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THE BED CLOUD CHIEF.
m . M. L. TR0IAR, raUUkcr.
RED CLOUD, - - NEBRASKA
THE WIFE'S CHRISTMAS.
An, now can yon
Kncak so croai. Charlie?
It isn't kind or rlirlit:
lUorriL'iit:
You wouldn't lmve talked a year ago
am you nave uonc lo-nignu
Yon wonder to cc roc sit and cry,
I.ike a bain vexed, you uv.
When you dfdn't know-1 wanted a gift,
Nor thluk about the day 1
But I'm not like a baby, Charlie,
Crylntc for Komctliin;; fine:
Only a lovlni; wninnn jmliiiui
Could wlied jiuch tear as mint'.
For even Chrl-tmas time till now
And lhct in why I Brieve
It wiuj joti that wanted to give, Charlie,
Bloru than I to rccei e
And I would not have cared to-night, Cliarllo,
How poor the pur, or wiiim, ,
Had wu onlv brought jnc wmctnln-f to uow
That you thought of me at all.
The merest trifle of any kind,
That I could keep or w"ir.
Aflimsvhitof lace for my cck,
Or a ribbon for my hair.
A nrcttvMorrof lovers true.
V Book of pleasant r liyiiiP, .
A lower or u lIly bninch, to inurh.
The WeUcd Cliritma- time.
jStit to bcforROllcn, Charlie I
Tl that Hint Iirlnpi the tear;
And iut to thlukthatl have been
your wife but a single year.
Phale Cars.
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A WOMA' OX THE STAND.
Mls 3Ia-ruesia'M
Kvlilence
Court.
in n Cane nt
An important case of assault and batr
tcry, Shank vs. James, was up for com
mittal trial before Mr. Lytic, the Ding
bury Justice of the J'cace. Miss Artmc
sia Pipes, the principal witness, indeed
the only one of any importance in the
case, was preparing to give her evi
dence, which preparations consisted in
a playful sporting with her bc-rihboncd
turkey-tail fan and the wreathing of co
quettish smiles on her crow-footed and
thickly floured face.
" 'Twas 'bout watermillions an' tur-kcj-s,"
she airily began, pleased with
the interest her entrance had created
and elevated by the important role she
w:is about to act. " Wat
ntermillions an1
tiirk "
14 One moment, if you please," inter
rupted Mr. Lytle, who although he dis
regarded many of the usual formalities
himself and took many short cuts to
justice when occasion suited, as, for in
btance, if it -was about dinner time
never lost an opportunity of impressing
his hearers with the majesty of the law.
" One moment, Miss Pipes ; until you
have been duly sworn as a witness your
yords fall upon this Honorable Court
like ocean spray dashing against rocks."
" Uh, 1 forgot! lou see I ain't used
to swearin. Get yer book, Jedgc, if
you've got airy one."
The "Jedgc" held his spectacles on
"with one hand, while with the other he
rummaged in an old boot that stood un
der the table, and pulled out the needed
volume. The oath was administered
with much ceremony, and Miss Pipes
was asked if she could give the particu
lars of the disturbance between Mr.
Shanks and Maj. James.
"You're mighty right, I kin!"
" Do you know the cause of the quar
rel?" "You better bet I do!"
" You will please omit slung, Miss
Pipes; your vocabulary seems to be
chuck full of it, and no slang is permit
ted before this Honorable Court. What
was the cause of the unpleasantness?"
Water millions an' turkeys. You
' sec, his' year, when the caterpillars was
catin1 up ev'body's cotton, Mr. Shanks
he slips roun' cv'ry day unbeknownist
to Maj. Jeems, an' drives the Maje's
turkeys to his cotton patch to ketch the
caterpillars. An' one dayMa'e he lines
it out, an' he ups he does an' "
The relatiou of last year's proceed
ings will bo dispensed with for the pres
ent," said Mr. Lytle sternly. " Confine
" your remarks to the events of last week,
Miss Pipes, and state the immediate
cause ot the difficulty."
On being thus checked in her eloquent
flight, Miss Pipes's plumage her ian
fell. She stiffened up, snapped her eyes
spitefully, and shot out the one word
' liquor." Then her lips were closed as
firm as if spring-locked and the key
lost. But, after a good deal of persua
sion and adroit questioning, Mis Pipes
continued her testimony. " You see it
was the Saturday before the second Sun
day in December, an' mc an' Jake, which
is my brother Solymun's youngest, an'
a pearty boy he is, considcrin' he is
a boy "
" Miss Pipes, you will please omit all
reference to your relatives, and inform
this honorable body who began the
fight."
"Well, that was just what I was
- comin' to. You see it was the Satur
day before the second Sunday in De
cember, an mc an' Jake which is
any brother Solymun's youngest
an! a pearty boy he is, considerin' he is
a boy. Jake Pipes is was goin' over
to Miss Jeemses' to help her with her
sewin,' seein' as how she was bchind
han' with it from havin' a run-round on
her thimble finger. I mean 1 was goin'
to sevr, not Jake, he bein' only a boy,
but a pearty one, considerin' he is a boy
he was only goin' 'long with mo fur
comp'ny like, becus I had ter walk be
cus old Peter had hooks in his eyes an'
couldn't be rid."
Mis3 Pipes here paused in her recital
to catch her breath and toy girlishly
with the curl that was securely tied with
a shoe-string to her back hair and dan
gled gracefully over her shoulder. Ad
vantage was taken of this silence, and
the question was asked : " What kind of
weapon-was used?"
"Pine knots."
" And who struck the first blow?"
"Now, look here ; pap tole me you'd
all be cross-qucstionin' me, an' to look
out and not get ketched." s
" Do you know who struck the first
blow?"
"You're mighty right I do! 'Twas
Shanks! 'Twas "Saturday before .the
second Sunday, an' me an' Jake, which
is my brother Solymun's youngest, an' a
Seart lad he is, considenn' he is a boy,
ake Pipes is was goin' ova to Miss
Jeemesesto help her with her sewin
seein' as how she wus behine-han' with
it, from havin' a run-roun' on her thim
ble finger. 1 mean I wus goin' to sew,
not Jake, he bein' only a boy, put a
peart one he is, considenn' he is a boy;
an' he wus only goin' 'long; for comp'ny
like, becus I had ter walk becus old
Peter had hooks in his eyes an' couldn't
bo rid: An' Jake, 'stid o' keepin' in
the path, kep' dodgin' in an' oat the
bushes, till the fast thing I knowed
- Jake he called me. 0h, Aunt
.. JiMagaesia!' sez he. My right name
-"-Iic ArlomMn-i. hnr. -In
' is Artemesia, but Jake always calls me
' Aunt Magnesia,1 becus I'm so lair like.
- "What? ' sez 1. I've ketched a possum
-an' you orter see how -he suHs,1 sez
Jake. Bring him out, Jake,' sez I.
Jake brung him out an' axed me if I
didn't want to buy him, butlsed no.
You see I like possum, but possum
don't like me. So Jake said he'd take
the possum an' sell him in Dingyburg;
an' 'thout waitin' to hear any ruthers
whether I wanted.to let him go or no,
off he scoots down the wire road like
: greased lightning' an' leaves ine aggin'
- on behine, an' "
' ii'Thin atKnwfc bodv before which yon
are now assembled is not interested in
the scooting' of Jacob .Pipes, ma'am,
and I am compelled to request that you
" will coafine yourself to facts pertaining
to th'ewe of Shank vs. James," said
Ttfr .r.Tfle. with ft -judicial frown above
his;sp6ctaclesj thoe iormidable green j
goggle that arc never taken frora their
hiding-place in theold boot except when
Mr. Lytle is performing his dty as
Judge.
"Did you gay that Major Jaraea struck
Mr. Shanks with a pine-knot?' asked a
quavering-voiced, trcblc-toncd young
lawyer, on his "nrstfect" as a disciple
of Blackstone. He had volunteered as
counsel for the plaintiff " by way of
practice," ho said to himself.
Mi Mni7nmR" scrutinized him
carefully, as if taking his mental mcas-l
ure, and, alter Keeping " ' w't'Y",
some time, said curtly, " D V.lXv
The young man blusheu, um Hu-y
recovered mipclf and asked the
cap
the top of her feather fan, begun
over
again:
You sec, sir, I haven't come to the
hhtin' part yet, but I'm mosc to it If
rem won't stop me. rap tola me to
ook out an' not be ketched, an' not to
nnswer anv more miextinnx than .
