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YE T\\ O WISHES.
An angol went a walking out one day, as I've
heard said,
'And, coming to a fagot maker, beggel a
crust of bread.
The fogot-maker gave a crust and something
rather queer
To wash it down withal, from out a bottle
that stooi no.ir.
The angel finished eating, but before he left,
said he:
"Thou shalt have two wishes granted, for
that thou hast given me
One for that good drinkable, another for the
bread."
Then he left the fagot-maker all amazed at
what be said.
"I wonder," says the fagot-maker, after he
had gone,
"I wonder if there's any truth in that same
little song?"
So, turning this thing over in his mind, he
cast around,
'Till hfe saw the empty bottle where it lay
upon the ground.
" I wish," said he, just as a test, " if what he
said is so,
Into that empty bottle, now, that I may
straightway go."
No sooner said than done; whisk! into the
flask he fell,
"Where he found himself as tightly packed as
a chicken in the shell.
, In vain ho kicked and twisted, and in vain
he howled with pain;
For in spite of all his efforts, he could not
get out again.
So, seeing how the matter stood, he had to
wish once more,
"When, out ho slipped, as easily as he'd gone
in befcroIf
we had had two wishes granted by an angel
thus,
We would not throw away the good so kindly
given us. /
For first we'd ask for wisdom, which, when
we had in store,
I'm very doubtful if we'd care to ask for any
more.
?Howard Pyle's *'Pepper and Salt."
ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
A CONFEDERATE GENERAL'S SINGULAR
EXPERIENCE.
A singular experience of the war was
that of Brigadier General Robert I).Lilley>
of the Confederate lorces at the battle of
Rutherford's farm, near Winchester, Yir- i
ginia. General Li lie y is now living in j
this city, acting as financial agent for the
centenuial organization for the endowment
of the Washington and Lee univer- j
. sity of Virginia. A few evenings ago, j
at the earnest solicitation of friends ho |
lelated his story of strange adventures i
on the battlefield.
"On the li-th of July, 18G4, he said, j
"just after General Early had returned |
from Washington city, a portion of his ;
Mmmund wnq formed across the main ;
road leading from Berryville to ?n:ggers
gap in the Blue Kiage to meet a demon- |
stration of the Federal ferce9 from that i
direction. There was much lively skir- I
mishing, and we expected to be en- i
gaged before night. After we had biv- |
ouacked to the north of Berryville an j
order came for us to move toward "Win 1
Chester, when the troops had finished j
Tfccir supper. We marched all night:
' and it was after sunrise when we biv- j
ouacked along the railway track east of !
Winchester. In the early afternoon
General Ramseur's division was ordered,
to move promptly down the road leadinc j
to Martins'ourg, Johnson's brigade first, i
Lewis1 second, and Fegram's (under my i
command), third in column. About j
three miles below the town, the head of
the column came upon th? Federal forces j
under, command of General Averill, al- !
ready in line of battle, with twelve
pieces of artillery massed in the ceutcr
and supported by infantry, with cavalry 1
on the Hanks waiting for us.
''"When our battery opened fire and
while the troops were forming, the con4r*Af
st/l ftrrt A Thrill*C tvvplvf* niorAQ I
^VVUH(V.'. Vi 14* V Vh v-v.. V l/.VVVW
poured upon the battery and disabled it-1
entirely. The Federal line then advanced
%nd struck our front before the left wing
of Lewis's brigade got in line. In the
confusion which followed, Lewis's brigade
was swept back past mine in great i
disorder. I urge! Lewis to halt his I
J)rigade on mine, but he said he could do j
nothing with hie men then. I saw at a ;
glance that the only chance was to hold j
my brigade in position and check the i
enemy until Lewis and Johnson could
form in the fortifications near Winchester, j
In the meantime, a shell grazed my lctt
thigh with the same effect as if my body j
had been hit a terrific blow with a club, j
and it pained me so severely that I could ;
scarcely sit on my horse and could not j
move my leg. 1 spoke to Colonel Board, !
the senior present, and instructed him .
that in case I had to leave the battlefield, j
to take command without further orders. ,
The Federal 'troops pressed forward, '
wore carrv* !
j ? ?Y.. ?rL? i
kg everything before t^Gni. ,Ijaen
within eighty yards, my brigade rose and
fired rapidly and effectively, checking
. their centre. Their line was so long,
however, that their wings moved forward
until they resembled an arc of a circle.
I had ridden to the left of my line, and
while returning, my right arm was shattered
near the shoulder by a minie ball.
With the two wounds received I ought
to hive ridden from the field; but it was
my first experiment with wounds and I
dismounted, expcctincr to walk out with
the troops. Just as I had done so*md
while my horse was galloping to the rear,
a minie ball went through my already
injure i thigh, severing a tendon and
completely disabling me. 1 looked
around at Colonel Board, who was standing
a few yards away, to place him in
command, when he waB shot dead before
my eyes.
