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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1888)
i FOB OUR YOUNG READERS. TWILIGHT-LAND. "Here we arc In twilight-land, Creakety-creaK, tBockinx-chair at every hand Sway and swine and squeak, Bere is neither parte nor street; Hare are the little twinkle feet: Wliito are the gowns and loosoj No plaee here for ball or hat. No need now for coat or hat, None forstockinss or shocj. Vint are the stories of twilight-land! Ilurk, an, hark! Call the sweet names where they stand, WnUltn; in the darlc. Cinderella, and little Bo Peep, "Who lost her sheep, her pretty sheep; Jncts norncr, bold Boy Blue, And the three bears living in the wool. And the wolf that ate Bed Biding IIoo J, And the spinning pussy, too. The little children in twilight-land Are still as mice. And the otorytelle must understand She's to telleach story twice. The crickets chirr.thc stars' eyes winl:: 3erhaps the man in the moon may think Them saury in their play; Tint, whatever is heard or said or done, Xach sleepy, weary little ono Gets rested for next day. Tor the pillow U white In twilight-land, ' And white the bed. And the tender lovinjf mother's hand Is 'aid on tTicilrowsiet head. And list, the tune she hums and sings, As with soft ercjU the rocker swings. How far away it seems! That tunc that iiillaby-ah. me! -They are lenving twilight-laud you sec For the stiller laud of dreams. Clara botti U.ile. (n YouW t'oinjon't m A TOBOGGAN CAP. . -A Little Hint Tlmt WorUml Jutt fclin a Clmrm. Bath Riy.nom! was on her way to school with her head bent thought fully. Tlie matter to which she was jrivitijj so much thotijrlit was this: All fl'.e girls in her class for the past two weeks had I eon wearing toboggan caps f blue, of white, of pink, of rcil aud of other colors, and B :th's heart kinged for one inlcnsch. But slip liad spent all of her monthly allow ance soon aficr she rrcivndit, and she knew bhe c uld not have any more wioney for two weeks. But, oh. how she wanted one of those bright cap-! 1 can't bear to bj the odd one." sljcsaid. half aloud; "all the class have tliein, ami they look so pretty; but if I .ask mamma to get me one she will vrobablv give me a little lecture about -spending ray money so fast and tell 3ue I must wait till the firs of the month, but it does seem as if I could never go to school another day with out a tohnggon cap." All that morning in school her mind wandered from her bonks to the longed-for cap. and she tried hard to think of some plan by which she might obtain it. O i her way home at noon, after site had parted with the other girls, siie took tip the same train of .ihiught, and when she hung up her &oak and hat in the hall at home shj .-said to herself: "I believs I'll just give a little hint at the dinner-table, Tfi ee if it w:ll do any good." When dinner was announced a -gry company gathered around the in'mfe Grandpa Raymond and Aunt Lois wctv Ihcrc for a visit, and there -was so much talking that Beth almost despaired of g-tling in her little hint; but finally Grandpa Raymond said something ab nit the chango of fash- . ions since he was a boy, and Beth said, quick!: "0", grandpa, have you noticed rthosc lrigh.-e dorcd cap? the girls are all wearing this wlnt -r? They are so pretty. I want ono so much." Grandpa said ho thought ho had seem them, and then the to .versation chaugc I and Beth could only wonder -whether the hint had taken effect. As she started for school her mother ked lux to do a little shopping for her af er school was out. She smiled as she handed B-'th the money, Faying: "If you have mnsy enough left, I think you may get ono of those caps. .if you want it so much." Beth xilaimed: "0!i. thank you. mam.uu! I do wait i. very much!" .and away she went gaily. After she had bough"; what her mother wanted, she found she had money enough left to liny the cap, so the selected a pretty white one. When she reac'iod home, her mother tvas out to see a sick neighbor, so she look the cap to