" Time presses, Miss Pipes. The ad
vice of your paternal relative wn good,
but irrelevant to the subject now in
hand. At the present rate of procedure
this case will occupy a week of our val
uable time. Please be mere Concise in
your ravnes," m-d the "Jcdge," with
starched vylce and manner.
"won't L'et through till
kingdom
want
mc to commence backwards in
'bout the fight, and nut the cart
tellin'
1cfore the boss. Water millions an'
turkeys was the fu;t trouble. You see
when the caterpillars was jus' goin' it
in Mr. Shank's cotton patch he slips
'roun' every day and turns Maje's tur
keys in to ketch 'em unbeknowinst."
" But that was lat year, wasn't it?"
" You better bet it was, an' one day
when the turkeys hopped over the cross
fence into the second cut, where the wa
ter millions "
" The occurrences of last year do not
concern u now. Please consider the
watermelons and caterpillars devoured,
and confine your remarks to events of the
present year. At what hour did the dis
turbance begin?"
" At egzackly 9 o'clock. You see me
an' Jake was on our way "
" When you reached the scene of ac
tion whom did you first see?"
"The -scene of action?' You mean
the turnip patch, where the fight was?"
"Yes."
" Well, when I got near there, thinks
I to myself, somebody's fussin' mighti
ly. It's them liowmau boys either get
tin' up 'nuther row or wris'lin for fun.
You know how boys will do. An' jus'
then Jake he comes runnin' back with
the possum in his arms, all out of
breath. -Aunt Magnesia,' sez he (my
right name's Artemesia, but he calls me
Aunt Magnesia' becus I'm so fair
like)." Here Miss Pipes paused, turned
her head to one side coquettishly and
smiled sweetly at the pink-faced young
lawyer. As she had arrived near the
scene of the disturbance in her testi
mony, she w:is allowed to proceed
without interruption, the " august
body before which she had assem
bled " thinkiu' it best to let her have her
own way. Hut, to their chagrin, she
again began at the very beginning. The
embryo IMackstone was about to inter
rupt her, buban old fellow by his side
whispered : " You might as well let her
tell it her own way, Webster. You
don't know women folks like I do.
When they start to say any thingthey'H
say it
her."
or uic,
'specially old guis like
Therefore the " undeveloped "
tried to possess his soul in patience while
Miss Pipes proceeded : "As I said onct
before, 'twas Saturday before the sec
and Sunday, an' mc an' Jake, which is
my brother Solymon's youngest an' a
peart boy he is, cansiderin' he w a boy,
Jake Pipes is was goin' over to Miss
Jeemses to help her with her sewin', her
bein' behin' ban' with it from bavin' a
run-roun' on her thimble-finger; I
mean I was goin' to sew, Jiot Jake, he
bein' only a boy, but a peart one he is,
considerin' he is a boy; an' he was only
goin' 'long for company like becus I
Tiad ter walk, becus old Peter had hooks
in his eyes an' couldn't be rid. An'
Jake, 'stid o' keepin' in the path, kep'
dodgin' in an' out the bushes, till the
fust thing I knowed Jake he called me :
Oh, Aunt Magaesia!' sez he. My
right name's Artemesia, but Jake al
ways calls me Aunt Magnesia,' becus
I'm so fair like What?' sez I. 4 I've
ketched a possum, an' 3-011 orter come
here an' see how he lays on this here
log an' sulls,' sez he. Bring him
out, Jake, I don't keerto see him sull,'
sez I. So Jake brung him
out from the bushes an' axed
me if I didn't want to 0U3- him, but I
said no. You sec, I can't eat possum.
I like possum, but possum don't like mc.
So Jake said he'd take the possum an'
sell him in Dingyburg, an' tliout waitin'
to hear my ruthers whether I wanted to
go or no, on no scoots uown tne wire
road like greased lightnin'an' leaves mo
aggin' on bchine. And when I got near
Maj. Jeemcs' turnip patch, thinks I to
myseit somebody's fussin' mighty; it's
them Bowman boys either gettin
up a
row or wraslin' for fun like.
An' jus'
then Jake he comes a-runnin1 back with
the possum in his arms, all out of
breath. 4 Aunt Magnesia,' sez he. My
right name's Artemesia, but Jake he al
ways calls me Aunt Magnesia, becus
I'm so fair like. What?' sez I. You
orter run on and see 'em. They're just
agoin' it!' So I hurries on. an' such a
whoopin' an' a hollerin' I -never did
hear! Sounded like a 'nazherie turned
loose! An' when I come to a turn in
the road, jus' th'othcr sido of where
that big chinkypin tree had fell, I seen
vim tu;uiu lit
" Saw who again' what?"
At this double question of Mr. Lytle's
every body in the room learned forward
and listened eagerly. The disturbance
had created much excitement in Dingy
burg, and occasioned many miner dis
putes between the friends of the two
contending parties. Even Mr. Lytle be
came so intensely interested that he laid
aside the green goggles and his judicial
sternness.
"Saw who agoin what?" was re
peated nervously.
"Why, them Bowman boysa-wras-lin"
said Miss Magnesia, artlessly and
airily, as she caressingly twisted her
curl that had become unfurled. She was
blissfully unconscious that her last words
had been an electric shock to the " au
gust body." But the undeveloped Black
stone soon " came to" sufficiently to ask
some question regarding his client and
Maj. James.
" Oh, I didn't see them! They'd done
fit that fight of them, and gone home
Inm nirnl U 11
'fore I got there."
" Then, how are you prepared to state
that Shank struck the first blow?"
"Well, becus the Major told Miss
Jeems an' Miss Jeems told me. That's
how it come."
The "Jedge" resumed his goggles
and his dignity, and dismissed the case.
Pleasant Siderhood, in Detroit Free
Press.
m
It swells the manly bosom to hear
Mrs. Love well say: "The men hive
such large, noble hearts ! I can not but
admire them!" But when she turns to
Mr. L., a slab-sided, watery-eyed speci
men of fourth-rate genus homo, and
adds: "And you, darling Alfred, arc
the noblest, thelargestrheartedof men,"
the manly bosom somehow shrivels up
uko a last years Dean pod.
It is now the fashion abroad for each
lady to jhoose some one perfume, such
as the jasmin, rose, or violet, and for
saking all others, keep that only with
her, perfuming also her linen and her
laces. V
tion a"7iin: tins lime wim av.. .- -.
vki nnii iitifiviiiL - j ---..
Gome if you don't all quit stopping me
even minute," replied Miss Magnesia
testilv. "'Pears to mc like you all
nn a rtMie essir.
of North SWcMs,
match gainst M troeacr, aad In a mo-Sentw-fvdoped
fa l". InallU
Se more ta MiM- lh? clothing
k- I..4 tnon him was reduced to ashes.
r4 he u dreadfully burned. His
clothe eem to have become satuamUjd
witlt chemicato while folloiving his em
ployment. AK CTnert in annmu mni ; n P. i
a poodle, the monfer bclHtf placed
Xh a table the !!. Is introduced, and
r Wite among them will knock off
the table all the bad pieces with his paw.
After acquiring great fame it was found
the whole thing was a trick. His mas
ter took care to handle only the bogus
coins, and the poodle's decUiotts were
arrived at by faculty of scent.
Ik Ilcrlin, last month, a horse ran
away with a cart in which there was a
little girl. A boy of 13 seeing the situa
tion, rolled a barrel into the midst of the
road, which half stopped the horse, who
was about to dodge the obstacle, when
the'boy 'seized the bit and contrived,
with great agility, to swing himself up
and clasp his legs around the animal's
neck, which very soon came to a stop.
Then the brave little fellow slipped
away unknown and unnoticed.
Mu. Van Dutkv is a bachelor, resid
ing at San Jose, Cal., with whom his
married sitter left her baby for a few
hours. He had hard work amusing the
child, and at length hit upon the expe
dient of tying it to one end of a long
pole and holding it up to a tree, where
it could suck the plums as thev hung on
the branches. The infant died from
swallowing the stones and its inventive
uncle is being prosecuted for malicious
mlichicf.
