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About Nebraska advertiser. (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1882)
? ii I ' . .1 u i ; o, w, FAinnnoTnEn co.Vrop'toetari. CALVK llI f: NHfS'K TllBY FjlSA 4 Ho never apoko of them, na of tho deni, In ii soft whtopurr! way, lint pliwiuitly would toll that Willi Or .Mnry wut " iiway." .ffnot 'ftWftjV' nhl oiio lh ill fnncy, Tfint'inwllWr' .ffiio it lininl I 18.(1U( t llf! cliTlilrW t bUt'lio tlfimSl Hint tilllM. Were at soino iiulnlibor'rt bowp. , .-.Ami so thcywofot tutillttloMtiOTyixliMarjr, Tliul clliiibml upon liU kiwi, . , ... Hml lontr sliiwt oiirncycU to, tho Heavenly Iml.l ,'...( . Jlpyond tho crystal pea. ' ' Anrt Willie, trio, tlirt merry.' briht yotW lul, ' ; Cninliifr M tfriut him with" i( cry ' V VI iriruuii wriuimiv, kU" ojiviii, j.uu,iiniuu, Jiurinuringnlugt tfool-byo, , And ullll thov nro. not tloffd. lust "mvn'v'' , Fnnii thoold iiiiui'aMKiit , , , i ! Out of lilit tf iKlor tare, lit Ood'spwn lovo, Within HI puliiou bright. ' ' ' 4; i . . ' 'I" ,Awny,for n,llttlo tlino till lie Hhoulil go., ' When hi iluy'n VrorkVni o(jr, , ' To Join thcut there, lit little Ixiy ntul girl, 'jo in) " uwio uu inoro. ' FAKMINti IN ITALV. - Farming in Italy Is carried on in a different manner from rttiy other pnrt of tlio globo J Iinvo 'over visited. The svs tutn may tmly bo callod'intrusivo. With . Might exceptions tlio country Is perfect ly flat, and intersected hi nlL directions by rivers and' their tributaries, fl'lio land' is divided up into Hmrtll plots of . irom otiL'-jiiut or.ono-quarlur jot, an aero ' to.in some rare instances us uiuoh as toil acres in a piece. ' Along tho roads ' which run through tho country, hud aro oxoooqingry well kept, turn all mnoadam izqd, are Awp, wide ditplcs, tilled with water .summer and winter. The fields ' nh) all dmded by ditches or small cuials, .i ..nndi on each bank' Of tlio canal iirp r(, I, planted trees, usually mulberry, About twpny-flvo feet apart. At,or penr tho '' foot' of each tree aro planted grnpe- vind.t, Vvhicli'nfo trained tnl tho' trunks of tlio trees without laterals or. shoots. ' About eight foot from the ground t)ioy II art) led oil on wires which run f rOiri treo j,ti t'Pi ami yn these wires tho vinos aro 1 fruiteil. Tho Whole cquntry looks as " ' though it were crowned' with gnrlihtds, and tho oll'cot is irtost beaiitlfiir." Tlio . vinos aro allowed to grow to a great ( age, ami, aro always fruited between the ' ' trees and near tlio until of tho vines. '' "Tho land W almost imlVdrsully filled by i, -tho-hand, the laborers working At brelik- (I Jng up tho land in gangs of from eight to twenty-five, koepingnlonglii jilatqoin. They use a long, narrow spatfe, which turns up tho soil to tho depth of, .twelve or fifleet inches. 1'lliornious quantities of rice aro grown in thty region, that J"' produced 'about Bologna being of "' tlilj- finest tniiillty, ' In tho euUuroof.rico '"-the rich, black' nmd is turned oyor in '" J March and Anl by tlliy siiAdo, and " 'hctlVily mandretl. The fields 'arj then i'' Hooded fr&m tho canals, an cmhAnk- mont being1 thrbwn uj around tho fields about two feet high. Tho field's aro divided into Binalt squares nboilt 150 feet in lungth by fifty or soventy- , five in width. Whom the laud lies , .. higher than tlio water in tlio canals, which often happons, tho wator is pumped into them by menus of" bucket pumps worked by a trcad-wheol. Ono man is usually enouirh to do this wml- unless tho wator has to bo lifted more I imiu iw.o or tnreo ieet, wnon two, or even three, men are placed on each j wheel. T,lo work is considered very exhausting. Tho water is lot into ono jilot after another through small optyj ings nuido in tho embankment, which nro closed when thoy aro full. Tho mud hi so tenacious that it holds the . wntcr almost' as well as puddled clay. 