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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1879)
- Iff , It 16 ilS 1 f?W I j A.-itrr maim. Oh I loosen the nl thst jou wrr, Janet, lit ros tangle hind In your nslr, mjr rM For the world to mi hst no lUtnlter tight Tbanynur tuownhilr behind your shoulders white, A 1 Ungled hinl In ymir litlr my pet. It W brown, with icnMnt Jtlo, Jsne-t, It wsi finer lhn hk of the IW, my pet; Tw bestitlful ml'l. fMI"'K down l. your wrtitt Twss.thtnjr.tobehriit'led.sn.l Jewelled sn.1 klvd; Tw the tortllest lilr In the woiM, my pet. My arm w the snn n( rlown, .IstiM, It w sinewy, bridled ind brown, my pet; llulwarmt) mxl mMf It lo?el to esrrM Your round white, nook, snd your wealth of lre, Your bestuif id plenty of bslr my pet. Your ryes hI swimming gift", ''"'t, Ihm sling the ilnr oil try, my pet '. Tbcy were gry with lhtctenrd tlne of desk, When the tnmt i-i iulrkrt to snip tha fly, An-llhey watched with) our golden hslr, my Your llpa-tml ! hare no word, Janel They were fiedi a the twitter of hints, my pet; When the. Hpilng litimtu snd the ree sir wt With dt'w drops In ncti lxnm art, Ami they uttrt yotir itoht brown lntr, my pel Oh I yim lr.lrd my llf In ymir hair, Jsnel I Tw a llken ii(1 clitrn niare, my pel t Hut artgenllelheboteWge, '" "' ,"1' "" plore The. right locintliiue li 'e ryrriimrr. With my nn.ers enmeshed In )uiir hair, my it. Thin errr 1 dream that km were, Junrt, With your lips, mi.) ymir cyrt, ml your hlr, my pel In the. ilatkrnrd anddrrolato yeara I moan, Ami my tear falllilttetly-ver ihe. atotm That cotei tmir gulden tislr. hit m1. IIAKYr.sn.NWntANIIHKUIF.S. Mvrmrm In Hr JrMt .tlnrHit nf 'lBCwNMlHt ilBMtiK:'... Dr. M. lUrlln I. ncorliiKly iIhIiImuI t!m I'mnlwrry Clly by iho nnwninptni of rtvnl tnwtM, unit ntitluklng tlmo Urn vlnitor It liniin-nM-il with tint thought thnl It In no iiiIkiio. tnor. All other lituilnnM ItitonottM tliim iKMinv imhHorvliiiit to tliN, for thn lntr vent In of no menu tmimrtiiui-n to n rlvnr town of !,(KK) Inlmlillniiti, thn Minimi Nhlpmi'iitft xninntlnHm nmchliifr thu tixtoiintlltiK lliri'H of :IA,()00 IiiinIi iU from thn liirpt umruli of Km'kotl llrolliur iiml thnt of Curry llrothnni, whom) iinltoil niitiunl (Uiiiiitllturtm nro not fnr from $ 100.000. Whnn thn iilokliijr lnln, In Onto bur, thu wholo I'ouulry niuinl turmt out ciitiuui'ti, forborry tlmn In n Kiit'o'nnlon of gnlmlnyp, mow, womii, mill olillilnm pouring townnU thu murxln In wliut I'tinm nn umlloM utrcnm of httmnnlly, nil vnvr lo ourn thu cxcullmil wnn" Mint nrii ill wi 'n mild, i'liu noUv thronir lii Inruly mmlo op of Hcnuifitmvliinft ami (lurinniiH bv whom portion of tho county nro thickly Niittlml, tho iuoii lo quniut unrmt'iiU of xobnr homi'Mpuu. high hooU ntnl nwkwnnlbliUK'n), ntnl muokltiu tho tthtipiltouit luio howled purcotnm plpo from tho Fntliorlnml, tho woincii with Hiy colorml nlutwln llud ovur tho hcml mul fulling on thn BliouhUim, Nhort ntlll divmioi nml wood i'ii flliom. (Milldri'ii of nil ngcn no cotuptuiy tlioiu, looking inirlon (Munich tln-xniHlln pti'iilNoly tho mtmo noiiiliro Rttlro nn thnlr pivnmti. which jjlvcn thorn tho npponmui'o of vorltnhlu l.lll mitlnit. Moot of thn pllrlnu townnl tho emnborry Mooon ;o on foot, hut nonio rhlo In heavy funu wnoii!), unu viu covurwl nml drnwit by hlcopy oxoti, with wIiomi minll pneo tho phloaumtiu furtncr ncntiiH piltn oontout. It U this wllllupuKft to innkn hnto nlowly but Rttroiy In tho t'tu'o for wtmllh thnt Iihh mmlo Hulmtntitlnl fivrmoni of thn.in In itttMrlnurt forolfrtuirn. Coining to Amor leu with n fow ilollnn. nml puruhniln RMiily fnrmH on which tho rualln Ynn kco hn Htnrvi'il, nml wliloh ho U m to anil for a muroxouKi tluuncmlurnutn lend n llfu of fiugullty nml olfdonlnl whloh bilngn thum n rownrd In ununlti); thu donurt to Moimoui m tho rono. It In it nnylng hutonlHiut thnt whnt thu Nor woitlnu inVmor cttnnot Mill ho foodM to hlii .UK)k, nml wlmt thoy will not out ho kIvu to hU fnmlly; of ootirno thin In nn oxngKorntlou, hut tho writer hm vlnltod lliu log honnv.1 of koiuu of Iho UM wulbto lo pooplo nud Iiim found tholr dint to iHtiitUi Inrgoly of blnok ryn brvnd nml thh'kviud our milk, nil tho rout of tho funu tiroduoo going to ninrkot. ThU frognl miwlu of living oiui to hnvutlx. ilouhlooftoot of bono llttlng tho fnmlly hrnlth nml of grndu lilly filling thu domostlo oxohispior. Thiiwomou work In tho Hold with tho inon nml nro modoU of physical ro buitnoKK, mivor