THE BED CLOUD nffmv
M. L. THOMAS, VublLlirr.
RED CLOUD, -
XKIIKASKA
MAIDEN AXItWKA TUERCOVK.
MAtPEv.
0 Wkatiikhcock, nn the 1!lajru fnlro,
A ith your pt.Mcn le ithcr nil on tiro.
Jell me. what tan yni sre from your perch
.Above tno-e, over the tower or the church!
WEATHrilCOCK.
1 cnti bco the roofs, nml the tn Pt below,
-Awl the pcop'e tinivinsr tit :itnl fni:
-And IkiiiJ. without either itKir or wtrf-t,
J he Krout M t sea mi.l the ttiK'riii:iii' Meet.
I can n 'hip roine ailliijr In
JJeyoud the bumllunils nml Imrlior of l.vnn.
Ai'il ii vounjr man si. milium i.n tLO.'!e K,
"VVithUHilki 11 Uerehlef nuiml bl nock.
Now he is rr..njr it to h'slip-i,
An-I now hi- Is kN'iujr his llnirer-Ups:
Ami now he is liltinjr iiikI VhiIiii; his hand.
And bloninx the kles toward the ldiid'
VAIIIKN".
.Ah. tha l the ship mm over the sen
That I- bringing-my I'fVrr back to inel
iiniiKinjr my inter o renin find true.
Who does not ibiuntc with the wind.
like you.
WKATIII'.llffNK.
If I ehnngr with nil the winds that Mow,
Jt Sonly beciiiix they iiuule in
Ami 'M-opIe would thiiik it won Irons PtraiiKO
JT I, u Wcathcicevk, should not change!
O pie!ty Miilde'i, so tine and fnir,
"With your tl renin r eyes nml your go'den hair,
"When you and your luier meet tirdjy.
You will thank me lor lo-iking mine other
wu.:
11. II". Lturjfc'J'iw, hi Youth' Giinjuuilon.
TWO CANDIDATES.
STKninx IlACKr.TT was, for the third
lime in his life, looking out for :i pair of
black cotton gloves to wear to his "dc
partcd pardncrV funeral. He did not
mourn to the extent of a weed, as the
old hat he had wont so Ion;', through
storm and shine, would hardly support
such dignity. IJut it was necessary to
draw the line somewhere, and he drew
it nt gloves.
' His horn-like hand looked unused to
Kiich pomps and vanities of life, hut he
considered them respectful to the mem
ory of his wife, and so went into the
extravagance. If he could have fore
cast matters he might have bought all
three pairs at once, at a reduced rate;
and no doubt he would, as he was a sav
in"; man. IJut there are limits to ev
eryone's ability to make.aud j-ave.
The neighbors, sitting about the
store, aked the customary mortuary
questions, partly from .sympathy, but
much more from the curiosity always
felt In such details.
"Ai'-v Hackett had been ruling quite
:i spell.'" he said, " but she wasn't
thought in the least dangerous. Maybe
she w:is weaker than an body knew of,
for she dropped a whole brimming pan
of new milk, one night, when she went
lo t-et it on the buttry shelf. 1 thought
likely she had stumbled over that
plaguy old cat of hers, and said ns
much. I often have to kick that cat
out of my way; but my wifo set such
store by it, I thought I wouldn't have it
drownded. Hut as I was saying, the
c:at wasn't about, ami like as "not. MixS
Hackett was feeling poorly before she
began to complain. Hut she did her
own washing on Monday! and now she
is gone! It is such a sudden, mysteri
ous dispensation to me!" And he took
out hisyellow bandanna with milch emo
tion. It certainly was sudden for him.
Number one, who had slaved her six
teen hours a day for fifteen yearn, had
brought up at the insane asylum for
live years longer. Number two soon
broke down, and was long a helpless
and unwelcome burden. " Uncle
Stephen," as people called him, had
seen trouble, and his wives had not been
exempt.
Stephen feelingly remarked that he
"would rather have lost the hot cow
lie had;" and a neighbor replied that
"he. hadn't a doubt of it."
Stephen drove around to see the mall
who dug graves, and asked his price. He
was a new hand, and Stephen felt that
his charge was exorbitant, as the
ground was in such a good condition for
digging. He told what he had always
been in the habit of paying and finally
they compromised. The funeral made
the customary decorous stir in the rural
community, where there is little to
break in. upon the even tenor of one's
"way, and then the world settled back
into its old grooves again.
But poor Stephen could not settle. It
xccmed ijuite the other way with him
as long as Miranda Jones was to be the
head of his house. Miranda was an
old maid, of a very uncertain age, who
"wore .spectacles, sported the most as
tonishing caps, ami talked of the "wick
edness of men" continually. Hut she
w:is the only housekeeper that could be
had for money. Ami that grim, wiry
woman must have white sugar in her
tea three limes a day. and plenty of it!
