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V i i ' pattsmoutlt Jounwl C. W. II K KM AX. PublUbrr. rLAlTIOUTH. : MT.KASKA SEEIN' THINGS AT NIGHT. I ain't afeard uv snakes, or toads, or bugs, or worms, or mice. An' things 'at girls are steered ut I think are awful nice I Mn pretty brave, I g-uess; an' yet I hate to go to bed. For, when I'm tucked up warm an' snug an' when my prayers are said. Mother tells me -Happy dreams!" and takes away the light An' leaves me lyin' all alone an' seeln' things at night! Sometimes they're in the corner, sometime they're by the door, Sometimes they're all a-standln' in the middle uv the floor; Sometimes they are a-sittin' down, sometimes they're walking 'round o softly an' so creepylike they never make a sound.' Sometimes they are as black as Ink, an' other times they're white But the color ain't no difference when you. aee things at night! Once, when I licked a feller 'at had just mond on our street An' father sent me tip to bed without a bit to eat. I woke up In the dark an' saw things standin.' In a row, A-lookin' at me cross-eyed an' p'lntln' at me so. Oh, my! I wuz so skeercd that time I never siep' a mite tt's almost alluz whea I'm bad I see things at night! Lucky thing I ain't a girl, or I'd be skeered to death: Bein' I'm a boy, I duck my head an hold my breath; An' I am, oh! to sorry I'm a naughty boy, an' then X promise to b better an' I say my prayers again! Gran 'ma tells me that's the only way to make it right When a feller has been wicked an' sees thing at night: An' so. when other naughty boys would coax me Into sin, X try to skwush the Tempter's voice 'at urges me within; An' whea they've pie for supper or cake 'at's big an' nice X want to but I do not paw my plate f'r them things twice! No, rather let Starvation wipe me slowly out o' sight Than I should keep a-livln' on an' seeln' things at niht: Chicago Record. AUXT MARGERY. How She Discovered Whici: Iliece She Liked Best. "Here's your chance, girls," said Mr. Ropers. "Your Aunt Margery, down In Florida, wants one of you to go and fay her a visit."' Flora acd Elsie looked at each other. Which wrvs it to be? Flora was Mr. feogers' only daug-hter and Elsie was en orphan niece who had lived with fcim for the last eight years. Neither of them had ever seen Aunt Margery who had never before been known to Invite any of her relations to visit her, and all they knew about her was that fche was very rich and very eccentric. It was generally supposed in the Kogers family that she had not yet made her will and was on the lookout lor an heir or heiress, and therefore the letter received by Mr. Rogers was calculated to produce no small amount of excitement. "You are both to go," Mr. Rogers 'went on, "but only one at a time; and phe says she will have Flora first, as ehe is the eldest. You must be ready for to-morrow's boat. Flora. I know my sister Margery, and if you kept her waiting- for a week she might change lr mind." "If that's so," said Flora, "I must beg-in to pack right away. Come and help me, Elsie." Elsie went with the utmost good na ture, quite as much interested in her cousin's prospects as she would have .been in her own. Flora had rather a long jonrney, as 2ier aunt lived in the Bouth of Florida, where she amused herself with an orange grove in a little backwoods set tlement. She traveled in the coast steamer from New York to Fernandina, and when she reached Jacksonville she decided to go down the St. Johns river "by steamboat, so that she might avoid the hot, uncomfortable cars as much as possible. She thought more about es caping the cars than enjoying the beau tiful scenery of the river, and came on Aboard provided with a novel and a box of chocolates. She had just settled down to her book and her candy when she noticed a lit tle old lady sitting near her on a deck chair, and remembered that she had seen the same sharp, wizened little lace in the hotel at Fernandina. The old lady was knitting, and pres ently her ball of yarn fell from her lap and rolled toward Flora's feet. Flora saw it, but she had arranged herself comfortably, and did not care to move; so she pretended to be absorbed In her book, and did not look up from It until the old lady spoke. "Young girl," she said, in a shrill, high voice, "air you a-goin' to pick up that there ball, or air you not?" The address was certainly not very polite, and when Flora handed her the yarn it was in sullen silence. The old lady, however, appeared to take no no tice of this. She said, quite cordially: "Thet's right. I like to see young folks active. Old ones