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CALVEUT, i i NEBRASKA.
WHAT THE CIRCUS DID.
Wo wero ft quiet mid sobor act,
Little accustomed to nolso niui frot,
Decent iitul modest nt work or play,
And oh I no jiropcr In every way,
licforc wo went to tlio Clreusl
Nobody over lind scon us jro
At all too fast, or at all too slow;
No miitler how jrnlly wo talked or snnff,
"Wo never had used a word of slaiiff
Jicforo wo went to tlio Circus I
Wo wont to church, or wo went to school,
Ily the very most orthodox kind of ruloj
For we were a people or Dutch descuut.
And rather phlegmatic In temperament
Until wo went to the Clreusl
Alus and nlanl 'tls.n woeful flight
The wav wo are t'hnnjrcd at the tlmo I wrltol
Father Is swnylnj mnilust the breeze,
Hung by tho toes from u high trapozo,
Trying to copy tho Ulrcusl
Tho boys on their heads, with feet In nir.
Are ruling wild liorscs on eueu liijrii cnair;
Or down on their bucks on the sldi-wallc brick
Arc balancing tub1) for a Juggling trick;
And the girls havo painted hands and face,
And got themselves up for nu Indian race,
As they saw them do at the Circus!
Mother high up on the tulilo stands,
Swinging the buby with lioth her hands,
Swinging tho baby with many a rub,
And brandishing him like an Indian club;
While bnby hliifolf, In a tcrrlblo fright,
Howls Uko a Zulu from morn till night,
Since wo went to tho Clreusl
Alas and alasl T can only sny,
1 wish In tho night, I wish In tho day,
1 wish with my heart, I wish with my head,
1 wish with my ears which nro m-arly dead,
1 wish with a sort of mute dospalr,
1 wish with a BIIKI12K that would rend tho air,
We novor had gono to tho Circus I
Wide Awake.
WHAT IS HOSPITALITY
ItEKOKE THE l'AUTV.
"There, I believe, old Mrs. Pcckhnm's
nnme completes tlio number! William,
my dear, will vou plenso listen to this
list oi uiviiauons, mm seo 11 jl nnvo
omitted any ono to whom wo nro in
debted?1' Tho poor father-of-the-fami-ly,
thus addressed, mcokly laid by his
spectacles and paper, and iiroparcd to
submit to the inevitable.
It was a way Mrs. Barnes had of plan
ning with her daughter Alice some ex
pensive indulgence, and, when too Into
to be recnlled, springing tho subjoct up
on her husband in an easy, matter-of-course
way, which loft him no alterna
tive but a half unwilling consent.
"Why, you see, my dear," sho went
on, in answer to his questions of sur
prise, " wo haven't had a largo company
in over a year, and wo nro really under
obligations to all theso people lifty
eight I make in all,"
" I do detest largo companies," began
Mr. Barnes.
"I'm sure you cannot dread this thing
anjumore than 1 do," put in Mrs. li.,
" anil till tho work and care to como up
on me, too; but it is not so-bad as a
numbed of small gatherings, just as it is
better to havo several doomed teeth all
extracted at once, rather than to keep
dreading them."
"What would theso people say if thoy
know mother compared their entertain
ment to pullingteeth!" this from Alice,
in an aside to brother Fred; but that
young gentleman, who had been to col
lege, assured her that "it was tho way
with the world; they all felt just so."
"Well, wo must at least study sim
plicity in our arrangements and that
will ease botli your labor and my pock-ot-book,"
said Mr. Barnes.