roiiulrlng n tihynlclnn. A dontlxt hnn nuvor yot ooon known to oiH'rnto npon tho molr.i or hlcuiptd Of lllPMM pOOUO, WII04U loom would ox clt tho envy of iv pnniport'd ohlld of fortuno. lloro nnd thoro nmong tho proiioo tlvo plckor.i nro n Imivj of Ainorlonn girls who U'ino homo of comfort nud iilonty to "rough It" on tho tnnmho.i for n week or two. HnmU ot Wlnno biuro ludiiiUH occmdonnlty Hln pivst, gnlly nttltvd In bright colored govorn tuont blnukct. tho Inxy wnrrlor or bucks mounted on poulo, tho xpinwa tnulglng nloug tho nnmly roadu carry tho linpodluu'ntn," vlthtlopnppiH(o3 trapped into n framo-work ami borno upon tho buck with tho other burdens. Tueso IndlnniH nro tho children nnd gmndchlldri'n of tho chlufa who (ought unuer inu inmomi itmcumwK in wunt U now tho Stnto of Vicoii)ln, nearly hi.lt century ngo. For ninny yunrn thoy hnvo huntod unmolcatcd, but woro rcoontly removed to tho ludlnn Torri tory, under military escort, by orders of tho irovorniucnt, but thoy were tin happy, and refuted to bo comforted ns wards of the untion, so thoy mndo their way -several hundred strong back to tho happy hunting grounds of Wtsenu. sin, a dfstanco of 1,000 miles; thoy nro th same hariuless, strolling bands that theyhnve boon for many years, but thoy ' have learned something of tho rights of settlors and havo pre-empted certain Midlands, which thoy affect to occupy, d thusbccoiMo entitled to thu priv llftes of cltir.eus, nnd enjoy Immunity frotigoverntuent Interference. It ras only a rollo or two from Ber lin to tho cranberry marsh of Hsckott Hrothers, tho pp-ildlnggrnlus of whom fortuur Is thn Hon. IIiiIh .Sncki'tt, thn Ixirrlo grow on n miuli which l s Met nmr l(ldlng ns ui prwliidn tho driving nl tenuis nctoM rxoept on a corduroy mad hnlf n mlln long landing to thn building" In thn centre; the drlvo h an) thing but pl:nsniit, n thn wngon gHs Jostlttig oter thn logs, nud thn nnusewny Usdiinrrow thnt tenuis cnu not pn, tnnklng It uccossury for thn driver to keep n shnrp lMikout over lU entlrn length, to ' thnl In.' hn thn right of wny .Springing nenxs mm of thndllchnM ornlther sldo otio enn pick tlin nerhl berries from thu dillcnto bushes which grow not morn tlmn n foot In height thn prlimlpnl building Is Iho wnruhoiisn wheru tho berrl nrn Rtorml nml nf termini barrelled for mm knt. It Is n substnutlnl frnme strmitiire. recently btilll, Is I IH by tl feet nnd font slorles high Troiii thu upper windows can lnt had it compre hensive view of Iho innrrh nnd ll busy force of pickers, thn eyo rests upon 1W) norcs of mnrsh, not more tlmn u iuur terof whloh Is under eiiltivnlloti, our whoso uren In thu busy tlmn nro sent tored no less Unto three thousand pick ers. A movnblo wooden rnlliotwl track runs from thu wnrohoiiso to thu center of opcrntlous, nnd n our Is londed with thn lioses of berries, encli petson idek lug Into n psu which Is then emptied Into his box of n bushel enimcll). Tim plck crs rccelvo n ticket lor every bushel londed on the cnr. nud on reporllug to thu superintendent il thu cIimo of tho dny, rccelvo credit for the whole 'I lm in fee pnlil Is 7o cents n bushel, nnd the average dnj's woik Is not morn tlmn V or 11 bushels, nud n few experts hnvu been known lo pick seven bushels Inn single ilny. The picking being often hurried on account of threnteued up pronch of frost, n second nicking Is sometimes necessnry, for which uhoul n dollar n bushel Is pitld. Tho our on being londed with thu Illicit boxes Is drawn by n team of horses to tho wnro hoiiso, where thu berries nro hoisted on nn elevator to tho upper stories, nml disposed of In such manner as to secure thn befit veutllntlon. Tho doors nro coveted with tier upon tier of boxes of berries, there being sometimes 70, (MX) bushels under thu roof nt one time. On tho ground lloorlnrgu fanning mills urn In motion, Into which thn berries nru running from hoppers In tho upper stories, and all leaves nml other tmiiii rltlc nro blown out, nfler which limy nro put In barrels nud hauled to Merlin, nnd from there shipped to tho Milwau kee mid Chicago markets, A cooper ing establishment on thu property innii ufitclurcrt thu tunny thousand barrels which nro annually reipilred. Tlmipiestlou naturally arises, How do these several thousand pickers sub sist during thu season, for no boarding establishment of sulllelent capacity would be possible? Thu nnswi r Is thnl thu liloiirlclor has erected barracks of frame buildings for which there Is no