France, had bought)
a home in this Western country when ;
the remnant of an Indian tribe had !
still property to sell. The deed of sale j
provided for the preservation of their j
little burying-ground. The grain>
grew thick around, but the tiny vil- j
lage of the dead was never disturbed j
by spade or plow.
Old Pierre, however, had never pros-!
pered. Neither did Pierre the younger; !
and (n night, when riding home, his j
horse shied in the moonlight and i
threw him with his head against a
stone; he left no legacy but the homestead
and a debt to his wife and children.
There was a gap of twenty {
years between Charlotte and the twin
babies, and she really had a third in- j
fant on her hands, lor the mother was ,
nothing more useful than that after
her husband's death. She was not!
feeble-minded exactly, but pa nl'ully !
gentle?strange and unaccountable.
tnariotte snouiuereu n<r Duruens i
with a brave lieart. Her French accent?for
(Jrandfather lirantome's
blood h;td never filtered through Canada?brought
lur employment in a
school in the town near by. The long
walks ba -k and forth kept the roses
blooming in her cheeks, the boys were
^ pood?sometimes?and she, being busy,
'^^ashapj.y. It requires leisure to be
successfully miserable.
i Ti e burying-gr >und typified to her i
ihe "daily martyrdom of private life." !
VAnd now. looking at it, her heart grew j
"v\ight. The new hat would cost but a '
^Axitie. Surely there were more straw-.
berries ripe in the garden, the canary j
we uld lay more eggs, the jacket could f
be mended, and old Speckle had proved '
superior to the fish-hook.
J3ut what could the boys ba scream-.
ing about?
"The bug-man! the bug-man:" they j
were shouting, trotting toward her !
with all their might on their sandy j
little feet. It was certainly strange. |
Why should a stranger call twice? ,
That he should come once was not sur- j
prising?but twice?
" We showed him your photograph," I
said Popsey, " and he said you didn't
lock like a old maid a bit."
"And he said." went on the other !
terrible infant without a pause, "wasn't !
we proud to have such a nice sister he j
wished he had and he had such a lot '
of bugs he puts tlieiu to sleep with I
medicine and sticks pins through 'em
and he has a gold watch and he let us |
wind it up and we told him to come i
again some more ;ind here he is?"
Charlotte was speechless, but in
some way she found herself rising to
her feet to gre<*t a gentleman who was
c?' taking oil" his hat to her and bowing
with a grace which even Grandfather ,
Brantoine would have approved.
i " Miss Brantome, I believe."
She acquiesced in silence.
" I am gathering materials for an :
\ historical work, and was directed to I
you for information concerning the !
antiquities of this region. And I j
might as well say now that I have !
references and all that sort of thing." i
" Then you are not?" She stopped;
he smiled.
" Nj, I am not exactly a bug-man. j
? as these little fellows have called me,
although I must ] lead guilty to a slight j
leaning in that dire.tion. Yet just
now I would joyfully part with the
biggest bugs of my collection if in exchange
I muht examine your grandfather's
papejs. j
- He was so gracefully genial that one >
5 could no more b3 absurdly digniKe 1
j with him than with the golden robin <
I singing on the Indian cross. i
w-\
" AVill you walk in ?"
"I will sit out here instead if you
will permit me."
So Popsey and AVopsey dragged a
chair and then stood motionles. and
wonder-eyed, listening to the talk of
discovery and adventure. They did
not understand it very well until the
conversation turned to Indian lore.
Indians and bears they could comprehend.
Then the mother, attracted by
a strange voice, drew near the dour in
her melancholy, wavering way.
"The postmaster's wife thought that
La Salle was an Indian chief," Charlotte
was saying, " and she had heard
of Father Marquette, but supposed
him the priest down at La Paz.''
" I met a woman the other day who
thought a herbarium was a bug," remarked
.Mr. Duncan. Then they
laughed.
But everything comes to an end.
The boys began a dumb show behind.
the stranger's hack to indicate 10 uieir
sister that they were perishing of
hunger; so she" let the conversation
lag in order to end the call. ' Come tomorrow
and seethe papers if you like,"
she said. " It will b;; Saturday, and I
shall be at home to answer questions."
lie thanked her and withdrew,
jumping over the rail fence which
skirted the field of rye in order to get
a near view of the cross, on which not
one, but a dozen, golden robins were
holding a vesper conclave. And the
tea-kettle was soon singing in the
Brantcme kitchen a song as gay as |
that of the robins, and Charlotte was |
not her usual careful self as she picke t
the strawberries for tea.
"Half of them green," said the disgu-tt
d Wopsey. " \Spect she' thinking
of the bug-man."
* * * * * *
It certainly was astonishing how
much consulting the Brantome manuscripts
needed. And, to >, Mr. Duncan
required so much assistance. It
was "Miss Brantome, will you kindly
read this list while I copy it?" or,
"Miss Charlotte, really I can't make
out whether this is an e or an i," all
the while. Grandfather* lJrantome
would have begun to inquire as to
marriage settlements and Scot-h pedigrees
had he been alive to see those
chestnut lucks, innocent 01 oangs, unci
that dark mustache in such dangerous
proximity. It was the old story?two
young heads bending over the same
page. Xo word of love had passed.
All was on a strictly business basis,
the history of the missions of the
Northwest the objective aim.
But at last there was no excuse for
lingering longer. The hills across the
prairie were red and gold, the robins
had fled, and the grain around the
little burying-ground cut and stowed
away.
Charlotte was walkinghouie as usual.
Far away in t!ie road two moving dot;
appeared, which developed into the
twins as they came nearer. Tears
were cutting briny furrows down their
nut very clean cheeks. Hysterical sobs
alone came l'roui their mouths as they
tried to speak, but finally sisterly intuition
eliminated these words from the
c'::aos:
" Mother has runned away ! She
said she would if we didn't stop pounding.
and we didn't, ;ind she has
runned!"
That poor mother! She had made
the same threat a hundred tin es before,
but had been pacified.
"Which way? Tell me quickly,"
tliinfcinrr of tli? river so tireless and
so cruel.
4 She runned up the railroad track."
Xo more words were needed. Back
of the garden was the branch railway
from La Paz. The evening train was
nearly due.
Leaving the twins to toddle after a;
well as they could in their exhausted
state she ran. Han? She dew. The
bright invalid shawl was a beacon.
Mrs. Brantome sat upon the track,
idly playing with some yellow flowers.
Charlotte knew her patient well.
" Mother." she said, it is late, and
the boys are calling, and you must feed
the chickens."
The mother shook her head. Persuasion
was no persuader. Then
Charlotte scolded. Alike useless.
Then, as a last re>ort, she used a gentle
force. A failure. Sit there and
pull those yellow llowers to pieces?
that the poor unbalanced woman would
do, nothing else. In Heaven's name
what was to b:; done? Those who
have had experience know the strength
of the insane. The train whistled for
the crossing a mile away, and just
then, some guardian angel guiding
him, James Luncan jumped the fence,
a wet handkerchief in his hand.
Blessings unon the medicine which
subdued the bugs! It subdued this
poor woman in a moment, and he had
lifted her out of danger before the
train rushed past.
Then he explained. He had been
copying the inscription on the Indian's
tombstone as the boys went screaming
by. He gathered enough from their
incoherent words to learn what the
matter was. The chloroform idea was
simply an inspiration.
"How can I repay you?" asked weteyed
Charlotte, as tiie party, boys,
mother, and all, were walking back.
"By making over to me Pierre
Brantome's manuscripts?and his
granddaughter. 1 can never write
the history without her."
"Well," softly, "in the cause of
science?perhaps."
And this is how it came to pass that
the boys marched up the church aisle
before* the robins came again with
Charlotte and the bug-man.?Flora L.
Stanjield.
A Mountain Alligator.
William Blackheath, who hasjustreturned
l'ro:u a six-months' sojourn in
Arizona, lias brought to the Comstock
the skin of what he, for want of a better
name, calls a Gila monster, but
which is evidently that of a saurian of
a different species. 'J lie skin now
measures seven fe.t from tip to tip,
and it has evidently shrunk some
inches in drying. Though altout the
color of an ordinary Ciila monster, the
reptile is evi iently a kind of inland
crocodile, or, more properly, cayman,
as it had not the webbed feet of the
crocodile.