mostly lie v trouble in their backs an' cain't do their own stooping. Fine da-, ain't it?" Flora nodded. Her mouth was full of chocolate, and, besides, she wanted to read and not to talk. She began to think she would say so plainly if the old lady chattered much more. After a few minutes' silence the shrill voice Vegan again: "Youug girl, whar was you raised?" "Are you addressing me?" asked Flora, coldly "There ain't any other young girl ground hereabouts thet I kin see," an swered the old lady, not in the least discomposed by the intended snub. "I'm askiu'you where you was raised." I believe I was born in New York, -- cotter sHPSTJinee. A blast was pint la the bottom of the bole and ( red from the bottom. Tbe explosion i irew f of the well a number of piecisoi f of good eolor and appearance said Flora, keeping her eyes fixed on her book. "Don't the New York people kok at one another when they speak?" the old lady inquired, sharply. Flora grew red with vexation. "I wasn't speaking by my own wish," he said, rudely. "If people will in sist on talking to me I can't help it." After that the old lady took no fur ther notice of her until the steamer reached Sanford; then, as they were landing, she came up to .Flora and shook hands with her warmly. "Well, good-by." she said. "I'm glad to know you. Y'ou're jest the most obliging, pleasant, sociable young girl I've met in a dozen years; and if you're a-goln home you can tell your folks the compliment you were paid." Flora only stared. The old lady seemed so thoroughly in earnest that she could not believe her to be speak ing satirically, and yet it was just as hard to believe that she could possibly have meant what she said. However, before there was time to come to any conclusion, the old lady had disap peared, and Flora was left alone in the waiting room. She knew she had a considerable time'to wait there before her train was due, and so she bought some candy at the refreshment table, and again set tled herself comfortably with her novel. She had not been reading more than half an hour when a colored man came in, looked about him, and finally walked over and spoke to her. "Are you Miss Rogers?" he asked, waving a letter which was addressed to her before her astonished eyes. "Yes." said Flora. "Is that for me? Who sent it?" "Ole Miss Rogers, down souf. tol me meet young lady heah an gib her this. I'm M iss Rogers' head coachman, miss." Flora tore the letter open, and read: 'My Dear Niece: I have chanced mv mind. Go home again, and send the other one down Instead. Your affectionate aunt. "IIargkbi Rogers." "She must be madder than ever," said Mr. Rogers when he heard the news. "Probably, Elsie, you won t get farther than Jacksonville before you are turned back. However, you must only go and try your luck. I hope Mar gery intends to pay the cost of the journeys. Flora was much too tired to help Elsie with her packing, so she got through with it as best she could by herself, and started for the south the day after her cousin's return. She reached Jacksonville without meeting anyone to turn her back, and from there took the river boat just as Flora had done. Flora had not mentioned the old lady at home, indeed, she had not given another thought to her, be ing quite full of disappointment; con sequently it did not seem strange to Elsie to find the same wizened little creature sitting on deck and knitting. Elsie had scarcely seated herself when the ball of yarn went flying again. She sprang up at once and returned it to its owner with a smile and a few pleasant words. The old lady only grunted and scowled instead of thanking her, and Elsie went back to her seat feeling rather amused at the little woman's qxieer manners. "Hev you got a book or a paper about you?" asked the old lady, after a time. "I'm tired of knitting." "I have both a newspaper and a story-book," said Elsie, readily. "Which would you like to have, ma'am?" "I guess I'll take the paper; but ain't you going to read either one yourself?" 'T think not, thank you. I would rather look about me, the river is so pretty." "Well, 1 guess I can't read, after all. It sorter hurts my eyes in the open air, which is a pity, for I had a fancy to make out the news." "Then perhaps you would like me to read it aloud to you," said Elsie. "If it would give you any pleasure I should be very glad." "Rut if you were reading you couldn't admire the view," said the old lady. "Never mind that," said- Elsie, open ing out the paper. "Here is something that might interest you " "No," said the old lady, putting her hand on the paper. "I ain't one to drive a willing horse too hard. 111 take the will for the deed, my girl. You shall talk to me instead of read ing, and then you need not stop look ing at the beautiful river. Where are you going to?" "To Pinewood City." "You don't say! Thet's whar I live, so we kin travel the whole way to gether." "That will be very pleasant for me," said Elsie. "1 am not used to going about much, and I don't like to be alone. Perhaps, as you live in Pine wood City, you know my aunt, Miss Margery Rogers." "Yes, I know her," said the old lady, "but I won't say much about her. 