rental, tho pickers bonrdlug themselves; each hoiisebelng furnished with a kitch en stove, nml thn rooms fitted up with bunks. Thu greatest I llarltv prevnlls during picking time, the ulgiits being given up to Innocent revelry nud mirth on tho pnrt of the voung men nml maidens, white In tlm neighboring woods Urn Wlunelmgoes dance round their damn tiros nud make night hide oils with tun druukeuorgles with which crnnheiry time Is Invariably associ ated. tinckett's marsh Is titled by nature for Its present use, nml Its advantages of loentloucould not have been Imiirov oil upon by the experienced crnnnerry eulturlst. It Is necessary to Hood tlm entire surface during the winter, nud this Is rendered easy by the fnet that thu mnrsh Is a basin lying In n wooded table html, with an Outlet nt tho lower end, across which has been constructed n dam '-J'.'o yards long and four and one half feet high, with double llood-gates for regulating thu height of tlm over How. As soon ns tho crop Is gathered tho gates are dropped nnd the mnrsh gradually becomes submerged by thu autumn 'rains, thu molting snows ami thu drainage from thu higher ground until ll tiecome.i , lake, this otten freeres ton considerable thickness, fur nishing a skating rink that puts to blush the contracted allalrs of that name found In cities, tu this manner thu soil receives its only cultlvntlnn, nml tho tender plants are protected from the rigors of a Wisconsin winter. It is not uncommon for tho marsh to bo Hooded eight or nine months In the year, tho water not being drawn oil" until Juno. Of nil frult-raUlug, cranberry culture Is the most uncertain; not more than one season In live or six escaping tho early frost, against wh.ch there is no protection, and of whose nppronoh there Is no warning, while tho vines nro always subject lo the attacks of tho cmniierrv worm, which sometimes tie stroys the entire crop. The yield of 1871 was thu largest over known, nud was successfully harvested, but It hns been followed by total failures or only partial crops, Humlrc.dot thou sands of dollars hnvo been Invested in thu business, which Is attended with the gnutest rlk, hut oilers tho posslbll lly of a largo fortuno. Princess lulseand Her Habits. "Havo 1 seen tho princess f" writes a correspondent In tho Hamilton tyre oiler, "Yes, and no. I hnvo seen her in tho street: but when walking, she is always heavily oiled. I will tell you something of iter hnblts, but you must understand that In doing thls'l tell you only what is generally kuown in Ot tawa. One of her chief uharacturistlcs is lovo of exercise. She may be seen in tho dully gray mornings, of which wo have s man)' since her arrival, at as early an hour as 8:30. vicorouslv walking In tho romantic neighborhood of Htilcnu Hall, She comes to town nearly every day not in a carriage, but in good stout Kngllsh walking-boots, in which she tramps through tho mud and slush with a bold, tlrm step which nuts to shame tho mincing ladles who, if thoy vonturoout nt all In bad weather, pick their way as tenderly as ll they were walking on eggs. I met her last Sunday, at about 4 o'clock, near tho Cbaudtorc. Sho wns walking with His Kxcollency and Lady Sophia MacNa uiara. Tho Princess was drcssod In black, over whloh hn worn a long gray ulsteri her head was wrappwi in a white cloud, nnd sho carried n small cano she always appears In thn streets with a rnnn I know Indies who would think Ihemselres ib graded by wenrlng ImnW wnlklng-bM)U boot tit to keep out tlm wet, nnd with whWi tntiddv, Ifllt 1111 -i;v, HUM .-III, rrti,- it iiiii.v, i slushy roads might Iwi traversed with Impunity nun tieiignis in inern, ami i ami in return i win -" Is apparently rw much nt home nnd as I 1 had reached this xlul the other happy, while doing her six tulle walk evening when there caumn ring nt tho on any ImllUcrrtit road, ns she would In I door-bell, nud nfler a minute I dlscov her drawing-room, and I fiiiiimso more ' rred Ihnl Mr Old Fogy had decided on so Tim parly h.id walked from Itldean ' to the llisiininrc, nun wuen iney rescu ed Dm (Sovcrnuwnt House, on their re turn, they would hnvo covered nt least live miles of n rough road. This was a Kundiiy nfteruoou constitutional This hnbll of walking eipoies tlm Princess to much Inconvenience, for there nru nlwuys III. bred oeople who stnte nt nnd eteii follow Iter in thu streets, She seems fond of shopping, ami has already llted a uumlxr of lending dry good housui. Hut