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Tail grew*"'
Iwdde a gladlole hi aplendor grow.
'Why do jvu with IM sntnmn bkwsocM wsttT
la trulfl, I wiow do* woy you IIyo m wl??
Only a few, ptle, yellow bloom. you boco ?
And worthless are xoar mil. Pray, droop
; ?v.-.' *'?ind
N'. XAould not grists it ?ring TO* no more
I graoe tbe world, for ereoi?g'? brightest ?Meo
v Ars not more rioh in gold and ssdthan I,
AxA ?T?y day tbs Hng'rlng botterfbss ??', ;"t
Beg bm to ?t*y till they must My 'good-bye.'
? 'Yes, yon ms beantifnl,' the weed replied,
In ytllmt Toioe, 'and I in phlo, indeed,
Bat Ood knows why.' Just then ? bird, bright
,An<J aosrtot-besked, e?w the olosfring sesd,
fc&nd l^htiug on * slender branch be^%$V >,|
K With many a little ohirp of Uunkfol glee, ! j
Then ?pread hie wings sod perohed opon the
?And'Mssstd hi* wsysids friend in melody.
<Ahl' ?aid the weod, when bo hod flown, "proud
h$*w:"J
A huogry, south-bound bird you could not
feed
Though you rejoloe in beauty'? gracious dow'r?
That boon was gran tod to sn h amble weod!'
FAB*, FDBLD JUfl> FttMlOS,
DmwmIoBIbm.
To Ktuci Bkdbuos.? Dissolve ten
grains of eorrodfe sublimate in * half
pint of aloohol. Cork the bottle, make
a hole in the oork and insert a quill
through whioh to poor the mixture,?
Pour into every crack and crenoe; it Will
not only kill, but prevent the bugs from I
returning. The mixture being poison,
should be labeled by a druggist.
Godd&bd A muss. ?Tnkq green
pies, pnt them to boil nearly covered
with water) when thoy are perfectly
tender pour away part of the water;
mash through a eolander, or siove, if
you wish them very smooth; melt a
lump of butter in them; add a liberal
supply of rfngar and flavor with nutmeg;
put them on the fee to get very oold,
then eat with rleh cream.
Db* Bmud anp Cold Mka* Ummo.
Chop your beef tyry fine, and soak the
bread in oold water until soft, having
two-thirds as m^eh bread as meat, and
after pressing out the water through a
oolander, mix with the mass three eggs
well beaten, and salt to the taste;
into balls the sise of a biscuit, and fiy
'slowly in butter or lard until brown on
both sides,* A moat exoellent dish for
breakfast.
Bonsn Potatoes. ?Steam, peel and
slioe the potatoes. Lay the slioes on a
A wad plaoe it over a rather alow
fire. Have melted butter, and spread
some over the slioss with a olean camels'
hair brush. As soon as the under part
is broiled, turn eaoh slioe over snd
spread butter over the other side. When
done, dish, salt and serve them hot. A
little butter may be added when dished*
acoording to the taste. '
? Note* About tli? Vnrin.
An old standing ringbone is inonrabls
because the bony deposit has bettpe
hard and permanent. In its early stage,
_; uSrfcj ishJA
Wm
X". w ?4 >???*?,
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plenty of sunflowers. ThssSeds
*? -T?-is?* | i,im
sre exoellent for ohiokens and a valuable
M
I
tlniisnweok,
pniig, aoes muon to keep them
v ..?*-;i
Founder, or fever of the feet, is caused
. by high feeding and hard work on hard
roads; but many horses are predisposed
to it by constitution. The usual treat
ment is to give" salts in twelve-ounoe
doses, once or twloe, followed by half
oun6e dosos of saltpeter, to cool tue sys
tem; then take off the shoes* put the
. feet in hot .water baths, and give, the:
'
?a
Hogs require a moderate quantity of
salt; bnt they eannot use as much as
-^eep withont injury, because of the
uifferent eharaeter of their intestines;
the swino's slomsOh is small, snd is
easily affeoted by sold substanoes, while
"-e sheep's paunch is large, and a large
_ antity of sail may bo eaten with impu
nity, as it is largely diluted by the half
. liquid contents. Half an ounoe of salt
Tren oooasionally to'eaoh hog,
?not when in a bunch?other
** * e too muolfr'^' / H
m mi?. $?;. , ;v
? to be eultirated, or to be
me are preferable to the
, soils. 1 By their porousness
is given to the powerful ef
J they are naturally in that
, to whioh draining and subsoil
k are redtteing th* stiffer lands of
? Manure may as well be
- . .jHK# Oft l*ad tmderlaid
by water, Drain this; and no matter
if this upper soil be timost qniol
M
j. wxrn wi MmoBf quioKsana,
rn??w. ?m ?n?rt tt Into fmMU, mM?
land. The thin oovering of mold searoe>
ly an inoh in thloknees, the prodnot of a
''? " nttated and produced
studying the laws of
a well recognised
jpsrature, the water
important factor in
Poor sous give
KatonfOf plentiful an
tains, or when fltnifulL.,
insufficient moisture in a
that no supplies of plsnt
ralize.
are rioh in miasral oOa-1
I fail to gite good orops In
" only on account of their
" moisture. This easi
application of peat,
sowing of olover?all of
to retain moisture in
I Inr the
soil gives off
solvent of the
two per oontt of
quantity as barn
its nitro
oomblna
I in this oondi
t coarse grasses;
to neotral
AM it
ttwo
* 6 f
or as near (be time of
sowing M possible. It U
felt that the sooner manor? fa-put with ?
in mob of die roots of piante, the bet
ter for the crops aud their owners. Ma
nure i* to muoh capital invested, and
bean interest only as it is eonsumed in
the ioQ.
The barn oellar may bo so managed as
to manufaotare and torn out fertilisers
every month in the yeaJr, bo th*t the
fanner may suit his convenience in ap
plying them to the soil. When manure
is not wanted for cultivated crops it is
always safe to apply it to the grass crop,
either in pastures or upon meadows after
mooring. Top-dressing is growing in
fetor with our intelligent farmers.?