Stephen could not" perceive that it
sweetened her any, but a dim vision of
the poor-house loomed up before him,
and not in the far perspective either.
There was one sure remedy
for his- ills; he could marry again,
lie smiled grimlv as he thought
of Miranda's surprise at seeing '
a new head of the house walk in. when !
she doubtless expected that she had a
life tenure as housekeeper, and might
even be looking forward to becoming
liis fourth wile. Who the favored
woman would be. he had not yet de
cided. Hut after a delay of passable
respectability, Stephen brushed up.
drew on his "funeral gloves, and went
candidating, so to speak.
'Squire Tucker said "he was the
most impartial man he ever saw; he
took the younger widows by house
row." Certainly no one could feel
slighted. Yet no one seemed to catch
at the dazzling bait. Stephen was not
discouraged. A widower for the third
time is a good deal liko a book-agent,
Jiot easily daunted.
He turned his thoughts, however,
away from the ungrateful widows, who
stood so in their own light, and deter
mined to take a young wife, who would
last out his life-time. His boys had
followed Horace Greeley's advice, the
day they came of age, and gone West;
and "money wouldn't tempt them,"
they said, "to comeback, and live with
the old man' So there was nobody
near to say him nay about this business
of taking a young girl for wife. " May
be they wouldn't get so big a slice out of
the old place, as they looked for," he
.thought, with a chuckle.
Stephen foddered the cattle, and
stuck the pitchfork up under the barn
stairs, and then he paused for a minute
in the barn door, picking his few re
maining teeth with a stem of herd's
grass. It was merely a habit he had
when fn a meditative mood. His
mind's C3e swept the field of his ac
quaintance far and near, and finally
paused with a suddenness which he
considered almost an inspiration. A
smile, such as it was, lighted Lis with
ered face and gleamed out from under
his shaggy brows.
If pretty Rosanna Moms could have
seen that smile, so flattering to her, as
she came in singing from the milking
shed, I wonder if it would have quick
ened her pulses 03 a beat. But she
strained her milk in happy unconscious
ness of the golden chance opening be
fore her.
If "AuntLura's" consentcould firstbe
gained, Stephen felt he should have as
good as nine points of the case on his
side. He knew such a stirring woman
generally carried things her own way,
in doors and out. If she was willing to
spare the girl, he was more than will
ing to take her off her Uncle Andrew's
hands for better or worse. Of course,
he knew there was a risk. She might
be a little Highly and extravagant at
first, but the good man had unlimited
faith in the power of precept ding-
donged hourly into oven the giddiest
head.
There was much surprised tittering,
outin Aunt Lura' kitchen, overthe long
conference mother wiu having with
" Unolo Steve" in the north room.
"I'd give something to know which
of you girls it is," said thatteazlng Hal.
" Or has he come for mother, to speak a
good word to some widows alio knows
at the Branch."
Hal grew suddenly anxious, as he
fipoko. for a hook in the library, at Ihe
end of the wide hall; and, of" course,
his slippered feet would disturb no
body. He might as well get it as not.
Just then Stephen was saying to Mrs.
Andrews:
" It's likely she may feci kinder lone
some, at first; but she'll soon get inter
ested in herwork. and there'll be pleniv
of it to take up her time. I shall af
ways be about home to chirk her tip.
There is one thing I might as wdll speak
of," he added, fidgeting with his hat;
"I never was no great hand for com
pany, especially at meal-time. Store
tea is dreadful dear, and company ben
ders a good'eel. Hut then, as I said,
Itosanner needn't never feel lonesome,
for I shall always be about the place,
and she can blow the dinner-horn any
time she wants me."
The book-hunter lifted his eye-brows,
and puckered his mouth to whistle; but
prudently refrained.
" When do vou think she could
come?" tusked the old man, eagerly.
Well. I hardly know what to say,"
replied the ptuzlcd aunt. " (Jirls'al
ways must have such a time fixing their
clothes "
" Oh, she needn't waste a minute over
that!" broke in the lover. "There's
a whole bureau, full of my wives' dress
es and things, and she can have the
hull of 'em.'7
" Generous soul," thought the book
hunter. " Whv doeaii't he wear thenl
himself?"
Delicacy forbade Hal lingering until
the cloic of the conference, which
seemed to be approaching a conclusion,
so he glided back into the kitchen, and
announced the fact that K0S3' was the
elected one. " 4 Ye that have tears,
prepare to shed them now.' Girls, the
rcl of you don't stand a ghost of a
chance. He is going to endow Itosy
wilh all his wives' old clothes! Oh,
how 3ou will rave, when 3011 see her
walking up to the front pew, carrying
such style!"
"What, that green tabinet, and that
.muff-colored pongee, and those 'bon
nets!' " exclaimed Laura. " Come,
Hoiy, you might be generous, and di
vide around."
" If you find anv pretty old china in
those closets, save it for me, won't
you?" sa:d Delia, "I should think,
among so man, there might have been
some lamiry relics. Some of them
must have had 'folks.' I mean to rum
mage around when 3-ou get up there,
Rosy."
