HHHHHfl ? * HHHHHb < > Hv H "lMMD " nlSEiLD fli Hflw Clhnato nnd Food on "Wool. Hl In a rccont articlo tho Western Rural flj "ays that climato has an olTcct upon M • tool , and , to provo it , cites thoact fl > hat tho Now England mills pay a H highor price for wool that comos from H Southern Ohio , Western Pannsylvunna H and portions of Western Virginia than flr k for wool which cornea from any part of HHY j tho United States. TJioro is a different HHV1 tcxturo to it That climate has somo flf clToct is no doubt true , but tho offect is HHfl rather indirect than direct. It has HHgj been claimed that tho soil has an offect. HHV - That is truo , too , but it is an indirect HHV offect. TIio wool and fur of animals in HHV a cold climate differ from tho wool and H fur of animals in n warm cli- HHfl mate. But weather ns cold as HHM "Greenland's icy mountains1' will not HHV cause wool to grow. It is a wise pro- HHY vision of nnturo that tho animal in a Hfl | cold country shall bo protected , but na- HHV turo furnishes tho covering by giving H tho animal a larger capacity for tho HHV consumption of food. This difference HHV is due , not to a cold or warm tempcr- HHV nture , but to tho food. It is possible , too , HHV that in cortain sections thoro is greater HHvJ ( system in management. Do not let us HV Jget the idea into our heads that any- ftfl { thing , climate or other circumstances , HHV can relievo us from tho responsibility HHY of good management fl flj KxcoihIvo Swarming. H It is easy to got lots of bees and H littlo honey , says tho Iowa Homestead. H Expense of hives to shelter bees that H mily board themselves is a burden , H fend it is unsatisfactory to lug hives H in and out of cave or cellar for tho HHJ One re fun of tho thing. We uso hives HftV that arc interchangeable one will sit HHV on top of tho other. It can bo tiered HHV to ny height. In the season of 1888 , HHb when bees got into a swarming spree HHg and got beyond our control , and when HHV wo were too busy to potter and fuss Hftawith them , we just let them swarm , HHV hiving and saving all we could. We HftV hived thorn on clean , new frames , with HHa starters. When tho fall honey was at HH its best , last August , wo doubled up B ten stands as an experiment. To do HHa this , first , sg' the clean , bright combs HftV of hives to bo united in tho stand to be HHn placed on top. Placo it on tho other , Hfta in which has been placed tho brown HHbcomb containing bee-bread and most of Hfts brood. They will fight some , but if HHg honey is coming in fast it will nob last B long. Smoke them severely and drum HHb on the side of hivo and set them to HBh roaring , and they will soon kill off o no HHv queen and get acquainted. Theso five B stanas gained 400 pounds surplus in B | large frames , which brought $15. sell- B ( ing 2 to ii cents less per pound than 1 section honey. HH j Clilchcn Cliulcrn. i Tho Poultry-Keeper remedy is doubt- Hfl ! less a good one , and is as follows : "Add i a teaspoonful of strong liquid carbolic H acid to one and a half pints of water , H -and let tho birds eat what they will of HH it If they do not eat give them a tca- BK spoonful of tho water twice a day ; the HH same with turkeys. If they do not im- Hfl prove , take one gill crude petroleum , HH ono gill kerosene oil , one tablespoonful HH -of pulverized boracic acid , and one HH . teaspoonful of carbolic acid. Shako HR well before using , and with a sewing- HB • machine can. forco ten or twelve drops HB down tho throat of the sick bird twice Hi .a day. Keep the bird warm and dry , Hfl and give no drinking water with this HQ treatment If they will eat , give the HH -soft food ( corn meal is best ) , mixed HB with the carbolic acid and water. " HB Another good remedy that has been flf recommended is hyposulphite of soda , fli 4r parts ; ied pepper. 1 part ; rosin , 1 flf part ; rhubarb , 1 part Give each fowl H ] -a teaspoonful , and iepeat every hour fl | - until relieved. It is a strong purgative , Bj | and after cleaning out the germs of fl | disease give each bird a few drops of Hi tincture of iron in a spoonful of warm fll water. flj | Keeping Sweet Potatoes. Bl Wo would say to a correspondent Bi who inquires about keeping sweet po- H * tatoeS , says the Western Sural , that fj they can be kept for several months in i a.n ordinary cellar if he is careful in Bl handling them. They should be thor- fj oughly dried before being put away , y and so carefully handled as not to 1 bruise them. Tho dryingmay be done fh in the sunshine , spreading them out B | carefully so that the sun can get at B | them , and carefully covering them at Kp night so that tho dews will not get on H | | them. Or they may be dried in a kiln. L § For family use drying in the sunshine HsJ * . would of course , be the cheapest and ' / * " would answer all purposes. The cellar H in which they are kept should be dry , fl and it is better when possible to so B j put them away as that the air can H [ have free access through them. HJI Dressing Grass Land. flf Some farmers top-dress their grass B J land directly after haying. Others B 1 prefer to wait until late in the fall. fl I Thosa who have tried both methods H 1 prefer to top-dress late in the season. B I When the manure is spread upon the H 3 " .elds directly after haying , if there is I 1 j. protracted spell of dry weather , the I dressing becomes so dry and hard that H | it takes a long timo to render it solu- H ] ble , so that its fertilizing elements can B ' . bo appropriated by tho grass roots. B ] When applied just before the ground B freezes the action of the frosts serves B ; to disintegrate the lumps. The fall B l - rains and early snows render it soluble , B i and its effects upon tho jrrass will be fl plainly visible in early spring. Late B j top-dressing is preferable on the B whole. H " Catchlnp : llairks. If