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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1878)
iS'WtrSStwSSNfeP5 ft t. I I .iiiM iv Wi K I y H ft Hi l.i I..1 M n INI! I.AMT. ks Union wtMr.r. nihpUiIii utter ill this . Ml turn frm lh liarrowpd pt. ay, for IliU j)tl"z to in.1 fro, unheaia snd il;ar flnrr t li I .be snmrthlng when t)ire dvs iff 0nf. thlnd more fair by fr thin ftirrv L':b (poet tltnltlpM, n one by imp So-llcd ctlvp crown thr lry lirh(tit -t up, heart, mill for that iimrrnw nit jjt.ro wlist you will, hut prri tow ird thr fe t y guide dull rlforl MimiikIi tin pate, Ti frolh current, would ln' itm thr jJStffsni. titt, whrn that Kimi'tliliu I ' athwart the t, way h Coo Ir.g tin o'mlit, as Kxil tlilnifi serin to JfwiL prove lHnrath tlip rtunli of nMtluif il.t A li"'Mer liiiTil thin now would hreknn ot 'Or, V.itvH up hr constant, forward utrffc, ii hots' win mum so marvrious u iiukiii, .tVtrt (n Iki nothing found wltliln tliU life ftir till tin) to form fitting nltflit, lmen, almir, shall rvrr nullify, tid GoiI'r own light Is rrrr llgtil cumuli jroMe the purlm-it, eunoMrd cyp OwatiI thr amoo'.h which lips bevon-l the HtUH.ll, It will In' snmrthlnr wliril thpr clinliW Mm by- U'jr.reous vlrldlna from the fruitful piM; ;cc mid rrat upon tit pathway lie, though hut death mnl flower at last. A MAN Or HKRVK. A U Vwj)l Mil nt win ill Madrid, ho was ' Mx Jaw to communicate with Jiinut In rdrtugal; lint, nil tlto roads to l.ntiilnti wanned with guerrillas, nml with the wo(apA composing Cnstiuios1 unity. ' . W4l mentioned his embarrassment te! J lihron Sli'oiriiiwiir. tlio Itimaltin .,,.,. AUiulml lit Siinln . "iip.iit. ii it won known, wnH nt Hint nicin Alv flu. ,illt I.,. I 1 1... -I. ....I ..l ran. Mk 1),, sii-iitniiinil' il.l Mr,.i flftt k-Hirf tin! nwlimt llilnir In the lit) Hiiniiiin Ailiiilrnl Slnln. ivtn",' xliLif, "In III thu port nt MhIioii; ,'MvirrifA llui nifial l.ilfilllfvji.il j. ... P(Uh-)MiOerii; I will ilriwN him up In u i KunttiMiHiilforiii, nml Intriixt him with iP.th .Mrftlfeht'd for thu Ailiiilrnl till rVilnir. woh, ovtui If hu nhouhl ho tnkiu nnt!fJKV0i (or thu liiiurgntit tinny N o nmu hi oiimiu our nouirniiiv tlmt 5t wll'boo.irnftil not to ftirnNh n tint. ktxx frHr-hipniro." Mcr:n wus nullKlitiiil with (hi ingo !(; thoiiiL'. Ho iinkml Krniiatniiki. llC Klfllllllltlililllt. llf llm Iniwiim In tlml ilic'it brnwunil intulliiroiitvountfiiinn. rwd dnyH nfUirwnnl jtho conimumlnut srotyjnt the prineu u yoitnir innn of hU Icon' for whom ho iiloilirotl lit.i llfo: tbj Mnia wni Lockliiikl, nml ho whn but Ul)itoon voiu'h old. I NflMurnt wiw ntovcil nt Nuinir no yottnir fmftn ourt o Immlmint u ilnnKor; for, l)Hl(Hm lotcctuil, his tloom wiw hoiiI- ICiJaMW1 t!0,W ot IiuIh runmrkliiir t0NlTr6H! tliorlsk ho whh iihont to run. 'Th 9tnnKiniii(i. "Lot your Imporiiil k Wghcessfflvo iHomy Inif.ruotlonM1 mi ?werwr 1J; ronpooUnlly, "ami I will .wfoij nccottnt of tlm niimtioti I (Witwonorod with. I tluuik hU nXur linvinir olioion mo from 0Homtttto, for nil of thorn would avc coutHrfl this dlHtlnL'tlon-" rvinrlnK tirRticil fnvornb.y from tlto mfniiitiV modost rodohitiun. Tlto iWHfc oinuutiidor envn him hU ilU. ptMUHo-ht'pttt on n Itu.iiinn uniform, ami set oui ii rorutgai. ThrMMIttwiydnys p.isotl ovonptlotlv, boriMw alii'rnoon of tho third, l.'ck ''Mfci'iofT "urroumlwl by n body of Srwnlardn, wliodisanuodlilin.nuddrftfj. gWl htm before tho commanding olllcor. Luckily for thu gallant Toutlt, it wan Caumo8 himself. Jycokluskl wiMawaru that iowa lout, ynH.woro uiscoviruu to bo n f ronclt S)iuqu(!ntly ho dotomilnod on ant, not tclot a single word of ncucapo Jtittand to sufcak U. iand toinwii, which ho till wltl onuafliiiinvu. Thi trios of ragW hi tifMWWfM&n the fato that await .riwbHtaHUaaUe hrrlblo niiirdir of jGeJjheVR.nWho bail nurlthod lntho 'iVBost.droadf til lorturoi hut a fuw wks !lt)rr,' ho was going to Join Jutipt, 'waJMfjofMo ttoo,u tho very bloAl. Who nro vou?" Haiti Caatauo. n Mftitdli. IwHlcTi lauiftiairu he auoku tick. Vk2, 1 JKttl 1 "Wml t " ' s B5RrtylW5,'",lvl"K "ou" t'ducatiMl liy 'Mauil.Xl r i"T5WRThk looked at tho uueHtioncr, WWi sign, and nuswcmt in (icr- man:niir t TVniot understand ou." irtWifJIlittfjwko Gorman, but ho did itfcfcviMtatoaappear pronally in tho W tdHtAKU'wmoned one of tho olll- cert. af JwUtuff, who wont on with tho efftwIlTrafioii. Thu vonnir P.ilo nn. L awexiijldf, Hessian or German, tut nev- A"5luif fnw Ha?10 0l rronoa escajw nttu. re "Sil "owovert oy haro for Ayff'nKtuelf, surrounded as lm was .JfotposfuVHoagor for his blood, and Ik'UMith savage impatience to M htm dovlarod guilty, that is, ti ninivo mil upon HI in ami mttr- WLUIIC thwur Jurv was rnlsoil In ;i holirht ,Vva.riWtpnoral himiolf could not oeatitifpWy'Ji.tncident which scented to OUt Ujtt IjMitiaktfiiv nrlsonor frum uvurv .ii)O'.?S0'W0. iio of Castanos' aid-UejcanTJk)r-oA) of t) fanatical patriots. I wjTArwniimciiis in tl war, and ;'.CQttlHMrilIrsl Ikl doninccd heck- "S."