hiv r. mi to try it on. As she entered iIiq room, she found a .small package on the bed. marked: "For Beth, from Aunt Lois." Site opened it quickly, and found a .pink toboggan cap. -My! what shall I do with two?" she -said, in surpr so. Just, at this moment her liltlo sister Mamie came into tho room with a small pnekago in her hand. Grandpa has j tstcomc back," said sb". "He bought a wax doll for me, And this is for you." Beth opened tho package, and found a toboggan cap of delicate blue. Her checks flushed as she took it fr.m the paper. Sho said nothing, but she bogau to feel a little uncom fortable over tho success of her hint. Sho sat down with her books for about half an hour, when she heard Iter brother Rob whistling "Yankee Joodle," and coiniug upstairs two .steps :& a time. Here, sister E-liz-a-beth," be said. jMttiig bis head in at the door. please accept this small token from jour humblo sTvaut." And he tossed a small pnekago lightly into her lap. Then, catching sight of tho caps on dhe bed, he began to laugh heartily: -Oh, oh. this is too funny! Two and two are four. Do you want any mow? Whv. sis, you will have to start n -gfiTrr "HI rito an adverlisouicut for jtea cheap fr rah: tJoow. all 70a merry sefcoct-g rls. From north, south, ett and wort; rrom oat this bright array of caps Choose wblca 70a like the bert." "OX Rob. don't laugh! I didn't want so many," said Betli, pleading ly and with a hulf-smile. "Come, sll you aierry maidens, '. Of every name er station : Here's just the place to find dps for all the nation," sang Rob. to.isingly. Just then Beth heard her father calling her at tho foot of the stairs. "Yj3. papa." she answered, and wont to see what was wanted. "Hero is something for yon, daugh ter," he said, tossing a small package into her handb. Rob's eyes tvinklcil mischievously as sho carried it into her room and disclosed to view a red toboggan cap. I solemnly advise you to wear these three at "once," said he. taking up the red, tho white and the blue one; "then you will look like the American flag, and bo an honor to your country and a terror to tho foe." "Robert Livingston Raymond." sail Beth, "will you pleaso behave your self for a few minutes, just to seo how it wo.dd seem, and tell me what I am going to sav at the tea-table?" Well, if I wcreyou." returned Rib. trying to look serious, "I would sim ply say: 'Mr dear friends, my little hint worked like a charm far beyond 1 1.3 wildest hop s. I givo you a vote of thanks for live toboggan caps. Miy 3-011 all live long and thrive.' Say just that, and I'll recite a few appro priate lines when the right time comes. IIow would these d ? "My sister his her wish, dear friends. Of caps a goodly store: Sho never gave a little hint With such success before. And-" But Beth put tier hands over her t-His. and ran down stair and left him alone. Of course the wholo story camo on. at the tea-table, and Bet It's cheeks horned as the merry laugh went round. And sho resolved never, as long as sho lived, in irive any little hints of that kind again. As Rub parsed her door on his way to bed that night, she heard him sing ing: "Oil, I know a little maiden, Do.de. dust! Do, de, dum! . With tohogan ops laden. Do, de, dum! Du-m! D-u-mr E. L. Brown, in Uulden Days. Ths Beginning and the End. Tin: BEU INNING. A school-boy ten years old. one love ly June day, with the ro?cs in nil bloom over the porch, and tho labor ers in the wheat fields, bad been jcnt by his Uncle J. din to pay a bill at tho country store, and 1 hero was scve. re live cents left, ami Uncle John du' not ask him fo it. At noon this I103 had stood under a heauiifiil blue sky, and a great tempta tion came. He said to himself: "Shall I give it back, or shall I wait till bo aks me for it? If he never asks that is his lookout. If he does why I can get it again." Ho never gave back the money. THE ENDING. Ten years went by; he was a clerk in a bank. A package of bills lay in a drawer, and had not been put ir. the safe. II saw them, wrap