,aprcad tut before him.
TH E. SEN 'l‘l NEL.’
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New xtnm .\|.l~., iii-it l'IElllril: in.
. Still. istiins.
MILLIUNE OI‘ SEALS OFF THE
:\L.\SK.\ (‘IIASIX
Desperate Battles of the .‘lale Seals
—Their “‘umlcrl‘ul Endurance
--Tlit‘ Bout-s of 3,000,000
Slauglitci'ctl Seals.
In it review of Henry \V. Elliott‘s
writ.
New York It :‘~
5\:<
iii! t'ormere
the but
is (rt--
the
Kiwi"
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rt“!
ht ..
timbers
w oud c
' oyuiv blonds l»)
ltdr. 'l‘licy au- llic mist highly
txml of :til Ilit‘ pititip'ul“. and Mr.
Enrol: “1:1le there is no animal supcrior ‘
a Il‘l‘l»_\'~i“l: point oi g .
:.tcr into when ,
will frntu
The tight'ug they .
g st“l-"llll'lll~ on the. _r».\okvrics ls
, lrl-mdy, and pr ‘l‘lllfl't“l. Uf a
. \c’t"..‘.i ilgilli‘l‘ the author says
. i‘ta‘u ,ut‘. ll i‘. in l4lll ;i‘ l'uist flirty
~1 tie it i'iicx :iu l inni‘ctLyfl' lli‘
wry ttito tw-tuips ii {\llV its
. v‘.i'~. cu 'li r-l' u lil"ll had cov-
\\ hen the lighting season
the t‘it\\-\ \\t‘!t\ mostly all
‘ s:i\\ llllll stz’l there. cotcrol
Jil ~ :tul 1': 14h “:adi .1 :.iw. tt-s
mil tdvm it " "enigml fitil~vll .t
' ll“. [\r‘.\ = ’ ”Ill ml” fifteen
ll lvlzllt‘l
it uf li;~
:._;hr::i_; it -t \e *u the old
i i’ il-Vfiu r-thvts tigiil' t~
‘ c . Lcly,
‘llt‘ll‘< \’l;’.\,‘ “H?
uti tit ;; -llIl but: the r
l~l‘c‘!|j.:‘l‘l of the
»‘ "l; c an shake
-~ 2% . in. s! mldy
‘ tit - ~lz:i:'p ziti:tic«
ill too «K it .\lt l furrows
41‘ sexual ttn lilltll?2‘< iuto rtlr
to tit:-
\‘i-‘it‘.
,1“ X.“
I r .‘
““1! it onto all
,. on tho um»~ sp-
rjl“‘. it» ‘.h l\'
‘1" Hivl lllt‘ t:
.. 2 .4
,\
of the male
(Willrij‘
\wa ‘r rite tar sral
. 12.;ii -=‘. 5-: lAr. Ill.l\'t‘
l-i dam tin-En it‘ to: thuzr
:i they new ia.r.yoli:tlL
.~'..i .wtis, out b no. \\ ith very
few o»\ \1't tin, Lulu! l l!ll(liI use over)
- at ‘.I\ . \sll.i1lll‘l.ll..|i.lll.‘ :Ill-lliEII-J’I‘t‘
t l\.l“\ ll. 1 ~ ~.. iragc to it.
t. i Liw uai . ‘1 up to “tilt“!
rm u . :w-t ot an ..i l x. "‘l Ill. tuwi: dtlm ex
th“l4»- 1 nd u:‘ i, “h . ll t=l «uly tn .r on“.
. .t.
I‘.. ll
Ms
- .‘9’1;'.,lti\i-ilt" . 1 my .' 'put on: his
w». ll ‘2‘ ‘ll'l;i,:,lll\ ‘.-twis‘,\ui ll
of L ed 1.:1 xl i.i:i.i:ié irritu‘i vi “huh thc
IlJ-r ~iw : :t Lt it no pt‘ul l ‘wl lt l tin: . iiiiuge
iii t . il:"ll the It M ii lllliltl'lt‘ Hf debt!“
31‘... ‘.\ .l "r. .. uh . u ii any rill thi
. w no, he \\,i. uh, ‘ixt“l With
'Lnl I} llc \\.--il l tllli'l
\\ 1h ll.- lift: it"lx :iii-l
£21.“: £111 oi) :l'lr'llllll .4
i; ~I .;..u. duratii
ti lhu i under ht~
s‘t‘l l: .u t I lt.~ lull
.. 'i\ l lv' :tuVly in tin
; h . l r; m h. tticutlv
h “wt. r s -- i ;; r' .' 11nd"
,y -? ‘ 2 ‘l‘\'.. tun
,"l"1‘ :" '- 4-. .ti la: ii«.~.t l>intml
' triuxw ~.., \tllrllh‘iii
.o: ;:ill ip~
-l lltt‘ll Him
mt ~~ r’.l<i‘i.t-
.‘u. lni L
. it,v h.
L...
a
II
VI
ii
is all the
. iu nun-d
‘i‘.r‘,,‘;‘:\.‘
.t-sin :i iiiati.
musive one.
t he
;\:‘
._ .tll\ li' l :l;
. ._ . Ht Ilmt'vdv
‘ \ll mu 'lw »:.i~t t r filhlJflt
.. 1 ,ti z..i_v k .‘
:’ \\.:tv~!', lot
l-l ill” :5
.n tun .
:n. all) :t in“ li‘qull‘ tvrezl
lei \\.lll iv ' 1., till m". and
. n1. v.l'
:\ u {it“ll l
lilo littorri'itiu; lion‘s In
it -‘ one tnrptd in. nth drawn
... H the \viw‘c toz‘wiot them tzist. it
s it' iv . Mantel and n n. to; label by
'l:~ "e u u. flour nun Lit. \v th
..\li' it t‘i .~ .. m‘c'ull.‘ \l-Il‘l“l when
in») m ! .ux out from the wt .‘l‘ld take up
it urn.” ~r.- .u ili "ltlr"tllll,( gtuiitids, util
1. - i.‘li _\ rilluti-l-t‘.il‘\ tzutd n illilll;
at; l: do. tumrndm; ten li‘ll‘ :tud
tun hunt or their abstinence.
l l‘ k ,ivtxt as sleek, fut unduur
,.tiw‘..\ its ever in the It'IlN“ iii,r season."
