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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION.I. AUGUST 26, 1880
WINNSORO, . Co
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
It might have been I When life is young
And hopes are bright, and hearts are strong
To battle with the heartless throng.
When youth and age are far between,
Who hears the words so sadly sung ?
. It might have been I
It might have been I When life is fair,
Youth stands beside the boundless sea
That ebbs and flows unceasingly,
And dreams of name and golden fame;
And who shall limit the To Be
That's dawning there?
It might have been. When life is bright,
And love In in its golden prime,
Youth rooks not of the coming night,
Nor dreams that there may be a time
When love will fall, or change, or die
Eternally I
It might have been I When time grows gray,
And spring-tide's hopes have passed away,
Old age looks back on by-gone years
Their many wanta and doubts and fears;
And through the mist a way is seen,
, The might-have been I
It might have been I When ago so sad,
Weary of waiting for the fajne
That, after all, is but a name.
When life has lost the charm it had,
True knowledge makes regret more keen
It might have been !
It might have been I When youth is dead,
And love that was so false is fled,
When all the mookerles of the past
Have lost theirtinsel rage at last,
The one true love t clearly seon
That might have been !
It might have been I Ah me I Ah me !
And who shall tell the misery
Of knowing all that life has lost.?
By thinking of the countless cost
Poor comfort can the sad heart glean I
It might have been I
it might have been I Nay, rather rest
Believing what has been Is best I
The life whose sun has not yet set
Can find no room for vain regret,
And only folly crowns as queen
its might-have-been.
The Lottery Ticket.
Painsted was in a state of excitement.
Theie was gossiping by'the -roadside and
over early tea-tables.
Innumerable voices had uttered the ex
clamations, "Do tell" and "I want to
know I" but all that had happened was the
quitest wedding possible.
Two people in their Sunday clothes, ac
companied by two friends also arrayed in
their best, had walked over to the church,
and there the minister had pronounced them
ma and wife.
Even at PaInsted people sometimes mar
ried, and many more importantant person <
had been made one than Sally 06rkindahl
and Simon Wheeler; but somehow Pain.
sted was excited.
Sally Corkindahl was a young woman of
thirty, without beauty, but wonderfully neat
and industrious.
Ever since her fifteenth birthday she
had gone about from house to house mak
ing dresses and children's clothes, known
everywhere as a good, pious young woman,
out never considered attractive.
Her work was good and slow. In the
course of these fifteen years she had laid by
fifty pounds.
She always had a black alpaca, a clean
linen collai, and a checked apron; but
whether they were the same or were occa
slonally renewed, no one could teli. -
Simon Wheeler was a very pretty young
man of four-and-twenty, with light hair
and big blue eyes.
Since lie left school be had never been
known to do anything but on. lisa Aunt
Wheeler's dloor step and look at thie news
paper-actually "look" at it-lhe never
read it.
As soon as it arrived lie would seize
upon it, turn to a special corner and look
at it.
What lie stared at, though this was
known only to himself, was a small adver
tisement which occuied the same position
in that particular paper from one year's end
to ihe other, and which was headed:
"Great Gumbo Lottery I Capital Prize,
Fifty Thousand Pounds. Tickets, one
pound each."
When the day of the drawing came, and
a little list of numbers was to be sceen be
low this advertisement Simon looked long
or and was often observed to sigh.
Not however, because lie had invested
his money in tickets and lost, butt because
he had none to invest. ~Aunt Wheeler was
not too generous.
"PIll keep you till you can keep your
self," she often said, "but I shan't have my
-money wasted on cigars and wino. You're
better off without none."
Simon neither desired wino or cigars,
nor any other luxury of dissipated youth ;
but if lie could have had the price of a lot
tory ticket without working for it, lie
would have rejoiced,
In his early boyhood he had dreamed
that lhe had drawn a lucky number, Hie
beolieved in dreams-that dream in particu
lar. -
It had the effect upon him that having
lis name in a will has upon many a young
man. -
He saw no needI of learning a tra4e, of
going into a shop or setting himself to earn
his bread any where or in any manner,
With lisa first pound hie would buy a lot.
tory ticket, draw the fifty thiousandi prize,
-reimburse his aunt for all that she had ex.
pended upon him, be very jolly and genar.
ens to oibrybody, and "live luxurlously
-every, day," like the "town mouse in ti<
able.
One afternoon as he sauntered in, sleepy.
eyed andi dreamy, lie found Sally Corkin
danhl at the tea-table. -
Bhe had been sowing for his aunt all th<
afternoon.'
Meanwhile lie also had been very busy,
lie had foundl an imiaginary pound,
bought a tecket, drawn the prize, and be
stowed upon his aunt a little carriage, tw(
cream-colored horses and a bh1tck sll
dress,
11cr delight over the unexp)ected presen
and wonderful news had kept ,huim fron
opening the canned fruit as lie had pr.omis
ed to do.
Mrs. Wheeler, who kneiw nothing o
tins fine waking dream, desired to scoh
him.
However, Sally's presence prevented lie
fronl 4omng so. She contentcd herself 'Mtl
a talk at hint over the dress-maker's sih
der.
