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am lit thk wheat.
Amid the wheat, nm'ul the wlicat.
At morn tlu- sturdy gleaners greet
What time the meadow-lark upsprings.
On buoyant wings, end soars ami sings.
The reapers whet their scythes in tune.
Till dies the sunlit afternoon,
Then homeward thread the lanewaysthrough
Where grasses gleam with shimmering dew?
While birds their vesper songs repeat
Amid the wheat, amid tho wheat.
Amid the wheat, amid the wheat,
The i>oppies tind a shy retreat:
With every breeze that blows is blent
Their aromatic, drowsy scent
That wafts the weary soul away
Across some wide, aerial bay,
Where shoreless realms of dreamland lie
Beneath an iridescent sky:
Such vistas ope to those who meet
Amid the wheat, amid the wheat.
Amid the wheat, amid the wheat.
Who strays with frolic-loving feet.'
A little maid that comes to see
Where dwells the braggart bumblebee;
A little maid of summers few,
With laughing eyes of pansy hue.
Whose heart is like a morn in May,
Whose life an endless holiday:
Ah! may it ever seem as sweet
As now to her amid the wheat!
? Clinton Sco'Utrri
A BRIGHT FACE.
( II AI'TKK I.
My name is Henry Debson. I am not
ashamed of the name, even though it
was disgraced. My parents came to Arkansaw
while I was very young. My
father hating the idea of ever living in a
town, settled in the wilderness, where,
nftcr several years of toil, he succeeded J
in opening up one of the be>t farms in j
the State. J5eing educated and refined.
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JII> [lillims nuc iiiv tcauwiovi vu? uv?j," i
borhood socicty. and so familiar did our
name become that we were known far
and wide. Just about the time I at- |
tained my nineteenth year, my parents
were taken ill of a disease which was at
that time spreading over the country, and
in spit*- of the best medical attention
that could be procured they died, both
on the same day. As I was the only
child, the property, of course, came into
my possession. Well, it is unnecessary
to dwell upnn this part of my eventful
hi.tory, so I will?ignoring several years
?proceed to relate a painful experience.
One day our neighborhood was shocked
by the discovery that a Mr. John Mapleton,
one of the nio>t prominent men in j
the community, had been murdered. I '
was particularly shocked during the
evening before the murder, for Mr. Mapleson
and I had strolled together
through the woods; and. startling to
contemplate, he was found near a certain
old house where we had separated. The
next day after the body was found I was
arrested, charged with the crime, and.
after an examination before a justice of
the peace, I was remanded to jail to
await the action of the grand jury. It
would be vain to attempt a description
of my embarrassment?of my indignation.
Not until I saw myself surrounded
by iron bar? did I realize my awful situation.
What stung me most was that a
man named Evans?a m n whom I well
knew and who bore the reputation of
being a gentleman?swore that he saw me
strike Mr. Mapleson near the old house,
but supposing that we were playing with
each other, he paid no attention to the
affair, but that in horror he soon afterward
discovered that Mapleson had been !
stabbed. He did not stop at this?he
produced a knife?which he and several
other men had seen lying near the mur
dered man?a knife bearing the initials j
of my name.
The grand jury found an indictment
against me, and I was arranged before
tbe circuit court. I sold my farm and
employed able counsel, experienced
lawyers, who did everything they could
for me, but after a tedious trial 1 was
sentenced to be handed. A more miserable,
utterly disconsolate man never sat
in a cell, waiting to be choked to death.
Preachers came and prayed for me, but
my mind was so distraught that I could
not fix it upon death. One preacher, a
venerable old man, particularly impressed
me.
"Oh, Mr. Debson,"' said he, "ask the
Giver of all good to forgive your sins.
Only a few more da\s now and you will
stand at the judgment bar of God. Let
me beseech you not to throw your time
away. You have friends in heaven, pray
for the glorious privilege of meeting
them. I)o not think ot the tortures of
death, but thiuk of the sublime life beyond
the grave."
'I nm not. miiltv Mr f}rn.v "
"Oil, young man, do not hold out in
such obstinacy. Do not, 1 beg of you,
I implore you. do not pcrisli with a
falsehood on your lips."
' 1 tell no falsehood when Iswear that
I am innocent."
"Mr. Debson, you need not hope for
executive clemency. You are very
young, but the governor has refused to
do anything in your behalf.''
"What do you want me to do, Mr.
Gray?"
" cknowledge your crime and pray
God for pardon."
"I have committed no crime."
"Think of your perishing soul."
"I am innocent."
"I sec, Mr. Debson, that it is useless
to talk to you."
" "Yes; on that subject."
"Remember that day after to-morrow
you must die." ^
"All right."
"Good-bye. I hope that the Lord may
change your mind.''
When the good man had go::e I mused
during a long time over what he had
said, yet there occ urred to me no thought
of regret that 1 had so plaiuly spoken to
him. There is a stranire resignation that
comes to a man who is condemned to
die. "Weary nights of contemplation
dull his dread, take oil" the keen ed^e of
fear. It is not a philosophy; it is a "don't
caie" which settles upon him. I was cot
afraid to meet the king of the universe,
and knowing that not a shadow of hope
remained, I surrendered myself to an unjust
fate.
I was not hanged. The governor, on
account of my youthfulness, commuted
my sentence to imprisonment for life.
Even this was indescribably awful, still,
after thinking it over, J concluded that
it was better than beinir handed.
I shall never forget how i felt when I
first ]>ur, on my suit of stripes. The
thought that I was eternally disgraced
took such deep root in my mind that I
doubt it I were, at-the time, any better
morally than the most hardened convict
within the walls. I began to hate the
world, to mock, within myself, the very
idea of honesty and virtue. Sundays we
were compelled to listen to long sermons.
delivered by preachers not distinguished
for eloquence. 1 sometimes
thought that, knowing we could not
leave the chapel, they took a peculiar
delight in lengthening their discourses.
One day Mr. Gray came out, but he did
not pay any special attention to me. This
stung me, and as 1 sat on a bench looking
at him ?I won't say that 1 was listening
to him?I cursed the old man. I
ought to have been ashamed of myself,
but I had forgotten the meaning of
shame.
The uppermost thought in my mind
was the thought of escape. I had lost
everything but my desire for freedom.
My chance came. One night while a
number of us were penned in a stockade,
near a coal mine, into whose dark
vauus we were uauy driven, i nearu one
of the guards say to a companion that
he was so sleepy lie could scarcely hokl
his eyes open.
"^o am I," the companion replied,
''and, to tell you the truth. I wouldn't
be surprised if I do some little nodding
to-night.
Crawling over where several of my
vile associates lay, I communicated the
intelligence which I had caught. They
agreed with me that our time had come.
We kept the sccret clo-ciy guarded,
knowing that a general rush would be |
fatal to our plans. We made our j
stealthy move about 2 o'clock in the
morning. We climbed the fence with
but little trouble. I passed near one of
the guards, ile was sitting, leaued
back against a stump, and was sound |
asleep. I took hi> gun and box of cart- |
ridges which he had deposited on the j
ground near him. We spoke not a i
word until we were fully a half
mile from the scene of our imprisonment, j
Then we stopped and laughed. By the j
time the sun rose, we were quite a nura- j
ber of miles from the "'stockade," but j
l,n nnroilMl !
Hunger began to pinch us. This was
serious, for, dressed as we were, we dare
not go near a human habitation. The
next day we stopped r>nd held a con- {
sulfation. It was better to risk re-capture i
than to go hungry, accordingly we de- j
cided to call at the next house. We soon j
came upon a farm. Walking up boldly
\sc entered the house. There was no
one at home except a little girl, about '
twelve years old. She was the most <
beautiful child I have ever seen. She 1
was frightened at tirsl, but soon rccovcr- i
incr, she gave us something to cat. She
exercised a strange influence on 111c. Her
sweet face at once reminded mc that ;
purity existed in the world. She took j
a special liking to me,and when 1 hinted |
that I would like to have an old suit of
clothes, that I was tired of wearing ugly j
stripes, she?not knowing that she. was
committing a crime?procured for mc an I
old suit of clothes. At the gate I kissed j
her hand. My companions, three vile
wretches, were not impressed by the
little girl, and had I not possessed a gun
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i am sure mm iney womu it;i\<: luumu |
the house.