”at thew rimkcrica ,tlic liollust‘hickie
seal .~r the bat-lu-lor is allowed to put his
lippt rs only at the peril of his life. The
,‘rcd; boards of liollu~ehickic aggrcgn‘e
it up one thud to till;‘-ll:llf of thc'sevt-ral ‘
Millions known to the l’ribylov Islands.
l'hu-y are the sols that are kllel for
:heit fur. -'l‘h-' grounds which they in»
:al-it lll'r‘ far ill~taiit from the rdflkc:’les,‘;
itid unit h larger in consequence of the
habit of thee «eds of morning.r about the
.it‘w has and shores near where they come
.mt of the set. He saw on one occasion
,m the To stui s ind dunes lit DJIOO seals
They were little
llilitv_'u8’l by the uppedi‘aucchf lllt‘n. More
tumult would be roused by men walk—
ing in‘o a drovc‘ot hugs at (‘hicago than
, ‘7" ‘ ~ 6 u . ‘ ~ .. , . . . .
by tho. urinal of two or Jim. natius a swamps, 5,06, rt. ,1 put de 1”,“, out any; :
anion." tlii~ herd of ovals, ‘l-inrlv in the
‘ V
morning noives find it an easy matter l
to turn ‘i‘ltll‘ a few hundred animals froui
the great throng and drive them back
to the slaughter grounds where. a knock
on the licntl and a knife, dispateh them
speedily. (lit St. Paul Island the
stuns, daughter grounds liavcbeon used
fur generations. The boiic< of over
:‘.,oio,ooo seals have been blenchcdgut
on those studs an i finally have sloth-had
themselves away with the sand out of
sight. \thn a well twelve feet deepwas
dug near St. Paul village several years
ago bones of the sell and sea lion were
found thickly distributed through every
foot of sand ftoui t \p to bottom. r‘o easy
nd rapid is the process of cat. hing and
kiling that in less than forty working
days the entire ititLUUtl seals allowed to
be slain t-uu‘d be taken, killed and
skinned within a radius of a mile and a
half of this village. Mr. Elliott heliovis
that th“ taking of “Hamill seals prayer,
if continued by the present tiictliodl, will
tint work the. slightest injury to tile de~
aired natural uni-case. By the. lid of
”clutter“; the great armies have ken
tlitfir‘d'jltitlltfi: from the land and gone
out to s a. “feeling upon the receding
s lion‘s of Ii‘li that were now retiring to
the deeper waters of the North Pacific.
where, in that vast expanse, over which
rolls an unbroken billow, 5,000 miYes
from upon to Urcgou, they spend the
winter and the early spring until they re-
uppur and break up. with their exubcrs
ant life, the dreary winter isolation of
the land “loch gave them birth."
‘x,
“flit: .\rt“.c l’t‘o\i:i“" Alaska and .
the Nut lsl mils.“ the
is ti It alone ;
The same ,
These animals repair tv .
[weed and shed 3
d- no “nth the ,
inn-flier ‘
the h ad and g‘llll'diulb
nil... \\-. “met"
1o; “till ‘li~ 1:3: end“; :i t
,tul ll xxx unmixed urn-n .
't l‘ u? ‘51 ge'llitii‘it-‘s. Tqu
.m
I THE TALE OF LIFE.
it“ is tho-day what man was yesterday——
\Vill be tomorrow: I~t him curse or pray
Drink or be dull, he minis not, nor shall
learn
The lesson that shall laugh the world
away.
The world as gray or just as golden shines,
l
‘ l The w inens sweet or just as bitter flows
For you and mo. and
' find
Perfume or tanker in tlioi‘:\l«lost rose.
you, like me,
out y
The tale of life is hard to understand;
l But. \vyrlo the \‘tip' wans'i‘on‘ly to your
hand .
Drink, and d \'
As red to l
re th.‘ summer roses blow
\‘Iltli‘l‘ as in Samar-climb
Lips are as sweet to kiss 5th] eyes as bright
As ever flattered Omar with delight:
English or l‘ersian. while the mouth is fair,
\Vlza: tau it matter how it says got d—
uight -’
wJus‘l‘m .‘It‘C‘III‘IfliI,
AN ORANGE HUMMOCK.
nr "\RiiiriT tjrtrt'sttii‘r pl‘ttX-‘Fflltl‘.
Julian. could hardly rettictnber the fine
old i flies before the war,.a‘;t.tougli it
could not be said to be the fault of his
mother and his t‘ltI‘.‘l’ sisters, or of old
Mammy Dinah, all of whom kcpt thel
legends of those times pretty constantly
bt-tore‘h‘s ‘1‘"? and ears. ‘
the company, the feasts, the slave
side the fact of uuvaryiugr torn bread and
but on now.
. The lim'rit‘ was tumbling to pieces; he
Wondered it‘_thcr . w is a wuss llllli .in all
)"IUllilLl, the almost lmundlrss extent of
the lands was uuc..ltivnied; the slaves
tverc all gm c.
"I don’t see why we shaull be poor,"
said .luI an. li:i\';tt:: made up his mind
for a good square talk at last, "with all
the l..tid that is here." ,
“l‘lt as half the rt mom.“ said his
f..lllt‘!‘ :
, .‘ut l {lb-tight that it Wis
i lziu-l pr-ipic ttmdc their tu-mcv.‘
l ' “but they aircadv have ~m her and
the i. Iliili w ith which to (ultlvnfoilaud
It talus hands and it takes nouns to
grow cutivu sud sugar. I can lI‘tI‘illV be
expect .d it) go to work 1113\le ‘ -
“Tin-u," persis‘ed '
coullut we litt‘.‘ pc=
fruiu the crop when
“You dont know
nbou . my .«urt. ' .
“I krtsw we lave hundreds of a rt-sof
land, and if they w, re Iillllt‘, I think that
I t odd tin muictliuzg with thnni.‘
“You may do what you pca~c with
than." said 3.14 lather. “I give \ou
f‘filta' bl ill. lac.“ and he “cut it .rk toitlie
I't‘fllljll: of ill.“ (">’.r.‘-"e'\\‘." .t. if:
at least in w wild have :t'
.lulizttt \to'. d have let him “1.
had rot begun to ill. \Villintll In
Illlh h in earnest, and now he
go through.
“\Vt'llf he said, hi2:
bl:l!lt‘l‘:1.il< a g .,, 1 thin; to
“1”.th “true liczp
t‘t'll tlii: I think if you \vil let the
have li‘lllillituk in tlkctnndchlxcc
Evert: a lo, and will lend \Pit; l v to
lluudri lge tad lite” ‘ ‘
till thc
Julian, "u h)‘
:plc. and piy thtiu
it (writes. ‘
what you are talkirhr
3‘
"I, \Lr
balk.
n ,-
.\ ‘
if
v.
t.
' ‘l \'
il.t.‘.tlll tn
hing,
“\‘Iil‘le
v.3 one
3-: do llllFIlllHL‘V with
.n
‘iAk
vi. .
