5* landed, in 1839, which was about the
3‘:-
THE SENTINEL.
StKYTII NURWAI.‘ "ARCH L‘tl.
FACTS FOR Till-2 (‘YRIOUSZ
The preterit alphabi-t, in tlic course of
rrnturin, grow from tho original to cut}-
Iwo signs of tlic l‘hu-nit lath.
The finest sch-“s uscd in a watch have
3-“. threads to thc inch, but sch-“s with
800 threads to thc inch lllll bc cut It
takes 144,090 watch s. rows to wrigli a
[mum].
The horses of tlu- Numidians and wine
o-f the northern MW!“ “ti-c in mutual.
times at) docilc and \\ cll brokcu that they
i \tllltI bt‘ ttltllluut-d by Iiii‘ \‘Iili'i‘, WIIIIUIII
win or hit. 7
Harry Ilronnh-c, of .\~l.iir t' unity.
Iowa, has v‘llt‘ll twmuy’ thrrc Iii; tut uui- -
. Iicr pickb-s to tour inizi-itcs, and Illt‘f‘t‘~
ll"t‘\Il|IIIIi to ba tln- thampiou pickle
I.i"'l’ i I IIII‘ slrlli'.
An ordinary fright (‘:it‘ holds nincty
I‘.u'f'tl* of tluit 2H0 lupin-b of “ht-at;
film .-a ks of tlom. Iii” bushvls of pota-
toes; 6.000 fcct oi lumb-‘r; and utilt-ss
you kt-cp ii shirt» lm koiit, from one to
halt a dozen tramp». '
Thcn- was it sort of prim-until llllh‘l‘
of correction utt i. lxc'zl to thc farms and
villain of tlic limit-oh, in with h thosc of
tlic slaw hourly who \vcru kcpt in fct~~
ittm were brim-d and umdc to work in .
nuns; whcrtnis thc rc’st, who wcrc not;
diaiued, wcrc pnnidml with sc mode .I
nunmmodations inanotlu-r part of t 0 es- 3
t thiISIIIIH‘III
\ inicruscopc slnlc in the posscssion
: thc .\I.inclin-~tcr l’.uio.ophi. :d and Lit-
w i‘_\‘ 31“ lot)". in England, cont this the
ivol's prayer “IIII ‘li within thc Ill-3,-
m't‘tli part of an in: h The iuinutc spcck
7*‘hr‘ be found \\ itli |u|\\0‘rI\II iiiii'rusrupt-s
.r.‘\ with grr it ~ltt':~i.lt_\. us tlu- lot-us
im‘tit o" thc lcns lll' \7 ln' luu I" to l‘t\\'t'l'
«In ixact spot in .i: ":2 ‘br- iIIDJt‘l’l. It'\\ :IS
- r . nut-d by “r \\ t‘I‘II s. inc y in». 3:0
to th :ii i of ’III Itis‘~~itiic‘iit now hrld by
.' ' ‘ ‘w‘li‘i \'
.‘Iay If. tin”, .: r: HLiYk‘Iltli' dark-
. ~ ~ inc? ‘prcad Xv“ I-Iizglau l. \ztryittg iii
:stty .it tIlIIt"t n' p'at .~._ In sum - scr-
l’l‘r‘illl‘ i‘l'ililI Ilt'I It‘ll“ I‘lllllllll‘"
.‘ ‘llo'\I mutt-T i". tlm I‘l‘t‘ll air. liiids lw»
”to“ tlid‘uI and or til to rrst: l-iitiy :ird
‘uwl. wi'iit to rn-~t, :md lillIit‘ sought
H t ir :Il custotncd . v. mug li'snrli, Ilouscs
WM 'c lighted with - ‘mdic’s. 1|lltIll":lI’I_\ :ill
'1‘
it of door wot-l, o ,. \\I\lll'lltIi d. 'I‘lic
iI-wur-tioii Ivt~;:m .t! to n‘t lock in the
m “Jill“; and - nl"l‘:'l~ q lllllll might 'lilil‘
ll"\<‘|" ltt‘l‘ll rc-
‘ ii'i-‘iv-llili ll
_——
'l‘lii- stomach.
'Ytu' walls of tlo- Gulliflt‘ll urc thin/and
t'l.~~!ir, and may lc trinpnrnrily dilatcd
v iv. no :I h flu-l or l-l : .~ :rm-mtcd
Lt, Illa-1“ ".itnxn'~.ll iii of fund .\ IIIlllI d
-t‘ uni ‘h, t‘rthtIt::~_’ 1i: IIII\E a hunt rnfi‘e-
wi bv fatty dc“- nv Y'all wt, or by any
mil: 9' ciiisc. may s i to Iii'hli r liltijl' tinn
of thc lath-r ~ tc~u.t in rlleiIt'll
it .iIII.
Bu»! tli“ ~t-imi- b may I- (aime- pr'rlitu-
.u ntlv dzl .tt-d, o d cuoiiiioudy m. In
ll-tt r t‘Il‘ -. t'm I\\i til-\"llll;f~ the
it I. iili'u‘ illlil (Li‘ cm: not} lu' so :ilII'i‘li‘iI
as to mail" it ditiic 'll' I”! it to cju-t food
til-Yo thc iutcstinv-v
'I'm‘ muscular ti i‘l- of .i dilutcd stotii- ,
sa‘r arc “tat-worst This the
!-md to rciiuiiu too ton: in it-v—somctitiici
sou-rail day's. 'I'Iiu fond thus n-tuiucd
tI'i'i-III’NNti‘ in‘u :i numbrr of irritating
:ci-lsand annoying gaws. 'I'hc worst
fi-Vllls of dy-pcpv-iri rr-ult. ;
Fitch \IIIuI-illlbll may bc doc to a dis-
c .wd nirxowing at this pylotus - the
up. llI‘Ig by who h thc food passt-s ftoui
tlet‘ stomach «it to its olmtrut'tiob by
tumors of various kinds. thus hindcrtug
:a. .w- of Illr‘ d trk r ItJ~
’va‘nd. 'I'hc 'li! -.\
.
.l‘ t
‘0'1
I'llli‘l ‘
tlu' pussugc of IIH‘ food through it. t)r..
tlict'outsuf the st vmavh may have be-
cwmc Wi'aki‘m‘d by tiisi‘asi‘; 01‘ the llt‘l \'\-s
of the stomach. on \\I|i(‘Il its~ pcristaltit‘
a. :Eon tlt‘lll nds. may lute lost their nor-
Iti d irrita ~ilily.
Habitual m running also causcs this
dalmatian. All forums are liaibli- to it
Vi 22 . ovarian I tli- it' stomachs u itli cithcl‘
to «I or lnpiid‘ cspicirdly with Ill‘t‘l’.
- .- anst t‘\'IIIl‘Il!‘l‘ s-t dilatation is tlic lift
-’"lll.‘tlh‘It‘!tIItlll of l-md in thc stomach
-*.i-r night. '
'I‘ia tliitllihiilll is [imprint in children.
wpcc a:ly Munro; ft d :iitifii hilly.
'liusi
but it is not cumin-d to Illi‘lll. Many
ni-thoi'sinirsc IItt‘it childi‘cli at night
aluiyit co IIIII‘IO i‘ly. Such infants liaie
g null :iptit‘lilrs 'iwl' III I!” food d h" illfll
d .ly nourish ”11"“ but thcy :irr badly
trottbicd with lli»li:t‘~lii‘ll, \"»lii‘. and
d .irrluru. 'l‘h ‘II :ilMIHllit‘lh art- distcnd- d.
'I‘in‘ n ily rcl'n-f is in more ptx-p- : lccd
my.
It is thi‘ sainc \\ itli adults, II.~i\i;II the
muscular tonc of thc stomach may be
strengthened l') with s. 'l‘lic worst cuscs
rctiuiru IIIt' d-Ii‘ttil. Luv/4's (lufo‘lsuuun.
A, _.__.__..__._
Discovery of lingiicrwotyplnr.
