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THE BED CEOUD CHIEF;
X. I. THOMAS, rablUfctr.
RED CLOUD, - NEBRASKA.
THE "FOLATES OF
PEKZAKCE."
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riot of the New Operetta by M.
Sullivan and Gilbert A Itlral to "Pina
fore." From tho Now York Tribune.l
The pirates of Penzance were the
most ruthless and accomplished- cut
throats who ever scuttled a White Star
steamer. Their lair was a rocky place
on the coast of Cornwall.remote enough
for quiet, and yet convenient for busi
ness. With equal case they could
swoop from their hiding-place upon tho
Liverpool and Jfew York mail-p'ackcts,
or cut out the full freighted argosies
which ply between Boulogne and Folke
stone in connection with the tidal trains
of the Southeastern railwaj Yet, as
their Chief mournfully observed, some
how they never could make piracy pay.
This unfortunate failure was due to the
tenderness of their hearts. They were
far too ready to spare the weak ; and
when they attacked the strong they al
ways got thrashed. It was their rule to
have mercy upon orphans. Though
wc arc pirates," said the Chief, "wo
aro not insensible to the promptings of
humanity; we are orphans ourselves
and we know how it feels." The trou
ble was, it got about that they always
.spared orphans, and as a consequence
every ship they captured was found (if
tho captives lold the truth) to be
manned and officered by that interesting
and affjytisfl class. Yet, as one of the
'-mf?n wim-irl-ml If. ia nrtnin flint, tho
Ili-tt t.1 tnnpnantiln irmritm 13 nnf. lv.erilit
ed exclusively from orphans.
It is with the picturesque ruffians of
Penzance that the new comic opera by
Messrs. Sullivan and Gilbert has to do.
The hero of the piece is a young man
named Frederic, who was intrusted to a
nurse in early childhood to be appren
ticed to a pilot. The goou woman made
a slight mistake, and the boy was firmly
indentured to the band of pirates an
error for which the nurse could hardly
be blamed, since the words are so much
alike. Frederic was a most excellent
person and a useful pirate. In all his
actions he was governed by the strictest
sense of duty. Those who have read in
the Bab Ballads the story of "Capt.
Recce, commandcrof theMantlepiece,"
arc well aware that Mr. Gilbert has a
keen appreciation of the heroism of
duty, and that he excels in analyzing
the'operations of a mind controlled by
a sacred sense of obligation. The char
acter of Frederic, torn by conflicting
emotions, loathing the trade of theft and
pillage, yet doing violence to his natural
imputes in stern fidelity to the bond of
indenture, is happily "and powerfully
drawn, and the surprising complications
which result from his strange situation
are treated with the greatest ingenuity.
The opera is in two acts. The first,
takes nlaco in the Pirates' Lair, and
when the action begins Frederic is within
a few hours of the end of his appren
ticeship. At 12 o'clock he will he 21
years of ago. He informs the band that
lie is about to leave them forever. He
loves, admires, reveres them as com
rades ; he detests them as pirates, and
it is his purpose to devote the remainder
of his existence to their extermination.
Of this resolve, since it is prompted by
a sense of dut-, the pirates find it un
reasonable to complain, and at the end
of tho afct the separation accordingly
takes place. Not, however, until there
have been some stirring scenes. A bevy
of charming girls, looking, in their
high-waisted and short-skirted gowns,
and their broad hats, as pretty as a pic
ture by Gainsborough, some tripping
over the rocks, and prepare to amuse
themselves by paddling in the water.
The are caught with one shoe off, and
their alarm is piquantly expressed in a
hopping chorus, to which the pirates
contribute, being determined to get
married immediately through tho in
strumentality of
A doctor of divinity
Located in the vicinity.
The discovery that all these girls are
" Wards in Chancery and the daughters'
of ii Major-Gencral " is quickly followed
by the appearance of their military
papa. This personage has been sup
plied with a rattling "patter-song"
which can hardly fail of a great effect.
Studded thick with scientific terms of
tremendous length and difficulty, it re
counts the accomplishments of the dis
tinguished officer who seems to be thor
oughly versed in astronomy, mathe
matics, natural history, and 'nearly all
branches of science except, indeed, in
military affairs. The rapid delivery of
this song is occasionally interrupted in a
highly ludicrous manner by the General's
hesitation for a rhyme. We shall not
take the edge off tho public enjoyment
by disclosing the denouement of the first
act; it is excessively droll ; the music is
brisk and taking; and we shall bo sur
prised if the curtain do not fall amidst
roars of laughter.
Tho second act, which passes in a
ruined castle by moonlight, is full of
surprises and of ludicrous incidents.
The nurse, Ruth (represented by the
lady who has recently been playing Lit
tle Buttercup) divulges a dreadful se
cret which places Frederic in the most
deplorable of dilemmas. Far be it from
us to tell the distressing story prema
turely, or to describe the behavior of the
most excellent young man, when a stern
sense of duty suddenly obliges him to
dash the cup of happiness from his lips.
Without indiscretion, however, wc may
call attention to one or two scenes which
are likely to provoke a great deal of
amusement. There is a chorus of po
licemen, dressed in the uniform of the
British " Bobby," and armed with clubs,
upon which, being drawn up in line
woo 4yn dnrm fjiy norfnrm tic nu
f rain to a sonar, a sort of taran-ta-ra, in
trumpet-call before marchirg to battle
with the pirates. The song itself is ex
cessively funny, and the tooting business
ought to be a great addition to the ef
fect. There is an admirable burlesque
upon serious opera in a scene where the
pirates are hidden in one aisle of the
chapel and the policemen in another,
while tho Major-Generalwith his daugh
ters occupy the nave. An elaborate con
certed number is sung here, strophe and
anti strophe alternating in strict order,
and the music proceeding by an intricate
interweaving of parts, although the sep
arate groups of personages are supposed
to be unaware of one another's presence,
and deaf to one another's swelling
voices. The perfect solemnity of this
performance blinds yon. at first to the
wild impossibility of the situation. You
must stop and. think, a moment before
the full absurdity of it strikes you. There
is. another scene, however, of the same
sort, where the General eaters the chapel
thinking he has heard a noise ; and here
the impression of the ludicrous is cer
tain tode immediateaadoyerpowerifig.
The police, all through, are delicious.
They have a Utile chant, in monotone,
with which they intoae short comments
upon the language of the prima donna,
and in this botKthe author and composer
seem to hate made the happiest use of
the element . of unexpectedness. The
catastrophe "of the opera is brought
about by a device not less daring'and
injenioas than that of the climax of
Rnafore." .
"Yeixow CAKE-ne cupful sugar,
butter half the size;of a butternut, two-,
thirds cupful sweet; milk, one nd one
half cupfuls flour, good one and one
half teaspoonfuls baking-powder, yelks
of three eggs, one teaspoonful vanilla.
This is nice for jelly cake if one desires
it."
P AM AHV GAMrWW
Live Stock as a Meaxs or Restor
iko Land. Such of our readers as are
engaged in tilling the rich virgin soil of
the West, may not appreciate the fol
i.:n fnim t)u nrniaiiu made bvMr.
Way, at a reccat meeting of the West
ern New YorkTarmers'Clufc; buthe
Ume'willcsomewheBfiacliquonllte'hisleenJcd to fakc them wild, and
tnrpa themselves upon the attention of
farmers even-where. In the meeting
referred to, "Mr. Way said that he had
learned by experience that it was ncces
sarv to keep stock for the benefit of
gram lands, and he thought it paid to
keep the best quality of stock. He bo
lievcd that manure was the secret of
success. When they were selling all
their grainT'and kcepinburlittleotr
t heir crops wre yielding less and Jess ;
but since they hal adopted the practice
of ieeding stock, the yield of crops' was
increasing until Tsome got 3f bushels of
wheat, 40 bushels of barley, and 150
bushels of corn -per acre. Live Stock
Journal.