Ml ‘ ,Vfu.' What would \'tt‘il'
m din-rd - “About li:ill. on i “but \\ bidd
. .1t‘l“{i:l ,l’tliuccd .1“; The nuly uric
l hands th it his stay d faithful
lea cm do nothing without
Northern gt‘~‘-;‘lt‘ Ci. um lzcrn. Illl‘l
so: 2.; i of d - "A; \\'v is .\:i-i \\cll;i1t‘
thr- uui tin-j; t. c t~l .v. lint's -. .ip-
:ra; ll . do“. i "g. to into an i Illl‘.
w:- “on . ad. yuu for more, for we‘ve
( l) cu \zinilg oi: dd pcnni «s’lor this
{ind ‘<\l“\'«f gu‘ \‘lt:*‘.l;ll‘ to ll.i\' all t' c
gr 1ft» we watt: I ‘ wiil
luv:
, nod t'ol. liuu'e. k
lvc .d is ”
‘satd it; hither. padtrt: up
'wi‘uwl 3: c. tut-it‘s lli perplcxitv.
“s s *lli‘
“Mixitts
giiug to do with
; "said .311. an. with :i
1: utl tuc by. “dad
Lc! :n ,
approve l. ,
reckon, who: wo‘r- gt311t1,g :‘
i1 Faxil‘.
l‘~<‘ thousand a‘vear‘“ .ri his
fallow. lt‘lllTlg llit‘ (fawn-nu. ‘ .’
fail. “ll:i\c you g-‘ue dart, -.
“Wt-ll, fail er, ‘;_ said .lu’i‘tu, ‘\ 1th a
‘igrcut’lwiigh, throwiii; bask the d irk . ital
. thritéwcis tiiuwys tlrnpplti: into his cyes,
i “l'll soul for you i ~ liltilx’t! us a \‘l\ll on
1 the lit; l.lllillli\l k in ilkctuolkokce liver
: glnlc by and l-v, and then we‘ll Sec."
"1 don‘tkn.n\ .tl)tuit.’ll‘,ItI1‘Il‘l know,“
said his father, pit-king; up the scattered .
lcavcs of his cherish: d document. lint
, .lu'linn knew that his f.llllt‘l‘ would lend
l old t')‘ to llanliridge .aud liititwlf, and
I be in die his prcparatious for the entcrA
prise, my in; little or nothing. Rachel
hrxd already agreed to come to them
L whenever they should s ~nd for her.
It \\ as a week from th::t day that,
with a pack of simple provisions, with
ri"c~i. picks, hatchets and pruning"
knives, and some twine. hammOeks in
‘ addition, Julian and his party started on
; their excursion, as they callcd it, Julian
carrying on his back greatly to old t‘y‘s
disturbatee, but, then, old by couldn‘t
carry everything himself ~a bundle
wrapped in moss, which he gnvly dc-
clarcd they must save first in ease'of-tirc,
3 for it was all their fortune.
“ tress yrr lit-art. honey,“ said old Cy,
where‘s dis yer fire gwina to be, tiniest
, Mars‘ ll‘i'm knot-ks my pipe onto a cypress
. tree? .~\n‘ its so dump in desc- yer
how.“
They male their beds that night in
the liainmotks that they slung high in
E the coughs. and that Julian had brought
l
a king, snakes or not.
. What a scene it. was on which their
, eyes opened in the early morning! (‘e‘
dropping g'cat circles of shade, the huge
,Iiveoaks. trcmbling with webs and fes-
crown in the clear air, and vistas into
the rich vendura of the swamp beyond,
every sccnto honeymoon suckio, vanilla,
heliotropc. and great unknown flowers.‘
In and out the thickets flashed wings
like jewels: scarlet finniingocs stood in
the pools, the great white heron rose
heavily, and little alligators, that looked
as if they were living bronzos, crept up
to sun themselvescn the banks.
After they had finished their frugal
breakfast, and rolled their hammocks in
the smallest knot they could make, they
pushed on after. old Cyrus, who knew
the paths and by~yatlts to everywhere,
and they were onl: a week on their wa .
adding to. their larder game ,broug t
down by their rifles before they came it
from the swamp they had skirted, an
found themselves on the hammock of
‘chmolkokeo Ever-fade. "
What a strange place it. was. and what
o wilderness of wealth it looked to
l
v .
. .
'l‘ho splendor, ‘
y s, all _
scenic l to him the vericst i lie .storv be— ‘
~ along against the wishes afield (‘5', ‘who .
' thought a bed of broken boughs tit. fcr'
dars supurb as the cedars of Lebanon, ;
icons of grey mess. that made sheets of T
diamonds asit swung in the sun, here-j
and there (palm-tree. lilting its green '
guy with every color, and sweet with?
Julian! It was a slight elevation, but. a
few feet in all above the swamp, and its
rich lands had become a forest ogthe
bitter wild orange, at present of no good
to anybody, except. in its season of
bloom, wit u the rapttirously delicious
fragrance drifted for miles on the soft air.
“We will cxploc a mile or two to~
day.“ raid Julian, “and mark the trees
we think best to keep, ,nnd thin out all
the others, the first thingr we do.”
It was a busy day they had of it. and
many a busy day that. fn lowed, while
they let sun and air into the great
thicket, and, as far as possible, saved
trees in the regularity they would have
bad if svt out in an orchard. Three or
four times before they finished (‘yrus
left them and returned‘ for provisions
the stcondrtimc bringing his son Darius
with him. And at inst the wilderness
was cleared. and every tree remaining:
in the first section had received the bud
of the sweet orange. which had been flit:
precious freight of Julian‘s moss»
wvrappcd bundle. ‘ '
“Now,“ said Julian, “while these are
accommodating themselves to the new
circumstances, we will go ahead and
clear out next year‘s extension. I don‘t
know exactly how long this hammock
is, but in time I mean to get all the
worthless growth cleared out of so much
of it as belongs to father, if its ten
miles, and every tree. left grafted, and
we‘ll have 'vtry snrt of orange that
grows: the bloodArcd Maltese, the. spicy
‘. little Mandarin. and all the rest. This
is better than standing behind counters
or over desks, isn‘t it. Dan.”
"llean sweeter work than picking,r cot
ton on th\ tit-id honey.“ said old (‘y.
“'hat a day it wa~ to the boys and the
1 old scivaut when the whole orange for~
cat. as far :is eye could sec, but'. 2' out in
Zlowcr, with such a blocs-unlit}: as would
have \\ rt-iiihcd . i the brides ofthc earth
g with sziuwy spr: s. 31nd whose rich. rare
odors one wool think might have sailed
on r the seas themselves, and penetrated
fnrciLni countries W‘tli tlit'lr sweetness.
“No-.x“‘ said Julian. to
wh it‘s
tune.
coining. Don‘t let‘s waste any
llr. Yauccv has bniks enough,
“Spanish main, to Gibraltar and Genoa,“
; laughter; for the basket being so near the
3 th ')i‘\IlIe tumbles do no harm to the t
lis brother ;
and confidante, “w.- wztttt to be fit for '
and he‘ll tell us what to read, and we‘ll ‘
go :iul see him and begin to get an cdu~ ‘
cation." And so much of their plan as
th’s they announced to the family.