' Sure enough, lot's institute a new
departure, as Julia Dorr did in Rut
land," assented Fred. "Sho just had a
dainty bit of cream and fruit, or some
thing, rrnd lots of follows went homo
hungry, not relishing tho ' feast of rea
son and How of soul.' "
" That is very well for literary people,
whose houses aro full of objects of in
terest," said his mother "And who
havo other ways of entertaining peo
ple than through their stomachs,"
whispered naughty Alico "but wo
must havo an elegant supper, or wo will
give up the part'. Of course wo must
have oysters and several cold meats,
bosides ices, ice-cream, fruits, coffee
and chocolate. Wo will pinch somo
whero else to make up; leavo that to
mo, William." And tho lady went on
complacently reading hor list. "Dr.
innd Mrs. Rollins; you recollect wo
"wore invited to their daughter's wed
mg. "lioth which 'obligations' cost us a
pretty little sum for presents to peoplo
wo don't caro a thine: about," said Mr.
Harnes bitterly. "Mary, if you ever
hear mo say a word about our having a
metal wedding, know at onco that I am
oithor crazy or in my dotago. When wo
get so low as to invito pcoplo to givo us
presents, I will go round with n sub
scription paper, but I will never get up
tho modern farce of a silver or golden
wedding."
" Then hero nro tho Livingstones,"
pursued tho lady,, "who have just como
to town, but real ' quality' peoplo, whom
it is be-t to placo under obligations to
m.v; and 'Squire Harding"
" Who invited mo to his breakfast, be
cause he wanted my vote," put in pater
familias, unpleasantly. "But it's all
right, my dear, all right, I suppose,
only one caunot holp wondering what
tlio Savior meant, when ho said: When
thou makest a dinner or n supper, call
not tin friends nor thybrotliron, neither
thy kinsmen nor thy rich neighbors, lest
they aUo bid thee again, and a recom
pense be made thee."
"Probably that will all bo changed in
tho new translation," said Alico, who
was disposed to bo u bitoynienl, liko her
father, and to seo through tho veneer
ing of society shams.
Let u pais lightly over tho dreadful
days of preparation; the turuju" up
side-down of tho houso from ton to bot
tom, tho polishing of silver, tho importa
tion of crockery nud extra help (?), and
tho endless cooking, cooking, for tho
Barnes family couhuiot afl'ord to order
their supper from tho local Dclmonico's.
So tho younger children stoned raisins
and beat eggs, and enjoyed immensely
tho confusion and general nir of some
thing coming; and tho family subsisted
upon outsido slices of roasts, unfortunate
biscuits and test pieces of cake. Somo
things went wrong, of course, nnd had
to bo done over, and thcro was hurry
nnd torriblo nnxioty for Mrs. Barnes,
who, I ahi sorry to sny, lost her tempor
several times, and developed unknown
powers of scolding. But everything
was whjsked into lino nt tho very Inst
moment, nnd thq poor lady with a rack
ing headache was trying to got dressed
and composed, when somebody an
nounced tlio ilrst carriage
"How dreadfully early somo pcoplo
do como. Here, Alice, holp mo on with
this lace quick; I hoped to havo u mo
ment to brontho."
" Mamma, these now boots hurt mo
awfully," groaned little May, nn un
comfortablo child, who had not yet
learned tho ways ot tlio worm. "1
would rather wqar my old ones."
"No, no, never mind if thoy do hurt
a little, they aro lovely, so slim and
high, and such a perfect match for your
dress." And so the poor child stood in
simplo misery all tho evening, taking
her first lesson in tho ways of the world.
AT THE PAUTV.
" Goodovening, my dear Mrs. Rollius ;
how kind of you to como early; wo shall
have timo for a real little visit beforo
there are othor arrivals."
Mrs. Barnes had a hoadaeho ; porhaps
sho had forgotten what she said upstairs.
But why describe tho usual routino of
hollow compliment, of pretty nothings,
of flattest platitudes, which make up
tho conversation of such a gathering.
Of course, tho guests discussed tho
llowors, tho few pictures, the music, tho
supper, each outer's dresses nnd tho
minister. O, much enduring clergy,
what would society do without you, and
tho weather?
. Tho supper was really good, and that
constituted tho "entertainment" mostly.
Thcro was somo soulless music, for Miss
Alico played tho piano a little of courso,
all young ladies must, whether thoy
havo any music in their souls or not.