The rapidity with which the bison is
disappearing from the Western plains
may be inferred from the following sta
tistics, collected at Fort Macleod, near
the head waters of the South Saskatcth
cwan (Ion. 114 W., lat. :;0.), in
British North America, and Fort Walsh,
some four degrees further cast, bo-h
places being important centers for the
collection of buffalo robes: The money
value of each robe to the Indian hunter
may be estimated at $2. In 1877 some
30,000 robes were gathered at Fort
Macleod, and a larger number at Fort
Walsh. In 1878 the number was 12,797
at the former, and 1G.897 at the latter
place; while this year only i,7G4 have
come in to Fort Macleod and 8,277 to
Fort Walsh.
The corps of skaters, a force peculiar
to the Norwegian army, has been lately
reorganized, and consists now of five
companies, each of 110 men, which in
time of war can be reinforced by calling
in 270 skaters belonging to the land
wehr. The men of this corps are armed
with rilles, and can be maneuvered upon
ice or over the snow-fields of the moun
tains with a rapidity equal to that of the
best trained cavalry. Tlie skates they
use arc admirably adapted for traveling
over rough and" broken ice or frozen
snow, being six inches broad and be
tween nine and ten inches long. In
ascending steep slopes the men take a
zig-zag course ; tacking up the mountain
side its a ship does against a head wind.
As an instance of the speed at which
they can go, it is mentioned that last
winter a messenger dispatched from
Rocrass at '1 o'clock in the morning ar
rived at Drontheim at 9:30 in the even
ing of the same day," having consequently
accomplished 120 miles in eighteen anil
one-half hours.
Is most countries it is usual to invite
to public dinners nersons distinguished
by their virtue, their genius, or their
wealth. But at a supper lately given in
London a diploma in crime was neces
sary to secure admission. This supper
was given by .the Mission Chapel in St
Giles's, where there is an attempt on
foot to reclaim convicts. One of the
employees of the establishment repairs
every morning to the Coldbalh Fields
Prison, and invites the discharged pris
oners to breakfast and conversation. At
the recent yearly supper some 2C0 crim
inals sat down to an excellent repast.
The invitations issued numbered only
174, but long before the doors of the
salon were opened a large crowd of
hungry, uninvited guests had assembled,
and they managed to squeeze their way
in. Then a weeding process ensued,
and fortunate indeed was the happy
man who had committed a burglary, tis
none but bona "fide convicts could be
served.
Some of Sir Boyle's Bulls.
The most notorious bull-perpetrator
was Sir Boyle Roche, who was elected
member for Traleo in 1775. He had a
regular blundering reputation. He was
known upon one occasion, after with
ering exposure or patriotic denunciation
of Government, to say, with solemn
gravity: "Mr. Speaker, it is the duty
of every true lover of his country to give
his last guinea to save the remainder of
his fortunes!" Ur, if the subject of de
bate was some national calamity, he
would deliver himself thus: " Sir, single
misfortunes never come alone, and the
greatest of all national calamities is gen
erally followed by one much greater."
Sir Boj-le Roche belonged to the ancient
family of Dc La Russe of Fcrmoy ; he
was created a Baronet in 1782, and was
married to the eldest daughter of Sir
James Caldwell, but had no heir. He
used to account for his lack of progeny
by saying " that it was hereditary in his
family to have no children." A letter,
supposed to have "been written by Sir
Boyle Roche during the Irish rebellion
of 98, gives an amusing collection of
his various plunders. Perhaps he never
Kut quite so man' on paper at a time;
ut his peculiar turn for "bulls ' is here
shown at one view. The letter was first
printed in the Kerry Magazine, now out
of print:
Dear Sir: Having now a little peace
and quiet I sit down to inform you of
the bustle and confusion we are in from
the blood-thirsty rebels, many of whom
are now, thank God, killed and dis
persed. We are in a pretty mess; can
get nothing to eat, and no wine to drink
except whisky. When we sit down to
dinner we are obliged to keep both
hands armed. While I write this letter
I have my sword in one hand and my
pistol in the other. I concluded from
the beginning that this would be the
end; and I am right, for it is not all
over yet. At present there are such
goings-on that every thing is at a stand
still. I should have answered your let
ter a fortnight ago; but I only "received
it this morning indeed, hardly a mail
arrives safe without being robbed. Xo
longer ago than yesterday, the mail
coach from Dublin was robbed near this
town; the bags had been very judiciously
left behind, for fear of accidents, and,
by great good lock, there was nobody
in the coach except two outside passen
gers, who had nothing for the thieves to
take. "Last Thursday an alarm was
given that a cane of rebels in full re
treat from Drogheda were advancing
under the French standard ; but they had
no colors norany drams except bagpipes.
Immediately every man in the place,
including women and children, ran out
to meet them. We. soon found our force
a great deal too little, and were far too
near to think of retreating. Death was
in every face; .ami to it we went. By
the time half our party were killed we
began to be all alive. Fortunately the
rebels, had no guns except pistols, cut
lasses, and pikes ; and we had plenty of
muskets and ammunition. We put them
all to the sword ;jKotasoul,Qf them es
caped, exoefspme that ;weredrowned
in an adjoining bog. In fact, In a short
time .nothing was heard but silence.
Their uniforms were all- different
chiefly green. After the action was over
we went to rummage their camp. All
wo found was a few pikes withoat bcAt.
a parcel of emply bottles filled with wa
ter, and a bundle of blank French coro
mUsionj filial up with Irish name.
1 nwh are now stationed round, which
exactly squares with my idea of securi
ty. Adieu: I have only Ume to add
that I anvyourn in haste. B. It.
P. S. If you do not receive this, of
course it has miscarried; therefore 1
bog you write and let the know. Chant'
Urfl JouftinI
m
The Celrala Shepherd.
Our shepherd must purchase his sheep
ami nere come tn a goou many noncst
uiiicrcncr 01 opinion as 10 uie Kina
,.-- . .- - ...
iiiicrcnces 01 opinion as 10 me Kina
Y.:.I. stll v?.A ffl... tu vn.fll 41., '
"111 unt wii .uuiuun, uafvviiiix
tn breed a better qualitv of lambs, and
then dispose of the originrd purchase.
Others afreet the CiUifornift stock, which,
of bite years, lias come into favor in
some quarters. The weight of opinion,
however, would undoubtedly incline our
enterprising young ranehero to buy
sheep on the spot in good condition, and,
what h very important, thoroughly ac-
climated. Ills "bucks" (sav alout
three to each hundred ewes will gen-
craiiy be .Mennos. in the autumn, we
hay safelv stored away; and after due
care and inquir, he has secured an ex
perienced and competent herder better,
an American. At daylight all hands
are called to breakfast," and soon after
the bleating lloek arc moving over the
range, and the herder, with his canteen
slung over his shoulder, and probably a ' :
t !?.. If. I I t..,l l?l
oook in ni pocKCL, lias wiitsucii wj nis
shepherd dog and started after them.
During the whole day they graze on the
short grass, going once to water; and
afternoon sens them brought back near
to the corrals, in which, later on, they
are again confined for the night. Day j
after day. week after week, month after
month, pass in monotonous round ; and
then the cold weather comes, and the
herder puts on a thicker coat, and reads
less, and walks about rapidly, and
stamps his feet for warmth. And then
some day, when he h far away from the
ranch, there comci ou that dreaded
enemy of sheep raising a prairie snow
storm". With but little warning the
clouds have gathered, and the snow is
falling in thick and heavy Hakes. Tho
sheep hurriedry huddle together,
and no power can make them
move. The herder may have had time
to get them into a gulch, or under a
bank; failing in this, there is nothing
for it but to stay with them, sometimes
a day and a night, and trust to getting
them home when the storm is over.
Not far from Colorado Springs is a
gulch called the Big Corral, in which
more than one thousand sheep were lost
a year or two ago, having followed each
other up to ihe brink, and fallen over
into the deep snow. Nor did the Mexi
can herder ever return to tell the tale,
for he shared their fate. It is with the
snow-storm, indeed, that the dark side
of the Colorado shepherd's life is asso
ciated, and the great temped of the
spring of 1878 left a sorrowful record
behind it. It must be mentioned that
sheds arc an innovation, that some
ranches have none even now, and that
before they were built the sheep were
exposed, even in the corrals, to the fury
of the elements. J'cr contra, it should
be said that no such storm as that of
March, 1878, has been known since there
were any sheep in this part of the coun
try. On this occasion thousands of sheep
perished. The snow was eleven feet
deep in the corrals, and sheep were dug
out alive after being buried for two and
even three weeks! Their vitality seems
very great, and many perish, not from the
pressure of the snow, but from suffoca
tion caused by others fallingor crowding
upon them, it is asserted thatthevsome-
tiines, while still buried, work their way
down to the grass, and feed thereon.