." t,.A.n''"-,'' !:. "f1 !" M,e ii;in Yf;n iiijj it. nml rt-cl l,l"i'Tf) AvAhUh iant. Tlic ofllcor confroii.1 him with the Pole, atr$Mtf?'i ' . 'isJkmJMi luHi and then say, if it TillfkJftttAwA."' Gorman or KiksIuii. HTlKtev,,y 8ou'-" .XlMMoAMlll'rHnttfiivlilli. whs in-nnr ' IonjriwttolMoljrVVrosentlv his dark Vj-Jlyjio Frenchman:" 'imuimirl I... ..!.. ..!.... I.I , !.... I , A. ..I -..,.uvu ,,v,f viaiuiiiiic nn iimiiki. ini IMI Stated that hitvliur Tuuui In Miiitri.l h 'ftwweokn ooforo, hu had been put in mjuMtuoa to carry forngo to the French ;nwok; "Mil," said 1, "I tvcolloct that thU man took my load offoray. ! .was nt'ir titm nit ltitiir uttil ri.'iil'iuit lain MUM l M lll'llll II MI IMIII V M' II ye cntti;ht him, 1 tlil nn comrade.llii WlM'll i.i hid i rcneii oiiui-r t iiiiiviTen m tor g to." I hi" wan correct, Ciiitunoi probubly dlnrermil the tiuotate of I In) Ohio, but In wai a gi'iienius foe. He protioei to let him purtie hix joiirnev, fur Leek lnVI 'till 1iiUUmI he wtii n l(iilini, and hi could not be made to utnltTntiiiiil a old of French, Hut the moment he ventured u hint of Hint kind, a thou, mini threateniiiit; wili-ci were rnNcd ugaliiit him, and he :uv that ctetueiicy win impoiilble. Hut.'' mill he, "will you then rik a iptarrel with Ittissh, wh'oe neutrality we nte o anxloimlv nnklug for?" 'No,' aid the olllccr. 'but let im try thl iiiiiu.' I.ecklnikl tiitileritooit nil, fur he wni iicitiiilrlid with Smiilii, He win re moved ami .fir. mo Into i room wottliy to Iiiim neii tneiif tlieduiigeoni of the limuliltlon in it wont davi, (Vhoii tlm .Spiiiilnrdi tiMtk him prlwui. er he had eaten nothliig ilnce the previ ous evening, ntul when his dungeon door Wim cloied Upon him ho hsil fuitiil eighteen hniits; no wonder, then, what with evliatmtiun, fntitie, anxiety, nml the ngony of Ms drenilful siliiatlon.tliHt the iinhiuiiiy iiriioiier fell nlmoit n'li-.e-leis on hli hard couch. Night soon cIoumI In and left him to reall.e, iu hii glouni, the full horror of his hopeless situation. Ho was brave, of course; but to die at eighteen so stiililrnlv! Hut Noulli and fatigiiit dually yielded to the uiiproncli of sleep, and lie was soon bu rled In profound sliimlier. He had slept Mrhnpi two hours, when tho door of his dungeon opened slowly, and some one entered with cautious stops, hiding with his hand the light of a lamp; the visitor bent over tho oris oner's couch, tho hand that shaded the lump touched him on the shoulder, and a sweet and silvery voice, a woman's voice, asked him: l)oou want to eat?' Tho young Polo, awakened sitddenlv by the glnro of the lamp, by the touch and words of the female, rosv upon his couch and, with Ills eyes onlv half opened, said in (ionium. 'What do you want?' (live the man something to eat at once,' said Caitituoi.when ho hoard tho result of thu Hist experiment, 'and let him go. Ho is mil a Frenchman. How could ho have been so far manter of himself? The thing Is Impossible.' Hut though Locklnskt was supplied with food ho was detained a prisoner. The next morning he was taken to a spot whore ho could see the mutilated corpse of thu Frenchman, who had been cru elly massacred by tho poasantrv of Trnxillo, and he was threatened 'with tlto same doatli. Hut tho noble vouth had promised not to fall, and not one word, not an accent, not a gesture or look betrayed him. Lookinskl, when taken buck to the prison, hailed it with a shout of joy; for twelve hours lie had nothing but gi'jbets and death, in its most horrid forms, before his eyes, exhibited to him by men with the looks and the passions of demons. He slept, however, after the harrassing excitement of tho day, and soundly, too; when In tho midst 