"It was a very hot afternoon. Weak
with the loss of blood, and feeling a
deathly fainlncss coming on, I lay down
*? 41 /nP o + nvnACOfl fC\ thf>
ill liiu siiiiuc ui n Livv-, ??
enemy's fire. The balls struck the rocks
and trees, singing and ringing around so
that I could not cling closely enough to
the ground nor make myself small
enough. I remember wondering at the
time whether there would be a chance
for me to recover if I should receive any
more wounds, even if thev should not
Jjrove fatal at once. I felt as
arge as a man looks who weighs
300 pounds. I wanted to give orders
to have my brigade withdraw, but even
from my solitary position I could see it
move away in good order under the
cover of smoke caused by rupid tiring on
both sides. The Federals followed the
retreat, moving cautiously at first, for
they had been much shocked and surprised
by the fire from my men. As the
Federal line passed over me, the o.licers
urged their men forward, and I was
obliged to hear them say, 4 We have them
started now and must keep them going.1
My arm began to pain me trightfullv ancl
looking up I found that one of the Union
soldiers was trying to get ray field-glass
and my shattered arm was through the
strap and resting upon it.
it lWait,' I said, 'until I can lift m\
ft-m through.'
,4,13e quick, then,' replied the soldier.
"No doubt he tried to be careful In
taking of! the glass; but he got it as
quickly as possible and hurried to his
place in the ranks, at the same lime
placing the prize over his neck.
41 In a few moments all was quiet
around me. I lay there trying to realize
that less than an hour previously I had
been riding at the head of my brigade, !
mounted on a good horso. Now my
division had been driven back. Between
it and me were the enemy. I was riddled
with shot and alone. The heat was oppressive.
I looked around for a cooler
snot. Near at hand was a tree with
sprouts growing ont around in a ledge
of rocks bedded with leaves. Slowly I
crawled around and lay down in a hollow
of the rock in the shade. Here was
a slight movement of the air, cool and
refreshing. I thought of snakes when I
got in, but had left my belt, sword and !
pistol where I lay first. I was just en- |
joying as much as I could the cool breeze
and bed of leaves when I espied a Federal
straggler comiug through the woods.
He saw my weapons, stopped, then discovered
me.
" 'Where are you wounded?' he asked.
"I told him as well as I could,
" 'Have you any greenbacks?' he demanded.
" 'None.'
<* 4T will sen !'
"He kneeled down and began to
search ray pockets. I have since thought
perhaps it was well that my weapons
were out of reach. Weak as I was from
the loss of blood my indignation made
me forget pain. He took my pocketbook.
watch, some letters, a knife which
had been presented me in 1859, a plain
gold ring which 1 had woin for many
years, and my nice new slouch hat, leaving
his old battered hat behind as ho
departed.
"A few moments later another Federal
i soldier came up. He was an Irishman.
I He did not want to rob me. He in-""'
! quired all about my injuries, and finding
! that I was suffering from thirst, went to
j a spring three-quarters of a mile away
j for some water. A group of Averill's
j cavalry came up. They ranged around
me in a semi-circle and inquired about
our command, numbers, etc. I avoided
giving any information that would be of
any service to them. Then they began j
j to see how desperately I was wounded I
and how much I was suffering. They |
! looked at ray bloody sleeve lying by ray i
i side, saw -rav bleeding le<r, and then |
began conversing with each other.
"While they were occupied among themselves.
I heard something moving in the
dead leaves among the rocks above my
head. I tried to persuade myself that it
was a ground mouse, but noticed thit it
approached with a sliding motion. It
was a snake. The reptile glided past
my ears, up my temple r.nd across my
forehead, and stopped in the sprouts, its
tail hangingdown near my face.
" 'Please come and kill the snake and
not let it bite me!' I callcd to the
soldiers.
"They looked around and down at me
in amazement and then at each other,
evidently thinking that I was delirious.
I called out again and a big young fellow
bent over me and saw the snake's
tail hanging from a rock among the
leaves, near my face.
" 'There is a snake, boys, sure
enough!'he cried.
"The soldiers gathered around to kill
it. I thought the reptile would turn
and bite me. I raised myself to a sitting
posture and begged of a soldier:
" 'Please stand over me and hold up
my head, so it can't bite me?'
4,IT? nnmnliprl ennd naturedlv and it
was a great relief to have h:in stand
there and hold my head with his brawny
hands. "When the snake was killed, it
was found to be a large moccasin."
"General," was asked at this point,
"were you not unconscious during this
trying ordeal?"
"Only once; that was when the surgeons
had me stretched on a table made ;
of a door and under the influence of
chloroform. "When I awoke, they had
cut off my arm close to my shoulder,
not even leaving a stump, and had my
leg dressed. ' J
-.1 . ... X- IS I. I
"ilow aia you manage to uvu luruu^u
it all?"
"Ithink it was nerve; there wasn't
anything else left."
"Did you ever recover the articles
stolen from you?"
"I told Surgeon Morris about my experience
and he in turn related it to the i
Federal Colonel, who recovered my J
watch."
General Lilley has recovered the use of !
his let: and only an empty sleeve remains j
to recall his experience 011 the battlefield !
near Winchester.?Ne o York Tribune,
Symptoms of Diphtheria.
Dr. Nagle, of the New York bureau of
vital statistics, was asked by a reporter:
4 'Can you give a plain description of the j
symptoms of diphtheriasoth at an ordin- j
ary person will not mistake it for scar- j
letina?'? I
<4^cre is a medical work," replied the
doctor, "giving information in words that
: ought to be understood.'"
Diphtheria is an acute infectious disease
in which there is a tendency to the formation
; of falss membrane on mucous and abraded
j surfaces, accompanied by considerable constitutional
disturbances.
Symptoms?After an incubation period
from twenty-four hours to ten days, shiverj
ing and vomiting set in and the temperature
i iucreases, tho throat is sore with soma stiff;
liess about the neck. The fauces becomes of a
. j__i. ?i tiinfnncilu cwnllpri anrl at the
UUI K 1CU tv/nu, o**w W4.w?w ~
en.I of two clays from the bjginning of the !
diseasa, a quantity of minute white points I
appear on the surface o: both sides of the j
i fauces.