'Tho fields aro flooded with about eight jinches of wator, and then tlio rico is sown. Aftor it is well grown tho wator is gradually lot' on 'rintf shut off as tho Crop approaches maturity. As soon nq the crop is taken off, tho land is again broken up and other crops bowii. Tho fol'tilltV of tlio soil 1h an (rrnnt. tlin i.li. (matq so ftvyornblo, ami tho system, of irrigation so perfoot, that they aro'en oblcd to koop the Boi constantly under - contribution, the year round, and in niiny instances I am Assured that ' twelvo crops' pet year aro grown, tho phints iti these' cases being planted in ' rowd, and as they approach maturity the succeeding crop is planted bolwoon tho rows. t wMaizoi or Indian corn, forms also an i important; orop, and Is lArgoly used by ' tha peasantry for food. When ground i into meld it is catlod polmtio. Tho seed js vry liko our Now Knglaud corn, .with a vory hard pulp kernel, nntl Very yellow, tlio moalbeingoVeu-moro bright ly yellow than ours. Much wheat irf '. nlso. grqwn with pulse, vetches, colza, , from which a great quantity of very ,.ggod, oil, or burning is oxprosscd; llaK , and ai endless variety of garden vogeta bje UP grown. Much - fruit is also ruisqd. Thp finest cherries- in tlie world nro raised hero, with plums, apricots, poaches, figs, loquots, apjilos and ncc ( tarines, vlnlo of- small fruits thoro is it ,, profusion, thopghtlioir strawberries and 1. trappborries tlq not equal ours in lltwor, biit nro plenty ,antl very oheap. The tools used by the Jtidl.,1 ins -nro very unnico ours; tnpy tiro nil hand- llindn. nnd 'finnlilnq iim Inn spades I Iiavo spoken of, thoy use a clumsy klntl oi noo nnu trowoi. riows nro rarolv Used, arid sildh as tlinv linvn cnnslyf. nf 'nothing but a Btraight. beam with a ' pieco of Wood tipped with Iron for a 1 sliaro and mold-board. These scratch tho soft yielding soil to tho 'depth of about a foot, nnd nro only used for soino few crops, such ns whoiit nnd flax, otto. Thoy nlso uso harrows, not unliko our " old-fashioned ones, but mad,e smaller jtnd dragged by men or women. Of course the only means used in harvest ing. crops is hand labor. Tho sickle, now nlmost forgotten by us, is used both for wheat nntl gutting their grass and clover. &Tho Italian clover is qulto unlike) oura.9 It'growirunuch mororank lvjjind isftutjsovqral limes a yeAr. Tho lloWer is Jv.bomUliul rich crimson, nntl is nbom as.lBnifndMard as o'naVfinircr. Tlio" gaudy color gives the fields a bright and very effective appearance, a.4 though they had been bathed in blood. Tho clover is novcr fed .dry, but always cut os wanted for "use. It is brought into Jliq.towusnd villages on donkoy-back, . Tn buntlles weighing about fifteen pountls.vhich aro poIu for ffohi two to tlli'eo 'cents'. Dolikuys'nro'A grdat foAt uro In Italian life, being universally used. (rhcy6eldom arc used for draught, but cArry their loads in immonso pamcrs on their backs. Their strength bf on- tiurancc is nmazinj;. Jtisnotntaii an uueomufou sight to seo a donkoy not milch hfrger tlinu a veal CAlf, with two ouprmous paniers stuffed full and piled up with garden tnlck, 8o thl tlio little urine is nanny visioie, and tiiou A grc.it lout of a man perched in the middle, while his wife, with a heavy loall on her head, and often another in hot' arms. .trudges behind and whacks4thy.donkoyf' along." Tho cry they ue both to urgo, tho donkeys ami horses forwurtl is Also' poculinr a .prolonired Ahl Horses if?o not much used in the country, nnd in thtn. cities too jioor urines iinvo a nani tnno of it. Kindness to them is unknown.