Grass pays better than almost any lam
crop in the older States, and the spread
ing of ooppoet saves the necessity of
frequent plowing and seeding. By top
dressing at any convenient season of the
year, fields may be kept profitably in
grass for an indefinite time.
RaMa* Calve*.
After the calf la a couple of weeks old
It ifl well to let it havo a bundle of sweet
Eogliah hay within reach, where it can
nibble at leisure. A healthy calf will
early learn to eat hay and chew the oudL
A box with a little oat meal or wheel
bran may also be nailed on the aide of the
pen, where the oalf will aoon learn to go
and lap wheu hungry. Old hay is bet
tor than grass or rowen, if Ihe mflk
given is hew and jiob. If it ia ell skim
mod the otiior feed may be a little m6re
loosening. But to suooeed in the high*
eat degree, one who is raising oeWee
muat feed them himself, morning and
night, and notioo the very first indica
tions of indigestion. There are plenty
of signs by whieh an observing person
will know at a glanoe whether his ani
mals are in perfeot health or not Borne
farmers give their oalves porridge and
hay tee, and where milk is loaroe this
is a good praotice, the same oaution be
ing used to see that the bowels are kept
in a healthy state. Yet, when milk is
plenty, we ask nothing better, even
though most of the eream is removed.
It is quite important that oalves be tied
installs or otherwise while drinking,
end for a while afterward, to prevent
them from getting into the praotloe of
suoking each other, whioh is very bad.
;A Sketch from Life.
The editor was sitting in his sanotum,
when a man laboring under oonsidsfcable
apparent exoilement walked in, with the
paper in his hand, and, pointing to a
?mall paragraph, read : " 'The genial
Colonel Mumbleohook thinks of
an Eastern journey aoon. May he enjoy
a pleasant trip, is the wish of his many
friends.'
'Now, sir/ said the exotted man, *i
sin Colonel Mumbleohook, end I have
eslled to inquire by what authority you
make nse of my name in your paper.'
?First time I over saw it,'xetffed the
editor, glsnolng at the itym, 'but ? sup
pose it's all right. My looal reporter is
qnite? ^ " * Jl5
?But I hover gave him permission to
use my natffa in this manner,' persisted
tho oolonol,
?Very likely,' said the editor; 'but
you're going East, ain't yon?'
?Certainly.'
'And you haven't any objeotion to your
friends wishing you a pleasant trip ?*
?That's sll right, but I don'l want my
name in the paper, aud in futuro you
will obligo me by leaving it out.'
: 'Of oourse,' said the editor, 'if you
desire it}' and tho oolonel bowed himself
stiMy out.
? 'John,' said the editor to his offioo-boy,
?follow that man and see where he goes,
end come back and report.' .
John did as he was requested, and
shortly after he oame beek and reported
that Colonel Mumbleohook went to the
counting-room and bought twenty-five
papers, whioh, after marking something
in them, he ordered to be put tip in
wrappers, and was busy in' direetlnjr
;'->A '? ''
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Origin of a Popular Poem.
Mr. Whittier's own statement of the
erlgin of his poem of 'Mend Muller,' is
quoted by a correspondent of the
Springfield lhpubttoan, He was driv
ing with his sister through York, Me.,
end stopped at a harvest field to inquire
the way. A young girl raking hay near
the stone wall stopped to answer the in
quiries. Wbittter notioed as she
talked that she bashfully raked the hay
eround and over her bare feet, end she
was fresh and fair. The litUe incident
left its impression, and he wrote out the
poem that very evening. 'But if I had
*ny idee,' he said, ?that the plaguey
little thing would have been so liked, I
should have taken more pains with it'
Jo the inquiry ae to the title, Maud
Muller, he said it was suggested to him,
end not a selection. It oame ae the
poem came. But he gives it the short
German prononnoiation, as Healer, not
the broad Yankee Mi?ller.
An lessee Women's Ingenious Work.
A rare specimen of work wee recently
exhibited by a German women, an in
mate of the iniape asylum et Stookfcm,
Cat. The woman is impressed with the
idee that she Is not mesne, but Is oon
fined by a personal enemy. She also
Imsgtnee that the superintendent would
not furnish her with pen end paper to
oommunioato her grievanees to her friend
Dr. Titus, of Sen Franoisoo, so she ont
a quarter of e yard from her oalioo
drees, end with her needle wrote a letter
The letter is In Gormen, end the letters
very accurately formed by thread
darker than the oalloO. She tells who
shs worked for la Sen Franoisoo, end
that she Is Imprisoned by heir enemier.
Sheelso beseeohefc eld, because if she
stays much longer el the esylum she
feers she willbcoome insane.
Foote, Che great wit, shot many an
ertow that remain*! qttiveriog in tho
wound fore Joeg time. When some
with bed teste, raised a laugh
' on the sabjeet of his lame
on his Intruder and said
aoyeo.ttMkmj mk
my thin* about
m
as folk) wa:
Mr. G. a Howard
the Troy theater it
the Him, and had been for a yw or ao.
The play of the' evening wm 'Oliver
TwW,' in the adoption of whieh wm a
ohild's oharaotor, not retained of late,
that of little Dick, the aiok pauper boy,
who takes a tearful farewell of OUrer aa
he nana away from the' poorhouae.
Without any idea that abe would be
mace than a ?dummy,' it was suggested
that little Cordelia, the manager's four
year-old daughter, be dressed aa Little
Diok and plaoed behind the paling for
Oliver to talk to; but when, at rehear*
eel, the mother, Mm. Q. O. Howard,
who waa playing Oliver, caught the
baby np and went throughihe scone, the
little thing responded just in the proper
plaoe, 'Dood by?turn again.' 'Well,
now,' eaid Mrs. Howard, 'If abe is
going to do anything like that, better
teaoh her the linea.'. And accordingly,
during the day, in her mother's lap,
little Cordelia waa taught the apeeehee
of Little Diok.