The strange saurian was found in a
small valley in the Wheatstone mountains.
When alive it stood two feet
high, and its b;>dy, just back of its
fore-legs, was over three feet in circumference.
The creature was as savage
as a bulldog, ana as full of tight j
as a viper. It was found by the dogs
of .Vr. 1 Mack heath and partner. When
the men arrived at the haunt of the
reptile?to which they were attracted
by the fierce and peculiar barking of
their dogs, three in number?they
found that one dog had already been
killed and the others were badly cut
up and covered with blood. The |
creature displayed sueh activity and j
was so diabolically vicious that thetwo i
prospectors feared to go near it. being j
armed with nothing better than a pros-1
pecting pi k and a shovel with a short j
handle.
Finally the thing got one of the j
dogs by the foreleg, and limling that it ]
held nn like a terrier, with no sign of I
loosing its hold, Mr. lilackheuth ran!
forward and struck his pick into its I
head. Even then the reptile held on. !
and it was not until it had been struck j
several blows with the pole of the pick j
that its jaws relaxed and it gave up j
the ghost. When the dog was released j
it was found that the f?>re!eg had been ;
broken at a point about two inches j
above the knee.
Mr. Blackheatli says he has met
with several creatures known as Gila 1
mongers that were two feet and two
and a half feet in length, but never <
before or since saw, or even suspected j
the existence of one so large as that
whose skin he possesses. It was a '
surprise to Jill the white men in that ;
section, but some of the Iniians as- i
serted that far south in the Sierra
Madre mountains they ha I seen some
that were ;is large or larger.
I'nfortunately in Haying the saurian,
Mr. Blackheath's only idea was ;
to have the hide tanned and made j
into boots and gaiters, therefore he
did not preserve the feet, otherwise j
the skin might be stuffed and mounted
by a taxidermist, ile says the teeth
of the ereaturrs were over an inch in '
length, were sharp as needles, and in
shape resembled the ceetli of a shark, j
? Yirjinia City (iVep.) Enterprise.
>"ew York eats $5,000,000 worth (f
oysters a year, Philadelphia $:3,500,000,
and Boston $1,750,000.
>V" '
DRIVEN TO CANNIBALISM.
HOW SIB EDWARD COURTNEY'S BODY
CAME TO BE EATEN.
An Occnn Horror I)ntin<r Bnck to the Sciioy
Ilel>ellion--Tlilrtcen 1.1 von Snvc.'l by tlic
I>? a?l--A Glmstly Story.
Dr. Sebastian "Warring is a line old
English gentleman, who resigned his
position ten years ago as physician to
the (Juecn's army, and came to America,
where his children had settled. Dr.
Warring selected a home in HufTalo,
X. Y? where he lives In ease and luxury,
surrounded by his children and his
children's children. The old gentleman
is eighty-six years of age, bill his minii
has lost none of its vigor, and his conversational
powers are as brilliant and
entertaining as ever. "While in the
government service the doctor's life
was a succession of thrilling adventures.
He was present during the
fiercest engagements of the Sepoy reliclTon
in Inrli:i in lSnli. nnil is brim
full of interesting reminiscences and
thrilling adventures which occurred
during the dark days in India. "While
in Louisville, Kv., recently, Dr."Wa: ring '
told a Commercial reporter ji thrilling
i-tory. "I told it," he said, "twenty years
ago to a newspaper man in Louden, and
the article traveled the rounds of the
press all over the Continent. It happened
during the .Sepoy revolt in Farther
India, and the date of the narrative
commences with September, 1857.
The Sepoys had risen in arms, and
were bidding open defiance to the
power of the English armies. The
native J-inglishmen, who had gone to
India in the delusion of suddenly becoming
independently rich, were hewn
to the ground by the relentless swords
and battle-axes of the savage natives, i
"Wives and babes were tied to the
stake and made to-undergo the most
sickening tortures. The extermination
continued until hardly an Englishman
was left in the country. A few
took refuge in the jungles, where the
wild beasts of the forests were less to
be feared than the inhuman cruelty of
the natives. With this state of altars
in one of her recently-obtained dominions
England began preparations for
war. Beside the regularly enlisted
aimy there were thousands who volunteered
to go, and among them some
of the best blood of England. The one
whom th:s story mostly concerns was
Sir Edward Courtney, a relative of the
illustrious General Francis llavelock,
Vn/rlieli r> r\ m rv? o Wir
urv i viuuitmuvi. ?-'*i
Edward was young, then in his twentyfourth
year, but a brave and gallant
man, and afterward a noble oillcer, full
of judgment and courage. After a
tempestuous voyage, during which
many died, a landing was made on the
southern coast of India and the next
day the forces of the English were
drawn up on the shore, and the march
for the interior commenced. The route
le.l through rugg d mountain steeps
and low marshy valleys, and on every
side the journey was beset with attacks
from the enemy concealed in ambush.
After wandering over hills
until provisions were almost exhauste',
a council of war was hel I. Sir Edward
Courtney was present and advised
that the army be broken up in
divisions and sub-divisions, and a raid
made on every town in the country,
lie himself would lead one of the companies.
"The plans were adopted, and the
army separated in divisions Sir Edward
rode in command of '2,000 and
ltd an attack on Calcutta. Early in
the day he was carried mortally
wounded from the battlefield. A
heavy missile had struck him in the
head and kno ked him unconscious to
the ground, lie was taken to a camp
near Calcutta, and afterward removed
to one of the ships, where he breathed
his last just twenty-four hours after he
had received his wound. It was his
dying wish that his body should l>e
taken to England for burial. Ilis relatives
and friends lived there, and he
had promised bis mother, on# of the
royal ladies of the court, that he would
return to England either dea 1 or alive.
It was hard to comply with the request.
The enemy put forward a
stubborn and bold front All of the
men were neede 1 in the engagements.
It was, however, agreed that a small
craft should be fitted up to carry the
remains back to Kngland. The boat
was to be manned by sixteen men, anil
I was assigned t.> the preparation and
care of the body during the voyage.
Two days later everything was ready
to sail. The remains we.e safely
packed in gin and spices, and enough
provisions were on board to last during
the trip, provided we did not lose our
course or become disable I at sea. We
set sail one bright, sunny morning,
with Captain lledding in command.
" The .Southern ocean seemed to
smile from its blue, coral depth-;, and
everybody agreed that the voyage had
been begun under favorable circumstances
; and, notwithstanding the sad
mission of our sea journey, the best of
spirits prevailed, ah went wen unui
on the night we readied the Cape of
Good Ilojie. The clouds were charged
with thunder and lightning. The
winds roared in our ma ts. Nothing
could he done. It was a fearful night,
;ind no one on hoard even hoped to see
the light of another sun. After the
storm had cleared away we drifted,
God knows whither, without rudder to
guide or sails to propel. Three of our
men had been swept overboard and
swallowed up in the gurgling sea. We
were alone on the ocean, helpless, and
with but a limited supply of provisions.
Our (raft drifted westward and to tlinorth.
Our only hope was t<> hai
some passing steamer, and thus b:*
saved from the fate of starvation and
a watery grave.
" The most*thrilling part of my narrative
is to come yet. We had prob ililv*
hfti-n ci>!> ii iiinTit.il \'n ?i(rnc
MWV ,/w " "w ''v
ol' land or no godsend in the way of a
steamer had flecked the liori on. The
provisions grew scantier by the day.
Fin >lly nothing was left but a few
crusts of bread. I had a private fund
of edilles which I had packed securely
in my chest, and of which th? sa'lors
knew nothing. Starvation knocked at
our doors. Two days we drifte I,
with nothing to satisfy the terrible i
hunger of our stomach. Matters )
reached a desperate turn. Something j
must 1 e done, or we would all perish !
with hunger. Th.' captain and I
tried to put on a bold front. We encouraged
the men to resist the gnawing
in their stoma h a while longer,
and looked forward to a brighter day. j
It was a sad picture to see those men
perched upon the elevations 011 the
boat, gazing in vain over the briny
deep in search of something which
might bring relief. One day we noticed
that the men said nothing. We 1
knew they were pinched almost to 1
death with hunger, and wondered why !
they had ceasid to complain. That!'
night the mystery was explained. A ;
fmir tiniips! T lisiJ r<<tiri>il T 1
aroused by a vigorous knocking at niv I
dour, and upon awakening inquired
the cause of the unusual noise.