pod their, up in his coat, and carried them home. He is now in a prison cell; but he set his feet that way when a boy, yt urs before, when he sold his honesty tor seventy-live cents. That night he sat disgraced, and an open criminal. Uncle John was long ago dead. The old home was deso late, tho mother broken-hearted. The prisoner knew what brought him l here. Scliool Journal. A Marked Difference. "What a marked difference there is in 3'oung men," remarked a suburban matron the other day. "I have two nephews who alternately 'run oni from tho city to see me, general ly .stning all night. It almost gives me the shivers to allot that spare room to 0:10 of them, he is so pxecedingly carc-h-sR. It loks the next morning as if Bedlam had been loose. Every thing is out of pi c-; tho towel-rack is over turned, the pillow-shams are crushed, the wash-bowl is left full of water, tho windows urn thrown open to tho in cursive flies, andcv rv Ihinggcnernlly is at sixes and seve is! But there's tho other nephew Bless 1113' soul, it's a pica -mre to have him come! Why you'd hiuk the daintiest bmy had slept in the room. Hi removes the shams and spread washes the soap before he re turns it to the soap dish, puts the towel squarely n th rack and the comb i:v to the Vnsh. re fixes tho tidy on the bureau, ami bows the shutters before ho comes down and all that Why I've got nothing to do scarcely but rc mako the bed, and one would hardly know he slept in it. I can not see why there should be such a marked d ffereiico between the young men, when tl.ey are so much alike in almost every other respect. It's more like ly born in them than bred iu thorn.--Bajdiit Week ?. A firm of undertakers of Roches tor. Pa., while taking charge of & funeral at Woodlawn, a rival under taker had a boy pass around a busi ness canl during tho services, stating that cefBus could bo had at the cheajv es: rates, carriages to hire, traveling men accommodated, eta The firm, when informed of what the boy wa lining, expoled hiiu. It hits crer.tH quite a sensation, and the r datives of the doad n.nn am very Indignant He "What will you have, dear; candy or ice-ercan.?" Sho "No, E : ward; get me some popcorn, please.' IIi "Do von like that stuff?" She- I Yes, 1 like every thing that pops." Uticaqo Iribune. BELIGIOUS EEAPINGw "WHILfe WE HAVE TIME." "While we hare time let us do good to all en: eipecially unto those who uro of the household of faith." Gel. vi. 10. While wo have time let us do good to all men, Lire is too short for folding idle hands. Too short for selfish loiterin? on tho way, when The Master says: Obey My just commands; Qo forth, do good." Dear Lord, we only pray Thee Show us the way; doTh n with us ab'.do. We bear so much of Caiu wc fain would say: "tVe Aro not our brother's keeper. Bi our guide, While we have t me.'" While wo hare time. Behold there cometh a night. Wherein no man can wort:; e'ea now 'tis neon. Perhaps Ion j post the freshness of the early dayli;;ht. The Master of tho vineyard may come soon. 3hall we stand idle all the day white they faint For vant of help, the children of our Kkir? Dark ple.incrs for tho prince of evil mav taint The shearos that we should to our Master brin?. "While we have time." While wc have time. We rtow so soon weary. The shadows lengthen when our noon is past. Thy "loving-hiadness" made our morn so eheny. Wo shiver in the chilly evenin-r blast. Without Thy "peace" that crowns our sleep with blessing. And lavs us safely at the Master's feet When wc have gleaned. Dear Lord, tho time is provslnsr. And we. ere night, would reach Thy mercy scat, While we have time." Ha C'titrchman. SINCERITY AND FRANKNESS. Excellent Virlnnsi in Their Proper Time mill lM:tc The Duty t Frllns Iiltt. ami the Duty or heeinlnz to Feel Kislit. Sincerity and frankness are very well in their way, and in their timo and place; but their pro priety depends very much on the spirit which is back of them. If a man is controlcd wholly by the spirit of ChrMian Iovp. and by a simple de