'Least said is soonest mended. " "I hope you are friendly with her, so that X may see you sometimes while I am there." "Oh, friendly enough in a way. I guess j'ou'll see me often enough." They chatted on, and found plenty to say for the rest of the short voyage; and when they reached Sanford they had lunch together, and Elsie noticed that the old lady dropped her odd tricks of speech and talked now like a refined and educated woman. "I am e vry minute expecting that a colored coachman will come in with a letter to turn me homo again," said J the girl, laughing. "That was what Happened to my cousin last weeK. "Humph!"' said the old lady. "I suppose it didn't occur to your cousin that it was in any way her own tftult?" "Why, no. How could it have been? Slue had never seen Aunt Margery, aad so could not have offended her. Did M ir.n Rogers say anything to you about it? I beg your pardon for ask ing, but I thought you spoke as if you kn-sw something." "Perhaps 1 do; but I can keep it to myself, my dear. I will only tell you this much: I don't think the colored ' ooachaian is coining to torn you back." In v to the dignity of a real court.'"v Call for ine Jiprse biand oi john n's Alagneth "V "s nl iual -'-ealj iLttle. After a fatiguing Jonrney they reached Pinewood City, a very small city indeed, with a station not six months old. A handsom carriage was waiting there, looking quite out of place with its surroundings. Elsie found no one to meet her, and was rather in doubt what to do next. "That is my carriage," said the old lady. "Get in, and I will take you to your aunt's; I am going that way." "Thank you so much," said Elsie. "I don't know what I should have done without you. I quite expected Annt Margery would come or send to meet me. I do hope she hasn't changed her mind again." "I suppose," said the old lady, with a sharp twist of her head, "that you expect she will leave you her money if she takes a fancy to you." "I am sure I don't know," said Elsie, blushing; "but it would be very nice if she would, for I have none at all of my own." "What would you do with such a big fortune if you got it?" "I would divide it with Uncle Tom, of course, he has been so kind to me; and then Flora would have her share. But I confess I should like to keep half to use just as I like. One has such a great opportunity to do good when one is rich; and then it would be so delightful to go to Europe, and to be able to buy plenty of books. Yes, I suppose it is very nasty of one. but I should just love to have a big fortune." T don't think it is so very particu larly nasty of you, when you want it for good uses to help others, and to give yourself intellectual pleasure. I shall speak about it to Miss Margery Rogers." "Oh, please! please dont do such a thing!" cried Elsie in great distress. "Why, that would sound as though we were all calculating on her death!" "And aren't you?" snapped the old lady. "No, indeed, no! Of course we know the money is there, and we can't help wondering what will be come of it; but even if the poor old lady weie as horrid as horrid can be, I shouldn't want her to die a day before her time." "And if she were like me, for in stance?" "Why, if she were like you," said Elsie, laughing and blushing again. "I don't think she would keep us waiting until she died. She would want to help everybody at once, and she would take Flora and me to Europe her very self." "Do you think I am as nice as all that?" asked the old lady. "I am sure you are. You have been so kind to me ever since we met." "And who began it, my dear? . 