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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1900)
THE STORY OF LIFE, Only tlio samo old story, told In n different strain: Bomotlmo9 a smile of gladness, and then a stab of rmln: Sometimes a flush ot sunlight, again tho drifting rnln. Homotlmos It sooms to borrow from tho crimson rose ltd hue: Sometimes black with thundor, then changed to n brllllnut blue; Homotlmos lalto as satnn, sometimos as heaven true. Only the samo old story, but, oh, how tho cliniiRcs rlngl Prophet nml prlost and ponsant, soldier nnd scholar ami kins: Sometimes tho warmest haud-clnsp leaves in mu pawn n sung. Horactlmes In the hush of even, sometimes id mo miuuuy Mrllo, Sometimes with ilove-liko cnlmness, souio. tlm"bs with mission rife: Wo dream It, write It, live It, this wtlrd wnu story 01 mo. lloston Trnnserlpt, OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCO w o o o a f gelaled flOou)a O o 8 Ity Mnry C. llrtro. 8 00000000000030000000000000 A OW you know I liko sri you, Barbara! l'vo always lilcod you stammered ,i o ti n Ltighton, awkward ly, leaning against s&tK Vtfr mo Kiicneu winnow- m W.$s. V nill. ami lookinir in with a shy,- ctnbnr rassod smile. "I'vo never soon my way clear to tolling you bo before but but l'vo mado tho last payment on that old account this morning, Barbara I I cau start fair af. tor this." Tho woman to whom bo spoko stepped back, and returned u cooling flat-iron lo tho stovo before buo an swercd. Seon under favorable- cir cumstaucus her fa no must havo beon uu attractive one. To-day, however, her hair was twistod into a solid knot nbovo tho collar of an unbecoming brown calico: her oy?3 showed tracos of tears, aud tho drooping corners of hrr mouth rendered her expression both storn aud sorrowful. "Yos, Johu, 1 know you've- always liked me," she spoko in a hard, roso lute tono, "just as I know that you like old 'i'owsor, nud tho horses nnd cows at home: and pleasant weather in haying timo, and a good prieo for your apples in tho fall. You're usod to me, nud you havo a fashion of lik ing what you see around every day.' Her listener flushed hotly, oponed his lips, thou closed thorn again, as if ho found it difficult to utter what was in his miud. "1 feel liko telling you just ono, John," wont on tho voice at tho iron iug-table, "how much you'vo cared for mo iu reality. It bogan when I was eighteen, you remomber with plenty of others to choose from. I was a pretty girl in thoso days, too, as thorn's no harm m siyiug now, when all tho proltinoss has faded." John Leighton's honest eyos rested unon her iu astonishment, but hers woro bent upon hor work.' "You paid mo lots of attention at first, but you never really said uuythiug. I kopt expecting that you would, ihrough week after week, and mouth nftor month; aud I set my whole heart upon von. John. mteu' yearn aproi its a long time to bo kept waiting upon un certainties, isn't it V No; don't intor runt me 1 For at least half of thoso years I'vo wanted to.havo my say once. Now I'm going to. "You needn't look at mo so re proachfully, either. I understood all along that your mother had queer turns, aud wasn't exactly right in hor mind; nnd everybody said sho was scared nluiost to death for fear you'd bring a wife homo, lint iiuin't you know you could trust mo to wait, John aud hold to you steady through it nil? "What, did you say? That was just it you didn't waut to stand between mo and anything bettei? I showod so many sigiis of wautiug nuything bettor, didn't IV" Mho sraolherod a suddou sob "and a girl has no pride to be hurt, of course, when folks keep nsking her when it's to be, and sho kuows iu her own heart that there is no 'it,' let alone tho 'when,'" Sho flung n handful of drops at random across the sleeves of a gar meut that she had been drying whilo sho talked. Her choeks were poarlot now. her oyon shining. You neodn't look ashamed of mo," sho flashed out excitedly. "I know you're thinking I'm too bold to live, but 1 shouldn't be saying all this lo you, John Leigh ton, it the houso wasn't let nud my tr i ' nil packed to go out of it to inortow. When this ironiug's fin ished and I'vo taken up a little root of myrtlo from tho burying-ground-r I'm through here. Don't upset that flowor-pot. John: thoro's no need of jumping 'round as if something had stung vou, it I am." "Barbara arou't you forgetting