Tho gentlemen smoked after suppifr,
but that was done ono side somowlioro,
as questionable things usually aro.
About midnight tho last guest had
vanished into tlio darkness, each ono
snying in duo form with his good-night:
"A delightful evening, Mrs. Bivrnes,
your companies nro always so charm
ing!" AKTEK THE VAltTV.
Remarks liko these in the going-homo
carriages: "Such a stupid nffnir! Wiiy
will peoplo like tho Barneses try to ape
gentility, and givo fashionable parties
when they don't know how?"
"Why, indeed! Everything was stift
as a poker; and what a supper! such
vulgar profusion in everything: and so
little silver or table ornaments."
"Did 3'ou notice the spoons were
plated, and half of them borrowed, I do
believe. As for mc, wouldn't havo a
party if I couldn't afford tlw largest size
napkins."
"Well, wo must nt least givo Mrs.
Barnes tho credit of being a mostchnrm
ing hostess. 1 think sho thoroughly en
joys seeing her friends; but her husband
must bo a great trial to her, ho is so
distant and ungracious."
Meanwhile, in tho confusion of tho
vacant rooms, the "genial hostess"
had thrown herself wearily into a chair,
exclaiming: "lam almost dead! Well,
there's ono consolation, our guests all
seemed to enjoy it, if wc did not. I
received a great many compliments for
the supper, and tho entertainment gen
erally; and wo shan't hnvo to enduro
this nflliction again for ono while, I
hope."
" Why ever again, my dear?" urged
Mr. Barnes, gently. "Why need wo
accept invitations wo do not pare to re
turn? Why can wo not hereafter invito
our friends and peoplo whom wo wish
especially to make happy, in small
companies, which will not tiro you to
death in preparation. I thoroughly en
joy recoiving our friends in our home,
but how can anybody enjoy such u
farce as this, with hollowncss on both
sides. Why, I felt guilty and mean all
the evening."
"It does seem as if that wore tho
better way," assented tlio wife, absent
ly, thinking how sho could get break
fast out of that mass of confusion in tho
kitchen; "but then, 'society, you know,"
A few more days of hard work
brought back tho usual order and quiet
of tlio family; it seemed liko a calm fol
lowing a small earthquake.
But tho bills began to como in. Thoy
looked largo placed over against tho
small family income The father and
mother wore talking them over ono
night after tho children wero in bed.
Thoy must bo provided for by "pinch
ing" somewhere ol"o, as Mrs. Barnes
had said. Shu was ready with her
devices. "Wo all need now flannels
this winter," sho said; "the old ones aro
very thin, but they must be made to do
with patching. Thon wo must do with
out beefsteak and oysters as often as
usual; these articled aro expensive, you
know."
"Tt might bo considered doubtful
economy to disponso with warm cloth
ing and nourishing food," said Mr.
Barnes, with a shako of tho head.
" Then there is the money you givo
away to benovolent objects our tenth,
you know," resumed the lady, doubt
fully "couldn't you take a little from
that?"
"Not ono cent from that, my dear,
the party was solfishnoss, not charity."
So tho matter was compromised on
tJanjiylsaud botjfstenk, and Jji another
way which I am nfrnld thoy would not
liko mo to mention. Not that thoy ox
nctly planned it so, but tho next sum
mer it camo about in this wise Mr.
Barnes took no vacation, but stayed in
tho city nnd worked lmrd all tho hot,
long season. Fred was luckily invited
to tlio homo of a collego friend. Mrs.
Barnes remembered a cousin of hers, who
lived comfortably in a country homo, not
expensively far from tho city, whom
sho had not scon in twenty years,
and whom sho roally ought to visit. So
with Alico and tho two Httlo ones, sho
gave to this "dear friend" the weeks
usually spent in boarding at tho mount
alns or seaside Cousin Clarissa did
hor own work, and got rather tired, I
fear, but then it was n wonderful
saving, and tho party had to bo paid
for.