1 think the first kindness came from you Here we are. This is Miss Margery Rogers orange-grove; and there is her house behind those pretty live oaks; and this is her carriage we are driving in; and this is her nice lit tle niece sitting beside me; and don't look so very much surprised I am Aunt Margery! Yes. my dear. We'll see about the will later on; and mean while let us make arrangements for a trip to Europe next summer. I'll be just as nice as you expected, and take you my very self." "O Aunt Margery! And Flora, too?" "No, my dear. I think I can manage to get along very well without Miss Flora. I shall send her a new novel and a box of candy, and she will no doubt be quite satisfied to remain at home." M. Penrose, in Demorest's Monthly. "Why Tfte Was Unhappy. The secret of child government is to put j'ourself in his place. The moment a parent can look at affairs from his child's outlook that moment reason, skill and good effect enter his care of the child. It is the first impulse of the average parent to say "no" to any re quest on general principles, when per haps only once out of ten times the "no" is really necessary. The ease with which children are made happy is almost proverbial. The ease with which they are made unhap py is not so often appreciated. A little Hartford boy 9 j'ears old. asked to make a list snowing both sides of the matter, compiled the following: Why I am happy, liecause I have, 1, eyes; "2, ears; 3, mouth; 4, can snuff; 5, legs; 6, brains; 7, arms; 8, soldiers; 9, books; 10, 1 am not sick; 11. that we are rich; 12, house comfortable; 13, les sons; 14, good family. Why I am unhappy. 1, sins; 1, have no bicycle; 3, no canary: 4, tost my knife; 5, have to write this horrid list; 6, no dog; 7, no lamb; 8, sleepless at early night; 9, I want a cap; 10, no ice cream; 11, no bananas; 12, no plums; 13, freckles; 14, friends away. N. Y. Times. "Economizing on Rait. "Fishing!" said a man who lives on Blake street. "Why, I went fishing in New Jersey and caught the biggest string of eels that you ever heard of. There is the tandem eel that you have all heard of. When they go down or up stream from their quarters for the winter or summer they go in single file, one behind the other, like the primeval man. They leave exactly six inches of space between their noses and the tail of the eel in front. When an eel sees that the fellow ahead is lengthening this space he jumps ahead, and, seizing the tail of the offender in his mouth, pulls him bach into place. I dropped my hook down rij-ht in front of a string of those tandem eels aud the bait was accepted, and I jerked out the eel. The one behind, seeing that the fellow ahead was running away, obeyed his instruction and seized his tail to pull hira back, and so also did the one behind, and so on to the last one, ami I pulled them out hand over hand till I had a great mass of slippery eels about me." Lewistoa (Me.) Journal. Unfinished Plans. Every man is the architect of hta, own fortune. The trouble with most men is they never provide enough building marterial to carry the struc ture up above the- ground floor. Ar kansaw Traveler. uiunrurvmi i- tvirsttru irmi tfie DOy injuries will result seriously. Japanese Liver Pellets aie small, but great in their effects; no griping; fifty doses twenty-ilve cents. Sold SCHOOL AND CHURCH. The largest Sunday-school library in the world is in Washington, D. C. It is the property of the Assembly Pres byterian church. The librerian is J. C. Strout, of the senate library. Mrs. D. Hayes Agnew, widow of Prof. Agnew, has given -25,000 to the university of Pennsylvania, and the new wing of the hospital is to bear the professor's name as a mark of apprecia tion for her generosity. Tho report of United States Com missioner of Education Harris shows that for the year ended June, 1S91, the total number of public and private scholars of all grades in the schools of the country is almost 15,000,000. There are said to be 28.C-00 school and 3,410,000 pupils in Japan, but not withstanding the interest in education exhibited in that country there are on ly six government high schools or normal schools which admit girls. The American Sunday school union has received for its missionary work during the past year 8120,158 as against S109.2::3 for the previous year. It has employed 133 men, organized 1,7S5 new Sunday schools, with 03.273 teachers and scholars, reorganized 439 schools and aided 8,303. In I). Li. Moody's Bible institute at Chicago the students enrolled in 1S03 were: Women, 195; men, 331; transients, 85. Denominations represented: Wom en, 10; men, 35. Thirty-one states of the United States, Canada, Turkey, India, Japan, Scotland, Ireland, En gland, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Russia, Persia, Norwaj, Bo hemia, West Indies, South Africa, Hawaii and New Zealand were repre sented. Chicago Standard. The board of education of the Meth odist Episcopal church shows an in come of $87,653, of which 870,000 was collected from Sunday schools and ehurches. The number