"'Not very much,4' said Ilal. " He's
down on visiting. 'Costs too lunch,
and hinders so'.' But Kosy needn't
ever be lonesome. Her old man is ' al
ways -bout,' he says. She can blow
the dinner-horn, and call him when
ever she wants him."
K0.S3' was used to her cousin's joking,
and took it all with good-humored in
diiferehec, hardfy supposing it had aii3'
foundation lnyoiid Ilalbert's invention.
She was somewhat surprised, there
fore, when her aunt broached the sub
ject, in a serious wa
" Wiry, aunt," she cried, indignant-
0.
1 wouldn t have the man, if he
was made of gold,"
" Hut look at the land, II0S3': and the
stock; anil the good, comfortable home;
and then the man is getting on it-ears,
and can't last alwas."
" Would 3'ou recommend arsenic, or
str3chnine, to help matters forward?"
asked the exasperating girl.
"Rosy, stop j'our nonsense," said
her nuuf eharpry. "itis3'our good I
have in view, and I don't mean 3-ou
shall let this chance slip, if I can bring
the matter about."
"Since it is so desirable a match, I
will resign in Laura's or Delhi's favor.
It will not make the slightest dillerence
with Stephen Hackett."
" He is a good, reliable man," pur
sued Aunt Lur.i, "and a rich man one
of the pillars of our church."
"Rather one of the soundest sleepers
of it.''
" You ought to be ashamed to talk
bo. For goodness' sake, don't tritlc away
such a good settlement for life as this
would be."
"Isn't there a law about perjur3",
Aunt Lura?"
"Who's going to perjure themselves?"
she asked, sharply.
" Wouldn't it be perjury to promise
to love and honor one for whom 3-ou
had no more love or respect than for
an old inullen stalk?" asked K0S3, in
hot scorn.
"Si,mo of jour novel-reading non
sense," remarked Aunt Lura, deej)l3'
vexed with the incorrigible girl; and so
the talk ended for the time.
K0S3 stood the running fire of her
cousins very well. The event "was nuts
to them." "Laura went about humming
the old ballad:
" What can a young lassie, what shall a young
ln?ie,
"What can "a young: lassie do wi' an old
man?
Bail luck to the penny that tempted my
mammy
To sell her poor Jenny for siller an' Ian'."
"Give her the concluding verse,"
said reckless Hal. "Ma3 be, she'll
think well of the advice." As Laura
had forgotten it, he took up the tune
himself:
"My old auntie Katyupon mo tak's pity,
I'll do my endeavor to follow her plan:
I'll cross him, end wrack him, until I heart
break him.
And then his old brass It will buy a new
p.m."
Itos3 bore this raillerv very well.
When alone she hummed over, however,
softby; the little song of " Willie on the
dark" blue sea."
Surely, " vanity, thy name is man."
Stephen could hardby have been more
surprised at his refusal, if it had been
his first experience of the kind. He
plead his cause with all the eloquence
he could summon; but ' the maiden's
heart was steel," as they sa3 in the nov
els. I am afraid at the last the good
mau was a little angn He expressed
himself in words "more striking than
classic." Indeed, he had a set of ex
ceptional phrases which he sometimes
used to unruby oxen and badby-behaved
calves; and these phrases seemed just
now to come into pla", though the
faithful chronicler must add that they
were hardly appropriate for one of the
" pillars" of the village church.
Mephen slammed around a good deal
that evening when he got home; but
a grim smile was all the notice .Mi
rauda took of his actions. She poured
out an extra evening cup of tea for
herself, as a nightcap," and put in
two heaping spoonfuls of sugar, and
wondered, as she stirred it up, where
Stephen had been candidating this
time. That he was unsuccessful was
filain enough, and she gave a sigh of re
ief. For all that, she would have
liked to have choked him. Even the
best of us do not like to be slighted.
Aunt Lura could hardly forgive her
niece for going against her wishes so
obstinateh-; and Rosy began to think
seriously of finding another home for
herself. Her hands were strong and
skilled, and her heart true and willing.
Surely, she could make her woa.
The da" after Ros3''s final rejection
of Stephen, the day after Miranda had
wished she could choke him, she heard
the whole story, and her wrath knew
no bounds. "The impudent, design
ing old wretch," she cried. "And as
for that minx. Rosy, she'll have a fall,,
some da.3: pride allers does; the stuck
up thing." Though why it was "de
signing" and "impudent," on Ste
phen's part, to wish to marry a pretty
young girl, or "stuck-up," and Um
conduct of a ''minx," on Body's, to.
refdw him. only the angry logic of a.
soured and disappointed rival, perhaps,
could tell.
" I'll be even with him, yet," cried
Miranda, in a. rage. " I'll not itay in
his house another hour; and he'll not
be able to get anybod3 else; and he
mav starve, starve," for all I care."