But our shepherd has taken care to have
plenty of sheds, and he knows, too, that
by the doctrine of chances he need not
count on such a storm more than once
in ten years, and he faces the winter
with a stout heart. Whenever it Is pos
sible to send the" sheep out, the herder
takes them, despitu the weather; but
when that is impossible or indiscreet,
they are fed at home.
In May comes " lambing," and the
extra hands are busily occupied in tak
ing care of the young lambs. With"
their mothers, they arc separated from
the rest of the flock, first in small
"bunches," then in larger ones; and in
October they are weaned. In June
comes shearing an easy and simple
operation; and, if need be, "dipping,"
or immersing the stock in great troughs
containing a solution of tobacco or lime,
cures the "scab," and completes the
year's programme. Our shepherd sells
Iiis wool, counts the increase of his flock
after weaning, and if, as is to be hoped,
he is a good book-keeper, he sits down
and makes up his accounts for the year.
It is hard to picture a greater contrast
than that which exists between the sheep
and the cattle business, the freedom and
excitement of the latter bearing about
the same relation to the humdrum rou
tine of the former as does tne appear
ance of the great herd of often noble
looking animals widely scattered over
the plains, and roaming sometimes for
months by themselves, to that of the
timid flock bleating in the corral, and
frightened at the waving of a piece of
white paper. And then to think of the
difference between the life of the " cow
puncher" (as ho calls himself) riding
his spirited horse in the company of his
fellows, and that of the herder, on foot
and in solitude, is enough to make us
wonder how men can bo found for the
one, while there is the slightest chance
of securing the other. Harper's.
Taking the Chances.
At ten o'clock yesterday morning a
rag-tag boy with a very short coat on
stood and' looked through a gate on
Lewis Street at another rag-tag boy
about his own age, who sat on the door
step and tried to look very meek and
humble.
"Tryin'to be awful sweet, hain't ye?"
sneered the first rag-tag.
Xo reply.
" Trym' to make the nayburs believe
yer a reg'lar little lamb!" continued the
aggressor, who evidently ached for a
row.
No reply; but rag-tag on the steps
heaved a sigh and seemed inclined to
spit on his hands.
"But everybody knows ye fur a snide
and a coward, and I'm goin' to lick ye
fust time I catch ye outside the gate!"
" See here, Jim,' softly replied num
ber two, as he rose up, " 1 m tryuv to be
good so as to get a Shetland pony in my
Christnias stockin'. Ma said if I didn't
have another fight she'd git me one, but
she's near-sighted and a little deaf and
I'm goin' to pound the ground with you
and risk the chances!"
Then rag-tag number one flew up the
street, hat in hand, and after him came
number two, holding his bat on with one
hand and reaching out with back hair
for the other, while a woman opened the
door, looked, after them, and said:
41 Must be that another barrel of cider
has fallen from a wagon and busted.'
Detroit Free Press.
Mns. Maktiia WASHnfGTOir war a
plump, pretty, sprightly little woman im
her youth, but settled down into a plain,
domestic wife, who looked sharply after
the servants. She was far from "an ed
ucated woman, and, though she kept
her own accounts, was a very poor
speller.
IM;Jffi.rJiiZ7S!i
... ,... -'-' u,o Vienna urancn ui mc.ueajiuu, jw i , , ,. :,,w,rf-u
vrv tiliiinlv fnrnUliil m l,?c pnr- 1 t .. . t . i lal OU llttiwnais
,"-,l -' , ,' ,; "-' ; pens ami sanun re iioaii. ,w.i,,l. l,n,i . k,.i ,. -,i
ral." or vanln anil jthtil. nmimrv ' mm i s i .-. i:-w -1. HroWw nlmoit iu banl a ail
rntltrilffcil irul in ro-i.litw.cj Vnr fiuif. . , ., . . , .. ... ... 1 Ilt'O Ilalor, U nelnr II 1HS V
: . . ; ;- ;"-" "' reauy compieiwi irom .it-msn ami , , - .,., ., (1j,i.,i
mr' in trinnv tvi.lh.r li Ims pnninrh...' ...'.. o : t I .Hue.. ltin Willi onwasi
1 """ -------t "...... ..w ..r w..w-... g tV.inltl 1IV Ifl .nifl IMIITlIlll'lf. IN'lllIltl
AMtter rarifc bUrta.
The Boton JVrt of Dec. 11 has tb
followlsg: Ot Saturday UjC wju co.
eluded an ajfrccmcat la UU cftr be
tween the Atchison, Topeka and 9asU
Ke and the SL Ixrab and San Fraacbco
llailroad Companies, for tho corapktkm
of the old Atlantic aad Pacific Uod.
along the thirty-fifth parallel from a
point in New Mexico to San FrancLco,
the cost to be defrayed by both the con
tracting parties, "it L" rrportcd that
work will begin Immediately, th ex-
j jMctalion being that the line will be fin- j
fhed within from two to three yrar.
Tlii wnnld ninL-i !. ihnrtSin'Ii lint from i
c, i,:.. , ., t-iCtf rt.
- J MW ...-ta --. -..
t ,,?
I .J.J
rn!
ganlu.Hl in 1S76. 1 he Atlantic and i Pa-
wmc .. r... "r'-r"
m ,,., .wh.-. ....-.-w .- .----. r
TU i
ami san t rancuco uuuwiuim. , , . . H,- OTK.nniZl Xicx an.i whk-h
w ine .uccwMir ui we Aiianut: , lu. rrn kdwtrr. ami nk ' Amrvo
I iiciut vuiu will, "'" w "" I .l M ,U-
IIIII.. r -. m Ijw.m x- .. , r -- -, -
-r 7i..-.!.. .vi;,, iM,i,f.,nw'Mn'"Son4uJ?n w KP na HwST,itt
dian Territory, 325 miles from St. ImL,
I .. I ! LT- ll.ln ,1...
--"- -. ,
ami wm ujJtntti in ion. turnip w t
iaunu u imcresi on w, ,,,.. ucuw
".. f" ( ' Franciro Companv ha
JSSSv" OdTbSch S'from
kti AJ.i, 1 .7 -. --... --.. -.
i :.. nu: n.ri ut..t,t . k'nn.
lis Vegas, in New Mexico. At thW
'ji"
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. By the
contract just conriinitai, mo jiiciun,
Topeka and Santa Fo acquires a half
interest in the Atlantic and Pacific Com
pany's charter, and likewise receive
ne-half ot that company s stocK. rrom
C
3a"
t t t
Iouis. From St. Ixiuis to Wichita
I. V. V" ifc1 ' " r m m..
: i
AHQ mil. frm tlii'iici.
to Santo
v.
' . ' " . V" . " .
nungu a.K.Low hiiici.. ami iruiu iuc-i.-
1 iUl 1 I 1
'"
to me i acme a:Mjiu i,wv nuies.
An ollieer of the company savs
. l . ,1 ?. . ..I . , U-. ..-I ..,
as
follows of the new project: " N e
"We do
.1
not intend to abandon the
project of
building the old Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad from Vinita through the In
ml l'inti
oad from vinita inroiign we in-
dian
Territory and 'I exas to banto Do -
miiigo
ti. That road will probably be
v ..
ft A 1 t i tt II
unit uliiu . ..w.k .... ."'V. "? """
west of Santo Domingo is finished.
f
In
the meantime, however, we desire to
ootain an outlet to ban i-rancisco, and
it . t r ft ft 4 I
the Atchison, I opeka and Santa 1-e
furnished us i with 000 miles of ccmiplete
road Ihat road ends at Atchison in
the Last, but at the U est It ended no -
....,., .....4 . v..v. ... .. . v-
mu e, except ours by which it
could reach the Pacific, it saw the ad -
vinlnirii to if toll if wlln litltuxr Willi 114.
........r)v. . ... v... . , ",7 ,, i,
St. Louis aud
rrauciscu luuiroau
'. .... !.. I 1
will probably
and Pacific 0
t 1 .. i 1.1 .
be leased to the Atlantic
ompany, or its stock bought
up so as to make us a continuous South
..ti.
ern line to San Francisco. Wo have the
..:.... ,.r t 1: 1.. 1., 1... i..
m.lw.W.UH.ilre muupi.i.u.u-
dian Territory, and will not have to,
wait for the opening of that Territory to
the white people. Hut once let us get a
road built into the Territory, and the
.......... .....bv..... ... n .-
Minimi nmminii woino lie inini'mi hi :i
settlement by the necessity of events.
mmw 1 1 ..I
Ae are promised a heavy cattle
ness irom lexits wnen our line inrougu
- .. t
uie lerruor is opeiicu. ;ui;ui ,
,n . f . .1 f ...