'of his deep and donth-liko slumber, the door ojiencd gently, some one drew nenr his couch, nml the same voice whispered in his ear: "Arise and come with me. Wo wish to hiivu your life. Your horse Is ready." And tho brave young man hastily awakened by the words, "We wish to save your life, come," answered still in (lormau, "What do you want." Castanos, when liu lioard of this ex porimont and its result, said the Hits slan wis a noble young man; he saw the true state of tho case. The next morning, early, four men came to take him before a sort of uourt-marttal, composed of officers of Castanos' staff. During tho walk, they uttered most horrible threats against him; but true to his determin ation, he pretended not to understand thorn. When he oamo before his judges, lie seemed to gather what was going on from tho arrangements of the tribunal, and not from what ho hoard said around him, and ho asked in German where his interpreter was. Ho was sent for, and tho examination commenced. It turned at lint upon the motive of his journey from Madrid to Lisbon. He answered bv showing Ids dispatches of Admiral Pinlavln nud his passport. Splte.of tho presence ami vehement as sortions of the peasant, ho persisted in tho same story, and did not contradict himself once." "Ask him," said tho presiding olli cor, at last, "If he loves tho Spaniards, as ho is not a Frenchman?" The interpreter put thu ouestlon. "Certainly," said heokinski. "I like tho Spanish nation; I esteem it for its noble character; I wish our two nations were friends." "Colonel," said tho interpreter to the president, "tho prisoner savs hu hates us because wo make war like banditti, that ho despises us, and that his onl regret is that ho cannot unite the whole nation as one man to end this odious war im, a single blow." While ho was saying this, the eves of tho wholu tribunal were uttentlvelv watvliing the slightest movement of the prisoner's countenance, in order to sec what effect tho Interpreter's treachery would have upon him. But Leckinskl had expected to U put to the test in some way. and ho was determined to baffle all their attempts. "Gentlemen," said Custaiux., "It seems to me that this young man can not bo suspected, tho peasant must bo deceived. The prisoner may puruo his journey, and when ho mnecls on tho peril of our position, ho wli Hud the severity wo have been obliged to use excusable." Leckiuski's arms and dispatches worn returned, ho received a free pass, and thus this noblutyonth came victorious out of tlie severest trial that tho humtia spirit could be put to. Steamed holding. Two eggs, two cups buttermilk, nml h'alf cup of butter, or one cup of cream, and one of butter milk, one cup of currants.ht If teaspoon of soda, a little salt; to be eaten with sweetened cream, or sour sauce iien on July W. ttfiil tin imVi mi ft rnrittiit. HUUry of thr Old rcrm "Mc Vita. nr w j a vo.r Hating ''niril tint history of the old poem on Man's Mortality, far bin k ill the pwnnli of tin1 pmt, I'iiui able to fuinlMi Hie press with a version hlrh, as far as It goes, Is rorrcet. I have often rt:n fragments of the piece scattered here and then,' among the llotsam and Ji'tmii of literature, -yet never but mire did I rn them published in their entirely The completed poem consists of four stan.as, but I am una ble, at this writing, to llm! tlm Inst Man .a, -albeit I have consulted a number of hooks, and will bo obliged to let them remain as tliey are. A writer iu the Ashland (Oregon) Titling says that "It w.is written by an F.ugll'shmnii, Humiiel Westell, who died in alsuit HIM," Such Is not the case. The poem wa written by nn Fnglish poet, Henry King, who nourished from I.V.M to I '.. The peculiar beauty of them exipiis lie lines, o graceful, expressive and suggestive, lies In the profusion of il lustrations crowded Into so brief n space, each preserving Its own Individ uality, and none repeating the idea pre sented by any of those preceding it. They have a very strong resemblance to Motherwell' very tine poem entitled, "What Is Glory?" Deeming them worthy of reproduc tion, I send them to your valuable pa per revised and corrected, and am con lldvnt they will be treasured by many of your readers. sir rr, on mim's most i it t Like to thi i)nk riM- you , Or llkn Hit" hlomoiii on tlir trci, Or like tin dainty