there is some predatory enemy of L I the poultry that diminishes their num- B I • bera by day it is probably the hawk. < 2 Ee will pounce down at the most unex- 1 I pected times and swoop up chickens , P | tearing them to pieces for his bloody f i feast Set a pole in the ground fifteen 'tcS ' or more feet high , squaring the top just I I large enough to hold a steel trap al- fe * ! readj set. No bate will be needed , but Bf the trap should be firmly bound to the gfj pole vith rope or chain. The hawk lg | will quickly trap himself , when he SgW lights to make his customary observa- Fa tions. American Cultivator. Js Tho Value or Bran. fe - Farmers who live near flouring mills c | \ can buy bran and other ship stuffs WI more cheaply in August and Septem- | | i | ber than at any other season of tho ' * " i year. The demand for this is less now i than it is later in the season , when ! other feed becomes scarce. Besides , " * millers ai'e filling up all available room * , " " * with wheat Bran , in proportion to I ' the space it occupies costs little , and | f the profit on it is small. If farmers f have an extra dry room they can hard- 1 ly put it to better uso than filling it f with bran and fine middlings. K Feeding Fall Piers. AtM The most convenient and the easiest jtfjj way to feed fall pigs is to give them 'fir BbVK B - * " * . * r' < % . ' t * " - • " % r " ' ' wholo now eorn. While this is truo , it is a most hazardous way to start them , for they are liablo to come to winter quarters burned out , lacking in vigor and digestive powers , which makes it exceedingly probablo that they will go through tho winter with out a paying gain. UcctH fur Stock. No succulent food is more greedily caton by pigs at any ago than boots. They may bo fed any timo from the first thinnings during tho growing sea son i to tho fully grown roots in winter. They aro especially valuable as a part of tho winter food for breeding sows , and somo beets should always bo sav ed for that purpose. AVntor for Troon. All plants and trees consume water in largo guautities. Sir John Laws discovered that an acre of barley will take up 1,091 tons of water in two days. Trees and plants are composed more largely of water than any other sub stance. Tho branch of a tree will lose nine-tenths of its weight by drying. A JJad I'rnrtlco. It is a serious mibtako to stall pigs at any season , but the more so in tho fall. Spring pigs with an abundance of suc culent grasses hastily recover from tho blunders made by their owners in feed ing , but the fall pigs have not this great system renovator to aid them , and suffor in consequence throughout tho winter. A Tew Delicacies. Chocolate Cake. Cream ono cup of sugar with a piece of butter tho size of an egg , add two eggs , ono cup of sweet milk , one and two-thirds cups of flour and two teaspoons of baking powder ; bake in layers , For tho lilling tako one-half cup of grated chocolate , ono cup of sugar , three tablespoons of sweet milk ; let it heat slowly in a saucepan , and when it" boils stir in a teaspoon of cornstarch wet with cold * milk ; simmer until it thickens. Hock CitEAM. Sweeten ono cup of boiled rice and put in a deep dish ; lay on it , in different places , small squares of jelly ; beat the whites of six eggs to a froth with a little powdered sugar ; • add one tablespoonful of cream and pour over tho rice. Tapioca Custakd Pudding. Three- tablespoons of tapioca soaked in a cup of milk one-half hour , yolks of four eggs , ono pint of milk ; boil ten minutes then add tho whites of tho eggs ; flavor with vanilla and servo cold. Steamed Pudding. One cup each of Hour , sugar and sour milk , two cups of raisins , two pggs , ono teaspoon of soda and a pinch of salt ; steam one hour. Foam Sauce. Ono cup of sugar , one-half cup of butter , one tablespoon of flour ; beat to a cream , place over the lire and stir in * quickly three- fourths of a pint of boiling water ; flavor with nutmeg. • Burled Treasures. 'Tis truo my later ycai3 aro blest With all that riches can bestow , But there is wealth , wealth cannot buy , Hid in his mines of "long ago. " There jealous guard does Memory keep ; Yet sometimes , when I dream alone. She comes and takes my hand in hers , And shows me what was once my own. I revel 'mong such precious things : I count my treasures o'er and o'er ; I learn the worth of some , whoso worth , Ah mo ! I never knew bciore. And then all slowly fade away. And I return to things tou know , With empty hand and tear-filled eyes , Back from the mines of "long a o. " o A Horse's Memory. ' I happened to be the witness of an odd scene the other day which , when recounted , inay possibly amuse the reader , s-iys a writer in tho Boston Post. One of those not infrequent , but I must confess usually fictitious , necessities had arisen which tako mo to a stable on this occasion to a large establishment in the vicinity of Char- don street It was about 5 o' clock in the afternoon , and various people were starting for home , among them a man and woman , who had a remarkable intelligent looking gray horse. Just as he began to trot down the lane by which the stable is reached from the street , a stout "party" who , I noticed , had been watching the gray very in tently , suddenly cried out in a loud voice : "Dan , don't you want a piece of cake ? " The horse stopped short , pricked up his ears , looked around and uttered a faint whinny of recognition and assent ; nor would he go on until tho stout man had come forward and explained his interference. It appear ed that several years before he had brought the horse from Vermont , where he owned him for some time , and as the beast was particularly do cile he had taught him the true sense of the question the sudden asking of which brought tho animal to a stand still. It is well known that horses never forget a person or place , and scarcely