sire to promote the can-so of truth and the welfare of his fellows he can safely bj sincere and frank in the ex pression of his opinions and feelings in his intercourse with tluss who are about him. But if evil thoughts and desires dominate him, or unkind feel ings have a place in his In-art. he has no right to be sincere and frank in the outspeaking or in the outshowing of bis innermost self, so far to his fel lows. His first duly in such a case is to keep back tho uprisings of evil from within, and to strive, not for tho ex pression of his thoughts and feelings as they are. but for their changing. Every man recognizes this truth with in certain limits; but niot men fail to apply universally the jirineiple here involved, in all its legitimate bear ings. If a man were moved in anger to curse his fellow, ho would hardly consider it a Christian duty to be frank and sincere in his bold cursing accord ingly. If lustful desire for a moment had hold of him. he would recognizo the fact that its frank and sineero expression would bo a sin on his part. If. on the other hand, an un-Christian feeling of dislikeor of antipathy, swayed him in his feelings toward another? he might delude himself with the idea that it was his duty to bo frank and sincere in tho disclosure of his senti ments or emotions. Yet frankness and sincerity would in this case, as in the other, be the unjustifiable disclos ure of evil that ought to have been rc-lrt-8scd until it was rooted out from the heart Siuceiity and frankness aro a tliitv when tho fee'ing which is back of them is that which ought to bo cultivated in one's heart, and rejoiced over as found there. They are never meritorious or commendable when thev aro the prompting of a feeling which ought to bo changed. Iu fac , every person ought to tn to seem toward every other tierson j-.st as he ought to feel toward that person, whether ho feels that way or not. Th -re is a two-fold dut- in our relations to our fellows the duty of feeling right, and the duty of seeming to feel right; or. in other words the duly of right feeling and the duty of manifesting right feeling. Because a man f.iils in the first of those duties, it is to his added discredit that he "feels free to fail in the second. There arc persons who unhcsita'ingly show iiukindness or discourtesy or indiffer- nee to their fellows, saying to them selves as they do so: 'Tin one who is always frank .fid sincere. Every bo ly can know just how I feel toward them." Tiiey do not realize the truth ! that their frankness and sincerity are a result of their unwillingm-ss to feel right in the lirst place, ami men 10 show that they feel risht. The'r frank ness and sincerity are as much to their discredit, in fact, as gross hypocrisy would be. S. S. 7mc. A FIRST CAUSE. An Argument That .T UniinnweraWe and Irreaistablo Diu-trln's Fluctuation lu Heller. In the lately published biography ot Charles Darwin is an : ccotmt of the rclig'ous views f the man who has in fluenced scientific thought more than any one sinee Newton. It is a curions fact that when ho was sent to Cam bridge. Darwin was destined for tho church, and pursued his studies and took his degree with that end of view. This project was never formally given np, but slowlv died with tho growth of Darwin's interest in natural science. No skepticism about religion' seems to have influenced him. only his Sent toward studies that ho and his friends felt to be more congenial to his taste and abilities. For many years he seems to have continued to be a believer iu orthodox Christianity. He never appears to bavo had any inward religious experi ence, even when tie was studying to be a clergyman, but he bad that m ques tioning intellectual belief in the B.ble and its teachings that is asual among men brought tip under religions In fluences. When he began the cours-i of speculation and investigation as t the origin of species, which resulted in tho publication of tho theory now uni versally known as Darwinism, the ten dency of these