J. A. l,. writing from Sun liaficl,
s..ys‘: An illit‘t‘i‘slilt’ fast in thc history
of sun printing whi It. in its licgitiiiing
was to mi tin-iii n. otyin; accidcaully
estim- to my snowh-tlgc rcccntlr. which I
takc thc libcriy to turnidi for thc t'lrwi-
i‘r/r. My cditizin a-f .\pptctuii‘s’ m-w cy-
rhipicdia says it is not known what lcd
Dugout-t- to tIist‘iWi't’ th~ art cullcd by hi:
it nor. .\lr. Louis, an intelligent Prrtlt‘h
" minim, mt our“ w..u...w
an no, in substance, the following 10'
count of the beginuin of this wonderful .
discovery and invention, to which thei
\vofid 0i ncii-iit‘c and art is So dccpl)‘ itl~
dcbtcd to-diiy: ' "It was about the ycar
It‘ll-Iva ycur or two uftcr thc cholcra
plagues- I was an upprutitii‘c boy in the
tint of the drum \ll\'t'rtdllllllt c~tahlish-,
In 'ntsin I’tiria. .‘Ir. Ilauyt‘l‘ri‘. til:‘ it!" t
tlst, bud bccu polishing a silicr platc in
tin-fourth story of his Iliills‘t', wlu-rc he
hail skylights arrnngcd to iitlorl fullcr
light for his purpnsi s. (Inc day, hiiviiig
occasion to lcztvc the room for ii time, on
returning hi- fnuud some one had dil-
urzi‘nge l tln- mom and sto‘en his nicney. .
Looking donn upon the table where he I
bud left the po'idtcl plate, to
hisaunirisc h-~ diwovcrct tho int-cacti!
his guilt-tier, who came uucc a neck to
arrange his grolllld‘, whom he charged =
with the theft, and rccovcrcd the mung.
Th“ mideutal dicnvcry lcd to cvpori-
menu with thin um *: owl-it'll cflablishcd
the art, and Wild 2*ch Mr. Ikigucrrc a
wealthy man. I in k him a polishod
platc. sat for my picturc, and obtained ,
my likeness It ii cost. of about one dob
lair.“ Such II tbettatetm-nt ot_.\lr. Louis,
which I suppose is substantially Correct.
Then looms, however, a discrepancy in
dates, Ir. Louis putting the date of dia-
oovery ohm: the year 1834; when-u the
c (:1th pieces the establishment of
tie min 1839. Andlremcmber some
one Ir. Rulofson, of Bradley&
moon, In San Francisco, told nit: that
he tRulofloa) worked in Beud‘n gallery,
i
i
l
I
beginning of the "ts—0A5“ (Cal)
“reside.
I Thoreau Ill nea‘e
yous , W
was" York, iii if,“
.... --..—,
4
THE REUBRBAST.
In muntrv lanes the robin: ling,
“cutthroat-d, joyous, swift of wing,
From misty dorm to dcwy eve
(Though cnrm of unsung ycx and grieve).
i Their little Ilt‘l‘bbolls ring and ring.
I
3 And when the roses say to spring:
‘Your nugn is- o‘er-8‘ when brooms bring
Tho scouts of spruys that lo\ as “my a
In ‘ouutry lanes,
l
The nslbn‘ast still is heard to fling
Iiismusiv fort‘i: utid ho \\ illcliiig
To autumn till the w inds lit-roux e
[for ycllowing tn-cs Nor will lie leave
Till winter finds him shivering,
Iii country bums
—.
A GOOD INVBS'EMBNT.
l
.\ tiondcst't‘ipt rial brick. with dingy
windows and ‘l brown woodcn p )I't‘h ~E
that was thc sort of house the llarrclb
livcd in, and mcunt to dic in, Bcrta uscd I
to say. sotiictitncs rclwllinu—ly, but always
hopcfcssly. until that startling cvcliiiig
whvn Miss Matilda canic home in a st lIt‘
of cmotionul cliam and thrcw hcrsclt on,
tlic lottngt'. :
Iii-rm was knitting an amazing: stitch
licfori-u d\\pcptit‘ littlc gratin with ln-r
fcct crossct scissors-fashion on thc tomb-r.
i'luut your otlicc f“ cjaculntcd that '=
young pv-rson, \\llt‘lt slic had pict‘t‘d to~
gcthci‘ tlic bits of brokcn subs tliut fell;
from Ilt‘l‘ sistcr‘s lips likc thc toads iii‘
thc fairy tale. “Ito give- me that paper
and lct mc sec what it Incans‘.‘
“It nicaus rs—stari‘ntion—rr-for two 3";
“"liit d out tlii‘ disculisolati- .‘Iutildu from V
Iltt‘ \Ult‘t. l
It crrgtittly did, as far as thc ~i\‘ liucs'
of utilrLl literaturc “cut: bu; youth is
so ilt‘til: nt in its l:opcfulncs~. that wli -n
tlic ynuugts‘t .‘liv Ikiilcll hid mm -d
tlir ls-tti-r iindcr tlic <o:ils \\ itli .‘I \‘Il‘ltlll\i
Iittl‘ «ii: llt‘f‘ spirits lllUllllIHI \Vlth llic
li'il” .
“I'll. Todd), iIvur. tI-Iti‘l :u on Iikt‘
that. lust think, turrc‘s «u uugh moucv
in thc tin bank to put a ‘il\‘i‘r strcnk iii
tl‘lf‘ cloud. and a \viiolc iiiv-iitli's salary.
\\ ith our bill. paid in udvam r i
“S. wnty ~ Iih- dollars?" suitlcil Miss
Ilari'cll.
"It is that mach bctti-r than nothing."
obscncl llctta, with illillllthulilljl'ul nod
tit tlic i‘l‘llliililt‘tIJIP figurc, and :uiothcr
uni a routiolciitiul our .it llic tirc. "I
bclicrcI could smugglc us out of our
troll-lot if you world only trust thr-
mom-y to inc."
“Lilo-1y?“ rctortzd )Iiss llarrcll. with
a ti‘ar-cli-ukcd of l‘lllill‘III'JI. “I
Would a- ~o in Il"l\I u babv with
In ili‘lti‘x" ‘
"That's what Itall :i I‘lll‘tltlfl \hamc
but, chit allowing? I wastcd llii' iiioncy.
\yc \ioitld at l- ast indulg't- in :i now wt of
\\ o w. 'l‘ln-rr‘s u “in: likv- \‘aricti in
onz-‘s llti~i‘l‘li‘\, Matilda; and if youimly
Would trust low, I would buy I\\'.i lii‘lu‘ls
right .i\\‘.|_\ " I
.‘lis‘s Ilrirrt'll IN‘TIIIIIII‘II lli-‘ fi‘vb'r tiri-
light In llit‘kci’ for :i tiiwiiimil llt'rtl.\\ Ilt‘l'
small, u ct farc. as do Ilfli'tI it from thc
arm of lln- sofa.
“-I‘li'hi‘l.‘ fur
\\ ln-rc .
".\ixy\vhcrc,'~ ansm‘rcd Ilvrta, with a
gone-rim. cirvh- of hcr bro“ ii hands in [Ilt'
all "For llti‘ \\ t‘st, I if tlit-
morn-y would takc its that far."
‘ Did I cvcr .
"No. Matildii, you ncvci ! If you had
cycrdoncanything clsc but plod right
on in that old iiit of tin oilicc, vou
wouldn‘l'luccrymg lit‘t‘:lll<l‘ you :ITI' oiii of
your rut to-day. .‘i-rtcs you just right
for not inarryin: .Iat‘k. Uh, you nccdn‘t ,
mono or w rigglc likc that. 'I‘t-ddy dcur:
it‘s truc, cvcry word. and you know it I"
Miss Ilrirrt-ll raiscd hcr Ill‘:tlI again, and
this tEmo licr facc was'tlushcd a dark. .
tcmposttr-us rod, and it \\a~u‘t tirc-light
citlicr.