She praised the girl's Industry, her p
dence, her economy.
"That's the way to get on," she sak
"that's the spirit I like. Independent fr
the time you lost your parents, and i
lug little savings all the while. Don't a
"only fifty pounds." Every little ma
a nickel, I've heard my grandmother s
Many a one that has earned double y
inotey hasn't saved a penny."
Simon listened.
"Fifty poundst" said he to hims(
"Why don't she buy a lottery ticket, dr
a prize, and stop.sewing V I would."
He looked earnestly at Sally. The cc
came Into her thin cheeks.
Sihe was not often the object of such
tent regard.
Could it be that this young man adnu
her ?
Sally Corkindahl felt sure that this i
so when Sunon offered to see Iter home ti
evening.
That was the beginning of it.
The end was that wedding which I
awakened such astonishment at Painsto
The wonder that industrioqs Sally Cor
ludahl had married such an' idle folio
who certainly could not take care of her, m
only matched by the wonder that hat
some Simon Wheeler had married tI
plain, utterly unattractive Sally Cork
dahl.
Mrs. Wheeler resented it highly.
"Since you've chosen a coimon sea
- tress, and married her without a hint
me, you can take care of her," she sal
"I won't."
to Simon had sauntered over to the o
room which Saljy hired, with his portio
teau in one hand and an umbrella In t
other; and Sally still went out to wor
while Simon sat at the window and look
at his paper.
Ile had told her he expected to' cot
into a fortune, and she received his sta
nent with the credulity.of love, and w
content to pinch and toil in the meantin
She had placed her savings book in I
hands.
All she had was his by the laws of I
love, and before their wedding-day w
over Simon had bought his first ticket.
It was that that m.ade his heart beat
wildly, not the touch of her honest ha
upon his own as she met him in the gloai
ing; but he said to himself. "The
shan't be any more' drudgery for Sal
when I draw the capital prize."
There are twelve months in tho yea
each month the great Gumbo Lottery b
a drawing-each month Simon Wheel
bought a ticket and drew a blank.
Sally knew nothing of it.
The anniversary of their wedding can
On that day Simon bpught two tickets, at
in due course of time drew two blanks.
He was always kind to his wife, ferev
talked of his expectations, and praised h
industry: forever looked at the paper, at
made little sums in lead pencil on Sally
pine table.
At the end of two years bally began
feel a little anxious, at the end of three
little weary, at the end of four alarmed.
Forty-eight months had passed by, fort
eight drawings had been made by tl
Gumbo LQttery, and forty-eight blanks hi
been drawn by Simon. .
One day he made his purchase withtre
dation, and returned home trembling;
had spent the last pound of his poor wift
hoard I
fie had bought his fiftieth ticket in t
Gumbo, and for the first time his hen
failed him; lie had always expected
prize before, now he only looked for
blank.
He went into his small room. Sally ,
at her table sewing. She looked up
Simon as he entered, and her eyes fill
with tears.
"Husband," she said, "I've got to a
you about the bank book. I hoped
leave the money lie and then add to
You've got it, safe, I suppose."
"Yes, tihe book is safe," said Simc
wiha dIreary op)pression.
"I'd like to see it, mf you donm't mind
8sak( poor Sally. "It seems as if it wor
be a sort of comfort."
Simon took the book from his pocd
and handed it to her.
Bhe openedi It andl glanced at It.
Then her face iushecd anid sihe began
cry.
'"Don't!I" said Simon. "'Don't, Sall
-don't cry. I meant it for the best."
-"If you needed it, you were welcon
It belonged to you as much as to me," sa
Sally ; "but you might have mentioned
I'd have been prepared."
"1 was so- sure," said Simon."
sure."
"So sure of wvhat ?" asked Sully.
''Of the fifty thiousanid p)ounds(," si
Simon ; "I expected it long ago."
"You've never told me what you expe
edl it fron1," said Sally. "Do you e'
think it will be left you? Was it y<
father's money ? If you'd tell me I col
think it over. What was it? You would
deceive me, amid you are not crazy; but
can't think what you mean by expectl
fifty thousand pounds. Anid, ohi, I am
worrIed, Simon I"
"Perhaps it may come yet, Sally," si
Simon.
Hio took' his handkerchief from
pocket as he sPoke and wiped his wit
eyes with it.
As lie did so a bit of yellow paper I
Into her lap-thie last Gumbo Lottery tick
bought but an hour before.
She caught at it and her face fluel
again. She looked at her husband w
the gleam of anger in her I.ycs, ahd cr
out, sharply:
*"Is this it? Is this the.secret-the f
tune you've talked of? Arm you crazy
oughi for tile? Have you been buy
tickets in that cheating lottery all th
years, and is my last pound, that I see
have dirawn from the bank to-day, sp
for that thing?"
Poor Simon I le stared at his wife
a long time without answering; then
said, slowly :
"Think of it-forty-nine blanks,.
every time I expected a prlze-tl.e cap
prize. Think of my disappointmeit '
"I can't think of any thing except t
I've married a fool," said Sally. "I co
kill myself wheI~ think of It. I bell
you married me to got that fity poundi
gai :ble with."