- and tlioy nro so poorly fed that tlieVl nro nothing' but skel6tbns. Tliby botfr drivo nnd boat them unmercifully! Oxen aro much used, however, for hauling heavy materials. They are of the Hwiss variety, a gniyish color, not largo, but very compact nnd excellent workers. Quito a variety of yokes and harness aro used, jis tho oxen nro driven both double nntl single. AVhcn ,they aro driven, single they ura put into 8lmftfl nnd Iinvo a clumsy but strong hnrness of undrcsscdvbull's hide. Tho yokes most in pso- nro A straight bar -of oak, About two by four or five inches lnrgo, nntl sometimes nro ftistenetl to tlio front of tho horns by labilities, and .often rest upon tho necks ns do ours. Instead of bows.lhoy simply nso ropes Tn all their hnrnoss of every description tho Itnllans Uso nothing by way of hold-backs or breeching, i tlopending entirely upon brakes," which are alllxetl to every cart, carnage and wagon. llio women work with tho men in the field, And do n full man's work, but tlo not receive a mail's imv by any menus. It sooniff fctrnngo to aw Amer ican tq.sco a bonutiful young girl with her skirts tucked up about horlcnees, nhdbarC-legged, Working in tlio rico fields with tlio moil, or wielding n lienvy hoc. Iftit such tilings tire tho- rule there, nnd not tho exception. Tho price for field, lnbor Jiet'o as' in tho Kiviera is pitifully low. an ordinary day's labor from daylight until dark, being ond' lira, or twenty cents, 'nntl about half that. for a woman. Some beef is raised anil a little pork, but tho bulk of their meat comes from thp higher, country. Fowls aro .raised iii great abundance nnd in small Hocks. Tho Cggs aro sold nlwuys by tho slnglo niece. The price vnrics much with tho locality, ranging from ono and A-lmlf cents to two nntl ovOn four or live cents.' Tho chickens, as sold in the markets, nro unustmlly small, but tender ami sweet. Thoy aro rarely sold whole, . -is. wo bell thorn, but are cut up, nntl differ-' cut parts bring different prices, the breasts without tho skiii or bono boipg tho dearest. Then comes tho dark moat, .then tho giblets, then tho-skin, the legs, claws and all tho nctik ml head, Die skin and bono for making .soup, and, lastly, the interior of the fowls stripped, but not one atom lost or thrown away. Tho combs aro cut from tliq head nnd spld as a garnishment for tlio breasts. An Italian market is a thing to bo remembered, Much pf the stull is sold rctldy cooked, and ono can buy fried fish, boiled balls of Spinach, All kinds, of vegetables nowly cooked, , cakes, broatl of various sorts, pooked meats, nntl, in fnct, ovorytlnng imngum- uio ior n dinner, encli at nmllerent stall. About dinner-timo the Amount of chnt toring, disputing, quarreling and scold ing is almost deafunimr. ami altoirothor amusing, whllo the smoils in tlio crowded tnarkot-plaeo and total disregard foiv order, neatness or common decency, is enough to, ruin tho most vigorous nppe tito. From an Address 6y Governor Smith, of Vermont. A (Hrl'8 ThoiiRldlcss Act. Mary Walsli, a girl of about sixteen, employed in tho Aramlngo cotton-mills' at Frankfort!, on going to work Wednes day nionpng, took with her jn a roticulo A small snake, with tho