We hail not gone much farther when
pursuers came within siijht. Then there I
was a race for liberty. I was fleet, more :
so than the wretches. About the time
night set in two of my fellow convicts
had been captured. The other one kept
close to me. A gun fired. I heard a
yell. Looking around, 1 saw Jiim fall, i
The darkness and the dense words protected
me. I escaped. Finding a canoe'
I crossed the river. The face of the little
girl was constantly before nu*.
( It A IT Kit II.
1 succeeded in making my way to New
York. In the great city I was comparatively
sale. Under an assumed name 1
went to work in a manufacturing establishment.
I bent my every energy to the j
work, and. from time to time, 1 was promoted.
Three years from the time I enI
tr>rp<l the establishment. I was the super
intendent of the entire works. My services
became so valuable that I was admitted
as a partner. I saved my money
and became wealthy, yet, not for a moment
did I forget the crushing fact that
1 was a convict.
One day, while on a ferry boat, I took
up a newspaper which some one had left
on a chair. < >pening it. I saw that it was
r.n Arkansaw sheet. The next moment I
was thrilled. Below startling head lines
appeared the following:
"Several years ago, a highly respected
young man named Henry Debson was
convicted of the crime of murdering one
of our most prominent citizens, a Mr.
Maples )i). Debson was sentenced to be
hanged, but the governor commuted his
sentence to imprisonment for life. Debson
escaped and went, no one knows
whither. Now comcs the real tragedy.
About a month ago, a man named Evans,
who swore that he had seen Debson strike
Mapleson and who found, near the scene
of the murder, a knife bearing the ini
tia;s ot ucusotrs name, was etivuu violently
ill. Believing recovery to be impossible,
and fearing to die with such a
burden on h's he;irt, he confessed that
he, inspired bv bitter enmity, had murdered
Mapleson. From the very moment
of the confession he began to improve.
and soon became so well that lie
was taken to prison. After a short trial,
during which he did not attempt to make
a defense, he was sentenced to be hanged.
The execution took place last Friday,
and was witnessed by a large prowd of
people. The public deeply sympathizes
with young Debson, and should he ever
coinc back to the State lie will receive an
enthusiastic ovation.
I cauuot describe my sensatious. I
hurried to my place of business, and
after relating to my partners, the experience
through which I had passed, I
showed them the Arkansaw paper. My
partners were rejoiced. They declared
that such a vindication was worth half
a lifetime of trouble.
I immediately set out for Arkansaw.
I indeed received an ovation. Mr. Gray,
the old minister, -took me by the hand,
and said:
' I was intimate wiih your father and
I did not see how his son could commit
such a crime, but the proof was so strong
against you. Your earnest protestations
of innocence caused me to call upon
the srovernor ana mierccuc in your uuhalf."
I purchased tlie farm where I had
spent a happy childhood. Kverv one
was desirous of bestowing honors upon
me, and the governor himself, came out,
and in the presence of a great crowd
thanked the. Lord that a great
wrong had been averted. During
all this time I had not ceased
to think of the little girl whose
beautiful face had banished my intentions
of becoming an outlaw. I had
gone to the house where 1 had seen her,
but her father, a Mr. Miller, had moved
away, and no oue in the neighborhood
knew his place of resideucc. One night
at a theatre in Little Hock, 1 saw the
face. I kuew it in a moment. At the
conclusion of the performance, I followed
the girl, who in company with an
old man, went to a hotel. I introduced
myself to Mr. Miller and he introduced
me to his daughter Ida.
"I have seen you before, somewhre,"'
she said.
"You have seen me."
"When?"
"I will tell you when wc become better
nfviiinintpfl "
I did tell her?told her one night when
she had promised to be mv wife. Several
years have elapsed since our marriage.
We live in New York most of
the time and old man Miller lives with
us. I have built a monument above Mr.
Gray's resting \)\&cc.--Ar/.aitsuw Trueelcr.
The Frog-Fishing Industry.
A short, thickset man, dressed in a
suit of faded jeans, which terminated in
rubber top boots, yesterday crept softly
along the bank of a s'.imy ditch in "the
Neck.'' clutching in one hand a slender
pole, from which dangled a short line
and supporting with the other a large
sack slung to his belt, the contents of
which wriggled and squirmed in a way
unpleasantly suggestive of snakes. .
4'What arc you hunting ior?M
"Frogs!" was the hoarsely whispered
answer, and the hand supporting the
sack was raised as a signal.
The reporter stopped and the frog
fisherman took a step nearer the ditch
and softly lowered his pole. The end of
the line disappeared among the Hags,
there was a moment of silence, the pole
darted to one side, was suddenly jerked
upward, and with a surprised "chunk''
an immense grceu bullfrog lay sprawling
in the road at the fisherman's feet. Before
froggie could gather his faculties and
hop away the man seized him. opened
his sack and thrust his slimy captive in
among the mass.
[ "Do you eat them?"
"Sometimes; not often," was the 1
I answer. "Tliev are very good. I could J
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M'li inuri* liitiii i V.UUU,
'Where ilo you sell them?''
"My wife?she docs the selling?has ;
regular customers. I do not ask for j
names when the money comes."
He unloosed the squirming sack, laid j
aside his pole, and, seated under the j
spreading branches of a big willow tree
i chatted for an hour. Philadelphia is a
good market for the frog hunters. There
are about fifty who follow it regularly
as a profession. During the season they j
! make enough to live comfortably through
the winter. An expert fisherman will j
catch from five to twenty-five dozen per I
day. The early morning and evening
are the best fishing hours. The implements
necessary to purs.ic the calling
successfully are a pair of high-topped
boots, a belt and sack, aau a pole and
line. Affixed to the end of the line is a
grapnel made bv soldering the shanks of
three or four fishhooks together. Armed
with this and equipped as above, the
fisherman is ready.
Stagnant ditches are the hunting
I ct-fttinds :ind thev are found in abun
I dance in 4*tbe Neck," along the Delaware
river on both sides, and among
the swamps and bogs of interior Xnv
Jersey. A frog fisherman must have a
supple wrist ami a quick eye. He uses
no bait, but steals quietly along the
ditch, rod in hand, carefully scrutiniz
ing every secluded spot. When lie
spies a frog lie noiselessly lowers his '
pole until the grapnel touches froggic. i
Then with a combined side and upward j
jerk he impales the frog on one of the j
sharp hooks. In rcmoviug the hook j
care is taken not to injure the game, for !
dead frogs arc of no use. The result of 1
a day's hunt is confined in a lar^c tank
at the home of the fisherman,where they
are fed on corn meal until sold, barge
restaurants arc the principal purchasers, i
l'rices vary according to the size of the '
frog. The smallest bring twenty-live j
cents per dozen; the largest three dol- i
per dozen.?Philulclphia Times.
i
Is is ?aid that John v esley was oncc
walking with a broth r, who related to j
him his troubles, ??yin? he did not .
know what he should do. They were I
at that moment passing a stone fence to
a meadow over which a cow was look- >
ing. "Do you know,'' said Wesley,
"why the cow looks over the wall;''
"No," replied the one in trouble. "I j
will tell you," said Wesley, "because !
she cannot look through it; and that is j
what you must do with your trouble;
look over and above them."
Miss Cleveland's book was written on I
Irish linen paper. She is the lirst lady
of the White House to write, or rather
to publish, any continued literary work, i
CHICKENS BY .MACHINERY. !
the business or producing .
poultry prom incubators. 1
An Industry Which l? Kxtcndlner? 1
Food for tlic Chlt'ks?A Chicken
ltaiuh in New Ji wcy. ,
"The outlook for the incubator and
poultry supply business is first-rate," ]
said a well known dealer in response to
inquiries made by a reporter for the New
York Mail <in<l Kijuesa. "There are 1
many new parties coining in every day
now looking at machines who intend !
starting in the chicken-raising business
this fall to make a regular trade of it. 1
Incubators increasing in number? Yes,
sir: there are in the market from twelve ,
to fifteen machines of different patents.
We have here in our store ei^ht of the
leading ones in constant operation night .
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*300 each, with a varying capacity from
fifty to "J.OOit eggs. As a ruin, a first-class
incubator hatches from eighty to ninety !
per cent, of the fertile eggs that are put
into it. .Most of the machines are automatic
in their regulation, so that they '
require very little care."
