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ME MO 11 TS SO NO.
Tho earth cast o!T hor snowy shrouds,
Anil overhead tho skies
Looked down between thosoft whlto clouds,
As bluo it3 ohddren's uye:
Tho brcnth of Spring was nil too swcot, alio
Fiild,
Too llko tho Spring thnt cntno cro ho wils
dead.
Tho grass boffjiii to grow that day,
Tho flowers itwoko from ntenn,
And round hor did tho sunbo huh play
'I'lil alio was fuui to weep.
Tho light will surely blind' my eye, sho said,
It shines so brightly still, yet hu Is dead.
Tho buds gmv glossy In tlio'sun
On many u leafless troo
Tho lit t lo brooks did laugh and' run
With mou tnolodl uirt trtoe.
f) Oodl thoy make if jocund notso. sho said,
All tiling forgot hint now that ho Is dead.
Tho wind had from tho nltnond tiling
lie I blosonn round her root,
On hazel boughs thu out kirn hung, .
'I ho willow blooms growled
I'alm willows, fragrant with tho Spring,
Said;
Ho always found tho first; but ho Is dead.
sho
tlllght golden wiw the crocus tlatuo,
And, toUchod.wlth purou groon.
Tho small whlto tlowcrof stainless uamo
Abovo tho ground wnssoon.
Housod to lovo tho whlto and gold, Hho said;
'iho snowdrops coiuo again, and ho Is dead.
I would not wish him bnok, sho crlod,
hi till dark world or pain.
For hltn tho Joys of UTo abldo, i
For mo its griefs romaiu.
I would not wlih hltn back again, sho said,
Hut Spring la hard to bear now ho Is dead.
MaemiUan't Juiaf (lie.
HOW WE CAUGHT HIM.
Tho banking lionsu- of Shavowell
Brothers had booh victimized by an ex
tensive forgery, so cleverly planned and
executed that, in detective circles,
there was but one opinion as to- Its
authorship. Thero was but one hand
skillful enough for such a piece of work
that of Durnford Mtmvick, a most ac
complished rascal, whoso craft and cun
ning nail carried mm saloly through a
oftho I
iuii; i.viuui ui luuun 111 aiuu ui tiiu i
best laid schemes to trap him. On this i
occasion a heavy reward was ofVorod for
his apprehension.
1 had but lately been enrolled a
member of the detective force, and was
ambitious of rising. Hero was a goldon
opportunity golden in every sense, for
whoovor caught Marwiek would not
only bo a made man, but would put a
round sum into his pocket.
While others wwro beating tho bush
in different directions, 1 resolved to go
on a still-hunt of my own. I had in
formation that Marwiek had a sot of
associates in a, placo about a hundred
miles away, with whom, it was not un
likely, ho had sought and found a hid-
ingjplaco. At any rate, it could do no J
harm to mnko a reconnoissanco in tho
neighborhood.
1 took Aho next train with a viow to
carrying out niy plan. Securing a scat
favorablo for observation, I comcioncod
glancing over tho morning paper and
. my fellow-passongors. I had no par
ticular expectation .of finding any one
answering to Warwick's description
among thorn still it was well enough
for one in my placo to koep his oyos
open.
It was not long, howovor, till my oc
cupation was interrupted. A plain
looking countryman, entering from a
forward car, asked and was accorded
permission to sharo my seat. Ho proved
one of thoso irrepressibly sociable fol
lows who will make your acquaintance
in spite of you.
Ho told mo his name without waiting
to bo asked it was Seth Wiggins, ho
said and straightway inquired what
mino might be. I didn't caro to toll him
1 was Dotectivo Tyke, so I merely an
swered: "Smith."
"Du toll!" returned Mr. Wiggins,
looking as much surprised tis if 1 said
Iloliogabalus. Ho was evidently ope of
those who think it proper to roooivo
whatever you may say with a certain
polite astonishment.
When Mr. Wiggins had exhausted
politics and tho "craps," and given mo
a census of tho young ones, ho broached
tho subject that was uppermost in my
mind or would have been but for his
eternal clatter.