speculations was to undermine his religious beliefs. These had all along been traditional rather than personal, and to under mino them was perhaps no hard thing. Ha did not give much time to speculations on other than scientific subjects, and when his opinion was asked on religious ques tions he gave it with modesty, as that of one who was no authority. Bu nevertheless, he did givo it to main; persons, and at some length. It may be said, in a word, that dur ing his later 3-car.s Darwin wavcre ' between theism and agnosticism. A' times one form of belief was upper most, and again tho other would-almost convince his judgment. It was pnreU a mental process with hi n. :. j was. to use his own words, "the ex- ironic difficulty,, or rathor impossibili ty, of conceiving this immense and ... y. necessity. "When thus reflecting." hu adds "1 feel compelcd to look to a First Cause, having an intelligent mind in sonio degree analogous to that of , . . ,. hi man; ami 1 ucsive to ua caaeu theisr." If this was tha conclusion of a min the same consi isid-ration will have an r weight with men for L-ome? The argument U even greater liuleed ....answerable. irresNtible. and til ttftint it otllio must compel the surrender of minds that are opf-n to conviction. Mr. John S uart M II. in his posthumous Esxais on Hell' ion. ad vis "3 theologi ans to stick to the ar 'iinvut from de sign. And though Darwinism has been hailed in some quarters as de structive to teleology, taecase of Dar win himself shows conclusively that such is far from being true. It is. indeed, impossible to believe that men with sound i-itellects will ever come to tho point where they are able honestly to accept tho theory that tho universe is tho work of b'ind chance. To assume that the primordial matter and force fro-n which all things (hy tho theory) havc been developed, ontnincl within them selves the promis3 and potencf all that is or is to be, is only to push the difficulty back a step. Tho fundamen tal assumption of science is that every effect must bavo an adequate caus. aud the causj of mind can 11. t be any thing i.iferior to ini-ul. Tais con viction can not loose it hold on man kind with tho advance of knowledge, for it is a convictioi that is closclv bound up with the validity of al lcnowlodgc. If out faculties aro to be trusted oa any point, if wo really know any tiling with curtaimy, we may be ucrtaiii to precisely that degree that there is a F rst Cause of all existing things. T.io value for o'hersof the fluctuations in bdief experienced by a man like Darwin is in the cinphns:s that they lay oa this. X. Y. Exam iner CHOICE SELECTIONS Iluma'iity and mecknesi escape many a blow; alwavs keeping pace within, and oLen without, too. BlV. II' B. iicKee. . Every effort of His children to rise above th.s inviaion oi cv'l in b nlv or in mind is a pleasure tollim. Mac domtld. You turn tho O ispel unsido down when you tell a wicked person to get quit of his wickedness fi st by Ins own effort, in order that thereby he may obtain the favor of God. Henry U. Coming i, D. D. We aro wanting tho strength we need for the discovery of tru h as yet unknown, because we do not rest enough iu truth tiiat wc know. "Rest . balancing of probabilities with a can- -"'" ,V. Vh k. - ""-'v' u ' ,. , ," .. , ... -... , 1. 1 jronil for evil? AtiP!me brooks vpm,iL.s. liu ami iriui-ioviii;r suru nut m ',.. . T , fr, .11 1 ... a mind that had nc "er been inllucnced "'J1' "'V CX!lcl,-v k,,mv ,lc , -We have read a good deal about bv personal faith 1.1 Jesus The J wor,,s- but X mk,lt mca vl f n-v, ,,nc tHeivilization of the ni.-mnd builders ono consideration that always ?-? d,,an cr "' blck- antl we Iiave seen th mmrnds. Piling staler, d him and kept him wper s La-.nr. I p a million tons ot dirt over a dead . . , , , , , i- A companv of eaters were cracking r.,,i;nn:nil -i fnu- stum- biehets don't from :i total abandonment of reunion I . . . '. - . . - .. Indian ami a lew siont. iia.un.is iioh u wonderful universe, including man, ' " " ,,,-.,. H'trd Hernia. ' a unr ;iriiTiriiiMr -i ivn iim ini'v :r:u :nr 1 . - withl.iswon.lcrf.il capacity of look- peuu.ey atvvavs wo iiu oe ao e u.seo By means of improved ;.w ., l.nM.