'How much capital does it require to
start in the chicken raising business?"
was asked.
"1 know of one party whose capital is
$100, and of another whom we fitted out
the capital for whose stock was .$40,000.
All the eight machines that we keep are
hatching chickens every day. These we
send to our c hicken ranch at Franklin,
X. J. Some days our machines hatch
out as many as ;!00 chicks. Yes, the
chickcn raising business is a new industry
that has sprung up within the last
two years. 15ut aside from those who
go into the business as a business there
are many wealthy men, owners of coun
try scats, who have gone into it for the
novelty oi tue ming. imt. vou wm uu
surprised when I tell you, and statistics
will prove the truth of the statement,
that the poultry industry has now become
one of the largest industries in
this country, and amounts to more than
even the trade in wheat. Even now
there is not a* sufficient supply of eggs
in the market, and it is necessary to import
them in large quantities."
"Has not this growth of the business
increased the demand for poultry sup-,
plies?''
"Yes, very largely. Among the articles
in great demand is ground bone and
oyster shells, which is fed to the chicks.
Why, we sell at least fifty tons of this
material a year, and the demand has
made a new way of disposing of bones
and oyster shells. Not long ago a man
started a manufactory at Yonkers, for
the especial purpose of grinding bones
and oyster shells for the chicken trade,
and he has a big trade in it alreadv. It
? i _ ?J - . a. ,1 ? i
nas suso m;iue ;i grt;;u ueiiiiuiu iui nut
netting for fences to poultry yards. The
other day we sold and put up for one
party a mile of this wire netting."
"You spoke of a chicken ranch.
What is it like?''
"Ours at Franklin covers six acres of
ground. It is enclosed by a fcnce
about six feet high. It contains a number
of wooden buildings,built especially
for chicken raising. One of these
measure sixty by eighty feet and is
twenty feet high. It was originally
built for the fattening of poultry. It is
divided into pens for tlocks of chickens
of different breeds. The pen measures
about ten by twenty feet, and each contains
nest boxes, rojsts and feeding J
troughs. Another building on the j
ground is long and narrow, ten feet by
fifteen, and is divided into pens, the
same as the other. Still another is forty
by fifteen feet, which we use principally
for ducks. It has a small pond ad joining.
On a knoll back of these buildings ;
we keep a large number of the artificial !
brooders for young chicks taken from
the incubators at the store. They are
kept in these brooders four weeks and
arc then o!d enough to be put in with
the larger stock."
"What is the capacity of such a
ranchr"
"Without crowding it will accommodate
nicely 1,000 full-grown fowls, 5,000
young chicks and 1,000 ducks. The
cost of such a ranch complete, without
the land, is about ?5,000. One man and
a boy can attend to it nicely. Their duties
are to feed and water tlie fowls
regularly and keep the buildings thoroughly
cleaned. ]f this is properly done
it keeps the fowls in perfectly good
health. Such a business, properly
carried on, will yield a profit
of at least one hundred per ccnt. on the
capital invested, and even that is a low
estimate. Take fancy-bred fowls and
they bring from ?1 to ?10 a piccc,
and I know a man who lias a partridge
cochin cock which *100 couldn't buy.
Then take broilers. They are worth today,
and it is the dull season, twentytwo
cents a pound live weight. Each
one will weigh two and a half pounus.and
the cost to raise it is not over fifteen
cents. In winter they bring from fifty
to sixty cfcnts a pound, or S2 a pair.
The demand for eggs for hatching is
great and a large part of our business is
to supply eggs for this purpose. In fact
cur ranch is carried on for raising thoroughbreds,
not for market poultry. Do
we allow visitors? Yes, we set apar
ft\t* otur wonf tn cn/> tlio
place. But there have been a number
of such ranches lately started in the
neighborhood of this city. One on Long
Island conducted by a stock company is
the largest. The capital interested is
?40,000, and the place is conducted for
the exclusive production of broilers. It
has now a capacity for hatching 7,000
eggs, and they are putting up more
buildings, so that the place wi! 1 have a
capacity for hatching out 1,000 chickens
a day. They find the business profitable,
and their trade is in this city. Another
somewhat different ranch is one in New
Jersey, which is devoted to the production
of eggs exclusively, its owner having
contracts with parties in this city.
The man who owns it started the business
three years ago, with a capital of
just S2.J. lie has now 1,000 laying liens
and his present buildings cost him
so.000, all of which he made out of the 1
business. Yet, all this time he has been I
engaged in regular business in this city
and has come in every day."
Squatters ill the Metropolis.
On the eastern side of this city, says a
New York letter to the Philadelphia
1'ress, there is a village ot squatters, who
have taken temporary possession of unused
sites on a hill, and have erected
shanties which serve at once for pigpens,
hencoops, bedrooms and living rooms.
They enjoy the privilege of squatters in
having no rent to pay. but they are exposed
to the penalty of being, at any
moment, turned out from their dens and
losing land and house at once. I'sually
they remain while, the quarrymen who
are opening the streets almost undermine
their shanties, and then, if the buildings
arc not blown away, they pull them down
and pack them away like tents to another
dwelling place. The village is tilled
with snarling (logs, which aid in drawing
the swill or coal carts, for the children
are mainly employed in collecting
s\vi! 1 and picking' coals through the
streets. The shanty family nre never
quite so poor as the tenement house family,
as they have r.o rent to pay.
Hut the filth and wretchedness
in which they sometimes live
are beyond description. The people
have very little regular occupation,
many being widows who do occasional
"chores" in families; others live
on the sa'e of the coal their children !
gather, or on the pigs which share their !
domicile; others keep fowls, and all
have goats, though where the profits
from these latter come I could never discover,
as no one seems to buy the milk,
and I never heard ot their killing them.
Money, however, in some way they do
procure, and one old red-faced swillgatherer
who died left, it was said, a i
large deposit in the savings uanK, wnicn i
110 011c could claim; yet one corner of!
her bed chamber was filled with a heap j
of ill-smelling bones, and the pigs slept I
under her bed.
There is another old ragpicker whose j
shanty is a sight to behold, all the odds |
and ends of a great city seem piled up in j
it?bones, broken dishes, rags, bits of
furniture, cinders, old tin, useless lamps,
decaying vegetables, ribbons, clothes,
legless chairs and carrion all mixed together,
and Ilea]ted up nearly to the ceil- j
ing, leaving hardly room for a bed on]
the tloor, where the woman and her two i !
children sleep. Vet all these arc marvels i ,
of health and vigor, far surpassing most
children in the comfortable classes.
Changed the Subject.
"How is it, Mr. Drown." said the mill J
owner to the farmer, ''that when I came
to measure those five banels of apples I
bought from you I found them nearly a
barrel short?"
"Singu'ar, very singular, for I put ;
them up iu some of vour own Hour barrels."
:
' Ahem! Did, eh? Well, perhaps I
made a mistake. Fine weather, isn't 1
it ?"?San Fraiicixcmi.
Russia possesses 100 admirals?an ad- s
mirai for every 2,000 tons of shipping. t
NEWS AND NOTES FOR W03IEN.
Ladies as well as gentlemen now wear
traveling caps.
Cleopatra had blue eves, according to
i German professor.
Lace elbow sleeves are worn with Vihaped
velvet bodices.
There are eight times as many bowlegged
men as women.
Gilt buttons; were first made by Tiiylor,
af Birmingham, England, in 1708.
Gauze and China crape arc used for
skirts in preference to tulle by many.
Ht-atricc was the first princess in England
to be married in a parish church.
In Paris no mantle is worn out of
floors, or very rarely, except by quite
young girls.
One ot (lie latent tasuionauie ireaits is i
the use of line silk bolting clotli as a |
dress material.
Lace flounces are worn on grenadine
dresses, the trimmings of the corsage being
also of lace.
The prettiest and most economical
summer bonnets are of white lace, piccc
and border lace.
Cotton dresses appear to be most frequently
trimmed with embroidered
frilling of their own.
In Austria three thousand women are
employed in the railroad service, getting
from $15 to ?30 a month.
Black canvas over orange silk, striped
with tilleul color, makes a dr >ssy walking
costume for early fall.
Tiie Scottish token of good luck is a
spray of white heather, now put into the
bouquets of fashionable brides.
The imagination of the modiste is the
only law that governs hats and bonnets
and their trimmings this season.