nbout iiit brother, and the shnino ?" "What did that amount to, any way?" It wasn't you that forged the check besides. I novor can seo that it's any man's duty to put on every yoko that a whole family seo fit to whittle out for him. You wero foolish to let it go that 'twas your signature; six hundred dollars is a protty big sura for a fanner to save up and pay out-for Homebody elso, ns you havo. But I never cared so much for you in my lifo as 1 did tho night you told mo nbout it aud when you got through tho tolling you took up yonr hat and went home without so much as a good bv." Tho man who stood outside tho wiudow had bowed his head, Moro than ouo thread of silver clean: ed in his hair as the sunlight fell upon it; his face was gravo aud pale. "Bar ,11 m m& n i bnra," ho begau, with a curious chok lug in his voice, "I'vo always" Hue did not seem to bear linn. "I did oxpect you'd speak, John, whou father died nud I was left all alotio here. I can own it uow ns honestly ns if I'd died, too, yon see. Some thing has diod iu mo lately; my heart, perhaps, or tho old happy feeling nnd there's nothing lot t but tho lone- somonoss nnd tho nohe. sigh that was almost a groauenmo from hor listener, but he made no at tempt to sponk. I usod to think there novor woro two people any bettor suited to livo together lhau wo wore for tno llrst timo her voico trembled. "Wo'roboth plucky nnd fond of work; a good laugh now aud then suits one of us just as well as it docs tho other; wo liko books, too, aud we're about tho ouly ones in tho neighborhood who rcalizo that thcro can bo n little strip of tho world oulsido of what s in sight from Mont roso Hill. As to dispositions, I'm quick, I know, but I don't liokl my tompor: aud you why you haven t any temper to hold." I don't know about that." John twirled his straw lift upon his llngors, and mado tho admission with slow sin cerity. "I can bo protty spunky when I get started, but I'vo always IlKecl you too much for " "Oh, well, it does not mako nny uli- forouco uow I Tho end has come at last both to the wishing nud tho worrying." Sho had dried hor wet fingers upon her apron and stood erect with tightly-roldcd arms. "lou'vo lot duty, and what you woro foolish ouough to call disgraco, stand botweon us liko a great iron fonoo. You've played at being dumb so long that you are almost dumb iu reality at last;aua I'm nothing but a homely, disagroo able, old cross-patch in thoso days, whatovor I may havo boon onco. I'm going to livo iu Springfield after this, out of sight of tho old homo whoro I usod to bo so happy, when you go bv hero on your way to tho postofllco perhaps you'll rcmombor tho times wo'vo talked together down by tho cinnamon rose-bush in tho garden, and forgive me for boiug so hateful to you this last moruiug. Irs almost Killed mo to hlnmo you, John; but bouio how I can't help it." Her voico yielded upon tho words to n sudden storm of sobs thnt shook nor iroin head to foot. The straw hat fell unheeded to tno ground. Its owner mado two stops to tho opon door, two moro to tho kitchon, aud clasped her, heodloss of resistance, in his arms. His eyes. misty with sympathy nnd lovo, sought hers cagorly; Ins Heart beat wan strong throbs of tondornoss but his lips shaped only the familiar words, "You kuow I liko yon, Barbara! I'vo always liked yon." Tho Critoriou. Involution of llin Dlnuiir Hour. Tho hour for taking tho meal spoken of in tho old records as "diunor" has changed from 0 in the morning till about 1 v, m., whilo tho so-called 'supper" timo shows n similar varia tiou iu having shiftod from 4 iu tho afternoon to 8 orflo'elook in the oven ing. Both meals grow proportion ately later together, tho interval bo twoen thorn boing always nearly tho samo. Dinner at 10 and suppor at d was tho custom under tho earlier Tudors, whilo iu the roign of Eliza beth thoso meals woro severally ad vanecd to 11 a. m. and 5 iu tho after noon. This relative progression con tinuod, and in tho timo of Oharlos II. dinner was taken at 12 or 1 aud sup per at 7 or 8 o'clock. Iu tho roign of Anno tho "dinner" assumed some thing of its modem significance At tention began to bo concentrated upon it, and suppor to play a loss importaut part. Tho former still continued to got lator, and linnlly supper was pushed over the "edgo of tho night." With tho accession of tho Houso of Brnnswiok, "diuuor" bocaino, iu fact, tho