Thten she began to cry.
"Yes, I've been a fool," he aid ; "
though the money made me think of ask
yu to have me, I nicant to make you ri
Idid, Sally ; I vow I did. We'to
along very well, haven't we? I thin
great deal of you. I meant to d6 eyu
tina for you; but it's all over now.
ul- look at that ticket, and I know it's a blank.
I should never buy another-never, never I
ru- You see, that dream-I told you once of
tmy dream-appeared as if it must come
-- true; but my luck is bad, I see th'at
)m "Luckl" c'ried Sally, stung by resent
ik- ment. "Luck I * Oh, get out of ny sightlI
yPick up tlat ticket that you've spent my
ces last hard-earned pound on, and go where I I
ty. can't see you for a little while, dot"
mr "I'm going,-Sally !" said SImon. 3
lie stepped towards her as he spoke. Ie
would have kissed her If she had permit- 0
if. ted lihn to (o so. C
Aw Then lie picked up the yellow ticket,
read the number aloud-9889--cranmed
lor it into his pocket, and sauntered away.
At six o'clock that evening there was a
in- little crowd beside the mill dai.
It was fast Increasing, for a body had
'ed been taken out of the water with a pocket q
handkerchief full of stones about the neck; t
ras Simon Wheeler's body. 1
at He had drowned himself in less than a
half an hour after he had ivalked so leis
urely away from his injured Sally's pres
ad ence.
1. They found in his pocket an empty '
k- purse, a little list of numbers, and a yellow
w, ticket soaked through, but still bearing on
,as its surface the figures 9889.
id- Sally would have known what.it was but
kat she never saw it, or the dead face that t
n- looked Into its marble whiteness like some c
beautiful statue, for she lay upon her 1)pI- b
low. as white as he, with hicr little baby on P
. her bosom; and the three were buried to- t
to gether in the little churchyard at Pain- 'I
d: sted. . r
On the day of the funeral there was a t!
ne. drawing of the Gumbo Lottery.
u.. The manager of the enterprise shouted "
he the numbers of the capital lyize; 9889 was c
k, not among them. Its holder was not en
ed titled to fifty thousand pounds.
But it made no difference. Sinon a
no Wheeler lay beside his wife unconscious
e. of the drawing, and the yellow ticket had t
long ago resolved itself into a yellow sop v
e. among the sedgy grasses by the mill-pond. I
kis -_c
t]
or ftalsing a WVeaver, 0
as
Jojee. wa. a tranip, and hungry. l1ap-9. '
so pening to pass one day in a village where
id the women were wailing, lie noticed the
u. preparation for a funeral. In hopes of get:.
re t1ng something to eat. Jojee said to the .
ly relatives: "Would thou have the dead re - k
stored to life ?" Then all the relatives sahd
r "Yes, that would we." b
id "Place me," said Jojee the tramp, "hi s
er the room next to the dead man. Bring ine
good cheer, so that I may propitiate the
reanimating angels. Most especially put
C. there a pot of the finest honey, three loaves tr
id of the whitest bread and a flask of the pur- cc
est oil. - w
ir That the relatives did. Joj6e, the
Dr tramp, bid them retire. Jojee, the Jramp,
id then eat until his appetite was satisfied. c
18 Then he uttered many shrieks and howls.
The relatives waited Ion and patieptly..
to Ab lengl JoJee- Cau In thd people.
a "Tell me," asked Jojee "what was the
exact calling of the deceased ?"
"A weaver was he by trade," the rela
to tives replied. c
Ld "A weaver," cried Jojee, the tramp. c
"Why did you not tell me so? There is
honey, bread and oil wasted. Had he been M
i a tinker, a tailor, or a cobbler I might I
h have brought the (lead man to life-but a
weaver! I never could do anything with a ti
weaver!" tc
She did not care to discuss the point s
a with the ignorant fellow, so. to conceal her
a emotions, she once more let liersdlf out on
the piano. The woods were filled with
at music. The mocking bird whistled as if IM
at his throat would split, the cuckoo filled the
3(1 sylvan bowers with his repeated cry, while V
ever anti anon the mournful cooing of
sk the dove interrupted-the matin song of the tj
to lark.
to"There, now, I guess yoti know 'what
'that sounds like," she said, as she paused.d
n,- "You mean that tootle, tootle, tootle, t
'chug, chug ?' You just bet I underst and a
a, that. Many a time at a picn'c i've heard e
it from tihe miouith of .a demijohni or the ~
bunghole of a beer keg."
et IIer first imuilse wvas to hurli the p)ianlo tI
stool at him, but it p)assedl off, and once
more she wvent at, time piano as if it was thei,
tyoung man's head and was insured for a
double its value. The thunder growledl, n
ithe lightinng flashed (fromi hecr eyes), and a
the first Leavy drops are heard upon01 the ~
eleaves. She banged and mauled the keys s]
iiat a fearful rate; peal after l)eal of decafenl- ~
it ing thunder pecrturbedi tihe atmiosphlere andl i
're-echoed in still louder reverberations until
go it woundi up in one applalling clap as "a
grand finale. Then, turnIng to the awe- 1
struck youth, she said
'd'I suppose you have heard somehhig g
like that before ?"