Keeping Qualities ok Fruit. The
natural process of ripening' fruit on the
tree is intended to benefit the Feed
merely; hence the quality of some "va
rieties of fruit is more or less injured by
allowing the completion of this process.
When certain fruits are token off and
laid away, ju&tasthey come to maturity
and before the mellowing process be
gins, sugar and juice are elaborated
instead of woody liber. The pear and
winter apple furnish good examples of
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the winter apples'of the North, &otlilor i
keeninir and for flavor. Over th6s.sap.io
varieties when grown at the South, is
due to the greater length of the South
ern season, which carries the ripening
process too far. 'J he question arises
whether by picking- the fruit earlier its
duality miirht not be improved.. The
objection to this is the trouble and- ex-j
pense of keeping the f nut at a low tem
perature artificially, which the" climate
would make necessary. The better
plan would be for our enterpriejng hor
ticulturists to produce later ripening ap
ples, suited to a longer season; this is
not beyond their skill and intelligence.
J. M. MUligan, in N. Y. Tribune.
Bran and Meal Fkei. The cream
from the milk when the cows were fed
on a peck of buckwheat bran each was
light colored and .thin'.. JNow, when
they are fed four quarts of corn-meal,
the'eream is thicker and more yellow.
This means more butter. Bran of all
sorts is better for young, animals, as it
makc3 muscle ; but meal ti best for cows,
:is it makes fat, and 'milk" Is fat; that is,
milk which will make good butter con
tains a large per centof fat. The bran
will make the best manure, because
there is mortj "of it which goes into the
manure-pile, and this furnishes the sup
ply of nitrogen. The farmer, then, who
feeds plenty of bran will have a rich
manure heap, and so it is cheaper to
buy bran and feed it liberally than to
stint one's animals and buy commercial
fertilizers. Commercial manures do
not furnish much nitrogen. This must
come largely from grain, and the bran
is the nitrogenous part, and without
nitrogen there will not be a perfect plant
growth. The lesson we would teach is
to save all of the bran for the growing
animals, and the meal for the fattening
ones and the cows'. To make them all
healthy and to utilize and assimilate
both bran and meal perfectly roots
should always be fed.. This is an im
portant partof the system and helps to
make perfect digestion.
Grubs in Cattle. Tho
jmibs
or
worms found under the hides of cattle
arc the young or larv;o '-form of the
."Estrus Bovis, or gadfly of the ox,
which ehase and seriously harm cattle,
while laying their eggs in summer an. I
autumn. Where the" flies abound they
greatly retard growth and fattening,'
and in extreme cases causes much fever
and derangement of the system, as well
as deterioration of the hide by the lar
va; under the skin. Bnt as the fly docs
not survive the winter, save in this larval
form in the skin, it is easily, killed out
in any district by a uniform destruction
of the grubs to be found under the in
teguments. The parasites are found
mainly in the back, and should .be,
squeezed out of their cysts -by-strong
compression of the adjacent skin, and,
crushed under foot to destroy vitality
and prevent them from burrowing jn
the soil and undergoing their natural
transformation into the fly. If the hole
be too small it may be slightly enlarged
with a penknife so as to allow the easy
escape of the grub. ThVdestructiBh of
these parasites by introducing caustic
liquids or red hot irons into tne sacs is
not to be commended, as it leaves a
mass of dead matter in the sore to un
dergo putrefaction, and develops an
amount of surrounding Tnflamniation
that is altogctherunnecessary.
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A 'Pound op Butter. While ten
pounds -of milk will suffice, with little
variationfEfor a pound,, of cheese, the
quantity necessary for impound of butter
is exceeuiugiy unwruuiJsr-M ;ubj w .o
pounds, S2, evcnMO"inJextrenio"cases.
It is a rule adopted by many intelligent
in dairy figures to count two and a naif
pounds of cheese equivalent to one of
butter: this would ue auout i'o pounds
If we call it three gallons of milk, or
25.8 pounds, to one of butter, it will
probably be nearer a, true ""average for
all tho milk of a Stale or group of
States. It is possible, that an average
for the wholo .country,'-lnclu5llnff cows
of the South not selected or bred for
butter-making to-anyappreciablc e&,
tent, would'be slightly above' three al
io ns, say thrcai$arter. Tiat
causes the wide difference?" First,
breediusr: the Jersey yields a larger pro
portion of cream thanthe rAysmre.,
Selection, whicins a prommcm.'poinrm
breeding, will gapiufeVK PvJS t.ae
cream production ol anv Herd of grades?
Then, feeding rcsuIEsln wide differ
ences; Professor Arnold found- 'die'
milk of a herd 21 per- cent, better when
fed upon sowed corn and pasture than
when fed on pasturage alone. These
experiments have shown wide variations.
between different samples of -the same
milk set in different ways.-NuY. Trib
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Adreafareef Twe Americans in Mexice.
The Portland (Me.) Press says: Our
readers will remember a brief Associated
Press dispatcK.whichappeared, in the.
rrcss tne oiner morning .lempgi ijgw;,
two men in a slage-cbaeh in Mexico,
named Frank'Senter and "George Green,
drove off a band of highwaymen with
Winchester rifles. FrankSeater is a
Portland boy, a nephew of William
Senfer, Esq., and .was antniately in the
jewelry business with -hls unchvemJSx
change Street. W,xtracfcthe follow
in? account of thaaffairiar'Mezico.fcom
a private Jetter written by JlK'Seata
home: i ' P v
We left Guanajuato AS o'clock a.m.,
Dec. 16. The weather was biting cold,
but as usual we took 'our 'seats on the
top of the coaehiwith reviver and
cartridges and "Winchester arbiAs on
our knees. Jgr rid jag about fthree
hours; aHd?justT15ghwAeiac4:a' rush
of tfor4eatew3iaa5ofod
over ourhldsY&ariihjyner to get
down and surrender, weanlwered the
summons with two shots into tfee crewdr
and the man in 'froat of 'GfeergeV.ruie
fell and his coupaaibhs started for th
leaaiagwOes 'to. Mep themi.a!ftfg&
themJip, one wnen twenty yards xrom
melroltedhimfrom hLf horse and did
not see him move a limb afterward.
We then turned to see thirty well armed
and mounted Mexicans following and
firing. We put in quick shooting and
this. Probably the" superior quality offwueiv am not sinitunu-iuywjiu
soon drove tbear baek'W ubitk r
more. They then tried to circle us,
but as we turned our attention to the
head mca they-all broke and collected
in a bunch: Wefben bad our coats off,
and placed in fnmt of us, with a hun
dred, rounds between us, and wc or
dered: the coacblto be stopped and
cgaM our fine waff at sharp -shooting.
with a yell, like Comanche Indians, 20
or :K) of them came down on us at full
speed, firing all the way, and a wilder
sfehrl never care to see. It was no use
to give up then, as.theyuldhave cut
us to pieces if we hau surrenderee;, so
we met them in solid shape, showing
what a Winchester rifle was good jfer;
and, its luck would have It, after firing
1?o,shotsnye"droTc,tltcinihaclr'atrnlt-
speeds One fellow. whosc-horscl shut
from under him, jumped behind the
dead animal and deliberately emptied
four shells at me over the-saddle, jftd
dodged, under the horse, two of' my
shots; but my third "took Jus wind."