"That was a nation smart trick that
'ero Marwiek played onto tho bank,"
A,ho remarked.
"Iknow very littlo about it," I re
plied. "No more do I," said Mr. Wiggins;
"only 1 hoarn ho dono 'cm outer a mint
o' money."
" I've understood
swored.
as much," I an-
"I tell ycou, mister, you've got Bomo
pesky cute follows down to York rale
talented chaps as a countryman like mo
haint no business buckin' agin. One on
'em, t'other day, got mo to botlivo dol
lars 1 could toll which o' throo hoards
lied a pictor onto it. Ho laid 'em down
in a row 't was in a pluco ho'd in
vited mo inter to liov a social Tom and
Jerry and then turned to chin with
tho barkeopor while I was studyin'
winch heard to pick.
" 'l'vo gotyduriow!' think's 1,'turnin'
up tho middle koard, which suro
enough it had tho pictor onto it. I was
poorty sartin of it afore; for tho man 'd
handled the hoards so awk'ardly 'at I
could seo thoir faces o'enamost as
easy as tho backs; but I thought I'd
jest make sure, an' havin' dono so, I
put tho heard back 'ithout lotting' on.
" 'Air you ready?' soz ho, turnin'
round.
" 'Hit's hit's tho middlo one I
guess,' sez 1 spoakin' doubtful like; for
for 1 didn't want to soom too suro least
he'd suspicion mo o' hoavin' looked.
" 'No 'taint,' sez ho, turning it up
which 'tworo as blank as thatero prize
Jdray,o,dQnco
, inter., tljQ Gullrap ,
lotorary.
' How's it done?'
S07, I, foolin'
pocketed my
poorty streaked tis ho
monovi
l'vo pot a patent
onto it,' so?.iho,
I l.t T ..!. 1.1, i1! ,i,I,wl anIMh1
VHV 1 VUUIlIA I' lillliuovilill
vou n ooun-
ty right for another V.'
f told hini I was much obloegod,
but didn't think it'utldo for a stuldy
business in tho country."
I was glad when Mr. Wiggins gave
mo a gushing good-day at tho next
stopping-place, and loft the train.
A nothor hour brought us to a placo
whore toji minutes wore allowed for re
freshments. Wo had hardly stopped,
when a boy came hurrying through tho
car inquiring if Mr. Tyke was aboard.
"That's my name," I answered.
"Hero's, a telegnvm for you."
I tore it pneu, as tho boy hurried into
tho next ci'r as if to deliver another
message. Mino was this:
"Marwluk Is on tho train with you, and will
get otr tit Ho wears a slouch hat and
gray coat. Is thlok-set and bandy-logged, and
bus a slighrstoup In thoshouldors; nlsocarrios
a black leather sachol. Arrest hltn on sight.
"IJkvkkV
I bustled out, and the very llrst per
son I encountered tallied so exactly
with tho description in tho telegram as
to lcao no doubt 1 had found Mny man.
lie mado no attempt to lleo, but ad
vanced boldly,-looking mo dirbctly in
tho face.
"You'ro.my prisoner!" X said, ab
ruptly seiziifg his collar.
"That's what 1 oall cheeky!" ho ro
plied, pulling loose, and tackling mo,
adding: "I ratherthiuk you're my pris
oner!" A vigorous sculllo ensued. For a
time neither of us went further than
trying to keep his hold on ifi'o othor.
Hut my opponent lost temper at last,
and planted a blow of his right, list di
rectly over my right oyo. I ''count
ered" on his nose, "tapping tho clar
et" freely. Both called on tho by
standers for assistance; but thoy only
formed a ring ami exhorted us to "go
lit!"
And wo were "going it" lively v when
it sharp yoico brought us to an armis
tice. "Hollo! what's this?" inquired a
keen-eyed, jolly-faced man, intSvhom I
recognized (Japtnln iseakes, my ohiot,
whoso name was to tho telegram.
"1 l'vo got him!" I said, out of
breath.