" We want the keys to the chest in 1
which Courtney's body is preserved," !
was the response.
"I arose from my bunk and hurriedly
dressed and i nine out to ask
what it all meant. ' It means,' said j
one of the men. 'that we are dying
with hung-r, and have determined to
eat the remains of the dead passenger.
I remonstrated and called the captain.
He threatened his men with punishment,
and drew a long saber to defend
the keys to the chest where Courtney's
remains were incased, with his life
But it was of no use. The men were
!-?-1 1 T time* i'/\r>n?j/1 f,i !
UeUTIIUIieil, tiuii j. it <VJ iuii-vn UV. v.v, .
liver over the keys.
"The <aptain and I stood by and
saw the horrible least of the seamen.
First they drew the gin which covered
the body. Th's was strained and
put away in jars, to be used with their .
victuals of human llesh. The body
was divided between them. The captain
and I were each proffered an arm. j
The poor creatures devoured tin; meal,
voraciously. When the llesh had been
gnawed from the bones they were
pla-ed in the chest to be buried after
we had reache l our destination, if such
a hope could be entertained. Two days
elapsed and gaunt starvation again
visited our little ship. The llesh of j i
the dead Courtney had been consumed
and not a fragment remained as an
evidence. I shuddered when I thought
that the next step would he to draw
lots to determine who should be
slaughtered to satisfy the common
hunger. The step, however, was never
a
taken. After sailing, as we thought,
almost an age, we drifted in sight of
an English trading vessel. "We hailed
her, and two hours after we were all
on board and rea ly to sail for England.
We had drifted almost 2,00'J
miles frcm where the storm came upon
us. AVe arrived at our destination
safe, and each man attended the solemn
mass which was said over the
bone< of the gallant Edward Courtney,
whose ilesh had been devoured to
satisfy the rapacity of hunger, and
had saved the lives of thirteen men."
Savage Swimmers.
The savage races who live upon island,
or dwell along the banks of rivers or
on the ocean coast are always expert
swimmer?.. Xone are more so than
the Caribbees, who one would think
were born 011 the water. They swim
like iisk, the women being as skilled
as the men. When a canoe overturns,
which is ;i verv common occurrence.
as they carry to;> much sail, they
lose absolutely none of their baggage,
and as far as being drowned, that is
something never heard of. At these
times the mother is seen swimming
about, surrounded by her babies and
children like so many young ducks.
Sometimes, with their babies in their
arms, they support themselves in the
water, while the men bail the boat and
put' it to rights. Humboldt, in his
" Picturesque Views of the Cordilleras,"
speaks of tiie swimming couriers who
maintain a post communication between
the siiores of the South Pacific
and province of Jam de Brancamoros.
Indians are employed who,
during two days, descend the river
Uuancahainba or Chamaya, and afterward
the Amazon river as far as
Tomependa. Before he commits himself
to water the courier wraps the
few letters with which he is charged
monthly sometimes in a handkerchief
and again in a specie of gu.iyaco or
pair of drawers, which he arranges in
the form of a turban on his
head. In the turban he carries a
large knife, both for defense and to
aid him in cutting his way through
the forests. The (Juancabamba is not
navigable, owing to the number of its
falls and rapids. These the postman
passes on land, taking to the water as
soon as they are passed. To aid him
in swimming lie is sometimes provided
witlra light piece of wood, generally
the trunk of the bombax.
Sliarks and crocodiles and other
ferocious monsters of the de:p are frequently
encountered, but savages become
so expert in the water that they
are more than a match for them.
Mingo Park was once swimming
across the Niger with his negro servant,
when a huge crocodile arose and
grabbed the negro by the thigh, these
animals having a peculiar love for
negro llesh. lie would doubtless have
crushed and torn it off with his
gigantic jaws had not the negro been
as good a diver and swimmer as the
crocodile. Turning around he dashed
hi-; thumbs into the animals eyes and
tore them out. The crocodile relinquished
his hold and beat a hasty retreat
with a terrific roar of pain.
The African Slave Trade.
An officer on board the sailing
schooner Undine, Lieutenant and
Commnnrter TT.-nrv MrA. Cutlield. em
p'oyed ia suppressing the slave trade
in Mozambique channel, writing under
recent date, says:
" We are having a lively time, I can
assure you, with 103 poor, miserable, I
half-starved wretches on bourd, eighty
of them women and children, and for
the most part children from eighteen
months to t en years old, and one only I
four days old. The dhow that they .
came to .Johanna in was sixty-three |
tons, so they were packed like sardines.
She was caught by our boat that was !
left behind lor ninety-six days, and I
am sorry to say one of our poor fel-,
lows died of fever in her. Tluse
slaves were kidnaped about 200 miles
south of Mozambique, brought down
to the coast and shipped ofT to Johanna
as a speculation, as the sugar crop is i
just coming on. Some of the children J
have b:-en t:iken care of by the women, j
Two little chaps the men look after j
are housed in a biscuit box, and they !
cry lustily if taken out of it. Theye.it j
all day and nearly all night. One old !
woman became insane after she was 1
taken out of the dhow, and she has a i
baby with her. The poor old woman is j
tier! down to nrevent her eroiner over-1
board in a fit, of which she has had sev- j
eral. Every morning all are stripped j
and tlie fi;e-hose played on them in-j
discriminate!)', and don't they want it! j
Luckiiy we liave beautiful weather
this trip, and a strong, fair wind.
.Some would be certain to die if we had
a spell of bad weather, as we have
only the upper ile-k for them to lie on.
The night we took them on board they
were so crumped and weak that only !
about twenty could walic. The rest,
were passed in one after the other, j
and then stowed in rows for the night, j
One hundred and twenty pounds of,
rice, trea le and sweet \ otatoes were
cooked at one;1. When they saw it j
they went hands and feet into it, and j
fought and bit, and each did everything :
that could be done to get a little more i
than another. It was really a most j
distressing sight. We should, I think, ]
capture three times as many if we had j
some more beats and a steam cutter, I
as there is not a shadow of doubt that
large numbers are run here every year,
and especially about this time.?Pall
Mall Uuzvlte.
Western Enterprise.
A wholesale merchant, of New York
who has just returned from the West
admits that he had never given that
country proper credit for its en- j
terprise As he passed through;
Detroit he was sought out and of- j
fer.'d a sixty-dollar collin for $28, j
with a deid of a burial lot thrown I
in. In Chicago a man offend to kill [
him for three cents, and an ice wagon
went a square out of its way to run
over him. In Milwaukee he was
(oaxed to accept for nothing a half interest
in a lire-escape bringing in j
(.'00 per year. In Indianapolis he found j
one of his ol I employes who admitted !
an embezzlement as far back as 1850, !
and forced him to t;ike a check for j
prim ipal and interest. lie still has j
the che-k to prove it. At Mackinac j
they took him for a lord (rates $8 per
day i, and at Cleveland he was taken '
for a bunko man and ha I to identify
himself by telegraph. Hal he been of
an agricultural turn of mind he could
have bought GOO acres of land of a Toledo
man for the trille of $500. The
land was all on the bottom ot Lake 1
Erie, and he would have had no fences
to build nor taxes t ? pay. He returns i
completely charmed with the West.
Also, minus his gold watch.? Wall
street 1Yens.
01(1 Methods of Lighting.