principal meal of tho day. Four o'clock was tho Court hour iu tho earlier partof Oeorgo III. '6 long roign, whilo during tho regonoy nnd roign of his successor it crept gradually on ward to 0. William IV. loft it at 7, and soon after the Qunen's accession 8 o'clock was regarded as tho "cor root" timo. Tho doctors protested, but fashion provnilod. How "tho' hour has still contrived to gotnlittlo later wo all know. What it may bo in tho twontieth century is a forecast not lightly to bo ventured on. London Globe. Haiiiplo ot lloer Humor. Presumably tho Boors who captured an unusually shrewd Kafllr tho other day nnd robbod him, novor had hoard of Portia's three caskets. Had thoy been better up in their Shakespeare they might have done hotter flnan. cially. Tho Kafllr was carrying a cako of soap iu his hand, in which ho had Hidden SJOO iu gold. In Ins pockets was about a dollar and a halt in sil ver. Tho Boors who captured him gathorod iu the silvor, but scorned the soap, aud then let him go with His treasure. Another party of burghers, liowovor, under somewhat similar cir cumstances, acted not only with ecu men, but with positive humor. Thoy, too, capturod a Kafllr "runner," who was carrying loiters. That was harm. loss enough, but ho also was carrying a copy of Punch. As an act of simplo justice, thoy lashod him to a wheol of one of their wagons and then started off ngnin, whilo tho culprit rovolvod slowly and ignominiotisly until tho journey was ended. Lator, however, ho cscapod. Iloiun-Mntln War 1'lcturei. A Paris correspondent of tho Shot field (Euglaud) Daily Independent statos that ho has seen men, dressod in military costumes, as Boors and British, manmuvering iu a park in tho east end of Paris in tho interest of a Paris newspaper which thus obtains, by means of photographs, its special pictures of the war "taken on the BJJOl." Fnronts' leagues havo boon organ I izcd in Brooklyn in connection with two of tko city schools, for the pur- poso ot promoting tho intelligent in terest of parents in tho schools thoir children attend and the acquaintance between paronts aud teachers. When General Gutacro lectured his ofllccrs a short time ago on tho dan ger of falling into a trap thcro could have been nothing further from his mind than tho possibility of hie falling into tho pit himself. All of which goes to show that it is dangerous to bo patronizing nud superior. So much talk is heard about tho for eigner that it will ho intorcstitig to uoto that tho census only shows flttoon per cont. of the population of tho United States is foreign born. North Dakota has tho highest per cent, for eign forty-four and one-half, whilo West Virginia has but two and one- half. Illinois shows twenty-two nnd Now Y'ork twenty-six. Sir John Lubbook, tho great Eng lish philosopher, is urging that in. struction iu tho elementary branches ot natural soionco bearing on ngricul. turo bo mado compulsory in tho rural schools of England. Ho also suggests that such instruction bo accompaniod pr.d illustrated by experiments and practical work on plots of ground at. taohod to tho schools. Tonchors would no longer find tho country dull if thoy took up tho study ol somo branch of natural history. It is fitatod that experiments havo been carriod on nt tho United Statos Mint iu Philadelphia for noarly n year with tho view of asccrtaiuiug tho fit. ncBS of alumiuum for minor coins. Somo 10,000 blanks of tho sizo of tho nicked flvo-cont pieco hnvo boon de livered at tho mint for this purpose Oongross somo timo ago nppointod a commission of oxports to invostigato aud report upon this subject and tho oxporiments nbovo reforrod to aro bo ing carriod on undo? tho direction of its members. Tho reason that cookiug so fills of its purposo, is that its praotico is far below tho rank of other human in dustnes, and thoroforo oftouor more ot a hiuuranco than a help, slates a woman writer in tho American Kitchon Magazine If man's clothes w( made as badly as ma bread is, or man's houses constructed with as little success as his dinners, thero would bo tho samo complaints raisod in re gard to tailoring aud building as is now heard over cooking, and numbors of shortsightodroformors would clamor for a roturn to tho simpler faro. Tho success of tho Mills Hotels for men iu Now York City has prompted tho starting of a similar enterprise for women. Tho Mills Hotel, as is well