Night oame; the fat haby faoe wae
akillfully painted to replant oonsump
tion, and duly dad in her brother's suit,
and with'a little spade In her hand, Cor
delia Howard made her first appevano*
on any stage. Oa oame the fugitive
Oliver, while Cordelia, aooording to dl
reotlon, dug vigorously at the pile of
dirt dumpod in tho corner. 'I'm run
ning away, Diok,' said Oliver.
I 'Lunning away, la you t' replied iho
little obit. Then with a full perception
of the obaraoter, but with the moat self
possessed oblivion of tho .written words,
the ohild gave in her own language, the
se&so of the soene.
'I'll come back and see you some day,
Dick,' said Mrs. Howard as Oliver.
'It yont be no use, Oily, dear,' sob
bed the little actress. 'When oo turn
baok I yont be digging 'ittle gravee.
Ill be all dead and in a 'ittle grave by
myself.' This in a voice trembling
with feigned emotion yot clear as a bell
and distinctly heard by every person in
the building. Buoh a shower of tears
aa swept over that theater I Actors and
auditor? were alike affeoted. The Oil'
ver (naturally enough) broke down, but
Cordelia's hit and her parents' fortunes
were made from that very night.
It waa at once decided that snob in
fantile emotional talent aa this must not
be wasted, and Mr. Howard.began look
ing about for some appropriate channel
through which to present it to the public.
The whole oountry was talking about
?Unole Tom's Cabin,' and,thousands of
eyes were moistened at Eva's saint-like
sayings. 'The very part for Cordelia 1
George L, Aiken, a oousin of tho How'
arda, undertook the work of dramati
sation, and with ? Mr. Howard's advioe
and atalstan oe, in less than a week it
was a thing aocompliahed. It wae pro
duoed in Troy in September, 1852, and
had the amealng run of more than 100
nights,'equal,* as Mr. Howard aaid to
the writer the other day, 'to about
?even year's tun in Now York, when
population in the two cities is oon
aiderod.' a:v - ^ *|
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*?V&??. r.\iygr
.. $ The Toothsomo Crib,
fcif SftPf m*n who hM >?<? leofc.
Inflnto the business of oatohing and
3&KlSK WW hM grown np
"t u * ^pwrt'ow years, tt,8 the sexes [
be readilydis-l
ungniahed by the flap or apron whion
is npo^ tho bxcwk of both, the female
thf JS i? If ?Va1' whlle ?*e flap of
the malo is wudge ahaped. Distinguish
tipfl of'if mSf RhK> b? 8een npou tho
i s of the ?laws, thoao of the male
tho'^fom^r^"/ blU?' and the olawe of
The?*? "PP** with rod.
of Th? r "? th0 bnBin6M w^omltiei
of the animal and are to bo ntwa-m.
avoided while endowed with life. The
2EJ?i3r* u.8 Wfomt**** it
jjemed to bite even harder it possibli
thw? Mow, until mashed to a iSlt ?
uZhTl? ibi* Merti011 he is at I
liberty to experiment for himself.
Infection by JPMt.
^g^ii ?a tuts
s-ff-srr"
ol' ?a*ke up the
v** *** or?rlook*l or disre
particular
tog iUs nnaffcoted members of a family
or feyeThi
obtained a footing, if they are daily an.
prised of the state of affairs in the sink
STtZsr*? W^S&
on^i ^f \ blotting under thin
the /Xr/ J" n?fneodMMy? ^marks
n0Wn' withont any suoh accessor*.
To Make Flower* Bloom.
No plant can continue in bloom if na
P*Ttmlit?(i *<> <1? her work
hanafaT? fi Jh? gaing ^ Med ex*
bsorta the energies of any aubjeot. and
:rr.rrh,n?,tw- * ?3*e
?F&J?&*!* lowers before . mJ
pod oan swell, the growth of the plant
ffiZftSf. d<nre,0P1?-nk of new
"K* ?ower* from the new growth
?*e matters of oottrse. Try ihlS^I.
ment npon the rose. T#o oottajres
of two different per.
in^I^S!!!? J *XhlbU th* *<** ?Wk.
SltoTESl?~*!V **" ol fl<>wers,
^ Ur*? ??* thoee who
Sate? rfZl ? ?L2J!# Wro? neter
JSSPJSJ *th? '"*? "
SSSS^sssi
gjaaasafea
jg^rars a
P "" 7^ "*??**?<>??*M<*a wUl b.
has been to
, _ of making i
I bad a dim idea that lead *,
below; that this molten ?tot! vm !
to the top of the tower, then
down into the water below, end
made shot. The realproeest is i
pure lead will not make perfeot g?
itla neoeaaarlly 'tempered.' This
pet* ia prepared by the addition <
gradients, of which areenio la the
property, below; ran into ben a
nient for use, end, with the pig-i
hoiated to the* very top of the tower,
where both ere melted in proper propor
tion together.
Mr. Gatee and myself, book to bfek,
and very much humped, entered 3be
small, though powerful elevator, jfriot
over three and one-half feet by tw<?tty
inches in sfee, and went np, up, up, with
a horrible din roaring all about us. At
the very toparetVo little oircular rooms,
not over eight or ten feet in diameter,
one about twelve feet below the ottur,
and eeoh oontaining two hage kettles in
which the pig lead and the 'temper^ {
melted. In the busy season thcs#*1
run at night, and the flame, ai
there in the darkness, reminds i
signal-torches upon towers in theft
d*y?.
From one or the other of the two ket
tles in both rooms?as each room has?a
separate shaft?streams of ehot are
stantly flowing. At the bottom of $abh
kettle tho molten staff ponrs into squire
pans perforated at ouo sii^o. These per. j
forations are large or small, aooordiigto |
the else of shot desired, and separate the
mass into distinot, delicate* gfeajaing
streams which, in turn, as they eoihein |
oontaoi with the atmosphere, separate
into perfeot globules, or shot, which arc,
oooled in theif^OO-feet journey end the
water into whioh they fall below.