If I had boon writing a fable, instead
of a fact, I would put at tho bottom this
littli mnrali Wn nil wear musks. Tliititrn
are not always called by their rigfit
names. There is still much slavery in
the world, nuichvoltmtary servitude. Wo
aro all slaves to tho burdensome social
customs, whoso yoko wo abhor, but
dare not throw off. Mrs. Julia II.
Morehouse, in Everybody's Paper.
m
The Now Comet.
At present tho comet is about ono
hundred and sixty millions of miles
from tho oartli, and its distance from us
will probably not bo loss than eighty
millions at any timo, though further
caleidations will bo necossary to sottlo
that point But though it will not ap
proach U3 so nearly as othor comots
havo done, it may bo expected to mnko
a line display for a fow days in tho
early part of June Only ten comets
hnvo liithorto been known to approach
tho sun so nearly ns this in nil probabil
ity will. It is to bo regretted, howovor,
that its greatest brilliancy will occur at
a timo when it will bo invisiblo to us,
nnd seen only in tho Southern Hemis
phere. In this respect it will resemble
tho grcnt comet of 1880. The present
extraordinary intensity of its light
which comes to us from the enormous
distance of 100,000,000 miles, proves
that it has plenty of material for futuro
display, and it will probably show a
long and nearly straight tail of enor
mous dimensions to our antipo'dos.
How much of tho samo sort it will givo
us is still somowhat problematical, and
can only bo decided on tho basis of
further observations.
It is now invisiblo to tho naked oyo,
nnd by n small toloscopo, though it is
readily scon, yot owing to its smnllness
it can hardly bo distinguished from tho
stars which surround it. After passing
its perihelion it will probably become
visible in tho Northern hemisphere It
now appears in tho constellation of tho
Lyre, near "Vojm. It will pass to tho
westward of that star, and will continue
on Us journoy up into Cophous, when m
May it will make nn nbrupt turn and go
plunging in toward tho sun.
Tho elements of tlio orbit of tho new
comet are: Perihelion passage, Juno
15; perihelion place, -ID degrees, 35
minutes; longitude of node, 20b degrees,
10 minutes; inclination, 74 degrees, -17
minutes; perihelion distance, 10,000,000
miles, motion direct
This comet appears to havo no ann
lojruo in the past, as no comet is known
with elements sufficiently resembling
these to constitute reasonable belief in
identity. Tho elements of tho comot of
101)7 somowhat resemblo thoso of tho
present comet, but tho perihelion dis
tance of tho former is computed to bo
seven times as great as that of tho lat
ter. Two weeks of further observation
will sorve to remove many uncertainties
which now exist as to tlio futuro of this
comet, and thoso observations will un
questionably be awaited with tho great
est interest. Albany Cor. Ar. Y. Herald.
Atlantic Telegraph Stations.
A Frenchman, M. Monuisior, has just
proffered a novel and bold plan for en
abling vessels crossing the Atlantic to
communicate with tlio mainland. Lay,
ho says, a telegraph cable between Saint
Nazairo, Bordeaux, and Now York, with
a branch in mid-ocean to Panama.
Every sixty leagues, the average daily
distance covered by n ship, connect to
tlio principal cablo a vertical cable,
ending in a buoy at tlio surface. To
tho right and left of the principal cablo
lay two branch cables, ten to twenty
leagues each, ending in a vortical cablo
with buoys. Theso branches would
form two crosses with the main cable.
The chances of ships sighting buoys
would thus bo frequent Each buoy has
a number, and its position in mid-ocean
is known from special tables. When a
ship passing near a buoy wishes to tolo
graph, it connects its apparatus wire,
one with tho wire of tho buoy, tho othor
with tho buoy itself, which serves' ns nn
earthwire. Thus tho ship might com
municate with a central post which
should bo established on an island or
rock, or a ship moored according to M.