I !.. .....
Miau jro oil wiui uie eoiisuui;iioii ui um
Western section of road,
. . . , . ...
ami wnen 11 is .
completed we will have a line from St
Louis to the Pacific, frr enough South to
escape the snow blockade ami far
h.T..t 1 r .it
-Mirth .to be removed from the
dangers of ye low fever. 1 he Atlantic ,
and Pacific Company has land grants -
from the Government to the extent of
aliout 40,000,000 acres. Why, our lands
alone will pay for the cost "of the pro
posed road three times over!"
Gen. Taylor's Mnstard Coffee.
It is related that Gen. Scott's famous
letter to Zachary Taylor, announcing
the withdrawal of most of the regular
troops from Taylor's command to be
placed under hfs own in a projected
movement from Vera Cruz toward the
capital of Mexico, was received while
Gen. Taylor was at supper with his staff
near Monterey. The General asked
Col. Bliss to read it to him. lie had
just replenished his coffee cup, and was
engaged in cooling it with a spoon while
the reading went on. This appeared to
make no further impression upon him
than that indicated by a contemptuous
"sniff," but as the real import of the
letter began to appear, his whole man
ner changed, and he abstractedly dipped
his spoon in a bowl of mustard which
sat on the table, and stirred it in the cof
fee. This he continued until by the time
the letter was finished the contents of
the mustard bowl were exhausted.
Without saying a word, and to Bliss's
astonishment and horror, he raised the
cup to his lips and gulped down the abomi
nable compound. He then broke into an
excited and profane harangue, consign
ing to everlasting damnation every one
concerned in the depletion of his forces,
and only ceasing when his speech was
overtaken with a paroxysm of stuttering,
which with him usually followed an out
break of temper. Gen. Pleasonton, who
commanded the General's escort in Mex
ico, says that when once aroused he was
the maddest man he ever saw.
6hicester"s Lest Fishermen.
A carefully prepared report from
Gloucester, Mass., gives a fearful record
of men lost in the fisheries of that port
and of vessels wrecked the last year.
The statement, so far as the loss of life
is concerned, is entirely unprecedented
in the history of business. Scarcely a
week during the year but has witnessed
some destructions. Thirteen vessels
went down, 143 men were drowned, 56
women widowed and 156 children made
fatherless by a single gale. So over
whelming a calamity could not fail to
awaken generous sympathy, and 28,216
was contributed to feed, clothe and shel
ter the survivors of the lost mariners.
The February gale, however, furnishes
but a part of the dreadful history of the
Gloucester fisheries of 1879. In all SO
vessels, aggregating 1,890 tons, com
prising over one-tenth part of the fish
ing tonnage of the port, valued at $118,-
789, sailed to return no more, and 240
lives were lost, making 78 widows and
264 fatherless children. There are also
two vessels now absent (Dec. 10) for
which grave fears are entertained of
their safety the Andrew Leighton and
Harrv O. Mackev. If these do not soon
return it will add two more to the num
ber, swelling the fearful aggregate to
284 lives. Since 1830, when the George's
fishery first commenced, there have
been lost from this port 2,118 men, and
405 vessels valued at $1,696,399.
A Manre cat, after several uasoccess
ful attempts to catch a pigeon, put ker
nels on the sidewalk before a post be
hind which she hid, and soon had ma
terial enough for supper.
a
Ret. Dtt. Jonx Hale is said to have
Santo Domingo ,t iMlWl to build n,f lo fctfl Mci ca, 1r,iip , hwW iiuKa Uk uf IhrWnjr WM
he Atlantic and Pacilie lload to the t aud lLo nriVv.lty of outshining -a 'rhy .,.miaiihMi W'talW
Pacific coa.M, reaching ban Diego and , on m, j h (Jown lMf th- Indian U--r.
San Francisco. h:ustward the Atchln M T omr ani t j v,,,,,. fw . wk-agi. Jo,m r,,W on
it is ; -.ui urn "''- ' .- ii,e.s, pears un.l green gages, and mot l "' "'"V K" .-" "'""""ii
ton people, however that the A tlatilic ', tht . who bnv theni select then, "', h S-1 "' ";,ix I,""1
and Pacific toad through the Indian , :illlol-,,-,., ,,v ,iwJt luaki1 . U, th,r J fr dm ' Ihrowlnfrhunlf JweWIn an
1 erntory shall be built jointly with the , ,M)Xt(S M.t f,,,.1,,,.,. T,7t. tt,hlon . angle .f the cavern, the hervulmn Wk
Atchison, looeka and Santa re. ics, . ,.r ....,. ,.. .., ...... woHlsiiian met tin fcr.eious iiionlnr
this agrecnient practically re.-ulLs in a ;ml , Cl,nf,.t.,i0,,u.rs w, rtll , ih a well swung blow of h cudgel
consolidation oi tne two coinpaiuus, ""l i allowcil it made lan-v pnfit.H and Tcatlv W,,,,'M Rtt",,r "' nniiiwi lor
not lormaiiy. in the course oi ume tue i .1 ...Y ;.. .1.. .....' ..1. moment: out ix-tnro .lonai hml tl
nan
received over $10,000 in wedding fees j Haoussas parade the Empire in small love letter, dehvers tae perfect sewgpa- the oW-fashioaed ear-tr?-mtsu-cai-duriBg
the presemt year. j detachments, arresting evil-doers aad i per, six, seres, eight la osesecosd? J tijte American. ,
--"- 1
iMpr-M-m-rat In Swr-rtO
.
f 4 U.t t.t -
rstuir. ami mr!h of jmr aai . arm-
.-. i k. . - Jr wif
txmad of .MB'rrtWn-. and. with Uw
keln vf oira!ona rai on too urar-
1 .t - u, (n.tH jit niM- r.,l
then. ?he coaadcTCTl that hrr ux
w.- 11 .,.,!;-. I km ih .moll .-1 4.f
VJ-nt 41i uti ' v-.. --. .
tonlav cttrt- nonnd Uu of aMkkwl.
of cholcr tUintW at short wicrraK ami
think-i that the jTn who jt" hr a
crnt mean to inolt her. It rort br
ald In lcfcnvr of the nw!cra IHU gtrl
that the candw ara a jntwt dral mntr
t,Jt , fip poMlWhli4 0j cKcUt rr
.iatji m-l,s- tf.1 all
: unknown. Kvcn cjcrm!nu. which
mmt m a Both m r.v r man
through
a noie wnmm, ctvn wneni
one
grandmother tKrmitJci hjc t
( . ,i
all that one anted front her '
, now dert.jOJl Blo ;
j ' , , maKc mons . nr ,,MW,lh'
1 fc' JZ1?& )T!L
wiihicuii.i wmuj,.! i-.j.
that 1H
liule culurrd
amant and
innamon or
uont-d moth
ers, who think that luolxvmt li hmhhter
than sugar, hae their cholcf Wtween '
, Uoni:nilU91H, u; fi,
hat w hicb conico
fifty Yr.ir agti, and
i i,..,,lM ..u;.w ,i m.Lw -
candv. which b brittle and vorr light-
Pojyj "
I Thi-e are tho candle that content lit -
ll.. -nrb. until ih.-v l,-tn to m to hl
f -"' ; ' -"-r-" r-.
r"'" "'" "
He
1.1. ...
' HI nil JIft-1-i ftlfftill II 'Vi
who MilMitulut
gelatine for gum-arabic, and tnv to do-
inn; iit-tiii ii;i At u vJiiMFi nn
i .,..:,-.. ti mm..... u. ,.i..i....... ..
. .. fin . .. ..1. !... tt.?a .llH. !...
'!. Willi WJU liiftlft P'lUtllUf. rift
i tnlfvr mf onlv tlm iil.tin .iiii.trt..
, tlt. vanillii erean. laffv.
I !.........
. . ,.., v.... ... , , .,.., i,v.,.r.i
j taffy, ami the little pink M-uaro drop
i containing walnut meats, and the almond
.... ,J.uwll,m:,lliu,hiM1.