“l‘ru sure I don‘t s.~e what you can be
thinking about," whimpcrcd his sister
' Frantic. “when we‘reall but starving.“
;wavd. and try to give and take the re-
l‘»:t llzzt‘li -l “as the only one who—tonk ‘
hold of the book's wi‘h them, cud la«
lvort d along as near them as she cold fob '
> \V;
and before th- year was out it was ',
surprising: how titu. h thine lads and the :
yum: girl hnl put into their memories;
'l‘u icc a year Johan, and l‘nu and old (‘y
ati-l llat ius \vcut oil on what their mother
called their \'\ ick- d and idle shooting,
1
f rr it ‘nitlt SIlCMlllIl‘: s 9 why their father '
‘was aiding: to spare tlicui old t‘y. liiit
the father kept tltcs‘t‘rc‘; 'l‘bcj‘ b lievcd
it \VO'llil main~ t‘cmothcr happy enough
by .uzd-by
Sum:- ycars lam r they set out early one
morning for the orange humtunck. the
‘ltlow out the candle,
: to do.
father having ‘cft a note for the umthcr, .
say‘u: tltat lic w: groin: with the boys.
git-l go no tu take‘lfu ‘llt‘l.
\ ~bw ly .uiuycd the “hole ctttcrririsc
mute that; l:.ii‘ll:'l, who was a helpful
fat'h- l- -d_-.: and. kumv of i'Ollll!lC<Silit‘tli
dds wf aiding; t'w their comfort on the
tiny. llcr owu i‘cuit‘ort was secured by
:h» little donkey that t'y had borrowed
Ill‘. Vance} and on \vlzi it she rude.
“ i - it'll have to be :i 'of'of use, lluch‘ l.
in (is we 3; hie.“ sild .lulluu.
rad ~.I has .\lr. "
l‘u‘. wlmu sl
'. »:rt.:i;ii«‘
til
.n. r ,
3.: there, she found
but. made of orange
ll till:
1-
- I) ._\~. l:.i:l_ iu ule for lit'I‘ the last tituc
were lltcrc, as one could have out
of .t fairy stutv; and long before she.
tru' hid the ,tné.» she could have found
the \\.|}' by Illt' odors li‘owing toward
and when, '
i
. er .2 once, the
form! and :-u firm _‘v- L-ruvc or plau‘a
tiuu. .i~_\it the "go fer-ext burst mum
ll'd‘ in loll got» us fruit slic (“Hid l ll:l\ c
|l’ii«l with r..p‘:;~c, only she knew l~cr
t. tltn-r ikcd to h we hwz‘ daid and quiet.
ll:.t .lu- knee. slrc h id c tuctohelp them
Quin-r their fut inc. :ul all ban is be«
grill :11 will i‘ .
“\\o “‘3.th f\ Till-f. Full it‘t‘. fdlli‘l',“
said ,‘tulisin, “the last time we w re here,
tow. and we tau ll at it. 'cl flit-re~ is a
raft tied up under the budao' there, and
that will ict us Eti’w the \vritz-r ways to the
fit, .ltzllnk‘. if \\f‘ rt‘ll our itl‘llll :t‘\ “‘1‘”,
ue‘il have :i lwitcr equipment next ycar.
.«\ Illfll. ptticnt‘c. patience, fatht-rfi
\\'lw:i we‘ve tufted down one
come back for the ricvt.
i’. ,,.
tit ;
7 The “old man, or girl,“ turning
quickly round, it:«,ttixes of a sitter,
,‘ll‘i, with two moms in it, toof tha‘ .
.i‘linngn places with the rcjtt’l‘t‘d holgh.
ibur: but the ‘ odd
oraxigcv ‘
l0: \vc‘ll ‘
\V hen those ,
first old Spanish collinists, three hundred ,
years an». inoucht over a few orange'
\IlIYIS from Seviilc. do you believe it
ever occurred to fit?!“ that such a foreat
,as this would find a 1 2,, 1c h re?“
It \vzis all a Julian mid, and when
the): had finished their .voyaeing an i
s dd the but orange the boys went but it
with their father. and made their mother
a visit. and stopped all hir rcproachcs
by telling her their story.
that, masons and carpenters and garden
Shortly after ,
‘Ilillj: next try in
The steamer bore away over the old
two promising young men, if young they
might. be called, when nearly thirty.
Ten years had changé'd their fortune.
The old hnnitnock still blossoms and
bears. and becomes a richer income year
ly, and is likely to do so until "the
boys" are old. —. Youth‘x Unnpam'cn.
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Fun at the Fireside.
An exchange describes a few tricks
and games with which the long winter
evenings may be quickly and pleasantly
wliilcd away. Here is a trick for the
boys to try:
The tnnteritl needed are a clothes
basket. a strong broom handle. a stout,
walking stick, two chairs, and four
penny pieces. Pass_ the broonisvicks
through the handles of the basket, and
let the pro ccting ends rest fit‘llliy on the
seats of two chairs, placed opposite to
each otlier.- The slightest touch will
can (t the basket to oscillate. Then place
.a coin on each" front corner of the two
chair bottoms. The player must then
sent. himself on the broom handle, with
a leg on each side of it, and attcmpt to
jerk off the coins with the pilot of the
walking stick. He must neither touch
chair nor basket with his hands, but may
plant the stick on the floor, as a means
of studying himself. As, however. the
stick is l‘..iIIilll_V needed for jerking off
the coins, the operator generally has
many a roll out of the basket before he
succeeds. When the pennies opposite
to him have been dislnrged, it is no easy
matter to turn r. end and .etnove the re-
maining two. '
This tritk always produces shouts of
p‘ayer, while his grotesqueocfl'orts are
high‘y amusing to the lookcrs on. If,
:tftcr it certain number of trials previously
agreed on, the operator fails in his
attempts he gives place to another.
When the lads are tired'of this game.
patcr-fnu'tiliaé and one of his grownup
fricndsmay take it turn at. it, or the]
may answer t i the question:
“Will you oblige me with a light?“
Two players are needed. One takes a
lighted candle in his left. hand. Tht‘u
‘llt‘h must stand on the left. foot only,
and extend the right leg and arm as far
behind as possible, they must bctid for»
apiircd light.
And I wish they may succeed-being
quite surc. that they will be successful in
adding: to the fun of the fireside their
by their praiscwcrty efforts.
Having failed or suc‘t'ccded inli . ting,r
a taper under the-so circumstances ticy
turn a. novel mode of
extinguishing a lighted candle.
The plar u: must be stationed opposite
to the light, which should be placed on
a sidclmard’or simdar article of furni-
tur -. 'l‘hcii, wit: it thoroughly blind-
Lilili‘ll,
round three tittics before he attempts to
«vb
‘A‘
-'l‘his_seetns to be. a Very imple matter
Well, if you think so. try it.
fly this time- cscrybody is ready for a
round game. and cvcrybody must play.