Mcnuisier's system. A vessel in dis
tress near one buoy might, through tho
central station, get help from n ship
passing near tho next buoy. The dilll
cult matter would bo the buoy. How
would it resist storms that havo broken
cables? M. Monuisior has not yet do
seribed it in dotail, but says it is pro
nounced quite successful by competent
navigators. It is luminous by night,
sonorous in fog, and easily accessible in
any weather.
.
General James M. Coalo, who died
at Frederick, Mil., a fow days ago, loft
810,000 each to tho following institu
tions: Georgetown Collego, George
town, D. V.; St. John's Literary Soci
ety, Baltimore; St. Mary's Industrial
School for Boys, Baltimore and tho
Littlo Sisters o'f tho Poor, Baltimoro;
besides smaller bequests of from 52,000
to$.ri,000 to other schools and charities.
N, Y. dependent.
FACTS AND WHORES.
Tho Bnptlst ministerial nrmy in tho
United Stntes numbers 10,611, bosido
tho licentiates.
Tho Cincinnati Industrial Exposi
tion of 1880 cleared $11,624.46, Tho
Exposition of 1881 lost $10,022.21.
Tho largo manufactories of heavy
gloves at Johnstown, Fulton County, -N.
Y., have had scarcely any call for their
goods this season, owing to tho warm
weather.
There woro 1,756 tocos run during
tho soason of 1881, anil tho amount of
money that changed hands was $987,
281, of which $811,935 was won in tho
United States,
A lead pencil should never bo wet
It hardens the lead and ruins tho pcnoll.
This fact is known to newspaper men
and stenographers. But nearly every
one olso does wet a pencil beforo using it
Tho long-sought-for spoeilio against
hydrophobia, it is said, has been ifiscov
oved lu Cambodia in tho shape of tho
bark of a troo, tho effect of which is
very similar to that of strychnine. -7;i-dianapolis
Sentinel,
Jay Gould's total wealth is esti
mated at over $00,000,000, of which
$10,000,000 is invested in railroad and
telegraph stocks, and $20,000,000 in
bonils. Ho and Vandorbilt could by-nnd-by
afford to " pool their issues,"
and pay off tho National dobt N. Y.
Sun.
Tho Alder gulch, in Montana, has
been steadily producing plnccr gold for
twenty years, and is now worked out ns
high as water can bo carried on its
sides. Tho amount of gold taken out
is cstlmntod at over 8:10,000,000. Moro
than a dozen gold-bearing quartz claims
aro now being worked at tho head of tho
gulch. Chicago 'Times.
Tho great activity in business cir
cles is mado manifest by tho fact that
tho outward. bound mails from Now
York City aro unprceedentodly large
Recently 991,000 letters and circulars,
and 1,219,000 newspapers and circulars
wero dispatched from that city, neces
sitating 152 wagon-trips from tho post
olllco to tho railroad dopots. Chicago
Journal.
Tho Astors pay taxes in Now York
on $11,500,000 worth of property; W.
H. Vanderbllt on $3,250,000; A. T.
Stewart's widow on $5,250,000; Amos
R. Eno, $4,000,000; J. G. Bennett, $1,
200,000, and so on. Tho bulk of thoir
wealtli, however, consists of securities,
which aro not included in tho porsoual
cstato taxablo in Now York.
If tho growth of cities bo a critorion
of prosperity, Italy is advancing rapidly.
Tho new consus roturns show that Na
ples has a population of 489,334, an in
creaso of 40,000 since 1871; Milan, 321,
000; Rome, 300,292; Palermo, 244,955;
Genoa, 179,491; Floroncc, 108,000; Ven
ice, 130,098; Bologno, 122,881; Messina,
120,000; Catanic, 101,000; Leghorn, 97,
015; Ferraro, 77,008; Padua, 73,174; Vo-
ronn, 07,741; Lucca, 08,116; Alessandria,
02,631; Brescia, 00,030; Bari, 00,576; Ra
venna, 60,300.
WIT AND WISDOM.
Immodest words admit of no dofenso,
Tor want of decency Is want of sense.