-.' , f r ,..,..,. Illori. ,f
. : ..
penntit, :uiuomi ana KnIwh walnut can-
rM ,. ...... .,,,, ,..; irPlt. lllw,n
!.,..;; i t. . i..' .i ..rii i i.i .
i iiiii i a :l K.iiia-iii !' n.iiiii ill
, . ,., n- twm. .
! I f 1 W trU41'Hlik . - -,
t ! - tnMttitlni Ih'tH tKilM m1 f lul
"ti;n f..T- ....... .s-: iT .i.t. t-..r...i.i....
i.lla ft rl Ilh 4W Jl-ll h. iftffft iVi
Vt4W illlVl tl'IUlllll" ! ftiBAT Rll" Ift.ij.lt
, thev renlizo that there are loftier liei.iU
Si 1 nf..r m..nlr n.r., f I.?. Irnnu lo.li..,.
. -! ,...'. v '.,. , ....... "....,
for them to feale, and thev envy tho
; ,.. ,..,.. t..itl ..,..,. ...! ,i. .:...
ti " ll Plan I ftft llftP ftliJ ft illltft 1I1U1I i-
,.m (Iawlito (f wh,ch lhc (, ml know
, .,. am, whf M.c , thcr
, ,.,,,., ,. , min of con-
, c,.tj,mi J
I he most delicious and UMut exnen-1
uf th(. U. tJ ,H, fonni U lhe
, wtlUvlhm.n ?,.. arc the cnMal-'
.... ... . . ' i
I lied apricots, hg.-, amber and green
.. i;,., . ...tJ ..j. :.. ...
i J uaiim-?. j iii"-i-iui-ji ' (fill jiii
., 1 ,. ........ ...:...
J, . . .. . , f - llnliU,1(, .....
- -
see nothing cNe that she wants, smilnt a
Ki.i.. ,.1.,... .1... ; ..j.i 1..., ...1. ,1...
-" -' - "" ' -
, .,,:,,! ..,,,1 ....,. fr
,,... i
,,,,,,,,,, ,.,., .';,.,,. ' ,'
, . f s,M.riM,, ' i.
made up of xxvm thin, loeiigehaped
layers of sugar, differing in color and
flavor, is a favorite with high school
i .. - . . .. . .
; ,.. ' . u, ,,.,. h', i
, i....r.. IJ n Itltvinl.i U'llh
1117. ftkll-14 r- 1IM ftl 1 Vlti Ifttftllltll" tlllH
biiM-.,... ...... . a llt.fc it.
. nun i irttuiu- it if aiiuit.t 'c'iii'ftiv-
1 umiio 1- iifm Ilia nut llimid l.t,.l.
..;rtllJ- ;.. ,i. i ,. ,i.:- .J1.1..1.
, ,ire Rlllicr Jes.s digestible
I I.WM'.I ...v.... .... ..r-v .". ...il..'., ...Iivil
I lVt'lft ft Vli ft ft- . V -rft 1
less digestible than melbil
. i,,,,,,. ,.... ,,,,. ,,..,. : ;,.. ,..
:,. ,!.:
I . ' . . - . ...
..'.......... k.ll.1 ...f 1 ...1. :. .... L.I ....
I .I IF. II
skins peeping tlirougli their coatM
of white smrar. and thev nr. mi temot-
j . . the ft ' 'thlk
.. . M.reti,e.s
upt-
bars into which
i"i .uu ;M-mjft.iiiij:1 ui.nii;, iiiiift. uiim
j,, uvorv ,M)lv. Two other kinds Jf
J;lr c:ln,Iv 'tho -rftlet, ani, ,,5,, ,,,
much ft , ,,
, '., , .,.... , ...,.;.. :, : ..
!. .... ...... .tl....... ....l !. !.....
t w. villi. II till T ir.ti.lt;.-, .iw r nil it I. I-, ,1V-
j sirable to have pretty dishes of confec-
tionery, as well as broken into bits and
mixed with other things for Ikixos.
It would be powblu to have a varied '
,i,.i- ,.,,1 mL ,.f ,...... .... .t.i. ?
out going lieyond the class of chocolates, ,
which grows larger and larger even"
- - . .- j I-
k. ...... ....p,. ....,.. . .v. ;
for fairies. Cream chocolates maybe
filled either with vanilla or orangc,a.s one
pleases, and some comfectioners ue
raspberry and other fruit flavors. Van-
ilia cream chocolates have little cherries '
inside them, making a delightful min-
gling of sour, sweet and bitter, and the
almond caramel, which comes in little
cubes cased in paper, ranks next in ex
cellence. This paper wrapping is an
improvement ad Jed the last few years
for convenience in
ninlinff ffirwfIat I
ft . b r a . 1. . m m l. v I .m . 0. j ft m- . .
. .- . -" I
.; ,.ir.,a tK.,f i; nt t;
lUticr to pink
anv length of time
Almon
ids are caed 1
year. There are several kinds of plain M:. "" "V, """W; . V.
chocolatt, locnges, and next to tlietn in wildrau wouli! probably have the ex
cheapness come the nonpareil chocolate, l,,.e fd,c,t-v ' wtingJonM llruoki. for
which are lozenges studded with drop thc,r MI?r. AH thee thought of
f sugar looking like homeopathic pills - course paejl through Jonas a mind,
both in plain chocolate and in mixtore I , c '." ' w"nn .waV atn' 3",,
of chocolate and sugar that crystallizes fi"'""? ht-, J' -1" 'Croats with lu
uiion them, in tdain sugar iwurcd upon . l';tl tarA wuen h Ktarliance luckily
them in the form of a thin simp .and ',ona WIV,, ."""J"?1 J a ?rHl "' ,of
- 1
:..f,-ii. ..f : r. i..,rni. ;n ti. .i, '
ers It is. The name of jeliy chocolates !
, - 1....1. .i .i 1
suunus impoaaiug. uui, iue ining uicm-
cl..a .wmll.i.r.tJMnnninltnifnn.l o..m
l,ii, t, ,or ,.'i..wtr.i,.f o,B' ,t ,
disappointingand seem
they are liked by the admirers of soft
canUes.-2toton Trnwcripf.
r
An African Empire. .
t
The Paris Figaro hsw ju3t.publishel a
further installment of Count deScmelle's
report on his travels in Central Afnca.
He was highly delighted with the Sul-j
tan Ararou, who resides in a fortified '
city, and who can place in the field 50,-
000 horsemen and 100.000 foot soldiers. f
The greater portion of this force, how-
ever, is only armed with bows and ar-
rows, the rest only having flint muskets, t
The Sultan, savs the Count, exercises f
makintr the variety known to the trade 1
as much, and in smooth almonds which wou.,u tarciwen rtnppctf
arepolishwlbyconstantlvmovingthepanf" Vmc nc '!nl w
in which thev arc dried. In the last va-
absolute power, and treats travelers with hts trophic.
with the greatest hofflitality. He found DoccnjfCTS Witii'oct KoJ3Two
hisllajesty aware that there was MOtbV, f one . af mUk
er country as powerful and as nch as qU awl f rf
England France and adds: "Besides, . fv . ' mm Mwxr rc,.w .. -,v
-r- i. .: t u.. r.K.k r.i: .
AU1W.. ..... . - f,. x .
inoiicv'
which tends to restrict lus power, and
t,a ?b rorr nllinr tn vplmmA th Vrorls i
French I
and to fa-ciliutetheir comment rda-
warnor wtio nau aimosi nnuaea me
conquest of orth Africa) and which
on my return I handed to 3L Grevy."
L t,. . v- i, ?
fLJt !&'
The Sultan,
greethe sentiment of
?rlil.7JrZ
w r j r kt 1 z r -J
mpire is simwi) auaauww.
tn "SnnDe nrobablv owinz to the mas-r
. rf .. f .. - - 1 iT. ..
tiara.
ner m wmen it is paBm. xce w
cased are brought before the Sul
tan, m presence ot the people.
and the prisoner hhum!
gubry I
of a first offense has Jus band
cut off and is paraded through the Em
pire : a second offense fa followed by the
gouging of the left eye, aad a third coa-
victwn entails the pain of death without 1
sepulture. The following anecdote re- ? saaallest type, divides k BBtformlr aad J uaJorttwes caa be tac-bt to spraL Vttf
specting this well admimstered country accurately into pages, places k is book j ne of this mreatw,aa molt ttr,glv
makes heavy demands on the reader's 4 form, glaeiag the backi, cat the edg, indicated by the rendu thu far oh
faith. All the Saltan's police come frora . and thea folds those edge? as evenly and , Jalaeil. In any cx the amiiphoae
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.