intention of ex hibiting it to hor companions ami mak ing sport over their demonstrations of Alarm. Tlio roptilo was thrust at sev eral of tho girls in tho weaving-rooms vith no result except to occasion a gen eral outcry and stampede. Ono of tlio loom girls, aged about fourteen, who was working near by, but who had not seen tlio snake, was s'o overcome with foar at tlio thought of its proximity that she foil over in convulsions, and had to bo taken to her homo. The unfortunate girl, whoso name could not bo learned, Is reported to bo subloct to onllnntin fit. and of tin exceedingly norvous temporal niunt. Tho rumor that sho is still in ai? unconscious condition yesterday morn ing proved to bo unfoundotU llor re covery from tho shock was qulto ns speedy ns from siipllnr attacks hereto-. loro, out sue was not nolo to rosiuno, work yesterday.- Philadelphia Press, -An agricultural writer Bays: Do( not throw iiway old scraps. .For pigs, and chlokons' threw old moat, vegeta bles, gravy, ri'nd nnd dlshwnter into u ipot ana givo it' to thorn hot." Netcs on Curiosity. Probably no feollng Iias been held up to irrcAtcr reprobation tlmn that of cun-1 osity. Enrly tradition is full of aIIu-1 sionstpit. Thofatoiof 'lUlpo Jioard's wife,1', nndftho thirdj Cwonder. in tho "ArabiAn-Nights,' whofhag, caSso to lAmenltliif(.eAnxijWhieirbo3t nun ins rip-in ere, nnr laminar to us from childhood. Peeping Tom's' ftito is another legendary warning, 'Paul Pry" is held up as an example to bo hMfmfifd. iAnMWt Jpylliplo'gy fe Its talcs tlf'Ctipdl and PsyChe, 61 Conha- l . Timamsy pm - ... - "Wf MMMMr'jlv . ka WWL- . i turbed tho crave of a hero to obiSin Ids sword, And wiimiftSltbKtlioTlIamcfs" t lint HurrotintMl jiWaoiliaftterdlbladd History ADdffoaHhffil ntttliiiciiWilo of WArniiigsjSgAlMHtQigifeAt dfiiiro to know "the whereforcof every wjiy." And yet tho world wonltUbo biully bir ifi no i.nnulsUiro-.cft-ftloJxi.stod in id Grenyn'gtjrtrsTflntlftliSMyorers nw till, lty)usdnic,ffiil) uriwity. The de sire tfjorl krijuvledgl y(iich Johnson Averred to bo coinmon.to every human'1 being " who Is iiOCtleprAVeil" I a form of jnqijisiyyoness.Vj Columbus was ,in tenclycuri6til regarding tho unknown kWtjFld whlhlu "believed lay across' tho unsxplgrqU oocan.J Curiosity has Sent out nUong'J HUocession of travelers into strange couutrios; from,Maa'oplo aha' MandovilWdowii tdtrlKo fliifes explorers. Curiosity ihn givcnitoi tho r' if fUl ' worldRCientlHo discoveries nitdmiluhblo inYenflbjrs.tiriosh'S-wWng Uio life tvniiui opojiOjsifijgfisliaeJcilcdlnte Ssting tloeumeiits and ancient records fromiob iiviun. ippiostiau inueii ior inousanusr of years, kettles had btib'blo'tftfor enntiVA ries.lbutltnfbnly Rvholftinquifiiig of WSrcesfer's and 'att's ob served them that the principle of gijivi tation yjKS. discovered pi-ltuotpower of stcSmmdgrt!ood.' Soirate!JPvrns not so mislaKen wIioLhe taulU Uto disciples t6 hsk questions, nggravAting as ,tlio lmbit must sometimes haVo bph to theirt follow-eltizOns.. 5 5 II.? . WllUbutSi certain nmbiihtfof r u. cunogity . i.i.... .....:. in... .'.' i. v tin represented. Many n similartnlo-miMifc I bo rolatedrof jnlier.geniuscs.-kiCuriosityJ ui iuib iiuauriiiiiiiiitiieuoines mi giuiuism asmV. No diiMultor difngerviiidojter ' the votary of art or science from at- temptiiiir to solve tho invstories f his calling. 'MaivB MphyfeicmnV-lias; fiko I Guyon,iof Marseilles. irlvchSiis :lift: l& ..!.. ..'.. RT!l-"jT. ..T .1.