an event. No matter how much time has elapsed or how greatly the horse may have changed in dis position , one word from a former master will establish immediately the old relation between them. • A Card That Speaks for Itseir. Adjoining the Wesson farm I had a piece of laud , writes Geo. Hubbard in the Flint , Mich. , Journal. On tho land was a barn , a well and somo tile ditch ing. In the barn was some farming tools suitable to conducting scientific farming. The last time I inventoried my agricultural assets I was short two potato bug sprinklers , one half-dozen clevises and two cotton binder covers. They have been secured by some ac cumulating cuss , and if any friend should notice a chap decorated with a log chain , six clevises , two potato bug sprinklers and two canvases , each 9x17 feet in size , I wish they would tell the fellow he forgot to steal the drive-way , 200 yards of blind ditch , 197 stumps , and the mortgage covering the pro perty. But if he will come back by appointment divine or otherwise , I will fill his skin so full of bird shot and other chinking that his mother can't tell the seat of his pants from a colander. The Grare of Daniel Webster. The tomb of Webster occupies the center of a large lot surrounded by a high iron fence. The vault is entirely covered by soil and is only opened on the death of one of the family. Tho tomb was last opened in 1862 to receive the remains of Fletcher Webster , who was shot and killed at tho last battle of Bull Run. In the tomb are the bodies of children and grandchildren. Not a drop of Webster blood now remains in existence. The last living member of the family is the wife of Fletcher Webster. On her death the tomb will once more open to receive herremains , and will then be closed and sealed for ever. X ) ' BBBBBBk N ji B B B B B BB _ _ iL LBBB 1 B B B B HII THE MYSTERIOUS MESSENOER- An Envelopo That Causod a Fath- 8 or'a Hair to Turn White. It was a fow ovonlngs ago that an ex-congressman sat with a couplo of newspaper correspondents and a gov ernment official in tho lattor's room in a big hotel in this city , says a writer in tho St. Louis Globe-Democrat Thoy were discussing politics , and tho ox- congressman was talking when ho was interrupted by a knock at tho door. In rosponso to an invitation tho door was opened and a messenger boy stood at tho entrance. In his hand was an envelope with a heavy black border. It was such us those used to enclose a death message or to indicate deop mourning. Tho boy paused for a mo ment evidently speculating in his mind as to tho proper person to receive the letter. Finally ho tendered it to tho ex-con gressman , who was nearest the door. That individual turned pale and trem bled , but extended his hand as if to tako tho message. Ho hesitated an in stant and his hand dropped nerveless. A second time ho essayed to tako tho messago from tho boy , and again he failed. It was only after the third effort that ho was apparently able to reach it , and by that timo tho govern ment official for whom it was intended had come to tho door , read the address and took tho message from tho trem bling hand that had received it "Ah , " said he , after opening and reading it , "it's only a note from an office seeker. Why it should be in mourning I don't know. As the office seeker is a woman , I presume it is merely a feminine freak. " Everybody had noticed tho strange demeanor of the ex-congressman , and , observing that an explanation was expected , he Ihrilly said : "I think the use of black-bordered envelopes ought to ho prohibited by law. Tho very sight of ono unnerves me. When 1 tell you why you may doubt the truth of the tale , but it is true , nevertheless. Ten years ago I was making a politic il canvass in my district. At tho close of a speech ono afternoon I received : t telegram from home stating that my boy. the idol of my life , was dying , and that if I wish ed to see him alive I must come at once. 1 went immediately to the hotel , took my satchel and started for tho depot There was no passenger train due for some hours , but a freight train was pulling out , and I jumped aboard. It was late when I reached the littlo town on the river where I could t ike a boat for home. I hurried to the wharf and found that tho steamboat would not pass until after midnight , and that I would thus be delayed many hours. I was undecided whether to wait for the steamboat or hire a boat and leave at once. While I stood on the wharf hesitating a messenger boy suddenly appeared before me. Before I could say anything he thrust into my hand a white envelopo with a heavy black border. A strange feeling came over me , and it was only by the greatest effort that I was able to open the letter. The apprehension I felt in tho few mo ments was awful , for 1 knew it must contain dreadful news. When finally I looked at the letter there appeared in a strange hand the single sentence : "You must come quick. " I knew that I must hurry if I would see him alive. The message decided mc , and at once I sought a boatman , and , securinghis services , started down the river. 