I Li MaMfte ! "g w'
.U) tW- -- M..mM.
MnhMt.n wiiii iK !?. tWOtoftf!
rwronw m w n pi .imw
trllt xhT ajwed?. tmtn ? t
rrtnd than iho Ut TV
' un U !rM li itu, Cafo&tt MiMLiM
j , -- -- "- - " ,!
fntev an tmasm -u-ify. vm tiir m
rhkk U tx-utArei rr sW & MM W
Im't. T trm K b MM lr
brr of If fcUa a?v tAlkl m Vc
of Pari; am! Viul lh ja ,
kiintWlrpArMpal3lNC
S4ng n. awttri pJrRly l WfiWl Vt
rtnatlaa Thetv l a wowdfrfal cWf
irron th Srrf thcoJatfTC
rsw?h th- ttVv of X6,tjO, S4
m4 the Oout prwM
.iloll htn1 Kls.1 Kdt fluM WM (MM?
day 110 kllonwlr. b- rPI
hour at a rrtch, w, twat!
X Trnifelc llckt with Wti4esl
CHr In Outran iWr. W
Moit. W a bnl. ltWt ion a.
Kdm- naxd. pmWUlv, . a Msd
cmpcntHm to tx-to-; iHU th
primMiin Wen x om tvuM rtfadUf
imagine. One of tho elbrltk mJ thr
nj!hKrbil i Jona BrA-a thr
' 'Mighgoinj; lwckwfodm:n, a lrnr U
all .Mrt ui wild "varmint' that prowl
about th.-U iart of th- cuunlry. aad par
tfcuurlv to wiUlcat, which art M
eMxvlal atr-hin. Th- uumlwr t IW
! cat w hich h? ha killed t mntift-i
'Hianr wjai m i mhwh nwinu
i .. ft . . . . . . j-
b?ul thiJ I7'n. 'Vi? ?ZRl ,
" Jon.i llrk, the W mlrwl kiUVr of
' " JT b"
",rv n "ll "" " ltTr,i..,,l"" "
. . ,.L.I ... l . - Iww.l tt fl.r4Illi
40 9WWi
hi Invtinct. hf made ftfW tW aaiuial.
without -.topping to HhUir that h
wa unarmed not n having a j-u'k-knifd
al.ut him. llo fllv,l U untti H
rttriattl to a M)rtofcarnln tho rvck,
where Jona m.vlu up hU mlml t g
in" and capture tho "varmint" So,
picking up a tough hickory Hub, .- jk
....ul.bl .k .ii.t
civdod to enter thepar. Aftir ik-4hj:
i the entrance, to hU MinmH) he luumi
: unite a loftv cswoni. extending lwk
: z
..Mime
e thirty fe't, and In th futtimt o-
. tremlty glownl not only one, but half.
If v. , T ' 1 I ft ft
! iloii'n h " fcm '.v,w' w-"h "
I "'' t'""i oft " "i.v,
tokened warm ork for any Intrudtfr.
,Iotiri was tmdotibtly "xunelhln NhU
back," as heexinwcd It, at tin fight of
o many glUtonlngeve1 fitl iioii him,
but ax it : not in fiU n.iture to rtttrtwit
under anv eircuimianev., he cautiously
ftdvancinf into the cave
1 le soon dict ereil that he had walked
Into a real htter of viltlmt. two old
one aud four young otn mid about
I
a
me
fairly to reco er hiiuvlf from thetlrl
oulttught. the other old cut iinute a dtiw
at him. catching on hit right arm mid
shoulder and almost rendering him jmw
erlejv, ,4i terriblu wiw the griiw of the t
! mon-ter's claws. Willi hU lft
laws. Willi hin Uift hand.
however, Jonas graM.ed the throat of
, the animal, and after a depemM' rtrug
t i;i' .-ii. .' i:.i in .-iiitiiiii mill .j... ..mii...-.
I now thought that discretion In Mich a
'ease miglit K- the "letter part of
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valor," ami accordingly Iwgnn
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i sider the chances of retnnit.
lr v"ll
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Ho n-
. . . k . .
iil .! I nit f lift lir fti) In lit tilffitl til
i-n ftftf v ' " ft" ."
voived all the elianeei
' nwul. " '" !' ? "wi.
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lie said, and came to the conciiKion that
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" . cn '' as so eu jHnxiti
Both of the wildcat, meanwhile, were
kished into a state of the ttiot lritenn
ferocity, their eye- glaring like coal of
fire, and their hair literally ptmiding u
end. And to add to .Jinn"t dWcouill
ture, tho four voting one- which, al
though only "kitten"," were not exactly
of the kind which a lady would like to
hold in her lap- Ix-gnn to exhibit ym ,
l MI.M01 joining in w.e ngi.i. jitn 10 -gei ,
their hands in," as Jonas naiudy bld
"r "'" . ?' uwiion. .
. iH-ganUi think this would In, his (
our Informant
This
was a situation.
, , . , , ..,.,. ...! ,!., ....
"- animan wre ior a nioiy. 1 v
Fl Uk 4S, Vftft IIIVI4WII 11
l-iiiii virm i' w v r r urni i- iiiitriiini rtm i. a
hickory cudgel. Only for a moment,
. however, as his firt antagotiNt again
took the lead in an attack, and although
she met with ahari blow of the cudgel,
the whole litter followed in Mich nulck
succession that Jonas wa unable, to
keep them off. And now cnucd a lnig
gle which it is nicies to nttvmpt to por
tray. 1 he ferocious animals clawed into
fmi tn ntinHnr
while he made
almost Mipcrhunmn effort to fr tliem
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" knocking aliout right and left with
n m in rj am wm i-utji .i raiiv - . v&
ltnf 1JII lli-t..Ht TLTft il''fp4C '! lJ
to the "km in
a a fierce and
I iict one lor a ume, a can in: retwjnv
imagined, .lonas was ngnting lor ms
!fc' wwcrcr.anil son juirceedcl in put-
tmtr the vouncr cats hnrn dr. cmnlstl. br
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CniCKingUiem JUUICIOUMVOTCr WIC UVOHM.
His blows utMin tho old one- also 1-,-gan '
'"? t!1 a"d a !l IPnilc .strug. '
g e, tn which oneof them got alinMdftg.
blow, the other retreated to the back of
the cave, where Jonas proceeded to do
,' for him alo, leaving Jonas master of
tnr ur-, .1. learin? .jona matcr of
the situation." An invenUirr of our
hero's wardrobe. takn aftr the fight.
exhibited one supender, about half a
vest, one leg of a paatalwn, no birt to
speak of. and a pair of boota that
wouldn t " sacl
a heaw dirw." &Jon&
expressed it- His wbohjbody and limbs
were frightfully lacenud, and the bio!
fairly ran from his wound. JN'otwith- '
standing which, Jons tied the tails of
the six wildcat together, and swinging j
them around his neck, he walked
home
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!iK3iiSaT3ny?: XT
1 i 7i7 i- . 7T r a
SX,TSiJL JZ' .ZLZrJ?J
stA.e u nn-f erred kmd ! thr nail
s JSSSSr"
,;Mrt .1 w b .ni r
twCBtv nnnatea, aad let k rise till Bgit.
Taen - kaead agaia for the same fcagth
EWI IVf UK Me Kirui
of time.
Rn ?ufc . m -? wrn. , ,n ?
biscuit or cake cutter.
m,. " - ".....
OC.WIUX3SaUlt
ur. laess tasa y
t... .1
,j J 0
Soxr people are wzkl bow a sheet '
of uaoer caa be made sabroks xri
miles king. But what caa exceed the
Ifclrf r j'Olir MWrtt 1 m
iiiiTiii"ii a iihtv' . mvmi, . mbv
.i... i. . i i . i ....i. , ...i....
lacmmj uu. mwa x sscaise saat jj mane to aear More or ks UtstiDctly,
wkhthepwhofaieyertakthc-iowyJiproTidesi,ef cowrw. Uo4 the auditory
paper into its poaderow jWif,aadf wkh . aerve teelf U not defective. Kxpcri-
tae s-seed of aa express train, mpnau 1
upoa k ere the faiateH hasr-Kae of th '
j r- . . . jr. .
aiikAwiaf r vr.iiriv.
! 3" .