The first Napoleon slept in hollanrls
for sheets, the Bourbons in cambric, and
Napoleon III. in ordinary linen.
It is now the fashion to give pieces of
furniture, such as sideboards, cabinets,
writing tables and pianos, for wedding
presents.
Pongee remains popular for traveling
wraps as well as dresses. Long loose
shapes, partly redingotc and partly
nlster, are most worn.
Brocaded moire antique is again a
fashionable fabric for elegant toilettes.
In white these superb materials arc much
used for bridal dresses.
In London it is the custom for guests
to remain late at the dancing parties,
which terminate about 4 a. m., supper
being served at 1 o'clock.
Prints and the pretty old-fashioned
cliintzes are making headway again in
Paris, and quaint and sweet they look
when worn by neat and joung figures.
"White mohairs, figured with small designs
in colors, are among the pretty inexpensive
dress fabrics that make up
tastefully with trimmings and combina~At"
tltft nf thn I
IIUUS U1 > V1>UIWVU VI bUW VW4V? v? w<*v |
patterns.
In woolen stiifTs Parisiai: modistes arc
fond of finding a colored selvedge and
allowing it to show, so that it forms a
trimming. Striped stuffs are draped at
the back so that half arc perpeudicular
and the other half horizontal.
Black silk or satin bodiccs covered
with lead bead embroidery are made low
with a strap for the shoulder, and with
a corsage of this style, a skirt of satin or
silk, with a beaded lace tablier, or a lace
skirt decked with load bead pendants, is
worn.
A Chinese belle has arrived in San
Francisco. She is the first genuine exhibit
of her kind on the Pacific coast.
She is tall and hnndsome, and her feet
possess the requisite deformity so thoroughly
that whenever she walks a servant
suppoitsher at each side.
Generally the decorations of a dress at
the throat are in character with the bodice
trimmings, but in other instances the
finish at the neck is distinctive and exclusive.
having no connection with (he
garnishing in other parts of the dress, a?
for instance, when dog collars, fancy
nccklaccs and throatlcls arc worn.
The most distingue neck finishings
consist of double folds of crcpe lisse,
ctamine, si!ic gauze, unci goici ana suver
tulle, canvas or muslin. These folds are
mads in white and cream, gold and silver,
or gold with red, pink, blue or maroon
silk gauze arranged with it in alternating
folds. Even velvet bands of
black or dark colors arc used, so that no
white, or very little, can show around
the neck.
Servants are plentiful in Mexico, and
you arc pretty sure fo have several descendants
of the Aztec kings about the
house if you hire one, for it is the rule
that the whole family accompany the
father or mother who goes out to service.
Your cook brings her husband, her children,
and pretty nearly all her relatives,
and they arc fed from your table and
sleep under your roof. The husband may
be a shoemaker, or a saloon-keeper, or a
hackman, but he lives where his wife
works. There are usually rooms enough
in the house for them all, and the enly
food they want is plenty of beans and
what is left from your table.
A Famous Itunucr.
Fifty years ago his renown spread ifll
over Europe. This was Ernest Mensen.
Mis exploits make the pedestrian feats
of the present day look insignificant. He
was a runner who first came into notice
by running from Paris to Moscow, a distance
of 1,71.0 miles, in thirteen days
and eighteen hours. In 18:5G he ran
through Central Asia from Calcutta to
Constantinople, bearing dispatches for
the East India company. The distance
is 3,01.? miles, and he accomplished it in
fiftv-ninc days, one-third of the time
taken by the swiftest caravan. A favorite
employment for him was the messenger
extraordinary of sovereigns. He
ran from country to country bearing letters
and dispatches of the highest import,
and always beat mounted couriers
when matched aga'nst them. lie never
walked, but always ran. Invariably he
took the direct route to his destination,
climbing mouutains, swimming rivers,
and guiding himself through forests in
a way known only to himself. His food
was a small quantity of biscuit and raspberry
syrup. His rests he took twice In
twenty-four hours, when he usually
leaned against some support, covered
his face with a handkerchief and slept.
If lie was compelled to remain quiet any
length of time he complained of giddiness
and rush of blood to the head. In
1842 he was employed to discover the
source of the Nile. . Starting from Silesia
in May, 1843, lie ran to Jerusalem,
thence to Cairo, and up the banks of
the Nile into Kgypt. Just outside the
village of Lyang he was seen to stop and
rest. leaning against a palm tree, his
face covered as was his wont. He rested
go long that some persons tried to wake
him. They tried in vain, for he was
dead.
The King of Dudes.
Berry Wall is the king of dudes, says
a New York leteer. This sovereignty in
the matter of dress is the unique means
the young man employs to dispense with
an income of over $300,000 a year. A
gentleman, who has known this tccen- (
trie spendthrift for years, met him at
Saratoga recently. During the past I
month he has replenished his wardrobe j
with the most marvelous variety of garments
ever made for man's back. It is j
said that, after a long career among the
toilers of the world, this fastidious
dresser has finally decided that no one [
can excel the lit and style of the clothes
made by a New York firm, l'oolc, by
special permission, allowed to refer to |
one of us?II. 31., the Prince of Wales?
as A customer, if superseded by this arrangement.
31r. Wall's happiest moments
are when lie is astonishing a gaping
crowd by his attire. Just to give I
them something to wonder at he will
change his costume three or four times !
an hour. When conscious that lie is |
being pointed out as the beau of the !
fashion plates, he will excuse himself !
from his friends for a space of live or
ten minutes to return in a spick-andspan
outfit of an entirely diiierent design.
The transformations in dress are
'" I'll liv twn ulin filo nlwnvS or.
duty in his apartments to strip and rehabilitate
bim as they would a dummy
model in a millinery store. The fellow
is not bad at heart, as liberal as a protli- |
gate prince and nobody's fool by any i
means. This penchant for clothes is !
simply an expedient for spending money :
rind killing time.
A forcible illustration of the weight i
af the atmosphere was given by Profes- j
sor S. I'. Langley, the American astronomer,
in a recent lecture in London. He
remarked that the air, so limpid that it
scarcely appears to be matter at all, is so
normous in mass that it really presses
ivith nearly a ton to each square foot;
;o that the weight of all the buildings
n the world's metropolis, for instance,
s less than that of the air above them.
The llceces of Angora goats average
icvcn pounds, and are worth fifty cents
i pound?in California.
LOVERS OF HUMAN FLESH.
PECULIARITIES OF THE MAN-EATERS
OF AFBICA.
Cannibal* Superior In Intelligence
to Oilier Savage*?Concealing
Their Horrible Israelites.
Any white man who visits the few tribes
in Africa that cat human flesh is likely
to have a hospitable reception, and is
certain to lind himself among natives
who in their intelligence, arts, and physical
and moral qualities are not equaled
by many of the native tribes. This fact,
indeed, is true of men-eaters the world
over, notwithstanding the popular impression
that cannibalism characterizes
only the lowest levels of savage life. It
was true in Columbus' time, when he
wrote to Queen Isabella that the cannibal
Caribbecs tilled the natives of Ilavti
with abject terror. The word cannibd
signifies a brave or valiant man, and is
derived from the name by which Caribbecs
calleil themselves. A few hundred
miles norihwest of Lake Albert Nyanza,
on the banks of the river Welle, lives a
great tribe whose cannibalism is the
most pronounctd of any in Africa. They
are the Monbuttus, a red-skinned race,
physically fine specimens of manhood,
and far superior to the tribes around
them in arts of war or peace.
They inhabit a beautiful, fertile country,
where forests alternate with rolling
downs. They engage in agriculture, and
human flesh, though a frequent, is not a
regular article of food except among the
wealthier families. Schweinfurth, who
lived among them for several months,
says they arc not like very many African
trilis, childish in speech and in their
processes of thought, but that they understand
reasonable questions and give
reasonable answers, The specimens of
their pottery,decorated with ornamental
figures, that are now in the Ethnographical
museum of Berlin, arc said to equal
the bc9t examples of Egyptian art. They
are ingenious wood-carvcrs, and the
greatest house-builders in Africa. One
roofed building described by Schweinfurth,
built of timbers, was 150 feet long,
CO feet wide and 30 feet high, and held
an audience of nearly 1,000 persons.