-"Yes, that's what the fellow with lineni
rer pants said whemi lie sat, on- the custard i
iir The audience found himself alone, but a
li e picked upi his hat and sauntered out into d
the street, densely unconscious that lie had ~
said anything out of the way.
A liole-Stirrinxg Inoida utn.
It is a sentimental custom for young men il
us to write their names, andl something soft, 12
C's on the soles of t,he girl's slioes. I ou comeo r
across couples In the angles of hallways, ini c
ell the corners of verandas, and on the beach, (
et, filling out these novel autograph albums. a
The girl grasps something--sometimnes the 'y
Led y oung man's shoulder-to steadly herself, S
ith andl coyly holds her foot bottom upward, g
led While he squats and tickles hler sole with tl
the point of her pencil. This is not only tJ
ar- pleasing, to the pair, but makes great sport y
m- for the sp)ectators.
ing The writing wears off in an eve.ning's t
se (lancing, and the shoe is then ready for the e
oul next fellow. - Theli custom is encouragedi a
3nt by girls with little feet. One who was not I:
so fortunate stood in a Hlowland House I
for corrider, Long Branch, gracefully posed 1
lie against the wall, w'ith the spacious bottom (
of her shoe spread out before an enamored ]
mnd swain, who had lisa pencil thoughtfully
tal suspended. Her hardened lirothor camo ]
along.
hat "Put on thue D)eclaration of Independ. I
Iul once," he said; "there's room for it, with<
ave all the signatures." .
i to The girl took her foot away immediate- I
ly, because she wanted to stamip with it.
but WASU FOl 'rHU [IHANDs.-Four ounces I
itig pulverzedi borax, four ounces each of
oh. saleratts and murlato of ammonia; put
got into a tin pan and pour in four quartsi
k a of hot soft water; stir until well mixed,
ry- bottle for use; after'washing the hiands
j- and( face, wet with the above,
That Deceivitu ElaMUMoic.
"I've been a-fooll"..growled Harper as
ie untled a parcel In his front yard and
hook out a new hampock. "Here I've
een lopplug around all through this infer.
al hot spell when I ight just as well
een swinging in a haumock and had my
listered buck cooled i by the breezes.
Any one.can put up, a hammock. All
ou've got to do is to untie about 500
Hots, unravel about 500 snarls, and work
yer the thing until yo can tell whether the
pen side was meant go up er down.
his puzzled liarpefy rull twenty miin
tes, but he fln got it right and
late ned the endo -A two convenient
'ees.
Then he took ofR his1 4t and coat and rolled
I with a great sigh dLef. No he didn't
ulte roll In. Ile waall 'ready to when
lie hamniock walked away from him, and
e rolled over on the greg"and came to a
'.op with a croquet ball under the small of
is back.
"Did you mean to 7o thatl'" called a
mall boy who was looing over the-fence
lowly chewing away 66 green apples,
"Did 1? Of course illdI Git down off'n
ant fence or I'll call a pollcemani"
The boy slid down and iHarper brought
p a lawn chair for tht next move. it's
lie easiest thilig in thk orld to drop off a
hair into a hammock. 15ts of men would
D willing to do it on ahidry of ten dollars
er week. The troublo with Harper was
iat he didn't drop all df his body at once.
'he upper half got into the hammnock all
ght, but the lower half kicKed and
irashed around on the grass until the
nall boy, who didn't mean to leave the
eighborhood until the show was out felt
tiled upon to exclaim.
"You can't turn a handspring with your
ead all wound up i that there ere net,
ud I'll bet money on ill"
Harper suddenly rested from his labors
rise up and shake his flat at the young
ilain, but that didn't help the case a bit.
le carefully looked the case over, and de
ded that he had his plans too high. He
ierefore lowered the get. within two feet
the ground, and lie had it dead sure.
e fell into it as plump as a bag of shot
>ing down a well. He felt around to see If
3 was all in, and thengavehimsel a swing.
o person can be happy in a hammock un
es the hammock has a pendulam motion.