Dnwrr of Majr, Or like tlu morning of the lUy, ir like tlir mill, nr like thr utimlr, Or like tlir (mini thsi Jnnsli nimti, Kv'n no Ik nmn, whim,' thri'sri li piui, I(un out, sml cut, ami mi Is done, 'I lie rose wltlirrit, Itie Mniwitii hUitctli, The riowiT fadm, tlie moriiliil; lisntctli, Tlir tun i'ti, tlie liuilow llle, The (itirit i'iliuini', mid nun licdli'- I.Ike to the rms tint's nearly sptinw. Or like a tsle that's new ts'KUii, Or like the hlrd tlmt'a hire to day, Or like the pearly dew of May, Or like nil hour, or like a stun, Or like the sliiKlnifof a owan,-- Kv'n so Ii man, who llvi's liy hrestli, Is heie, now there, In llfr, In dnutli The Krs withers, the Isle Is ended. The hlrd Is llnwn, the dew's ascended. The hour In short, the. pau not l'i"H, The Hwnn' nenr dentil iniin's life l done I.Ike to the fulling of n Mar, Or as the llliiht of eagles are, Or like the fresh spring's Kami hue, ( Ir idlvcr dros of mnriilii); dew, Or like ii wind thut duffs the Mood, Or huhlilm which on titer ptood, Kv'n so Is man, Mhoac Imrrowcd light Is utralKht railed In, and paid t(Mih;ht The Mind hlowa out, the huhhlu dies, The rprliiK, I'litomtied, In autumn Ho, The dew dries up, the star Is shot, The llinht Is pact, and in.ni forgot. nii-ii ', moi .S',,M ' Una W rather Sen Ire. September, 1H78, was clear, calm, warm and dry. except In tlie northeast, where tho rainfall exceeded live inches. Nearly all rainstorms were also thun derstorms, over live of which occurred within the triangle bounded bv Hues drawn from Tabor to Algona and to Dubuipie. The storms of the HUh, -Mth and '.".lib were hull storms in several places. At the Central Station the tempera ture of the air was li.'l.il degrees, which is -' degrees above normal. The rain fall was .'l.'.'i inches, which is J.S imdi es less than normal. Calms ami south easterly winds greatly prevailed. Onlv '-' days wore cloudy, 'l.'i were fair, anil 111 were clear days" Iu tlie State, the entire west and the southwest had less than three inches of rainfall. Over the inches fell iu tlie northeast from Dubuque over Miupio kotu ami Wavcrly to Charles Citv: also from Hlalriown'to Albion. The high est rainfalls reported are: Hopkintoa (.Delaware county) 10:?Ci inches; Wa vcrly, 7:.7 inches; Dccorali, 7:80 inch es. "Tho lowest raiufalN reputed are Audubon counu. 0.70. and Caco coun ty, 0:1M inches. Vi'he principal .storms occurred on the 8th, lilth, '.Mth and -.'Hilt, all heavy thun derstorms, the three lnt accoinpanicd with hail, Over two inches of rain fell during those storms, a follows: On the 8th from Hlairstown over Albion to Wavcrly, and Irom Charles City to Cresco, also tu Fuirlield; on the I'.Uli, from Afton over Oskaloosa. Iowa City, Anamosa to Dubuipie: on the '.Mth, from from Forest City to Winneshiek county; on the '.'!th. from Honkinton to l)Ii. buqttc. The storm of the '.Mth was es pecially severe at Clermont. Cold weather followed the storms of the lirst ami .second decades, but the slight frosts did hardly any damage. A very largo suinpot was observed from the tth until the lilth when it dis appeared by the sun's rotation; no spot has yot been seen since that day. GlISTAVUa IIlNl'tl('ll Husy Workers Underground, It is not generally known to what ex tent we are indebted to worms for the product! veness of our gardens and fields. It has been found by a scries of experi ments carried out by a German natur alist, that the tunnels made by worms into tho earth are fnipieutly of much service to plants whose roots occupy the channels that havo thus ben mailc. the mould of our gardens, and Holds too, Is improved to an almost lncon; cclvablo extent by the burrowings of this bumble insect, Kacli worm in less than a weok passes through Its body iu own weight in mould, and the soil thus produced is tino and light and ex tremely helpful to tho growth of plants. When it Is remembered that there arc in every acre some 8,000 worms, and that in addition to forming every day about thirty-seven pounds of line mould, thoy open up the sub-soil and render it fertile, we spall gain somo sliirht con ception of our tadobtednc-ss to thwso apparently IMsigmiyant and generally onwioiiiiv-on wuii' "rKOrS Kmjllah Himnr. Italic type piny an lnirtsnt ptrt in the construction of Knglish humor The Itnllc cases in the prltitiiig ofllci' of a