It is characteristic of cannibal tribes
to conceal their practices as much as
possible from those not addicted to
them. Neither Schweinfurth, Junker
nor Casati lias seen the Monbutus on
many occasions preparing or eating human
flesh. During his months of residence
among them, Schweinfurth on
just two occasions 8aw women of the
tribe preparing human flesh for consumption.
lie came upon them as they
J were boiling sundry arms and legs, but
1119 presence wus uiiCAjJCkivu uuu
unwelcome, and he was invited to
go elsewhere. In conversation, however,
the Monbuttus made no secret of their
practices, of which, indeed, there were
abundant evidences in the heaps of carefully
picked human bones that were scattered
about all their settlement. Their
victims are the prisoners they take in the
wars they are almost incessantly waging
with one or another of the tribes about
them. "The cannibalism of the 5lonbuttuB,"
says Schweinfurth, 19 unsurpassed
by any savages in the world.
JJut, with all that, the Monbuttus are a
noble race of men, who display a certain
national pride, and arc endowed with
intellect and judgment such as few Africans
can boast."
Stanley thought he found evidences
of cannibalism among some of the Congo
tribes, near Stanley pool, when he first
descended the river, and his suspicion
has since been amply confirmed by his
associates, who have founded white stations
among the Bnngala and at the
mouth of the Aruwimi river. The Congo
natives, like the Monbuttus, try to
hide from the whites the evidences of
their practices.
Next to the Monbuttus. the African
tribe that arc most notorious cs meneaters
arc the natives of Novo Kcdondo,
! I?/m t vxrnco Aiirrnln wlimu .T_ Montfiirn
Ill l vy. ?"
described as the finest race of blacks
in every way that he had met in Africa,
lie said there was no question of the superior
physique and mental qualities of
this cannibal tribe, and he thought their
superiority might actually be the result
of the horrid custom by which they supplied
themselves with a larger amount
of animal food than other tribes used. It
is fir more likely, however, that their
superiority,instead of being the result of
I cannibalism.made it possible for them to
i be cannibals by enabling them to prey
with impunity upon weaker tribles. The
greatest excesses of cannibalism have
always been found among the higher
savage tribes or nations like the ancient
Mexicans and Peruvians. The most encouraging
fact with regard to peoples
i addicted to this custom is that as they
i ri<e toward the middle and upper levels
of civilization tliey voluntarily abandon
the practice. If the missionaries have
accomplished nothing more among the
islands of the Pacific, it would be to
their lasting credit that they have induced
many thousands of the natives to
give up this practice.?New York Huii.
SELECT SI FUNGS.
Thirty six persons (lied in London last
year from starvation.
The Emperor Domitian occupied his
leisure in catching flics.
The principle of the stereoscope was
known to Euclid, described by Galen
l,")flO years ago, and more fully in 1599
A. I)., in the works of Baptist Porta.
Columbus found the cotton plant wild
in Hispaniola,in other West India islands
and on the continent of South America,
where natives used it for dressing and
fishing nets.
In days gone by neither sowing,planting
nor grafting was ever undertaken
without a scrupulous attention to the increase
or waning of the moon. It was
thought that the increase of the moon
| made plants fruitful, and that under the
| full moon they were in their best
strength.
General Washington was very proud
of his coach horses, and had them carefully
groomed. Before using them on
special occasions he had their teeth
picked and washed and their ho^fs
polished and varnished. The shoes were
solid silver.
Itefore the reign of King Alfred,
slaves could own nothing in England;
under his legislation they were permitted
to dispose by will of what what was
given them, or what they could earn in '
their free hours. lie forbade, also, any |
masters who had incurred a line or |
amend from buying oil by the sale of
man as well as beast.
3Iuch mystery was in bygone days
thought to hang over the origin of
pearls, and, according to the poetic
orientals, "Every year on the sixteenth
day of the mouth of Nisan, the pearl ,
oysters rise to the surface of the sea and j
open their shfclls, in order to receive the ;
rain which fall at that time, and the j
drops thus become pearls."
During the reign of Catherine II. of '
Russia, l'alatin. a peasant, made a musi- i
cal repeating watch, aboift the size of
an egg, which had within it a representa- '
tion of Christ's tomb, with sentinels on
rrniTvI On nrrssitnr a qnrinr' the stone
v" I ***o ~ ~ J n -- - -- ?
would be rolled from the tomb, the '
angel appear, the holy women enter the
scpulchre and the same chant which 3s
snng 111 the Greek church at Easter eve
accurately performed.
A queer way of employing ants is re- j
ported by an English gentleman who j
has been traveling through one of the
provinces of China. It appears that, in
many parts of the province of Canton,
the orange trees are infested by worms; !
and to rid themselves of these pests tiie j
natives bring ants into the orangeries :
from neighboring hills. The ants are j
trapped by holding the mouth of a laid i
bladder to their nests. They are then 1
placed among the branches of the orange :
trees, where they form colonies, and .
bamboo rods arc laid from tree to tree to I
enable the ants to move throughout the j
orangcrv.
American Toots.
''Where arc the American poets?" an
English c ritic demands. "Where are the
American poets? Why, bless your soul, |
they are everywhere and their name is j
leition. You will find one in nearly j
every newspaper ollice in the United j
States, Trith his machine rigged up in a 1
corner of his room ready at a moment's
notice to respond to the call for copy, 1
and a great many more beside chained !
in the basement dungeons under the
press-rooms rtady to be let loose when '
occasion demands. None of your "you,
you'' poets, cither, such as tiie English
make laureates of, but real bona tide
"yi. yi" poets, nil wool and a yard wide,
and closely woven at that. Where are
the American poets: You should rather
ask, Where is the American that isn't a J
poet!
Tho Nine have removed their ahoilo from ;
Parnassus I
To our sky-kissing mountains, their health
to repair.
And wo beg to assure English critics, who
sa^s us,
That they're growing quite fat on American
air.
?Boston Courier.
4
HEALTH HINTS.
Only a small quantity of cither food or
drink should be given to a sick person at
n Hmo
A clean newspaper often renewed makes
a hotter table cover for a sick room than
cloth.
Common baking soda is the best of
remedies in case of scalds and bums. It
may be used on the surface of the burned
place either dry or moistened.
To prepare an egg for an invalid beat
until very light; add seasoning to taste
and then steam till thoroughly warmed
through. The most delicate stomach
will be able to digest it.
The French method of administering
castor oil is to pour the oil into a pan
over a moderate fire, break an egg into
it and stir it well; when it is dune flavor
with a little salt or sugar or currant
jelly.
The Medical Journal states that a fev
handfuls of common salt thrown daily
into closets, and an occasional handful
into wvicVi hnaina rrnpa fnr tnwnrfl rfllin
1UVW "*
tcract:ng the noxious cffects of the omnipresent
sewer gas.
A little daily change in the arrangement
of furniture, a little planning lor
such pleasant surprises as an invalid can
bear in the way of food, company and
amusement, will often be more clTcctual
in hastening the convalescence of a pa
tient than a score of tonics.
An agreeable dish for an invalid's tea
can be prepared by toasting dry crusts
of bread in a moderate oven until they
arc brown. When cold pound them in
a mortar until reduced to a coarse meal,
thcu sift it through a Hour sieve into a
dish. Serve with milk, or cream and
sugar, if desired.
How to cure a hiccough?Sec how
closc together you can hold the tips of
your forefingers without touching. Mow
keep your elbows out free from your
side. You can get your fingers closer
than that. They arc touching now.
There?now hold them so. Steady!
Tknn not. "X"mv whv don't vou hie
,"l'u *?) ?J ?
cough?"
Cookery in China.
Our kitchen ccrtninly 19 not so cosj
and neat as American kitchens usunllj
are. The smoke goes out through the
skylight and wherever it finds an outlet.