-1" IT r ' t .M.I.jrJ.. n i...... I... .... Hlll IIIIU UIIU rrtilli fin ilicirrlir inti t in dark secrets' of iiiau.iMj. .1! -V-T.. Nearly every spientiljcdvjcpv- exhoriment. Deadly climates known perils do not chcol3thofc,at?loii bf me loxnioror." vannervoiae.' thov cole- bratgd sea painter, sbcing in avcss.ci dur ing a raging' stdrnl, caused himself to, bo tied ton mast that ho might study, the patroness is said to have expressed hef- jsolf as rosignptl to death,, bcenuso ho would then learn -tlio answer ' to many questions Leibnitz could never reply to which is certainly pushing 'the lovo of inquiry toits extromest verge. London Olobc. f t , r A Painful Subject, i , I v'u ', Uf-Tl rV - Ul F,cPulatlon jno''l"!!...!! nilhet- closo.' "f onemies say ho is oo moan to die. PJd Jim.nlkup hijs tho reputation Not lonjr sinco nn .old colored ? man. Undo Nace, who had been in tho Walk uu.famjU; till Jdsi Ofct niul t who refused tb leavo his old muster after the war, died in this .citypln extreme poverty. When tlio coloro'd' delegation wont nrouutLtnking u collections tq plant Uncle iNrttHv thoy came to old .Mm Wtilkui). r That was the first intimation hq ,had'of tho, death of jthoohC family servant, nnd it nearly killed him. " Hq ho idea, tliiit. I i i ii, ... . ------ T,SS'Sr,r - ground, ri ...i i ..i ... r : ."" k- 'k01'1.- mZW?n sr "T" ; P. T, Barnum gives this anecdote in' uco lecture:" Last wintnr tu-n' a temperaii or f my ulephants began.- sfiuk'uig with hils one ' morning. flTlipj, k&S pol-s.rau. own to Iho village and got six "allons c dow of whisky, Hastily rUtlU'llillfr .llionrk gallons were giyen -to, each (HoplHint: l'ortiinn nlv f iiVA.Hfl,n.i rri'....in.. i the artiliqml rirjifljig fpbrlnMedJ Next morning wliffnthoTkod poclBHo to thorn ho found both olejihants shakin l,yT?iy boing, with iim an uwrls 'ino worse liUtoll tfRVfA tnarks of the fate of the woman who rsfelydlsT.N ' oariied. "' Av-ipy notning wotini'uver he iciunt. it was HJ&ifti,tn q'W&PVt:"' oy mo, the sight of a book of mathematical dia- I wish to toll you a story." grains tha gave pascal ils Mli'stleMro Then she evened tho needles of Jier to stuNy gcomCtrj-; the .stfangb lijriires knitting.and pushed Ahem into the ball I nu'Mll &.i.t .&..:..,:& ftt H!.? id?nfhrl??lt Jilt'. iiM fJ1.i,il l,n,Lir,.l.- came anxious to understand what tliov carefully in, a L:i.skulby her side. Edith i i i.. i vi v nils ucun (joiigm, in sogioipenotijuy Alif6, wornliwAyuyoverrStudy, oronpvo,, 1 il nutni ! nliriHtf.nl.il .il...n..V. S ! .1 ..C 1 -7 iiiii:utj .aauiiiictju iLiiruiirii :ii!i'mt'ni, nr and tin- I i eflects of sea and, sky, nnd kept'ojfelaim ing:lUMiu'velous sublime,' totally ob livious of his danirdr. L'eibnitz's rovsil u rw vi n tiiif irwi iityii 41.. ..a r - 'JS.irV f i'fiAfossmentComi : ,Vi!ihor cafeltt ivlth 1cWVW air 'f'Nofa ceutr'gi-pnited Old wiilkup: hitling his faco nnd shaking all over td. c?co.hi8oniojionji'lfl)wa!i to conl .wlnihrAlWavs RS haunted wlili" (V viiu iingiH nntl main ' JS'o, you don't 110 SllOUtcd. vim mil ..,ll ,..,....!. 4. ' - dny,' nnd t icy -stopped shaldii"-." slit.1 A IB M I i i -. m ... ..Mi.. .naj.- ff S'teSis ius.soeiatedwithtluanipstJaithfulotPourlJtate:'Oh! avq shall havqWolfe nice IUll can lomr bo uhiiu serv(int.s, ' rtiid hot learn to lovoH him. Iieiivywork. and with what unorrinr wisdom ho ovaded ,tho dangers of tho called on an-errand of mercy toitro vol over our rough country rolitlsffaUd 1 htvo always lmdlmy heart frow ,wirm townnl-mj' faithful lioo.tnsjljsinf how', bravely ho faced tho storm, -wfpa- "limy 11 COlll II v it. hnvn I linnn. ,JWC-WWh liOlUllvJ Youths' Department. A LITTL&0ENTLEMAN. t 1L-. L JK lis cap is old, but hlshalr is gold, And his faco Is elear as tho iky. i And'Hoevor.ho moots, on lanes or streets, , i, Ho looks hit straight In the eye. "With idfiMirlCsri prido;thtf ha nauifht to hidp, Thotluh ho'bdws llku a'littio Knixnt, Quito debonair, ton ifldy fair, With n emtio that Is swift as light Docs his mother callfNot kite, or ball Or tho nrottlest irnmo. can stay frills cutter Joctns un hastes to Kieet n AVhtiti.t'Ai ihn ttwiiina in nnv. 