luidon comic weeklv Im-kt the -.line proNrtion to the Itomnu as the Itomnn do to the Italic in nn Ann-Henri news paper olllre hIhmiI twclw to one. The pnrontliesis Is another prominent fea ture In developing the llrltlih pun. and tliecotuH)sitor has his box of "parens" In his iowercae, for greater content encc. In nine cases out of ten, the joke that is loo fi-obte I i tand without x'lng stipiortei by ita les, or has to Im; explained in puretithi-K I vtorthy only a place In the waste o.nket. Tlie av erage Kngllshman howeter. m iv not possess that same keen Instinct fn de tecting a pun that Is Inherent iu the American render; hence, ll Is impera tive that Italics be cm -toted as linger boards, ami if tlie point i -Mil !( jlttli obscure, he wanU It p itciithlca ly ex plained. He rends something iu his comic weekly iu the morning, and sev eral hours filter it suddenly occurs to him that it was a joke, and "he goes ofl In a each! Dilatory explosion. A:, Amer ican would either see the joke iu an in stant or -never. We append a few specimens of the Knglish method of building puns glean ed from recent numbers of a comic weekly. Hero is a sample with the pa renthesis attachment: "What little flower Is produced by the union of two agricultural imple ments? A rose bud (harrow spud). This, to use a John Hiilllsm, is aw fully awful. And here is another, a little worse, which we tlml in the same number: "If you took your ulster to a French laundress to bo cleaned, what Canadian province would she probably mention? Nova Scotia (no vash coats here)." Talk of Hiilgarian atrocities after that! If a man was to submit such a diabolical thing to an American editor, ho would bo paid for his temerity by being ipiartercd Into at least six pieces, and the coroner's jury, upon learning all the facts of the cine, would acipitl the editor on the ground of self-defcnso. Here is another popular style of em ploying the parenthesis: "When does a baby-farmer prove more than a mother to her baby charge? When she is its (s) niothernr.'' We now come to the Italic feature, and here is a fair sample: "A public meeting was held on Mon day to settle tho question of tare on hops. As tho season is just commenc ing it was thought to bo a Aoiportuni ty to decide this weighty matter. For ourselves, we always believe in an al lowance for fair wear ami tear." The Italics hero are about as much use as the third teg on n chicken. And the same may lie said of tho following: "At Hinckley, on Tuesday, three lads were found utility of breaking open six missionary boxes belonging to thu church, and were sentenced to ho Im prisoned and birched. One of these sacrilegious young wretches was nam ed Arthur llVoiif. which cognomen is strangely suggestive of threshing. We hope they boxed the ears of W'htttl, for that would be sure to go against the grain The thoughtfiilncss that suggested italicising the cereal part of a boy's name takes a firm hold of our admira tion. Humorous sketch writing, as exhib ited iu the London comic papers, is not of an uproarous character. Tho ma jor proportion of it has a decidcly mild flavor. We give a sample, purporting to be the diary of a sportsman: "Monday l'j. Glorious day for tho groue- or rather for tho shooters rather a bad day fort lie grouse I should yt. Sun strikes through my window iwhieh is a sort of a glas trap-door iu the roof) right into my faci. 1 wako with a start, and stretch my arms above my head; my knuckles come in violent contact with tlie ceiling; I start up with pain, and my head suffers in a like manner. Confound it! I grow mote weary. Sliding sideways out of bed I alight on the floor, and carefully u-'Uiiu! a sitting posture My head docs not touch the ceiling. 