In the affray George was shot in the
shoulder, but it was only a flesh wound,
and we kept on our way with a guard of
11, furnished us at the next city, four
miles bevond. There were so many
bushes wu could not toll exactly how
many were killed, ; but wc are sure five
robbers arid four'horses will not trouble
travelers again.
Inside the coach was a Spaniard wlux
threw his revolver from ho window, -a
Mexican who wrapped his head in a
blanket and put his revolver under him.
a German who had a pocket pistol and
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uia ineiinjuig, o svu wiiapi-
ur.we had to depend' on. a a ad waat a
lucky escape we nad. I shall never get
better help from any one man than I
did there from George.
' Hygiene ofthe Houtb'.
Dr.' John A. White, editor of the
Dental Cosmos, i is the author of a little
book recently piflillshfed entitled " The
Mouth and the Teeth.11 In a chapter on
the hygiene,,, of tlie mouth Dr. Whie
points out how hutch mischief is wrought
by the use of unsuitable, brushes and,in
judicious scrubbing by the resort to
tooth powders and, mouth washes made
iir ignorance of the purposes to be sub
served by their employment, and con
taining ingredients likely to be deposit
ed about tne necks of the teeth, and thus
canso T heab&orption ofthe-gunis and
alveolar processes." Therels no agent,
ior instance, more coiumoiuy euiiuuuu
for cleansing the teeth, ormore deserv
ing jof ntter condemnation, than pow
dered charcoal. Airain," the large ma
jority of persons err in choosing brushes
which arctoo stiff and too large, and in
applying them too vigorously. A very
moderate application of a soft brush,
with a gentle frictional powder, such as
precipitated chalk, Is sufficient for the
external surfaces oLthe teeth; it is quite
unnecessary to use the powder oftener
than once a-duy,tho besLtime for such
purpose being just before retiring. The
morning cleansing may be properly per
formed with the aid of a little pure,
mild soap, like white Castile, anil for
rinsing the mouth after meals, he
recommends tepid water, to which
has been added a few drops of
spirits of ammonia or lime water. The
u-50 of a quill toothpick after meals to
dislodge particles Of food from between
the teeth is advisable, as is also the use
of a strand of waxed floss silk, passed
between them at least once daily. I'er
hapsjio single article is more useful as
a wash,in variouT disordered conditions
Of the mouth, than phenol sodt'yuc, a
preparation made from tar. According
to our author it unites the properties of
an antacid, an astringent, a sedative, a
styptic, an antiseptic, and n disinfectant.
It checks, wc are told, excessive bleed
ing after extraction, and relieves the
subsequent soreness of the gums. Pro
vided there arc no local, exciting, me
chanical causes, it will be found effective
also in that class of cases of soft, spongy,
swollen gums which bleed at the slight
est touch. This preparation may be
used diluted, more or lesi, according to
the varying indications, from half a tca
ppoonfnljto a tublespoonful, being mixed
with" a 'tumblerful of water. These sug
gestions, we need not say, are not in
tended by Dr. White to encourage a de
pendence upon any of tho articles speci
fied, so much as to dicourago the use
of unsuitable dentifrices and washes,
and especially of-all advertised or secret
preparations warranted to harden the
nuns andwhiten the teeth.
Coras.
CbrnVoonsist oriayers of thickened
epidermis the transparent coating that
protects the sensitive true skin beneath.
This epidermis is in constant process of
formation from the true skin, and is as
constantly being thrown off in minute
partMesTIt isas'destituto'of fecling.aS
the nails; indeed, the nails as also the.
scales porv the legs ol fowls ana on the
oouics OLjisaes-rrare-. oniy mouineo.
epidermis. Corns are among tho ex
crcscences " of civilization. A higher
civilization, however, which shall con
form the shoe to the foot, instead of the
Pfoot to the shoe, will know of them only
as ivevnow; oi iiw crusnea. ;ieet oi
Chinese women. A thickening of the
Epidermis having been caused at the
points of special pressure, this inflames
still further tlie skin beaeatlr, giving rise
to successive layers of thickened epider
mis, which can" not be thrown off like
ordinary scarf-skin., .Between the vital
force Bene'ath, and the'pressurd of the
shoe above, the central portion comes to
hayefaohardcMss of 4iail. fjiiasphntes
is left in the finger, the flesh above and.
,around it will die, and 'new skin be
formed below, which will in time lift the
splinter out. But in the case of corns,
nature's efforts -are thwarted by the per
sistent pressure from above, which con-
suintiyniorges-uie cornirom ueiow.
The first step toward relief is to se
cure a shoe anatomically correct in eoii'
I struciioy. , Meanwhile, remove hc. pres
rlsur&j from j the 6omiin whatever waj
ata vu jvoju- a, jva.a. nuuvinu
down carefully between the layers will
easily take out for the time the cen
tral core. Sometimes it can be picked
out with the nail, after soaking the feet
three successive nisrhts in warm water.
The, soaking swelis, the.corv, and,, like
turns fully to its place. Bnt, as the
cores always iUL upagain,, Jhe oaiy per
manent renid2r '"tne rcmoyale'of tho
cause. Youth's Companion.
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The enthusiasm of a Southern audi-
with the conqueror of tyranny, the over-
thrower of villainy, and hisses roundly
the impersonators of the wicked' jnes.
A number of times during our Southern
tour, the ,gods of the gallery waited uatil
the sahW-4eeiM5aHedouf after-the
play, and then called for the villain of
the piece. They yelled his name (or
rather the name' of" the character he as
sumed) , and would not be satisfied until
he appeared. What was his greeting?
Thhftrties round of hisses rjossibte.
Few actors have erer aoen vaid a?bwhf
er compliment than this. Our villain
a very jolly chap in private me naa so
well ptaygd hUjpart tfaa) heodajcoaW j
in Memphis, the boys rathered at the
stage door after rpaaeeandi
nooiea xne aciorHu mmm.'mxi m u
lainous during: the play. I think he was
''XSSSfS9 fimfany thing to
appreciartoii'ititewaweUde- . .
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This is leap year, girls; but it is just J
as well to look before you leap. i
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" Rut o(ly the voice wiUdn me cU
Weep not or woe unUl wo befall.
That is merely a poetical reproduc
tion of the ancient and excellent advice
to refrain fronT"borrowing trouble.11
Jn the, order of this world we should
Aave dongh of that Betioaablc proa
ty fcy inheritance, without" reporting
to the-burdwMWme ana
habit of borrowing.
bankraptingl
In practical affairs the habitual bor
rower is always catching at straw?, as if
J he were never out of desperate straits :
and borrowing dnll tho edge of' h
bandry" in thes telephonic time no
less surely than, when Folonius offered
that sacxj precept to tho cbiralrotts
I onr..g ,. j-
It occurs to me that a healthy state of
mindTj"of'grftte molneat than a easy
piirserwliiaikiffgeXt!bnfnow I remem
ber it) H only another form of the
maxim that contentment is wealth.
At this moment I can not recall a more
peraWentitKt patience-killing' afllct6n
than the man who always sees calamity
looming up - whose Hfi is divided be
tween furtive'a'oigmjtl.of possible mis
siles and gloomy recitals of his appre
hensions. There are a Jen-? nature", however
sunny, acrrfss whose skies' these "afflic
tive and afflicted victims of the dismals
do not cat a very .somber, shadow. My
own experience with them has not- Wen
very great, but I have known something
of their way 4 in thd. line of outcrying
their influence on more susceptible per
sons. I think that what Is called selfishness
has been very much abused because it
little understood. Suppose every one
.should address himself solely to work
ing out the problem of his own happi
ness. Wc have all, probably, jomo in
dividual standard of happiness, to reach
which is not j vicious, ambition, as. 1
understand it. My r.eighlwr has his
standard ; I Jiavc mine. If he rejoice
most in those calm joys, which revolve
around the domestic hearth (and he
could not choose a better standard).
why i3 Itrnot-within the easy possibili
ties that he may assure niuiscii oi me
highest happiness?