But now oome what to me, were; still
more intereeting prooesses. . Out of (fee
shot-pit, up through the water, an^mt
less belt, with cups attached, carries the
wet shot, depositing it in ahuge revolv
ing heated cylinder, where the globules,,
are thoroughly dried. From thisjthty
pass out upon a descending sbHtaof
slightly inolined tables, the lowor iedge
of each one being a few inches i
and distant from, the suooeeding
The perfeot globules, from their I
gravity, go bounding over these
but the imperfeot shot are
forced along until they reeohtl
they fall into receptacles, and
molten, go oyer the same ]oui?$rjfj
From these sorting-tables the
carried to ,a series of siaing
perforated sheet-brass botto
back and forth by machinery,
of a smaller siae pass through i
forations, larger shot of differed \ _
from the motion of the sieves, in d
their weight, gradually sorting "
selves with absolute perfection,
the sortIng?sieves the shot p*ae-i ?|
ishing barrels, oontainiUg a prej a
tho main constituent of whioh ii
bsgo, and emering from these;
like diver, find their w^y into
ries in the f
cac
shot into the biga'beneatb. Each
however, is tested* and* after being ?
up, these shot, whioh have arrived at
thelrabsolute perfection of form and fln- j
ish, seemingly, through much of their
own aot and volition, are ready to be sent |
forth to the huntd} and sportsman on
their death'dealing mission.
Little. (>y little.
If yon are gaining little by little every
day be oontent, Are yonr expensos lees
then yonr inoome, so that, though it bo
little, yon are yet constantly sooumulet
ing and growing rioher and rioher every
day? Be content; so far as oonoernu
money, you are doing well,
Aro yon gaining knowledge every da;}
Though it be little by little,- tho aggre
gate accumulation, where no day ie per
mitted to paw without adding something
to the etook, will be surprising to your
self.
Solomon did not become the Wi<Mt
man in the world in a .minute. Little
by little?never omitting to learn some
thing erven for a eingle da/??Jwajs
reeding, always studying a little betwee*
the time of lietag in the morning and
laying down at night; thin la the way to
aeonmnlate a fall storehouse of knowl
edge. Finally, are yon daily improving
in oharaoter? Be not discouraged be
cause it is little by little. The beet men
all far short of what, they thamseltas
would wish to be. It is something, it is
much, if yon keep good resolutions
ter to-day than yon did yesterday,
tor this week than yon did last, b
this year than you did last year. Btflre
to be perfect, bti' do not become down
hearted so long ae you are approaohing
nearer and nearer to the high standard
at whioh you aim.
little by little, fortunes are aoommri
l a tod; little by little, knqwledge ie gain
ed {little by little^ character and repute
tion are aohierred.
_ ? ?'
A Centenarian III Penniyltanla,
Mr?. Muria Relss, of XjOWtir BstlOOh
township, Northampton, who will be 107
years old, 11 I* asserted, In December
next, visited the reoont annual oormty
fair held M KastOn, Peno. ' Having nej?
e* ridden In * railroad car, Mm. IteisS
fM taken to Easton in a oarriige. 8he
attracted much attention Whil* at the
fair, and eonvSraed freely and intelli
gently with a number of persona. Bhe
?tated that her Aral visit to KiaUm was
102 years ago. Although only five year*
old, the reool looted the visit aa well aa
though it had been the day previous,
Bhe said she was married when ahe wan
not qnite seventeen years old, Bha is
th* mother of ten ohlldren?five boys
and five girls?nine of whom are still
living, the eldest being 88 years of
Iter husband died 42 years ago.
said people dressed much better now
than they did in her young days. Then
almost everybody went barefooted in
summer time, and when she went to the
mlniater to reoeiye oatoohetieat instrno
tlon, she went bareheaded and without
?hoes; sh? \n yet hale and hearty, and
ean read the finest print without the aid
of glsssea. i
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LI. ,1^
aidee de-eamp
ttMftN vi* ia Blsypt.
One of them, Oroisier, appearing to Na
poleoo to leek the proper degree of bold
neaa at the proper moment, ho bant out
against him In on* of his violent and h?
nHliating attaoka of abase and oontrapt.
The word coward eeoaped him ; Oroider
determined not to sorrive II; he aooght
death on several occasions, bat did not
suoeeed till the siege of Aem Ho was
in attandanoe on Napoleon in the trenohee
thert, when such a aharp lookout
*ai kept bj the garrison that if an
elbow or feather showed itaelf above or
beeide them, it waa immediately graa<?d
by ? ballet. Orolsier watched his op*
port unity and Jamped upon the plat*
form. 'Come down I command yoal'
cried Napoleon, in a voice of thunder ;
bat it waa too late; the victim of his
severity fell at his feet, liurat, the
ohivalroun braver of all danger, had
alao his moment of fear, which lost him
the oountenanoe of hie general nntil dis
pleasure oouid no longer reeist the bril
lianov of his achievements. It was at
theaiage of Mantua, in the first Italian
campaign, that Marat waa ordered to
oharge a body of troops that were mak
ing a sortie /rom the garrison. He hesi
tated, and in his oonfusion declared him
self wounded ; be waa removed from the
presence of the general and in every
way disoonntenanoed. In Egypt he was
oat on the most distant and dangerous
aexvioea; in short, he more than reoon
quered his eharaeter before'the battle of
Aboukir, on whioh oooasion Napoleon
himself was obliged to declare he was
superior. The brave Marshal Lannes
one day severely roprimauded a oolonel
who bad .punished a young officer for a
moment of fear. *That man/ said he.
*is worse than a poltroon who pretends
he never knows fear.'
Woman's Never-Falling Lore.