Young and even middle-ag -d people
accustomed to the convenience of the
modern lucifer-match, can hardly im
agine tin* tune wot tne uinuer-i ox,
with its clumsy Hint and steel and
hroad 1 rimstone matches, was the only
means of procuring a light. Some
people were more skilful than others
in striking a light and blowing (he
spark and match to a lla ne; but often
i n a wintry morning it was weary
work with the servant who h::d to
kindle the lirst lire if the tinder happened
to be damp, or worn out, or the
ilint and steel " in a temper." Ind-ed,
in some houses a rushlight was in some
bedroom or other always burnt, so that
in case of sudden illness, or any disaster,
there might be light ready. The
rushlight, having, as iis name implies,
a rush wick, was ab >ut fifteen inches
long, ansl was I unit in a huge perforated
shade: it was the " farthing rushlight,"
which very poor people were
said to use for other purp. ses than a
night-light. The picture of a half- i
starved seamstress in her garret would, 1
in tlwicfl rlfivu li:ivr> Ik pn irw'nmiih.to !
without the thin rusli candle; but its \
(lame was so feeble that I c;in hardly j
fancy any eves could have serve:! t)
thread a n edlehv it.?London Society.
About 100,000 Canadians are engage
1 in the lumber bu.-iness, and it is [
estimated that they and those depend-!
ent upon then constitute about one-j
ninth of the population of the domin-1
ion. The total produ.-t of lumber in |
Canada in 1882 was $:i8,541,75"2, or $!>
for each inhabitant, of whi'-h enough
was sold abroad to bring into the country
$23,991,052.
THE GOLD-SEEKER'S REALM.
WONDERS OF THE BLACK ZIUS
DESCRIBED.
PcculirUfesof tlmCltv of Demlwood?The
FnNCln.'itlon ot .Wining -Chllilre i Driving
Tunnels and Sinking
A Deadwood (Dakota) letter to the
Pittsburg (Penn.) Chronicle says:
From the level plains a day's journey
east of the Cheyenne river the weary
traveler sees a cloud about the size of
a man's hand rising above the western
horizon. Morning never silvers nor
evening gihls this sullen cloud, that
seems to frown in perpetual challenge
to the northwest winds. This cloud is
the Black Ilills, this marvelous realm
that only a little decade ago was included
in the great American Desert,
that convenient phrase of geographers
and man makers. To-dav a thousand
trails traverse these hills, and they are
destined to become famous before this
hoary century dies. The Indians from
time immemorial have avoided this
country and regarded its mountain
solitudes, where storms are almost
continual, and where the note of the
song-bird is never heard, with a superstitious
awe, having its foundation
perhaps in a legend that the evil spirit
lurks in these rocky fastnesses.'
It has only been eight years since
the gallant Custer vainly attempted to
check the current of emigration that
set in simultaneous with the reported
discovery of gold. But the intrepid
argonaut and the reckless adventurer
eluded ihe vigilance of the army and
poured into the hills, accounting the
perils by the way as nothing in their
ma I quest after fortune. Thesto^yof
their coming is mutely chronicled in
the line of unmarked gravts stretching
a rO'S the desolate plains. Rich placer
mines awaited the new-comers, and
every gulch yielded up its hidden
treasure?a prke to the daring. Fabulous
fortunes were made in a short
time, as is always the case in a new
mining country, and the means of
spending them were soon at hand.
About a year later, the Government
having bought the mineral-bearing
lands of Dakota from the Indians, the
country was opened for settlement, the
city of Deadwood organized and provisional
courts established, head wood
was so named from the deail timber
everywhere abundant. In 1S79 Deadwooil
was burned to ashes, the losses
aggregating over a million of dollars.
Last June a disastrous ilood destroyed
about half the city. Despite these terrible
reverses, Deatlwood is still the
metropolis of the Black Hills, and the
liveliest town on the frontier. Its
population is about 4,000. The nearest
railroad is at Pierre, 250 miles
away. A single telegraph wire out of
order six months in the year sings in
the breeze. And so Deadwocd enjoys
a sense of isolation quite oppressive
until one gets us< d to it. The arrival
of the mail is the event of the day.
The streets are crowded in front of the
postoilice, and everybody seems hurrying
for news from the States.
Deadwood has at least two hotels
equal to any in the Kast in every of
the conditions that go to make up
comfort. The table is. supplied with
all manner of game, elk, deer, grouse,
nn/1 wroinfck nliiolron All t.hp
U uuaiu (lllll I'iuu ** ? v?v
vegetables you get here are canned,
but an abundance of wild berries are
cjuite as acceptable as sliced tomatoes
and new corn.
Everybody succumbs to the fas' ination
of mining. I watched little children
playing in the sand the other day.
They were driving tunnels and sinking
shafts. Professional men, mechanics,
Chinese laundrymen?all of
them have mines. The Hills are full
of prospector; long, gray-bearded
men, many of them, who have followed
the beckoning of their star all over
the continent, with pan and mortar
wandering here and there, waiting
for that happy moment to c>me when
they will strike it rich. These miners
never work except for a "grub stake."
Then they lay in tlour and bacon and
colTee and resume their prospecting.
Many of the mines here have suggestive
names, as for instance, " The
National Debt," " The Sub-Treasury,'
"The Paymaster-General," and 'so
on. The Ilomestake mine, located
four miles from J)eadwood, is
^infest-, ininfi in the world. It
pays over $50,0iJ0 every month in dividends
The De Smet, a close corporation,
is .supposed to be paying equally
well. The ore worked by these mines
is of low grade, but the deposits sire
so la'ge and the process of milling so
cheap that ihey are said to be much
mure profitable than refractory ores of
far higher grades. The Iron City !
Mining company have mines In Spruce
tliree miles from Dead wood.
Gambling in every form is carried
on here openly and heavy games are
frequently played. The cowboys and
the freighters are the disturbing element,
and do a little promiscuous
shooting occasionally and " hold up"' a
man now and then, but beyond these
little pleasantries Dead wood is as quiet
as Pittsburg. After the railroad
reaches here the Black Hills will come
to the front as a health resort.
Progress of the American Metropolis.
In 1771 the population of the city of
New York was a little over 21,000;
and in 1780, three years after the close
ol' tlie Revolutionary war, it hail 2 3,014 ,
inhabitants. The several censuses taken i
during the past 100 years exhibit the
niarveluusly rapid strides which New
York has made toward her present ira- !
perial position. In 1710. however, the j
population was little more than it was
in 1771; hut by )S00it had risen to 1
00.515. The remaining censuses are <
thus given: 1810, 9G,37o; 1814,95.518; 1
1820, 12:5,700; 1825. 100,0-50; 18:50, 1
202,580; 18:55, 270,080; 1840, 312, -10, 1
1815, 371,223; 1850, 515,547; 1855, 1
629,i!0U; 1800, 813,009; 1805,720,381; 1
1870. 912,292; 1875, 1,011,880, and I
1880,1,20t;,2U9. On only two occasions 1
has the enumeration shown a decrease 1
f rom the ligims of the preceding cen- j
sus. The first time was after the war :
of 1812, and the second after the civil <
war. The population of New York i
city has doubled six times within a 1
n"nt"rv?.lnnlilimr nn sin Jivpraffe. once 1
in every seventeen years. In otner '
words, the New York of to-day Is 1
sixty-four times as large as the .New I
York of 100 years ago. The r.ite of I
increase in the country at large is in- :
significant beside that of the metrop >- 1
lis. In 100 years the population of the :
United States has multiplied itself by {
sixteen; hut the population of Xew I
York has increased at four times that 1
rate. At the rate of increase shown by i
the last twenly-five years alone?a rate <
diminished by the de -line of American 1
commerce and 1 he influence of the civil 1
war?there arc children now nursing :
who will behold a New York city con- 1
taining no less than 10,000,000 in- j
habitants.