If another fiad jn -travel those keen
and panoramic delights for which his
soul and sense pant, it is certainly not a
violent presumption that he may, if he
bend all his powers to the furUierancc
of his projects having that end in view,
reach the summit of his desire.
If I extract from work, from books,
from companionship with men and
women1 who dare to5 think, those ,bless
ingi whieheem to me to, be alljthere is
of happiness,! shall not have been putto
excess of troublesome search to realize
my ideal.
1 am disposed to look approvingly on
the vagabondage of Bohemia. Its soil
is favorable to the production of that
unique audacity which laughs gooil
humoredly at those conventionalities
to which tho most of us aro vassal.
Few things give me livelier satisfaction,
or play more effectively upon my en
thusiasm, than a bold defiance of con
ventionality by the man who knows his
"round. I would not have him blatant
o
vulirar. Indeed, the man of my
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ideal in
that resnoct could not be so.
He wo'uld always' know when to striKe,
when to dig trendies, ami when to re
treat that he might choose a more ad
vantageous battle-ground.
Then, if even' man deliberately
choose his own happiness, I presume he
counts the cost of it. That he may
eventually attain it, I see no sufficient
reason to doubt. Being human (that is
to say finite), it is not to be supposed
that lie is going to invade the realm of
the infinite for his standard of
merely terrestrial felicity; and this
again proves his power to reach his as
piratioasj ,m -
It follows that'one naturally inquires
why a man should be called odious for
seeking that which every human being
covets hs own happiness unless, in
deed, his particular standard chance to
be the happiness dKothers The al
ternative implies the existence of men
who really feck others1 happiness.
I do not know just how tmo that
is, but I am not prepared to deny it
wholly. There have been occasions in
my -own experience when I have fek a
peculiar satisfaction in seeing the other
fellow happy. To that extent I may
lay claim to unselfishness, but the virtue
is wholly -a negative one. Why? Be
cause it is an incident in my own piirsuit
of happiness, like the travelerialeng a-
hot and dusty road who unexpectedly
finds a luscious peach, the taste of
which is inexpressibly grateful to him.
Hernevertheless has in mind a comforta
blevinhr some miles .further a, Jn the
enjoyment of which his peach will be
quite forgotten. , .
The obstacle in the way of the trouble
borrower is. his wqnt of a reasonable
standard.Vlt is "true sthat Mrs.wGum-
Tnid"c did not have" a very" desirable
'house to live in on the beach at Yar
mouth ; but there . were Peggotty, Ham
and Little Em'Iyi any one' of whom
would have thought it a boon to con
tribute to her happiness. She had no
standard, and that "lone,- lorn woman"
daily borrowed trouble enough to have
broken down an elephantine constitu
tion. In time her plow brain wrought
out a standard of happiness. Do you
remember what it was? I shaU'have to
owntkatait was anotherX happiness,
"and that other was DanU Peggotty.
Now, my , dear, Mrs. Gummidge,
wherever you are whether in-the old
hull at Yarmouth, or in the stateliest of
Spanish castles stick to Dan'l and the
.new-found standard. , Whenever you.
thinkof yourself yon are miserable, and
j.naraeyouuiasrpriMmurifes a erj
striking exception to prove the general
rule which I have tried to formulate in
respect to individual standards of hap
Einess. You see your weakness lot
orrowiniE-troubK subjects you to be
thmsTsfngJed; out; .buOp iew of t the
revbnitibn'we have all observecTm you,
I am not quite sate .that indirectly your
weakness was notyour ultimate strength.
Ii you- do not exactly get at the kernel
of my "thought, -keep "on hammering out
that good Dan'l Peggotty happiness
and you will by and by uncoveritvYou
shall think yourself well rewarded for
vour patient pains. It was a touch of
God's mercy that the, good soals who
used, to hear you whine wcrevneverin.
fectec!. 1 think they must have found
tho-Ley- to myeraaa-phaqiQphjr fethgt
when your Dorrowea, iroames were
drowned in the'floodol real calamities
that bore the Yarmouth folk far out up-
iOn the DiacK ana angjy waters, nx
had no need to use it. I am sure you
will no more go a-borrowing. " Signer
Max," in the Detroit Free Press.
' t
"Ixtlv Lolltpop" In reply., to
your iavor of the 24th, we would say
that the Anglo-American Hugging
Gausre and Affection Indicator has re-
ceived the wannest conuaeadationa
from several Toang ladies "who have
tried it, thereby gaining aa exoalkat
quality oi finsbaaC The scheme irto
fasten one slyly to your dress, anti the
when the young man is making the ribs
of your corset creak spriag the little
znachiao on him sa-ldenly, aad hare
gour pa opea the door before yoo cam get
ff akkaee. With thaaherriagtitegK-tcrstarinkhim-ia
the face, ,aad the old
man talkimr of shotruns, stealiarthe
jaffectioas ef hie child, etc, there are but
few youagstecs , that, wfll JKt.weakea
and declare that every thug was on the
aquas,aad at-oace propose aaearly.
davlorthe nuptials. ykimQ'inottfte.
A MAjfwhb qiiit keeping a .diary; be-
bf a'cart, beaten out of $3 on a dog
jr An VlVrvn.Arl Kt- 4 fiari4ftt ttnsl
drawn on a jury. He will resuaee the
dl&rj.Hatckejfe.
UiWC) w4vjagMJa4.vai--va vm tuunuw sa
Ta Hnmitf naaei.
The attemDt to comblae the Sunday-
rchool and the theater L always a doubt
fai expeiimcnt- The two ingredients
n nK W nnltiti vi a. to uroduco X I
HLlUizciorv result. Either there. loo
" "9 w- . f
much SunJiy-:ho9l for the amoant oi
theater, ia which ca.e thcenh?rtaiamcn$
U iiRAwjikfthlv drearv. or elc there U
too xnoct theater in p'roportion to 5an
ilav-rhool. in which cox; tne wnonn
mr-n hecomc obifCtionably worldly
l- SV,.r..OT ff.H.nM4 I'll'Tl
.in. wwiiv .. ..rv....-.-. -
frwrreK" is alraoat the onlv instance of jl
A successful Sundav-Chool dni:ia, anI
even that really meritorious entertain
ment wav bo found fault with, on the
.mmndthAt Kaithfurs uaou or liinins
- .w -. m JH T.l
. - . .
wna inepretrjirwwm nj. w.. -.
VanitV Fair ts qui Ol KCCpmg mia wc
vlmTrt.nr nt that excellent person a
conceived bv Bunvan. Still, the belief
that a Biblical play can be Auccfully
acted bv Sundav-school children can,
newr be wholly cnuiicatcd from the en
terprising Superintendent's mind, ami
hence the holiday season always wit
nesses repetitions of the familiar experi
ment. Great things were anticipated, un
rcaonablv of course, by the congrega
tlon of the Williston Congregational
Church, in regard to the repre-entauon
of the Scriptural ulay of Elisha," list
Monday night. The play wai written by
the Sundav-school Superintendent's wife,
who was "a clever woman of no little
literary skill, and the pastor and
members of the Prudential Committee,
who heard it read, were "reatly Im
pressed with its jnerits. Of the con
struction of the play, it is unfortunately
impossible to speak, for reasons which
will presently appear. There is no
doubt, however, that it opened well, ami
we mav concede its author's claim that
it contained abundant incident, and wan
both thoroughly Scriptural In tono and
sensational in its climaxes.