What was Stephen's disma when
he came in to dinner, wondering why
Miranda had forgot to blow the horn, to
find the fire out. and no Mgn of a din
ner. He called an J called, in vain:
"Mirandy. Mirandv;" but onlv the
echoes came back: the home was as
silent as a grave. Even the old cat had
gone away with the irate housekeeper.
"Dang the woman," cried Stephen,
when, at last, he reali.ed the truth, us
ing one of those expletive. to which we
have already referred. "I 11 keep back
her wages that I will --and we'll see ,
who'll have the laugh then."
But, alas! for Stephen. "As to keep- ,
ing back the wages" said 'Squire
Tucker, "that is not law, and vou can't
do it; and as to turning the laugh on
her. that 3-ou can't do, either; m' advice
is to make it up; she's dying to many ;
you; and after all, that's the beat way j
to settle."
But it was moro than a week before
Stephen gave in. He spent that week
in soouring the country, far and near,
looking for a ltousekeep t; but id nd
Inirposo; and when Sundav" night came
ic was fain to put on his" bc-a attire,
brush his hair and whiskers sleek, take
his umbrella and stove-pipe hat, and
make his way, rather cr.'at-fallen, to
where Miranda was t nse her own
phrase, "temporarib sojourning."
Miranda had heard, from 'Squire
Tucker, of his advice to Stephen, and
of the lattcr's failure to get a house
keeper, and was therefore not unpre
pared for the visit of her suitor. She
had donned the black silk, which had
done her such good service as "a best"
dress for nearly twenty j'ears; fas
tened her lace collar with heronry bit
of jewelry, a cameo of rather astonish
ing cut and dimension', and assumed
a new cap of surpassing splendor, as
she persuaded her.elf, and that .she had
prepared especially for this occasion. .
In this overpowering attire, with spec
tacles on nose, she sat demurely, with
folded hands, listening to Stephen, a
smile of triumph, that some would
have called a smirk, gradually over
spreading her sour, wrinkled face, as
the lover, in some embarrassment, told
his tale. For she spared him nothing.
He had to plead and plead, and meta
phorically "get down on his knees."
before she yielded; but, as 'Squire
Tucker said, with a chuckle, "she was
tickled to death all the time, vou may
believe."
Miranda reigns now queen paramount
at the farm, and has not onlv as much
tea and sugar as she likes, but as much !
compan3'; and Stephen, who proved too '
much for three wives, has found more !
thall his inatl'h ill a fourth. ;
" Lord he's as meek as Moses," sa3s !
'Squire Tucker, with a chucKle." !
I'ttcrsoti's Mmjuzinc,
The Strnwiierrr'H Insect Eucnilesi
Stuawukkky plants like plenty of
moisture, and if there have been fre
quent and plentiful showers during the
growing season, from Ma till Novem
ber, the plants of strong-growing va
rieties, such as Sharpless and .Mon
arch of the West, should measure twelve
to fifteen inches across - provided the
ants and other insects have let them
grow iu peace.
First on the list of these pests is the
white
grubber,'
as
he
is eallo'l bv
the bovs, who hunt for him in rotten
stumps as bait to catch chubs with.
He works just below the surface, eating
through the main ,stcm of the plant,
and killing it entirely. If 3'ou should
happen to come along about the time
he has fin shed that plant, 3011 inay
easily find him 113-stirring the earth with
a stick; but if 30:1 are a da' too late, he
is oil to another, and frequently kills
half a dozen or more plants before he is
captured.
As an illustration of the destructive
ness of these pests. I will give the ex
perience of a neighbor, who, in the
fall of 1878 and spring of 1871), -"hinted
eight acres of Sharpless seedling plants,
making large calculations on marketing
an immense crop of fruit next June;
but the grubs destroyed one-third at
least of his plants, and the severe
drought of lass summer so crippled
them that he will not gather as much
fruit from his eight acres as he would
from two acres, had all things been
propitious. His (50,800 plants he could
have sold last spring for over ?l,8lK), a
great deal more than he can realize from
his fruit this season, after laboring
faithfully all last summer, with three
hands besides himself.
The next pest that we have to con
tend with here is the ants, and so de
structive are the' in this locality that
some growers think of turning their
attention to other pursuits. They hon
e3conib the ground right under the
plants, cat oil the fine roots, and as fast
as new ones are put forth the- share
the same fate, and the plants soon lose
their vitality. If the jrrass and weeds
Is!
are aliowed to grow anion,' the plants,
they will not sutler so much, as the ants
will work among the weeds as well as
the strawberry plants; but to grow fine
fruit the groiihil must be kept clear ol
weeds and runners.