"I've I've got him!" panted my
antagonist, quite as much blown as my
self. .
"Now who is that you'vo both got,
pray?" queried- tho "Captain, .looking
puzzled. '".' ' 'I I -
."Durnford Marwiek!" wo shouted
simultaneously. .
I thought tho Captain would split his
sides. , T'!T .., ' Qp-
"Ihavoyour telegram to arrest Iho
scoundrel!" 1 said, not a littlo piqued
at such levity. , "
" I have your order to nab tho villain
on sight," rojoinod my adversary. v.
An activo renewal of hostilities was
imminent, but tho Captain stepped' bo-
''Hold on,'$louth.! Hold on, Tyko!"
no intorposou. . vLiut mo. ecu liiusu
messages." "" ' "
TwJ scraps", of Jpapqr woro thrust into
IllO 11UI1U.
nnnlil liiLvn lilavnil'rrfi "infill il trirucPI.
Thou the Captain "intrqducid 'mo.to
Dick Sleuth witlvtibin Ififfd ttlroady
scraped a raihor informal acquaintauco
as a brother detective from, a neigli
boring city.
A fresh telegram was put into tho
Captain's hand. I
"Ha! thisexplains it!" ho exclaimed.
"Marwiek has just been caught dis
guised as a countryman. It was doubt
less ho who sent tho two telegrams. Ho
must have smoked you both out on the
train." r ' K
Diijk and I shook hands,- looked fo'ol"'
ish and hauled 6ft' for repairs. iV-'y.'
Ledger.
About Small-Pox.
Conflagrations startle a man,
does make him nervous, and
torna
eart li
quakes tako his mind off his businoss
for eight or ton minutes; but if vou
want to frighten a big six-footer right
out ofjiis boots just yell "small-pox" at
him. Not one person in a hundred will
pass a small-pox sign on a house with
out taking the outer edge of tho walk,
and during a scare every aoho and ptain
which grabs a man is supposed to' bo
tho forerunner of the dread disease.
The other day a prominent Detroit
physician received a call from a man
who carried an alarmed look in tho cor
ners of his oyes and who said that lie
came for a prescription.
"What ails you?" queried tho doc
tor. "I fool bad all over."
"Any particular symptoms?"
"Woll, l'vo got a back-acho, and
I'm feverish, anil my throat is sore, and
I've got a pain in my chest."
Tho doctor took a look at his tongue,
felt of his pulso, and said:
"I think two or throo quinine pills
will braco you up, and I'll give you a
gargle for your throat."
Tho man mado no furthor remarks,
but after ho had pocketed his prescrip
tion and got out doors ho turned around
and shoolt his fist at tho ollico and
growled out:
"I'm going to liavo small-pox, and I
know it, and tho minute I begin to
breakout I'll come hero and givo it to
everybody around tho house, clear
down to your old bob-tailed Seotcli ter
rier and cross-eyed cat!" Detroit Free
Press.
Albums containing photographs of
ladios in each now dress thoy recoivo,
colorod by tho exact lines of tho mate
rials, are tho latest society toys.
Tho jSaptain Jfliuighedlouder than
, ' i .'
over. , r J,,. .
"So you'vo caoh-bpoirtwt;graphed to
irrnt. flin nMinr!" Aim Riiirl' S" Who
Xlieaocrct.oCvSuccQssJn Business.
The frequenters of Union Square in
N,ow York have boon familiar for sov
enil years past .with " Urontauo's Liter
ary Emporium," a spacious storo ohiof-
ly dovotetl to tho sale or. nowspapors
and othor periodicals. Wo presume it
is tho largest business of the kind in tho
world. Wo have a particular reason
for mentioning tills establishment. We
are frequently asked by young men
just coming upon tho stage of active
life, young men who have been our
readers, perhaps, since their boyhood,
to explain to thoih tho secret of success
in business. The history of this em
porium would bo a vury good answer to
thoir inquiry. Tho writer of these linos
has seen it grow ftonl a small nowspa
por stand down town to its present
stately and magnilioont proportions.