Th lecture-room, with a temporary
stage and a red drop-curtain, niadi a
neat little theater, which was crowded
juilf an hour before tho performance
began. The curtain roe upon a scene
representing a shady valley, with a high
hill in tho back-ground, up which a
practical and very steep road mn. On
each side of the stage was a den-e for
est of ten or twelve trees and a country
tavern, with the sign " Hallway Hotel,"
stood on the loft tido. In front of the
tavern forty-two children who consti
tute nearly the whole strength of the
Sundav-school were engaged in vari
ous gaincs. Some of tlicm were pitch
Iri" quoits, others were playing marbles.
AH were quarreling fiercely, and from
their appearance, were children of the
very worst moral character and most
curiously ragged clothes. To them
presently entered from the right lower
entrance the Prophet Klishn, carrying
his hat iu his hand, in order to display
his total lack of hair. He was a large
Prophet, with a long white beard and a
walking stick of great sie; but there is
no doubt that he would havejooked bet
ter had he been provided with a little
hair. As he passed the Hailway Hotel
lie stopped to ask the way to tho nearest
Post-oMce, but it is painful to relate
that tho boys refused to give him a ehil
answer. In fact, they chaffed the Proph
et and made alhiiioiis to his lack of
hair, which were both personal and
rude. The good man betrayed no anger,
but he told them that they disgraced
their parents by their conduct, to which
they with one accord triumphantly an
swered that they " hadn't got none,"
and that thev were "orphants." Great
ly disgusted "by this repartee, the Proph
et shook his stick sadly but kindly nt
them, and proceeded on his way. The
wicked children continued to yell after
him, advising him to buy a wig, or to
try somebody's hair restorer, and in
other ways expressing their wicked want
of respect. Endurance having ceased
to be a virtue, Eliilui paused and whis
tled loudly. Whereupon two frightful
bears issued from the forest, and, falling
upon the children, began to tear them
in pieces.
All would pcrliaps have gone well,
had not one of the wicked loys refused
to be torn. The others had promptly
fallen flat on the ground the moment
tlie bears arrived, instead of climbing
trees. or seeking refuge in the Hailway
Hotel; but this particular boy, who, as
it subsequently appeared, hau been bor
rowed at the last moment from the
Methodist Sunday-school, and who had
not attended the rehearsal, showed
rfijrht. He caught up a stick which hap
pened to bo at hand, and hit the first
near a resounding whack over tho head,
drawing from that, astonished animal
the exclamation, "By gosh!" Leav
ing the forty-one prostrate children, the
incensed .bear rose on his hind legs and
hit the borrowed boy a beautiful blow
straight from his shoulder. The two
then rushed together and fought all over
the stage, while tho other bear, yielding
to the excitement of the moment, en
couraged his associate brute by loudly
requesting him to "go in," and by of
fering to bet 10 cents on his success
with any one who might be willing to
put up the money. The Prophet, in
view of the uproar, turned
back and belabored bath bears
and the borrowed boy with his
stick with great impartiality, until all
three cried for quarter. It was while
he was engaged in this praise
worth' work that he accidentally
knocked down the chandelier with his
Etick, and thereby created an alarm of
fire, which speedily-emptied the house,
and brought the entertainment to a
close. O The fathers" of both "bears have since
sued the 1'ropnet ior araaun ana oa
tery, and the whole congregation is di
vided over the question, whether the
Prophet' had any right to thraslrolher
fnennUV hoar-?' in nublic no matter if
The Tatter had. yielded to strong tempta
tion to infuse an unexpected realism in
to the drama. However this may be
"decided, there is nodonbt that the play
was a failure, and it is to be hoped that,
it will have 'jsome little influence in in
ducing Sunday-school Superintendents
to abstain from complicating relhrioas
instrnctioa with amateur theatricals.
New York Times. , ,,
AdTeatarea ef
the Cent Xaariee Be
XewTokk. January 8
About four
j-vonths ago a genteel foreigner, about
37 years, old. calling1 himself Uount
Maurice De Fez, took apartments with
a private family on Twelfth Street, and 1
riogizea ior nis quiet way oi uving
statiijg that remittances from Ins
mother, on France, the Countess De
Fez,' had failed to reach him. He lived
at Spanish and French restaurants, and
so ingratiated himself with theipro
jrietors that he was allowed to ran up
large bills. He claimed acquaintance
with leading resident foreigners, and
talked for a thae of taking service m
Ike Cabas army- In. the aaeAatinie he
eecame very attentive to a prepossessing
young lady on Twenty-fourth Street, an
orphan, who owned the furniture of the
house in. which she lived. Theyoaag
lady disliked him, and when she refused
aaropositioa of marriage, he drew a'
"sMtol and threatened to shoot himself.
Her sisters becaaK favorably impressed 1
with him, aad on their soiictfauoaa sae
fnally agreed to marry him. It was
decided that the ceremony should be
gprfonaed ioa llofiday; aid iniraedi
aaelr.aftar.it the coBole shoald sail-for
fraace, where, he said, they shoald set
ae oa ais estaie. in view os ue eTent
lie Touag lady sold off- all of her
farniture and made .preparatiacs
for the departure. Last week the
Count confided that he was short of
funds, and obtained from her about
$900. The French Consul was iavited
to give the bride away, and maay well
kawFfah aa4 Spaab
wervadced iob prrat. The Cbont
ordered a wpddtn breakfan, U c4
350, froaJ a well krmra rruirat Ito
wboc cosideace" be had worked hlm-
"IL and. A onJcrimr; he MiconMcd In
wf .
borrowiap &S an iheitrrnh of hi
foe hi, afiaat!. teumunaM to .tare
offpaynftnu On Friday U the jw
. . . ,p . .
Oust tlwTc trji ta aU tolteijMwrtt-c in
a carriage, pav ir4 hl trunk a&d nit.
tcriouslr ilisaniired. Whn the Urt :
was Ukl U the Jadv. she tsok it quieth .
rami cancrici ;a iauiuo anu i
rand caneticd :h in-Itatloa and all
1 V w r Ik IA- .! I
,
w....,--wrTTOv. .. ... , ....
wtw nnjwjruw wwhjiwvwih,
T,.M,7.w.iBfMX "Vr"'.'.
uam mt M-niirau u i 'cl vui
-f Injf, Vrkp. IHa tir tirf. x..b,m.m.1 Tl tin. . . - 1 - t. T. .. . K .
- .-i.. vii . ...... .r.. -?. ..-.. .- . , -nu ineatx iciiivkii ixt.
. ccnty, but the cddns wa n)l tt- J r. Ua f lo Uulkt lh4 rtdniy
m'j i ixned. On SaunJaT moraiar th! . ,. .1- -. --n kit!i4tL
i,, jmeaUof i0 act of Rvumi la tM$ tfat , t l ! ttmllic, w
DariBr Ike CdwBC. l and WUe. ThU reprtnU, tttnwn f rtnr ad thew nixw i I
oct way or another, an ejjpctumure of xiif j ( xi, lo rmrw -
tlrttInr2tijrbnvatCUmartindrat-lciLt u,0C0,W. Nearly all Pv ; air and fat. ru wiffcr-'.
31eudon.Gen.-rkl Duval, having beenUrn now more or Je ipnnl V ' m wm.inwU teonwmr ' f
made pawner by Gvweral Viwy. was combined nWriptioa. Th ect uf ! oWWrrn?