! As these spots increase in numbers they I
coalesce and form a thick yellowish white j
i membrane. This somotimes consists of a
I single piece, but is often scattered over the
! surface in separate patches. Th-3 cervical
: glands become enlarged, the tongue coated
! with white or brown fur, the pulse temperaj
ture increased and the urine albuminous.
In the next stages the membrane separates
after leaving unhealthy sloughing ulcers.
In tbis stage recovery may take place, or
; death may result from exhaustion. During
: any period of tho illness asphyxia, resulting
j from the production of false membrane in
j the larynx or bronchial tubes, may be fatal.
I In the course of the disease a roseolus rash
j may appear over the boJy.
| Convalescence after diphtheria is very *1 >w.
! Often paralysis of the groups of muscles
; shows itself within six months from the beginning
of th-3 attack. The removal of the
! talsa membrane is of no avail.
Tlie Young Man .was Squelched. 1
I When a Chicago woman wants to gel
: a seat in a street car she wraps up herfl
: poodle dog and carries it in her arms a
i though it were a baby. But the trick is
j now becoming known and doesn't always
work. The other day a lady got
; into a full car with what looked like an
'; infant in her arm-?. A very rapid-looki
1 J Vi or fnr n mn.
| ment and then said: "Madam, if that
1 i is a kid yon can have my scat, but if it's
1 | a pup, you can't." "Well, it's a pup,"
1 j snapped the lady, "but not as big a one
' i as you are." The rapid-looking young
man at once got oil and went to the
1 wheat pit.
) ??
! It is a curious commentary on the alleged
impecuniosity of the English landed
r gentry that they manage to support as
many packs of hounds as ever, even in
those counties which are asserted to be
the most distressed.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
In insects, tho sex of an individual is
not determined until toward the end of
the larval stage. Entomologists who |
rear moths and butterflies contend that
when the food supply is scanty the majority
of perfect insects produced are
males, while if food is superabundant
females preponderate.
Heretofore, in planting salmon, it has
been customary to place the little fish in
the streams, and allow them to care for
themselves: but the new idea of placing
them in protected preserves, where they
can be cared for by the people living
near at hand, and their growth to the
proper size assured, will, no doubt, revolutionize
salmon culture.
Measurements of the heights of clouds
have been made at the Upsala observatory
during the past summer. The re- i
suits are approximately aa follows: !
Strata?, 2,u'ju leec; minims, ur ium
cloud, from 3,GOO to 7,200 feet; cumulus,
from 4,300 to 18.000 feet; cirrus,
22,400. Cloud measurements are always
somewhat uncertain, but these figures
arc considered fairly exact.
The Prince of Monaco is making a
systematic study cf the ocean currents. !
Lpst July he sank a large number of in- j
geniousiy arranged bottles, globes and !
barrels at different points north of the !
Azores, each floating vessel containing a ;
paper in different languages, stating the j
time and place of immersion, and begging
the finder to note down the hour j
iiIum rtf rWcnrwnrv finrl forward it
uuu jnuuv vi uiuwivij, -? ,
to the nearest French consul. Now three I
of these bottles have been found in the
Eastern Azores, having followed a south- !
easterly direction, instead of goiug to
the southwest, as expectod.
The continents, according to Mr. John
Murray of the great Challenger expedi- i
tion, have an average height of about '
900 feet above sea level, and occupy five- 1
sixteenths of the earth's surface. The I
seas' "abyssmal regions'' occupy about
half of the earth's surface, and have an
average depth of three miles. In the
Pacific the greatest depths are to the
south and east of Japan, where there are
abysses of over five miles; and in the
Atlantic the greatest depression of a lit- i
tie over f jur miles is to the north of. the j
Virgin islands. The great orenn basins j
?once so dark and mysterious?have
been rapidly becoming familiar to man j
durinz the last twenty years.
A polar current appears to deflect the j
Gulf Stream from the shores of the United
States and the British provinces, and interpose
a cold wall of water between the
land and the genial warmth of the current
from the tropics. These refrigerating
waters pass between Labrador and
nn'l htr Vkllllflinor ft dfim I
_L"> C ? lWUUUiClUVA, l?U-l KfJ
across the narrow straits ol Belle Islo? j
about ten miles wide and averaging 150
feet in depth?Mr. John C. Goodridge, j
Jr., suggests that the polar stream might
be turned aside into midocean. Then, j
it is believed, the Gulf Stream would j
skirt the American coast and materially
change its climate from Cape Ilatteras J
to Newfoundland, freeing the gulf of j
St Lawrence from icebergs and giving 1
to Nova Scotia the mildness of Capo
May.
Legal Asre or Majority.