”'l‘run' or not, you arc not the- ouc to
rcproirli? If I linrkcpt on ploddingr iti
my 'riit.‘ it was only Ilt‘l auscyou had . to
bt‘ rulscd and card] ior; :ilixi now that I ,
am wcak and unncric I from tiiy — my .
trwib‘c. yui can sit thrri- and taunt nu-
witlx y our on ii supcrior ititclliu‘cncc. \\ ail
until you Itrtti' dour soon thin: to prou-
it li'tl»icyoiilw1:iii tn luau. Uh, my
I:I':|iI' my luxnl'“ and don“ it \vcnt again
atuuiiu‘ tlic cushions.
"You don‘t considcr' my Ill zid, nor my
hot”. z-i'hvr. to if.» on in that unlit-cling
fish: n: \‘cs, it is unit-cling in you. .‘Ia
til-la, “lo-n you know how it hulls inc to
.«cv you ~utTt-r so for nothing.“
“Nothing? tluod l.oi‘.l T"
"I supp isc," and with statistic-i1
t‘lli‘u‘l'l lilt‘Ns Illt‘ girl so: hwrwlf b ‘It lilir
right and pruccol to t it"t‘h oll' nndciiiablc
fill'l\ tt‘l llt‘l‘ lingcrs .“l suppo‘c tii-
half th~ world would ch tiigt- plan-x with
yi it ::n l mc (infilg'lll. Just think of tlic
sti'ccls iiind with lit-guru‘s; tlic limpitals
cram :‘ul‘: ol' sllfIi'l‘itiL: pcoplc; thc insanc
asylum. :ii: I prisons, and. --—“
".\iol then look at Two woincu
tut .w ‘r strong, with only onc month‘s
: \itlgt‘s b tun-u Illi‘lll and th" strcct; thc
contrast is roilly daulingf“
5hr willfully igiior‘cl tlic ~m~ill bunk
Iii-hind tho Swiss cl t‘h‘. btit lit-rill, wise
from c\pcricixcc, sii‘lcrcd Illi‘ omission in
silciu'c. It wuss - likc l.cr sin‘dl, llt‘l‘i"
ous~tcnipcrml sistcr to struggle on and
on likr :\ "pariah, and tlzcu stumblc at last
in tlic sloiuh of dcs iondcucy with a
hclplcss splash, that she crept our to
the sofii. and prot‘vt‘dod to admiiiisicr on
tilt‘ltulf—cxtmsod (‘Ilf‘t‘k a scrim of lllJSt‘
My: ~h§_that i such it long
s ill
'I‘it ki‘ts’ for
\\ hat .‘
2i|t““.
or.
there—until Berta came home one even-
ing after. week‘s busy binning, With
two yellow tickets in her ands.
"Tliev cost cyactlv sixty dollars,“ she
cried, Soyously. “And I do ~idrd on
t‘uildvillc for two splcndid reasons—Wynn
sec, we sluill have thirty dollars and fifty—
.two-ccnts to astonish the natives with.
and tin-r.- is such a s \ici of comfort 'in
the first syllublc, don t you think 2‘"
“What‘s in a unmet“ tptotcd Miss .‘Iii
tildii. dismully. .
litlt licrtliu only lniig'hc I.
Miss .‘Intildii almost wantth to laugh
licrsclt‘, two driys iiftcrwiird, when she
found ixcrsclf flashing through Statc info-r
Stntc. for all licr lifc had only meant s- \
many rcd and bluc splash-s on tlic map.
Thct'c was no longer nccd to rcprovc
llcria for ”11‘ rccklcss bundlingr of thcil‘
future. The mom-y wits spcnt ttow—-:uid.
aftcr till. tlu-rc \\’.is a flavor of daugcrous
plcusurc in during fiitc to do her worst.
All hcr lil'c slic Ii-ul walkcd without
«tumbling in thc bcatcn path that lay
bcfort- Ill‘l' as prim as a Dutch flower gar-
di-u. and now that tlicrc liud cotiic‘ a sad-
dcn and appalling cnd t-hcr road. all
tlic comfort slic lial got front Ilcrta was
a rcfcrcm: - to “l‘lll~',“ that wasn't sistcrly.
and an illict‘ to “Jack.“ that was scarccly
grille-cl, ‘
\‘cry wcllf tlu-rt- was no Inn in tlic
dcspiscd rut to pltul in. 'I’hcy had a dcs‘o-
latcnmount of frccd-mi now to stnrv’c whcrc
* thcy phascd, and ot coiirsc, if it suitcd
llcitu bcst to tour thcir boucs‘ l-lcach on
tln~ boiuidh-ss Ill‘till‘lt‘s of tho \Vcst,
wliy——“
And then she did laugh at her own
omitting stock of wif—pitymnd it brought
. such u sparkle in Bcrtu‘s warm gray eyes
that it was worth being hopeful just to
we them.
And, indccd. thc girl was so chccrily
familiar with things sliv ncu-r saw bcforc
and kncw iiothim,r about, so worldly-
wisc in thc “killer of rho-ks and so
czptal to Ilit‘l‘ugg‘flgt‘lllt‘ll, that Miss liar.
ril, in spitc of It"? thirty unvI somcthitig
. ovcr yc.irs, was lit-grinning by the sccond
night to fccl i‘IlIIiIi\lII_\'. it'rcspousibly
happy, win-u ~thcir joitriu-y tunic to an
cud.
(‘utuc to such ii sudden and disastrous
cud, that slo- lirtd bccn lying in an ugly
lit-up undcr tln- stars illllit‘ twt-nty min»
utcs bcforc shc rcalilrd that Illt‘l‘l' had
b~cu an accident, and that likc :i~ not
slip “as d 'ad
“innnd-ul slic ri‘rlainli‘ \\':is‘, for Iit‘l"
arm lay uudu-i h -r :is still and cold as :i.
womb-ii thing. and III-‘I‘t' was smoothing: ’
slow :
Ili‘liilli: down Itt‘l’ ISN‘I‘. in thick.
drops. that s‘m- k’ncn cycn in tlic awful
darkncss’ was nothingr lc~s than bloodr
and Hit it. sliv mom-ti again.
'I‘ln- :n-citliuu lud happcucd in an ultf~
‘of III" “my tv‘irt of llic country, with fli-
oin- to blaan- but a slccpy thalicm. 'I‘licrc
was an IIII'II or so of pain-griph in tlic
ucirt st papct'. and .t two line tulcgrtnr
iiotiw- in thc pix-v :illovci‘ th‘ Statc but
it takc~ m urc III:|‘I a hutdful of liruiwd
:iudbattcrcd p;is.w2:crs to makc liviidr
li w-s‘ ill thvso- lil'=-I.:t‘i‘\~i\I' day“. so that
\\ licii \Iiss Darn-ll i'lh‘llt‘l lit-r cycs' on IIlt‘
world again it had llIIIIl‘ forgotten all
about Ilt‘l‘
It was rathcr a strungc world for a pair
of cii‘ili/cd cycs “Mirth! upon. four walls
of round logs cliinkcd with mud of dcli»
talc ycllow, with a small, sqtirirc opcn~
in: for a window, and a Inn),r panel slit
for a door.
tliitsidc the window tlict‘i‘ “orc frost—
c-Iatcd mountains shooting up, up ribon-
thc sky liiic, and on tho iiIIlt‘l‘ sidc of
tlic door thcrc czimc swift, irregular
StilltltIs‘ of .. what was it.‘ What was that
sound! And wlierc in the name of sensi-
was llcln-rtiil’ '
“'liy, tlict‘c slic stood right bcside hr,
and as licr watchful cycs‘ caught sight
of .‘Iiss‘ Mutildu‘s wide, womb-ring: ours,
IIIi‘t‘.‘ ( aur- a pink wave of uladncss into ‘
lii'r fucc. as with u Woiiiriuly sobsliclcuucd
ovcr iind c night her in Ilt‘l‘ :irms.