; rt ;
IItCMTrT Vk"
On "9f f
hwt rt
t - - .
atrertHEM iuv, rr
IPO" 1 wl & t tU ! wWH
f MmI t wfc fcr U. jm fc
W tittm irt & 4kw"?3.
14 kt &?&
- -
ym A wv m r"
IMI: VCrtTt b tmi iU .
Wrni fr htzf 4 -r
wIMi wiroa
MrtCttCAXi; T a tKtI f
ri4 U?fh -M fcf -l -i
m4 it , f bM"w wv.
j m ?f t , fr hj fc
wg-i fcn,n4 a?4 nrt m lJt UH
mLM&6 at tMv-! rwWW! i"" r'r
4 wiw4Ut sfcpfH; Am 4
J U A v wtt
f I U.1 V A1sk i ?ultUilU Ufel
Hxm trSt jVWa,w -1
JkrrtMl-cnMwM r, nmy
Y 5T JiLiE?
K"tpl,uvi'- -
WW" FAMINE "
thro J?. ulm K "-
IXXroiXLT lt"-im r "
ttni4m! ?v"aut 'ad w
nIV f !. t. f" uSAfifmt
f r al a miI1 Hhp rf !
Wll alt th..nttghlj and l-& iiwl!.
Htfor era. Wt h ifhHf4 t
4J, Ht , the 4- t Ar
ic4l tlwm "ily vpT tho U. pf
kV wirr It a link m far t "H $ak m
the mn until U U U S-hi bv.
l.f-314 linsti?fO.-Oo lr&
nut ctsUnI ami lh nsttk, lh W
lrth iwuUw tUl ami
nuxthrL thrr pint tf milk.
mg", -nj still t4 rum r lnndy, a
t.f buUcr th U rf & rgf. m .t
anil a ouarlcr til r. tlx C 1
Ihttwhll of thJ r3Qt aw hJf
ugar, whip ikm tf wrll, wwl pm
th ton o til JHHMilHC Mtr It w !--Murnlnaf
tt ih ih 4rea l. Vrin
HnkejllH'ttUW hWH T
SUCT IUIHIi.0!- Wip ( ?
milk, ivm v f riwfjwd i?l (r u.t
t-r. If pnfrfcd), thrW rtip of thww
trluV hreiptM), trotltfoonellAHs..
tw- t-j.ntt ttl?tT(i nd ttntne.
(eah), one !i"p..nfnt nritUIr! '
lmiMim( l4 i t pin 't
hut nntf, tx trtbiap..H 4f tUWii.
llotir. rtur t ! Th pqd.lHg
.houM Ih Mm4 In a U4n nr.4 In a
.tea mer r a nttl hH wator.
Tru.Mfi iv WniTi tiLtuen. Prol
and iut whU julry tnmip lu aavpruy
diAp., juich a jfiwrsi ltoU thfm In
ilt and Wntr, and hH pt.rff4r tw
il.trilndn ih-Hu fnl ir wn
5rtui limdrt Hh a lrtl4potfut f
llour mltd Mm wHh li wHk. anl
H w liHfh nlMMihl 10 ftttded wefferMi ui
mhifi milk ainl watr. Ifdling. AW a I 1
UiUlifHMMfMl ttf bnitr, nufti ivlt, snd
tfill up oims inir nfir It hA tvn aht
ed to I ln fbMtr.
Hlt'K III.IU' MAKUK.MW f"Mirlrt-i
bttKHmfuU of tlct ihrtir In a tttUe hl '
wator; add n pinch of pitk, Ut tiMx
Into n quart of iKdllligmUk.aHd i-! nl
Mir for ton mlnutt; when piUj -!
ndd th hltM of lIUTf ttjjg lrtt- ! i
fnlh, ami ook ngalii MiitlT nbmwt I- .
lug; thfii Inrn into a tt imhl. ?' w
with ciosim wctdU-l awl ltnvwwl
tho Innttf. Farina or arriT-t mm?
prepared In thtt sti way, nwtitttinc ih
ol'im and second iHiSHtur.
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111 iiiiriniiiior 193 ti niiiinr mill iin a i
J-ftiT'ft ft . ftW .-l!-- .-.-'---
' . i
on cup of Mig.tr, two Wtdl batott Ttf
one-hnlf tiiHMinfii of Ntll ilaii .
ntituieg, uiUph e and cinnamon Kb'
all together. et In a wrm pisw l
night , in tho mortiiftjt, if hyh', ktm
again; ndl ntKHit two third :ttjlWi
thick; euloMt in .rtk a l.i f7S5t t J
than n ullviir dollar. lt th m rt., tHi'Ff W
fry in lard and roll In puhfil ,' "
To Koat x I'n.t.rrr or Vr,. t
out the Iwh. fill th wh v .
foirmit. and lt the fat h kor. il
quite round ; tff It nhwi wiil himWt ih
kin with bnmd, ogo, fttoppod ni.
and pnrnhiy, m miwk idpM " c-0
quantity and flavor uf th tw"fi
Cover tne fat wltli 1hjUwk1 tnr !
'"?-':. - - "" , "V -!.
I-. bak In an otw bak .ly. llK
nai at n dlitatiro Jnm li Urn, ? u it
often until it i tlHinMigkrr Uhh.
rr
urllli tilnltul luiffMi.
tW
Hr.vr Way to Cook Cuircni ( 'Si
the chicken up, put It Ik a pH ami "
er It rn'vr with wator; lt tt
ii'ainl, ami when dono innke a tii .o
, Ing of cream nod llour, nddfttg a
of butter and pjr and t-nk . h"
maile aiwl bke a pair f hMrtali-.
, made as for tdn-r nit, but roll thin -pV-cul
In inmll pmr. ThU U WQ
Ix'tter than chlcknn p4t and tmr
1 plo to make. ThJ rrut fhi b m-
j on a dth and th chkskM grary jr'-l
, over while !oth are hot.
Giiaiiam l5ir.Ai -Take one mar
i!r? v.-ast im1i n vim ft tl -
griJcer', dlsiUe In a. tnipfui wf
1 wafer, and make a bailor at wht ir
In a IkiwJ abrtit t o'ol'Kk, al wt m
' warm plaw until yrMiing; tha
' one juart of warm watr, largn yUk
ful of mH, and tuaio yowr bailor Wr
sponge, aM with wheat sour, RwlMr
in a warm plac until morning it":
put in two tabh?oonful. or ioIa,
1 and make up your dough with ymr
! hands with Graham flour; iiw ptaiut
Jfi"1
,"JM
again to rim until light, whim tt 1 U '
n into loavo and hrt. ti until
Xfrv Hrflit. and halfi
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A PAUUfA?t'i Nfrwfoindku4 dnjr w
far h, roalickiu. thao many iw
wouhl bar t-rn in imltar rtr
tancs I lis maUjr.faring Uwtr
iirrr vttjf nttfl -ift lft1- - fi kiifk
to the n-r S.ln?. tl & hVavv um Ljb.
his neck, and thro-r him In U 4row.
In throwing thn tUfi In, tm of thr by
Ml into the river and twre ank, 1
the dog, baring got rid of tho mm",
rccued th tor and carried him f&?
In tb kor. Don't U1 11 sn ta'nlll
'gent dojr like that didn't know what
they wanted.
"
Ta An4ipkur.
EtHjozh wm acomipfched at the txtb-
lic exhihiilne of the aodlpbos in th
city, Xorerober 21, tobow thatw hare
la It ao extremely projabdng aid U tboe
ailfcfed with defective hvariar. It i
jaite powble. too, that it i thV Jsdr
in a hoe of rorestloa which wiS i-
ihme
J.hhrthenm tok
tae ami to er.
.1". rimpjjntUnnUv,
ivjmmKimwimKvmrviroiiatt
I - $? fiT f '
haadfe. When, the top of the fa,-
Z'JiTJZ. . X .f
21? F tkl
i.tJ :,...i . . .VT
- & ""?? t& c.te a whim
vrri4rB , mu1 t....v. .t
liOL.fi LM.J, . j ..7. . ,
,,1. mmj .v .if. .. .?"?
. BJca orareTM iafca?n ffia
bij by the deaul uerr) to th auditory
f iMrre. With a iKtJe practice th oucds
th rwdTed arc iu?rn-u-i th
as if tkfrrr4i-kil L. iu-t r,t ),!,
throagh the ear; aad ties the d-af are
meats are bw muL. wvth a i-li of
desf - MMtM to dt-trmim Kfew o-l
T. - ....3 , nui 4 um.iui cuisiicsiiu
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