Suppose you begin with "How do you
like your ticighlmrz“ .
.\ll the pl-ycrs sit in a circle c\ccpt
one. who stands in the middle and takes
the tl‘ll)‘ of "odd man.“
“The “Neighbor is always the player
to the right of the one addressed.
“llmv do you ltke your neighbor?"
“if the auswcr is “Not tit till," the
unxt question is. “Who would you like
better.“
'l‘lt~'~ sitter aldrcsscd names, or points
out. the more favornd individual, who
must instantly rise and run across to
man" also tries to
obtain Il0‘\l‘;\‘¢l0?l of one of the vacntcd
sv'ats, and. if suestl‘ul, the other. who
has lost hers, stnnds in the middle and
becomes t1lli‘>ll~-llt‘r in turn.
Should the it‘: ly to “How doyou.
likc'yotir neighbor.” lie. “\ cry much,"
Il‘.\lt‘:iil of “:wt at all," the whole of tltcj
playtrs change ~.e;ti:. and \vhoc’wcr is
left \\ ith. of one broom-cs “0 id than.“
Thanksgiving in 172].
l‘rom an o'd newspaper, the Boston:
i.‘::m".. of Uttnbcr t‘, lT'JI, the follow. .
in}: quaint and curious proclamation was ‘
tcpit-d. ii stun has uth-rkuownamore
doicful Thanksgiving Day than that of,
It‘ll ; for dut ing that year six thousand .
persons, out of a population of abouti
llln-"ll‘t‘n thousand, had the smallpox.g
and one thousand of them died. The:
lirdEnns Iind seriously threatened the
paced the colony, and Governor Shiite.
a gi‘ltllt‘llslul of high tory principles, was
in continual conflict with the Legisla i
l
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l
l
t
‘ tore. »'l‘he prominence given in the proe l
i
i
u
crs were at work ups‘ii the house and the ‘
grounds; and their the boy's had taken
servants and mules with them, and had
gone bick to the. Oketnolkokce linin-
meek. and l‘acbcl, with her mother‘s
can out, had gone along, to keep the
‘ mildew o‘T, llau said, while they cleared
‘ out the huiiiiiiock fii‘ thcr along, grafting
‘ new trev's‘ atid tending old ones, and read
their books at night, by the light of
burning pitch—pine. knots before the lit-
rtle but in the centre. of their orange~
trees, that seemed to bud and bloom as
if they knew the we k they were doing
for the family that had two such sons
and such a daughter as Rachel, in it. ,
‘. It was a hull‘d >zen years later, that I
met at New Orlcins a stately old gentle-
man, dres~ed faultlessly: on his arm was
1 a pale and graceful lad v whose face,
‘ happy and smiling though it was, bore
traces of old dispute!“ and sorrow.
There was a group of young peoide in
the distance, busy over trunks and bas-
kets and wrapstmrnic and Rebecca,
ii d lttlc. llachcl, grown as tall and
handsome as they, and their rt and
pretty unadroon waiting maid; and
James, who had grandly thrown up the
5 place under .(iovcriimcnt, anxiety to
“keep which had once nearly were his
life out; and the two boys. who had
forgotten there was such it thing as a
lshop counter or an oyster-scorn and
Darius, grinning like a masque and old
t‘y, hovering round 3ul‘au and llandtigdo
as if they were the chief treasures of the
family, and losing th, ni one lost oranges
groves and all.
“Yes,“ said the stately old gentleman.
” as, we are on the. way to see the boys
0 to Europe. to give them the advan-
tages of the best education. Splendid
bys, sir—deserve the best there is, and I
am able to give it, to them, and they
shall have, it.
“Am I still in the cotton business?
(‘11, no; the cotton business left me with
the war. I am largely interested in
orange growing. My boyswfiuc young
men «surly turned their attention to the
wild bitter orange on my waste lands;
and thanks to thorn-4 mean, thanks to
Juliamand Daudril there—you will
hardly believe it, but. receive more than
ten thousand dollars a
, from ”orange groves. ‘
your clear profit.
initiation to the hing, George, and the:
royal family, was probably a puliticnl_
, stroke aimed by the Governor tit his op. ,3
ponents. it did not soothe them, and
the Governor soon after left the province.
R5,; “is I'.'.t'cclt'mst‘y
Stutiut. Sucre, Est“;
Contain General and (lovernoursim
Chief. in and over His Majesty‘s Province
of the Massachusetts Bay in New Eng-
land, etc. A Predominant for a General
THANKSGIVING.
For as much as amidst the various
awful llelmkos of Heath-n, With which
we are righteously amt ted, in the Con-
tsigious and Mortal Sickness among us,
asset-tally in the Town of Boston: The
long and immoicrato Rains, which have
been so hurtful to the husbandry and
Fishery: And the threatening Aspect: of
Affairs with Respect. ti our Frontiers:
we are still under the» highest. and most
indéswnsablo Ubligations of Gratitude
fur the many Instances of the Divine
Gooducm in the Favours voucnsalcd to
us in the Course of the Your past; Par-
ticularly, For thoLil‘o of our Gracious
Sovereign Lord the King, Their Royal
Highnesses tho‘ Frince and Princess of
Wales and their imnc, and the increase
of the Royal Family; The Preservation
of His Magesty‘s Kingdoms and Domin-
ions from the terrible and deflating
Pestilence, which bath for so long a
time ‘* been wasting the Kingdom of
France: And the happy, Succeed His
Majesty‘s Wise Councils for Restoring ,
and Confirming the Peace of Euro ;
For the Continuance of our valna o
Privileges, both Liviland Ecclesiastical:
and the Divine Blessi upon this Gov‘
ornament in their Ad'u lusts-aliens; Park
ticuiarly, in 'succecdzu: the Methods
taken to prevent til? Insults of the Easy.
ern Indians; Forgiving 30:1!“ Hear
uro of Health within this Province, and
Moderating the Mortality of the Saudi.
Pox, so that a great bomber of Persons
are Rwovered from that Distemper:
And for granting us so comfortable a
former flarvest, and so hopeful arr-os-
poet of the latter:
I have, therefore, thong? at with the
Adviesof His Majesty‘s unoil, toordor
and Appoint Thursday the Twentysixth
Instant, to be (“served «a Da of Pub-
liek Thanksglvi throughout. t is Prov-
ince, strictly for doing all Sen-i). La;
boni- thereon, and ethos-ting both Minis.
ters and Pocplo in their respective As‘
annuities on the said Day, to offer up
humble and sincere Thanks to Aliufihty
God, for His many Favours. as m-
snid, and tor‘ ma other Bicadnga be-
stowed on a Sinful» pie.
Given at Boston, the El hm“: D‘th
of September, 1721. And ‘tha Elxh
Year of the Re of our Sovereign
Lord by Grace of God of
Great Britain, Franco and
King, Defender-otshll’dth, one;
By order of the Gust-mar, with Ask
vii: 01th. Council. 8. Sam ,
. Scuf- , .
can. maxim
he must be requested to turn'
. be
_ WOMAN’S... WQRLD.