1 reached home somo hours ahead of the steamboat upon which I had originally intended to come. I rushed to the house and was ushered into the presence of my dying boy. As 1 approached tho bedside he recognized me with a smile , and then said : " 'Papa , I've been waiting for you. ' "Those were his last words , and in a moment he was dead. I then knew that the message I had received had come from him , and that he had been waiting for me. Xone of my family or friends had seen the messago nor did they know anything about it. After ward I made the most searching in quiries at the town where I waited for the beat , but nobody had seen the messenger or ever heard of him. Not the slightest trace of him was to be found , and I was led to the conclusion that tho messenger had never appeared to any one but me , and that I alone had seen the message. "You can understand now why a black-bordered envelope always fills me with tho greatest dread and ap prehension , and why it was that 1 turned pale and trembled when the messenger boy who just appeared in the door tendered me the ominous looking message intended for you. "You will observe that my hair is white , although I am yet a j'oung man. Before that eventful night my hair was as black as a raven's wing. "After I received tho black-bordered letter from the mysterious messenger , who came to me at tne boat landing that night a feeling cirae over me such as I never knew since. The awful agony of that trip down the river will remain fresh in my memory until death ends all. When I reached home and stood at the bedside of my boy my hair was as white as snow. It has darkened some in the years that have since passed , but it will never be black again. " • A Tomtit's Queer Xest. In the letter box at the farm of Whitepark , Castle Douglas , says the Pall IMall Gazette , there was to have been seen a week or so ago a tomtit's nest , containing five young birds. Though when building the nest the materi 1 was frequently removed , ' the mother bird by its perseverence gained its way ; the nest was built and five eggs safely hatched. During the incu bation letters were frequently found right over tho little dame , and at other times it managed to push some of the letters out at the aperture by which the postman had put them in. If Mr. McAdam happened to opeu the box himself it would raise its wings and hiss as if angry at the intrusion. When his niece went , as was generally the case , it wa3 quite pleased and allowed her to stroke its plumage. Ghosts Superfluous. Ghosts are superfluities. An old Maryland colored man once remarked to a Baltimore American writer : "These ye re hants ought to be ashamed of theirselves. We've got trouble enough in this world without being bothered with 'em , and 'long as we pay pretty smart for givin' 'em sleep ing places in tho graveyards they ought to have sense enough to stay there. " This philosopher was right. Ghosts are entirely unnecessary. Tho earth is living. The ghosts havo the unmeasured vastness of the universe for a pic-nic ground , and they ought to stay there. But in spite of abund ant stories , it can be said of ghosts what the old major said of woman haters , "There aren't any. " * r * * * * • , \ J A SNAKE DANCE. Extraordinary Religious Coromony of an Arizona Indian Trlbo. When wo reached tho top ot the mesa , says a writer in the Globo-Dom ocrat recounting' a visit to tho Moqui Indians , wo found tho Indians In holi day attire , which in most instances consisted of a breech clout of gaudy- colored stuff , and a bunch of eagle feathers fastened in tho hair. The children ran about entirely nude , and it was wondorful to seo them playing on tho very brink of precipicos hun dreds orfeot'hlgh. They aro climbers from the timo they learn to crawl , for houses aro generally enterod by mean3 of a ladder leading down into the in terior from an opening in tho roof. Tho Moquis havo a host of gods , tho principal ono of whom is Omauwu , or cloud god , the deity who sends moist ure and rain. It is to him that their supplications aro generally addressed , but , strange to s-iy , thoy locate tho abode of the gods in tho under world instead of above tho earth. Thoy be lieve in tho oxistonco of tho "Snake People , " a supernatural race , who hold direct communication with tho gods , and it is through thom that all mes sages from the earth aro delivered. Snakes of all kinds aro supposed to have sprung from tho "Snake People , " and to hold constant intercourse with them. For this reason thoy aro re garded with superstitious awo. Tho snake dance is a festival in which the snakes are shown the greatest rever ence , and songs are sung which are in tended to express all of tho wishes which tho people wish tho snakes to carry to tho gods. After the dance tho snakes aro turned loose and aro supposed to start immediately on their journey to the under world , where they deliver their messages to tho gods. The first preparation for tho snake dance is tho capture of a largo number of all kinds of snakes. No particular specie3 is required , but tho rattlesnake is tho kind usually taken , as they are abundant among the rocks and sae-brush of tho mosas and plains. Tho snake dancers , some fifty in number , aro made up of two mystic orders , the "Antelopes" and "Snakes , " or snake men. The myste ries of theso orders are kept a pro found secret , and the only information which their members will impart is that their souls havo been transform ed into tho souls of antelopes and sn ikes. A Moqui of these orders will tell you with the greatest assurance , "I am a snake , " or "I am an ante lope , ' ' and he really seems to believe it himself. The dance began with a low chant , in which the blessings of tho gods were invoked , and tho only musical accompaniment was tho incessant shaking of rattles , and a low buzzing sound made by some of the men. After the first chant had ended the antelope and snake men separated , the former drawing themselves up in a line to tho right of the snake tont , and the latter moving in single file in a circle in front of them. One of tho snake men next entered the snake tont and in a moment came out carrying a great rattlesnake in his mouth. The snake was held firmly between the dancor's teeth , and the head and body of tho reptile were entirely free , the Indian carrying the snake in his mouth , closing his eyes and allowing himself to be led around tho ring by one of his companions , who continual ly stroked the head of the rattler with the eagle feather which he carried in his hand. One after tho other the snake men entered the snake tent and bringing out tho reptiles until