of students as sisted is 1,416 in 100 different schools throughout the world and of twenty four nationalities. Seventy-seven per sons are studying for the ministry or missionarj- work. The complete list of the educational institutions of the church shows that there are 202, with over forty-three thousand students, and property and endowments valued at 8'2G,5S3.000, and an annual income of 81,810,171. In the year which has just closed the total receipts of the American Bible society were 800.2,729.80. The total cash disbursements for general pur poses amounted to 8570,792.03. In the direction of the translation and revision of the Scriptures much has been ac complished in the last year. The prep aration of an edition of the Bible in an cient Armenian has been completed, and .several portions of the Bible in the Siamese language have been revised. The Sciiptures printed and purchased duiing the year have amounted to 1,559.000 volumes, of which 1,133,775 were printed on the presses in the Bible house. The volumes issued from the Bible House numbered 1,009,900: in for eign lands, 407,099. Christian Work. THEY SEEK THEIR MEAT. Pathetic Little Story of the Stubborn Lam by and the Hungry Eaglcta. The lamb stopped nursing, and the ewe. moving forward two or three steps, tried to persuade it to follow her. She was anxious that it should as soon as possible learn to walk freely, so they might together rejoin the Cock. She felt that the open pasture was full of dangers. The lamb seemed afraid to take so many steps. It shook its ears and bleated piteously. The mother returned to its side, caressed it anew, pushed it with her nose, and again moved away a few feet, urging it to go with her. Again the feeble little creature refused, bleating loudly. At this moment there came a terrible hissing rush out of the i-cy, and a great form fell upon the lamb. The ewe wheeled and charged madly; but at the same instant the eagle, with two mighty buffetings of his wings, rose bej-ond her reach and soared away toward the mountain. The lamb hung limp from his talons, and witli piteous cries the ewe ran beneath, gazing upward, and stumbling over hil locks and juniper bushes. In the nest of the eagles there was content. The pain of their hunger ap peased, the nestlings lay dozing in the sun, the neck of one resting across the back of the other. The triumphant male sat erect upon his perch, staring out over the splendid world that dis played itself beneath him. Now and again he half lifted his wings and creamed joyously at the sun. Tho mother bird, perched upon a limb on 1 he edge of the nest, busily rearranged her plumage. At times she stooped her head into the nest to utter over her sleeping eaglets a soft chuckling noise, which seemed to come from the very bottom of her throat. But hither and thither ove-r the round bleak hill wandered the ewe. calling for her lamb, unmindful of the flock which had been moved to other pas tures. Charles G. D. Roberts, in Lip pincott's. Utility of Ship MckJcU. Many of those elaborate models ol liailing ships made by the sailors of all seafaring nations and representing often the occupation of hundreds ol leisure hours, find their way at last to the shops of the dealer" In junk or an tiiues. Their purchasers are frequent ly artists and illustrators, who find in these t;ny but faithful reproductions oi great ships the best available models for ttudio work. A perfect example ol tha sort is sure to fetch a good prica even at second hand. Some of the best r.ro made by Italians, because small barks and full-rigged ship-i of moderate tonnage are commoner to Italian com merce than to that of most other na tions, and it is the vessel with square sails and abundant cordage that lends itself l ist to the purposes of the illus trate!. N. . Sun. Upstreete- "Do you take any stock in the saying that money talks?" Frontpew "I've known it to er have something t- do with calls to preach." BuSalc Courier. u J. O. Phillipitthe Missouri Pacific has returned to headquarters at Oma ha from a trip overlthe Nebraska and Kansas division. lie says that rain at I must fall within t rTora t r anna V FOR YOUNG PEOPLE VERY GOOD TIMES. " Tho best time J can recollect," bold tbe boy from across the street, Was when we played the Spartan nine. The day that our side beet." My best fun was a year ago." Said the boy who never will fight, When father and I went Ashing oaoe. And slept outdoors all night." Well." said the boy from the corner bouse, "The jolliost time for m. Was the summer they took me on a yacht. And we lived six weeks at sea." And