PLEASANT LITERATI'RE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
“'omen and Sleeping-Car Porters.
A New York (‘entral Railroad sleep»
ing~cnr porter says: “I have been on
the road for fifteen years and I know of
only two ladies who ever offered to pay
the porter for his trouble. They are
from Chicago. and are. sisters of a young
mart who travels frequently over my run.
The family are nil. alike, and I have yet
to find 0:.c of them who ever carried
more than a small gripsack. not too
large to be easily carried in the hand.
There is some pleasure for n porter to
meet folks like these, especially when
the three of them come in together. I
like their free and independent style. as
they never want attendance, and the
young ladies, before retiring, hand me
their bottles of patent polish, so th‘tt I
won‘t. spoil their shoes with it cheap
blocking. In the morning they stand up
to be brushed and the two girls drop me
a quarter apiece They always consider
the porter. for I met the sisters when I
was on the New York run, on an extra.
and they pa<scd out four hits when half
the men in the car who rode through?
from, Chicago only gave the regular one-
night tip of a quarter.
the habit front their brother. but anyway
I slittn‘t; forgtt them, as they are the only
two Women in the l‘tiited States who
ever remembered the poorrporter "
Novelties in Jewelry.
One or more forget monots are now
worn pendent from rings.
Stars appear in great variety in plus,
often combined With flowerwork.
litittcrcups now find a place in enamel
work. bothas pins and naisctturgs for
bracelets. ‘
.\n open envelope in Ilotnau tintslt,>
‘ having a little bouquet within, ix a dc-
cided novelty in pins.
Ball car drops, in Etruscan finish. with
one or two small groups of turquoise rt‘t
on them. nre,m-at.
Abroad barpins in Silver are set with
Iiirgc cats‘-cycs or 7 ocraslotially with
hciuatitcs and c its‘ eyes.
Groups of daiscs or wild roses are
favorite enameled pins, the 1on3,r stem
being sometimes preferred. '
Edelweiss car-Screws. scarf pins and
lace pins. in delicate cnntnel, pl’ease nil-
iuirers of this romantic flower. .
Costly diamond and pearl
are in‘demand at present. The crescent
is perhaps the greatest favorite. .
A narrow silver bracelet recently seen
was in gold finish and had a continuous .
-row of turquoise set. round it.
Large, brilliantly ctiamclcd parties.
in “Tilly colors, ranging from black to :
while. make rich. costly pins and pen»
dniits. ‘v—Jr’rrtlt‘rs‘ ll} el‘t'y.
Tildcn and Miss Gould.
Miss Anna Gould, to whom the late
Mr."l‘ildcti left $11")le in his will, is.
the daughter of the late Gctzcral Hould,
of Rochester, who, when be ill -d. be~
t,uc:ithcd an ample fortune to his \\ iduw.
Mill and daughter. llut the son was tui~
fortunate in business. and, having lost
his own sharc. lersu‘rdcd his mother and
sister to let him have thc‘r money that
be might open it bankiugAbousc in New
York. in which he snort \\ rocked all their
ni‘illllt‘liafll't‘." This comp‘ llcvl .‘liss
Gould to earn. her own livclih-n d, and i quarter of‘an ounce. and, withtltese \vcll .
she was commended to Mr. 'l'ildcn as a
reader by one of his family who is con
nected with her by itiarriage. She had
been hi;_hly educated. and her reading‘
never secured to tire him, and ‘0 insatiate
m'ac his nppctito for books that she read
pendants "
first love was Miss Phil of New
York; Madison‘s, Miss Floyd. the -
tor of a fellow-representative in Con-
gress. Jefferson's was Miss Cole, of
Virginia. John Adams had four chil~
dren, all of whom, with the exception of
his son, John Quincy, died before he did.
James Monloe had no sons. Ills only
children were two daughters, afterward
. Mrs. Hayfiandihlrs.Gouvcrncur. John Quin-
; cy Adams, whose wife was Miss Johnson
3 of Maryland, was the father of four chil-
2 (iron. The younged, a daughter, died
Llu Russia in infancy. Andrew Jnck~on
E had no children. Martin Van Bureu litad
ftwo sons, both now dead. James K.
. l’olk had no children. Zachary Taylor
i had "no sons. Of his three daughters
, but one survives. President Harrison
2 has one suryiving son, the Hon. Scott
Harrison. lie was the father of ten chil-
,dren. John Tyler was the father of a
, numerous progeny. (‘olonel John Tyler
of \Yasltington and his sister, Mrs. Sem—
3 plc. now an inmate of the Louise Home,
L in “'ashington. are the only children of
g the first wife living. (if his second set
; of children there are five living. One of
1 his sons has recently writt n a biography
l of him. Fillmore left one son, t’owers
; Fillmore. who resides in Buffalo. Pierce
‘1 had three sons, but all died early, The
.youugcst was killed in a railroad acci-
dczit shortly after his father was elected
gl’rcsident. Buchanan was a bachelor.
I guess they got. , Lincoln had three sons. one of whom, ex- a
§Secretary of “'ur llotert Lincoln, sur~
i vives. Andrew Johttaon was the father
1 of thre ~ Suns out two daughters. All
i are dead save Mrs. l':t:t.-r.~on. the cities!
daughter. General Grant had four chil-
_“rcn, all of whomnrc living. His only
' daughter lives in England, )lr. linycs
,liad four ch ldrcn, one of whom is a
daughter. General Garfield left four
ism“, two of them grown to itiatiltood.
and a daughter. General Arthur's son.
= and daughter are both living. President
: Cleveland was a bachelor until last June.
‘ —-.\or fork 5-1“.
A Last Century Fashion Revived.
. The tuninrknble discovery has recently
been made that. “white It :nds are com»
in): into fashmu again.“ It would seem
that hands have bet-ii growing less white
than they used to be, and have suffered
from too great attachment in ladies to
‘ lawn tennis and boating, and other mas»
‘ tUliIIC :icc.itiiplisl1nients. “chapped and
_ red hands are never pretty, and these, of
i CulirSC, invariably follow on outdoor ex~
f crcisc. Thccvil is, happily, not beyond
remedy, and to effect this purpose ‘the
. daughters of fashion,‘ as many of them
3 will learn with surprisinnow have dishes
of hot “'til’cr‘sh‘llwd lik . a flower lent on
. their toilet tables in which they steep
i their hands for a while before going to
1 bed, then anoint them with vascline and
put on gloves lined with a preparation
i of cold cream. These gloves should be
j of washlcathcr and several sires too large
: for the hand."