Its success, duo to very hard work,
closo living, and int&lligont thinking,
is a literal illustration of what an old
Boston nlorchnut used to say, half in
jest, to his junior clerks:
" Boys, it you want to found a per
fectly "stupendous business, you must
got a barrol ttud a board; soil goods on
tho board all day, and sleep in tiio
barrol at night."
Tho original Brentano very nearly
ditf tliis. Ho sold his goods all day on
a board, and came as near sleeping in a
barrel as circumstances allowed. When,
at length, ho had got on so far as to
hire a vory small basement store, ho
slept under tho counter, and lived on a
fow cents a day In othor words, ho
fed his business abundantly, but only
indulged his own nppotito so far as was
ncc6ssary.
Wro observed, howovor, that ho al
ways, looked round and rosy. Ho took
proper caro of himself, and tho best
possible card of his business. Nino out
of ton of tho businesses that fail porish
of starvation. Thoir proprietors spond
upon thomsolves tho money which ought
to go to feed and fatten their business.
l'roin soiling a fow Heralds, Tribunes
and Suns upon a board in tho stroot,
tho Broutanos nosy sell, in a superb
storo, ovorytlung in tho world that has
tho character or a periodical publica
tion: newspapers 'from China, Calcutta
and Now Zealand; magazines in every
cultivated language. XoutlCs CoMpan
ion.
- - -
The (Juestion of Motive Powers Before
the Detroit Jiinokilu Club.
Tho Committee on Sciontific Research,
says tho Free Press, having boon re
quested to furnish tho club with a list
of tho various motivo powers in daily
use, and suggest any now idous on tho
same. subject, reported as follows:
"Motivo power am do power which
makes lings move. Steam am a motivo
power, kaso it makes do ingine in a dis
tillery mbvc', an' ward pollytishuns am
tints furnished wid capital stock to pack
caucuses an' pull wires. Water am a
motive power, kaso it turns do wheels
of do saw-mill an' thus purvldes us will
sidewalks full of holes. Wind am a
motivo "power, kaso it lengthens do ses
sions of Congress un' do varus Logisla
churs. 'liOetricity am a motivo power,
but do rales am so awful high dat wo
didn't investigate Do bite of a dog,
do sting of a- hornet, do too of a boot,
an' ,do squint of a man's loft oyo am
numborod among do minor motivo
powers. Gunpowder, when properly
used, has boon known to blow up noss
barnsan' kill elephants. Dis committee
feels safo in sayin' dat do nox' decade
will'bring forth yet odor motivo powers.
Do time am coniin' when our butes will
bo pulled on an' oil' by machinery; when
do child' on will bo put to bed wid four
rovolushuns of do big fly-wheel; when
do sarvint gal who doau' como homo m
time to get supper will bo snaked along
lit do rate of a mile a minute; when a
Tom an' Jerry will bo mixed an' stirred
up by simply prusstn' on a button let
into do barj an' when do man who
comes homo ut midnight an can't open
do front gate will
bo
'ri'
lifted up frow a
second-story winder
about twentv ticks."
an' sobered off in
Surgical Snipe.
A well-known sportsman writes: "If
I am not . mistaken, it is Siebort who
mentions, in his interesting work on
'Bird Shooting,1 that many birds,
more particularly tho difforont species
of snipo, aro known to 'bandage' thoir
wounds. This fact has recently been
fully confirmed. About sovon yoars
ago Obonuntmann 1'olber in Dictonborn
brought down a snipe which had a solf
mado bandage of feathers. His account
was incredulously smiled at at tho time.
Last week wo had a 'drive1 in tho woods
near Nordhatisen, when Director Krohn
shot a snipo, which Judge Mylitis had
hit on tho wing' only tho day boforo,
causing tho bird to drag its flap. On
examining tho snipo wo found a band
ago on tho wounded spot, mado of soft
feathers about an inch wide and a milli
motor thick, so firmly pasted together
with blood or som'o liquid prepared
with tho bill that wo could not removo
it with tho linger. We pooled it oil
with a knife, and, as a rarity and re
markable instance of ornithological
surgery, ont tho bird and bandage to
tho International Hunting Exhibition at
Clove." JIannovcrsche Vorrcspondcnz.