“llcrta.” Ill‘uilll Miss .‘Iatildii, in such
ii small. faint \oicc that it \‘cry tit-arty
frightcncd licr into silcucc, "I‘vc. bccnill,
hayrii‘t 1:"
“Yrs. dcar; but thc d uclot‘ s-iys ‘- “
"I‘yc iicsdrd ii doctor, tlictif" A‘id
“ll“ll slic li‘id askcd Ilt‘f‘ qucstion, sht-
In xiii ,l :itid t‘liN‘I Iii‘l‘ i'yt's.
licrt i l‘itlll'l hayc told ln-r slie‘
t‘.!ltlI‘ Ilt':ll‘ no nling ii coroucr.
but sin. only p‘ittcd tlic thin wliitc
limd, :uil purrcd out a wricsof soothing ‘
czulcariucnts instcad.
”.\nd what did Ilt- say was thc Illtl'li’l'
with mc.’ I l‘ccl as if t‘\l‘l‘_\' bonc in my
body was sllllllt~‘l“
\uow '."
“lush-rd it i~ti‘l i" ('t‘icd tlic L‘Il'l, cagvn
ly. “You wcrc just shook up. don‘t you
know, and bruiwd and scratc‘acd all
oyci‘, poor darling; but tln-ie was nothing
downright duttu’vt‘uil‘s tln- maltrr, bccausc ‘
thc jury. or whaicvcr you (‘ull it. sat on
\till, and. of cour‘c. tiny ought
know.“
'l‘lu-u Miss Matilda Darn-ll‘s cycs llnrcd
opt-n, and lit-r moan writ sonicthing
\ll‘cuilllll to Iii‘tit‘.
"It only scr\'c~‘liici'i::ht for trusting :
ihild like you with th: II sponsibili’ics,
that Ilt‘ltlllgt‘tl to inc. 1 don‘t blaiii-~ you
lic'ivcwkuows; but to conic back to con-
siousuvss in ii liovcl like this, ‘li‘llllilt“\tl,~
and maimcd pcrliaps for lilo - it ltlttht‘s‘
inc wish I was dra-l oh, I wish I Was
dcud~»——" And thcii the faint, quiycr»
IIILE voici- trailcaloll‘ into at pitiful and
most childish sob.
“If you knew what you wcrc talking
iibou, Tcddy, you wouldn‘t go on in that
unit-cling way. lt isn‘t a Il0\'t‘l‘. it‘s ii
vcrg pLicc shanty, with big blazing fires
In
«minim
way towtird soot ing' i .p. ..
woe; i
. \\ hcn the storm of tours hiid lulled into
im-giilur and rutlwr childish
lub‘. Ihirta, with her t‘hccks flushed and 7
her vorcc quivering with cagcrncss, bc- '
grin: .
“Uh, Matilda, do lct \is go! If wc
were among strunucrs wc could bc no
worsc off than wc im- Ilt‘l‘t‘. If wc wcrc
stab in: to inorrow, do you know ii soul
wc could go to for a pcniiyt I don‘t.
And I am so dcad tircd ofthis one room,
and old .\I rs. l.‘~e:-l‘s wcuk tea, llllI that
Tommy Tolsum iiicouing tit us from
Iiissidi: of tiit‘ Ittlilt‘."
“llut win-w could we go? and whet
Cutlld wc do whcn we got thcrc?“
“Anything anything! Teach, sow —“
Miss Matilda w rigglcd convulseiyely
from liciid to foot.
“And, if ticccxiawy scrub.“
Miss Matilda fli‘l‘t‘alllt‘d. ,
“(‘I'l‘l ingimt out in it fashion slightly
boyish, lr'it wholly delightful, bemusc '
sln- cvijoyml it to th:- lust coho, and
sprung to licr It ct with it suddcnness t al-
culatrd tit the very least to drive Miss ,
Intilds wild. f
"If I arrmge everything—everything," .
aha cried, breathlcssly, uwill vou let me;
have my way this time, Teddy! Say, i
will you?-—will you!“
And because .ilisa Matilda was totally 1,
demoralized and week from her emotion, ’
the helplessly atom red yes.
It could be ' wul ~—il' 0111 norm: one
'o-uld take t ie trouble to do it—thlt
. A“ ‘ 2:1 loveliest spot
you cver saw outside, wit i high mm.
tninsaud niilca and miles of pines-the
cuts will be coming by presently—don‘t
sliivcr like. that, poor darling “and when
you we the tIm~tor—-—wcll 2“ till“ Berta iic~
‘: cciitcd Ilt‘l‘ liist word with uplifted eyes
and hands.
“And how am I to pay him, that‘s
what I want to know! Uh, lli‘rtn, child,
that want but! invvstincut you made of
our last bit of money, “
“I call it it very good invcstmcnt,“ iii-
tcrruptt-d the youngcst Miss Darrell,
stoutlv. “I onlv had a hundrcd dollars
tnwork with, uiid I‘m suro I‘ve n-nlized
on it tothc cxtent of five thousand dols
lars audit beau!“
‘ ‘Fivc thousuml—dollnrs—an d—u— “
"Bi aiivaour IM‘ltlI, not mine. My ope~
riitinns have been purcly disinterectcd. I
don‘t cvcn exact thc usual per ccut. Good
gracious. .‘Iotildn, don‘t stare zit a body
like that: Jack said I must break it by
d";.:rcu~, but he hidu‘t sz-cn your eyes
when lic saw inc the order. You see,
.\\'llt‘ll \vc dctcrmiiicd to ‘VVcstwnrd Ilo,‘
I wrote to Jack, and the dear old boy—
~ vou 'ust. ought to pee what it drabool-
bred end he has, with u round bald spot
in the middle—well, he said in his reply
that I was to buy tickets for Guldville,
l and that he would meet us at the station.
The accident happened ix miles this
side, and as you were not able tobe
moved, he turned out the lumberman
who own this cabin and fixed “I upu
snug, u snug. You can hear the men
there exists no one quite so hopelessly ir- chopping in the pine- now—isn‘t it the
‘bte u n woman newly dimmed chaotic”.
from governmental cater—uni“ it be t I’m
_ crisp-st music in the world!
gong» - t lunbermnu some
unaccount of in us-nnd.’ dear old
ml --
When Iii- Dare“ had cried hornet! Jock owns o confortnble hone in Gold-
dck wreaks PW
thou-k villeuidgetsnilthe
7 said hhdiarmt,
ice in the town.
r!
i
l
.‘
my arm is brokc'i. I
t
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Over Mica Mll‘s fun cutie a tinge
of faintest pink, and her lip. trembled
like a baby‘s.
“Oh, yes, you are so taken up with
Jack thutyou don‘t consider the cash
profits of my little speculation! The
live thousand dollars is the truth of:
compromise the railroad made with me,
and I‘ve put it. in Goldy-inc bonds at six
percent, which I consider a downright
good iuvcstment!“~—.’\'mmia Lauretttffl'.
How the New lexicnns (‘uptiirc Ants.
An automatic combination scll'qidjust-
ing nut trap and intoxicating machine
has ht‘t‘tl in use for yciirs in Scw Mcxico
and Arizona. which is worthy of carcful
CIVIIIll‘tI attention. Tlic cliicf blessing
of tlmt arid section is hcld to be iiicscnl,
a ticry liquor distillcd from a species of
i‘ilt‘tus and the principal curse is an im-
mrnsc black nut that considcrs Iiinisclf
pniprictor of any premises to which his
IIL'.\I may lit-long. It is said that the nu-
tivcs could not lite without either thc
musciil or the "its, for WIIIIt‘ it is only
lllt'<\‘tll that can tunkc n Mcxicuu‘s lifc
cudumblc with thc nuts, it is only the
ants that wake a Mexican from thc pro~
found coma into which the mcscul
plunges him.
touch it 03, keep a III‘t.‘ boiling (Ker it
out with boiling lyi‘.
was that. the nuts would stay down cellar
until the troubli- wzts ovcr, and thcn
cheerfully rcpair the damagc done to thcir
dwelling, and “lay for" the Mexican in
the silcut watches of the night with a
principal ant‘s tics‘. in his yard, with thc
iiilciitioii of filling it with gunlmwdcr
and blowing.r both himsclf rind his onc-
mics out of thc tcrritory. Having buried
tlicbottlc to thc ncck, he went to tho
trudi-r‘s to got thc powdcr. \Vlicn~ hc
lillcd with ants, whom curiosity had
promptcd to drop in. and who, iiuublc to
climb out. ucrc indulging in ii rough
and tumbp- frcc fight that did tho .\Ic\i-
ciiii‘s lit-:trt no end of good. Anothcr
land by sunsct the “evil-an foulid :liim~
i s--lf proprictor of scvi-n tpnirts of ants in
.vari-nus stag s of mutilation and wrath.