By the Roman law the period of infancy
lasted till the seventh year, childhood
continued till the nubile or marriageable
age, which for males was fourteen,
and females twelve, and during
the period of adolescence following, j
males were allowed to m inage their own
property, make a will, or contract mar- :
riage independent of the consent of par- j
ents or guardians, but the age of majority j
was not reached until twenty-five. By 1
the English law, which has been in force
since Anglo-Saxon times, there are two
great periods into which life is divided
?infancy, which lasts in both sexes un- j
til the twenty-first year, and manhood or
womanhood. But the period of infancy
is divided into several stages, marked by
the growing development of rights and
obligations. Thus at twelve years of age i
a mile may take the oath of allegiance, i
1 -4 1 I .-/\n nytt jiolrl frt 1
auci "i ;oiirtecu uum suaus uiu uu?a ??? ,
have arrived at years of discretion, and i
may therefore choose guardians, give J
evidence in court, and consent or disa- j
gree to a marriage. A female, indeed, |
has this latter privilege from her twelfth
year, but neither sex can legally marry,
without the consent of parents or guar- j
dians, until the age of majority has been '
reached. At fourteen, too, both sexes j
are fully responsible to the criminal law;
but under the age of twenty-one neither j
can execute a valid will. At the latter
age both males and females obtain their
full legal rights and become liable to all
legal obligations. In Scotland a minor
between the ages of fourteen and twentyone
has more personal rights than in !
England at the "same age, as he can dis- j
pose by will of movable property, make 1
contracts, carry on trade, and marry '
V'illl'JUt the consent of guardians. In
France, by the Napoleonic code, males
may marry at the age of eighteen, and
females at fifteen, with the approval of
guardians; at sixteen a minor may devise
The seven glared down at him. Hi
glared up and back.
i "What cher want?''
It was the new boy, and there wa
"s 13s" in his tones.
"None o' yer foizness!"
It was one of the seven whc answered
' Git oif'n that fence-!"
"We won't!"
"I say git ofl!"
"Shan't do it!"
The new boy stooped for his tomatoes
but when he raised up he saw the sevei
heads was gone. It was settled he wa
sassy. Would he fight?
"You there?" from the alley.
"Who?" from the yard.
"You dasn't fight!"
' Yes I dast!"
"Dasn't coine over!"
"You see!"
He came over. It had been settle
; that Johnny Flynn should tackle hin
and Johnny was ready, lie grabbed fc
the new boy's hat, and the new bo
grabbed for his coat, and they tugge
and twisted.
"Sick him, Jolmnv!"
"Clean him out!"
"Pull his hair!"
But the new boy had the best of i
He came down on the top of Johnny an
gouged his eye and bit "his finger, an
offered to lick anyone else in the crowc
one half of his or her property; execute
the will of another, and at twenty-one,
full personal and legal rights are granted.
In the United States the English law is
generally followed. A guardian may be
chosen at fourteen, and the age of majority,
which gives free disposal of persons
and property, is usually fixed for
the sexes at twenty-one, though in some
of the States females arc considered "of
age," in a legal point of view, at eighteen.
The age at which male citizens are
allowed the franchise right differs in difI
ferent countries. In Switzerland and
' Hungary it is twenty; in the United
States, and most of the South American
republics, Canada and Great Dritain, it
is twenty-one; also in Belgium, France,
Italy, Portugal and Sweden. In Holland
it is twenty-three; in Austria,
twenty-four; in Spain, Norway, Prussia
and nearly all of the German states,
twenty-five, and in Denmark it is thirty.
? Chicago Inter- Ocean.
A Yonug Smoker.
The village of Vienna Cross Roads,
v>?n ?? int'otnmto cmnkftr in tho
V/iiLU>j Has iUivvuiuw
person of Laney Humcrout.a boy only six
years old. and who has smoked almost
incessantly since he was three years oid.
Not long aero he put a lighted cigar;
stump in his pocket and his coat caught
! fire, and before help came the boy waa
I nearly burned to death.
Clink and Chink.
Oh, now doth come the snow,
Olio!
And merrily bells do jinglo;
The maiden with her bean,
You know,
In a cosy sleigh
Doth dash away
And ruby, tinged ears do ting'e.
The young man's soul is sad,
Ejrad!
For ho greets the snow with growling,
He seems to bo both glad
And mud,
For he's prone to think
Of his lack of chink,
And his smile gives place to scowling.
?New York Homing Journal.
HUMOROUS-SKETCBES
Snh rot rnno-rainllitlOIl.
"Hello, Mr. Dusenberry, what makes
you look so glum?"
[' "Bromley, I've lost that lawsuit."
"Sir, I congratulate you."
"Eh! you congratulate me for having
lost it?"
"Yes. It has been tormenting you for
the la^t five years."?Call.
The Way tlacy Caught Him.
"What struck you most during your
travels last summer?" asked the pastor.
"Well," the deacon replied, in a musing
way, "he couldn't just exactly say.
He rather thought the sleeping car porter
struck him the oftcnest, but the waiter
struck him for the biggest stakes."
And the poor, bewildered pastor only
sighed and said, "Ah," inquiringly, and
wished that he had more intellectual
companionship in his yokefellows of the
church. ?Burdette.
rho Finite*.
One of the stories in which the peculiar
Christian name figures is of an accident
that happened when Preserved Fish,
just twenty-one years old, had been
marlfi rnntain of a New Bedford whaliner
vessel. A revenue cutter bore down
upon him and demanded the name of
the brig.
"The Flying Fish," shouted back the
young commander.
"What's the cargo?" was the next
question.
"Pickled Fish," was answered.
"And who is captain?"
"Preserved Fish!"
That government officer couldn't stand
this. He did not propose to be fooled
with and made fun of by anybody in
this way, and on board he climbed with
his lieutenants, only to lind that the
whole truth and nothing but the truth
had been told him.?New York Times.
A Disgusted Caller.
Professor Jacqucs, as everybody knows,
has been investigating psychical phenomena.
The professor has a brother
who isn't so much interested in psychical
phenomena as he is. This brother called
the other evening to make a fraternal
visit. lie entered the house and struck,
naturally enough, for the back parlor.