A California paper declares that
tho hastorn press lias an exaggerated
idea about tho cost of residences of
tho railway kings of San Francisco.
As a matter of fact, there is not. a
singlo residence in San Francisco that
cost, ground and all, $1,000,000 or
one-half of it. Tho most costly man
sion is that of Mrs. Hopkins, 'uul that
cost, furniture, decorations and all, a
trifle mofo than 100,000. Governor
Stanford's houso adjoining it, of which
so much has been said, cost less than
250,000. Mr. Crocker's cost 300,000
or thereabouts. All of theso houses
uro of wood.
Aint. mT.nitsM ") nt I i,in
viu,-4i,uunij,iu:aucra"
SUMMER TO SPJIINO.
Stunnior until lo tho Spring: "What won
derful thing
It Is to bring In so much sweetness and
grneo
1 am Miro that to you my blossom? arc due,
And 1 rcol I am taking your placo.
" I never cart blush but 1 think of your llitsli;
Aud tho oyos or tho tlowers at evening aro
wet:
Thoro was something so fair In your Inno
cent air
That your going wo can but regret."
"Vou beautiful Comor,"
said Spring to tho
Summer,
" 1 lived out my llfo but
to brighten your
wav:
I heard tho buds swelling, and could not help
tolling,
For 1 know you would seo thorn some day.
" It was only my duty to bring you tho
beautv,
And to help one another Is lesson for all:
Aud perhaps you'll bo willing, your mission
fiillllllug,
To loavo something to brighten tho Fall."
Ah, h. O. II'iWoji, In M'ide-.ltraAc
WHAT A MOTH Kit STOKK 1)11).
A Trtin Iiiclilrnt.
" Did Ho give us tho beautiful stork above,
Un the chliiiuoy-top, with Its largo round
nostr Uollleil).
"No, not tho stork; by (lod In Heaven,
As a blessing, tho dear whlto stork was
glvon." LonuftUnw.
"No houso so blessed as that whereon
tho white stork has built its nest," says
tho voico of tho pooplo who live in Hol
land, Gormany, and tho regions of tho
Northland; "and nothing olso brings
tho benediction of poaco and domestic
joy that tho dear whito stork does, for
it sheds over tiio household something
of its own spirit."
Far back in tho days of ancient Greoco,
when I'rittm was King of Troy, and tho
beauty of Uolon was rousing tho Nation
to war, Juno, tho jealous goddess, is
said to have ohangod a sister of tho
King into a white stork beoauso sho
boasted of hor beauty, but knowing
that sho was as lovoly mentally as phys
ically, allowed hor to retain all her
amiable qualities. Whether this is tho
reason of tho stork's virtues or not we
cannot toll, but in all the countries of
tho Old World it is regarded with an
affection bordering on veneration.
Even ih ' tho language of the ancient
Hebrews wo liiul tho word used for
stork signifying "pious" or " blessed."
Early in the spring of 1880 a pair of
nawly-woddod storks flow over the
town of Lowonborg, Gormany, to find a
suitable homo for their summer house
keeping. Thoso who saw them used
every art to attract them to their
houses, but in vain. Even tho Mayor,
or Burgomaster, failed to entice them
to settle on his liandsomo houso, whero
tho chimney seemed to have boon built
on purpose for a stork's nest. Tho
stork husband saw this at a glanco, and,
ambitious to begin lifo under tho most
favorablo circumstances, he said to his
wifo, in tones quite positive:
"Wo will build horo, my dear; thero
is no placo liko it in tho whole town."