A third pest promises to be more
destructive still. Catawissa has long
been noted for its extra fine berries,
both in size and qualit'. I had intend
ed that next 3ear should be 1113 last
for growing strawberries in any
quantity, as l am getting too old for
the work. I planted 5,000 hills in the
fall of 1878 in three different plots, with
the ground well prepared and enriched,
with the determination, if possible, to
produced o.OOO quarts of fruit next
season. In one of the patches not a
grub molested a plant, and only a few
were molested by ants. In another
two-thirds of the plants were ver
nearbruiued b"ants. In the third, which
produced some fine fruit last June, as
the plants were set the previous August,
there appeared about the time the fruit
was gathered a small insect resembling
the grape-thrip, onh- one-third its size,
or less than one-sixteenth of an inch
long. They are perfectly white, and
keep on the under side of the leaves
that are nearest the ground. The leaves
soon turn black and dry up, and the
ground under the plaut gets foul, as if
soot had been thrown there. As fast
as'the dead leaves were removed, thev
would collect on the lowest leaves ol
the plant as before, and soon cause their
deca3. So numerous were they that
the3 would fill -our eyes and nostrils
full when you were cleaning off the
plants. I gave them a heavy dose of
air-slacked lime, but it did not seem to
destroy any of them, and the plants
were nearly ruined. Before the season
was over, I could see some of them on
the other plots on my ground, and on
some of my neighbors' a mile away, and
if they have not been destroyed by the
frost they mav do as much damage
this season- Cbr. Examiner and Chroni
cle. Peach Borers. Peach borers are
not in the roots proper so much as in
the trunk just "at or below the surface.
The borers already in the tree will come
out in June and lay eggs for a new crop
unless 'ou dig them out, or kill them
by the use of a wire. To prevent their
attacks another year, bind the lower
)art of the trunk with stiff paper, the
ower edge of which should be below the
surface, and the upper edge a foot
above; or make a mound of earth a foot
high around the base. A few ma
possibly find an entrance under the pa-
Eer, but they are early discovered and
UWdi
I
HUMOROUS.
Tnit fashionable, narvol thU summer
will be a wafer with a pin stuck through
the middle of it. Sew York Commcr-
cial Advertiser.
IX tieaoe nrcnre for war. part cular-
IV where it is a fingie rwcc or pie anu
. . t . , . . . a
twti hunxrt bovJ want It Vinrtnfati
e .!..-..? Ctkf'
Soxe people put stockings on their '
hens to keep them from scratching, but
a better plan !
better plan it to "shoo them.
Fhiladtlphia Sews.
The editor of the IVMon Transcript
K111 asked whether a circu man can go
to heaven, and he replied, Well, he
has a pretty good show."
The reo.on whi mankind make o
manv blunders iz bekau they attak
thiilgs ju.it az a ram duz, tilth all their
fury, and both ces -hut. Josh Ihlltrvjs.
Eleven million dollars was -jK-nt In
this country last vear for hair restora
tives, and we can't see one more hair
than the year before. Dilnnt Frtc
Prat.
Atiiajii" say there can be nothing
wrong a-iout (stealing a ride on a freight
train, for though he gets what he steals,
he dres not rob an'bodv else of a ride.
-Vet.
"The book to read." my a Dr. McCoh,
"is not the one which thinks for -oU.
but the one which makes you think."
An algebra or a bank book fdr instance.
llo'ston Transcript.
"When I was 011r ag'" said old
Mr. Tret, "I roe with the lark." "1
beat you clear out of sight, then"' said
Tom wearily and triumphautlv. "I've
been up all "uight with htm." Ilawtcyc.
Tiif.iu; is no doubt that the business
revival has at last reached the back
towns. A New Hampshire man tacked
a card upon his store door which read
ns follows: "(lone to Wife's funeral. He
back in thirty minutes." Hoston I'oit.
A Vermont couple put off applying
for a divorce one term of court so
that they could profit by the:r tin
wedding. And u't they tell us the
people of this country are reeklesslv
extravagant and unthrif 3'. Huston
Post.
That child out West blown three
mile3 through the air aud lodged
twenty-four hours in a tree top, 111113 m
the old age have occis'ton to say.
"Hut the winds are nothing now to
what they were when I was 3'oung."
Graphic.
A vouN pastor who has recently
had a sou born to him notifies a brother
pastor as follows: " Unto us a child is
born; unto us a son is given Is.'J.G."
It was written on a poiialcird. The
receiver showed tlu; message to a sister
in his church. "Ah. es," said the
woman, after reading it it weighed
nine pounds six ounces."
On, let 111 love the ean lidiUe,
He i () smllinsrund I1I1111J,
Oh. let ns l etimptsitinn.tte
And take til in kindly by the hind:
And deem him not imixirtiintitn,
SluKtld hiSaiieetldn overdo.
Hut !" il- Kentle eandtdnte
Uec.iUsc he loviM the people so.
The gentleman who had been off for
a fishing excursion and sent a para
graph to the local paper 'trying that
"Mr. Jones has sent home a fine mess
of "speckled beauties." could not ac
count for the warm reception from his
wife until he read that "ilr. Jones had
been lined and sent home for a mess
with some freckled beauties," and then
he went for the newspaper man with a
rod. ll'iftmi Commercial.