she does not coiitlne herself lo the llrst-elnss houses. A few ilays ago shu was seen suddenly to slop before a small tin shop. Hlmssw something In tlm window-which attracted her attention, nud after oh sen lug It for n moment, walked Into llitiver) humble place Now, whnt do you support struck her fancy? A smiill tin ten pot! A little common thing, with a capacity of about one utip, nml woith V.'i cents. She bought It, nml, I inn told, put It In Imr pocket, hut this I doubt. Now, this shows tlm utter ab sence of that fato pride which makes so tunny of our women onects ot mil ciilo. Plain, simple, iiuosteiitntlous, nir.bloniid courteous, Her Itoynl High ness has already won the nllcctlons of nil who have come within her liitluence; anil there can be no doubt thnl her ex ntnple will be of Incalculable value to this young country, nud will go far In checking tlm growth of thu pernicious modes of life established among our American cousins, which have already done much to make our women unwo- mntily.nuil our girls Idle and proud nnd snobbish. )l the young women of ('an ada watch the life of this daughter of roy alty; let them Imitate her Industry, her simplicity, her pure, healthy useful life, ns well mental ns physical; tut them re collcet thnl no life Is hnppy which Is Idle; thnt thu highest nud purest enjoy ment In this world Is tho consciousness thnl wo nro constantly employed In do lug good nnd being useful, nud '.he most wretched of nil lives is that of tlm woman of fashion, or of tlm girl who spends her lime in the whirl of social excitement. Naming the llnhy. "What shall we name the baby?" Is an Important question this year, for the crop, like the wheat, wns ueer better. ll li rather soon to undertake to grade them as "No I, No. V, oi rejected," nud your head nud reputation nro both safer to pronounce to the entire lot No. I; but the question as to names must be settled nt once. One would think that nothing wns caster than naming the baby, for the world has been full of mimes for six thousand years; yet It Is it subject thnt elicits the gravest ills cusslou tu tlm family, nnd reaches out to the "advisory hoard" of the neigh borhood, ami often ends In open ills satisfaction, or acompromlse, by which the poor child goes through life curry ing a cognomen crushing through to break the constitution and make tho life of the bearer miserable. A long name Is always a disadvantage. For a boy who enters tlm marts of trade a double name Is often a safeguard, nml especially so when tlm middle letter Is one seldom used In proper names. Tlm leading name should be short nud easily spoken, nud the fnel Is too apparent to every one that If such is not tlm case a nickname is sure io follow. Tho case of a tlrl Is entirely dlllerent. No girl should bo burdened with a double name, no mutter how many aunts or grandmothers nro to bo honored by no doing. A girl should have a single name, nud that, should be pronouncea ble nud muslonl. Mohltiinlo or .lorn slin nnd like mimes may be good and substantial enough, but a young lady sooner or later revolts, l'.very young lady, ns a matter of course, expects lo marry, and should not lose her family name by so doing, hut simply add thnt of her 'husband. She should get her double name by this Important net of her life nud not boforo.-('A.Vujo In'.er- tJlYUfJ. Murphy's (ueer Patch. Nf w York Sun. Francis Murphy secured his llrst hea then nt his Cooper I'nlon meeting Inst evening. At the clo'O if the speaking after llrother Murphy had shouted, "the congregation will como up nml sign the idedgol"- nud while men and lnys were putting signatures to the cards nnd navlng their buttonholes adorned with blue rlbtHUis.Col.Colwell, of Klmlrn, caught a struggling speci men of humanity by the nape of the iicoK and hauled mm over tt latilo on to the platform, While tho queer catch was dangling over the space between Dm table and the platform, thu Colonel veiled with great enthusiasm, "Hem he Is a heathen Chinese." Somebody suggested that the subject was a.lapa uese, whcrcujHin tho euthuslnstio Colo nel shouted, "Well, :t heathen Japanese it's all in thu family." And while thu gentleman spoken of In such famil iar terms was putting his signature to one of iho pasttdMtaru pledges, the Col onel continued to shout thnt this glori ous movement was gathering them from tho uttermost ends of tho earth. When tho reclaimed follower ot Con fucius nud late disciple of Hacohus was permitted to again rest his feet on tho level of tho nail, ho held in his hand a crumpled card, to which ho clung with tho pertinacity that characterises his race, and on Oils card was tho signa ture, "Japanoso Tommy." Uo'.urn equity and Justice for evil dono to you, and pay gwHlne.ssbygood mvis. Iloth houses of tho Nebraska Legis lature were tvrmsncntly orulied, Jtnuuy 7th. C 11. XUUiewKio, of Msilbon county, wss elected 8pcVtr ot the Uoum-, nut tt. I). Slsuctittr, at Lanr.Mrr county, Chief Clerk. In the Senate, Shetwixvl llurr wm rhoca tVe retsry, sn.t 0. 