known, is au investment of capital on paying basis. Its intention was philanthropic, but u was not to bo n 'givo away." Somo risk was incurred by tho founder in tho first instauoo, but the objoct was to supply to wago workors and mon of small moans the comforts of u good hotel aud clean, well-ventilated rooms, at a prico that thoy could afford to pay, and yot to roturn such n rate of interest ou tho capital investod no should induce others to follow tho example. Both thoso ends havo boou gained. Tho Mills Hotels givo moro for tho monoy than any other houses ever built iu Now York City for pooplo in tho hum blor walks of life, aud yet thoy pay something moro than tho rato of in tcrost that an iuvostor can get on gov eminent bonds. Tho demand for rooms in the Mills Hotels is in excess of tho supply. " Lord Oarzon has announood that tho Indian Government is fully pro pared to meet and cope with tlio ox pected famine iu the central provinoos of India. Tho coming famiuo is not oxpectod to bo so severe as that which devastated thoso regions throe years ago. Thou 10,000,000 persons woro nueotod, and it is estimated that at least 1,000,000 diod, if not from starva tion from tho diseases which are ao oustomod to nttaok thoso oufoobled from want of food, Thoso provinces havo boon suffering from n chronic want of food sinco 1893. Until the last roal famine of threo yonrs ago had gone so far that tho work of adoquato roliof bocamo au almost impossible task, tho Government did little for tho peoplo. Its conscience, however, was finally awakoned. It sot to work in earnest and accomplished a good deal, at tho exponso, however, of several of its ablest men, who died from over work. Sinoo thon tho work of put ting agrioulturo on a Armor basis has gone on unremittingly, and as n ro suit of this, although tho crops tho past year wore not good, tho famine area will bo appreciably reduced. JOHN I. BLAIR'S PRECEPTS. UiHlito. Itutr Tor tlin (lilldanca of Hit Clerk. "When John I. Blair, who diod ro- contly, worth from 50,000,000 to $70, 000,000, and who i Said to havo owned iu tho course of his ninety odd years of lifo moro railroads aud also moro laud than any other private individual in tho world, kopt a country storo at Gravel Hill (now Blairstown) in how Jersey, in 1831, ho employed two clerks. Ho had then boon in Imsinosn for himself olovon years. Ho had Mt up for himself before ho was eighteen years old. I or his two clerks no wroto out n sot ot rules. Tho original, in Mr. Blair's handwriting, was glvon by tho late Oharlos D. Vail to William O. Howell, who has had it in his posses sion for forty years. Tho roward of S3 referred to in tho rules was claimed by Aaron H. Kosoy, thou ono of Mr. Blair's two clerks. Tho document is as follows: nuiiKs a nno VL.vnoNs to nnoitsnitvKi) 11V J. I, lib AI It'll OI.UHKS. "1st. Tho Storehouse and the Goods in tho samo to bo kopt in tno most porfoot order. Nothing to bo per mitted to Lie iu a Slovenly m an nor about the floor. Neither olothos, shoos, Goods or nuy other artielo. "2nd. No article of Goods, cloth ing, or any othor matter, to bn mado uso of uunocossarily. But in the most prudent nudrcspcotablo manner. This is a matter worthy lo boobsorvod and Lived up to; ns carelessness, aud Nogligonco is tno ruin of all Business; and this pnrttoular, nbovo nil others. ought to bo most strictly, nnd pru dontly observed: in order to mako a Morohant, or any other good Citizen. Unless this Prinaiplo, the most im portant of all, is lived up to, it is use loss to uudortaka any Businoss, what ever, with the Idea of Making n Liv ing. And any person who doos not livo up to this little of conduct loses my confldouco. 3rd. Every article of store tloo.ds to bo kopt in their place, iu tho most respectable, aud neatest manner nnd order. 