<Jot an Appointment. ;
A high treasuiy oilicial, says a Wash- '
ington correspondent, pointed out a s
pretty young miss to me the other day t
and remarked: ' Now, that girl ob- '
tained an oJlice without political in- 1
(luence. The story i; rather interest- <
ing, an 11 \\ ill tell it to show what <
pluck and perseverance will do. This 1
young lady c une here one day an I 1
asked to be a Imitied toSe -retary Slier- ?
man's r. om. She s-aw Sherman and i
told him that she was a solditr's or- t
phan, with a widowed mother depend- 1
ent up->n her for support, and asked i
1 I
1 or employment. .merman, in ms cooi '
<ind almost frigid tones tod her that <
he did not s? e as he could do anything
for her. The young lady loike.l him '
braveiy in the face, an I replied that *
^ie mu t have something. " Why, Mr. i
Secretary,' -aid >he, " I will do any- 1
thing t:? earn enough money to sup
port my mother and my elf. I a n willing
to conic down here and black your
b>->t< every morning, if you siy i-o, t
only give me enough money to get some- t
thing to eat and a place to sleep." j
Sherman looked out of the window for t
a moment, and saM: '-Well, niiv, come t
in to-morrow a'ternoon and see me" 1
The ne.st day she called, and Sherman, '
without, a word, handed her a note to i
the appointment clerk, and she ob- I
tained a first rate position, which she ]
has held ever since. i
There are in th3 United States in
the neighborhood of 100.000 native
( f Bohemia. Wisconsin has the great- r
est number; next in number Illinois, c
Iowa, New York, Minnesota,. Ohio, 1
Kansas, Texas and Pennsylvania, (
L J * _
THE BAD BOTS PRANKS,
TWO TRICKS WHICH HE PLATES
UPOZT HIS PA.
He OctnthcOlil Mini Arrested for Stealing
Chickens find thou PutH Prize l'ncknffu
In n Grab llnpc.
"Well, well," remarked the grocery
man as the boy came in the store and
sat up on the edge of the counter,
"you loom up well for a boy with the
ague. I thought you couldn't get out
of bed; you haven't been around for a
week."
" Oh, the ague's played out. I guess (
they run out of quinine in this town
while I was sick. Anyhow, they fired '
nearly a barrel of it down my neck," ;
replied the boy, helping himself to an
apple.
" I heard your father was arrested
last Saturday. What's the trouble?"
asked the grocery man, as he closed a
new gate at the end of the counter he
had made to keep the boy away from
the sugar.
"Well, lie did come near being run ;
in, sure, and I guess he would if it 1
hadn't been for me. You see, ma has '
been sick ever since she went into the ,
deacon's cellar to draw cider and met '
that skunk, so she told pa if he would ,
~?,1 ..U ~
gcu (i uuupit; 111 gUUU lilt I1CI13 sue
would try and make a pot-pie for Sunday,
as she felt her health failing, and
if her appetite wouldn't improve s ion
she would go hence, whatever that '
lm-ans. So that evening pa started
out for hens. lie was too late to ge t
dressed ones, so he got two live ones
from the market and started h;>me.
Me and my chum were layin' for him,
and when ho got about half way home
it commenced to rain and he started on
a run so as to not get wet. We followed
and met a policeman and told
him we saw a man steal two hens, and
pointed out pa as the man. Ths policeman
started after him and yelled at
him to halt, but pa did not hear him.
Pretty soon pa saw some one was
chasing him and thought it was robbers,
so he ran all the harder. T;?en
the policeman pulled out bis revolver
and lired into the air to scare pa, just
as one of the hens got her wings loose
and flopped it in pa's eye. Pa dropped
with a groan, and said: " I'm shot.
Tell my wife I died happy." Then a
crowd got around him, but when pa
found he wasn't dead lie
called for a stretcher to be
carried home to die with his
-C 21? W1.JU 4-K SN A?An.^t MtArsi
icilllllj t >V line 3UJ11C UJ? L11C UUWU WCllb
for the stretcher the rest began to exIttnine
him to see where the bullet
went in, and when they couldn't find
it, he got up and offered to lick
any roan that said he was shot. Just
then anuther policeman canie up and
said he recognized hiin as 'Chicago
Bill,' a notorious safe-robber, and that
a reward was offered for him. 1'a^aid
he was a honest man, and agreed to go
back to the market with the chickens
and be identified. They found only
one of the chickens, but the market
man knew pa and lixe 1 it, and then
the policeman began to beg pa's pardon,
and gave him five dollars to keep
still about it. "When pa got home he
told ma he had helped to catch a safeblower,
and when he got his share of
the reward she could have a new sealskin
sacque."
"Your father'll kill you some day,"
said the grocery man. " Hut what
about the fuss at the social at the
deacon's night before last? I heard
the whole church was mad at each
other (iver a grab-bag, an 1 the presiding
elder had all he could do to quiet
things down."
"That don't amount to much," replied
the boy. " There's always something
turns up when the sociable
season lirst starts in. You see, ma
was appointed a committee to lix i;p a [;
grab-bag. Me ami my chum were
digging bait that morning to go lish- ,
ing, when pa came out and said,
" Ilennerv, I believe you put up that '
chicken job on me, and I don't believe |
anything but hard work will reform
you. I w,:nt you to spade up the ,
ground under the currant bushes." I i
asked him if he wanted a hump-backed, |
disfigured boy, made so by hard work. .
I'a said he woul 1 risk the hump, and .
told me to pitch in, and then went (
downtown. My chum sai 1 he would (
help me, and me and him got the job
done before 2 o'clock. When we got (
done I come in and found ma had
finished the grab-bag, and had it all
loaaeo, witn wits tup i^tcucu \>im a ,
puckering-string, and hung on the |
back of a chair. Ma was up stairs ''
getting her Sunday clothes on, to go i <
to the sociable, so it didn't take me and j *
my chum long to empty the bag and 1
get lirst choice. Then I got our ! <
mouse trap and took it to the barn, |1
and caught two nice big fat mice and j .<
put 'em in a collar-box with holo cut' j
in it, to give 'em air, and dropped that | <
in the bag. Then my chum remein- j!
bered a big snapping turtle lie had in , '
the swill-barrel, and me and him got, t
that and wiped it as dry as we could. | (
and tied it all up but its head and j f
put that in just as the deacon's I <
hired man ca ne to take the bag ?
over to the sociable. He and my j (
chum went down to his house and j 1
waited till the people got over to the j 1
sociable, and then we went over and j {
got up in a tree where we could see j t
through the open window and hear all f
that was going on. Pa he stood over i
by the bag and shouted 'Ten cents a t
grab; d n't let anybody be backward i
in a good cause.' Three or four had t
put up their t n cents and made a grab 1
when an old maid from Oshkosli, who i
had been to the springs for hysterics, e
got in her work on the collar-box. :
nr1 ~r*4- + l-wi rtAtrnf r\fp r\r\ft /if flift f
\> lien ane yuu tuu owyti un, viik, ..* v
mice, that knew his business jumped r
an her shoulder and crawled down her .?
back, and the other dropped down on j
the floor and started round to meet j
the other one. You'd a dide to seen ?i
lier Hop and scream. The deacon's a
folks thought it was another atta -k of t
hysterics, and pa and the dca on got t
ler on the so!'a and held her while j
they pound paregoric and cayenne t
pepper down her. When she got loose C
she screamed all the harder. Then l
me of the other women seen the
mouse and got up in a chair and shook
ler skirts and asked the new young
minister to help her catch the mouse. |
The poor fellow looked as though he 1
would like to, hut he failed. Just then '
the bottom of the chair broke and I t j
ier fall over on ma and tore her bangs
dl down. Ma called her a 'hateful j
;hing' and told her she oughl to be
ishamed of herself. Finally they
jot things in order, but no one wanted >'
u tackle the bag, and as here was t
ivhere the profits came in, pa braced
ip and said neu iikc kj kuow whj
jverybody acted so 'spinous. He'd
ike to see a grab-bag that would give s{
jim the hysteru s, and said 'avomen c
ire always gettin' scared at nothin'.' l
lie then put down ten cents and t
jammed his hand way down in the
jottom of the bag, but he didn't keep t
t there long. He gave a jump and
ranked his hand out.ye'lin' 'thunder!' ?
Then lie swung it over his lu a I to I
shake it off, and brought it down on
;he dea-on's head, and smashed his i,
specs. Then he swung it the other
ivay, and struck the woman president P
>f the sewing society and knocked her n
lown. After pa had hollered himself *
ioar3e, the turtle let go, and pa said
ic 'could lick the man that put that t
iteel-trap in the grab-bag.' Then pa
ind ma got mad, and everybody began ?
o jaw, and they nil went home. There's i
>een a sort of coldness among the
nemberg ever since. I guess pa won't fi
lave a hump-bavked bov, but I'll get
;ven with him, you just see if I don't."