11. IHbco:k, AwUUnt freer, rctsry. F.DLCATIO.I. A MaloffMr This I Topic. "Now, children, you have told nio how many members wn hnvo in the legislature, who presides over each bdy, how laws are made, and how irr-lf. 111!- in n w, c IlliVI.', nil., II.J-- often a United Htntes senator isolected, another nttnek, lie umnrit to give um tits this time He brought along two or three teneh-TS with him, nnd they at onto wnlk-d Into my school room. I did nt lirsl hnve a sign of "Stnte Prison ' ttvtir thu door, so ns to make It seem like, n regular school house to tho pu pils, but, as they insisted iiou regard ing ll ns a novelty, I reunited tlm sign. "Well, you have Utii teaching, I see?" ofosirved Mr Old Fogy "Yes, six of llme children belong In the Dotghliorhood, nnd don't attend any regular sehool." "Wo don't exactly agree on thu ohool question, on know''' ald Mr. Old Fogy. " ou did rather stump mo thu other night, but I'd like ion to nsk some of tluHf-lesehersHfewouestlons," "Very well, Mr. Illnnk, how many bushels of wheal will make n bxrrel of Hour r' "Why, that Isn't, nregulnr question," he replied ns he lonkcdiirotind "Isn't It? Your arithmetic says that sixty pounds of wheat make a bushel, nud bei-aiHe ll does not say how in any bu-hels make u barrel of llour the fanner who Is llgurlnjr o his tear's supply must lie left in ignorance. Hero Is I'linrllu -only iilnuy ears old -he may answer." "Now Mr. Illnnk, can you name thu more prominent stars ?" "I enn sir." "I thought so, hut can you tell me how ninny upokes there are In tho front wheel of a buggy can any of you ?" "I protest Pr cried Mr. Old Fogy, but they didn't answer for all that. "Well, Mr. Illnnk, cnu you translate l.atln?" "I enn sir." "No doubt of It; but can you tell mu how to preserve elder?" "There you go again!" cried Mr. Old Fogy, bul none of Incut could tell. "Are you familiar with cube-root, Mr. Illnnk?" "I am." "Hut can you tell mu the salary of our (lovernor?" Noun of them could. "Try some of tlm ladles," suggested Mr. Old Fogy, after a fow more ques tions, "All right. Miss Illnnk. are you good in nlgebra?" "I think so." "And can you tell me how many vnrds of cotton to buy for a pair of pillow slips?" "Why. no." "Do you know what will take stnlns out of a table-cloth or grease spots out of a earputr "No, sir." "Can you mix a mustard plaster, tell urn a ready family antidote for poison, suggest a family remedy for a cold or sore throat, tell mo how many yards in a bunch of dress braid, the number ot ymdsof ticking to make a bedtlck, .i way to remove paint from windows, or how to make gruul for tlm sick?" "No. sir." What tiro yon driving at?" Indlg nanllv demanded Mr. Old Fogy. "I'll let my class go and tell you. Let mo llrsl remark that I haven't ask ed n question which these children hero can't answer. This little girl will prob ably answer everything I have asked Miss lllank, and yet she Is not ten years old. A month ugo I told her that alum ami brown sugar mixed together would relievo croup. A week ago, nt dead of nighl. rou sod from sleep by her parents and tlm walls ot her sick brother, she prepared the remedy while her fnther was after the doctor and her mother was excited nnd helpless, nud lu hnlf nn hour the croup wns gone. You nsk mo whnt 1 tun driving nt' Women nro called helpless, and we do not look to seo them hnvo presence of mind. Why are thoy so? Simply because they tuny know nlgebra by heart, nnd et not know whnt is an antidote for almost every poison. They learn astronomy, and yet don't know what is good for a burn, or hw to stop the nose bleed. They know all about holany, nnd yet cannot tell what to do for it person who lias fainted it wny, "Hut I'm not n housekeeper," pro tested Miss lllank. "No; well, every woman looks for ward to marriage; thoy were born to. Kvery female expects "to marry rich, but not one lu live hundred can .so mar ry ns to throw tlm