1th. Tho Books aro to bo kopt postod up by tho bond clerk, and ovory item oxaminod by the llrst nnd soooud cleric, the Ghnrgos nud post ago thereof; that, in no caso mistake can bo louud. wmou, n so uono, will givo our business a character worthy of notico; and Appreciated by our customers and ourselvos. fith. I cannot allow my clerks to associato too much with looso and im moral oharaotors; nor Frequent the Taverns. Noithor do I wish thorn to scnfllo or wrostlo with such, but pride thomsolvcs nbovo this, as no good can result from it, but a Great Injury, it will bring ou them, such as slothful ness and lounging nbout tho storo. And thoso oharaotors will take many privileges in lnyabsonco, which would give uueasinoss. ' Oth. I wisli my dorks on tho Han bath to go llognlar to church. This ls.n good principle. .It sets a good oxample to others, if thoy should not bo immediately bonofltod by it. 7. Never pormit yoursolf to uso sovon brooms to swoop tho houso with, noithor five bliokoys tokoop water iu; aud other liko.oxlravaganccs, iu pro portion. Those principles of oxtrava gauco aro disgusting, and would ruin any man in duo time. Uan you think it looks bottor, or why is it donoV "8th. Tho Great Pnueiplos of troilo aro tuoso ami must do onsorvou by nuy person, gomg into business or carrying on same; whiqh aro: Bo strictly nttontivo nlwnys to your busi ness, Bo Punctual in all Mattors. Bo careful and economizing in all things Mako tho best of all things yon havo, Watch tho situation of yonr accounts. Strictly attend to your collections; moderatolv prossing the debtor whou ho has funds that you know of. If duniiod, iu duo form, you gouorally succeed. Always know the Situation of yonr own Affairs. Avoid riding or goiug to any placo whoro you huvo no business. It is always better to at tend to your busiuoBH. It you con tract debts, look ahead aud mako cul dilations to pay them. "stfiTA decent, caroful, prudent man will appear much bolter in a Homp Suit, than a slovouly, careless fop in a Silk Suit. 'N. ii. The clerk host complying with tho above rules shall bo paid ou tho first of next April flvo dollars, and if both livo up to it, live dollurs each, with my good will. "N. B. Always consider that you aro doing businoss for yourselves, when you do my business. If you livo up to tho Utiles laid down, I will make mon of you, and it will mako mon of yourselves. All that I can do for you would bo of no Sorvico, if you don't comply with my rules, and follow my advice "If you pursuo tho courso I havo laid down, all will bo safe, and I shall havo tho pleasure of kooplng good na turod; but if not all will bo confusion, aud I must Etornnlly find fault." A l'mlpHtettc T.oiiiliin Church. St. Bartholomew's Ohurob, Moor Lauo, is onco moro on the inovo. Among ecclesiastical establishments it is a regular vagrant, but, uulike most rolling stonos, it has gathorod a good deal of moss in tho nay of on dowmout. Originally this ambulaut building stood on the sito ot tho Sun itisurauco ofilco, but, having no par ishioucrs, was bodily moved to its present position about fifty yours ago, how it is to bo domollBlied onco moro and re-elected, stone by btono, in somo populous suburb, St. Barthol omow the Waudoror may fairly plead that this reorudoBoonco of nomadic habits is not duo to flightinoss, but to tho centrifugal toudonoy of modern Londoners, who no longer livo, like thoir tnediioval forefathers, over their places of business and playfully ompty from thoir upper windows their dust bins on the heads ot inuooout way. farers. Loudon Telegraph. UUUU KUADS JNUTISS, Coimrrllcut Itleliwny. Tho first pnymonts aro being mado from 'Ho Connecticut Slato Treasury to tho various towns which havo availed thomsolvos ot tho road im provement law passod by the last Legislature. Tlio essential features of that statute aro tho payment by tho Stato ot three-quarters of tho cost of improved roads iu towns with a tax list ot 91,000,000 or less and two- thirds ot the coat in towns with tax list ot moro than $1,000,000; tho Stnto not to spend more than S17f, 000 in ono year nor moro than 31500 iu nuy ono town annually; the sum ot $0000 n year for State inspection to come out of tho $l7r,000; nud a pro viso by which a town may, with the assent of the Stale Highway Commis sion, uso tho full nmount of tho ap propriation for two years. I ho rotnrns nt tho Highway Com missioner's ofilco show a roiiuirknble success of the now law. Uut of 108 towns in tho Stato 115 havo this yoar made applications. Out ot tho $350, 000 appropriated by the Stnto for two years or $338,000, excluding inspec tion expenses all but $30,000 is ex hausted by tho applications of the 115 towns, which will rocoivo from $000 to $1500 each from the Stato. Tho law only relates to main roads bo tv.ceu towns, and ot thoso it is esti mated at tho Commissioner's ofilco that on 500 miles improvements havo now boon completed since Stato aid began and on several hundred miles moro impi'ovomoutnaro