PlIUl iR'AU, I UCH'SIHIHl IrtiiW ! HIWM 1
the fightim
an i arrled on U inde.riba-'
ble. Two combatant, one of ,the regular
annv and the otbr a ialcre, Tiad met
"r""""r - ' ..---- - - - - - -,- -- fc a
at a bath establishment on the Avenue
Neuilly. They Lxmiiuueil fighting until
bv
. . n I
succeojiiic atUf inaue oa or.o a
other they rea hel tlie roof of the houe. i :
When both there, they threw away their ' l
ritlt and Iwgan a hand-to-hand rtrug-'
J. , ....v.. ....... ...v.- v
le, the trooper trying to free hltmclf 1 tho laktwhvelnri, frk evwenuy u- wbmt fernap' ae AtmKiy f
from the "ra of his enemv and t Mgncl for table u have brcu mImu har oajMtndwi a won e.4r
IllK.fVC3 111-1 -" -&!!.. klllJII vj
. i.: .."..... c.;...,il.1. !.. Urn-
---. ,--.-, T - .
tnniper
facu bctiuearvd with blood and dust.
The j'ederc, having fallen on the troop
er's body, had the best of It. and killed
him by stubbing him in tho head. One
vould'not help being struck with the
contrasts preMirl- in ihe-eity itMlf,
destruetklQ. ""! dvath raging in Mime
of its quartfjrinterecteu by born- j
cniUV), Willie "'iiiiaue w;n jcycimj; i
fl. nrnnnd itI Pciutlful cnvimns: and"
at the same tifnit fjmhlonablrt 1kiu1-
vnrds crow dtt. J ih elegant folks loiter-
ing anil smilii fr i if notliing w as going
on. The theaftfni were open. Light-
hearted people were he ml living,
eu iieple
Well! lhe
v tlgm tnore, ici ih einov
.. . . . . . t'
drew a knife from his pocket, and a-s hu j jHxm U a till more ancient Minniwii, , wj,ki or al, wit lift a nn " J
wasgoini: to sUb him tho trHper laid , PosTMA.T:u-(;K(icKAt. Kr.r. y aivi. nr Ha iho loCTaaUiy of w-'-flat
on the nmf, and bv a rapid move- J Washington oirnwpondent, "almy land rook jit ronrtWta aay lhlp ,
ment got hold of one "of his cuemv'fc J has a pleasant won! for every Uxly, and i etutt4efch titrrt the waul if "
leg, and both fell on thtTpaVPiuent. a u verv-generalty likt-d. lieu a Wv, I huiuati ytum. ITio nllrat, or nmm
height of twentv-ave vanl. Neither of heavy nian, !thclo-cly tnpie.i gray mtr. the -rionto. rr UX f
theni was killwl. bat the tnKiper had hb whhkerW.iMd'h.r, a round, aulld heaif. dueot ; tho phopl4tw. or fl f. -
ourselves here!" Tho eafs were order- phau are assisted In ever" Klble way. fat former nre nltaadant m a
ed to be shut at midnight; leM-Jos pre- AUuil .f per rent, of the nwmbpof tfie fahlonahl rtrtll4 uf Uhh . twtto wh
caution you eoidd sec the. light through ( Communeii nru annually relieved of tMr an' the wtwlw, lmliv and HnN i. t
the interstices of the shutters, aud wt. A recent return prove that dexoloped ahn wn ttdloulY aa4
men and women chatting, smoking, .pauperism U not more witlely preva-' fully w UhhoUI frm tfooii 4HiW mij
plaving and drinking, while the cannon j,.nl j i:omn Catholic than In Protect- iirt?
w:l roariii"' iu the di-tancc. tlie mitrail-1 nnt cnmniw. ' Tho IntolUconl inaws:r p-mhry
leuses rattling ineeantly, and tho
musketry crackling without interims -
sion. That was not idl ; after spending
part of the nteht iu the-tu ilens of In-'
fain, it was con'tiilen'd a good joke to
spend the rest in hiring a cab and, the
by the jalens and the walls of
became more successful. Confusion and
despair bean to reijrn in the cami
' ."'
the Commune. Tliuy tried to check the
advance of the regular army by deed of
violence and cruel retaliation. They ar
rested, during the night of the 5th, 31.
Duguerry, the cure of the Madeleine,
the Archbishop of Paris and icvcra! oth
er dignitaries of the Church and political
men of high standing. The same night
the Archbishop's residence was pillaged.
A man named Haoul ltigaiilt hud been
appointed Prefect do Police; unprinci
pled, daring and unfeeling, tliii ofliccr
issued a decree by which any person
suspected of Hting a partisan of tlie 'a
tional Assembly should bo immediately
arrested and tried. He might as well
stated, "Shot without trial." Tho de
livery of letters was interrupted; gas
was shut off; Paris was In the dark
with tho exception of a few lamp-
fosts supplied with mineral-oil
amps. To make good the deficiency
by death or wounds in,thu ranks of the
Army of the Commune, groups of armed,
men were ordered to enter the houci at
night, and to seize in their bed every
fit man to carry a ride. Men above
sixty were exempt. Finding, however,
that this method of recruiting jlid not
answer their expectations owing to
many avoiding to Meep in their own
houses, they had recourse to the follow
ing stataircin, which I saw myself from
a window carried into effect with the
utmost brutal
r rr Jw ..-i
L 2.??,?! Si '
of a street with their backs
at each side
close to the wall, the street had no
other issue except by the two extremi
ties. As soon as the street was seen to
contain a sufficient number of passers
by worth catching, the soldiers coming
from both sides formed a barrier at both
end?, and arrested every body. Women,
children and elderly men. were set at
liberty; all the others wore armed and
sent to tho front to fight against the reg
ular army. Terror and distraction were
at the highest pitch. The inhabitants
of Is'cuillv, Courbevoie, and those who
were still in the military zone, had been
left houseless. With whatever they
could get hold of they took refuge in
Paris. Hundreds of small vehicle were
seen coming In loaded with mat tresses,
blankets, kitchen utensil, etc., to rake
shelter wherever they could lied. it.
Count Orti, in Fraters Magazine.
k Seaiaatle aai fteMarkaale life.
At Bird-in-Uaae, in Lancaster Coun
ty, Pa., the remains of the late Kebeeca
Evans were burkiL. She, was without
doubt one of the strangest women of her
time, and the story of her life and sur
roundings is romanthrand remarkable.
She died, at the advanced age of 3, aad
was never married.- She had lived alone
for the past OCT years, and for years and
vears before that lived in csmpanT-with
J her brother, who was inai. The bu
died about 30 years ago, ana for several
years before his death was aoniined just
outside the house jn a large pea, aaade
by building, a high fence- JBeJoretaia
he ran nhnut tha -c-mintrV iressed W 3
frock, and to.thU the popl who lived
in the aeighborhood objected; beaoehw
conAaement. The propcrtf for years
has sot hwn keot in renax. aad the
buildinire. which eoas&t of a two and a i
half story house aad. small bare, looked
20 yean ago a though. they had beea
deserted for a century.. There wa not
a sash 'In the house that did ot bare
the glass broken out; some of the shut
ters were Jwaging on ose hiageand
some lvin? under ti windows; the
fence about the yard falling over.boards
dropped oft the barn and holes rotted in
the roof-. - Part of the pen in which her
brother was kept is still standing
Across one field near Mill Creek, whic
runs along the farm, stood a two-5tory
and a half tenement house which has
only been occupied for a year or two
daring a period of 2years; eoascqaeni-
S" it is in about the jame condition aa
e other bufldings.-4A? York Slar.