the greatest fun ever had," Said tvm boy who lives next door, " Was sailing down the river onoe. Anil camping out on shore." The very best time ever had." Said the boy with the reddish hair, Was in Chicago, last July The time I went to the fair." " It seems to me." said the lazy boy (And his cap ha thoughtfully thumps), "That the very best timo In all my life Was the week I had the mumps." E. Sylvester, In St. Nicholas, HEARD ON THE STREET. Aa Appeal Which Produced Xot Only a Bite, But a Whole Pickle. Two little girls of eight or nine years, ragged and uncared for, were sitting in the doorway of a wretched tenement house. One of them was radiantly happy in the possession of a huge cu cumber pickle, which she sucked with great satisfaction, while the other one watched her with hungry eyes. "Gimme a bite, Jenny," she said. But Jenny was not generously in clined. "Please, Jenny." Jenny shook her head, and said some thing unintelligible because of the pickle in her mouth. "I'll let you wear my red glass beads for just one bite." "I've got some nice yeller glass ones that I'd ruther wear," said Jenny. Several offers were made and reject ed, and the pickle had nearly disap- 777i "I Ars'T GOT 'SO FATHER-" peared, when the little pleader said, 6adly, with moistening eyes: "I should think you might gimme Just one bite, Jenny, when I I you know I ain't got no father." A responsive chord had at last been touched. Jenny rose to her feet with a bound, and, holding ont her hand, said: "Come on; I never thorvght of that. I've got another cent in my pocket. You come with mo an' 111 get you a whole bijpickle aa3 you needn't give me a single bite," and avfay they ran. Youth's Companion. THE THREE FOLLOWERS. V Fable Which Illustrates a Great Truth for Younjf Tootle. The wild old Hassan sat in his door when three young men passed eagerly by. "Are ye following after anyone, my sons?" he said. "I follow after Pleasure," said the eld est. "And I after Riches," said the second. Tleasure is only to be found with Riches." "And you, my little one?" he asked of the third. "I follow after Duty," he modestly said. And each went his way. The aged Hassan in his journey came upon three men. "My son," he said to the eldest, "me thinks thou wert tho youth who was following after Pledsure. Didst thou overtake her?" "No, father," answered the man, "Pleasure is but a phantom that flies as one approaches." "Thou didst not follow the right way, my son." "How didst thou fare?" he asked of the second. 'Pleasure is not with Riches," he an swered. "And thou," continued Hassan, ad dressing the youngefit. "As I walked with Duty," he re plied, "Pleasure waiked ever by my side." "It is always thus," replied the old man. "Pleasure pursued is not over taken. Only her bhadow is caught by him who pursues. She herself goes hand in hand with Duty, and they who make Duty their companion have also the companionship of Pleasure." Northwestern Christian Advocate. Ilia Sweet Tooth. . -George Aunt Aliens, didn't you say the ether day that I have a sweet tooth? Aunt Alice Yes, Grorge. George And how did you know it? Aunt Alice Because you are so fond of candy. t George Does my sweet tooth make me fond of candy? Aunt Alice Yes, George. Why? George Why, because if my sweet tooth makes me fond of candy I just hope the dentist won't go and pull it out by mistake when I go next week. Omaha Bee. A Small Boy's Small Bicycle. There 13 a tiny boy in Rochester, In this state, who rides the smallest safe ty bicycle that was ever made. He is only five years old and his little : wheel had to be built especially for him. Its tiny wheels are only eighteen inches in diameter, which, if you take a string nine Inches long, tie a pencil to it and draw a circle with it, you will find Is a very small bicycle wheel. His j little machine has pneumatic tires, j ball bearing and all the latest inv I orovements, anc weighs complete only I .irhtcen pounda. N. Y. Tunes. ' TO auu iua iu Cl UJumci, uj Ul Lilly ap- rfytg nounced thatshe was "going to spank tJ . : s' her till she-couldn't sit down." And lo the Lincoln Vews remarks- Tn tho Tho THE UGLY WOLVERINE. Described as the Most Cunning VUlmln tm the Animal World. The wolverine, carcajou or glutton ls better known as being the trapper's) evil genius than for the value or beauty; of his own fur. He Is tho greatest thief and the most cunning villain in, ur whole mammalian fauna, and mountains of hard words have been! heaped upon his ugly head. In fight ing weight he is about the size of a Better dog, but in form he may best be described as a cross between