The walls are black with the accumulation
of years of soot. That large stove
in the corner is built of brick. On the
top of this stove is a large round iron
spider about three feet in diameter. Ir
this rice is cooking. Straw, being
cheaper, is burnt in'this stove instead ol
wood, and some one is required to feed
the fire constantly. Turning to the left
we see little clay stoves, on which food
is frying in spiders or boiliaer in cartlicr
pots over a wood fire. Vegetables ar<
cut into bits and boiled with pork 01
mutton, making a soup. Greens an
boiling. Fish is steaming, frying 01
stewing, with or without vegetables
Meat is cut fme; when tho spider be
comes heated lard is put in it, thcr
pieces of onion, then the shred meat, anc
all is stirred till well embrowned; ther
turnips, potatoes, and sometimes othc;
vegetables are added, and after boiling
water is poured in the whole is left t<
simmer and stew. All food, wc observe
is cut in pieces before being cooked, o:
else before serving, for no knives, u<
forks, arc U3ed. At ten a. m. the table
are set: those for men either in th?
wings or in their rooms, and those fo
the women in their common sitting-roon
or parlor. Each table will seat eigh
persons. No table linen is used. Chop
sticks and spoons are laid before caci
place. The food is brought in largi
bowls or plates, liice is carried to th<
table in a wooden pail or wicker basket
from which it is served in small bowls
The servants summon the inmates t<
breakfast. The younger ones do no
presume to sit til their ciders are seated
then, after making a show of askin;
permission to eat, when the elder
gravely nod assent, the breakfast begins
!Sou]) is taken first; then each person
holding the chopsticks in the right bant
and the bowl of rice in the left, lifts hi
food to his mouth and pushes the lump
in with the sticks, alternating this mo
tion with picking meat, fish or vegeta
bles from the dishes common to all
One must take only from that side of thi
plate which is nearest to him, however
it is a breach of etiquette to reach ove
to the opposite side. "When one tinishe;
he bids the rest "eat "leisurely," whicl
is our mode of saying "excuse me." Th
Chinese invariably wash their hand
and faces after every meal. Tea i
drank about the same time. It is takei
without milk or sugar. Coffee is no
common in China, and we arc not ac
customer! to drink cold water, l ea 1
the national beverage, and i:
taken to assuage thir3t at all times an<
occasions, as water is in America. ..V
noon a lunch of cukes or pastry may bi
served. The majority of people are 9at
isfied with two meals a day. Supper o
dinner is served at 5 r. m. ? Yitn Pho,
Jyce in Wide Aicake.
Graftt as a Smoker.
The general, in speaking of the popu
lar idea that he was a lifelong smoker
6aid that prior to the battle of Shiloh In
rarely?very rarely smoked; and that i
had never heen a habit, much less
pleasure. At the battle of Shiloh h
chanced to smoke a cigar while ridin<
over the field, and the newspaper corns
spondents, seizing upon the incident
described it graphically in their account
of the battle to the papers in the North
The idea of a victorious commander of i
great army, in the midst of frightfu
scenes of carnage and destruction, sur
rounded by the dangers of battle, with i
nation's life hanging on the result, look
ing on calmly and serenely,complacently,
smoking a ci?*ar, when most men woult
be overcome with excitement, if no
nervousness, was something that appealed
irresistibly to popular admiration. Grant's
admirers and friends, reading the ac
counts of the battle, supposed him to be
a great smoker, and almost deluged him
with cigars. Every express broughl
boxes of cigars as presents from his
Northern friends. As the general said:
"There were always two or three boxes
on the table in my tent or headquarters
free for the use of my staff and visitors.
Having them always at hand, it was bul
natural that I should every little while
take a fresh cigar, and in that way the
habit grew upon me so that it became irresistible,
and the people no doubt arc
right in calling me an inveterate
smoker."?Cincinnati Commercial Gu
zette.
Crnsoe's Island To-Dny.
Opposite the harbor of Valparnisc
stands the island of Juan Fernandez,
sacred to the memory of Robinson
Crusoe ,:and his man Friday, who kepi
things tidy and listened to the tales his
master told.'' There isn't a boy where
the English tongue is spoken who hasn't
read a description of this island bettci
told than I am able to give it, and it is
only necessary to say that Daniel Defoe,
or whoever wrote the book, must have
studied the nlace with great attention 01
had the island created to suit the picture
he gave ot it.
The little harbor is there, with its
rocks and coves, just as it was when I?oi>inson
went ashore; the cave is in good
order still, and the clilTs up which he
and Friday used to chasc the mountain
goats. The goats arc thereaud the armadillos,
the birds of wonderful plumage,
and the crawlish among the rocks. Kvery
boy in the United States who has read
the story recently could go all over the
place without a guide and could find
everything except Robinson himself and
the faithful Friday.
The island belongs to Chili and is
leased to a cattle company, who have
20,000 or l!0,000 head of cattle and as
many more sheep grazing over the hills.
There arc about fifty or sixty inhabitants,
ranchmen with their families, under
chargc of a Frenchman named C'rawe,
and beside the stock they raise a quantity
of poultry and ship chickens and
eggs, with some vegetables to the Val
:? ?""l'-' 'I'lin fimlinn nn tlm
jmniisu jhuiivcl. IIIW w/v. w.?
island is said to uc of an excellent quality,
but is not much used. No one ever goes
there without bringing away a cane or
two as a memento, and the brush from
which these caues are made is of very
beautiful fiber and polished well. Excursions
go over frequently lrom Valparaiso,
and the interest in Kobinson Crusoe's
experience is much stimulated by
those who come this way.? Chkmjo InterOcean.
Engraving is very ancient. The oldest
records are cut in stone, some in relief
and some in intaglio. The hieroglyphics
of Egypt arc cut in the granite monoliths
and on the walls of the tombs and
chambers.
A locomotive will run GO,000 miles before
requiring general repairs; but some
s^et discouraged at 40,000 and want a
little "petting."
Old St. Louis families use negroes as
pall bearers.
MAX'S A KICKER.
Give to him power and friends anil wealth,
Give to him love and home and health, i
Give to him ease and peace and rest. j
Give to him all tiiat makes life blest, j (
Give to him what th3 h .'art most craves,
What makes the freeman more than slaves, j i
What makes the patriot tried and tru3,
What lifts the martyr to the blue, j
What molds the hero from tho dust,
And shapes him for the noblost trust;
Give him his choice of youth or age,
The manners tlrnt do most engage,
The jioot's fire, the painter's art,
That bums the brain or moves tho heart;
Or give him all the things to eat,
Tho ripe, the luscious, sour or sweat,
And add to these llesh, fish or fowl,
Then listen and you'll heir him growl?
For man's a kicker,
Give to him sorrow, grief an I care,
The sorest crosses man may bear,
The roughest paths, the biackest woo,
A heaven in which there is no bow
Of promise, and in which tho clouds
Enfold the light like funeral shrouds:
Let sickness, death and every ill i
Which makes earth bitter lay their chill, i
Cold hands upon him. Let his life
I5o one unending hideous strife,
A wilderness where jacknls howl!?
j V....I11 I?|.i?,
U S nil tuu sumo. luuimcai mxi 6iv..i
For man's a kicker.
Ncrchant-Traveler.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Is a hotel waiter girl made to order?
"How sleep the brave?" asks a poet.
This depends largely on the number of
cats in the neighborhood. ' i
A bar in the river and a bar on shore
have the 3amc name, because water is
scarce in both places. ?mMerchanI Trartier.
The difference between the human
race and a horse race is disappearing.
You can't bet on either, nowadays.?
Philadelphia Ca 1.
"Moire antique sashes six or eight
inches wide are becoming more popular,"
but they should not be worn by the more
antique ladies.?Korristoicn Herald.
Child?"Mamma,Iwantsome raisins."
"Very well, take a handful." "A handful?
Oh. won't you give them 10 me?
1 your hand is larger."?Getmaii Joke.
An exchange says that there is a large
| falling of! in the population of the west[
em part of Massachusetts. The bicycle
1 is bound to mike its way everywhere.?
i Burlington Free Press.
r A boy will eat, and a boy will drink,
And a boy will play all day;
But a boy won't work, and a boy won't tbink,
1 Because be ain't buiit that way.
; ?Chicago Ledger.
1 The story that the site of Chicago was
i bought for a pair of boots is not sur
; prism# when we consider the size of the
accepted boot in that locality. This
: probably gave rise to the remark that
corporations nave no soles.?Life.
The Afghans eat onions as we do apples.
Tae cause of the recent attack by
1 the Russians can therefore b3 easily
' understood. They were obliged to use
1 their gnns to keep the Afghans from
r coming within hailing distance.?New
' York Hun.
3 In the (lays that are wintry and chilly,
i When with bills we are driven nigh daft, <
r We're pained on reflecting how illy
j We honor a draft.