'l‘o ~li.ikc thcsc into a I‘Jlllif‘t‘ was easy,
and thus in a duy thc colony was Iirukt‘n
up forcvi-r.
'l‘lic ancient Mcxican nicthod of trying .
to got rid of an nut's nest was to till up .
tlu- main hatch with line gunpowder :lIIII ,
l
l
vigor and alacrity that vcrc truly awful. i
l
night rind dav for a work, or drown it p
The only rcsult i
INDIA'N‘JUGGLEiti-z
(‘KREMONIHS IN THE “SACRED
LODGE" 0F SAVAGES.
A Programme of Performances Last-
log Slit Weeks and Ending in
a Sham Hunt—Some of
thc Tricks.
It is seldom that one inccts with any
spccial form of cntcrtuiumciit among Iri«
dinns savc shatnanistic and other mystic
ccrctnonit-s, which are pirt of thc rites
performed in conncction with making
rain, eycrcising mil spirits, ctc., but
among the Arikam Indians of Northcrn
Dakota there survives n custom of giving;
a public cntcrtziinmcnt i-zicli your. “ll-It'll
cuiiscs thc gatlicring of friendly Indians
from all dircctions. 'I‘lic ccrcmony takes
place during August and Septcinbcr, nud
tiltcr continuing for siy wt‘cks tcrminatt-s
in sham hunts. Tlic young men and
warriors among ncnily all tribcs of
the grcut plains
into "bands for mutual :tinusc-
mcut. dancing and feasting, to whilc
away tlic long. drcai‘y wintcr evenings.
Unt‘ of drum bands of Arikiini bravcs
numbcrs but tcu ortwcly‘c individuals of
acknowlegcd pI'U\\’(‘~‘, and uppciirs to
consist of candidate-s for futurc n‘CllgIII'
tion as shamans or “nit-dicinc mcii." .‘\\
tlicy prozzrcssin thc art of dcccption it is
nccrssnry to imprcss the bulnncc of thc
tribe with their assumed mystic powcrs
l iitid to secure for tlicnisclvcs the neces-
Unc day it dcspcrutt- \lc.\icnu pourul -
a quart. of rumor! down his throat and,
buricd tlic bottlc in" tin ”intro: of thc '
snry amount of supcrstitious vcneration
for future success in bccoming leaders in
the tribc.
'I‘hc “Sacrcd Lodge“ of the .\rikara is
around dirt lodge. with domi- shupcd
roof, rcs'cmbling :i Illltrt‘ illYt‘I’It‘tI buslicl
baskct. It nit-usurcs fifty fe t in dianic-
tcrtmd front liftccu to cightccn fcct high.
‘ and limit largo opcning at thc top for the
rcturiicd. hc found that thc bottlc was,
cs‘capt- of smokc. 'I‘licrc is only our door,
facing the cast, and this is dirc. tly nppor
sitc the point of tho intcrior :it \\ b‘rh thi-
band is statiorw-l. In tho middh~ of thc
lodgc :irc si\ III‘:I\ y upright trunks of
(‘ottoiiwtvod trons, scrving as pi bus for
the roof. 'I‘hc posts :II‘I‘ :irraugcd IIIH‘L‘
on a sidc, thus forming on oblong: \lll‘art“
. butwrcn w hit-h. on tlic ground tlwor. a Ill‘t‘
.Imttlc was quickly procurcd and fillcd, .
'I‘lic write r has scat two pounds of ritlc ~
'p-iwdcr r.m owl into an iiiit‘s iivst and =
prmc inclI-wiin- in its \h-st: uctiou. “lub-
by tho bozilc ~y ~t ~in tln- work was thor-
oughly :H‘t‘uf'tplirllt‘tl in «to... ill in :i wcck
by Iill‘ L‘JltlYllt‘ of thc last ‘Illt in thc c "It
iuuuity. Ammm“ .Im 9.11..
g Southern Forts.
.\t tln» outlm-uk of tlw war bv‘twcl-n
tlu- South and thc North tlicrt- \vt-rt- ‘
scvcntc.~it forts in tlic South lit-Ion;
log: to thc I'uitcd Statcs.
gins \yith tlic forts in Louisiana and fol. .
low: the toast linc in tit-~ordcr ll:tlui‘\I
liclow :
Slississi lpl incr, sovouty~tiu~ miles Iii-low
Now Hr "fl‘l\
Fort Morgan and Port Iii)ltti‘.\‘« Tbi- former
at Mobile- Point. Iht‘ outrun at of Mobil- bay,
forty miles II'III“ Mobile. tln- latte-r on I‘m:
uiiloa dist-int. new two forts coniiiinudod
tlic entrance to Mobile bay.
‘ort Vicki-us 8min Rim Island, anti-Juice
to I‘ons-icola harbor, one of the largest forts
on tlictlult‘ of Mf\l“i|.
Fort hftillai- «t ‘ll I-‘ostcr's Island. opposite
Fort. I‘ickciis, not one rind u hill IliiIt‘
distant. A pmctt‘ul cnscuiatml writor-bntr
tcrv.
9 Port Bait-ruin» .\'car the navy yard at
' I‘t‘ll‘ifl'\llfl. facing the outruucc to the bulb \r.
Iiitcudml also to con-r the navy yard from
land tit tuck.
Fort Jctl‘cmoii Ititc'idot to printout tho
and station: for guarding the commerce
which follows tln- channel of the gulf stn-aiii.
and for minimum: the mitigation of the
iilt‘.
{a Fort Taylor—«Kni- \Vost: rm iuiisirtaut
‘ work protccting tln- lnirbor of Roy \\ cst.
5 Fort I‘Ilifl\kl~4ll\ t‘ockspur is an I, it fcw
'tnilcs ll‘.‘lll\\' Sh\;lllltttll, protector; tlm cli-
trunc \, t the ’i‘in-r and u I'It‘ufli‘Il to Sai‘uti- . . . .
i u I. g I is found that ii thin rr-cd tubc cxtcrnls
' nah
i ctiti anco t l t‘liarh-ston harbor. The t‘ormci‘
I “It Still“ an island, Illn‘i‘llllltls below t'h‘irlos-
ton. on I IIIi‘ lnttcr ouc milc from Fort Motib
trio, n‘id tluvotourtiu of a mile from the
n-wirxxst ItllltI. _
I‘A\IIC\ I‘in ‘kllt‘)" :\ stn‘ill Work on tho ap‘
. proach to nut uwir l'lnirloston.
‘orts Mont-no and \‘ulhouu . At
Home to Hampton kinds, proluctiug the
kinds and approach to Norfolk, Jiimcs rivor,
ctz‘. Fort Monro» wristbc largest work of the
killl in the Initial Status in lull.
Port ;\l-~llcurv An old wA-rk protecting
th~~ outrun c to lkiltimorc harbor.
, Fort, t‘urroll-.-\ vory important work a
‘5 icw iiiilos below liultinioi‘u
..__-
Ills l'rl rate Mark.
A nillddndnllvrrd (‘icrinriii cook, who
docs business iii ti small way in~ Grand
stvcct, chanccd to fall ovcrboard from an
Rust rivcrl‘crrylxiat. Ilc was rcscucl llflt‘!’
much trouble by tlircc young Int‘l‘lwa
i dcck hand hand and two loiigshorcmcu.