1 crawl until 1 reach tho loftiest part of my chamber, and slowlv rise to a perpen dicular' 1 lit. Iu this condition I at tempt to perform my morning toilot. Contusions on the head and abrasions on the elbows, however, soon induce mo to rcliniuish the attitude and go about with mv back bent In seeming decrepitude which would discredit even my age." A int so on. in tin- same hilarious and mirtli-provokingstrain, to the extent of a column or more. Despite tho poor quality of tho samples quoted, how ever, some of the Knglish journals do frequently print ome very clever hu mor. Hut it is stolen from American pa per. S'urristown Herald. The 'ATahUrSlfhU." The original authors of the "Arabian Nights" am unknown: nor is it known with any certainty where or when the talc were written. It is believed, how ever, that many of them, as well as t'e plan of the work, were borrowed from a collection of Persian talc., written a few years after the Hegira. The major ity of them were written, beyond doubt cither in Persia or Syria, ir.' about 14,"4 That they were not composed previous to that time is evident from the fact that coffee is mentioned throughout them but three times, and tobacco but once, and theso references aro pusum ed to be interpolations. Had these luxu ries then been in use, they would most certainly have lnen made a feature In every tale. To Antoine Galland, a Frenchman, is the world indebttd for the tirt translation of the "Arabian Night." Into an European language, lie was born in trttfi. Having acquaint ed himself with the Oriental language, he accompanied the French minister to Constantinople, and then visited tho Holy Land. In 1G0' ho returned to Paris with so many rare medals and an tiquities that he wax dispatched to that country again to collect manuscript for tho celebrated Colbert, This was In 1079, and it was during this tour that he probably came Into possession of tho "Arabian Nights Kntertainmcuts." In 1682, the tales were translated into French and were soon read in almost every language. Tho original collection Ls called the stories of a "Thousand and One Nights." but thin far only five hun dred, and sixty-eight have b-en dlwor ered, and only a portion of tho h.tve Ixvti trail tinted At the Oatspt of Itsrrlrw Lir. To give yourself away In a true lote Is the beginning of true humility nud usefulness. Tho tnnn or maiden" who opens that golden gtte lives In-nceforth In a sw.vter and letter atmosphere. Do but lie true to your higher instinrt. do but cultivate i-andor and simplicity and lldelity, and I hate every hope fVr you, Hut" tievor let it pius irom your thoughts how much depends upon you now if yon would secure not only love, but respect, Kvery marriid man ..rid woman passes through a transition af ter they come to know each other thor oughly, and ever after they lovo each other more or less. If they" are patient with each other's faults, arid try to keep the fairest fnco on all things try to make tlie best of all things they 'will tlml a new bond of union in this mutu al helpfulness, which Is the truest otlleo of love. Hut if, when they liml out that they care each not angels, not altogether perfect, thoy becomu indifferent and neglectful, then alas for both! Hew are of this. The sum of liumnn happiness is mane up of ntimtieriess little things It is not the great things great pros cuts, great occasions or great demon st rut Ions of any kind which will make you happy; but the many nameless courtesies and surprises of nflVctloti, the neat looks and kind words and gen tle ways and profound respect of true love It is these little things which, falling drop by drop, liko spring show ers upon the frozen earth, melt away all that Is cold ami hard in our nature's and make them bud and bloom with full luxuriance. A Heathen Parrot In a Christian Home. A few days ago a cltlon who had been on the lookout for a parrot for some time, was riding liy a house on Prospect street when the very bird he wanted was suddenly discovered. Hav ing convinced himself that Foil was a good talker, ho soon struck a bargain ami bore her away from tho colored woman, who needed cash more than pets. Ten days passed and yet Poll did not utter a note, though she had every care and M-emod healthy enough. The former owner was sent for to solve the mystery, and there was a huge grin on tier countenance as she obeyed the sum mons. Nutllu alls tint bird nufllu, tall.'cept dat you doan ur.derstnn him,' she ex plained, as she looked into the cage. Placing tlie cage on a chair on the veranda, shu gave It a shake, drew a long breath, and began: 'Now, den, you infernal, nils' Ulo, ly in, chentin ! wake up an gin us ! an let dis gem' leu see dat you am all right, an ye! doan bo sulkin roun no mo! Wake up dar! you black guard! Hoop up tlui voice, yo vll- lun!' Tlie parrot immediately woke up ami began chattering and singing, ami in a minute was altogether a now bird. Tor see, dis yero bird must bo swore at rig'larly twice ii day,' explained the woman, 'or ho won't gin a single squawk. He's boon lining up dat way, an ye'll hov to humor him in it.' 