3 But in summer when all wonder sadly
B Why no cooling breezes should waft,
r It's worthy of notice how gladly
Wo honor a draft.
^ ? The Rambler.
A poetess asks, "Oh where does beauty
j linger?" We think that wo are breaking
? no confidcnce when we reply that in
, these artistic times it generally lingers
on the toilet table until the girl puts it
' on with a brush and a powder puff.?
T?.,
3
t "DK1 not the sight of the bound
; less blue sea, bearing in its bosom the
r white-winged tieets of conimcrce, fill
s you with emotion?" "Yes,replied the
traveler, "lor a while it did, but after a
f while it didn't fill me with anything. It
i sorter emptied me."?Si/tings.
s The farmer leads no E Z life,
s The C D sows will rot;
And when at E V rests from strife
His bones all A K lot.
In D D has to struggle hard
' To E K living out:
If I C frosts do not retard
i His crops there'll B A drought.
r The hired L P has to pay
s Are awful A Z, too;
1 They C K rest when he's away
2 Nor any work will do.
s Both N Z cannot make to meet
s And then for A D takes
:i Some boarders who so 11 T eat
t & 12 no money makes.
Of little U C finds this life;
s Sick in old A G lies;
The debts he 0 Z leaves his wife
And then in P C dies. I
1 ?H. C. Dodyc.
2 Sonic Famous Hot Spells.
In 1303 and 1304, according to a
1 French journal, the Rhine, Loire and
a Seine ran dry. In 1015 the heat throughout
Eurone beeame excessive. Scotland
sullered particularly in 1(525; men and
beasts died in scores. The heat in sev
eral departments during the summer of
170.) was equal to that in a glass furnace.
s Meat could be cooked by merely expot
sing it to the sun. Not a soul dare vena
ture out between noon and 4 p. >r. In
c 171.S many shops had to close; the
j theatres never opened their doors for
- several months. Not a drop of water
, fell during six months. In 1773 the
s I thermometer rose to 118 degrees. In
. 177!) the heat at Bologna was so great
i that a great number of people were
1 stilled. There was not sufficient air for
- the breath, and people had to take refuge
i underground. In July, 170U, the heat
- became intolerable. Vegetables were
r burned up and fruit dried upon the trees.
1 The furniture and woodwork in dwellt
ing houses cracked and split up; meat
I went bad in an hour.
A New Orleans paper refers editorially
to the wonderful restoiation to health of
Mr. T. Posey, druggist, 223 Canal street,
, that city, who some time airo was pros1
trated by an excruciating attack of sciJ
atica. After much suffenug his wife ap|
plied St. Jacobs Oil. which cured him
' promptly and entirely.
Wagner, the murderer, the first man
hanged in the Ohio penitentiary, left a
touching temperance sermon behind. The
leaves in his Bible were turned at every
place where drunkenness was referred
to. It had been the root of all evil to
him, and he seemed to hunt up all the
passages on it.
Dii. Waj.keu's vixkciau Bitters, the
celebrated Tcmperance Restorative, that
1 tones wilhout exciting, and regulates
without pain, is the only true and alwo.
lute remedy for biliousness, colic, indi|
seslion, nervousness, s:ck headache,
flatulency, liver complaint, rheumatism,
and all nil men's arising from corruption
or impoverishment of the blood.
Three members of a Maryland family
died of trichinosis?victims of pork only
partly cooked. AVith swine llesh always
the rule should be, "well done."
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'lit ilriny. Ii will In- ( in t?.inv a>i<lross I .
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Hclpleis Upon a Friendless Sea!
Who. in taking passage in a great transAtlancic
steamer, does not feel a thrill of exaltation
over her magnitlcenfc power. Against
Inr ths Storm King may hurl bis elemental
forcej, nor pierce her armor, nor stop her
onward course.
But let me describe a scene when, one
morning in miJ-OJean, there came an alarm
from the pilot house followed by a cry: "The
ship's ruuder is lost!" From the confident
axpression, consternation came to every face.
The wheelman being helpless to direct her
cours?, the vessel was at the mercy of wind
and wave.
The captain had been negligent?tho hangings
of the rudder were allowed to wear
weak, and suddenly it had dropped deep
into the sea !
Strong in intellect, in physical 'vigor, in
energy and in ambition, man confronts, unrlnnnt-juf
rrifrnntin tnsk-l and commands an
piausa for his magnificent achievements. But,
all unexpectedly, an alarm comes?tlie.rudder
of his constitution is gone. He has been
careless ot its pre?ervation; mental strain,
nervous excitement, irregular habits, overwork,
have destroyed the action of his kidneys
and liver. This would not occur were
Warner's safo cure used to maintain vizor.
And even now it mayrestoro vitality to those
organs and give back to the man that which
will lead him to the haven of his ambition.?
The Traveler.
Oil a Tombstone.
While staving a few days last summer
at Stonington.Conn., says a Philadelphia
Times correspondent, I copied from a
tombstone the following inscription:
When Rhode Island
By her Legislation
From 1844 to 1650
Repudiated
Her Revolutionary Debt
Dr. Richmond
Removed from that Stat*
To this Borough
And selected this
As his family Burial Place
Mmf ram nine
UU willing buav iu?7 * V..I1.4.W
Of bimself and family
Should be disgraced by being
A Part of
The Common Earth of a
Repudiating State.
Mark Twain's latest advertisement is his
assertion that his children are well behaved,
well governed and companionably charming,
and he refers to Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe,
Charles Dudley Warner and his other Hartford
neighbors as witnesses. How could you
expect them to be otherwisa, were they not
brought up on Ridgo's Food??Exchange.
Lightning kills 100 Frenchmen every
year.
We Cantlon All Afiilnit Them.
The unprecedented success and merit of
Ely's Cream lialm?a real cure for catarrh,
liay-fever, and cold in the head?has induced
many adventurers to place catarrh medicines
bearing some resemblance in appearance,
style or name upon the market, in order to
trade upon the reputation of Ely's Cream
Balm. Many in your immediate locality will
testiry In highest commendation of it Don't
be deceived. Buy only Ely's Cream Balm.
A particle is applied into each nostril: no
pain; agreeable to use. Price 5Uc. Druggists.
Hay-Fov?r. I have been a great sufferer
from Hny-Fevor for 15 years. I read of the
many wondrous cures by Ely's Cream Balm
and thought I would try one# more. In 15
minutes after one application I was wonderfully
helped. Two weeks ago I commenced
using it and now I fsel entirely cured. It is
the greatest discovery ever known or heard
of?duhumat. Clark. Farmer. Lee, Mass.
Price 50 cents.
An Only Dnnabter Cnrcd of Consumption.
When death was hourly expected from Consumption,
all remedies having failed and Dr.
H. James was experimenting, he accidentally
made a preparation of Indian Hemp, which
cured his only child, and now gives this recipe
on receipt of stamps to pay oxpenses. Hemp
also cures night sweats, nausea at the stomach,
and will break a fresh cold in 24 hours.
Address Craddock & Co., 1032 Race street,
Philadelphia, Pa , naming this paper.
The purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver
Oil in the world, manufactured from fresh,
healthy livers, upon the seashore. It is absolutely
pure and sweet. Patients who have
once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians
have t'ocided it superior to any of the
other oils in market Made by Caswell, Hazard
& Co., New York.
Chapped hands, face, pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by
Caswell, Hazard <fc Co.. New York.
25 Cent*
Will buy a Treatise on the Horse and His
Disease.-!. Book of 100 pa^es, valuable tc
every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken
Sent postpaid. New York Horse Book Co..
134 Leonard Street, New York city.
Frazer Axle Grenw.
The Frazer Axle Grease received medals ai
the Centennial, N. C. State Fair, Paris Expo
sition, American Institute, N. Y., and others,
Important.
Whfn jroarisltor leareNo* Yorlc city, wire banyan#
expresntun and $:< carriage him, and stop at the Grand
Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central dipst.
- ... .4 .
murrain ruuuis, mtru uu aba vua* vuvmu.-vti
dollars, $1 and upxard per day. Eur.ipenn plan. Ele
valor. R'staurant supplied with tin best. Horsectrs,
stagei and olevated railroads to all depots. Familie
can lite better for less money at the Grand Uniot
Hotel than at any other first-class hoiel in the city.