It vou presented aay body with a dol
lar locket-'oa ew Yearns and hinted
.that it cestabout fifteen dollars, there
is ao need of any qoickeaed conscience
about it. Itwastaieato soase jewel
er's to be valued on the 2d of January,
very "early in the Brning.--ZWrof
Free Press.
weather tieing line, 10 unvo 10 uie Arclwail V.1 j H ,ark place and had a cer- inin nunc irinr wiwiw .- -
do Triompluj to tee how the fight was j,, tune ,,iaw to him m-veral titm-s a former, according ho wUh tk a.
" pmgre.sing!" The troops of the N.i- n (,av ,,, ,it-,,. sjnKl?r jj, ftctuIIy noc- i N or meat or for brredur -
tional Assembly, re-enforcel by the ar- . c,cfjn imitn,ig the familiar me..,ly, Ul Ih tv mmfu! ltMwnrim
rival of the prisoners made by the Pros-1 nnt ran m,w iheanl all day nlnglng children Uh ultil to tint iIhiimiwU !
siiin.s at Swlan, grew in strength, and Ulij, Mjr Xvry M,i,om forgetting his ' heir nature. It oarliaaroWi &-!.
their :usaults ar.iinst Uiu furu occupied 1 ,.:,.:,,, fu int.. il... .M t,,n-ur,l. 1 and niuu of tho iiiai'I and uarvo wvl
aj y HtHOMWy
A max ho caucM sAUrl wfeCV Im
nrlfcotml In il at Netfh Ailasa,
Uxv . Km Km! U town &
ap-raIya ift 4xrilmilri.
oii A. iTiC Ww X
vrklm5au trirl fmm Vic f
A lUoiiarmi, ) ! iriji
mW i
oa j. ,11 pHnl
-..-i tncrther
.0.1, unntauc " - "-T'
k k 1 k. .&k ---
iwe rmlr
wedd u$Kiixr
C-kck G. HowAais w 10 w
- . -.-- w r
, ,.mrf .,, ,hJ(WiMiitb(l
rirmiim llMifc.JMl JWV-" -x -
uU) cixixn of HttaUBjtuoH. u'bj i
. i.i .
Ulited ea:ttti Um IVCCOt
walkhv,
match ia New York, but rr aww J
.iLt .itr ki!i h WUhUrri. i
t tt ....iiM uim'Imi HiHiwir.
' -- -- - --
; . t jt.v. jin iv'ji
pack b wUHiAUM ai- ?iv w r,w
a )-ar.
Ir has been
thought that fork were
uxxl bv mankind Jn rating food at a
tvrr reorftl irit! la hlttry. But lh"
- . .1 .. !. ..! t- ..iliiI ! lul I
an oi ewing w muvi. L'?n-, , ,.- ,
a revival oi a cry ancicnv vne -
fr.rV U Uv nn KirlBi Att Ittveuthtn vi
.'.- - - 1- ----- - -. . ,.,.
modern Umn Uitely, in ii iioimt
hm. 'limv wpm maiW ol iwdi1 i ne
w
- m - -,-----
anti a fact? Which always luk imlUng
He dreses In a yerj simple manner A
black truck coat wllhelvot collar, dark
troner.low eollAr with a small bit of
hlnck rivWn to urvo a a mnkuc. aad
- -!.... u....1Ju.lr;., .lt drtt muVrt nn
n irtlllil l ir ?-wtii ..m . m.wm ...-
his costume
.
Laws
fur the jrtitiprnwlon Of inemll-
. stricllv aiifortrt In Swlter -
i catieV
are
land.
i,.u..f I n.fn,l ti i)m hlln tim
I dimipated, and the property of pend -
thrlfLs may Ix'.-elzetl and ndmlnUten!
. fur iheir licnefit, Idle they aro plaiTl
. umI.;r ollicial tniardiaiithip, nhould
there ecm any likelihooI of their cum-
. -. . . .. .
jnir to want. Un the oilier hami, or -
i t p.v.uv bin!, which uc think l tho
, nK. .,u.tm,, nt U k!n.l Jn linfralo'
.,.,,.. r.uritr ran In- .nn at ilm
.store o( air. Geo. Heiuino, 1I9 HIiaai
Street. After Ions: months of patient
tr.iinimr. ilurinir which time tke hi
.r.
inuig
like strain.
,,t,,i,n n .ir-iu-n m.te nf Uu iiinn
will i a raiVtreat to all lovers of bird
music.
A St. Iuivis quack
doctor, who
pro-
fussed to euro
all dUoav-s through
thu
I...1.. ..t u..;t li-,rrrfiiuul to fill m Minn
of rheumatism' for $m. Thev could
... . it ... ,. i...i"i. .1.,.
t.i..m.ir J.ft.ili! bit unlit lu.furrt tlie rvenv.
..... .... .(t,.n.N.nl Ti.n ...ini.t- (Innlltr
v. ... .............. ........... ....... -j
proposed that the snxj t- piaeeu in a
sealetl et,veUpo-and kept for Pi days by .
.. .l.ll '-..... 'l'l... u !. .....(...,.
,'s uy
tlent
lllliw i'tjr.J.1. wii. i uiu i'.i.ii.h
was wen, ti snouiii oe irmm
.t . . ... .
to the doc
tor, but, if he was still ill, It should be
returned to him. Thu dupe readily
agreed to this; but, xheu the time wo
up, and he had as much rheumatism as
ever, he tore open the envelope anti
found in ironly scraps of worthless pa
per. 1 he doctor was arrested.
comfort
conipe
1
mission of. Agriculture. They affirm
tliat tlie rcyiurccs of the tnitel Statos
for supplying Kngland with ffKI arc
receiving every day a new development,
tKith in the extension of agricultural
enterprie and in tho facilitation of
transport, fr. (IIad!tone snggastl
some time ago that the farmora shouhl
turn theirjittention to raising fniit, vg.
ctables, poultryreggs, and butter, but
the ACflo apprcimmis uiai even m wtis
lUaitcd ficW they will be outdone by
fon;. ,, t,'tion. In that caj noth-
the frcho apprehends tliat even In thl
ins wlllavafl them but
a universal rc-
doctiOn of rents.
A nKcr..vr visitor to a gnat North
German country hOUMj writes; "Tho
gr;at feature of the day i dinner (at '1
or :i), when tne iood tsot mat frightfully
1 iar 111 mm: -.- , --. --- -
. .-......-.-., -. f . m .. .t rt..i ukui rii
'! I.i.Tf flu. HtH.i liinl iiui.
Emousii farmers will derive small ,,,.. f,.tir..i., ....t u ... ,.f i, 'm
from tho report on Amcriran ,.M, ti... r...,..., wiiiu... ..,
tWon;VhIch ilessrs. HSad aiid...,, ninff T,.ri,,irtv. thelTil, ..f
'ell atcpreparirtg for the ltoyal om- ... . ,M 7., ,, 'x,AnM ..... A
substantial kind wherein the (.erman t Emprr-w gave oBIriaUy '.) wwrk.
nation excels Hie length of the meal faKMIt iQ) to lho unfim nUM, nk
ontheoccjonofapartrl appalling, had Wit extwlM from MerHn; hat
and it is apt to be taken for nulness If creU lcr 3 ti j fi mstru
aguestis unabfctodoample justice to , Kncwragr.1 by tho Knpntir, Ciwa N 1
every dish. ftcr their coffee the 20-1 ritMi , ,Z, , ,. '...i., iUlL. TT
tlemen play a hand of long whist for
small jiwnU, watte the ladies, left to
themocw, jutft, eik, play,, aad slag.
At ahowt 7 er 8 there U per, lu-
ward'10 the gnests depart. Some of '
the meitkaiodern-sindeti'peopJe arele
jpnning to shorten these wcarijme ea
tertainmentf, but they are till carrieil
out to the fullest exteat in tlie country."