The Ban Antonio Herald relates
this; On a bed in the peat-house a
young man was lying stricken with the
exjmtUematio. plague that has lingered
bo long in thieoity. Then was no Buffer
ing in 6onoert to m?ke his pangs endur
able; he alcme of all the oity lay in the
hateful honfe wity the yellow flag, the
hateful symbol oi taboo, fluttering out
its moBBBge of warning, dying to the
winds ?Uncleanl' taking up the song of
the lepers In Judea; but Helon'a phjei
oian no longer walked the earth. Never
theless an attributed Christ remains on
earth ; there was one that dared the
monster in hia den and Wrestled with him
for the prise. Day and night she stood
at her poet by the lothsome oouoh,
nurotng her loyer trop whom the woiid
had turned shuddering away, Btill see
ing the beautiful through the'rail of
horror, luvheered by roioe, musio or
flower,. alone with her lovor and the
monster that olaimed him ; oouuting
time by the creeping shadows, adminis
taring the medieine with a tender handL
disputing with death for a life;4 the
bosom of a virgin opposed to an arm of
hdlL The oriais passed and the siek
man left the oottfth; the two wont their
way, the Mexican with the girl who held
him baok fiom death's jawf; no trumpet
'ded nor drum beat* but aa bravo a
Llamo, and her noble aet dsaeryes
the world's applause. But she tfill
nev^fget it because she is spoor HekU
oan girl; besides she dees not want it.
A Comedian's Practical Joke.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati In
quirer gives enrronoy to the . follow
ing practical toko played by Bothern
upon bis favorite viotim, BUly Florence:
U flee ma that on one evening, when the
latter had been to call on the Crashed
Tragedian, he left behind him his hand
kerchief, which Bothern found end
recognised from the monogram. The op
portnnity ?m too good to be loet, end
folding it neatly up. the ao tor put it in*
side en envelope with the following note,
oopiod in a lady'a hand.
The note no thus:
.A 'JDmrest Will?you dropped your
handkerohief when you left me last
night, and t inclose it herewith for fear
of eooldente. Ton should be more oere
fnl; think what trouble a similar artiole
misplaoed coat poor Dssdemona. When
may X look for yoa again t Always and
)<mngly yours,' ; ?
f / _ 'Gbbtbudb.'
The envelope was then seated se
curely, snd the next time when Bothern
knew ?Billy' was out, and Mrs. Billy
was in he sent a measenger with the pack
et, It is needisss to add that, being a wo
man, Mrs. Florence could not help won-'
dering what the soft article in the psok
et was, and, wandering, opened it*
'<; Wha*.happened when Mr. Florenoe
returned home hiatory saith not, but
tlia domestio thermometer must have
risen, for that afternoon Mr. Bothern
received the note below:
'Sir .'-?The infamous triok you stoop
ed to nlav upon me this 'morning is
worthy of a loafer. I+ave no patlenoe
with men wh6 know no higher Ambition.
It only mildly meets the exigencies of
the ease when 1 say that hereafkr we I
will meet as if we never had met, audi
I would it wtre so.
'Fziontftoa/
The next day Bothern and Bouoioault
were walking up Broadway, when they
met Florence coming down; the former
begged the latter to ignore poor Flor
ence as he passed.'which he did, though
thelatter touched his hat without glanc
ing at Bothern. After they had pass
ed, Bothern turned round and ran after
Florenoe, oalling, 'I say, Billy, a note
oeme to the oftloe to-day from you in
closed to me. I knew it was intended
for Bottoioault, So I gave it to him.
That was tight wasnrt lit* The un
blushing imnudaioe of the whole thing
was too mnon for Florenoe, and ho ?ur
rendered. '
? Whftt'n peaohss V aaked ?lady of a
farmer at * Raleigh market, Tftrnlt '
ho promptly Minwofod. Bnt it Wasn't
SO funny whet* nlmiwi promptly IfttttttSd
hinhat down oter hi? ears with her
and walked oter to his rival in bnslnese
and made hsr pnrohsM?. And yet, he
Maid, he told nothing bnt tjte troth.
Report of dlstretsing mnrder oomei
from Herbana, V*., where a little ool? I
ored girl out the throat of an Infant
toother, the parent* on leering home
for ohuroh Informed the ehild that (he
was to ?tay behind and eere for the
baby, wfaloh eo angered her that she
took the infant into the wood* and hack
ed lit little neekopen with a table knife.
V' i ? f -1 '' 1 I
Two twin brothers are said to be eo
mneh alike that they frequently borrow
&y,of eaeh other wilhcntt knowing it.
A oroWded street oar affords a min an
Ity to stand up for his right*,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb have a
sumptuous home ?t Middleboroagh,
MMMofaoMtti, to whieh their personal
friends only are admitted. The *publio'
remain in the regions exterior. Tuo
mansion is of three stories, ,tastefully
painted, with piaasw and bay windows.
The general grvae a hearty welcome to
his gueate, and uahers them into an
elegant drawing-room adorned with
paintings. Chain and sofas are all
adapted to peraons of ordinary sise, and
nothing in this story suggests its owners'
wee-ness, save In the library, replete
with brioabrac from all the world,
where a ohild's rooking ohair of black
walnut receives the little madam, while
her guests oooupy ordinary seats. The
madam says that she and the general
have always' got along well together.
He is forty, she thirty?six. He now
weighs seventy-five pounds, having
weighed fifty-pounds at flftoen; bat ho
began life a good big boy of six pounds.
Going up stairs, one is inolined to tako
two steps at a time, for the steps of both
flights soem but four or five inohes each
in height. At the head of the first flight,
in the sewing-room, stands the diminu
tive Wheeler & Wilson sewing maohine,
a wedding present, fifteen years ago,
from that firm, who at their own ezponse
caused this exquisite poarl-inlaid play
thing to preoedo tho little travolers in
every land they visited around the
globe. It is a plaything in size alone,
Mrs. Stratton making it do good service
to the present day. Iu tho front entry
over tho entranoe ?'a tho geueral's grand
piano, about two foot high. It woe
made in England, aud oont $500, being
inlaid with pearl, and riohly gilded and
enameled. But the great featuro of tho
establishment is their own apartment,
where everything is adapted to them
selves alone. Bureau, oabinet, dressing
tablo, sofa, obairs and bed are all di*
miuuitive, tho last elaboratoly oarved
from ebony, and riohly oanopiedin damask
laoe, a gift from his fathor.