Before this paragraph has gone itstar-
. dy round in print these night gloves will
1, surely be made an instance of the amaz~
,
'in: luxury of our degenerate days. and 3
Epoiut, we may be sure, a very tlolcful
.‘tuurnl. In the absence of any general
fashion will be invkcd up‘d) as having
f originated a pernicious pra.-ticc, wh‘cb.
taken together with the toilet. masks of
j which n c recently heard so much and
saw so ii:tle.tnight indicate a lamentable ‘
degree ofovcrrctinement. has invarably
‘ 'prcce tied the dccay of empires.
a line old rcccipt for perfutuiugz gloves
‘ runs: Take amber grease a drum, ctvct
‘ the like quantity. orange tlowcr butter 3
mixed and odurtd. daub them over gen-
tly with tine cotton wot-Laud so press the
perfume into them. Other devices for
making them “richly redolent"
: generafly to the use of oil or fats asube-
Ling the'bcst available and most largely
knowiedgcon this print, the ladies of 3
i
2
poi lit 3
to him in the five ycats she spent at Gray. ‘ employed means to secure at good and ,
stone #0.) volumes, bsside newspapers,
magaziucs, lct‘ crs and m‘srellaztcous tuat~
ton As he prcfcrrcd solid “o lix find
most of th‘ in on :tl‘Stf‘lI\t‘ subjects which
could not interest Miss i'ould. lxcr inces-
sant reading must have bet-ti IIIU>I ardu
nus to her. ‘ \lr. Tildcn was vcry critical.
and if she did not pronouncc a word cor-
remtly would set her right and tanks“
thought .
asleep and mad care--
her read it brain, If she
was falling
lt‘ssly, he would of mice rouse dip
and insist. on having the passage read
over corrc. tly. She has by this drilliu .-
become as critical as Mr. Tildth was. and
has become a terror to her actpiaiuiunees ‘
when they speak in her prost-ut‘c, and
they never use {1 word in talking to her
of \ili-ise protiouuciatiou and liner sig-
nificance tltay are not certain. When he
engaged Miss Gould‘s services Mr. Til- .
den agreed to pay her $30 p0!" month and
give. her a home at tlraystouc. Later he
told he would leave her $23,000 in his;
will, and after a time promised her $10 l.—
tttltl if she remained with him as long as
he. lived, which pledge he kept.
pcctcd from his estate—1’34lion’ex’lnliu
Timur.
“'luu to Teach Our Daughters.
At a social gathering some one pro-
posed this question: “\tht shall I
teaeh my daughter?“ The following re-
plies were handed:
Teach her that 100 cents make a
dollar.
Teach her to arrange the parlor and
the library.
Teach her to say “No,“ and mean it,
or “Yes." and stick to it.
Te ch her how to wear a calico dress,
and to wear it like a queen.
Teach her how to sew on buttons,
darn stocking and mend gloves.
Tent-h her how to dress for health and
comfort as well as for appearance.
Teach her how to cultivate flowers and
to keep the kitchen garden.
Teach her how to make the neatcst
room in the house.
Teach her to have nothing to do with
internperate or dissoluto young men.
Teach her that tight lacing is un~
comely as well as injurious to health.
teach her to regard the morals and
habits, and not money, in selecting her
associates. '
Teach her to observe the old rule:
“A place for everything, and everything
in its place."
Teach her that music drawing and
lining are real accomplishm,-nts in the
tome, and are not to be negletted if
there be time and money for their use.
Teach her the important truism:
“That the more she lives Within her in-
come the more she will save, and the
further she will get away from the poor-
house.“
Teach’ her that a good, steady,church-
going mechanic, farmer, clerk or teacher
without a cent is worth more than forty
loafers or non-producers in broadcloth.
Teach her to embrace every opportu-
nity for, reading, and to select such
books as will give her the most useful
and practical information, in order to
make tho best progress in earlier as well
as later home and school lift—Clinics.
ion (S. 0.) Diapatak.
Wives ot President...
Washington, Jessi-son and Harmon
married rich widows. Each of then
wustatimc previous to his 'marriago
interaudiaothcr'lulia. ,
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S . T
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certainly earned all she received or ex-
Washington.
lasting perfume.
As for such gloves be- '
ing considered excellent for niébt use. ‘
wc’have the lines in Swift‘s poem on
“Th:- Lady‘s Dressing-room," showing
on the table;
l'k-aitteutli'd by Tripsey when she died.
—[.4."it1')3c Quart.
Fashion l-‘nncics.
Paris drcssmnkcrs make the sleeves of
dresses full over the shoulders.
Black, dark gray, and navy blue. sacks
lugs remain in favor for street wear.
. Imitation toral necklaces, bracelets,
, and brooches are worn with tulle toilets.
. flats are correctly worn with tailor-
or not.
\Vhitc corduroy is popularly combine-i
' with white‘wool stutls for dressy tea and
morning house gowns
Evening dresses are again made of tulle
i or gauze and richly embroidered with tut.
‘ jet or crystal bends and btiglcs.
Cloth polonaiscs are worn over velvet
or plu~h skirts of contrasting color,
whqdlcr plain, striped or plaid.
Zf'gray VQIVK’t princess gown over a
pale pink petticoat was one of the most
admired tea gowns lately imported.
liodiccs of plain as well as striped ms-
t
declare that a better fit is attained in this
manner.
Jersey cloth suits of fine quality are in
garments which can be found for little
boys‘ suits.
. There are many natty little shoulder
capes in many varieties of fur which will
prove one of the popular fashions for
young girls.
. White for is the fashion in Paris,where
a Iona, white, fluffy boa arid muff are
considered the most “chic" thing in out
ward adornment. ‘
Leopard and tiger skin plushzis much
used for trimming cloth dresses.
new imitation monkey fur is also eni~
ployed for trimming. . -
A pretty novelty for evening wear,
particularly for young girl
tulle on wh’ch are sewn tin
covering the entire surface.
The skirts of wool dresses are made
plain, even the foot plaiting is dispensed
with. a band of the material pinked at:
the edge being used in its p‘ace.
The prettiest little knitted hoods for
babies are in white xephyr wool in shape
of a Nounsndyen with ribbon strings
and a full bow in rout of satin. ,
Sashes of wide mutache braid a quartet-
of a yard wide are finished b a large
tassel, and are very retty wit almost
any woolen costume or little girls.
Somtiof tlhe favorite Tartan; are made
in 'wi . ve vet corsages, an are very
stgrlish. Those buqnes are adorned by
silver or gilt buttons of small size.
The three-button cutaway coat worn
by ntlcmen for morning dress this sea-
sonfidoks better than than it did, as it is
cut lower down, and a little longer than
it was last winter.
blossoms
l
The ttlost lists for little girls are
those velvet fall. which has a smooth
elm pile. This are in brown, dark
green and black, and have wide brim:
which can be bent into any shape.
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Apples are plentiful and there has beats
a large export trace.
is ”10"“! '. turned to a wedding stationer and got a
r
THE [1013 BBC [’08.-
stnglux in the Ears.’