entire reponsimuiy ot her house on hired help. Six out of ten may have a .servant, but, unless the inlstres's knows how things should go, what can Ikj expected of the girl? As tho lady sits In the parlor nml reallres thnt she can draw, plavthe piano, road French, tho help, lelt to experiment and having no Interest, breaks, smash es, ud throws away, ami thu fnmlly tiro soon looking for a chenper house. Miss Hlank hero may marry and never lift a hand, but it she knew every duty, if sho know remedies nnd recipes wouldn't she have more solf-rellanco and bo better prepared for tho respon sibilities. "Can you natno any married ladv In Detroit who makes use of algebra? tan you name one who is ever inconven ienced for the want of a knowledge of giHiinetry? Do you know of one who wouldn't trade 6lT all her Iatln for a euro for corns? Mr. Old Fogy said that ho thought It looked as if wo would soon havo a snow storm. Then take tho other side. Wo do not teach our Iniys to Ihj observing, ami then wo turn aroumi and call them heedless. Wo pass tho thitigs of ev eryday life to let them grasp at tho the tvtlcal; thov thus lHeonie helpless; they can name the planets, but they cannot tell tho suo ot a nrtck; tnoy can name every ancient philosopher, but can't put up tho stove-plpo; they can tlguro in cube root, but they can't tell all wool cloth from halt cotton. Wo let them attend school for years, nro proud to tind that they know so much, and then discover that they can't tell why hick ory wood will burn longer than pine, and wo bear somebody say of them; Ho has a fine education, but no bono sense.'" Mr. Old Fogy mentioned that It was getting very late. "Now, then, some of yoj tell me of a business man who has made hi money through a classical tducatlon Tell mo one lawyer who wins by flowery seech es and I'll name you a dozen who win . .. . . ... . .,. i .... .li. oy arguments which cti-ii oij-i iu -. gesi. ,umn n mercunn. woo i- random, as we educate children, and I will name the dny of his failure. Name one who enn tdl jou how to stw out a boot-Jack, build tin leo-box. putty in a pane of glass, mix pal til. or hang a gnto, nud I'll show you that he is do ing a safe buslm-sn dictated b) observ ation and common sense l.at year a geutlemnn with a tine collegiate edu cation opened n grocery store on a certain street in this city, asking no advice as to location and making no observation on the movements of the public. He had got nleel) opened when a bootblack called in one day and bluntly said. . "(limine n cent's worth of peanuts I "Peanuts ' Hoy, I don't keep a pea nut stand !" was the iiuligunntreply. "You won't keep even a peanut stand here two months from now P chuckled the lad. as he lounged out. , In live weeks there wns a failure, nnd the grocer was 'l.tsOO wvsh out of pock el In Mtcn week s tltu The observ ing ho knew that sUinl was too far down town becnuso he had watched the movements of the people who bought at retnll. Thu grn-er had been nt Yale college, nnd he didn't deem It necessary to know tt lump poit from n salt barrel In order to establish a trade. Tlm other day tt lady, who can sponk severul languages, and who graduated with high honors nt Vussnr. wanted soiiiii mince pies made and put away for New Year's. Neither of her ser vant girls knew how to make them, nnd so the lady went out nmong her neigh bors. Shu tried to remember whnt they told her, but her pies were mndo wltliout sugar or salt, ami with only one crust. When told why "they tasted like bnsswood chips" suo burst into tears and sobbed out; "They educated mo to be nti Idiot In stead of a woman I" Decrease lu the llellef In Wltrlirrnft. A doctrine, tho denial of which two centuries ago In Nuw P.nglnnd would have been considered proof positive of lutldel tendencies, nud n long stride to ward atheism; a doctrine which thu most reverend divines Identilled with a standing or fulling Hlbte; which was commended to favor by the nlmn-t con current voices of the learned of pre ceding Christian ages, which bishops and councils had stamped with a sol emu approval; on the ground of which death nnd been lntllcted on thousands upon thousands of men and women, es pecially from the thirteenth century on wards tills doctrine has no disap peared. It Is alien to our consciences. It is no longer Included In the stock of religious beliefs. The tlrst skepticism respecting It was resented nnd deplored by good men, ns an evidence of the de