-wn.,! n, far im fnlnri. simi a "nng-espec.ai.y wacu uungrw t, Germ!liw arR n,m. auic tv? as the result of blindcl.anco or-SLAUajuHlt.) Messetiger 1 1.31 per cent, of beet sugai in ils usual workings singularly eai did and colorless. absolutely with- , f W4P :in-v sl,1.1 ".tnmnuiiee you me , Thc filVor!,i U :u,ir out bias iu favor of religion. bsst fl''revery time: -1 aek. .lds. where tll,imi:li prod- aud stronglv biaied ag.iinsi it -An exchange says that a folded iu.t of t4VCtr iiiillfHiiii!! The fac by his scientific. briefs. mav npflK MM'r phu-"edm.der the coat in t.io t nrv . to maKn qnHI p(.ns. in the Lord." Thegrealest things are ' the other thtt the best and most suc km.wn nlmridv. IL IK D.ilc ! ccssful way to fat a hog w:is to cut off What one c tn and should do to day had better be dono to-day. It postponed u 1 til to-morrow, it will add in th, lmr.li'in nf thntdnv. even if one lives to see it, which is a certainty to TI1.1 frroMt spcrnt of a useful life consists in faithfully doing tin work of each day when it is present. X. Y. Indsjiende.nL Doing adn.irible thing3 is quite different from doing thing' far the sako of being admired. While it if truo that admirable deeds do not al ways bring admiration to the doer, i; Is also true that admiration for the doer does not always signify that In has done admir -bio dee Is. The om thing certain is. that nothing is ad mirable that is done merclv from a love of admiration. S. S. Timet. Tho bo ly needs refreshment and strengthening, and so does tho soul. And as the fountain and dnily ni; n na meet the man in his journey and help him on his way. so thero are th streams of God's grace and tho bread of life to invigorate his hart aud make him able to rightly serve th Lord. Hippy is he who, having th hunger and thirst; knows where t find the snpp'.ios which iho Father provides for hiui. UmUd Fr&hute rian. &1. III. II. ilJ -' " ..-" " MISCELLANEOUS, is discovered that a It is discovered that a school fished at Wadesboro, N. C, the first of teacher near Montreal can neither read its kind in the South, nor write. On the 17th inst tho citizens of Bent whalebones can bs istored Athens, Ga-. organized a company to and used again by simply soaking in build a Ave thousand-spindle cotton water a few hours, then drying thenu. m -it Burnett Shoals, ten miles from The force of habit is always strong. Athens. A Baltimore young man who was call- There are now in use on American ingonastreet car conductor's danga- railroads 26.415 locomotives. 19,252 ter says that the father wandered in at passenger coaches, 6.325 baggage cars, a rather late hour; and, opening the 845,914 freight cars. Their value is us door. mechanically exclaimed: "Sit timated at S700.O0O.0O0l close, please." Baltimore American. Wood-fiber capable of being spun A little hunchback was seized by a 3 novr prepared in Germany. The detective in Berlin and relieved of a preparation of the liber of pine leaves package which he was carrying under a material for carpets is another his cloak in front of the czar's carriage promising new industry. Arknnsaia during the czar's visit to Berlin. The Traveler. package was opened 113- a superior, and K xhe shoe factories of Portland. Me.. was found to contain samples of soap. ' havc done $j.5S0.000 worth of business The hunchback was let go. I w .U vear. the local factories contrib- -Washington Sunday-school. Teach- ,-,; $1,;W5.00 . The factories have er (to little girl) "Now, Angeline. ' turned out8 11.000 pairs of ladies' shoes. ! vi toll mu'lmtif mofiiiQ tt mtiirii irkn.r.,.1.:. .kitfnf .M7 ittl. mf! lT,s 1 -5..t-rvf7 ln rHi.i 1 .11 llthAM itllfk rVT r!tIIY J , l'' , V - , - iV-1 Siariicu ine rest 11 v a-Kinir: "wui i ever see a bun dance on the table?" At the reeention. Miss v awze (from Bawstinp) "Which do you like the bettur.Mr. Miller, winter orspring?" Mr. Miller (from Minneapolis) "Well. a good hard No. 1 spring grinds pretty' 'J I well, and there s the nnst money in it; , (1 um, aiiui .hi. j;.