To (“Til the trouble occasioned by a
roaring and singing in the can, and gt,
times a whistling sound. especially when
lying down, c. T. w. is .avisea‘ to fol-
low the advice of an cxpcricnemlphysi—
clan and garglc his throat night and
morning with hot and cold water: Have
one tumbler of hot water, taking the,
water hot enough to scald the mouth.
and one tumbler of cold water. Corgis ‘
first three times with ‘thc hot, then three
times with the cold water. Do this
three times, mak‘ng nine taste: with
each. Deafness is often caused by the
hardening of wax in the car. A great
number of, people doubtless suffer from
what they believe is incurable dtafncss,
old persons in pug—teyr—suppnsing it. to
becauscd by old a . when if they would
consult a good surist they would find it
was merely hardening of the secretion of
wax in the cars. This can generally be
removed by a very simple, painless
operation and the heating restored.-
L'ett’tirafut'.
Dietetic Fallacies
1. That there is any nutriment in beef
tea made from extracts. Th re is none
whatever. ~
‘2. That gelatine is nutritious. It will
not keep a cat alive. Beef tea and gela-
tinc, however, possess a certain repara-
tive power, we know not what.
3. That an cgg is cuual to a pound of
meat, and that every Sick person can eat.
eggs, Many, e~pccially those of ner-
vous or bdlious temperament, cannot
eat them; and to such‘cggs are injuri~
ans
4. That, because milk is an important
irtiele of food. it must be forced upon a
patient. Food that a person cannot: cu-
.lure will not care.
5. l'hnt arrowroot is ,nutritiors. It is
simply starch and writer, useful as a re;-
torativc, quickly preparedJ
ii. That cheese is injurious in aileiscs.
It is, as a rule, contraindicated. being
usually indigestible: but it is concentrt
tvd nutritncnt. and a waste repairer, and
often craved.
7. That the craving: of a patient. are
“hints. and should be denied. The
stomach often needs, craves for, and di-
gests. articles not laid down in any diet-
iry. Such are. for example, fruit, jams,
pickles, cakes, ham or bacon with fat,
cheese. butter and milk.
5. That an inflexible diet may be
marked out. which shall'ltpply to every
:asc. t hoice of a given list of articles
allowable in a given case must be de<
:ided by the opinion of the stomach.
The stomach is right and theory wrung,
and the judgment admits no appeal.
A diet. which would keep ahealthy
man healthy might kill a SLR man: and
diet sufi‘n ion: to s'nstnzn a sick man
would not keeps. well man alive. Ins
creased quantity of food, espcc'ally of
ii iuids, does not mean increased nutri~
nicnt, ruth: r decrease, since the diges-
tion is OVEI'I3\C(I and weakened. Shiva
to give the food in as concentrated a.
form as posdblc. t‘onsult the paiicnt's
stomach in preference to his cravings;
and if the stomach reacts in ccrta’n arti-
cle, do not f- rcc it.——.-Iour.r.etl o] li'rcwi-
"l' :i
":"u to.
A Wild Cat Story.
“Talk about the wild war dogs of
Atlanta, if you want to," Salt! an old
citiicn yesterday, "but the wild cats
took my eye. “11911 the city was in the
midst of that desoia‘inu wh cli marked
the wild dog cra, there was an old man
who lived in a broken down box car
which had been thrown ofi the. track.
near the State road round house. Una
day some of us soldiers went into the old
man‘s home to fry some bacon that some
how or other we had gotten hold of.
When the most began to fry the odor
was waftcd about by the brooms. It was
an exceedingly appetizing odor, the more
so because it was rather strange to At-
lanta air and to Atlanta noses. “'ell. in
. a few minutes the wild cats began to
Then- [Lght gloves Inside of Tripsey‘s hide,
, by th ~ odor of the frying nit-at.
come from their hiding places, attracted
They
came first singly, then in pairs, then by
. downs, then by sect-cs, then by him-
dreds, agreat army of fierce-Q'ed, yowl-
ing. howling mousers. \thn the old
man ’saw the cats «bout to invade his
home in such swarms, he go: a tlub and
‘ s'ationed himself at a point near which
' the cats would have to pass.
t
2 undo suits, whether the wearer is young ‘
He went to
work killing cats. He killed 3,000? I
never in mylife saw so many dead cats!“
“I guess not,“ I remarked.
“No, I never did.“ said my friend;
“I never did. The cats were thrown into
1 big washout near the car. filling it up
completely. There were enough of them
: :ofill aroom tw my feet siuare and.“
added my friend, as I prepared to leave,
“5.000 additional cats died from their
» wounds and were found in various parts
tcrials are made on the bias. Dressmakers ’
of the city next day.“
Iforgot to ask what became of the
.ixtlc piece of bacon.—-- Manta ('..:2..ttfm~
‘iorz. ‘
Wednesday Weddings.
\Vhy is it that “Wednesday is the favor~
its day of the seven’on which most wed—
Jings are celebrated? I counted in a
g daily newspspt 1' no less than nine notices
all dark colors. and are the most durable '
The .
elect to be read
- actions of a We ding service atanearlier
of marriages which took place on this
day. I did not reckon the number in
other newspapers, and I infer that many
were not advertised _at all. A married
lady said to me: '
“It‘s just likes mauto ask such a qua»
tion which has such a simple answer."
And she proceeded to explain that no
veil regulated American household was
free from the tyranny of the wash~tub
and the sad iron until Wednesday morn-
ing, and how Could I ex t abride—
for the all dress ex-
dayl An old bachelor told me it was
becsu-e it was weddin‘e day (MOI. his
atheious ipun‘, and was appropriately
chosen because “'oden was the Saxotf
Mars—the God of strife. From hi- I
business-like answer at. last.
“Because,“ hesaid, “it was most eon-
senient. It. allowed of preparation on
the one side and of leisure for the rod-
ding tour on the other. Thursday a
the next most popular day. 0! course,
nobody desires to be married on Friday,
while a wedding on Saturday is sure to
turn out unhappilv if we may believe
:ha soothsayea. '—Bml:lyn Citima. '
. Quite a Fish Story.
An Italian savant has. according to the
Gusto: «let Boole, discovered a new-ind
simple method of catching fish The bait
is a musical one. The sense of hearing
is é’itraordinarily developed in fish.
While the slightest noise waiter: than
in all diffictloflfi, a musical note, aspa-
ciaily that produt ed by the human Voila.
attracts them. _ Signor Sunni, discover
lug this fact.I embarked one morning on
the Lake of hone-n fill) a party of
friends. Striking up a national song, he
proved to his astounded companions the
truth of his minions. They tunable.
by means of an a uascope, to perceive
the eagerness wit which the prsclno
population gathered around. the little
boat. Cast). agovarthonctsthayhad
bong-h. t, the). little midi: catchashas
rarely, if ever, Winona the lab.
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