But tiio stork wifo replied oven moro
positively: "By, no moans, myiMdoai
Too public, by far. Imagine our dainty
children annoyed from day to day.by
the rattling of carts over tho stones, tho
shouts of noisy boys on thoir way to,
school, and on Sun'dnys tho ringing of
bells. No, no, it would novor do. I
have found a most dolightful spot,
shaded from tho hot sun by tho broad
leafed lindon-treo, and far removed
from noise nnd confusion. Thoro wo
can rear our littlo family in seclusion,
and scud out into tho world storks that
will bo an honor to it. Whero is itP
On tho top of thfi barn at thp cross
roads; not another such placo for a
stork's nost in tho wholo region."
"Just as you say, my dear," said his
storkship; "I'll bring tho sticks di
rectly." . .
Slowly tho nest f wont up. Sticktby
stick, soloo'teil' by tho stork: 'husband
with great care.f and brought from
hedgo and forest and orchard, until tho
nest was complotod, tho last stick hav
ing boon properly laid, and Mrs. Stork
settled horsolf with a satisliod air and
began housekeeping. Iiii a fow days
eggs woro to bo seen in tho nost; boau
tfiul eggs all mottled with yellow. Now
Mrs. Stork took no more long flights
not ovon to see what hor mends. wore,
doing mil sue uusieu nerseu at nomo
Hitting upon the eggs to keep them
warm. Throo weeks passod by in pa
tieuec, and tlion.ono mqrning tho good
creaturo was delighted by tho sound of
young storklings under her wings, chat
toring with thoir littlo beaks or mandi
bles, and tho stork papa and stork
mamma did nothing but wait upon
them.
Summer days drew near boforo tho
storklings could fly. Tho air was
parched and heated, and tho barn had
become as dry as tinder; if thoro could
only bo a shower thoy would have
strength to try thoir wings.
" Oil, how glad I am to s'oo that
cloud!" said tho stork mummu, as a
littlo shadow floated above tho western
horizon; "all my flodgelings need is a
shower, and then thoy will fly to-morrow."
Larger and darker grow tho storm
cloud, until at last tho wholo sky was
covered. From tho north burst sharp
flashes of lightning that shot across the
heavens, cutting tho darkness of tho
clouds as with a knife; then tho thun
der began to roll in its grand monotone
over tho world; but tho littlo storks
woro not afraid, for had not thoir
nlothor said this was just what was
needed, and' was sho not living over
thoir heads tolling them what it all
meant, and picturing to them tho do
light thoy, would feel when onoe thoy
found thomsolves upborno by tho
dreamy, delicious air in tho llrst ccstacy
of flying.
Suddenly there camo a crash, a
blinding light and deafening shock, al-
most stunning tho bravo mother bird
car ncr so tender v for nor children: ana
wir?fl 8h'oi'3cBvT5Vcd "hdt,"cohsclotisnoss
it was to see flames kindling on tho
barn, that would burn llko tlndor, and
her storklings would bo burned to death
ia tho heat.
Without a second's pauso to consider
what might bo dono, sno plunged into
tiio flames aud brought out one of hor
children in hor beak. Sho flow to a.
meadow near by, whero a littlo brook
trickled over a pebbly bod, aud, laying
hor bunion undor tho overhanging al
ders, sho flow back for another. This,
too,sho brought to tho meadow and
laid by the side of its brother. Ono
moro remained; she must hasten to its
rescue; but, alas! just as sho neared
tho blazing barn she saw tho nost and
tho littlo stork fall through tho roof in
to tho lire below. A crowd of snocta
tators had now gatliorod arounil, and
every heart stood still when tho mother
stork again plungod into tho crackling
flames and smoke lor her child.
Slowly sho arose tho third timo, with
something in hor boak; but now sho
flow slowly and heavily, as if sho was
weary, and look hor way to tho "toad
ow brook again, lolt it with its brother
aud Bister, and tho papa flying overhead
to guard thorn; thou sho" wont a little
distance farther and strotehed horsolf
on tho ground, cruelly burned.
Tho littlo brook ripplod and mur
mured, tho broozo blow up from tho
west, but nono of thoso things had pow
er to ease tho sufferings of tho bravo
bird who had risked hor lifo for hor
children.