In Defense of Yiviseetion.
The Booloty for the Prevention of
Oruelty to Animals having denounced
viviaeotion, the medical men have taken
tip the cudgels in its behalf, and point
to the great boneflts whioh we hare.de
rited from the praotioe in the past For
instance: About the year 160 of the
Christian era, Galen proved by experi
ments on dogs that the arteries dis
tributed blood instead of air through
the system; in 1628 Harvey discovered
the circulation of the blood by means of
experiments on living animals; in 1665
Richard Lower demonstrated, the pos
sibility of the transfusion of blood from
one animal to another; in 1670, by simi
lar experiments, Robert Boyle showed
that pure atmospherio air was absolutely
necessary to the maintenance of life- in
1777' Lavofiior, by experiments made
with sparrows, made it dear that the
sustaining elemont oould be removed
rom air by the caloination of mercury,
and he alfeo- proved that while the oxy
gen of tho air warf absorbed, oarbonio
acid was exhaled in theprooessof respi
ration, All onr knowledge of the nerves,
too, has been derived from experiments
* tbfl *<"yQUtt Of ^r'
oiaimodtbat.the oommon praotioa jB to
render the animal insensible' by means,
of ether or ohloroform* and. to Mfllit in
stantly, without pain, when the.ex peri
ment is oVer,
An Interesting Treasury Decision.
A recent derision of tho treasury in
regard to tUe exportation of goods in tin
cans will bo of interest to tho frnii and
oystor packers, and to the oan makers,
whose trado with foreign oonntries has <
already assumed large proportions, with
tho promise of a steady increase. It
haa boert tho onstom of the government
to allow ft drawbaok on tin of whioh the I
cans were mado, the samo having paid
duty npon boing brought to this o>nn
try, and npon- being sent out again tho
shipper Is, under tho law, ontitlod to a
drawback nearly equil to tho dnty paid.
A question recently arose as to whether
all the artiolcs entering Into the manu
facture of oans wero imported and had
paid dnty, and it has beon derided that if
suoh is not the oase, that no drawbaok oan
be allowed. Previous to this deoision
nothing has evor been said about the
solder witlt whioh oans have boen fas
tend together, and with which the heads
hate been secured. No'drawbaok has
ever been asked on aooount of the solder,
nor has it ever appeared whether it was
of American or English manufaoturo.
In future, however*, shippers will bavo
to show that the solder use] Is Import-,
ed, or they oannot obtain any drawback
on tho cans. Of oourso, if it Is of for
eign make their drawbaok under this
deelsiou will include tho solder and be
Increased; but as many manufacturers
are using American solder, they will
either hate to procure the imported
material or no drawbaok will be allowed.
A prominent oanned goods dealer told
a reporter that this deoision would be ft
serious blow to the manufacturers of
American solder, as tin oan makers will
now be compelled to assure the paokers
of oanned goods that they are using im
ported materials exclusively, or they
would refuse!*) purchase their oans.
What ft Single Bean oan Produce.
m
. The history of a single b<?ftn,Aooldont
ally planted In a garden at Bouthbridge,
Mann., is traced by a newspaper oorren
pendent, who flgnred its prodnoe for
three yearn, The bean was planted in
ft rlob, loamy ?oil; and when gathered
in the autumn its yield, as eonnted, was
1,51ft perfectly developed beans from ft
fiingle atalb, Now, if ft single bean pro
dnoea 1,516 beans, and eaeh bean pro
dnoe* 1,615 more, the anm total of the
second year's prodnet would be 2,29(1,
225, equal to 1,195 pounds, 597 quarts,
or 2,890 ftrmy rations, eqnal to 18|
bnshels. This would be the product of
the second year. , Now, if we pl*nt this
prod not and the yield is the name, we
have ft product of 6,268/58,800,625
beans, equal to 1,871,890, tens, or 42
871,672 buthels, or 648,756,068 soldier's
rations. The third planting wonld give
the stearanhip Graft! Eastern 92 full
freights. .
At the last meeting of the Amerioen
Humane Association, a reward of $5,COO
Was offered to the Inventor w*ho shall
design a ear to subserve the purposes of
the soeiety.in carrying "took,
, 111 . ?' v -~
7} 8ke Carried her Point,
The other day, m Oondnotor Minot,
of the Pan-Htndle. tm leaving Indian
ft polls OB his trip East, {he found ? to
who hftd e ticket to
Dayton, via the C ncinnaU, Hamilton
end Dayton. He explained that ehe
was on the wrong traiu, the! her ticket
wa not good, end the! the oonld leave
the train et Irrington end welt for the
trein on the other road, or he would'
send her beck to the Union depot, where
ehe oonld welt the trein on the other
lineetter whioh ehe wee ticketed. The
women eeemed to nndezetend the expla
nation, bnl an soon ee Minot hed left
her, en old lady oooupying tho eeet in
front of her said : t
'These railroads are oolleagued to
gether, and their tioktts are good on
any road. ? That is jnet a triok of the
oondnotor to get raOnoy ont of yon and
steal it from the company. This road
goes to Dayton, and if I were you, I
wonld sit right here.'
When Minot returned, the woman
oonld not be made to understand why
her tioket was not good on any road
running to Dayton, and, in spite of the
patient and polite explau?tion of the
oouduotor, she persisted in not under
standing it.