a badger and a bear. He has the head, legs, feet and tail of a badger, and a bear like body. In Wyoming he is called the skunk bear, not a bad name; but the Indians of northern Washington go a little farther and call him the mountain devil. I never saw but one live wolverine, and that was a fine specimen caught la TUB WOLVER1XB. the Yellowstone park and now in tha National Zoological park at Washing ton. He is very badger-like In tem per and disposition, sullen and vicious, always crouching in the farthest cor ner of his cage, growling away down in his throat, and showing a formidable set of teeth whenever looked at. The length of his head and body is about thirty inches and tail about twelve inches. I eay "about," because he asked to bo excused from being; measured, and I excused him! In gen eral appearance the wolverine is a very stoutly built, long-haired and dark colored animal, with his colors in about four values, as an artist would express it. His head and shoulders are chestnut-brown, the back is almost black, while the legs and feet are jet black, and the claws white. A very curiam and conspicuous light marking is the dirty yellow coloring of the thigh The fur of this animal is not very fine, and is chiefly desirable for use in robes) and rugs. Although it is comparative ly abundant in the fur market, there la no special demand for it. The most interesting thing about the wolverine is the total depravity of his character; we cannot say moral charac ter, for apparently he never had any. Wherever found he is king of thieves. He delights in following up a line of marten-traps several miles long, and not only stealing the bait, which hia satanic ingenuity nearly always en ables him to do without getting caught, but also devouring every mar ten that he finds already trapped. He makes a specialty of finding and break ing open the caches of meat trappers store up in the fall for winter use; and what he can neither eat on the spot, nor carry away and bury under the snow, he paws over and soils so effectually that even the hungriest man cannot eat it. In stealing, his industry is bound less. Ho often enters a settler's cabin when the owner is away, eats every thing eatable, destroys a good share, and then carries away everything port able, hiding his booty in the snow or in the earth. He even takes articles that he cannot possibly use, such as tin pans, clothing, belts and steal traps; and more than once he has been known to strip a cabin of almost everything it contained. As an agree able neighbor in the forest he is a com plete failure. Fortunately he belongs more to the northern portion of the con tinent than elsewhere, and is now rare ly taken in the United States. W. T. Hornaday, in St. Nicholas. Modern Gold Mining. The quartz is taken from the mine, sorted and then hauled to the stamp ing machine. Here the ore is crushed and pounded as fine as flour. It is then run through a sluice-box that con tains quicksilver. As the water carries the ore over the "quick" it is taken up and held by the mercury and forms an amalgam. Tho quicksilver is then placed in a retort and brought to the boiling point. The "quick" passes out of the retort through a tube and is col lected in a basin of water, and hardly a bit has been lost, while the gold re mains in the retort in th shape of gold dust and is now ready for market. Only about 50 per centum of the gold is saved by this means, and those who can or have ore rich enough to justify it send it to the smelters, where 93 per centum is savsd. Crow Catching tn India. In order to catch crows after the gypsy fashion in India, it is necessary to have a captive crow always on hand. This crow must be laid upon its back and its wings pegged to the earth with forked sticks. Immediately a free crow will attack it, and the captive crow, seizing tho free one with its claws, will hold it tight. Crow No. 2 must then be taken and pegged down also. Other crews will come and two more will soon be caught. They must also be laid out with the pegs, and then the four captives will take four other crows. This plan is followed until the hunter has taken all the crows he de sires. lire Burning: for Centuries. Here is an instance of a fire that has been burning for centuries. According to the testimony of the duchess of Cleveland, the great hearthfire in the hall of Raby Castle has never been suf fered to expire. This castle is, per haps, the noblest and most perfect specimen of feudal architecture in Eng land. ' w-etlieir i'lifc. If e y ao ..people, it would until it would newspaper in th a tact, However