The professor stopped him at the door.
"Sh*h, sli-h," Baid the professor,
"don't come in?don't make a noise?
there's a lady in here in a trance."
The visitor started back, and attempted
to go iato the front parlor. At the
door he was met by somebody he didn't
know, who said:
' Sli-h sh-h. don't come in: there is a
man in here who is just going under the
influence!"
Then he started for the library. Somebody
else met him as he swung open the
door.
"Sh h, sh-h, be careful; there's a seance
going on, and you'll spoil the conditions
if you come in that way 1"
He rushed up stairs and rapped rather
briskly at the door of the family sitting
room. It was his sister-in law who met
him this time, and she said:
Sh-h, sh-h, don't make a noise; you'll
wake the baby!"
Then he darted down stairs, took his
hat i;nd ;ane and left the house.?Boston
(if ass.) Ikcord.
A L.lbvral Tlan.
A Griswold street insurance ngent'who
is an advocate of the Michigan ship
cannl, yesterday received a visit from a
tall and commanding-looking stranger
who remarked on the approach of winter,
and continued:
"About this ship canal project, am I
right in supposing that it is to connect
T nlma "Frio onH Mifhior.an?"
"Yes, sir."
"It is, I take it, a scheme to shorten
the route from the west to the east?"
" Yes,x sir."
"A vessel bound from Buffalo to
Chicago would save a voyage up the
rivers, across Lake Huron, through the
Straits of Mackinac and down Lake
Michigan?"
"That's the idea, sir."
"Have you figured on the cost?"
"Oh, yes. The highest estimate is
$100,000,000."
"Humph! A mere nothing. Is it
your personal desire that this canal
* i a _i. on
saouia go [muuyxii
"Whj', I am greatly interested as a
citizen."
"Of course?I see. It is perfectly
proper that you should be interested?
deeply interested." The canal shall go
through."
"Have you any late new.?, sir?"
"Yes, sir. I am going to put it through
myself to oblige you. Here is my check
sor $100,000,000. Go out and hire the
diggers. Good day, sir."
He laid a check for the sum named on
i the table and walked out. The check
j was signed John Smith and hasn't been
! cashed yet .?Detroit Free Press.
j The Way of tlic World.
| The new boy had moved in?that i?,
i the family which owned the new boy
J had moved in. . It was quite likely the
j new boy would show up in the back
; yard during the afternoon, and so, after
j school, seven boys headed that way.
The new boy had only been seen from r
distance. Was he sassy? No one could
answer. Would he fight? No one
I could tell. He must be tried! It wa:
; the solemn duty of every boy in that
i neighborhood to make this importanl
discovery at the]earliest possible moment.
If he could be licked, well and good; i
he was a fighler? ! They breathed hari;
, over the thought.
J In half an hour seven heads appearec
, above the alley fence behind the new
| boy's house. He seemed to be expect
ing them, and had heaped up a peck o
green tomatoes at the foot of a plun
tron
J' V " ' . ' f-'1 -k\"'
His father came out just then and the
9cven ran awav, but the evidence was all
in. The new boy would not only sass
and fight, but he was boss. Before sundown
that night he had been presented
with two big bites from an apple, three
marbles, a ball of kite string and half a
pound of brown sugar in an old straw
hat, and other boys were waiting to
shower honors and presents upju him at
sunrise.?New York Sun.
Bill Sye on EUens
I am convinced that there is great
economy in keeping hens if we have
sufficient room lor tnem ana a inorousu
knowledge of how to manage the fowl
properly. But to the professional mau,
who is not familiar with the habits of
the hen and whose mind does not naturally
and instinctively turn henward,
I would say: Shun her as you would the
deadly upas tree of Piscatequis county,
Maine.
Nature has endowed the hen with but
a limited amount of brain force. Any
one will notice that, if we will compare
the skull of the average self made hen
with that of Daniel Webster, taking
careful measurements directly over the
top from one ear to the other. The well
informed brain student will at once
notice a great falling oil in the region of
reverence and an abnormal bulging out
in the location of alimentiveness.
Now take your tape-measure and beginning
at memory, pass carefully over
the occipital bone to ttic case 01 we
broin in the region of love of home and
offspring and you will see that, while the
hen suffers much in comparison with the
statesman in the relative size of sublimity,
reflection, spirituality, time, tune,
etc., when it comes to love of home and
offspring she shines forth with great
splendor.
The hen does not care for the sublime
j in nature. Neither does she care for
music. Music hath no charms to soften
her tough old breast. But she loves her
home and her country. I have sought
to promote the interests of the hen to
j some extent, but I have not been a
! marked success in that line.
I cnn write a poem in fifteen minutes.
I always could dash off a poem whenever
I wanted to and a very good poem, too,
for a dashed poem. I could write a
speech for a friend in Congress?a speech
that would be printed i:i the Congressional
liecord and go all over the United
States and bo read by no one. I could
enter the field of letters anywhere and
attract attention, but when it comes to
setting a hen I feel that I am not worthy.
I never feel my utter unworthiness as I
do in the presence of a setting hen.
When the adult hen in my presence
expresses a desire to set I excuse myself
and go away. That 19 the supreme
moment when a hen desires to be alone.
That is no time for me to intrude with
my shallow levity. I never do it.
' Tl- T mAof ftilW on.
| It IS ell IU1" UCillil luav x uivoi. a u<ij
| predate the hen. When she has been
| cut down early in life and fried 1 respect
I her. No one can look upon the still feaj
tures of a young hen overtaken by death
I in life's young morning, stuffed out, as
I it were, like an old tin lantern in a gale
of wind, without being visibly affected.