:Wliilc the tlcuiiiiii‘s' recovery scoincd a
3 day.
Fun .la'kwunnd Fort St. l‘hilip 4m thc .
pliiu Island, up usit ~ Fort. Morgan on I th w- .
is kt‘llt burning: iiiorc for light than f r
Inuit, although tlic cvcniijgs :it this 'lati-
tudi- lwt‘omc dcri-lcdly chilly at this sou»
son of thc ycur. Attach-«I to tlzcsi- tinsI\_
and urounll tlic sidcs ofthc lodgc. IIT!‘ nu
nirrons‘ ran-lbw which slit-d ittst slillli‘it‘lll
light to mil to thc w‘a-irtlncss’ of tlic
scctic. Tha‘ tptarh‘r of tlin‘ in
It't’iiil‘ Iii'\t In Illi‘ ti.» it
is rt'r‘ti'th‘iI for thc :l‘IiIil’nt‘i‘. thr old int n
ind \\ om: n tzikiii: tln- first two rows of
on ”in ground thi- sin‘cccd‘ug
.uics living tnk -n by tln- lirst conic-rs 'I‘lic
spacc :iruulul Ilil‘ “all of tlic Iodgc is
:i‘ipropriatrd by Ill" \iltlilL: Indian Iii-ind“
und Ilii)‘\‘ \vlio itsuully tmiu'igc to cn-atc
nunsidcrablc iucrrimcnt during thc awk-
ward IIIII'r\iII‘. whit it arr not infrc-pi-nl
“w i rii‘r of tlic It‘ll-1' mounts tho roof '
rt‘ill.\
. thc sracrcd lodgc I‘.ti’ll aftvrnoon. and in
Ilic list IN“
a dolcful, Ill-)tlUI-ttlnui son: annount‘cs
the prufl’l‘ilmlllt‘ for tin- cvcnin: of th-it
“'hcti sti'isct uppr-iticlics tlic‘
incuibcrs of Illl' band t‘llIt‘T tlic s't'u. tun-
nud picpurc for thc t‘l‘t‘llllig. .\n on hot
tru of tw-o drummcrs. two malc singcrs‘
and two woincn notcl for shrill \oiccs~
occupies a positio l on ‘1‘!‘ rifltt side of
tln-tloor, and at t o- pmticr timw- drum-
ming brains in a \‘cry faint tonc, grad—
. tially incrcasing in ititcnsity. whcn thc
' singers join in.
anchorage of the- 'l‘ortugn~‘. its a naval doimt :
Forts~ BIoulti‘ioiiud Sumtor ~l‘roti- 'ting the
the cu~ T
' floor of tho
Thcrc may be one or
two prcliniiniiry ~0'lg\‘ Iii-for-c thc mom
bowl of tlic band risc from thcir plan-s
and sdvancc toward the cciztnil tirc.
wln-rc thcy form a scmia‘irclc and dancc.
kl'l‘IlIIIL' timc to thc buatiiu of tlic drums.
'I‘hcn n youngr bran- udvaiiccs bcariiiy,r
a long.' polc b-forc liitn whitli is Stir
inountcd by :i stullcd sca gull. "is com
portions iiattt‘v‘ around him i-Xcitmily.
singing loudly and ill‘t'nlll"3\lll:\i‘ bylin-
hircd singcrs, All of a suddcn tlu-rc is
on instant of silcucc. whcn thc bird‘s
spirit can be heard, thc voit‘t‘ issuing‘
auburn-nth from tln- mouth of tlic gull. ‘
'l hon, ::s a murmur of approbation uotitics
thv dancch that thc trick is Sll‘t‘t‘i‘flll.
it is rcpcatcd. l‘pun t‘lusc cxnmiimtiou
from thc bravc's mouth to tlu- polc, that
thc mic is hollow, and that ii small
wliist c has bccu inscrtcd in lhc top. ini-
nn-diiiti-ly undcr thc bird.
Anothcr trick consists- in swuilowiug a
large bullct and having: it riyiiovcd from
tlic back. 'l‘lit- pomnic blaiiclic, or Indi-
iiii turnip, is mridc to grow in tlic cartlicu
lodgc, though it is almost
lli‘t‘iIIt‘s‘s Iv) say that thcsc have bt‘t'll
' pluntcd than during thc day of the pcr—
fornuincc. A small puppct, rcprcscntin:
an Indian, probably si\ inchcs iii height,
ispluccd o.i tlic floor bcforc the duuccrs,
and tlfli‘l‘ considcrflblc drumming and
singing thc image bcgins to bob up and
down in unison with the music. (inc
duiiccr takcs ii rod and paisscs it above
and behind the tigurc, to show that no
. strings exist whcrcby its tnovcnu-nts‘ can
i math-r of cxtrcnn- uncertainty tho three ‘
'2 young men quart-fled
‘Iltlvillg rescind him. ‘
E the glory of shilling on the. station-hm
3 blottcr us it rescuer, with porhnps the
‘ chance of subscqut-nt mntcrizil reward.
Before they had Succccdcd in settling the
i matter to thcir mutual satisfaction they
were forcibly drawn apart by the police.
“more,“ stud an officer, "you can‘t
smut-d 3 thing by lighting.”
“'l'lint‘s a,“ assented the smallcst o!
the threc. “I can prove without fight.-
ing that I saved that man.“
“Let‘s see you do it, then, and be
lively.“ '
“I‘ve got my private mark on him.“
“Show your mark and give us less of
your jaw.“
The young 1min stepped blithely to the .
idle of the half~coriscious man, pulled
aside the blanket that covered him, find
minted triimplniiitly to a two~inch trash
in the flush; part of his book. “Thom!“
said he; “there's n1 irivnte mark!
There‘s whew I stuck at‘hook into
him 2“ _
His name wont dorm on the police
blotter without further question.-«Neu
Yurl' “mm.
c
llcr Royal Spouse‘s Board.
The lovcl y Queen Marghcrita, of Italy,
is at pmet‘ut in painful trouble on account
of her roygl spouse‘s beard. About a
year ago it n to turn gray. This
was t.io,had, n his majesty is only forty
years old, end. in the eyes of her
majesty. the hnndsonicst man in Itnly.
She purchased nbottle of tent heir re-
stat-er, and orderi‘d his majesty to use it.
King Humbert denim-red, but u the
Queen icsbied, he firstth the u-
tion to apply it to the ears of one of his
hounds. \Vhon the queen naked next
morning il‘ bk may had used her
remedy, K2 :3 Burn he! to
apply it. In her pet per-tot, and let hi-
kuow the rank next (by. Her majesty
tookthemw left the room. but
hos not “cloned the abject than.
The king‘s head it my that white.
ox er the credit of l
Erich nizin wisliyl
e
l
l
bc governml. Finally all of the duticcrs
run mound so as to cross tlte lirc, cach
tinic rcsting upon tlic burning: bruiielics a
fcw nioincnts, though not. long cnougli
to so well the moccasins. '
The closing cxcn‘iscs have bccn thus
describcd: “\thn tlic last day of the
fcs‘tivul (Sunday) came the min}. of 31.
must every inhibition in Sight “{1}“.
plaza beforc tln- Srit‘rt‘d lodge wrre
crowded with sluictnton, as none were
admitted on that dip! snvu thusc taking'
part in the hunting smiles. First up-
p'eored a roar representing a duck, be-
. ,2 covered with articles of clothing
made of duck skins stitched together. As
he issucd from the door of the lodge he
seed into the next boosts—the rcsi‘
cure of a shaman—whom he Iaflit‘d a
short time. As he again started to visit the
next house the duck hunters issued from
thc door of the sacred lodge and fob
lowcd his tniil. The duck imitated the
voice of the bird litucpniwntcd, while
the hunters innssiml through many amusing
evolutions in 'thcir scorch. So the hunt
continued round the circle of six or eight
dwellings and back tolthe point of dc~
partute. Tin-ii the rabbit awn-aired and
passed over the same ground, similarly
pursued 11““!!!ch armed with bows and
arrows c rabbit was almost without
covering save the blotehrs of gray and
white clay with which his body' was be-
smeared. lie, instead of returning to the
sacred lodge, ran to the middle of the
plaza win-re lic Iloppfll ubuit and finallv
squatted in a cluster of sage brush, which
had previously been placed there. When
the hunters espicd him one of them drew
his arrow nod shot him through the body.