- ". i .- , I fahioned winter wheat that am t tuk,or :,n oyercoar. mere i con....- I Pnd.le warmth 1:1 a newspaper, th: ttsa fMt- "' :'. man ,ms '" Ul':iUh1 , . by M.i.ply reading an article in a news- live to the age of 10'J years or more. The paroquet and heron attain the goodly age of sixty years. The sparrow-hawk, dnek and pelican may live to be forty, while the peacock and lin net reach the quarter century, and the canary twenty-four years. Boston Budget. Any device that, will make thc cars comfortable and do away with the chances of fire iu case of accident will sati-fy the public; the railways have only to consider the question of elli cicucy and economy. It is even credible i that a tiMiiier.tture below the stilling height usually reached by the stoves would be grateful to a great many trav elers. Boston Boat. Inl8S7 2.0G7.''Sl acres of land in-, Dakota were newly filed on; l,5St,G72 acres were acquired by final proof and cash entry, ami 2.:J37 acres were pur chased by laud scrip. There was a large ' immigration into tiie Devil's Lake dis- ! trict. The arna of unsurve.ycd land ' taken up. but not filed on. during the year, is estimated to be about 100,000 acres. ' Tho ship Maeaular. launched . thirtv-two veal's ago in Baltimore, has , been sold to Boston parties as a coal . hulk. She cost in 1S53 Ssj,000. and although a sound vessel still, was sold i for a mere song. The Macaulay once made tlie run from Liverpool to Mel bourne, Australia.in seventy-cightdays. and once from Southwest V ass ai tue month of the Mississippi, to Liverpool in twenty-four days. Sho was among 1 the last of the famous Baltimore clippers, j A restaurant proprietor of Mont- irtre. in France, recently opened a in I curious cafe. The interior is in the form of a"i immense tub. the illusion of which is carried out by the circ.ilar s-hape of the door.? and window.?. The signboard is inscribed with the word "Diogenes," whom the u .tutored folk of Mnntniartrc inviginc to be some 1 fellow countryman of theirs who ha I distinguished himself as a cooper. Two KeMiiebunic. (Me.), farmers I have come to grief re-ently from too close following of book and too little exercise of common sense. One had read it was best to dehorn a calf and its tail. Bjth followed directions, but neglected to care for the animals after ward ami the result was that both calf and hog beca'iie sick and died at the j next cold spell of weather. Giieagt iCMM. Indications now point to the exist ence of a submarine volcanic crater between the Canary Islands aud th coast of Portug-U. From a cable-laving steamur in S3 deg. 25 min. north, i' deg. 51 rain. west, the water was foun. to measure 1.300 fathoms under" th bow and 800 under the stem, showin, the ship to be over the edge of a dee, depression in the ocean bottom. Tin well-known inequalities in thc bed the Sea of Lisbon arj thought to b due to a submarine chain of mountains The time has come, we are gla to say, when those who can really ap precia'e Kssnui and tater can get th full worth of their money. The nivssw is in ail his glory and the fetter is sappy The combination is superb. It Iiom n. superior in this or any other land, ant it is distinctive, for not every ma loves possum, otherwise thre wonlc not be left enough to go atound. Bu the cold spell is here and the po9suir is here. Let us. fellow-ritizens. for getting tho past and lwiking forwan. to the future, make the iuot uf tHena. 1 Alimtitm VoitsiUuluiL paper; ami tiz suc.i ti: ne ue ua.u .0 ( Drj the t tw sna5ong Mr. make it hot for tan editor, looor- , R 1; 1oiUun h m;i(o ob,t.rv:lt;OIH T.S.J.r turu.u. , - , th.lt tj 5jlk ()f t , t Among the "fowls of tup air are ! , ' , .. . . . ,, .. 1 1 : t. 1 three species of LngliMi motas 1-4 great- Tit.k. tin. i.'.ivln ii.m ?mil firon lttiii , I c- HULL, .III. .ll- . - .... .... .