\iid the boy went out and took a sign, "
Warranted Fre-h," from the fruit \
iland and hun<{ it on a blind horse that ^
,vas hitched to a garbage wagon in
'ront of the store.?i'<Sun. , j,
Ravens as M.^ssensrers. t
An interesting and successful at- c
omnt iia< iii-1 been ma le in Prussia s
J... . ?
;o make ravens do the work of carrier 1
ligenns. A short time ago three of
iliese birds which had been especially r
rainelfnr the purpose were thrown
ip at Coblentz, an I all three arrived at r
rhurant, a distance of ab >ut thirteen s
niles, in eighteen minutes. Their
light is somewhat slower than th it of 1
)igeons. but they are safer as < arriers,
is they are less exposed to hostile at;acks.
*
" Did the prisoner knock .Mr. Smith ]
lown in retaliation? 'a>ked the lawyer
)f the witness. " Xo, sir; he knocked
lim down in the board yard,"?Oil i
Jity Derrick, 1
... V ,. ?.- v. , &
LULLABY.
" Rockaby, ltaby, thy cradle is green ; '
Father's a nobleirian, mother's a queen."; '
Rockaby, lullaby, all the day long, -f
Down to the land of tho lullaby song.
Babyland never again will be thine,
Land of all mystery, holy, divine.
Motherland, Otherland,
Wonderland, Underland,
Land of a time ne'er again to be seen;
Flowerland, Bowerlaiul,
Airy land, Fairyland,
Rockaby, baby, thy cradle is green.
Rockaby, baby, thy mother will keep
[4entle watch o'er thine azure-eyed sleep.
Baby can't feel what mother-heart knows,
Throbbing its fear o'er your quiet repose.
Mother-heart know.; how baby must tight
Wearily on through the fast-coming night;
Battle unending,
Honor defending,
Baby must wage with the poWei's unseen.
Sleep now, oh, baby dear,
God and thy mother near;
Rockaby, baby, thy cradle is green.
Rockaby, baby, tho days will grow long;
Silent the voice of the mother-love song.
Bowed with sore burdens, tho man-life must
own
Sorrows that baby must bear all alone.
Wonderland ran never come back again;
Thought will come soon?and with reason
comes pain.
Sorrowland, Motherland,
Drearyland, "Wearyland,
Baby and Heavenland lying between.
Smile, then, in Motherland,
Dream in the Otherland,
Rockaby, baby, thy cradle is green.
?From the German.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
In view of the late volcanic eruptions
it seems likely that all our " best
Java coffee" will come from Brazil
this year.
Tell us not in mourf.ful number.?
That this life is but a dream,
When a girl that wo'.ghs one hundred
Gets outside a quart of cream?
And then wants more.
?Elmira Gazette.
It is. strange that whenever some
young ladies begin to play on the piano
many of the audience' commence to
talk. One touch of discord makes the
whole party chin.?New York Advertiser.
" I watched the billows by clay, I
watched the sea by night," :-ays a current
poet. lie should engage himself
as a hotel clerk at the seashore, where
he could wak-h the bill-owes all the
time.
Kindly words can never perish?
OCOWJS Will lTJWIin ?IC lie Cl lui^uuou?
Never wrongs or insults cherish?
Evil thoughts are ill-begotten;
If the little ones should fjiltjr,
Do not box their ears or yank 'em,
But yo o.it and got a halter,
Turn them upside down and spank 'em.
?New York World
The latest "snake story" going the
rounds of the press is headed: "A
Young Lady Tightly Embraced by a
Serpent." Such incidents are not rare.
But the young lady doesn't know at
the time that he is a serpent. Sometimes
she doesn't discover the fact
until after she marries him.?Norris*
town Herald.
Emperor William is said to have a
very extensive wardrobe, some of the
articles having been in liis possession
and use twenty-live years. The em
peror's wife is very different from
other women, or else plaster-uf-paris
image venders never call with busts of
Napoleon and Bismarck which th;-y
offer to exchange for secondhand
cloth i ng.?Norristown Herald.
An Irish lawyer having address? 1
the court a * "genthmen," instead of
"yer honors," after he had concluded
a brother of the bar remindel him of
his error. lie immediately ro.se and
apologized thus: " May it plase the
coort, in the hate of debate I called
yer honors gentlemen. I made a mistake,
yer honors" The speaker then
sat down.?C'ltamlers' Journal.
Music hath charms to sooth the
3avage cow! It is stated that in
Switzerland a milkmaid or man gets
better wages if gilted with a good
voice, because it is found that a cow
will yield one-fifth more milk if soothed
[luring the milking by a pleasant melody.
What a soother Clara Louise
Kellogg would be, and how the old
cow would ' give down."?Trot/ Time t.
A ill? uaumiiu
The banana is an annual, the fruit
:oming to maturity about a year after
the shoot is planted, the trunk of the
tree subsequently attaining a height of
from eight feet to ten feet, and a girth
j? thirty-six inches. From this trunk
which is of a fibrous nature, are thrown
nit long palm-like branches, at the
junction of which appears the fruit,
jach group of bunches, numbering
'rom four to twelve, being called a
4 hand," and each hand having eight
;o ten bananas upon it. A bunch of
ight hands is the ordinary stan !ard
lize of shipping fruit. From the root
)f the tree several shoots or suckers
iprout, ea?h of which, in turn, be;omes
a fresh tree. The life of the
janana tree, however, is not usually
ong, for it is felled after the fruit is
gathered, and sometimes indeed during
;he operation. Jamaica contains a
jood many banana plantations, varvng
in size from twenty-live thousand
;o two hundred thousand trees, tor the
nost part cultivated by the small set;lers
in the different parishes. These
loldings generally consist of three or
;onr acres of land, on which the ownirs
live in a temporary mud hut, being
ifraid to leave their property to the
ender mercies of their neighbors, who
ob each other's ground with the
itrictest impartiality whenever they
;et a chance. The cultivation is very
)rimitive. The land being cleared by
i big iron hoe, a hole is dug and the
mcker planted in it, in most cases naure
doing all that is necessary; but in
he larger plantations the trees are
>lanted with some degree of system, in
In; form ol squares, and trenches are
lug for irrigation, the banana thriving
iest in damp, stiff soil.
One of tlie Elect
Cleveland, Ohio.?The Plain Denier
eports that lion. Martin A. Foran, conjressman-elect
from the Cleveland, Ohio,
listrict, lias used St. Jacobs Oil in his
'amily and has always found it safe and
cliable, and it afforded him great relief
o a lame knee.
There are 200.001) commercial travelrs
in the United States. They cost
heir employers, it is estimated, $000,00,000
a year.
" Golden Medical Discovery " is not only a
overeign remedy for consumption, but also
or consumptive night-sweats, bronchitis,
loughs, influenza, spitting of blood, weak
lings, shortness of breath, and kindred afTecions
of the throat and chest. By druggists.
Tin: Italians dry and pulverize the pulp of
he tomato. "
Rev. W. B. Smith, Grafton, Mass., says:
' I have derived benefit from using Brown's
ron Bitters for a low state of blood."
The world either breaks or hardens the
n-art.
Dr. Pierce's "Pellets''?little liver pills (sunr
coated)?purify the blood, speedily correct
ill disorders of the liver, stoma"h and bowels.
iy druggists
The wmiI "impossible'' is the mother
iinguo lit' little souls,
Florence, Ga.?Dr. TV. B. Prather says:
'tBrown's Iron Bitters havo given satisfactiou
ti evory instance I have known it used.
1/iNi.ox ii.ntaii's loo.o i) Jews and tho
imst Jewish library in the world.
Henutiful Women
ire made pallid and unattractive by funcinnal
irregularities, which Dr. Pierces " Fa orite
Prescription" will infallibly cure. [
rimusands of testimonials. By druggist s.
The I "nit il States d?'e< not own an acre of j
i.l.I.,. In.ill itl 'IVtlllBSSf'...