the last one had been removed. Somo of the dancers took as many as five or six small snakes in their mouths at one time , while others danced around with several in their hands. While the dance was going on the antelopes kept up a continual shaking of their rattles , and chanted messages which they wished the snakes to cirry to the gods. After all of the snakes had been removed from the tent the dancers gathered around a ring which had been marked on tho ground by a circle of sacred meal , and at a given signal all of the snakes were thrown to the center in a heap. For a moment there was a squirming , hissing mass in the ring , and then the dancers fearlessly thrust their hands in among the snakes and boldly grasped as many as they could hold. Each man , with both hands full of snakes , then dashed away at full speed , and did not stop until he had made his way down the narrow trail into the valley below. Here the snakes were turned loose , some heading toward the south and others toward the remaining points of the compass. . 9 • Alpine Funerals. A clue to the origin of the Irish wake and other funeral pomposities , which , we are sometimes inclined to regard as ' relics of barbarism , may be found in the funeral customs of some of the Alpine regions. The circle of acquaint ance of the more prosperous people of tho villages often extends over miles of country ; and the friends of a de ceased proprietor will make long jour neys to attend his funeral. The dic tates of hospitality require that their physical wants be provided for , or , if not , they will meet at the inn and naturally have something very like a fe ist In some districts , even before death occurs and the patient , is in his last agonies , all around are informed of the fact , and expected to make a ceremonial last visit. They enter the sick room , take a long look at the dy ing man and go their ways. After death , when tho body has been pre pared for burial , a table is spread cov ered with refreshments , and * pen house held till the funeral. i i Grant's Gallantry. When the honors came upon the Grants { , says America , the mistress of the white house began to renew the dream 1 of her girlhood to have her cross-eyes < straightened. Wishing to surprise 1 the president , Mrs. Grant telling nobody , sent for the most emi nent oculist in America. He willingly promised to undertake the operation which he assured her would be easy to accomplish and without danger. The good lady could not contain her self for joy , and , woman-like , gave way when she saw her husband , and confided to him her secret the pleas ure she had in store for him. He look ed 1 wistfully into those dear eyes which had held him with tender gazo through all the trials of a checkered career , and said : , in his simple way , "My dear , I wish you would not change them. • I love them as they are , and they would seem strange if altered. " ! Nbr Launce- lot nor Borneo ; nor lover of any clime or age , ever s , poke words of tenderer gallantry. Hay fever will make even the most un assuming man blow bis own horn. Terra Haute Express. J TUSSLE WITH A 'CATER. Exciting Encounter with a Big Mouthed Monster. Following aro tho particulars of a romarKublo ndventuro of W. II. Abbott , of indigo and racing fame , ns narrated by a writer in tho Military Gazette : It was in tho rains when tho jamadar told us that thoro was u hugo alligator undor tho bridge of tho river. Sending for a gun and a couplo of bullets , wo wont up to tho bridge , and , suro enough , about 20 yards off , thoro waa an enormous "ghurial" somo 20 foot long , with his head just visiblo above tho water. A well-directed shot caught him between tho eyes , and tho bruto , mortally wounded , plunged into deep water , rolling over and over , and was carried by the tide down toward tho bungalow , which was a quarter of a mile off. Abbott seized a long ropo lying there , and rapidly made a slip knot in it , and , declaring that ho was not going to lose so lovely a skin , kicked off his boot * , and just as ho was in socks , breeches and shirt jumped into the river , giving mo and a lot of other natives the other end of tho ropo to hold. He got well into tho middle of the stream and was quietly treading water while wo were all anxiously watching , when suddenly within two feet of tho swimmer tho alligator plunged straight up out of tho water , snout foremost , as alligators generally do when hit in the head. Without the least hesitation Abbott Hung both arms right aroung tho snout and a regular rough-and-tumbled ensued. Presently tho brute's whole body ap peared. Abbott calmly mounted him , evidently trying tho while to dison- gago the slip-knot which had now got tight round his own arm , and to shove it over the brute's head. Then tho alligator started swimming and wo following down tho bank , when , just as wo were opposite the bungalow , he pulled dead up , brought his tail out of the water , and with a fearful side sweop capsized Abbott , snapping at him as ho fell. Then came another light such as I never wisli again to see , tho pair eventually disappearing be neath the water. We hauled away at the rope , thinking it was still attached to Abbott when unexpectedly wo saw him come up a few yards from tho bink , evidently almost senseless. A llajpoot peon jumped in and dragged his master up the slope. He was bleeding awfully , and was a gruesomo sight shirt in ribbons , arms and chest torn all over , both hands badly maim ed , and the right foot completely crushed. He came to at once , and only said. "The rope's safe over his nooe ; " and so it was , sure enough ; for the natives to whom I had thrown the rope were busily engaged in hauling the defunct saurian on shore. I never saw a man in such a mess ; and , to add to the horror , down to tho edge of the river , just as we had drag ged up her half-killed