iu progress or immediately projeotod. During 1800 and 1900, including payments by tho towns, tho outlay under tho law, present and prospective, amounts to about $133,000. Iu llfty-throo of tho 115 towns gravol roads or rogradiug has boon done or is iu progress, in somo casos preliminary to liardouod roads. Under the various laws pnssod nt recent sessions ot tho Stato Legisla ture, thero has boou au outlay of about 8800,000 and 138 towns out of 108 iu the Stato havo availed themselves of the various State-aid laws. A very on couragiug featuro of this stntuto is tho large number of small country towns which have begun highway improve inout, aud the sum of $30,000 of the Stato appropriation still loft will bo given first to tho towns not yot apply ing, and secondly, to tho towns wluoli havo not asked for more than $500. Tho secondary effects of the law in im proving roads and awakemug commu nities in tho Stato to tho importance of botlor highways have boon very groat, not a few towns spouding much larger sums than usual outside of tho law, and one town spending $'30,000. Iu rogradiug roads, also, much monoy has boon spoilt ollentively, and an evil in tho old Connecticut highways considorablv abated. There is complaint that some ot the towus do not koep tho State-aid roads iu prop or repair, ni provided for undor tho law, and thnt important branch of tho statute romatns to bo tested. In suoh cases tho law provides that tlio Stato cau make tho repairs and tho town must pay for thorn, Tho eager ness to take advautago of the existing law for Stato aid is indicated by the fact thnt the 115 towns applying nil did so within a poriod of six weeks. Whin Tllm. Nnrrow tires aro ono of tho largo leaks in fnrmtu.f. In somu careful ox porimonts that have bcuu made, it has boon demonstrated that uli a dry gravol road 2182 pounds could be hauled ou tires that wero four indies in width, whilo ou tho stnudnrd tiros one aud one-half inohos wide only 2000 poundii could bo haulod with the samo draft. On hard, dry, smooth dirt roads that were free from dust, tho draft necessary to haul 2001) pounds on narrow tiros could haul 2530 on brond tiros. It tho road wns covered with two or throe inohos of dust, there was an advautago iu nar row tires, If the roads are muddy and of sticky clay, and firm undor ucalh, tho narrow tire is better. If tho clay road is dry au top tho broad tires flill carry 2200 pounds with tho samo draft that will bo necessary to haul 2000 pounds ou narrow tiros On a drying road of this eharaotor tho wide tires particularly show thoi morit over the narrow tires, for the firmer tho road becomes the greator is tho dilfurenco of draft iu favor of the broad tires. That dillerouco is as much as thirty per cunt, ou tho best road. Tho rcasoti that the narrow tiro is better iu deep mud is becauso it lias less surface for the mud to cling to. (looil lloixU In lllliuili. Chicago in as deoply concerned the improvement of tho oouutiy road as any other community iu Illinois Perhaps m tho near future she will bo more so, especially if her people con tract such a desire for long-distauco country jaunts ns that which obtain among tho people of other cities nt homo and abroad. It scams dilllcu t for us to realize that ouo may mount an automobile in Paris aud tlnd smooth aud beautiful rond all the way to Lyons, Boulogne, Htrasburg, Ber lin fcor Vienna. Thero is scarcely a pieco of country iu tho United King dom that cannot bo traveled witli u bioyclo. New York, Mossaohusotls, Pennsylvania nud Ohio have douo wonders of late yoniH in tho way of good road-making. Illinois is younger aud bus grout or dillloulties to sur mount, owing to tho'naturoof her soil, but by organized nnd intelligent ef fort can accomplish tho dosirod Je suits, Tho Stato should help out tho poorer communities and liberal boun ties might bo provided for comities making the best showing, Inter Ocean. Thero are deavorors. 