generacy "of tlm present age"- that bad "present ago" which good men In uvery generation have pronounced to lie worse than any other before It. The tlrst signs of the obsolescunce ot this ancient belief woro observed with dis may by sincerely pious men, who ralli ed for the defense of the faith, and grasped tho ark more tenaciously the morn they saw tl In danger. They liurl ed their proof-texts "Thou shall not sutler a witch to live;" they spurned tho novel Interpretation which made a witch to lie n mere higgler; they shout-' oil "Sadduceo;" they scattered their snrcasms on the elVrontcry ot the new lights who fancied themselves on a lof tier pinnacle than tlm generations be fore them. All wns lu vain; the obso lescent belief soon became obsolete; tho eighteenth century smiled nt the credu lity of tlm seventeenth; nnd the nine teenth century docs the sniiui. Witch craft, along with faith in it, has van ished: tho (levlls who helped their hit man allies to pinch ami prick sleeping children, sometimes to poison cattle and upset milk palls, havo taken their llighl. Salem Is quiet from the incur sions out ot Tartarus; it is actually, as well as nominally, a city, Gradually, nnd yet rapidly, men came to disbe lieve "what they had before believed. Kmnnclpated from the old tenet, they begun to deride It as a weak supersti tion. Spasmodic clTorts to save the de caying doctrine proved uele Kven tho poicnt voice of Wesley fell ou list less cars. Sumlity Afltnioori for Jim wiry. How Kalaitiaxoo Was Named. Hon. .lames Miller writes as follows to the editor of the Kalatnaoo (Mich.) Ttletimihi "KalaninwHi is a nnme particularly unique, peculiar nud no ticeable, and tlm people of the town bearing it may well regard It as a calico ot f, llcitatloti that so early In their history they lost tho name of llron-on ami found this for a substitute, nor will I quarrel with tho logic which asserts the rose to imell ns sweet If bearing some other nnme, but will assort that Kalamazoo would lose something of Its popular aroma If Its original name continued to adhere to It. Tho fact that thn word Kalamazoo is found In tho fancy phrase of tho boys of the period, in the names ot monitors nnd Thames steamer, and, in a word, is among tho popular wonts of all people who talk Kngllsh, settles the question that It is a good name, and also that a name is a good thing betttr than riches, 1 think somebody ald. You are a little fast, however," Mr. Editor, In assuming that Kalamaxoo was also far-famed before tho white m.xn had over seen tho ilver that bore that liquid name.' You ought to know that the aborigines, however fond thoy may bo ot liquid,1 bad nono in their lan guage, and that in tho fixing up of Kal amazoo tho nasal letter was extracted thorufrom and tho liquid 'P inserted. Tho Indian name ot your river was Ko-Kanaruazoo.' The Indian never was ablti to pronounce tho sound of the letter !,' as, when a boy, I often caused him to attempt to do, but without suc cess. It U a matter which I much re gret that tho names given to our Mich- Igaii localities to so great au extent have passed by the word which might ap propriately have bn taken from the rernacular of the Indians for them, and while the placrs like Muskegon, Newaygo, Mnnlster. Mackinaw, Pes toxky, and the like, afford pletlng ex atopies nf the correct principle of no menclature In this rognrd; others are miserably affected in ihnt some early bumpkin proprietor of a platted quar ter section or a river fraction ha bs'cn able to past his Interesting (to hlmelf) patronymic mlowo the ages; or else, equally unfortunate for its future In habitant some wldi-awake founder of a city j)ut has sought to hasten Its growth by giving It omo adjective significance b duliblnglKirand Haven or (fraud Kaplds, whejlmth towns tvoro only made osiblo by being on the hanks of tho beautiful river known by thu rod men as OuislUfniong." OLD St.' (OOL IMSITPL1NK. Iltitr tlo IhmlNIi II"". I--.1 w Iff lMMlllft. There were two curious hit of dis cipline at thnt school: one, that when ever a boy committed a grnve offense evert" boy of tho ch ol wns made a party to ft; and a penitential letter was written home by every boy precisely lu thu same terms Here Is an Instance: One night, ns we followed the ushurs, two and two dow n a passage from tho school room to our bod room, William snld to mo. (Jcorge, I linto thnt usher fellow." "So do I." I snid. "I shall spit on his back," said he. "Pleaso