Then two women cutie forth from a side
lodge, removed the arrow, when plenty
of. blood”) appeared, and offer a few
minutes‘ cnzelul pow-vowing the rabbit
was restored to life.
“A tinnitu- fate awaited the buffnlo,
though this animal was shot with n
bullet of on arrow. He was
earned npontheroofofthe medlodge
not! then restored. Hunting the owl,
the bear and the wolf, beside other some
animals, in: also Illustrated in neutythe
.IIQ manner.”
complete the funi-
V'I‘hueeeienionlu
ntthhdiauutmtothdrm
, ‘-
organ in tliciiiscl v c . ‘
‘ ~’ ii‘a‘o‘ tillakeitli—rriivalrtfll ”00¢
tire houses end tiniest r then”!
in entertain' their thong from a dim
tantra-33» 'oi-b Herold.
Silk Culture.
l Professor Riley. chief of the entomo-
; logical division, dcpnrtincnt of agricul-
3 mm, hitherto supposed to have been eu-
l Illusitlstlt' iii regard to the profits of silk
I culture in the I'nitcd Statcs‘, in a recent
issue of thc Rural New I’vrl‘cr says:
The experience of the ex riment sta-
tions, both at Pliiliidclphia and New
tlrlcuiis, run uiidcr the :iuspicics of the
l department of agriculture to test. the
, question of profit, hits not been very en«
T couniging the lust year. The actual cost
' at Philadelphia for producing-n pound of
si k has been $7.53, while the silk has
7 brought $4.40 pcr pound. At New (Ir-
: Icons there is a better showin"; 3,360
J pounds of dried cocoons have 1300!: Oh-
taiiictl,,~iiid huvc brought on an average
$l pcr pound; 2,?!" pounds have already
IIt’L‘ll rot-led, and liavc produced till
palluds of rcclcd silk. Which has
sold at $4.50 per pound. For labor
cniploycd in making this reeled
silk iln- cost has bccn $1.75 pcr p wind;
in other words, tht- silk rcclcd has cost
$6.07, and has brought but $4.50. 'I‘licre
has rcccntly becn a dccidcd rise in the
lll‘It't‘ of n-clcd silk, which would put a
dill'crciit showing on the above figures,
and it must bc rcnn mbcrcd that the gen-
cral cxpt-nsc in purely cxpcrimcntal work
is always hcavy bccausc under commer-
cial circumstances tlierc is some income
from silk waste which is not hcrc iti-
cludcd. I have rather discouragel than
encouraged this industry for the last
thrcc years, becauscI om thoroughly con~
vinccd that thc majority of those who
‘ cognac in it arc doomcd to disappoint-
incttt.
1.ti Studies, by ngc Brown.
llc cliccrful and you are bound to
bc ln‘althy. The dcspairing patient is
the one who dics.
“o n- is a gniidclsonrd tliiit is always
pointing to ii pli-as‘ant pathway through
grovc and iiis-ndow.
Somebody has invrntcd a woman‘s hat
that shuts up. but tlic woman licrsclf still
Coulitittcs othcrwis‘c.
Au t‘\t‘II3n2‘(‘ has it dcpartmcnt hooded
“Woman's Talk." It crowds out a good
diurcof tlu- mli‘crti~i‘ni nts.
'I‘hc mzm \\ ho thoii;ht that an cditor‘s
wot-l. was “nothing morc than write,"
found he “as wrong whcn he tricd it.
It has IN"'II obsrrvcd by tht‘ men who
bro“ .0: on tlr- dry f-iddcr of statistics,
that tho English could sp'irrow a fcw
morc of tlicir birds.
Alligator IIIIII‘\ are worth scvcnty-fivt‘
tcut~ t at h in Louisiana. This significant
f." t c\pl:iiii< \\ by trumps urc scidhm sccn
so far sullllt.
'l‘oa i't-rtain c\tcnt \\'c all profit by
carh otlicr‘s titist’ortuin-s, but the man
wh ) tcll~ a Woman that hcr babe is not
"unit; is liui-lc to go humc with a bind-
ng s 'ult-.
Why it is that an ordinary woman has
morc music in thc twighborhoz-d 0" her
uiidi‘r in“ than n blacksmith has in both
units, is onc of tlic things that :(It‘IIL‘C
has iii-\cr iindcrtskcn to cxplain.
S uni-body who has lwcudiuuing down
into the hard~pun of Inngungc, claims
that tho orig'n‘il incaning of thc word
cditor “as "to cat," but in the pint-hitter
prcs-nt it nit-ans “to starvc" in a go -d
many lm-nlitia-s that a blind horse might
st-riiy into.
' Hurt man who discoVurs a prcviopsly
unknown fact is it bcnufactor to his now,
and adds to the. mcntal wcaltlf of the.
world, unless his discovery is the inevit-
ubh- rcsult of blow tug int i the mu72lc of
a shotgun to find out how much vacancy
it contains.
Ilmgdad is it place of oi'cr 100,000 in
habitants, :iiid yct it has no plat-c of pub—
lic uninscmcnt. and thc womcn folk ncvcr
talk about innit othvr. If human naturi-
is thc samct c World over, what a god-
scnd a dog ight must be among the
ling dudiuns.—— ( 'ht'argo Ledger.
«.—
ltenil Bcfore the Knife Fell.
.-\t the cxrcutiou of the murdcrcr
tingny, :it Troyt-s, I-‘niiit‘c, rcccntly, iin
incidt-nt took plncc the like of which had
III‘YtI’ licforc bcca “Illlt‘<\‘t‘lI in I-‘riiticc.
'l‘lic coudcmncd man, during his trial and
final iiiiprisotuucnt. did not cvincc. the
lcnst ft-ar. Win-n. on the morningof the
total day, he was roustd front slccp and
‘ inforuicd that his hour was conic, hc re~
l oivod the intclligciirc quitc calmly. Ili‘
urusc. iittcndcd to his last religious
duties, air a Ill‘dl‘ty breakfast, had his
“toilct” inadc. uskcd for a good glow of
brandy, and said he was rciiily to 1:0.
Ilc \vatkel bctwcrn his nttcndzints with
'; a tinu step and ii look of courage, ulm \st
lof dcliancc. ltut whcn he rain? in front
’of tic ghastly iiistrutucnt of dcrith and
‘ gl lllcfid tip at it. hc was uotiecd to blanch
or turn almost whitc. At thc some time
i his body bccanic int-rt. He was lit'tcd on
_ IItt‘ liusculc, wlicrc lic lay for twcntystive
_ uwful sccoai‘ ; before the knife fcll.
’ Meantime hc did not stir. \thn the
, head was so titrated from tho body it was
; noticcd the lilood did not spurt cight or
1 nine fcct, as it does in such cows, When
_ the attending physicians were. given
. chargc of the body. thcy found the hcart
a _ 'I‘liis
-tln-_v explained by the fact thiit'whcn
: (lagny lookcd at the machine and turned
:suddciily white, his hcurt (eased action
and did not resume uftcr. lie was dead
before the knife touched him.
The? Baby‘s Horoscope.
Believers in utrology and fofluwtelh
ing of all kinda will find it n little diffi-
cult to ex lain the cause of a flight mis-
take ma e by Johnnnes Schoner, n
zealous astrologer of the Sixteenth
century. While on a journcv, Schoner
» put it at the house of a friend, where he
saw t e youngest child of thelntter, owed
two years, lying asleep in its cradle.