Karl of Itixcaimmon.
Nothing makes so much iioiso as a
rickety wagon with nothing"5u it, unless
it bo a man who insists on talking when
ho has nothing to say. iV. Y. Herald.
Eli Porkins cut opon a Florida alli
gator and found nine kol3 in its stom
nch. That's nothing. An alligator is
not obliged to mnko a diet off of rocks
nnd gravel-banks all tho year round.
Detroit Free Press.
An oriental traveler says: " I havo
seen n heavy man fired several yards
into a douse crowd by the kick of a
camel, and picked up insensible" Tho
American niulo used to go to' school to
tho camel. Courier-Journal.
Tho moanost man on record sent
through a post-oilico presided over by a
woman, n postal-card on which was
written: "Dear Jack: Hero's tho do
tails of that scandal." Ami thon tho
rest was in Greek. Boston Post.
A Philadelphia editor bears tho
namo of Comet. Ho should havo no
difficulty in providing a talo for his
paper, but it is honed ho will not got
out of his orbit, and pitch into tho Sun
or tho World. Norristown Herald.
A lazy young man complained that
lie was overworked in his business, to
which tho father roplied: "J suspect,
Georgo, that overwork is not j'our
trouble, but that it is that you need
working over. Home Treasury."
Old Mrs. Skittloworth don't know
why peoplo will mako counterfeit
mpnoy. Sho says sho "tried to pass n
bad half dollar a dozen times tho othor
day, but nobody would havo it," and
sho thinks it a wasto of timo to mako
such stuff.
A Philadelphia man told a post
master from a rural village that his
post-oillco clerk was " no gentleman,"
and tho postmaster got as mad as a hor
net and camo vory near getting himself
arrested for assault and battery beforo
ho reflected that his olork was a lady.
"My broddors," said a waggish
colored man to a crowd, " in all mtlic
tion, in all ob your troubles dar is ono
placo you can nlwuys find sympathy."
"Whnr? Wlmr?" shouted soverul. "In
do dictionary," ho replied, rolling his
eyes skyward. N. Y. Independent.
A leading citizen of Dallas, ono of
tjiomost intelligent property ownors in
tho town, was reading a newspaper in
tho Texas Siftings olllco, whon ho camo
across tho paragraph; "Tho admission
of Dakota is a foregone conclusion at
Woshfngton," whereupon ho said: " I
can't keep up with, tho run of tho Wash
ington scandals, there aro so many of
them. What did Dakota admit?" Tex
Vt Sftings.
Both Useful ant
Is Ij. vory can to sav that tho docorn-
ttvo mania leads our women to wasto
timo and to dofneo crockery and other
objects. , Instead of thus ridiculing
thoso whom we should treat with tho
utmost tenderness, why do wo not tako
them by their respective hands figura
tively speaking, of course and lead
thorn into Holds where their passion for
decoration can bo exorcised in a way
that will bo of real benefit to tho rnco?
That this can bo dono lias boon prac
tically demonstrated by Mr. Simeon
Brewster, of West Mid'dleton, Mass.,
and his example deserves, to bo held up
to the imitation of his fellow-mou
throughout the country.
Miss Sophonisba Brewstor has for
somo timo dolighled in decorating tho
family china including tho proserve
iars and tho porcelain-lined preserve
kettle Mr. Brewster regarded his
daughter's labors with great disdain,
but, uullko most men, ho know that
rldiculo would bo of no use Whet hor
ho had in viow the train of consequences
which followed his suggestion that So
phonisba should decorate "our now
rooster," or whether ho merely men
tioned tho rooster because ho imagined
that his daughter would regard the bird
as beneath nor notice, is not positively
known, but in viow of tho fact that his
daughter boliovod tho proposal to bo
mado in perfectly good faitli, and pro
pared to carry it into execution, wo may
assume that ho made it with a full
knowledge of what would follow.