don't," said I, "wu shall Imth bo strapped." Strapping wm administered with :t ileco of carrlnge trnco with buckle- Miles lu It, through which the nlr rush ed as It defended on the hand. "1 shall spit ou his back," hu said, nnd, ns I expected, tlm usher having, I suppose, henrd whispering, turned round, nud he wns caught in the net, Thu next morning, nfter due person al treatment of tho leading culprit by n process more painful than strapping, we were nil drawn up In single liloui tlm school room, nml every boy, older and younger, hnd to write from dicta tion, and then to copy from his slate, on n piece of letter paper, the letter following. (Icttcrs then cost eight (H'tico each): Mr Dkau Pauknts Wn havo com mitted tt great sin. For William 1 Jetti son spat on tho usher's back when wu went to bed. I remain your affection ate sou, AKTIIL'lt Siiiht." There wore four Shirt brothers in the school Arthur, Lionel. Frederick nml Augustus Shiru I draw a veil over the feelings nud expressions of the Shirt parents upon opening tho four letters, price two shillings and eight pence. Tho liko thing happened ngal a while I was there, upon thu occasion of buy ing apple tarts from an old woman over thu piny ground wall. In this case thu sin win of a more general character, but, its in thu other case, wns made universal: "Mr Dkak PaukntsWo havo com mitted A grent sin. For we have bought apple tarts without tho leave ot tho master, when wo have plenty to cat, ami that of the best quality. I re main," etc. Tho other point of discipline was, that every boy who had not conducted himself well during thu week hnd no mutton pie on Saturday. Now. this gave the mutton tile a moral elevation lu Its own nature It did not deserve, be ing composed of whnt was left on tho plates the preceding days of tho week. William hnd been at school at Kshcr, ...1,1. ....h ..l.l..M l....il..... -....-... .! Kdward, be torn Sunliury. There, ono" Sunday in.nrning, having lost his hat, ho was made to walk to school in a straw coal-scuttle bonnet of one of the daughters of tho house. Thu ways of discipline aru various. A Chapter on Sllnirs. New Vork Orrtile Tho pain unused by tho sting of a plant or Insect is tho Jesuit ef a certain amount of acid poison Injected in tho blood. The tlrst thing to be done Is to press the IiiIh of a small key tlrtuly on tlm wound, moving thu key from side to sidu to facilitate the expulsion of thu sting and its accompanying poison. Thn sting. If left in thu wound, should bo carefully extracted, otherwise it will greatly increase thu local irritation. The jMiison of stings being acid, com mon sense .kjIiiLs to the nlknlios us tho proper means of cure. Among tho most easily procured remedies may bo inentloncif soft soap, liquor of ammonia, (spirits of hartshorn), smelling salts, washing-soda, quicklime made Into a paste with water, lime-water, the Julco of tin onion, tobacco juice, chewed tobacco, bruised dock leaves, tomato juice, wood ashes, tobacco ash and carbonate of soda. If the sting bo severe, rest and coolness should lm lidd ed to thu other remedies, moru especi ally In the care of nervous subjects. Nothing Is so apt to make thu poison nctlve hh heat, and nothing favors Its activity less than cold. Let tho body bo kepi cool and at rest, and the activ ity ot thu poison will be reduced to a minimum. Any active exertion where by tho circulation Is quickened will In crease both pain and swelling. If thu swelling bo severe, the part may bo rubbed with sweet oil or a drop or two of laudanum. Slings In Iho eye, ear, mouth or throat sometime- "lead to serious consequences; In such cases medical advice should always bo sought for as soon as possible. The PhyslcUB. Tho Ilfo of a physician Is a Ilfo of contradiction. Ho Is misrepresented, abused, and derided, yet ho is sought for wllh avidity, and freely received Into the bosoms of families. His opin ions can blanch the cheek, or suffuse tho eye with tears of joy; and his lips are as closely watched as if from them proceeded the assurance of life and death. Ho lives by the woes of o'Jiers; and while he would starve If confined to tho profession If constant health were tho attribute nf our race, ho is en dcavoring to banUh sickness from among men While success in his avocation would ruin him forever, ho Is always warring against his own In terests. Ho severe to yourself and Indulgent to others; you thus avoid all resentment. 1 rJ 'J k i 1 '. -fr wjife f a