his hammock of Harper's was just get
ng the regular salt-water swing when his
nots untied and lie came (lown on the
road of his back withsuch a jar that tWe
iall boy felt called upon to obseerve:
"That ain't no way 'to level a lawn
u want to use a regular rollerl"
After consciousness he crawled slowly
it, gently rubbed his back on an apple
ae, and slowly disappeared around the
'ruer of the house in search of some
Bapon which would annihilate the ham
ock at one swee),and though the boy
,lied upon hin again and again, asking
a minstrel performance was to follow
e regular show, Mr. Harpor never turned
P otection of Woodwori,
It is well known that the sap of wood
ntains substances like albunien, gelatine,
imi, etc., which easily undergo decomposi
min, and under certahi circumstances, such
favor fermentation, and in warm dump
r, are able to destroy very rapidly the
ronger woody fibers. The inore sap
ore is in the vood, that is
say the greener it is, and th e
oner t1ii evaporation of this sap is stopped
r an airtight cover, the quicker the fer
entation will set in, and with it the decay
the woody fiber. These circumstances
e correctly understood by practical men,
ho prescribe that the timber be felled in
inter, and try to obtain a free circulation
air through the stricture. They think
icy avoid the disadvantages above men
nod if thiey,'further, demnand '"seasoned
ood," because it is clear that, there is less
mnger of docomnpositionm tm such wood
an in fresh or green stuff. But here we
once stumble on this dillculty, namely,
dieternininig what degree dryness in the
ood to be tested seems puost advantage
is for its use, aind tihe time requIred for
his is much longer thant is generally sup
ised. The appearance of the wood is
~ry seldom a reliable guide, and people
~e accustomed to think that the wood is
uch drier tihan it really Is. Theo comnpar
~ively important changes which the wood
ndergoes (luring tihe first, year from
irinkage enables ius to measure approxi
ntely the time necessary to dest'roy the
ist evil effects of its interior life. Not, un
I it has reached this st age, which requmires
mr to six years, unless artifial seasoning
resorted to, is time timber benefited by
overing it with a p)rotectinlg coat of paInt.
.t this time the paint imust have a beneff
tal effect in p)rotectinmg time wood, for it
revents atmospheric moisture penetrating
ig io the wood to serve as a reagent to
ecompose the albumen, which is now
ried and coagulated as well as less abun
ant. Owing to tihe position of the lum
er yards and the urgency for materials to
mid with it is selom possible to obtain
tell seasoned lumber and wood. lBauer
rein, therefore, proposes the -following
recess: Tme most rational and sensible
recess for large, heavy timbers is the irm
regnation, as for railroad ties, with chlo
ide of zinc under six to eight atmospheres
f p)ressure, where this can be clone.
P?resh green wood Is best for this.) No
rguments are necesary in defense of the
alue of this method; it cannot be too
tronghy recoimmnded, nor is the expense
reat-about $1 per cubic meter. When
icre is no opportiunity for impregnation
me woodwork should be left two or four
ears uinpainted. Ia umy experience, says
auerwem, wood tar is better than coal
ir, because it penetrates In tIme wood more
sally, and, containilng a larger amount of
ntlseptic substances, its effect is more per
tanent. Although wood tar is coinsidera
ly,dearer it is to lbe preferred. Its color
icing somewhat similar to weed color, it
an be used on small unImportant buildings.
ts cost is omily one-fourth that of oil paint
ud can be applied by a common workman.
~laned and worked surfaces should be
aerely oiled (three times) not painted.
Resides having a better appearance, tis
>i1 varnish is necessary to prevent crack
ng amid drawing of thIn parts like dpors
mnd windows. It does not interfefe with
he gradual drying out of the wood. Aftem
he expiration of three to five years the oil.
ng miay be replaced by a protecting coal
>f. paint to prevent water from penetrating
nto the wood work. it should be adde
hat it seems advantageous to mix aboul
me part of elutriatd chalk with thre<
parts of the white lead which is used with
ho special color for all oil paints. Thiu
seems to make the paint adhere better te
the wood, as shown by experience. With.
out going into the subject of oil paints the
author cautions the public against the
many new fangled and highly extolled
paints and substitutes. They are gener
ally much dearer, he says, and at best are
only equal to ordinary linseed oil paint
made with equal care from well .selected
pure material. The chief effect of a good
oil paint depends on the purity of the ma
terials used, especially of the oil and white
lead or zinc white, whether it is finely
ground and thoroughly mixed, - and the
paint carefully applied in good weather.
Iniians and Fireworks.
The Indian has a hard time of it, alto
gether. An Idaho mining camp Intending
to celebrate the Glorious Fourth in bang up
style, ordered a heap of fireworks to be sent
to them. A whole wagon load went on,
and while on its way was captured one
night by a band of Indians. They didn't
exactly know what kind of property they
had got, hold of, and proceeded to investi
gate. The chief thought the cannon crack.
ers were cigars and the little ones cigarettes,
which article lie-had seen in use at the var
Ious camps he had visited, and he distri
buted a lot around, and they all lighted up
for a smoke, ano pretty soon aniore surpris-.
ed and puzzled set of Indians never' got to
gether. The chief had a cannon cracker,
and after the explosion It was three inn
utes before he could get breath enough to
yell, and then the wild shrieks lie gave
could be heard five miles away. That
ended the smoking. Another buck fell off
the top of the wagon with a box of giant
torped-es, and the crash that greeted him
as he alighted scared him so that he got up
and ran-off at breakneck speed. A squaw
contrived to get a pin wheel afire, and as
she dropped it on the ground the natural
tendency of the thing to whirl around
made it go kiting along the ground like a
wheel of fire, sending out a shower of
sparks and ca.using the affrighted lady to
scud away from it, with her eyes as big as
saucers, with terror. The pin-Aheel got
under the wngon and ignited it, and the
Indian at first tried to extinguished the
flames, and pretty soon a Roman candle
went off, and before the man who was lilt
by the first ball on the nose could clap his
hand on the injured member, another baU
caromed there and then a third, and then
the rockets began to go off and lilt the bucks
it the legs and ribs, and the different col
ored fires threw first a red and then a blue
light upon the scene, and the "mines"
blow up and filled the air with hissing ser
pents and other things horrid to behold,
and more pin-wheels got loose, and when
a buck jumped to avoid a pin-wheel he got
in the air just in te to be hit by a rock
et, and almost everybody ot more or less
burned, and in about five minutes a crowd
of the worst scared and most frantic In
dians the world ever saw,was scurryling off
in the darkness across the prairie bellowing
with pain and fear. And the next load of
lLOVUm DI", 4A.2vuhal ,U8S. %Pa v.' I
be meddled with by those Indians.