Schoner immediately sat down and drew
up the baby‘s horoscope. “He will be u
grout man, a gallant warrior, and, like
his father, will attain to high rank and
dignity," ms the result of the astrolo-
gcr‘s profound meditation. The fnthrr
fiance! at the paper, gut-an embarrassed
ittle cough, “timid, “Why—whv, Jo‘
hnnneo, the child is a girll“—foutb‘a
tbnpanion.
The Author of “ Dixie.”
Colonel Will 3. Hays, In conversation
last night, declared that he was the
original author of “Dixie.“ “The words
I wrote as a Confederate war ballad dur-
ing the early portof the war. The music
I fitted to them was a variation oradap—
tation of n song that was current in my
youth, nning: ‘If I Ind n donkey
~that. iron dn‘t .' I was working then
in a printing 0 uid the music I en-
grnved myself in the fourth floor of the
building where the New York store now
stands. 'I‘hecity wutheninthehnnda
ofthe Fedenh, nndtbeplateaand word:
had to be . surreptitioml' y snuggled
through the hue- into the Confederacy.
‘ ‘ in
the urn , nnd hence in
My. ~—M‘ ‘ (fie) M
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[mum ‘ withchildm;
=a wagon to tak» it otI.
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ncxortors .s"2“.;::1‘sm Fnol
After n Fashion—The Domestic (‘0.-
promlsc—Hc Talked Too Much—-
Matrimonial lntelicity—The
Grocer-‘3 New Boy. Etc.
Johnny Grey—“Say, Mr. Black, did
you got the fashion 1“
Mr. Black—“Did I get what. Johnny!"
J .— “The fashion you wrotc after."
Mr. ‘B.———"I don‘t understand you,
really, I haven‘t written after any fash-
ion.“
Miss Groy—(m-loringl “Johnny. you
may leave tbc room. children should be
seen and not heard.“
.I.—“I don‘t can-.I ain‘t done nothin .
You told ma, yourself that. Mr. Blac
wrote for the papa-rs after u fashion.“—
Rcrlmry Jar-Jam.
The Domestic (‘ompr-onnsc.
“Bnlnllt'_\‘, I‘m having: wretched time
with my wifc. “'c wmtiglo fearfully. and
she's so wordy that she overwhelms me
every time."
“Wt-ll. Darringcr. those little pleas-
antrics are not to be avoided, it seems.
My wife and I havc rczluccd them
to a Scicncc. Shc dimands but two
words. and I good-naturally let. her
havc them. It‘s a small concresion, you
“I should think it was. I envy
you, Bromlcy, ’pun my soul I do.
Oh, by the way. what one the two
words!“
“The first and lust."——I’i('Jm-9 Tele-
gruJJi.
Hc Talked Too Much.
"These building associations may be
good things." said a innit looting about
the station, “and tiny may teach a man
to savc his money, and ciioblc him to get
something ahi-ad. and to build a house
of his~ own. but I d ui‘t think I n-od any
building association in min». A year
ago last August I took my [ln'st‘nt posi-
tioii. I hadn‘t a. dollar to my name,
than. Now I liuvc a iticc house and lot,
all paid for, and mom-y in thc bank. and
I Iiui’cu‘t bccn vcry t-conoinicd either."
“And what position do you hold 2" in-
quircd ii solidloI-km: man.
“My position? ”it, I‘m a conductor
on this road. You say you‘re in thc nib
road bus‘mvs‘ too. ch! t‘oudurtor.”
"No."
"Engincerf"
“No“
“\th'. tin-lit"
“Uh. I'm one of tho «brochure of this
company. Your uauic, plczisc.“~l’cck‘:
5'1“.
Matriiiiniilal Inf'clicity.
It is gczicrally ti: dot-stood in Austin
that (‘oluncl Yv-rgrr and 3! rs. Ycrgcr
tight likc cuts and d igs. Tin-y roccntly
gavc ii rccvpfiozi. In which Tom Anjcrry
and Ilill Yard, two Texan unit crsity
studriits. wrn- invitn-d.
“\Vbo is that Hill» dud.- with an cyc-
glaw to whom t‘t-lzuii land .\Ir<. Ycrgrr are
talking so plcucmtly." asked Tom.
“Mr is an artist from Boston who is
going to paint tin-m on one picture,“
rcplicd Bill. *
“Itivls‘ hr a painter of buttlc icccs?"
“I don‘t know. I lu-licvc he is going
to paint tin-m in oil.“
"Paint them in oil: “'hat foolish-
ncsss. Ilc ought to paint them in vine-
gar. "-——S{Ilinga.
The Grocer‘o New 80:.
A Michigan nvriiuc grocer took on a
new boy the other d .y. and when it came
noon hc cateyliiscd thc Ind as to the
price of butter. sugar. eggs. clothes-pins
anti other articles which might be called
for and wcnt home to dinner feeling that
the‘ boy “ as all right. \thn he re—
ttimcd, uftcrun IEOtIt‘, Iic missed it burrel
of flour and $ka what lizid become. of it.
"Sold it 2" was tltc proud rcply.
“For cash 3“
“No; tln- man said ho had an u-«ount
hcri‘.“
“'I‘Iic dcad-bcut Y
of you 2"
“t iii, no, Iic didn‘t. He said he
couldn‘t wait for us to dolivcr it, and he
rolled it out the back way and went after
0h, no—he
He took advantage
‘ didn‘t bcut “\Itlly.“
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il‘aftd‘lkf‘} W‘towsnl the I‘I‘Jl‘.
3 well under way, hunt, c...
Ewihhw a
'IllCItIl‘llIS of bruvcry
“But the flour is gone."
“ch, but whilc this fellow “a aftcra
wagon anotln-r man came along and stole
thc barrel and got away with it! I‘d like
to see anybody take advantage of me!"—
I‘ri‘r‘ l‘rr M.‘
He‘d (‘hoosc to ho a Bnhy.
The following story was told at the
rcccnt encampment of the grand muy at
Mcxico, Missouri. A group around one
of tho ntilncnius camp tircs were. relating
and cowardice
shown in buttlc, and this is one of them:
“It was at the buttlc of tlcttysburg,"
said tlic speaker. "whcn the bullets were
falling like bail, and the shells were u
shrieking and bursting over our heads in
z it way to make the bran st heart tremble,
a private dropped out of the rub and
He was
0 mantel! for
him. he was met by Ge..eral .h‘Iocdin',
coming to the front.
“ ‘tht tile you doing here! Get
back to your pmu.‘ the getter-Al Situated.
“The poor follow atopped stilljnd
trembled like a leaf. but made no to .
"Get back to your post, you
coward; arcn‘t you ashamed of yourulf
to be skulking back here when :03
should be in the front with your breve
comrade-l“
.J. ..~ ““4
“Still the man made no N , but
commenced to cry like a year fant.
“‘You infiiiniux sneaking coward,‘
shouted the infuriated a
II" 1122:: to from post; I'll ride vou
own i ‘8 ii I o r. “‘liv You "
but. a baby.‘ 8 ‘ i i are nothing
“ ‘I—I~I‘II t—t—t-tcll youwhzit, g er-
nl,‘ said the blub‘oering fellow, ‘I‘d
g-g‘gngive anything just n—n-nw if I
was a b-b~huby, and i-i—f I M! It,
ch-ch~choiee I‘d r brother be 3 female
nnnuny.‘"
llew Senators folk.
A Washington mil-respondent writes on
follows to the Flies a error: Dennis P.
Hui-pity is a well known to the gm:
men of the country as any man in A“.
ico. lie has been reporting Quiche
since 1860, and he has been molested
wtth‘ the Senate for o full m‘ a.
up: theJeoding shorthand [III in the
trial of President Lincoln'- aasfine, ad
betas reported. allot them-utm-
Webeter until now. “Daniel WM ‘
he on. “talked very Ilow. Henry '
enraged about X50 words n M3
the realest Speaker- we have Moan
Sermon riots-I. 110qu and
Plumb. Thea of latter-H .
haw-dtyklbontlsowordn a a
non Mun-P
mudwu‘antti-ufit’ .- “Ii!
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