Tho Burgomaster, passing this way
soon after, found tho poor eroaturo,
and ordered hor to bo carried tondorly
to a house in tho village, whore site
should bo nursed and eared for. Tho
best physician In Lowonborg was
sent for; the children employed all
their spare moments in catching niico
and frogs for tho invalid; older ones
broughc soft linen to dress tho burns
with, whilo the Burgomaster himsolf
drovo up every morning to ask after
hor.
Tho stork papa devoted himself to
thoohlldron.llyingovorovory littlo whilo
lo toll his wifo how thoy woro getting
along. With all this attention, it was
no wonder sho improvod rapidly, was
soon able to fly again and join hor
family, who by this timo woro quite up
in tho art of flying, aud could stand on
ono foot on a lily-pad, aud catch frogs
as well as tho best.
Tho good people of Lowonborg said
that many a saint had been los.s bravo
and hooric, fow had shown such pa
tience, and nono had boon willing to
die for others as had this whlto stork
mamma; therefore sho should be tho pa
tron saint of tho village, and sho and
hor children honored for ovormoro.
Mrs. Margaret Ji. Peckc, in Harper's
Young I'coplc.
Tiio Lobster Business.
Tho factory opens at ono end on tho
wharf, c1ok,q to tho wator. Two men
bring in tho squirming .loads pn n
stretcher ah"d dump tho mass into cop
pers for boiling-. At intervals tho cov
ers aro h6istod by .ropes and pulleys,
and douse clouds of Btoamariso, through
which wo catch vi3tas of men, woman
and children at worlct j'Uwo men ap
proach the coppors with stretcher aud
scoop-nets, and they throw rapid scoop
fills, dono to a scarlet, backward over
their snouldors. Tho 'scarlet huo ia
soon in all quarters on tho steaming
strotchor, in tho groat heaps on the
tables, in scattered individuals on the
floor,, in a largo pilo of shells and rofusa
seen through tho open door, and in an
ox-oart-load of tho samo refuse, farther
off, which is boing taken away for use
as a fertilizer. Tho boiled lobstor ia
soparated, on long tables, into Ids con
stituent parts. Tiio meat of tho many
jointod tail is thrust out with a punch.
A functionary called a "cracker" froca
.that of tho claws by a couple of deft
opts wrth a cleaver, and tho connecting
arms aro passod on to bo picked out
with a fork by the girls, hi another
department, the meat is placed in tho
cans. Tho first girl nuts in roughly a
Btiitablo selection of tho soveral parts.
Tho next weighs it, and adds or sub
tracts enough to complete tho exact
amount desired (ono or two pounds).
Tho next forces down the contents with
a stamp invented cspooially for the pur
pose. Tho next puts in a tin cover
with blows of a littlo hammer. Then n
tray is rapidly filled with the eans, and
thoy are carried to tho solderers, who
seal tliom tight except for minute open
ings in tho ' covers, and put them in
another tray, which, by moans of a
pulley-tuoklo, is thou plungod in bath
caldrons, in order that tho cans may bo
boiled till tho air is expelled from thoir
contents through tho minute openings.
Then thoy aro sealed up and aro boiled
again for several hours, when tho proc
ess of cooking is complete. Scribnefa
Monthly. n
Wo have in our possession, says the
St. Limis lluilway Jlegister, a cony of
tho timo-tablcs of tho London & North
western Railway Company of England
which is a &roat curiosity and it makes
a man's, head ache to look at it and
think of the great labor iuvohed in its
compilation. Tho lines of this company
pxtend all over England, Scotland and
Wales, and aro said to embrace over
ton thousand miles of tracks. Theso
time-tables mako an octavo volume,
closely .printed, of one hundred and
thirty-si bilges, and contained in it are
numerous excellent maps, and full par
ticulars are given its to hotol accommo
dations, oab fares, connections, tickets,
routes, etc., and all that can interest oi
concern tho traveler.
A Mississippi farmor dashes cold
wator into tho ears of choking cattle.
This causes the animal to shako its
head violently, and tho muscular action
I dislodges tho obstruction.