CoNSTAirr occupaf ion prevents temptation
Hot Weather
Causes the blood to heat and get into adepleted condi
tion, and weakens the whole system, thus giving oppor
tnnity for scrofula, salt rheum, boils and humors to com
to the surfaco. The blood should be purified anl vital
lzed by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, which will expel al
impurities and give tone an 1 strength to the whole body
" I had four acrofnlous sores come on my feet, whicl
grew so bad that I could not wear a shoo. N'othin.
which I took did me any good till one day I saw Hood'i
Sarsaparilla advertised in the paper, and decided to tr;
it. I havo taken two bottles and the sores are almos
entirely healed." Mrs. A. Pitts, South Potsdam.N. Y
" X was subjoct to severe bilious attacks. List sprioj
I used Hood's Sarsaparilla, and was greatly benefited
by it, I think it a very excellent medicine, and chser
fully recommend it for biliousness and all impurities o
the blood." Mrs. J, W. Clement, Franklin, N. H.
" Sly daughter received much benefit from the use ol
Hood's Sarsaparilla as an excellent tonio after a pro
tracted attack of bronchial pneumonia." Rev. F. H,
Adams, >'ew Hartford, Ct.
??_ ? ?
noon s oarsapctrnid
Sold by all druggists. $1; aix for $*>, Prepared onlj
by C. 1. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mui.
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r We have Ju^t issu>*cl a mn*t w?n<lrr?iil mi"
I vnluabk* :i"\v ln>i?k. whlrli trfaN of -
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the perusal aiul of tin- wotiv >1
over our lairl. Kvory mother, wife. -M r
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ry valuable A\
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to afflict the Uoree, and\^
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or?o ownore, t'armer.i andothore. X.
Leonard St.? N. Y. >
Lank'hair,-among' the ancienta^was a
sign of cowardice: auburn hair, or light
brown, evidence of great susceptibility
to the tender passion, as well as rare intelligence,
industry, and a peaceful disposition;
black hair was not highly esteemed,
the possessor of it being thought
jealous and quarrelsome; red hair, in
general, was an aversion, a mark of reprobation,
even before the time of Judas.
"As wicked as a red ass " was freely applied
to any one having bright hair, and
was a Donular and opprobioua saying,
and to make the sentiment more bind
ing, one of that patient tribe of quadrupeds
was made to atone for it every year
by being, thrown from a high wall.?
The Intjie.iith\ '
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LADIES TESTIMONY.
Rheumatism nnd N'enrnJaln.
"Isnffered severely from Khenmatisui 111
j and Neuralgia In thehead, my kidney* wcrenotj o:forming
their proper functions. I resorted to Hunt's
(Kfdner and Liver) IIkvedy and was completely
cored." Mrs. L. G. l'annor, Providence, R. I.
"Prosperity gains friends, adversity trie* them."
Another Lady.
Mrs. Thomas Atkinson, or rrovldence, K. I.,
ays : "I was conflned io my bed. A frleud urgei
me to try Hunt's (Kidney and Liver) Kkmzdt. I
had taken less than three bottles, when I was able
to resume my household duties."
"Be devoted to one thing at a time."
The Weaker Sex.
Mr kidneys became afflicted and weak ; Hunt's
(Kidney and LIv(fl Kekedt gave me the desired
benefit. 1 coneidcr it a sure curc."?Mr*, r lorenca
L. Wood, Bridgeport, Cono.
" Trne friendship la eager to gire."
Mrs. Rockwell'* Heart DIimh.
"I nave been severely afflicted with heart dli>Mw?
for a number of years; my trouble was canted by
inaction of my kidneys. ) cheerfully recommend
Hunt's (Kidney and Liver) Remedy to all who may
be afflicted as I have been."?il ra. A. O. Rockwell,
Pearl St., Prorldence, R. L
"Without health ail men are poor."
Minns 156 lbs. Wnter.
"I was tapped eight limes. 1 had one hnndred
and Ifty-six pounds of water taken ont of me. Was
treated by seventeen different doctors, and Hunt's
(Kidney and-Liver) Remedy has cured me."?Mrs.
David North, Ecorse, Wayns County, Mich., May '
30,1883.
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Only Temperan^ Bittera Known,
Grstef nl Thoniandi proclaim Vnmii
T> v.a m/wf Tn v-fenr*. n f, thAt ever
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ITlade from California roots and herbs, free
from Alcobollc Stimulants. A Purgative
1 and Tonic.
i This Bitten cures Female Complaints,
Inflammatory and Chronic Rheumatism,
, Gout, Bilious, Remittent and Ifitermittent Fevers,
Blood, Liver and Kidney Diseases.
Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Headache,
Pain in tha Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the
t Chest, Dizziness, Sour Stomach. Furred Tongue,
Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart. Pneumonia,
and Pain in the regions of the Kidneys,
are cured by the use of the Bitters.
For Skin Diseases, Eruptions,' BoDs,
Erysipelas, Scrofula, Discolorations, Humors And
I diseases of the Skin of whatever name or nature,
are literally dug up and carried out of the
i system in a short time by the use of the Bitters.
It Invigorates the Stomach, and stimulates
the torpid Liver and Bowels, which ren[
der it of unequaled efficiency in cleansing the
blood of all impurities, and imparting new life
and vigor to the whole system.
No Person can take the Bitters and remain
; long unwell
Pin, Tape and other Worms, ora
destroyed ana removed from the svstem.
Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever
it is foul; your feelings will tell you when. Keep
the blood pure, and the health of the system
will follow.
In conclnslon : Give the Bitters a trial It
will speak for itself. One bottle will prove a bet1
ter guarantee of its merits than a lengthy ad?
vertisement.
' K?H. McDonald Drog Co., Proprietors,
San FrancUoo, Cal.. and 628, S3) & 633 Washington St.
I Cor. Charlton St., Now York.
? Sold by all Dealers and Druggists*
i i We Want S,000 More BooK Agents to 8?tl
The Personal History of;
jjj. SMMNT.
r private cxrccr, uA la tbt ccmpUu ?<! r*iUl?U bam <? him w
I tnt A lux* ??(?> fcluM, tuptralj llnyi*
' We wilt of utntlstttrr CnsdAraT Pwtiwt la e??rr towiuWp. 5n4
tar full miUeufu* ul bPKCIALTEJUMTO AOENW, ?r ?wulj K?M?
?i ane?%r MnJlM ??*. f<* oot<>- J.""'1" "l1" '"r"i
AMERICAN PUBLISHING COotfartford
Boston, Chicago> Ctnclauath or St. 1<obU?
"I can saiy of this preparation of food that It has nevtr
failrd me. or failed to amwc when given strictly according
to my direction*. With scrupulous care,
there need be very little trouble from bowel complaints
: and to this that I ascribe the fact that I have
never yet lost a child with any form of dlarrhcea or
cholera Infantum." .
H.EMIN GrTOST
Ql??aa Tiiwa Uf.'.l*..
dianuam ly^c-swiuei.
The neat Wr!l!iiK .lfacbinc in the World.
wyckoff, seamans & benedict,
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VTc offer an S t?lo If. I*. nioui:t??l hnglno with Mill,
i 50. n roti?! >aw, .VJ ft. tw*Jtu?*. cam-hooks, r'g ropl?*t?
for on rtt i m, on c r*, $ . 50 Knz'.nr on bl?l I* $l?l
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! a i f ! ? ? t. if. l\ : PulVj-:', 11.infers and
i surfing, lltuira. N, V. Buz IS *!<).
! r. u. aware
! THAT
' Larilhrd's Climax Plug,
lir.-irl'u: a ; , ,! I in t<fj, 1mil r.orillard'H
Khm' l.Piit fluecut;tlialLorllUril's
I Navy ClipphiKitaml *! <i I.t-rlilanl s MaUlsare
| the U-st ami choafcs?, qua!;:/ o.iislcli.-r:.l t
i ^rrt?ta. hay fever"
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| 'i'RUHSTON'S STOOTB POWDER
.(coping Teclli IViftvr and I.uiiim llealthy.
*??v Sere relief?t xirif ft
kidder's p3st!ues.:rs.tiefi:
i "i n liar. C .:ui *! r:i > vi!iu?. vu::i I'orlii-Ij
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wB i.i -ki'NViv 1 .S'., New York.
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