-... .. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. A silk-throwing mill is to be estab- . - . indicate an advanced state, ot enligtit- ,. rr,,. ,.1,11l l,n.I..i- wn on r '.',,.... ...., TarLh.13 Vine- in ii"i ' j- .' "o" " appliances to extract and 0.6.) ! percent, of molasses, or a total of ll-'Jo pounds per UK) pounds ot beets. Inw cost of this sugar is only two cents pn pound. The sugar uccu 111 ..........r.,,., r..,,yf. for the trade. Do,t(m lit (ijh lt om France. t,inic(, . a toot! ;,.!c ,;;,. Wooden tll) itfks are ni:ltlo pn-n-iplv in Michigan. Wisconsin. Indiana "and Q mo. t ly affected in color by environment at ' the time of spinning. The cocoons 1 were dark brown when the larv:e had been placed in a Id ick bag or among , green leaves, and while when they had ' been freely exposed to light in tiio im mediate neighborhood of white sur- faces. Arkctnsaw Traveler. i The question as to the best width for wagon tires on vehicles used for tins transportation of heavy loads over dirt ma-is ami farm fields, has become a I subject of scientific investigation. As 1 the density and hnrdncs of the earth over which the tires aro to roll enter largely into the problem, it will take a wide range of experiments to enable in vestigator to fix up-ill that :ec"sfc width of tire which will be most .mi formly advantageous on all the varie- ties of dirt roads am! farm soils. But. that the tires should be much wider than those in general use seems to be conceded on ail sides. Al Y. Ledger. The scientific rcla'ion of colors to nerves and temper is attracting atten tion. Physicians sometimes find that a certain color will throw a patient into hysterics or spasms In other cases, a person is made sick to the stomach, or afflicted with headache, at the sight of a color that, for somo reason, is obnox ious to him. Others, again, are thrown into spasms of ill temper by colors, tho offending color sometimes being blue, sometimes vcllow. but oftencr red or scarier. Animals are atiectcd in a similar way by colors. Everybody is familiar with the fact that the sight of a red garment or cap will drive a bull frantic witn rage, and the red juice of berries is said to have a similar effect; upon an elephant. .V. Y. Ledger. Oie of the sunniest of barometers is a spider web. Wtien there is pros pect of rain or wind th s,id-r shortens the filaments from which Its web is sus pended, and leaves things in this .tat as long as the weather is va-i-ible. If the insect elongates its tfireii it is a sign of line, calm weather, the duration of which mav be judged of bv tlie length to which the threads are let out. If the spider remains inactive it is a sign of rain; but if, on the contrary, it keeps at work during the rain the lat, ter will no: last !o-ig. and will be fol lowed by fine weather. O'her observa tions have taught that the spider makes changes in its web every twenty-four hours, and that If such changes are made in the evening, just before sun set, tha night will be clear aud beauti ful. La Xulure. A celebrated physician has re marked that every house ought to be pulled down at the uud of the sixtieth year, as it has by that time absorbed all the diseases of those who havc lived in it, believing that w.mj.I and plaster absorb gases, foul air and feverish ex halations as readily as milk or wa.cr docs. But as it is not practicable to tear down houses every half-century or so. it -i to be considered if all the wood ucd in thc interior coistruct:on and ail thc plain surface of plaster' .-dioiild not be so thoroughly oiled or varnished that the poweroi absorption should be almost entirely destroyed, and ihe character thus so change! that destruction would bo no longer desira ble. Boston Budget. m In Harrishurg iho other day a goose esrapml from a f jnner'.s wagon, flew down the street and alighted on an electric arc light wire. Tin: currc.it was on and thc goose dropped to the ground dead. It weighed eighteen pounds. is .mod US. SUMlB TTv 1 nWHi' lliflJHau J t 1