FkaXCZ has agricultural schools for
girls. One of the chief is near Itouen,
which is mid to hare been began with a
capital of one franc, by a Sister of
Charityand two little duchargd prison
girls, and to be now worth $lC0f(XX).
The establishment ham 300 girln, from
ir to 18- The farm, entirely cuItivaUsl
by thaus over 400 acre la exteat.
Tweaty-five,.SiAtea Jorm .the Uff 4 A
teachers. More than one jnedal of the
French Agricultural 'Society has been
awarded to this ertabtishareat at Dr
etal, and the pupils are ia great demand
all over Xoraaandy oa accouat of their
skill. They go out stewards, garden
ers, farm managers, dairy women aad
Iaandrcssfcs. Each girl has, on leavbw. I
an outfit aada'saiall torn, of tooaer.
"' 7-U
earned in spare hoar. If they iraat a
home they can always, retara to Drs
etalwhkh they arc taaght t6"nmr& m
home; , ':
Kosajtcks any be dereloped even ia
the dull routiae of basiaeas is the gor
eramental 3epartseats. Conpulat
was sade to the Poet-oftce asthorkie
by a geodeEaaa that, hk letters $0 " Miae
CTLearv" were uaaaswered, aad he
charged that they had beea aegketed or
Meesr. Wordwrap k to the post
master of the viQafe where the fair
addressee resided, to iavesgate. Ha
report w as follows: Jtespectfally
returned, with theicibnaatioa that I
TesterdaycaBed apoflSh0Learyf aad
It k a sowgjpttc mmp&r ieet:'-tht she
iafonnedMiikat MaBA hadMeefved. aH
three of theJMna. TwM'miim br
iber thatXwiirjjd.ljthe lady to
stay to tea, which lavitioa. V aceafled,
and. had a very fiae tiaw, as Miss
0IaryaTerjraeag Udf, aad
the "very oe of copaay.T The eom
plainaatia the ahore case ,wm a re
jected lover, whose letters the lady had
recerrea wa sueac coatexaat. The
sequel of the affair was the marriage of latter good Jookisg, aad the fctdieiu
thegaSaat postmaster aad the yoaag arged to take advantage of their lea-
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brain and mrve, ar' bwly rwMl
In tho uhottt uraln to il tko iMM 4
man
But ftuhHti and lsnMWH4, k .
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i ttiKir kfsnrlttr nf lh0 ttlt(K MHiiMA. l
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The nllratcw and tho puj.li .
' dofth rlimtate,i by th sm M"l
1 iu 11T1 HHMll !-.. . .
.. tf-.1 ...... iivit.iih iai r irijumi u m
. tMiltiii'' doth, and tho hmttUfM a i
i broad and flaky jwtry ano W
oake, the prid ot w k iJ ih"
ImVor, Hkw thi txmuUfnt mh . r wi
ting In thorl.Min'nt rttprtfilltthirm
'ouly devloto ho n.iojx Hrartttr
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' urain, nunc, ioo in mfi .
' known that tf ho would hA vfg h
mut feed for eggnnd mt for fat
n
ucecfiil horiMimaii
HMW H l
huo wrp anI middling If ho wk
him to eiiduro and win tho r !"
! I wio breeder of jmlno and il" vn
' fiM-d fnifii bone fortnor to floh and f -,
brain former will not Ik ami ta
I famlllos.
Vet tb
o American pniiiuw w
.. .. li i .1...
mnttur of dint nro not imtre mned
able than thu projudleo of the KrM h
inan ngahwt our nnrn-dotlur id
1111111.
' 'Ho; oat monl iK,rrl.ge of th Jh
nnd th mush and milk of th A1'ii
are tmtiounl dUho, gnl 1Hhhjc
br a
KiniT. bllt tllC
fimdwb n
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Of trod
iivi anion j'
Aniorieans,- r
Frte lreM
How HUfHHrrk (tare Keshrnnl.
It will be rriiiemtHjrml that aImhiI tho
end of March, 1H7", a ropirt kiw -ar-rent
that Prince Ilimnrck lnul r:Ml,
and that hi resignation h?ol Mtn w
cctitcd bv tho Kmnoror WlUfain Ih M
." .aa
Itadziwili, who Is dtitantly rflil t
, the Itoyal family, and there inl ih
i Count , who a!o Is an IntlrnaUt frlfMl
of the Itadzlwill family " Wll,Citiiii."
said thf KniMnjr, aryoulrigtodiM .
, off tho Kater lamb with PfWo Frd:a
nand on Kateri Sunday ' "(Vrtiilolr,
your Majesty," replied the !Vhm.
" unles Hi'iT Kftlk cnrtat4.s ih"
lamb." In that ear," rrp?!! th"
KmfHjror, "you netl not fo undor
apprcheuhjn for your dinner." " I
am, hownrcr, iKt piito certain," t
. plicl the Count; "for low onn vsw
subjects feel safj when even hr Mj -esty
the Kraprc has to hido her rht-
(table acw to avoid rejnsr anno)!'
. i iiniium i jiiiiiasraiin in s riiiiiriisa.LrT. sa a
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" How ftt, Count?" askiwl tho Krnjof.r rW
.. Why. Sire." rrnlM the Cotmt. " tk-
irreati
acts of Herr Kaik, acting axwjordiaj; to
the orders of Prince Immarek Tiv
Etmerrn, cTihntly much aano;d. Wf.
early and the nxt day be nt for Prte
UUmarck, who plailnl ill hlth A
end m.enger orIreI th Vrtnr
Imme!at4:ly to appear at the Ct.,
unless he were Mt ill to hav to kn e
his bed, fn which cae the KaijMfor
woakl call uprn htm. Princ UHtnarrk
haI to olcy, and wa cUdl tor more
than aa hour wlih tho Knipcror. n
reUiraiaf home, he at once nt in h
resignation'' fali MM G&Uer
9 m
Ytexscn poultry raUen adjrt the fol
lowiajf rothoI of feeding In faUemoji
for the market: "To gftgood wrig4 .
aa4l dfelSeete color, oaly wuod from grabv
one year old shoald lie ad, and the
waier ued ia the mixing of food hooM
haresoH added to k fa the proirUm
of three-eigfcths ef aa oaasre to a fjtwrt
ot mtai. a smell (uaauty of eoarx;
gntrei ifeoakl be added to the paste thus
Bead, so sw to a4t the Mrd'a UTetim
f tsaue. www xvwk. lae otm'a uTcMim'
fuactioas. Speoju care kou!d be tAJLBW
-. - - f . . a B
aot to mve the aT frxxi for at hat
twelve hours b&r tW urn til'!- n
TV
that the iatetlae By be empty at the
tine of death, aad the acid fermentation
of their coateat. which would other
wise eae aad which facilhUe deeom
pofitioa. Bay be avoided, llackiog the
fowk shoald aot be attempted too vxm
If feathers are palkd oat while li
blood is KiM flail, the vdde at the root
of each of then becoms eegurg&d and
the sk becomes vftxuA. AfowikiIld
while digeKkmhigotsg oewifl hardly
keep fera week. A few pkcee of char
coal pgt iade will ast prtrvatirfV
A iite writer t: Mxt Ixrmvn
have aotieed that w fattening swice
raplly, they appear weak ia their hisA
leg?, sad sometimes Jose the ux oi
thens eatirsJv. la ch eaam we Sad
that a naafl qaaatky of bone meal
atixed wkh their daily fee! will pwrtus
weafcatw; aad. will streagthea the ett
malsoasto admk of the naM rap&l
Tr U saia thai Aeiuura siaron. Iat-
ler and Booth are all looking about ior
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