At the theater 'he other evening a
man at the back of the audience mut
tered between acts that there was a
large fire down town. Inmicdia'ely
ninet3'-seven men hastily said to tlieir
ladies, " I will go out and see whether
it is in the direction of our olliee."
They all returned at the beginning ol
the iicxt act and reported, " Ko; it is in
a different direction." One indiscreet
young lady was heard to remark, "It
must have been a fire in a clove fac-
torv
. i
1'cithcd Battle Between a Lady and an
Enraged Kooster.
-
One day hist week a l.uh of this city '
hail really an interesting oaltlc wiin a
rooster, bho had two (locks of about a ,
do.en heus aud one rooster each, with
a separate " run" for each squad, and
the hen-house is partitioned through 1
the middle, with a window in tiie par- 1
tition. Almost every day the lady vis
its the hennory, and tisti illy .stops to
stroke the pet "of the feathered favor
ites. Under this treatment the fowls
have become (jutte tame, and never be
fore had she such an experience as we
are about to relate. The lady, as she
tells the ston herself, had passed
through the first division of the hen
house, and stopped to pet the fowls in
the other half, and, while she was thus
engaged, she noticed the big old roost
er in ihe othei domicile had taken a
position where he could see the lady's
operations through the pirtition win-
dow. He watched her with a lealous
111 ! 1
C3e. Directly the lady reached out to beast, throwing herself upon the pros
take in her hands a hen. but it evaded f tr.ite form of her astonished, disarmed
her, and ran oil' with a frightened , and wounded victim, the man and bear I
scream. At this the looker-on in Vienna ! were precipitated together about fifteen '
-the old rooster became unduly ex
cited, milled his feathens, elongated his
neck, and showe I he was as " mad as
mad could be." He looked as if he want
ed to tackle the lady, and sure enough
when she entered his room to pass out
ho did make a most determined ou-
slaught
He rushed at her, fairly brist-'
ling; with indignation, and savagely
struck at her with his spurs. The lady,
rather pleased than otherwise, lifted a
foot to poke him away, and did give
him a vigorous shove. But he returned
and let tly his spur-mounted heels, and
gave the" lady's No. .I gaiter a lively
crack, leaving quite a stinging sensa
tion. Anu from thi3 tune out the lady
and the nluckv old rooster had a reru- !
lav nitehed battle. She saws at first
she rather enjoyed the sport, but be-'
fore she got through the fowl was so
terribly in earnest It did not seem like
fun. and she determined to end up the
fight by taking the old fellow by the
neck and holding him suspended in'niid
air until the tight was all taken out of
him. The next fly he made at her she
clutched him and yanked him from his
feet, but he struck at her several times '
with his spurs in rapid succession, and
in a most spiteful and uglv manner, dead, and, leaving him, hastened to the
He got in one blow on the back of her relief of her voting, intending, it is sup
hand and wrist that left a mark three posed, to finish her meal at pleasure,
inches long, and she was glad to drop Though bruised, mangled and fatigued
him. But now her woman dander ' his scalp a bleeding mass of torn flesh
was up and sne was oounu 10 con-
nuer. She turned on him and
kicked at him first with one foot and
then with the other, following him slender strip, his cheek bono broken,
.around the little house, he fighting gal- his skull fractured above the eye. his
lantlv as he retreated. He xvould'tly shoulder, arm and side badly injured,
at her, catch her bv her dress with his he nevertheless summoned suthient
bill, and crack would go the spurs with ; strength to rise and get away lefore his
as much vigor as if he had a fcilow- antagonist arrived. The story of his
rooster's head in chancerv. Again and t subsequcut achievements is almost be
nfrnin the ladv frrasneif him hv the ! vond belief, but is abundantly vouched
"C- - - - . 1- -.-
neck, chokin-r, twistinjr and shaking
him, but he would compel her to let go
by the rapid thumps of his tough, hard
old spurs. After the fight had iasted
fully ten minutes, the lady thought as
quering a rooster, and, rather admiring
his pluck, she thought she would with
draw and let him enjoy his crow of vie-
torv. But as she turned to go the on
slaughts of the plucky fellow were
fiercer, and she was compelled to re
treat backward, and keep her feet em
ployed in trying to keep him at bay.
When she turned to open the exit door
the rooster, as a parting salute, flew up
at her waist high and gave her belt a
crack. It was a fowl blow, but the
lady did not stop to claim the victory
on that account. She hurriedly closed
the door, and the determined fellow
actually gave the door a clip, and
lookeddisgusted because the lady had
got out of his reach. Hartford (.Ctonn,)
Tkc Urceni f DcTatatB Stfw.