11,300,720 Christinn En- A BUTTERFLY FARM. The Only l'lnco r It Kind la Ttdt Country. In tho garden of Jacob Doll, in Brooklyn, thcro is no ruthless rout oi caterpillnrs, nor are they considered unwelcome gliosis. On Iho contrary, their differing nud exacting appetites havo beon carefully considered, and everything is grown with roforcnocto thoui. "Caterpillars' Paradlso" it hns boon woll called. Thero is no other placo of tho kind in ibis coun try. Mr, Doll romnrked i during a recent isit to his homo; "I novor could un derstand why pooplo fool disgust for caterpillar. They nro tho ncatoat animals in tho world, and thoy havo the daintiest habits. Tho cages iu which thoy nro couflnod must bo brushed out ovory day and scrubbod with soap and water, nnd fumigated with sulphur at loast twice n week. Somo roiiuiro that it shall bo done nily. To neglect them is to allow every insect in the cage to die." Whilo ho was talking ho pioked from the undor side nt a leaf a great groon worm, from which half the population would turn with a shudder, nnd laid it ou his opon palm, regard ing it with much the air that a far mer would exhibit for a thorough bred. 'This fellow, for instnnoo, wantn tho sassafras," ho continued, "nnd if t is not forthcoming ho dies. He is protected from groody enemies by the scout organs iu the back of his head, from whioh, whon startled, he cjoct au unpleasant odor, whioh makes him undosiiablo as a morsel of food. Each species has its own habits nud tastes, which render its life history dilleront from that of all othcra. This cater pillar," ho said, ns ho placed it on a leaf, "conceals himsolf among tho folingo by drawing together tho edges of the loaf upon whioh ho rosls nud feeds. His butterlly is tho spicobush swnllow-tnil, which is blank, with largo bluish groon spots on the hind wings." WORDS OF WISDOM. . Wind is not wisdom. Sorvo and desorvo. The ohodieut man gains ohodionco. Motives are greator lhau mothods. Toil ii tho toll nt tho gato to suc cess. Two fools do not mako ouo who man. Tho richest grain is often sown in storm. It takos a good man to do good things. The biggost lights nro not alwayn the best. The lovo of tho law gives true lib erty in life. No man in so weak you can afford to oppress him. Ambition jumps high, but does not nlwnys laud right. Tho most contagious diseases aro thoso of tho hoart. , Tho world without will bo what your world within is. No man is strong ouough to da wroug with impunity. Tho man who starts to go nowhere will usually got there. Tho coward capitulates by changing front boforu the onoiny. Whou you havo no aim you are nob likely to mako any mark. Synipnthy aud sincerity givo tho open Hosamu lo every heart. Tlio mud picked up by tho whoeln doos not increase the speed. Strife bolls up so quickly that ho who stirs it often gets scaldod. Tho strengthening of lifo ii of moro importance than its lengthening. You cannot calculate the warmth of lire by tho oiuokling it makes. Ram's Horn. (tri-nt ISrllii'li'n Vroniiiiiry. The British Yeomanry is tho cavalry branch of the militia, but its organi zation differs considerably from that of either Iho militia or tho volunteers. Militnrv historians llud it impossible to trace the origin ot tho yaomaury, but it is agreed that it is ouo of tho most ancient of tho military institu tions of Great Britain. Toward the end of the last century the yeomanry wero entitled "Gcutlo men and Yeomanry," which indicate that in earlier days the foroo was con stituted in tho samo way as at prosenb landed proprietors at cfllcei'H, and funnels and tradesmen of country towns and villages as tho rank uml flll'j The yeomanry, at the beginning of 1809 consisted, including tho stall', nt 11, HOI man and officers. The troopo aro well trained, having to assemble for drilling nud shooting prnolico n certain number of days in tho year. Tho annual gathering of tho yeomanry is always au event of importance in country towns, aud balls and other functions are arranged in their honor. Julio I. Iltiilr'4 Ileiuly Wit. Ono ot the best stories told on tho late John I. Blair is au inoidont ot au inspection trip over one of his West ern roads. The train ou which ho wns riding stopped nt noon nl n war- sido station, where dinner was served on a sztiodulo by which tho employes of tlio road paid n quarter, but the passenger. a half dollar on tho samo moal. Mr. Blair, having completed his repast, deposited a quarter on tho cashier's desk ns he walked out. "Hold on, sir," Iho woman called out, sharply, "do you belong to tho road?" "No, tho roil belongs to mo," re turned the lluniieier, as ho continued his progress back to the train, 'I'hii I'xpiinMvii Killlnn .Tonrnslisiii in the Philippines ap pears to bo flourishing, The islands now hnvo threo dailies printed iu Eiialish. the latest candidate beint' J the T"uliir Press.