husband , rushed his young wife , wringing her hands and , naturally , half out of her wits with terror. Whilo she was standing over him , and the servants wore carrying him to the house , he was singing , "Homo They Brought Her Warrior Dead. " A nice time of it we had out in a jungle , with no appliances to tie the severed arteries , and with a patient who would insist on trying tc get out of bed to see how the skinning of the alligator was getting on. Wo tried to hire kahars , but the wholo country was under water , and they re fused to budge from home ; so we put , him into a shampony and took him in to the doctor at Mozufferpore. taking from 10 o'clock Tuesday till 7 o'clock the next morning to do the twenty miles. AIcy. II. Stephens' Kindness. The grave of Bio , Mr. Stephens' favorite dog , reminds one of the re mark which he made to his servants on his departure for tho governor's man sion : "If a dog passes here open the gate and give him a bone instead of throwing a rock at him. " The many sheds around the premises recall his remark that he would never own any thing that he couldn't cover. Under one of these sheds the close carriage in which he made his last campaign for congress still stands , much the worse for wear. In this carriage he was driven by faithful Harry and pulled by the "noted "flea-bitten grays , " and in it he received ovations in every country in the eitglih dis trict. His open carriage is in good re pair , in the ownership of Mrs. San- ford , and will yet do valuable service. An innocent old quarter-witted darkey shows alike the liberality of Liberty Hall of the past and presen t He looks \ like Darwin's missing link and is as ; useless as any creature that crawls. He has been hero fifty years. In an ' swer to any question he says : "My name is Mr. Col. Lewis Hawkins ; I was called dat by old marster ; I'so always boa'ded at Liberty Hall : " and that is the extent of his information. Columbus , Ga. , Sun. Cure for Rheumatism. It costs only a few cents to cure the worst case of rheumatism , says a .Now York engineer. Let the afflicted part ; be exposed to the heat of a stove , un , til the skin begins to redden and smart. Then rub the spot with the hand until the heat is distributed over a large surface. Continue to do this for five minutes , and bearing as much heat as possiblo without blistering. Have ; ready at hand a mixture composed of one teaspoonful of finely pulverized table salt , thoroughly mixed with one tablespoonful of molasses-golden syrup. Apply this mixture as a salve to the af fected part after the skin has been well reddened and rubbed with the hand. No matter how long the inflammatory rheumatism may have existed , almost instant relief will be felt. Continue ] the treatment every day and at the end of a week a permanent cure will be af fected. Meanwhile the patient should take internally four times a day a mix- / ture composed of two drams of wine 01 colchicum , two drams iodide of potash and one pint of water. The dose is one tablespoonful before meals and oa going to bed. It is not : > bsolutely es sential that the internal remedy should be taken , but it helps. I was on crutch- er four years and cured myself in seven , days. m ' Jim Fisk on Cemeteries. Denman Thompson , it is reported , has built at his own expense a solid cut-stone wall in front of the old ceme • tery in WestSwanzey , X. H. Apropos 1 of cemetery walls , they used to tell a good story of Jim Fisk and his atti tude toward such structures. A dele • gation from a country town in which he had resided for a time when a boy , waited upon him in the height of his : prosperity , begging for a subscription to put a wall around the old cemetery. ' \Not a cent" said Fisk , "I won't give i you a cent It's a useless expense. Nobody in the cemetery wants to get ; out and nobody out of it wants to get ; in. " N. Y. Tribune. A PRETTY TALL STORY. Remarkablo Font of Railroading In Colorado. Among tho recent invigorated liara of tho town is ono who has just roturned from a session with ozono in .Colorado , says tho Omaha World-Herald. It was his first trip through tho moun tains and ho was much affected by tho feats of engineering skill thoro umnl- festedr os witness Mm following : "I had heard of tho curvo on tho Pennsylvania , where , according to tho timo-card scheduled , tho engineer is obliged tolean out of his cab and ex change tobacco with tho brakoman on tho rear end , so as to givo tno passen gers something to talk about , and I now believe it Thoro was an old , honest , horny-handed minor rodo over tho road out of Denver with me nnd ho told mo sovoral tilings. Onco whilo wo were being jerked around tho edgo of tho mountains and could lookout from undor the roots of our hair at tho track opposito in tho valloy lie told mo a tale. Said he : "That yero track down van i3 tho one we're onto , but we won't tech it fer an hour. Wo run up tho ravino an' down tho sido of tho mountain an' double back. Down thar is whor' Sim Lylo saved tho paymaster o' tho road. ' " 'How ? ' I inquired. " 'It this Tho were way : paymas ter's car was hitched onto tho hind end o' tho freight train , his own engine havin' had a littlo troublo with her runnin1 gear an' bein' abandoned for awhile up tho road. Woll , the train was snortin' and crawlin' arouu' tho mountain when all of a sudden tho back brakeman comos a runnin' up an' yells to Jim : " 'Pull out ! Pull out ! Thcy's a gang o' rustlers has caught tho engine an' are humnin' after us ! Pull ! ' "Woll , Jim Lylo noticed that Ho seen at wunsfc that the engine had been fixed up an' that the rustlers had took her to ketch him an' git the dust in tho paymaster's car , so ho pulled out right peart an' tried to outrace 'em , but it wan't no go. They kep' gittin' up on him. "Pretty soon he struck thebeginnin' 0' this yero curve. He didn't slack a breath an' the conductor come rushin' up an' hollered : " 'Fer God's sake , what km wo do ? If we run this we 'll climb a rail. ' " 'Sallright'said Jim Lylo. 