'And tho toachprs depend on the little friend Atscnooi in nis piace nt nine, 4UI IVIIU KV WV .UW ,1111.. m m m&.ississasmv(fn For a morning- kiss from inothor and Bis, Who isn't a Tlit or u'prir. ' Hut gentle and stronjr, and tho wholo day long All ready to too the line. As IMOI lriitl)iiiiiiLliloiina. In Im itmnir faru HABint present mo uoy iipcme r fi"r't',"r. "i .. . ?..-tr .": -;wr 2Voj)f. IJ'IAvUl gT fheri3fls)tiUl liko to .see any one stonne," said Edith II., ,nisijiig into her aunt's, room, nndtbang ing tho upor tfter her Stumping lieiv iooi, boo gave ner uraceieb n twist nnu ilntincRil intf) n. nhnlr. filwivimr it .lo-ninst A J.'JU3 aii'6"S A Pi? Wrynlr, qausmg,avgoner!ycJAtter. -jier. taiur- icoW:is ffotlnidfttljJtorted With iftiger, utrcr, nntl ns she lay back m the rich vnlvot chair, sho looked liko ono of tho Furies. -,M Jf 'Auht Edithr sho snapped out, "will you tease mother to let mo go to "I will think about It; but Edith, yuJJ toltt mo Now Yqar's day that you,. wore ; to'resfraln that temper of yours." going "JJ ly temper is no worse thnti' other peoplo's. 1 heard cousin Fred say the otlfer'-day that 'you UB"etftb.g6t pretty high, and do'asyouplfcasod before " Sho did not finish the sentence, for clieckcu her antrer. - ttt aunt's feet in no cnviiilile frame of inintl. Tlw "" "luj-niii nci muiu "cunv un uiu i Angry lcd before her,.antUwining her fingers i" tho86H,fiiti:ltr,'lho'lofd. her niec'o why she was a cripple: she wtis a cripple " When I was a cliilth.I was, likqy hoifdstrong and. disdbddint"'Mot ou, Mother was a good, weak,. yisy woman, and had rather for hno" have my own way than take the trouble to make mo obey tei"w YA "-h At9?ivIn.aij' who mime us all afnud7f him. I think my popr.tquiet tnOthcudivou' in mortal dread of his hasty temper and harsh words., i ttollly6tfi Slip would always snyu' Do n't father,? J br'Vb&SVM . father Know,' ami so i tiiought that as long as ho didn't know that I, disobeyed him it was all right; but I found to my sorrow jtvnstidl wng.iantM want yotcto re4 jiomhor, my,dear) that dispbdidhpo' will surely bring misery and disgrace. J "When I was, sixteen, Ben Fuller in vited motto Attend , n ball iC Concord. His uncle kept the hotel whore tlio par ty was to bo given, and as I was woll ncquAinted with his aunt and, cpijsins, I never dreamed I couldn't go. Ben was to have his father's horse and sleigh, and such fun as wo should have! "I ran all tho way homo from school to toll mother of it. She was willing I should go, but' said I must nsk my father, ns ho was, terribly angry bcenuso I went to n skating party tho other night without liis permission. So I WAited in a perfect fever for fAthCr to come home. I put his slippers before tho firo nnd rolled tho little tnblo eloso to his chair, with tlio evening paper and his glasses 'on it. I seldom took the trouble to do this, but now I want- 1-, . '-.. . .eihaii vor.lBO of course I inustoater to his wmts! ,IIow I hoped he would come honio-ii)lcasant! WjiehT'Iienrd. JIIU1 CI . . .... i j. r .'T7' . tliat Jftnf AKU1 fl-,...1, oil -nf ne Mother "said: I 'l)onil hsktliun'utitll.ho iliab hajl'his supper. ,It sceiffed as,if h6 nevCr nt'o'-so slowlvj'br1 dallled8o"'lonn' 'bvcwlijstea. At lafet hoiiuishQ'b and dropjioifjnto an ciusy;oJiairAdUni-tired, mMM do'ilg years I can soo distindtfy.f but! then vt!:Lrviinniv. I nr, nttinr n rnrqAi- nnir 410112 years j. can soo tiistinotty.iuuc t hen .""VLS'ffJ w y.Iventup tohimfitnd put mv hand om iiuio nuuuU'.iUUliiU" liiuiiirii .!.: rti.