Mr. Brewster's poultry-yard at tho
time in question contained but two
fowls tho now rooster and a vonornblo
hen, and hence did not yield a largo
daily .crop of eggs. Miss llrowstor, lu
accordance with hor father's wishes,
caught the rooster, and binding him
firmly, so as to prevent him from strug
gling, decorated him with admirable
taste. Her first operation was to paint
him a rich dark bluo as a background.
Upon this sho spread designs in whilo
or in gold such as golden heads of
f;rain, golden grasshoppers, puro white
ilies and arabesques of mingled gold
and white. The appearance of that
fowl when completed would havo drawn
tears of admiration from tho most hard
ened naturalist. Ho was simply mag
nificent, and when ho had surveyed
himself in a mirror, thoughtfully pro
vided for tho purpose, ho expressed his
own appreciation of Miss Brewster's
work by a triumphant crow.
The bird when turned looso in tho
yard soon becamo tho subject of un
restrained admiration on tlio part of the
hens of tho vicinity, who came to tho f onco
and, peering through at him, remarkod
to ono another in a cackle too plain to
bo misunderstood: " Isn't he just too,
too, too, too, too utterly utterP" Notic
ing thoir admiring glances, tho decorated
fowl How over tlio fence and strolled
down tho street, followed by his en
thusisatio adorers. Ho returned at
dark in company with twenty-sovon
lions, all of whom had evidently sworn
to follow him to tlio end of tho world.
Tho hens occupied tho Brewstor wood
shed during tho night, and on tho next
morning laid two dozen eggs in various
available localities on the Brewstor
promises. ,
hi tho courso of tho day tho owners of
tho hens appeared and carried thorn
away, but boloro night tho decorated
roostor wont fourth and brought back u
now harem of thirty-four faeinated hens,
all of whom furnished tlio Brewstor
household with eggs on tho next mor
ning. Onco moro tho neighbors camo
for there missing hens, ami having dis
covered that tho decorated Brewster
fowl was irresistible in tho eyes of tho
females of his species, no less than live
leading citizens induced thoir daughters
to follow tho example of Miss
Brewstor and to provide thoir fond
parents with bluo and gold roosters.
Tho now rivals of the original deco
rated rooster wero sufficiently gorgeous
to retain tho allegiance of their harems,
nnd threo of them challenged him to
singlo combat, nnd whipped him so
thoroughly that tho discouraged bird
persistently remained at 'homo and
shunned all female society. Mr. Brew
ster, however, was not discouraged.
Ho sent to Boston for a game-cock of
demonstrated prowess, and on tho ar
rival of the fowl Miss Brewster deco
rated him in tho Pompoiian stylo, with
black wings and n red body, picked out
with geometrical figures in dead gold.
Thus decorated, ho was far moro beau
tiful than his predecessor, und Mr.
Brewstor, after keening him shut up for
a fow days, turned him looso, armed
with a pair of long steel spurs.
That night tho game-cock returned
homo, at tlio head of a procession of
three hundred and cloven liens. In fact,
as was afterward learned, thoro wero
not six hens left in tho whole township
who had not yielded to tho fascinations
of tho gallant Pompoiian stranger. '
Furthermore, ho had fought and killed
thirty roosters who had rashly ventured
to defend thoir marital rights, and
among tho dead wero tho fivo decorated
roosters, tho work of tho pious daugh
ters of West Middletown. Mr. Brewstor
now reaps an average of a hundred eggs
every morning, and though tho neigh
bors constantly como and tako away
thoir lions, tiio Pompoiian game-cock;
never fails to lure them away irom thoir
duty n fow hours later,
Tlius wo seo that woman's fondness
for decoration may, if properly directed,
bo mado a sourco of much projlt to in
telligent nnd upright men. jlV. Y.
Times.
Massachusetts has been having an
epidemic of big fires. In tho word! of
a nativo of tho Emerald Islo: "Tho in
habitants of that State are hardy, but
tho towns aro tinder."
Silver hair-pins aro used by gray
hifired ladies.