807-fethsug out of the Way.
A young lady in the most exalted socia
circles of Galveston, after much toll and
practice at the piano, learned to play with
considerable dexterity a p)Icc entitled
"Picnic Polka." It is something after the
style of the celebrated "Battle of Prague,"
in which the listener can readily distinguish
the roar of the artillery, the rattle of nus
ketry,. the shouts of the soldiers, and the
groans of the dying. In the "Iiciale Polka"
the noise of the wind among the trees and
the joyous carols or the birds are repro
duced, the final being a thunder shower
which disturbs the sylvan revellers. It
happened that a country cousin was in
town, and the young lady thought she
would play the piece to him and hear his
comment. Hie was a pl%iI tIIAbh-kleinded
youth, and although not very brIght, was
very appreciative. Sihe tld what the pie0ce
was and tlhn. proceded to give him
the "Picnmc Polka" Th'ie first notes are
rather slow and hesitating, the Idea sought
to be coniveyedl being the solemn solitude
of forest through which the gentle zephy
(not, heifer) sighs. A fter she got, throtigh
with tis preface, she asked him if lhe did
not almost imuaginie himself ini a lodge in
sonme vast wildernes. lHe rep)lied that lie
thought all that slowness meant the delay
it getting off. Said lie. "There is al
ways seine dlammed ous-i wiho overaleeps
huniself and( keeps everbod(y else waitmng."
A Western w itness.
Conductor Hleatotn is one of the best boys
on theu Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council
Blufls lRoad, an(i is also one.of the sharp
est. It is not, very often a mnah gets ahead
of hin as Pat Powers, of Hlolt county, has
probably fonnd out. Hleatonm was at Oregon
a few days since on seome trial coimected
with the railroad company. Powers is an
attorney, was cross examining.Hecaton and
asked him if lie would net naturally testify
in faver of theo rauilro)ad conmpany.
"No," replied Heaton.
"You would testify for the railroad
rather tihan Iese your position, wouldIn't
you ?"
"No," said Haton.
"You'd like to be an angel, wouldn't
you ?" sneered Powers.
"No."
. "Why not?9"
"Because," was the ready answer. "I'm
afraid time Lord would set me up as a guardian
anigel over some red headed lawyer from
Hlolt county and I couldn't stand that."
A Miracle o1 Honesty.
At a party one evening several contested
tihe honor of having dlone the most extra
ordintary thing; a reverend gentleman was
appointed judge of their respectivc preten
tions. One produced his tailor's bill with
a receipt attached to it. A buzz in the
room that tis could not, be outdone; when
a'second proved that he hmad just arrested
his tailor for money lent hin.
"Thme palm is his," was a general cry,
when a third put in his claim.
"Gentlemen," said lie, "I cannot boast
of the acts of my predecessors, for I have
just, returned to the dwners three lead pen
cils and two umbrellas that were left at my
house."
"I'll hear no more," cried the astgished
arbitrator, "This is the very acme of
honesty, it is an act of virtue of which I
never knew any one capable. The
prize-"
"Hold," cried another, "I have done
still more than that."
"I have been taking my paper for
twenty years and always p)aki for it in ad
vance."
He took the prize.'
Fear of Lightning.
Reason and study of the laws of lighttif
have done much to lessen the fear of it.,
la true we live between two magazines <
electricity-one in-the earth and the oth4
in the air-and a cloud charged with alec
ricity passing over a point or lody in
negative condition will discharge Its sua
plus by the very quickest and most cot
genial medium,which it finds in the huma
body, a tree or house indifferently. But
Is also true that, provide the lihrhtning wit
a convenient and easy conductor In th
shape of a stout Iron rod higher than an
point of a house, and reaching well int
the ground, where electricty may scatti
harmlessly into the damp earth, it will pri
fer that conducting rod to anything in 11
vicinity, and people who stay indoors in
well-protected house are safer from lighl
ning than any bomb proof from burstin
shells. Every accident from this cause w
ever knew of caie from careless exposur
In situations known to be unsafe. The firE
I noticed after my own accident was tha
of a missionary's daughter who was killei
while passing an open window just as i
wonfan was on Long Island last sninmer
while sitting at her sewing-miachine. J
young man In Malden we think, was kille(
while sitting on a porch with his chair tip
ped back and his head against the knob o
a door-uell-wire. Many men have beet
struck while riding into a barn oni a load o:
hay. Many will remember the frightfu
calamity at Scranton, Penn., where a part3
of women, out picking berries on one o:
the high hills, crowded into a deserted loj
hut in a sudden storm, and seven were kill
ed by one.bolt. Steep hills with minera
veins croping out are not places for person
to live on,wlo wish to escapelightmng,antc
unprotected houses there are doubly dan
gerous.