? Chicago News.
Some Historic Beds.
A curious precaution was observed
during the Middle Acces with regard to
queens about to be confined, and probably
to all ladies of rauk. They were
j secluded in bedrooms of which the bed
j curtains, tester, tapestry or wall hang1
ings, were carefully chosen, so that
there might be nothing in them to dazj
zie the eye or awake gloomy thoughts in
the mind. Figure subjects were not"
allowed on the Tapestry.
The crad'.e of King Ilenry Y. is preserved
in Monmouth Castle. It is not
| unlike tne oici cramo iu cmuu j\cusiug:
ton. It is a crib, pannelud, swinging
J on two posts, one at each end, rudely
carved into falcons. There is no half'
tester over the head.
i The Elizabethan bed is still to be seen
in many varieties. It stood under a
| canopy or tester, on four stout columns,
j two of which formed the framework of
j the bed head. Sometimes the actual
j bedstead was within the paneled en1
closure, and could be drawn out and
pushed back without disturbing so large
a structure. It was derived from the
| paneled bed of the Middle Ages, to
| which reference has been made. On the
| columns of the older beds were figures
j or half-fi&ures of the four evangelists.
! A mediaeval ballad mentions "the four
j gospeliorous (gospellors or evangelists)
j on the four pillorus" (pillars), and
(heads of angels "all of one mould.1
: The tradition of these old beds survives
in the invocation still used in some
country places. "Matthew, Mark, Luke
and John, bless the bed that I sleep on.
Two angels at my head, four angels
iround my bed; two to watch and two
to pray, and two to carry my soul away,"
etc. After the reformation this old
usage died out. The coitimus of the
Tudor bed have square dado bases, and
in general character resemble balusters
: on a large scale. The bed head is sup- j
i i,? nnrrmtfriM nr terminal figures, |
t j JIUUtU UJ UUI.J... , w
! | and paneled with arch or square re|
cesses sometimes containing figure carving
of some merit. The tester is pan'
eled, and all frame pieces, wherever
I set, are carved with dccorative moldings
of many kinds. Many beds made
'; of oak for the English market were imj.
| ported from Flanders, the bed heads and
j! I feet composed of many tiny open arches,
j Bed testers, finished with details represcnting
hanging fringes and decorative
j detail borrowed from drapery, may gen*
j crallv be set down as of Flemish origin,
j English beds of this date are more masr
. sive and ruder iu execution. Shaw's
_ j "Ancient Furniture" contains an engravj
ing of the great "bed of Ware, in llcrt^
! ford shire. It is in the Tudor style,
twelve feet square, and bears a date,
? (.but not authentic), 14G0.?Magazine of
" Art. ^
A Jonrnallst Killcsl by a Wasp.
5 ;
Mr. G. M. Crawford, for thirty-four
years the Paris correspondent of the
. Neics, is dead. The deceased, born iu
18t(l, was the grandson of Henry Crawford,
who was associated with Clive and
Hastings in their Indian achievements.
Mr. Crawford went to Paris in the exnf
hfinominff counsel to the
'j i J^CVKUUivi* v > ?- ? ? ? 0
a British embassy, but the post was suds
dcnly abolished.
Mr. Crawford was in good health until
about seven years ago, when he was
stung by a wasp in the carotid artery,
lie was in a fair way of recovery when
blood-poisoning supervened, and he
passed away quietly while supposed to
be asleep.?London, 'Times.
d
J|. When the Last Dollar is Gone.
y Oh, the world looks on so bleak and the sky
d looks so bare
When tho last dollar is gone,
And a man's whole physique takes un aspect
of care
When the last dollar is gono.
Then the Jew and tho Greek, and the plain
t and tho fair,
j Feel as mean as a sneak and as fierce as a
~ bear
d When the last dollar is gone.
1. ?Lynn Saturday Union.
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SEEKING LOST FORTUNES.
Adventure* of Claimants to Eafatet
?Heirs and Specie Lost at Sea,
"The, novel-writer in search of material
for his work could get a good
supply by looking over some of the
letters and papers I receive and keep foi
reference," said a lawyer of New York,
whose chief labor consists in looking up
claimants for English estates, to a reporter
for the Mail and FJxpre-is. "1
receive any quantity of curious communications
from claimants, many of
which contain hints of personal hard
ships and adventurous experience which
could not fail to gladden the heart of a
romance writer of realistic tendencies.
For instance, here 19 one of a woman
who went from England to the West
India islands. After living there some
time the governor married her. At His
death he left a large estate with 800
slaves. Soon after this the widow
died, leaving her property to her brother,
who was a drunkard. He was killed in
a riot. This man left a son who inherited
his father's passion for drink,
who tried to get the estate, but didn't
because he could not prove his father's
death. The rightful heir now offers
?1,000 to any one who will get the
estate for him. Another writes that a
mother who hod had a quarrel with her
daughter shortly afterwards received a
letter stating that her son had died in the
West Indies and had left a large fortune
to his sister, the one with whom the
mother had quarreled. Tho mother tore
off that part of the .letter before showing
it to her daughter, and thus the latter
was prevented from learning of her
good fortune. Not until she was on her
death bed did the mother confess her
act, and the claimant now writes that
all eliorts to trace tne property nave
been unavailing.