I In a recent editorial on the " Ur-eorx! j
of Devastating Storms" the New York
Evening ioi zy,
. c'rattr. beo it J dm !i-3rnUi''jr
-.r ".T".-."?'" :"""' "v '"V
urwu ,t ftr wtiicjj bin f v to i--
inu, iw BmcfTrBiiunTi $r-r oniir
uwfM-.i. -n r,-c at v.iru?. of .t
t"Jtwniby .J-wtt cl of im1 &; IS
notrl di'piay of t&c m-r.le tuff ,Niaro
Mil ItjrtT- axe su trutb 'rrl nualT jI m
coutit t,f m.tr riiinmn't !" autbmttf
cSamotc- pr--ncl la th rrtiri. irM
tar lntan- c nlntl to trip-ai rrvk ur
to wl. ltnrti ul c or frailir rvotrvit-K'n
tbry bat ? icurrnl m Utitulo & tvmsxT&to
Bl our own. and tf m1 -l lrjtrT
errctol ty tbr btitl of man r ..wtlmn
U-wa pr trtsi Uy ta otrb'isla fwr ot
t&r rirau nt.
The rft antic p r of tbc w.il b t"V
IUt-;rl tl ( tb r,,-atriiili nn-it ! Uht
' b'j-- tjjl.t K'a thu lo m. tjdAynt. tw ll-i't
ftnH tbfc 'iiMc this.-, it ib l rw-il L &t
ii-ocUaouruii ivhui to I to a tirXK-i; ij
lmot 9 M.i?r. nar iu. im int thr litt of
.pni. Ivil. Tarc r rnti, fci rvrr i:Wrtbw
ot tbc trrtlti.r Ent Imltan "t m ! tnW-rr
3 17J7 Lkli ih-"rotl b .bdrvO ol btp
and th rt tb uuml buta iu! luxlprrtLi,"
tbi i-rtftier. or "rcit t rmon tat? : tif
England in SicniT. ITW . aia lc tmpti I
Iu a voatldcrable drr- to tbr ocamu.:l
r of tbo wind jr.tbrrJ in cruii- t
tjdiM of :cr Hut tbi saw tbat raa-l
Kujciautl In t-Vbrda , sl. "bra ! pr- f
l.blcbesterCahslrjl an 1 i-a-t of ihr i'r lit
I'aldCf Jt ide..bam rfrliB AiB. uf
a tnamf-t! dlii-ient ifuractor.
L-HldJI Itself b-i.1 IHJHJ t.lti' I '! d !--
l.ou-iv v.,tl in lbp mih' HunaiT In 911 it
i rvoiplri! Ifmt a trm lirt ut-it tbt jh
t.tl wbica oertUr" l,3o b u-- liiUil .M
l)otlv yf'v Mown itiwil ". ant wt t
nirtitKl'i Interxitt n jii1 l-i-r aSttpni'
or tbl- nuliifc, tfeiiieii'Iou b jrrt an. I ! ilsj
Hfirilt trtl4 iif tttilid.ii- irk I.,.kfi In Ih9
y ear 1 si and Kf .4. j.-; an.j j
.".'.V"...? "t:9. .f'1,
tbe (si i-ni: tf Kn.-.atid and uiaDj p-til f
Inland u!risl te ntlj Ir 111 tfce wim; t.u
Twenty jmj.siii.b wer- ait.t-1 in I.tn-rp I tj
tbe falling of IniilJiii,; .ind ir eat nuiat-M
were dniiirl III fi'ld aroittnr Mery lul
(In. I.imemk. ttlw.t and otbiT town wtr'v
Imllariy ai!iiol.-l. and with ibem tie pntn
tlin of iiousei mid Ui? chii irr nt of life
wen followed. a in exam-I Ut-1 cbrvn
telid, li (.ijiittutTution. tbe wind pleading tbv
tin .
The people of northrm ellini no liHicer, a
it rule, coiineet tin--.-- tiUhlful phfin-m.-iia
with nuivrnuturu! o.uii-s, ur rtiftrd tlirm
forerunner or tokt-ni of ter !!. i-rent mi
prstltlin 1 not m rite a lit tin- tuio'd.pu ted
ti SbHiesjKrafe, wbi-n :t -avjjfe -Turin !iHi.-s
ui'ksitii the nt'nt of linn iin 1 m-h-Iii.iihhi.
and waeil Mheo'-Ttin tilut einniMr th-IUi-lon
nUbt.' it- tne si.'n and w.unini; f .1
leisj of dre.ldtul II lie. ' Hut It l e:i to un
'Jertjnd how the heurt of many Moiil s.ii
dlers of tbe oiniii.intri-ttUi mioiiM b4e
IliriUed with iiip- rstlll 111s aw on the -1 of
Mptviiilcr, l''."". when the heiinl that on Hint
Jn),uli.i 11 nerve tempe-t nntw.Hi the llrlt
lli I-Und-. the Lopl I'navcior hud dosl who
ndeemisl their eountrj fioin the t raiin ot
klnjf- In Mich it wb). too, inn t Mist Ii lie
it UriCnliilS liue In-'H mined dn Iiik' tbo
ineiiionililt eycioitt which aw i-pt thrviiuli the
K.tt: in lctoier, lsl, und the tuirrt. .!! at
1.1-Immi, in DfO'intxT of tlnitnu yviir. exoVisl,
ts we know, tUroiiKhoiil l'iruiM!. the .me
crtilnlous terror.