It is never too soon to go in the hous(
when a storm is rising. When the cloudi
are fully charged with electricty they ar<
most dangerous, and the fluid obeys a sub.
tie attraction which acts at great distancei
and in all directions. A woman told us ol
a bolt which camte down her motlier'v chim.
noy from a rising cloud when the sun wai
shining overhead. N. P. Willis writes of
a young girl who was killed while passing
under a telegraph wire, on the brow of v
hill, while she was hurrying home before a
storm. The sad accldent, at Morrisanla,
when two children were killed, shoutd
warn every mother that it is not safe to let
children stay out of doors till the last min
ute before the storm falls. People should
not be fool-hardy about sitting on porches
or by open windows, whether the storm ie
hard or not. Mild showers often carry a
single charge, which falls with deadly
effect. It may or may not be fatal to stay
out; It Is safe to be In the house, with the
windows and doors closed. The dry air iu
a house is a readier conductor than the
damp air outside, and any draught of air
Invites It. A hot fire in a chimney attracts
it, so to speak, and it is prudient for those
who would be sure of safety to use kerosene
? T e i ,p v s b, jV mj *1%r aid a void im ating
Romance of a Postal OArd.
A postal card, was purchased in New
York, on November 29, 1879, decorated
with two one cent stamps, suitably luserib
ed and addressed to London, E1,ngland. By
some mischance it failed to secure accom
modations in the mail bags whileh left on
the steamer of that date, and its voyage
was delayed until the departure or tihe next
mall steamer, It arrived at its destination
on Dec. 13, just flfteen days from the time
it was deposited in the New York Post,
0111ce. From London it journeyed to Mar
seillies, France, arriving there on Dec. 17,
showing no sighs qf sea sickness or fatigue.
On Dec. 25, it was manipulatei by the
oflicials of Cairo, Egypt, who wished it a
nierry Christmas and a 'Ood speed" on its
voyage, to IJ'mbay, Indi, where it landed
on Jan. 15, 1880. On Feb,. 2, thme ahnmondc
eyedI Celest,iai who rules the dlestiniy of time
Post Office at Bingapor~e, China, gave it a
ticket of leave in well known laundry
hiieroglyphlics, and allowed it to depart, thme
empire for Yokohama,Japan, where it wvas
received March 9. Becoming homesick at
this point, the plucky postal cardi embark
ed1 (on an Amierican bound vessel, and1( on
March 26, it reached San Francisco. Al
though it had traveledh over nearly ais much
territory as ex-President Grant,s its arrival
was signalized by nio diemionstrationi froni
Decnnis Kearney's fellow townsmen. It was
met at the wharf by the otlcials of the
Mail Department-the divera of thme wag
ons-and guietly conveyt'd to time P'ost
Office, where it was tendered a reception
by thme distributing clerks, atnd quietly es.
corted to a train en route for Now York.
On April 3, IL, took up permanent quarters
with Mr. Rlogers in New York, the cit,y
where it first saw the light. It bears its
honors meekly and refuses, courteously bill
firmly, to be Interviewed. The time con.
suimed in this notewort,hy journey was au
follows: Starting from Now York thii
voyage to3 London congumefld fifteen dlays tt
Marseilles, nineteeni days; to Cairo, twenty.
seven dlays; to Bombay, forty.eight days;tc
8an Francisco, 110 dlays; to New York, af
ter a voyage around( the woerldl, 127 dlays.
Wipping Ohiuldren.
A pairent who don't know hmot to goverm
a child without whipping it, ought to sur.
reanher the care of that child to some wisei
perison.- Sportsmen once thbought it was
necessary to lash their dogs in traininu
them for the field. They iiow know that
the whip should never be used. IHorscmei
once thought It was necessary to whlip colti
to teach thomn to start or stop at the word,
and to pull steadily. Thiey now know thia
an ap)ple isl better than the lash, and thma
a caress Is better than a blow. If doeg ami
horses can be thus educated without pun
ishment, what is there in our childre:
.which makes it necessary to) slap and poummi
them? Have they less intelligence? Havy
they colder hearts? Are they lower in th
scale of being ? We have heard many elh
people say:. If we were to brinlg up anothe
child we would never whip it. They ar
wise, but a little too late. Insteadl of God
doIng so little for children that they mu
be whipped into goodness, lie has cdone a
much for them that even whipping can
rule thiem-that is, as a rule. limt, alas
there are many exceptions to tihe ruic
many children are of suich quiality that
blow makes them cowardly, or reckless, c
permanently ugly. Whipping makes child
ren lie, makes themi hiate their parenti
makes home distasteful, makes boys ru
away, and makes the girls seek happinei
anywhere and anyhowL Whipping is baw
barona. Don't whip.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
9 There is an heroic innocence, as well
as an heroic courage,
r A- soul-6tirring incident--treading
on the point of a.tack.