"One person writes: ;I don't know
anything at all about law matters, as
I've been buried in the coal pits ever
since I was nine. lam told that ray great
grand father was a very wealthy
painter and left his relatives a lot
of money, but, being pitmen, they were
too poor to go to the country where the
property was and look after it. Kot one
of them could read or write.' Here is a
romantic person who writes that a young
lady of good family ran away with an
officer at a ball, given in honor of some
regiment's officers in 1709. They were
married at Gretna Green. The lady's
family never acknowledged her. After
her death her husband received a letter
stating that his wife's fortune was lying
in the bank for her children. Ho was
still so angry at the treatment his wife
had received at the hands of her paople
that he threw the letter into the fire and
refused to have anything to do with
them or their money. The fortune is
still in some Scotch bank."
"Do you not learn of many heirs having
been lost by shipwreck?"
"Yes, many. A curious case and one
of a very adventurous experience that
has come to my notice was that of the
heirs of Alderman Swan, mayor of Hull.
Alderman Swan left estates to the value
of ?20,000 per year. The last surviving
heir was named William Swan*. He was
found dead in his bed one morning at
~lo/-ln? V;nnno in T ,nn H nin
ULi UUSUIIJ C uuugw iu juw.?,,vu.
He had been trying in vain for over
twenty years lo recover these estates.
His father before him, whose name was
Richard Swan, went through a terrible
experience because of them. At nine
years of age he was abducted from home,
in order that he should be disinherited,
and put on board a brig. This was
wrecked oa the rocks of Scilly. He was
afterward taken prisoner by an Algerine
vessel and sold for a slave. After
"four years' imprisonment he was set at
liberty, but on his attempt to reach
England he was again shipwrecked,
carried off and sold for a slave. He
finally returned to his native place in
172G, after an absence of about twenty
year-j. Here he uas identified by his
nurse in childhood and hi3 father's footman.
He laid claim to the estates at
once, but having neither money nor
friends was unsuccessful. After his
failure he married and settled in an obscure
village nsar Hull. He had only
one son, the one who spent his life trying
for the estates and who was found
dead in the London lodging-house."
"Do you hear much of specie lost at
sea?"'
"Yes, frequently; the case of the English
ship Lutine is one of the most re
I'oKin ftVio of.ilprl from Yarmouth
U1UI i k/uu 0ihivv?
Roads on October 0, 1799, with several
passengers and sin immense quantity of
treasure. A heavy gale sprang up and
the ship was driven on the outer bank of
the Fly Ts'and passage and wrecked. At
daylight not a sign of the vessel was to
be seen. She had gone to pieces. The
monov she had on board was said to
have amounted to over ?140,000. This
has been consigned to Hamburg,
by certain mercantile houses. The salvage
operations which followed for the
next eighteen months resulted in the
recovery of ?18,000 through the efforts
of divers and others. From 1314 to
1821, seven years, hard work was spent
upon the wreck, but all that was recovered
was a small quantity of silver.
In 1822 a company was formed for the
express purpose of continuing the search
for the treasure. Several thousand pounds
| were spent'in diving and other operations,
but nothing was found. The
Lloyd company then obtained the privilege
but only on the agreement that
they would give the Dutch government,
| on whose soil the wreck was, half of
** ii'mn im fA
what they touna. r rom ima uujo ut,
1857, despite many efforts, nothing of
consequence was found. But in 1861
great good fortune attended the patient
searchers in the recovery of nearly ?50,000.
Even to this day all the specie has
not been recovered from the wreck.
Possibly some day a violent storm may
shift the bc.l of sand now covering the i
wreck, and thii3 afford scope for further *
operations."
Bulgarian Amazons.
most interesting product
1 blillljiM ?..?w v
of the B.alkan revolution is the little
band of Amazons which has its quarters
at Philippopolis. The commander is
the directress of an orphan asylum at
Philippopolis by the name of Pains, and
the united ages of the warlike twelve
are said to reach the number of the days
in the year, a fact which unfortunately
takes some of the romance from the
novel movement. It has ever been said
that the weapons of the Bulgarian
Amazons are their age and a few
cavalry sabres. Their clothing consists
of loohC hose fastened bebw the knee
and a short riding jacket with a red
girdle, while a Bulgarian kalpak is worn
as a headdress. The Amazons carry
out their daring innovation even to
striding horses like dragoons. The chief
of this singular band is the lady who in
September rode as "Bulgaria" with the
captive Gavril Pasha in an open wagor.
through the streets of Philippopolis,
nourishing a naked sword abovo his
head and proclaiming the union of lioumelia
and Bulgaria the while.?Pall Mull
L!a:cUe.
Since the siege of Paris, in 1870, the
consumption of horseflesh has gradually
increased there.
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'.-if5-'-.LIFE'S
LESSON.
So that we live this life full just and well,
No other need of us will e'er ba asked;
An I though beyond our strength wa may
be tasked,
'Tis of our strength alone that we must teU.
No aim is higher than we ourselves do will
... j
Ana none more true tnan some tnac seem
quite ill.
Effect is never cause. The motive pure
And half the battle's won. There is no
fame :
More true than this, though it may seem
the same.
And men applaud it who are yet not sure
To what they lend applause. And over all
The same suns shine, the same dews equal
falL . v&ggi
Few meet what they expect. The end we
crave Is
not the end that's given. And time hassaid
" 'Tis better so," though heart rebel and
bead
Bow low in longing. And every grave
Of every hope is but the birthplace of
Some purer trust in faith, or time, or love.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPH
Paper ware?Bustles.