-.:i7i' i-.7Ti..i-ii. idTEffi 7yiii tr andHhon I',5iioifldjhavo iniii WAS ,to wnit till morninsr. Ho! opened his nw"rtwlv oicuii.r tiiivi" i.iiu(l it toyes witUrO, start that took lifra almost out of thoclmir. v J '-t 1 ' Oh!.' ho iAld.V4 is It ydu EdltiP I bolioyo-I Am getting nerv'oust 'Mid you want nnythiiigP p ' . V 'X08 tlvW'jty n.avo bud anjlnvita- 'conlribt weektPCanSfgo? Say yos, Jor I do'Wtmtto go.' '-"... tiopupgo, to .wiomiiiiarytpaii nc L-on 'Who-invitatLvoul' he mid:lnrtl-ino- ' :.'.... r ' id" ' - ' o .veryjHiorn. jr p wtftrl " Ben Fuller Asked mo. Ho Is to havq-his fathpr's, horso and slojgh, and Wen. liern is a. lnttur framfthltilniisiii limo! CnnlgoP' ,AI J u. LofTmo think,' s Aid he, AXdr. en miles trot ready, for you know I had a new wlnto dross nnd satin slipporst .gloves," rib bbns and everything I wanted for the Christmas party.' - VjNow stop,' ho-saidjirBhuttingf his sac down on tho hnssoolc At nor tin Asloigh this cold,, weAthorj, nnd you. "with a baucold And cough, now.' V'My cold will bo well by Tuestltiy,' aid'I, and I have nothing to got eyes. ' I do not think It prudent. So go to bed nnd Bay no more nbout it.' "I lcft.UuurpQin feollng tho sameia you did whehVou CAtne in horo btCng- h mg tne uooijreoHtiriousiy. jne next .UAV lyom uonj jwouiii go, out nuiior twiiinot to knoy.jSo we arranged for hiiiitotake mj?luandbox containing my ilmllp9iiit' the nighrbeforo and hide it in his room. Father halsaid In the morning that I could go over to my aunt's for a few days. I did not cai;o.inuch About going then, but now I wanted to go, for aunt would keep my secret, Sho -thought father was very strict with mo, nndbo lievid?lfililren shmildMAon good time, kill or eui j.' , So Monday nt,the,brcAk fast .tabid I,toldXutnor;uvasgo'uig over to seo my baby cousin, and asked him if I could stay all nhmt " ' Yes, three or fo i'es, three or four days if ydu like, ho 'replied "Aunt Sue Said it Was nil' right, that it was the grandest ball , pf tho season, .ami, she, wsied ho ,cpju go, .too "At two o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Ben drovd tip' to thb door. I was till ready-, so in livuiminutes we were oil'. Itlihtl b,deh'gj'6win' cbliler5ince morn irigfhhd novtittWAfOul,,or fi'o tlegrecs below Berpjhiu, wo w;ofOjyoung nntl did not mind the' cold. ' We chatted and laughed, nnd all went well "until wo wero fluUff-wav. there, anil a rnbbli jumped VcresytluY roAtl. Tlio horso isliiodj bv5ivwen HicMlelgltuiuLout wo tumuicd. xho qaniiuox rolled down tho hill, Ben's valise und, a biuulle or two 4 were fotlged in tho'briisli feheo nnd tho bull':q(r9hes .tmdfeUU' on tho cntst after the bandbox, len stuck to tho rain's InmKsobn') sloppotl liid horso, but wlieii thejthings w;ore gathoretlj nnd wo wore seated in the sloigli we were'nearly frozen Ben s'aid Avo7 would soon get Warm, and I remember ho told mo Ins hands nnd feet wore beginning to burn, and as if in ndretim I heard him say: " VW,tike.iipWvnke up! you must not aro to Sleep; yotrwill freeze if you do.' " lloshook me and told mo to stamp my fectr and nibmy'lihnifi,'antl I