'If I calclate rightly that car ' s saved , ' an lie gave another pull out an' just as we reaches right hero ho jerked her wide open. Then we see what was what Lookin' back , I bein' on tho train , seen the last coach go up in tho air , thoro was a jerk , an' away ovor into tho canyon she went' " 'Well , where does the salvation of tho coach como in ? I asked. 'I didn't see any particular advantage in being spilled over a mountain-side and being shot by train-robbers. ' • ' 'Now don't git frisky , ' said tho old man , 'I'm tellin' this yere an' L an't done. That there coach , as I say , sailed over ollin the track just like the hind boy did when you used to play "crack the whip" at school. It lloated down as nice as you please an' lit on the track below in the valley an' with tho force it was slung rolled ten miles to the next station. When wo got there it was on the sidin' an' we pulled by , an' when the light engine load o' rustlers come bullin' along the towns people was waitin' fer 'em an' the new started in . 1" cemetery was good shape. 1 O 1 How a Missouri Legislator ( Jot the Floor. Stilson Hutchins a well-known news paper man of Washington , D. C , s iys Henry George's Standard , used to live in Missouri , and at ono time repre sented his district in the legislature , of which body lie was elected the speaker. There was in the same legislature a member from another district a man Hutchins had conceived a prejudice against. This man wanted to bring up a bill in the interestof his constituency , but he never seemed able to catch the speaker's eye. Day after day he would wait until routine matters had been cleared away , when he would rise in his place and , in the peculiar Missouri high treble , address the president offi cer , but without receiving that recog nition without which no member of a parliamentary body can proceed. The member finally became tired of such treatment and one morning after the house had been called to order hc I marched in with a rifle on his shoul der , which , when ho reached his seat , he leaned up against his desk. He sat there quietly until he thought the rou- tine business was about all disposed of , when he picked up his rifle and cocked it. When the last motion had been put and disposed of our friend arose , placed his rifle against his shoulder , drew a bead on Speaker Hutchins , and drawled out. "Mr. Speaker. " There was a silence as of death in the assembly chamber for a few moments , which was finally broken by the speaker him self , who slowly and distinctly said : "The gentleman from has the . floor. " The member lowered his rifle , I uncocked it , and then , as if nothing had happened , proceeded to lay his bill before the legislators. o Foot-Cr.implntr in China. Our esteemed Chinese contemporary , Hu Pao , says the N Y. Sun , has been ; investigating the origin of foot-cramp- j ing by Chinese women. The practice is of very ancient date. Some affirm that it arose in the time of the five ' dynasties that is in the tenth century A. D. Jao 2s iang , the mistress of Li Yu , the last emperor of these dynasties , tied up her feet with silk into the shape of the crescent moon , and all the other beauties of the time imitated her. The literature of previous dynasties does not allude to the custom. During the reign of King Hi (1661 A. D. ) an | 1 edict forbade foot-cramping under various penalties , the local officials be ing held responsible in some degree for violation of the law by people in 1 their district But the fashion was too ' strong , and in 1668 , at the instigation of the board of ceremonies , this edict was withdrawn. It is still universa 1 in Kuantung and Kuangsi. ( 1 m j The GraTP or Daniel Webster. 1 In the quaint , grass-grown old bur- ' ial-ground just back of his own farm is , the last resting-place of this great man. His tomb occupies the centre of a large . lot surrounded by a high iron fence. The vault is entirely covered with soil and is only opened on the death of one of the family. It was last opened in 1862 to recieve the remains of Fletcher Webster , who was shot in the last bat tle of Bull Run. In the same vault lie the bodies of children and grand children. Not a drop of Webster blood now remains in existence. The last living member of the family is the wife of Fletcher Webster. On her de ith the tomb will once more open to recieve her remains , and will then be closed and sealed forever. M ' ' JBBJBB Mfc f i i y WINOED MISSILES. Printing was Introduced In Erijrland , by Caxton , In 1171. , ' * I A chnrterhos boon granted for tho first . railroad in Liberia. Tho Popo 'has a full sat of pearly whlto teeth well preaorved. j Alaska cost tho United Statos govern- 4 mont 2 cents an aero. ' Of tho English bunch of bishops , twolvo nro pledged abstalnors. * ' Tho United Statos purchased Florida from Spain , Fob. SB , 1810. Macbinory has not yet ontoroJ tho manu facture of French clay pipes. Tho spawn of most fish sinks , but that of cod rises to tho surface of tho wator. A bunod city , contalninp relics in profu sion , has been unearthed in Honduras. A Londonor advortlsos that ho Is "Porous v Plaster Manufacturer to Her Majesty tho Queen. " It Is reported that a floating Island Off ) yards In diameter has boon found in Houoy iako , Idaho. i ' Buffalo Bill Is spending considerable money in making a * collection or French paintings or value. % . It is a curious fact thnt thoro aro 200.CO ) people in tho United States who have arti ficial logs or hands. * A well in tho south , from which a strong hroozo rushed for years , has suddenly talc- en to spoutinjr wator. Miss Lincoln , daughter or Minister to England Kobert Lincoln , has becomo an acknowledged hollo in London. British soldiers not