Finally a kind-heartod Hebrew, who
was seated opposite, thinking to rolieve
the embarrassing position of the woman,
offered to take her tioket and pay her
faro to Richmond, over half the dis
tauoe to Dayton. She aocepted, passed
her tioket over to him, and paid hor faro
to Riohmond. Then ehe quieted down
until Minot oamo through tho oar, when
she asked :
?Isn't thifl ticket worth more th?n
faro to Riohmond ?'
?Certainly; worth a third moro,' was
| the reply.
'Well, I ain't going to bo swindled in
that w?y, and 1 want my money baok.'
'1 have nothing to do with that ,' ro
pliedMiuot, 'you coldvour tioket ; your
(aro has boon paid to Riohmond, and I
oannot aid you.'
Then ehe went for . tho Hebrew, ac
oueod him of being a swindler, and he
Anally told her that all he wanted was bis
money, and she oould have her tioket.
Minot came baok and sho called him
again and said :
?Give that man his money book so I
can get my ticket, and I will leave this
road, whioh ieruu by swludlers.'
?Upon your agreomont to leave the
train I will doit, Bald;he, 'andrond you
book to Indianapolis.'
1 He then gave tho money back, and
the tioket was returned. Prosently tho
train stopped at Cumberland and the
oondnotor aaked her to got off.
?I changed my mind,' was her answer.
?Then you must pay your fare.'
?Pay my fare, you swindler I Why I
can prove by every one in tho oar that
you said my fare was paid.'
?Of course I did, but I gave the money
baok.'
"?Yes, you gave, it to the Jew. You
don't pretend that you gavo it to mc.
You wan$ to rob me, but t won't all6w
it, I am on this train to Riohmond,
and I intend to do it,' and she did,
Minot is consulting a lawyer on the oase.
Forty Hours lender Ground.
A well at the fair grounds, Nashville,
Miss., oaved ia tho bottom after it had
reached a depth of 110 foot, barring
William Selves, a workman, under about
thirteen feet of sand. This Well had1
reached the depth of "lOO feet, when a
stratum of loose white sand was reached,
which made curbing neoessary^ $ An up
right" curbing in seotions four feet long
was used. While putting in the fourth
Motion, the caving took jplaoo, first
crushing in the lower section not'yet
finished and pinning Selves in the solid
sand and nfeaii| to his armpit^., It Hap
instantly followed by thtr'turWo eecrtions
above, whioh were brushed in to the oon
tor, leaving a Vacuum there. On seeing
it start Selves had instinctively raised'a
sootion of the curbing over his head,
bending backward, face up, with his
arm supporting the pieoe of ourbing
stretched over his head. In this position
the'eanri settled about him, completely
binding him, exoept his head and one
arm, whioh ho oould move at that time.
The seotion of curbing whioh ho had
raised above his bead oreated au open
spaoe, whioh for a short time ooramu
nlcated with the open spaoe through the
center of the well mado by the coming
together of tho barroi like ourbing.
As soon as possiblo a gas pipe, for the
nnrpose of pumping air to him; was
inserted through the opening?Solven,
who then bad ono arm at liberty, pluood
it as near his mouth ae the boards over
him would permit. Boon after this was
aoeomplishod the sand settled solidly
above nim. leaving only space under the
board, whioh spon tilled so close as to
imprison the arm that had been at lib
erty, and.to render his head immovable.
In this situation, plainlv depioied by
himsolf in sepnlohral tones through
the air tubes. and perfectly audible at
the top of the well, Solves, then six
hours without food, and oramped and
chilled by tho oold sand, said ho would
hold on to life if thero were brave hearts
enough above him to undertake his re
lease, knowing full well the danger of
thofio who might attempt it hastily.
The task wss to remove from thirteen
to eighteon feet of sand from the bottom
of a well 110 feet deep, Ily putting ia
new ourbing while taking out the sand
debris of the old curbing, and do it so
oarefully as not to fill the little space
above hirfaoe. Oonpled with thts task
was the appalling danger to the workmen
of a fresh oaving of the well, now more
imminent than the first, for above the
ominous spaoe made by the oaving of
the sand hung the hundred feet of olay
wall, with no support but its own adhe
sion, its natural foundation of sand be- I
ing gone.
In the face of those diroonrsgements
there were brave hearts enough found
to work night and day, nevor slaoking
exoept for a short time the next morn
ing, when for a time further attempts
soomed suicide by reason of thtf oaving
i of a sftftll part of the olay wall. But
soon new precautions were devised, and
the almost hopeless work went oh to its
praotioal oonoluston atone o'clock the
second morning, when a friendly hand
raised tho plank and brushed the sand
from the face of the now liearly uncon
scious man. He had rotained his mind
porfeotlyup to within a few moments
before, when the tenderly caution* hands
abovo him, in spite of their care, had so
disturbed the sand as to otfver his faoe
and to Interrupt tho supply of air from
tne tube. Ho returned to eonsoiousness
In a few moments, and, his hands re
leased. the work went rapidly on, he
himself helping materially.
At 0.80 o'clock, nearly forty hours
after his incarceration, Selves steppod
n intiy from tho mouth of the living
grave, and was reooive l in the arms of
his yonug wife amid the glad shouts of
the throng who had so long shared his
euspense.
OI the Into William H. Hnnt, n ohar
Kotnrifltio Httle story la (old by a oorrwt
pondent of The Arf Amateur. A
yonng oritio one Any rashly vflntnred to
tnggeat that M. MtUot, Mr. Host's
voneratod friend, 'ittlXed it,' in not
ohooaing now an<l than more derated
anbjseta for hia piotnrea than the ooarne
Frenoh clodhopper* he lored to paint,
'My God 1 man, what ia nobler than a
manwreatlng and wtingitig hia bread
from the atnbbom aoll by the aweet of
brow and the break of hia baek for hia
wlfa and ehildren 1' or led Hnnt, with
dilated eyes and qtfltering flat,
WriU of attaohment?love latter*.
?v Nature is opto tricks when the waters "
the milk in ooooaputs,
M Every man has his prejudices and
every woman her bias.