thought 1 did, 'nnd it seems to me that I was getting warm and I tried to ask him why ho whipped tha florae s.o, but ho laughed e'o lou'tl 'lW couldu'tr hear me, antUthqn I foamed wo ,:lioultetiPIcd over again, and when tho horse stopped at the hotel it seemed "as though wo were all smashed to pieces! For hours I had no sense of feeling and the next day when the doctor came hq saidjl had rheumatic fever, so they tent for my father. Oh! I was so afraid ho would not cotnel J HbAditl, lidwevfcr. and for gave mernltliougli 1 did not' deserve it. Ho romnined with mo all. the time for 'weeks.' Iw?is' vbry sick and 'suffered excruciating palps, that is why my hands nnd feet tire so crippled. I lenrned to lovo nntl Appreciate my dear fa ther. I then knew for the first time, that ho was worried nnd harassed wiHi business frbublcs, anil tlial'he could bo kind nndjgcntloaJ A woman, nnd had I obeyed him I should not bo an oldAirip plo to-dnv." t I "i i ' (l ?,lAuntie,"4saHllE(Uth, 'XliAVono desire to go to the pfiffy, and 'hereafter l win iry ami uo more genua, aim more obedient. Golden llulc. About a (ueer Man. ' Mnny iiundrcds of years ago lived a very strange mau whoso, uamo was Diogenes'. Ilis'libmo was iii-'tho city of Athens, f in Greece.' x'JDho pedpl'o of Athens are very polite, but this strange man took prido in being vory impolite, lie mado himself very disagreeable. Pooplo stared at hinv and laughed at him. This was' just'Svhfypp'leased Diogends. 'Mtiny people called him a freat man. This pleased him more yet. lo was so odd, and behaved so strange ly, that after a while a gootl many tried to imitate him ond to act, as strangely as ho did. This plpased him, porlmps, most of till. Sometimes Diogenes slept in the sand and sometimes on tha veran das of housed or in doorways. Some tinics ho used to take a tub around with h'uiiJ 'When night enmo Uo wouldjcuri himself lip lilTo a kiUen?htid' gbtS sleep in the ftub1? "Oho m-ltrht: sunnv day. 'when thowcity"wnsfull bf peoiile. ho tooli a ligliteailantern and, walked down tlio s'treot. v Ho looke'd' as if ho wero hunting for .something. 'i What tiro yon looking for with your lantern in this bright daylight?" tho peopled askod. "I am looking for an honest man," growled Diogenes. AtUiis time there lved a great war rioran'trFniperor who hjtdjnailo him self more fiunous'than any ono else in the world. Great Crowds followed him, uytiio'tri't a . So ho was called Alexander tho Great. One ilay Alexandor marched by where Diogones sat sunning himself in tho sand. Tho people were cheering as usual, and making a great noiso. But Diogones sat quito still, caring nothing nbquttlio, Emperor, When Aloxnnder pASsed by Diogones lio noticed this. Ho wondered why this poorly clothed mnn paid him no attention. TJumi ho turned to Diogones with a frOwn; and Said in n very haughty manner: "Do you know that I am, .Alexander?" Everybody thoughtjthnl jDiogonos woud turn pale and bo very 'much confused. But lio only loofcod up and answered with as muolj prido its. if wero 'an Emperor himself: " Do you know that I am DloL'enosP" Porhans wo ninv nil ml- .mironiis indopendencons muclnas Alex ander is shid to hnvo dbno. ' JDiogbnes always lived this queer sort of a life. Uo was an old,. 61d mad when ho1 died, Our Little Ones. . -Tlio Chinese merchants of San Fran cisco have organized a Merchants' Ex. change. Aiul throwjiip their flints, And cheored. 'If Wl naffio was? Alexander. Perhaps ho vas" KAllyUho"grcnf&tiriAn in the world. - ft !-, I 'U . t 1 .t I .82"- MOIHahZ .. -mm I'l'r'iV