in possession or swim ming certificates aro forhiddon to cuter boats for purpos03 or reqreatiou. . - - Tho finest diamonds visiblo at tho Shah's visit to tho Paris exhibition aro said to havo g M been worn by Mrs. Whltelaw Koid. JPV Tennyson , Darwin , Gladstone , Lincoln , H Oliver Wendell Holmes , Edgar Allen Poo M and Lord Houghton wero born in the year ltO'J. I It is estimated that a major-gonoral in • I citizen's clothos deteriorates firty por cent , uioro especially ir ho smokes common cigars. I Out or 210 men passing along Main strcot in Cincinnati on a recent afternoon 210 had M lost ono or more of tho hind buttons off their coats. There aro still over 10,000,000square miles or unoccupied districts in various heathen lands , where missionaries thus far havo 9 never entered. I A London journal statos shirts or chain m armor , which cost about ? T 0J , aro now worn by inoro than one distinguished person on M the continent. A San Francisco jeweler has just rcceiv- H ed $700 ror diamonds which ho sold twenty- H live years ago. The purchaser was honest v B but ho had bad luck. B A brakeman on the Chicago & Alton * locked three murderous tramps in a re- frigerator-car. Thoy have an Ice way of dointr things on that line. -fl Tho drivers of Boston ico wagons suffer- I ed more from the heat last summer than B the draymen , although having a temper- aturc ot 51" at their backs. H George Johnson , of Uticn , paid § 1,203 ror fl a trotting horse , and he hadn't owned him I a week when a rat frightened him so that flj lie jumped and broke a lc . . fl The prize pumpkin at the county fair H may consider itself handsome and popular , fl but it is not so strong a favorite as the H prize onion on the next shelf. H Bombay has a serpent thirty-six feet long B in its zoological garden. Let this reptile be fl seen swimming at sea and the man who re- B ported it would be called a liar. fl Some one told a South Carolina negro • . B that if he would drink a gallon of strong fl vinegar right down that ho would fl never have headache again. lie never ; * " " " B B Fislj havo been caught in tho Gulf of fl California at a depth or 1,4 JO feet. ' It must | H be fun to pull in a half a mile or fish B ] line and find a three-ounce perch on the | fl hook. fl The formation of an orange trust in Bos- | ton is announced. The number of spin- fl ] sters in that city leads to the suspicion B that an orange-blossom trust has long exist- | ed there. fl ] A Chicago alderman whipped two citizens flj Sunday night for standing on a street cor- | ncr. it is hard to say what ho would have | done if they had been standing in tne mid- | H die of a block. B | It is estimated that the amount of gold fl and silver coin on the bottom of the Atlan- BJ tic Ocean is about5T 0,03OOJ : , and it is fur- Bl thcr estimated that iiost of it will stay j M right where it is. "SJ The Japanese are learning how to eat H meat. In 1S3"only 30.0J0 head of cattle H | were slaughtered in all Japan. In lSSG the M number increased to lHJ.OdO ; m lbS" , to 130- , Bl oO'J ; in ISsSS , to 200,000. M Col. North , who beiran life in England as | a humble laborer , is now the nitrate king , Bl and pavs Chili § 1,725,000 per year export Bl duties on nitrates produced by one of his , u fl works in that country. H A burglar who was captured by a woman afl at Elizabeth , X. J. , says he could havo flfl broken loose from two men. She cot him j H by the hair and hung on , and nothing ha fl could do would shake her loose. Bfl .The Queen Regent of Spam has caused flfl advertisements to be published in all the flfl leadimr newspapers of her dominions offer- | ing the two prizes , § 5,790 and S2S'J5 , for tho flfl two best essays on the life of Christopher B Columbus. BJ A Memphis policeman , who was called fl on to shoot a dog , managed to hit a boy B in the leg , a man in the foot and a horse in Bfl the head , and , while he was scattering two fl J or three more bullets along the street the j H dog trotted off. J M William O'Hare , of Williamsburg , X. Y. , fl was denounced in public by Charles Masters | as ' * a pious old fraud with the instincts of flfl Satan , " and a jury assessed the damages of flfl $ S,00J. Mr. Masters said he supposed thii flfl ivas a free country. flj A West Virginian trained a tiny stream of Bfl water to fall drop by drop on a rock , and fl in five yearn it has worn a hole seven Bfl inches deep in solid stone. He could have j H made the same hole in nftcen minutes with fl a chisel and hammer. flfl "Can the mosquito be exterminated V is jBH a question which some people seem to think flfll difficult to answer. Yet any man who has flj experimented vainly with one moquito 9 B from bed-time to the breakfast hour can r flfl give the proper reply with his eye3 shut. flfl There was neverrso great hope for Mexico flfl as now. An editor has been chosen as flHJ president of the Mexican Congress , which flfl means vice-president of the republic. The Bfl only thing necessary to absolutely insure Hfl the-prosperity of the country is that some flHJ disability befall the president. BHl The Queen Regent of Spain and her jBH family were weighed recently at San flfl ] bebastian. King Alfonso weighs35 pounds ; Hflj his mother , the Queen Regent , US ; his eld- flHJ est sister , the Princess of the Austrias , 43 ; HJ the Infanta Maria Theresa , 45. The whole HHg family , therefore , weighs three pounds Ies3 HHb than ex-Queen Isabella , who tips the scale HHb Emperor William has but recently HHb honored bimself witb any high military HHb rank. Though as Kaiser he is the "War HHb Lord' * of the , German army , he remained HHb but a brigadier until a short time ago , when HHb he rose to be a major-general. Since Queen HHb Victoria made him a general , Moltke has flHJ urged him to come up to the first rank , and. flfla he is now a commanding general. j HJj fl fl