A potato should be judged by its
weight and not by its eyes.
An enterprising Hindoo baker in Oal
outta stuok up the sign : 'European
Loafer/
The ladiM sing Hn tie sweet 'buy' 'y
and 'boy,' we will meet in that beauU
ful stove/?
A paper advertises for sale a pew
whioh 'commands a viow of nearly the
whole oongregstion.'
That wss a good prayer of the old dee*
oon: 'Lord, mako ns willing to run on .
Utile errands for Thee.'
He eaid he wanted her to be his help* *
mate, and she replied that she oonld
nover be more thaa assister to him. (
It is now behoved that liquor oasks are
marked 'XX' beoan.ee their oontents
mako mexi walk that way?oroeswiae,
'Have you a mother-in-law f' askod a
man of a disoonsolste-lookiag persofi\
?No,' he replied, 'but I've a father in
jail.' -f?/,
Floating with the tide is oomfortable
enough; but one can get over more
apaoe if he floats with thoee who aro not
tied. '
?What are the beet stories?' 'That
depend*. When you are telling thorn
the loug ones are ; when you aro listen*
ing, the ahort on#s/
An exohnugo tells of an absent-minded
mai\ who got iu a barber's ohair, pinued
the newspaper round his nook, and be*
({an to read the towel.
'I have a love-letter/ said the servant*
girl to her mistreee. 'Will ye rado it to*
me? And here iB some cotton wud yo /
stuff in yer ears whoiie ye rade it ?'
Martin F. Tapper says : 'Wh^ro aro
tho pure, tho noble and moek and
the Now Orleans l'ioayune says thoy
are all running l'or offlw down that way. '
A lad in a Richmond soliool being
asked, 'What is Rhode Island celebrated
for ?' replied: 4It is the only one of the
New Eogland States whioh is the small-*'
est.' ? . ? v;." ?/* $
As the western olouds are tinged with
gold even after the ?un is lost to viow,. -
so does the memory of a kind not bririg
a smile to the faoo when its author is $
forgotten.
?Tie trne,' 'tis pitty?pitty 'tie, 'tie,v
true,'wss written in tho peaoh season
when some fellow purchased fifteen oenta* ?
worth of freoatones that turned out to
be be dings.
Lady?'And put just atinVof oarmine
on tho ohooks, but not too muoh, you ;i?
know/ Photogropher?'Exactly, mad
am; I perfeotly understand; about as .;/
muoh m you have on now.'
A bald-houded professor, reproves a
youth for'the exercise of his. d*ts, said:
*We fight with ourUo*l? at this oollege/
ThA?nnno - ?- L''
The young waff reflected a moment, and
then replied: 'Ah, I see; and. you butted
oil your bait off/' .. . ? - "
Aqexohangeprints an artlol
?How to spoil children/ The
^bout, half a column ia length) nmwrm
a great waste of spaoe. You can spoil
children by letting them play with a
'didn't-know-it*was loaded' shotgun.
Tho are some people *ho think they
make the most of life when they make it
as wretohed as possible. Lutrell was
once asked if an acquaintance of his was
not very disagreeable. 'Well'/ was the
reply, 'he is always as dteugroeable as
the oiroumstanoes will^permit/
Tho total batter pro Juot of our oonntry
amounts to 803,090,000 pounds, The
milk for this is mostly ai^e up by the
families into a low grade of butter, Prof.
Arnold Bays not more than Ave per oent.
of this is really fine in quality, The re
mainder hardly pays the oMt of produc
tion.
?I con warrant bis . oyos,' said tho
horae dealer*. and Mr. Bartholomew
boggbt tho horse and fonnd him as
blind as a bat. Then when he raised a
row about it, the dealer lifted his hand
in amazement and solemnly swore that
he said he 'oonld warrant his bIbo.1 And
Mr. Bartholomew Hits up at night t>
malign the English language.
?Window gardening' te not allowed in
Paris. A doorco issued many years ago
by the prefeot of polite, and whioh bas
never been abrogated, direote that the
proprietors of honaee shall at stated In
tervals Mean the faoadee and remove all
creeping planta. Efforts have lately been
made to evade the obnoxious regulation,
but without effect.
An old Sootoh lady, who had n* relish
for modern ohuroh music, was express
ing her dislike lor the singing of an an
them in her own ohuroh one day, whm
a neighbor said, 'Why, that is a very old
anthom; David sang that anthem to
Saul,' To this the old lady replied i
'Wool, wool, I tioo for tho first time un
derstan' why 8aul threw his javelin at
David when tho lad sang lor him.*
It was'a pretty ineldent that oeourrod
the other Sunday in a Ohuroh in London,
Ontario. A robin flew In tho ohorob,
took up ite position on the railing oppo
site the minister, tang loudly and well
when the people sang, waa perfectly si
lent dtiring ptayer, ohlrped when tho
minister said anything good during the
sermon, seemed to re-echo the doxology,
and did better than many ohuroh-goere
by remaining until ohuroh waa formally
dismissed.
The wit?that is, the bom wtt?
strongly resembles a chemist, in that he
always ban a retort handy, An Irish gen
tleman happened to say in company that
ha never saw suoh a wind as th*t of the
night previous. Thinking to fodger
him some one said: 'Yousew A wind t X
oonfess 1 never heard of seeing fc wind
before. Won't you kindly tell uh what
it waa like V 'IAket' waa the qttiak reply,
? why, it waa like to have blown my house
down about my eore.' \
A Berlin genlu* hM invented ui
inntrnment for turning ot?r the leetee
of mtirio. The Berlin m?n is e pre
Numptioun meddler. It hie tteohien
Rhonld oome into generel tttfe whet die
position oonld be mede of the kverego
young men in high ?hirt ooller end heir
perted in the middle who it vtenlng ?o
del gatherings etende op *t the end of
the plAno end turn* over the mnete for
the ledy performer f He eppeert fit for
no other purpoee under the #?n or
moon either.