'Hut I can't swear at him, woman, I belwng to the church,' exclaimed the citizen. 'Don de missus will hov to, sail. 'My wife swear?' 'Well, den, get do hired man, kase dis bird hex got to be swored nt, an doan you forgot it.' 'Well, then, I don't want him at all, ami you may take him away. No oaths shall over be uttered on my premises, pets or no pots.' 'Deed, snh, l.o n heap oblcegcd I !,. Now, don, you mis'bloolo skinflint of a crow-bait, walk long hometvid mo oi I'll knock do head off you shoul ders; come long. I say; doan you feel shamed dat !' 'Cheeso It! chceso it! cheese it!' shrieked the parrot in great auger, and as tho bird was borne away, tho citizen wiped his brow and- very muingly said : 'This world is getting so wicked that a good man is scarcely safe in buying even a stone dog.' - Ihtroit Free Vc.s.s. A Broken Heart, A man is said to bo "red" or "white'' with rau. In using theso expressions, wo are physiologically speaking of the nervous condition of the minute circula tion of tho man's blood. "Hod" rago means partial paralysis of minute blood vessel.; and "white" rage means tem porary suspension of tho notion of tho prime mover of the circulation itself. Hut such disturbances cannot often be produced w.thout the occuraucoof per manent organic evils of thu vital organs, especially of tho heart and of the brain. One striking example is given by Dr. Richardson, iu tho case ot a member of his own profession. "This gentleman told mo that an original irritability of temper was per mitted by want of duo control, to pass into a condition of almost persistant or chronic anger, so that every trltlo in his way was a causo of unwarrantable irritation. Sometimes his anger was so vehement that all about him were alarm ed for him oven more than for them selves and when tho attack won over there were hours of sorrow and regret In private which were as exhausting as tho previous rage. In the midst of ouo of these outbreaks of short, Noxerc madness he suddenly felt, to use his own expression, as if his "heart wore lost." He reeled under the imprcion, was nauseated and faint; then recovering, ho put his hand to his wrist and discovered an inter mittent action of his heart as the caiio of hisfaintucM. He never completely rallied from that shock, and to tho day of his death, ten years later, ho wus never freo from the'lntermittancy. "lam broken hearted," he would say, "phys ically broken hearted." And so he was; but the knowledge of the broken heart tempered marvelously his passion and saved him many years "of a rvnllv useful life. Ho died ultimately from ah acute febrile disorder. Georgia has '.:9'i miles of railroads completed and in operation, or shout on mile of railroad to ts Inhabitant. J ear and the Dart r. 'Ah' I'm In luck,' said Jonei. r he itered the barber hop and found tht burb-r reading a najn-r. 'won't have t .lt for my next, nnd he towed hi hnt in the corner, and seated hluwlf for h.te 'How l this, tald the b.uber, read ing from a paper thnt marks its witty column with a blue pencil, 'by George how's thi. pretty good, I take It,' and he read 'Did you eter sec.ipiimp handle any thing? Did you ever see a witty cini' Who ever s.tw a dog call her?' and the good barber laughed heartily at then scintillations of wit, and said that some of those fellows are most blamed det er Then he tinned to the vellow fever department, and, aft'i reailing three or four dispatches, asked Jones if he thought the scourge would reach Oil citt-r Jones said there was a possibility it would get here by tho middle, of winter, and hu would like to be fixed up and shut ed before it arrived. The barber aid it was a terrible thing, yawned, laid down the itaper. and shu Med up to the chair, lie ar ranged the towels about Jones' neck, fell of his iM-nrd. run this fingers thro' Ids hair, scrutinized a wart on the side of his uose, turned his lower lip down over hu chin, and asked him if he had tils tooth fixed in the oil regions or In New York. Jones answered as best he could, con sidering that the barber still kept his lip hauled down tight. After uxamingtiio dental work on tin tooth, which ho unhesitatingly pro nounced a 'good job,' the barber let go of Jones' lip, ami went out to throw a stone at a dog that was barking at a cat in the back yard, When ho came back, Jones said he would like to be shaved as quickly n possible, as he was ill somewhat of a hurry. 