Heart disease has brought many to an un- j
irnoly grave. The heart is as liable as ot! er j
r^ansto disea-e; if you have it even in tlu I
lightest form use Dr. Graves' Heart Be^u.'a- (
or. SI jier bottle at druggists.
Florida has miles of railways in o. e- j
at ion.
An invaluable strengthener for the nerves, '
uuscles and digestive organs, producing
trength and appetite, is Brown's Iron Bitters, j
Axcoka goats are Icing largely raise 1 in j
ort ions of Texas
_, 25 Cent* __
rVill buy a Treatise ox the Horse and His
Diseases. Book of 1U0 pages, valuable to
ivery owner of horses. Postage stamps taken,
tent postpaid. New Yoiik Horse Book Co.,
,31 Leonard Street, New Yurk city.
Don't !>!? Iii flic House.
"Rough on Bats." Clears out rats, mice,
oaches, bedbugs, flies, auts, moles, cliipnunks,
gophers. 15c.
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Home Testimonial*.
Go to Rome good druggist and ask him
what be knows of Honrs Remedy, and he
will teliyon that it is the best kidney and
liver medicine'made, and one that has stood j
the test of time. Look over most any paper
and yon will find home testimonials of people
living right in your own city who know,
whereof they speak. Below will be found
one of a lady resident of Bridgeport, Conn.
Her full name and address are given. Any ,
one doubting the genuineness of it has the
liberty of calling on or addressing her, and,
as she says, she will be only too glad to tell
her experience with, and opinion of, so valuable
an article.
" I willingly give my testimony in favor ol
Hunt's Remedy. I first heard of it a few
years ago while living in Springfield, Mass.
I knew a lady there who had suffered for a
Ion? time with kidney disease. She used
everything she could heat of, bat with pool
success, and finally hearing of Hunt's
Remedy began using it. Well, it cured her.
About this time I moved here. After I had
lived here a time, from other sympathetic
disorders my kidneys became afflicted and
weak. Knowing that Hunt's Remedy had
greatly benefited many others I began using
it, and it gave me the desired benefit. Were
I obliged to use any medicine of the kind
again I would prefer it to all others. I con
Bluer it U sure mire,
"If by the publication of this, my experience
with Hunt's Remedy, others suffering
from similar complaints can be induced to
avail themselves of its good effects, yon have
full liberty to do so in any way it may seem
best to you. Gratefully yours,
"Mas. Flokence L. Wood,
"175 Broad Street, Bridgapoit, Conn."
Statistics now show that in Prussia two
persons to every 1,1)00 stammer.
Have you heart disease in any form? If so.
use Dr. Graves' Heart Regulator; 30 years
have proved it a sure remedy for organic or
sympathetic heart disease. |l per bottle.
The way to forget our miseries is to remember
our mercies.
Walnut Leaf Hair Restorer.
It is entirely different from all others. It
is as clear as water, and as its name indicates
is a perfect Vegetable Hair Restorer. It will
immediately free the head from all dandruff,
restore gi-ay hair to its natural color, and produce
a new growth where it has fallen off. It
does not in any manner affect the health,
which sulphur, sugar of lead and nitrate oi
silver preparations have done. It will change
light or faded hair in a few days to a beautiful
glossy brown. Ask your druggist for it.
Each bottle is warranted. SMITH, KLINE
& CO., Wholesale Agents, Philadelphia. Pa.,
and C. N. CRITTEMQN, New York. '
The Blood Would Rut?.?For live years I
was a great sufferer from Catarrh. My nostrils
were so sensitive I could not bear the
least bit of dust; at times so bad the blood
.wniilri mn. nnH nf. nichf. T rvntM VmrHlv
breathe. After trying many things without
benefit I used Ely's Cream Balm. I am a
living -witness of its efficacy. Peter Bruce,
Farmer, Ithaca, N.Y. .(Easy to use;50cente).
For dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of aplr
its and general debility in their various forms:
also as a preventive against fever and ague and
other intermittent fevers, the "Ferro-Phoephorated
Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell,
Hazard <k Co., New York, and sold by all Druggists,
is the best tonio; and for patients recovering
from fever or other sickness it has no equal.
The penetrating qualities of petroleum are
well known to those who have any knowledge
of its properties at all; and that is what mak^s
it so valuable as a hair producer. Carboline
is crude oil deprived of its odor and color.
Sklnay Men,
Wells' Health Renewer res tores health, vigor,
curesDyspepsla,Impotence, Sexual Debility. $1
No molasses and water mixture, but a concentrated
extract of medicinal properties of
roots, barks, etc., is Hood's Sarsapanlla.
Millions have died with Bright's kidnoy
disease and rheumatic diseases. Dr. Elmore
is the first to discover a cure. He has treated
thousands with his Rheumatine-Goutaline
and never lost a case. It always cures.
For Thick Hendi.
Heavy stomachs, bilious conditions?wells
MayApple Pills?an tibilious, cathartic. 10 25c.
rrozer aaid vrctuc?
One greasing lasts two weeks; all others two
or three clays. Do not be imposed on by the
humbug stuffs offered. Askyour dealer forFrazer's,
with label on. Saves your horse labor and
you too. It received lirst medal at the Centennial
and Paris Expositions. Bold everywhere.
Gfuttrlne
Recommended to travelers. Aids digestion,
prevents nausea and headache. Druggists.
Straiphten your boots & shoes with Lyon's
Patent Heel Stiffeners, nnd wear them again.
You would use St. Patrick's Salve if you
knew the good it would do you.
HUMORS
The animal fluids of the bod;, when poorly nourished,
become vitiated and cause eruptions to appear on the
skin. They an objectionable from their disfigurement,
and vary In character from a constant, uneasy sensation
to a positive distress and severe pain. Hood's
Sarsaparilla corrects the derangement of the functions,
enriches the fluids, purifies the blood and chances the
diseased condition to one of health and rigor.
Pimples
Haltorc Flts*k, of New York, bad so many pimples
and blotches on his face that he was ashamed. He tried
various remedies without effect. Hood's Sarsaparilla
purified his blood, and all blemishes disappeared.
Ringworm
My brother is a victim to a humor which brings ringworms
all over his face. He is using Hood's Sarsaparilla,
and already is so much benefited that his eyes are no
longer rtected. Ho will continue its use till he feels
ully cured.? L. ?. Howard, Temple, N. H.
Rheum
My little boy was so badly afflicted with a humor
that we had to mitten his hands to keep him from
rubbing the sores, which itched and discharged a
watery matter. Before he had finished one bottle of
Hood's Sarsaparilla the sores were healed,?L. J.
Clement, Merchant, Warner, N. H.
iHood'a Sarsaparilla
Sold by Droaffista. 81; bLx for $5. Prepared only by
0. I. HOOD A 00.. Apotheoariee. Lowell, Mmi.
Another Life Saved,
Mrs. Harriet Cummings, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
writes; Early last winter my daughter was attacked
with a severe cold which settled on her longs. We
tried several medicines, none of which seemed to do
her any good, but she continued to get worse, and
finally raised large amounts of blood from bar
lungs. We called In a family physician, but ho
failed td do her any good. Wo then called In & physician?a
most skillful professor in ono of our colleges-he
said that she could not get well. At this
time a friend who had been cured by Dr. Wm. Hall's
Balsam for tho Lungs, advised me to give it a trial.
fTe thon got a bottle, and before she had used it all
up she began to improve, and by the use of threo
bottles she was entirely cured.
25 Cents will boy e Tmatio cut tot Hobse lira
His Diseases. Book oi 100 pigee, valuable to ever}
owner of horse*. Postage stamps taken. Sent postpaid.
New Yob* Hobix Boos Co.. 134 Leonard Street,
>| THE GREAT GERMA!
IW *! REMEDY
rnQ Qllll
IjasnaHfrj run ihiiIj
lllUlllinrmmrmnflUfflSfflffl Relieves and cures
7JI RHEUMATISM,
HSU Iti Neuralgia,
I5HB 9 P"" Soiatica, Lumbago,
BACKACHE,
liiKm^^S HEADACHE,T00THACHB'
iteimtmjjjpnaal^l | QJINSY, SWELLINGS,
i mmm | spbaivs.