Can the object of <4a burning love" be
charged with arson?
"A misf is as good as a mile," and a
great deal belter. You can't kiss a mile.
?Philadelphia Call.
When a person is in everybody's mouth
he naturally has a high appreciation of
the popular tuate.?Boston Trcuucript.
You always feel surprised when you
see a shooting star, do you not? That i?
because you did not know the sky wasloaded.?Pittsburg
Chronicle.
The chief civic ruler of a "Western
town recently decamped with $5,000 oi
the municipal funds. Money made thfr
mayor go that time.?Peck's Sun.
"What are the 'seven ages of man/
Henry?" "Lug-age, garbage, storage,v
mortgage, postage, shrinkage and dotage."
~ He went right up to the foot,?
bth-dette.
"If you sit in the chimney corner all
your days your true love wi.'l find you. > 7-'
out" is an old adage. She will if yoUv
happen to be married to her.?Burlu\g*\ >
ton Free Press. The
Digger Indians in Rancho Chico
have a full brass band. It is no wonder
settlers demand they shall be kept on &- '
reservation far from the homes of 'cir- '
ilized white men.?Picayune.
Spoodle was saying that when he waf4
abroad he wat> presented at court. "Thddeuce
you were!" exclaimed
"How did it happen? How much aid.
they fiae you?"?Boston Transcript.
There was once a quidnunc, quite spunky,
Around a buzz saw ha would monkey,
That saw gave a whiz, ^
Took those fingers of his.
And now he don't feel quite so quidnunckyw x
?Qortiam Mountaineer.
The discovery has been made that the- -;i
world doesn't revolve with the same momentum
it did a thousand years ago,
but it still swings around fast enough tosatisfy
the man with a heavy note coming
due.
Son?"Father, what is all this noiso "'3
about that Greece and Bulgaria and
Servia and the rest of the little fellowi-are
making?" Father?"Oh, they arehungry;
they are crying for a piece ol
Turkey."?Boston Beacon.
"Blown out to sea," read out old*
Mr. Squaretoes, looking over the paper.
"Blown out to sea!" commented Mrs. ~
Squaretoes, with infinite sarcasm, "well,
if the world ain't just full of fools. YdU*
want a light in to see."?Brooklyn Eagle,
"There is companionship in a glowing
grate," says the min who can seopoetry
and sentiment in a water-plng.
l'es. ves?perhaps so, to the man who
doesn't have to get up when the mercur/
is out of sight and start the fire.?
Chicago Ledger.
NO NEED OF IT. The
maid expects
Her bsau to-night,
And fills the stove
With antdracite,
Because the air
Is raw and damp,
But quite forgets ,
To fill the lamp.
?Boston Courier.
Landlady?"Did you like the turkey
we had yesterday, Mr. Smith if" Miv ;
Smith?"Did I like him! Yes, indeed;.'
why, I loved him! I used to think when
I was a little child that perhaps, after
all, I should live the longest, and the
thought made me sad."? Boston Post.
We learn from a reliable exchange that
n good, healthy hippopotamus is valued'
at $20,000. Here is^an idea for the fashionable
girls who lead a thousand-dollar
dog along Chestnut street. Get a hip*
popotamus and kill the other girls with'
envy. This suggestion is thrown out
? amy* nlinvrtn _ Phil/iA/>h)hia GaUL
WUiiUUl/ ?ujf vuuijjio ~ .... ^
TO MY OLD UMBRELLA. . >?
Thou stande$t in tho outer hall,
Thy form uprearing gaunt end tall,
I try in vain to shake thee.
Methought that when the skies were bleak
Some friend with thee away might sneak,
But no one cares to take thee.
'5
Thou mediaeval chestnut black,
Thou dull, archaic bric-a-brac,
Tbou wakest my abhorrence.
I rather would get wet, I vow,
Then carry such a wreck as thou,
Though rain might fall in torrents.
Yet still I keep thee, and some friend
To confiscate may condescend,
| And never think of payment;
J And how would I enj oy his pique
When thou begin'st to spring aleak
And ruinest his raiment.
?Puck.
It Belonged to Another Road.
"I saw Vanderbilt once, and at that
time I wished I hadn't," said the freight
brakeman. "It was when I was brakeman
on the Central. One day we were
chifiincr car9 at a little station near Syra
j cuse, when a special car, with locomotive
attached, came iu and stood on the
main track near where we were at worlc.
Special cars were not very uncommon,
and we didn't pay much attention to
this one. Pretty soon I was making a
coupling, but the infernal liuk wouldn't
lit. I tried it two or three times, and
the engineer got out of patience backing
up for me so many times, aud I begun
to get mad myself. Then 1 gave it
another trial, but still it wouldn't work,
and then I took that link and gave it a
sling into the creek, and swore in the
bargain. In about ten seconds I heard
some one calling me, and, looking up,
saw a plug-hatted, side-whiskered man
standing on the platform of the special
car. 1 knew him as soon as I hid oyei
on him?it waj Billy Vanderbilt.
" 'See here, young man,'says he; 'I've
been watching you. J)o you kn^
whose property you have been throwing
into the creek?"
' 'Yes, sir,' says I, trembling and ^
pecting to be bounced tne next ipinuici
(i "Well, whose was it 9"
" -The Pennsylvania railroad's, si\!
says I.
" 'Oh,' replied Vanderbilt, and thea
he went into his car and shut the door?
1 wasn't bounce 1, either."?Chicago Hei**
aid,