'Certainly, certainly,' said tlie bar ber, and spread the lather over Jones' face, and began to hunt for a razor After examining several, he began to slap the strap with one, while he re marked that fall had probably set in in real earnest, and that the base ball fever was about as bad as ever, etc. (Jiving tho razor ono pull down over tho side of Jones' face, ho wiped oil tho blade, laid it down and took up an other, examined its edge, and whipped tho strap with it as before, asking Jones if he thought business was really pick ing iii any, and if he thought it would rain. Jones moved uneasily on the stock, and said he was sure there would be a storm, and ho wanted to get shatcd and have his mustache waxed before the llood came. Tlie barber grew pale around tin mouth, and his lip quivered. 'You said that once before, he remarked curt 1 v. 'Don't snv.it again, please, or there'll be trouble. I'm a gentleman when dealing with a gentleman, but I know when I'm insulted, sir.' 'Well, confound it all,' said Jones, very much out of patience, 'I came here to get shaved, ami not to be talked to death.' 'O, you want to bo shaved, do you,' exclaimed thu barber iu a rage," 'you don't want to bo talked to death, don't you! A barber can't open his mouth, can't ho? O no; a barber is a doggou ed machine, I suppose, nnd must move about his work like a wooden Injun in front of a cigar store. All right, all right! you snail be shaved and have your mustache waxed so blamed fast it'll mak'jyour head swim!' And, buckling down to his work, ho shaved Jones in two minutes and a half liy tho watch, and cut him .seventeen times bv actual count. Moral -Lot a barber talk. It is cheap er than to bo kept away from business for two or three davs while you stop bleeding. (W Viti ihrrick: The Old ManTSew Hat. We were coming up on tho boat from Sea Hreezo, says a contemporary, when wo mot a traveler who was in the steam boating business out West. Ho wished to tell us about tho old man. "Old man nlways wears a silk hat," he said. "That is, he always keeps it standing on the otlicu counter until he hoars a boat whistlo, then ho grabs it up, claps it on his head, and shoots out of the office liko mail. Well, one day he bought a new hat. Glossy as light Itself, stylish shauo, white satin lining, just tho tone. He sot it down on the counter as usual, and somo of the boys nailed it right down to the counter, tight as wax. Pretty soon, whoo-oo-oo! boat whistled up tho river, the old man grabbed his hat, yanked it off at the top, and sailed away with tlie fringed edges of the lining flutter ing out of tho top of his tile, and he never knew a thing about it until he came back to tho office and his eyes f)ll on the top of his now hat, nailed down to tho counter with four ten-pennv nails." ' ' f The traveler paused here and look ed out of the cabin window. We.vk ed: "Was he very mad?" The traveler "looked at us. "Young man," he said, t'PH toll you what ho said, word for word, if you'll promise snlmenly to put it in your paper." But we had some misgivings, and wouldn't promise, the travoler was ob stinate, and mi wo never heard, and don't know what remarks the old man felt called upon to make. We can onlr guess at their general nature, nnd we aro never very good at guessing. (7iH7r,r.Sna-TvfotitilespoonfuN iKnllug water, three of hot shortening, one heaping of ginger, ono teaspoon saloratus ; put all in a cup and till tip with mola.ses ; repeat this a often a desired to tuaku a sufficient quantity ; when all mixed, put in extra spoonful of shortening and one-half cup brown sugar ; mix rather stiffly with flour ; bake quickly. Lanon iVr. Ono lemon, ono cup sugar, one tablopoonful cornstarch, rub smooth with a little water, one half cup boiling water, one egg ; but tor the size of a walnut ; one cnijt, Aiiother: Oue tablespoonful corn starch scalded with a cup of water; pour outo one cup sugar, piece of butter the ii of small eg; cool add one egg. Juice of one lemon; hnkM with one crust V 4 SjJrT i 8 vy i W. ' w , V .. ,i y 'W gTSFjbaM riu-x -j. irfa