IlltonmnaaST i Soreness. Cuts, Bruliei,
frostbites.
Ih llfiteMtflll BI BNS, SCALDS,
JDittdUlunmaaiq^ || And another bodily aches
/Hniinrmrainnnnninmi w and pains.
I II11 K-j 1 F|FTV CENTS B0TTLL
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j Hflmir JPIF f (Soooeuon to A. VOOELER A CO.)
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NY NU?39
? In fever and m?ue
H E ST adistricts, in tropical
Other regions
^ visited by epidemiw^
w _ digestion, biliousness
G^k STOMACH ? & and kindred com- I
plaints, it is without
St "a 1 BT-^PHT Bu jJm a rival. For sale by
tti B BL 5I1 Drugjcista and
^ B W^m __ Dealers generally.
catarrhms cream6alh
HQPVK*x^BHwben applied by tbo tinrar
cly5^8W ger into the nostrils, I
HTC/yf"/ M RM^^Iwi11 absorbed, effectB
&]7v, ' cunrc CO^l uaiiy cleansing the head
W ROj'/^/?/>ivtOijr. Jof catarrhal virus, causH
^t/\Q|ln(? healthy secretions.
ftiM/rrvrDTOiui nllays ln,lnram:i,ion.
ftiKf' ffa'tlt jlf'j; O JM protects the membrane
tbo nasal passages
jra^Jfrom additional colds,
el v.j$m (completely heals the
Hnfenr^ ^^<^,raHs"rcH and restores tasto
8nu'"- A fu" ap.
^^S!^*^plicatiiiiitf relievo. A
U.V&. ] thorough Iria'nient icill
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for oUc. T. P. Hrowu, Worcester. Mags.
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2\. Pictorial Books and Bibles. Pricos reduced .'13 per
cent. National Pi'iilihhino Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
CCC a week in your own town. Terras and $5 outfit
500 free. Address It. Halllit A Co., Portland, Me.
Shall We Let ti
> A hard-hearted political cconomis
feebly gasping as it lies upon a pillow
die. It is so weak and poor that its lif
There are already a good many people
account anyhow. And what's the use
weakling, who has but slender chance <
Now ask that child's mother wha
die. About this time the hard politic
the way. H Let my child die? No IA
be found ihat will save thai child, the ch
dollar to save the child!" Well, try a
on that child. See the poor little fell
I Ie'will live. 1 losts of other children hi
to healthy life by Brown's Iron Bitters.
' "" '
Anrwer Thi*.
/d there a person living who eversaw a case
of agae, biliousness, nervownees or neuralg'.n,
or any disease of the stomach, liver or
kidneys that Hop Bitters will not euro?
v ???~
My mother says Hop Bitten la the only
thing that will keep her from severe attacks
of paralysis and headache. Ed. Oswboo Sot.
My little sickly, puny baby was changed
into a great bouncing boy and I was raised
from a sick bed by using Hop Bitters a short
time. A Young Motheb.
No use to worry about any liver, kidney or
urinary trouble, especially Bright's disease
or diabetes, as Hop Bitters never fails of a
care where a cure is possible.
* " V<^yc _____
I had severe attacks of gravel and kidney
fpnnhifi: tcrp nnable to cet any medicine or
doctor to cure me until"! used Hop Bitters.
They cured me in a short time. T. R. Am.
Unhealthy or inactive kidneys cause gravel,
Bright's disease, rheumatism, and a horde of
other serious and fatal diseases, which can be
prevented with Hop Bitters if taken in time.
H-jv,
Ludington, Mich., February 2, 1879.?1
have sold Hop Bitters for four years, and
there is no medicine that surpasses them for
bilious attacks, kidney complaints and all
diseases incident to this malarial climate.
H. T. Albxasdm.
' ______
Monboe, Michv September 25,1875.?Sirs:
I have been taking Hop Bitters for inflammation
of kidneys and bladder, it has done
for me what four doctors failed to do?cured
me. The effect of the Bitters seemod like
magio to me. rsd&acxX- Gabtxb.
???? iS5^;'w>v?.. . .
Gr jits?Your Hop Bitters have been of
great value to me. I was laid up with typhoid
for over two months, and could get no relief
uutil I tried your Hop Bitters. To those
suffering from debility or any one in feeble
lieallh, I cordially recommend them. J. C.
Stoktzkl, 638 Fulton St., Chicago, 111.
LYDIA^E. PSNKHAM'8
VEGETABLE OOMEPPMD/- s
Is a Positive Cnrl . .
Tn all tkaae Palaftal Complaint! sad Weakaemi
10 eomaton to our best fentale popolatlaau
A Medicine for Woman. Inrented by a Wonuuu
Prepared by a Woman.
IW OmM H?h?*1 Ohtorrrj 81m (kt Dsn ft XDsUry*
ETIt rerlres the drooping spirits, tarlgcntea ul
hannoalie* the organic fnaettoni, glree elaitftrtty and
firmness to the step, restores the natural lustra toth# .
eje,and.plantaontbopale check of woman the freak
*-ftaft<irtfHffl?nnHng*nH otriTiimnrwff
pyPhjrsIclans Use It and Prescribe I! Freely.*?*
It removes falntness, flatulency, destroys aUcm^pff
for stimulant, and relloTM weakness of the stomach.
That feeling of bearing down, causing pain, weigh#
and backache, Is always permanently cured by its u&
Far the -cur? of Kidney Complaint? af either MX
this Coapoaad la onsnrpaased. ,
LTDIA E. PINKHAfs BLOOD PVBlflJUl
will eradicate every vestige of Bamors from the
Blood, and give tono and strength to the system, of |
man woman or child. Insist on ha ring It.
Both the Compound and Blood Purifier are prepared
at233 and239 Western Avenue, Lynn, Haas. Price of
either, fi. Six bottles for $3. Sent by mall In the form
of pills, or of lozenges, on receipt of price, ft per box
for either. Mrs. Flnkham freely answen all letters of
Inquiry. Enclose Set. stamp. Send for pamphlet .?' "
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Ko family should be without LYDIA E. FDSHAn
LIVEU PILLS. They cure constipation, MlMasnss^
and torpidity of t?e liver. 85 cents per box.
X?*Sold by all Drnggists."Cl 0) ; Vf.
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_tyFor several yearawj^have furnished the
F Dairymen oz America wiu* uu vm?uou? ?u?f
fldal color for batter) bo meritorious that It mat1
I with great success everywhere receiving the
highest and only prise* at both International!
Dairy Fairs.
1 QTBut by patient and scientific chemical research
wo hare Improved In several points, and I .
[now offer this new color as the bat in tkt world.
It Will Wot Colorthe Buttermilk* tt;
' Will Not Turn Ranold. tt Is thtt
1 i
I 8trong?gt, Brtyfrtert and
Cheapest Color Mad?? I
I HPAnd, while prepared In oil, is so compound- J
ed that It la Impossible for it to become rancid. I
I (7BEWARE of all imitations*- and of all
other oil colors, for they aro liable to become i ,
rancid and spoil the butter. ,
I I3TIf you cannot fNt the "lmprored" write n?
to kuowwherooadhowto get ltwltboutextml '
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SL-Sc. surest aa'i best remi-dy for kidney,
liver, stomscli, bladder and blood
diseased, and only rwal curative ever
/CoiV'J.N. (iiacoverHd for ncnte and chronio
rheumatism, (tout, lumbago, sclatica.
neur.ileia. e'c. linnenrei hope
less cues Bright's disease and dyspepsia la :> weeks?all
forms of rheumatic disorder* in 2 to 12 weeks?relieves
inflammatory in 1 day. Can refer to hundreds of reliable
people cured who had tried in vain everything else.
Purely botanlo, harmless, andnicoto 1rin<. Ask your
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, says that the child might as well
e will never be worth much anyhow.
s in the world who are of not much
of adding to their number another
Df ever amounting to anything?
t she thinks about letting the child
cal economist had better get out of
ro!As long as there is a remedy to
uld shall not die! Pll spend my last
bottle of Brown's Iron* Bitters
ow pick up strength. He revives.'
avc been brought almost from death)
&Your druggist sells it,r \a"* . ^