Old sledge is still a favorite game
with* most blacksmiths.
Love is like honesty-much talked
about but little understood.
In English politics, a man stands for
I a seat; here lie runs for one.
e The man who grumbles with dice
y will learn the folly ere he dice.
o It costs us more to be miserable than
r would make us perfectly happy.
I have seen many women drown,
a their honor in ' river of diamonds.
a lie who makes an idol of his interest,
will make a martyr of his integrity.
Power unsubjected to the control of
virue Is a poor guardian of civil liberty.
The more we help others to beai
t their burdens the lighter our own will
be.
In confessing your faults and pluck
ing a goose always make a clean breast
of it.
The way to gain a good reputation ia
to endeavor to be wlhat you desire to
appear.
The young man who . bets on his
watch as a time keeper is staking notes
on time.
lopel fortune's cheating lottery;
when for one prize an hundred blanks
there be t
If you would not have afillotion to
I visit you twice, listen at once to what
it teaches.
She looks down into the churn and
toftly sings, " This Is the whey I long
have sought.
Jones calls his wife a Nihilist because
ishe is always so anxious and willing to
blow him up.
When young men idolize young la
dies they are very apt to tell a great
many Idle lies.
Shame on those breasts of stone,
that cannot melt in soft adoption of
another's sorrow.
It is one of the worst of errors to sup
pose there is any other path of safety
excopt that of duty.
The gout is a break which a wise
Providence' puts on a mani's legs when
lie is living too fast.
Envy is a passion so full of confl'
dence and shame that nobody ever had
the confidence to owu it.
Is a cornet player likely to become
Intoxicated with the spirit of music
when lie goes off on a ,oot.
Tihe wise nian stands firm in all ex
tremnities, jnd bears the lot of his hui
Inanity with a divine temper.
lie who has but little wealth, and at
the same time would be satisiled with
less, is rich enough to be happy.
There is no fish in the world- that,
If you let trouble sit upon your soul
like a lien upon her nest, you may ex
pect tihe hatching of a large brood.
" What were the worst resvlts of the
civil war? cried an orator. "Widows l"
shoutel Jones, who had married one.
You may shrink from the far-reach
ing solititudes of your heart, but no
other foot than yours can tread them.
Nature makes us poor when we want
necessaries, but custom gives the naie
of poverty to the want of supertilties.
lie that resolves upion any great and
at the same time good end, by that
very resolution has scaled the chief
barrier to it.
We knew weshould discover it. The
nuidijiglt cat tries to scale the feice
aid " run tihe scale" at the same time.
ilenice the dliscordl.
Truthi and purity, like ao many gems
in the life and example of the good mftn,
cannot but shame and condemn error
and vice in others.
It is easy <(nough to make sacrifices
for those we love, but for our enemy
we have to struggle and overcome self .
Such a victory ia noble.
A cheerful tempecr is like a grain of
musk ; it Impar ts its fragrance to every
thing that comes In contact wiLh It, yet
it always remains thle same.
Those who, without knowing, us
thinuk or speak evil of us, (1o us no harm;
it is not us they attack, but the phan
tom of their own imaginaLion.
Politeness may prevent the want or
wit and talents from being observed ;
but wit and talent cannot prevent the
discovery of the want of politeness.
At forty years of age a man looks
back over his life, ands wonders what
he (lid it for, Mni then turns wIstfully
towvardls the future, and keeps on doing
the same thing.
We talk of acquiring a- habit; we
should rather say being acquired by it.
Habit is time jani'4ary power in mani:
p)assioni and principle the antagonist
revolutionary powers, for evil and for
food.
He who looks on beauty with a pure
affectioni forgets tihe loveliness ot' the.
body in that of' the soul, and rises by
means of that earthly bemuty to the
great artist, to the very essence of love
Life has many ills, but the mind
that views every object in the most
cheering aspect and every doubtful d ie
penmation as replete with latent good,
bears within itself a powerful and per
petuail antidote.
There ms-one phrase without which
half the pleaisure of life would be takeni
away. It is a phrase of irritamtioni to
one p)arty, and extreme satisfaction to
the other, whenever anything goes
wrong. It is, "I told you so.
Loe ielight must always be f,riv.
elin. Aman must spend it, giveL e
away. lHe may be a miser of hmi
wealth, tIe his talent in a napkin, and
I hug himself up in his reputation, but
r lie is alwhys generous in his love.
3 Those who expect the most are liable
I to the greatest disappointments. A
Sman of numerous desires Is of' all bp
3) l-gs the most dependent, Hie who con
t tracts and simpli1ies his wants will se
I cure the greatest amount of happiness.
-A vacant mind takes all the meaning
Sout of the fairest face.. A sensual dis
r position deforms the . hanjdsomest fea
- tures. A cold, selfish heart shrivels
Sthe best looks. A .fzean, grovelling
a spirit takes all the digntyout of the
a countenance. A oerEhe hatted -
-transfOrms tlie mQ8s beitiftil linSa.
monts Into ans imna6 af tg)hVe~