As reir.irds the detnl of mischief wroiiithl
by p.Lst icreat sttirm-. mid the ctunp-irWuii ..f
those delit U ilh the iliiimtf done lij' inte
tempt'sts linnir Wvtvrn tntvs, it wul Ii
found thill p.irnii.aN b 1 lve:i rt eortlvd to ihn
worst ot whnt bus lately Ii. en siiitettsi. mid
jierhups to ee ed It. In 011 of the eittnip.es
we hate vlted. that of the Kiixll-n hnrr.eitnu
nt .SiivemWr M 37, I.Ui, eltiht thuli-.tiiil jht
ons are said lohHveiietis'ieil nit he HiHHNot the
SeviTii und Thames at me. Ships wer Id-iwn
from their iniehorne and nexer even heard
of mure. Tweie nien-ot-w.ir went down in
full .siuht of the I in; i-h e nt Seivnteen
tlinusand tree were torn up ly the km. in
111 Kent alone. 'Ihe Iddj stone liKbthoiie
was da-li d into the e.i. Is enifitle. r. Wln
itiinley. Iwinc w.thln It. t'ultlewe ed owned
111 ten- of thousand Tne llinop ot It.illi
nml Well mid Ii..h w.ft were killed In U-d nt
their piiluvt in Smic.M'tsiilie. Hiiih un in vn
mill it lun of horrors Is not nttrl pisl. It
iiiiist he ownisl, liy any evils with wliithiin-
inmiliy ine nisi lew nii-niiye mane 11. in-
. mll-iir Pueh dire c-utii'troplin are iinoin- ,
, inon. It I true, ill litriitsiialel tnoiiern nil).
Imt they have lxen smliy plentlfiil fornll that;
and what is more, tilul Mr IlueUle mid Mr.
Venii'jr to the eon'rar) in twItliMntid iu,
there Is neiNier nien.siiiiitile erloIieity nor
ttnT trustworthy d Un nlxiui ih tv ill-mill in
II let Ion- whereby mankind i-uii p.epare for or
exade them
That whieh irives most plaii-ltilllty to the
theory of diriN-t l'mvi le itl il intervention liy
inean's or thes" phenoineiia Is pnitiahly the
1 fiet th it vio'ent tenlpe-:s U ie often ehauisl
theeonrse of h'.stor. prntitfliHis full of
hail near Chart re.s. hi Kr.im-e. in 'Kiel invh
loss on then my of thefuvitdiiur I'li-lish l.iinr,
I'd'.vnrd III., th.it he was r nesl li iitomii
elude a peae- with the Kiviieti In lit', .seven
. tho.isand Swi-d.'s diisl in a Minnr-tiinii win 11
' they were on the inarch tonttaek Ii.-on'helm
in I7I'.. To tlu wre k of th' !p.iiiih
Arinnila in 1VS, lollowliu the tepnl-ei
inllieted bv llowanl and Iir.ike. the la.-t is
donlitless to lie nserlliisl that l'n.l.nul Intend
of Spiin liee.mie thedixnlnant niunl power of
the world for the centuries that hateile-
1 ecelsl. When we con-iil-r how the hito-y
of Xntlons has thus hoen de'Jceteil hy mijhty
i tempest-, the Injury of special loetlltlr.s from
such n c:uisi liceomei relatively trl:: n;. It Is
'not the fashion fit the time to Impute the-e
; stupenilousiuetitn to the overriilliu hnndof I
rroviitenee, nut town never eiitieiney may
lie imputed the'r iMitent in'iiiem e at interval
on thee liirse of human uirulrs cantint reason-
ably je disputed.
Almost Eaten Alive Terrible Encoun
ter with a Bear.
Last Saturday Hannibal Boo, who
resides on
the Little I'rieklv rear, in
the vicinity of Wolf Creek Station,
shouldered his gun and went out iu the
mountains for a deer hunt. While he
was passinir down the course of a small
uleli. anil just as he had turned a
point 01 rocKS wnien proirnueii miriipi
ly from the mountain side ho received
upon the left side of his head and face
a stunning blow from the paw of :fn
immense she bear, which it appears
was lying in wait for him upon the
other side of the rocks. The blow
' . i" i-i 1...1 ..t .
knocked Mr. Hoe down and caused him
to lose possession of his gun. which was
the only weapon he had with him. and
. a 1 " 11 . " . 1
at the same instant the infuriated
feet down the steep bank to the bed of
the gulch. Having nothing to de
fend himself with, Mr. Uoe quick
I ly determined to " play the
' dead man," and turning upon
1 his face feigned unconsciousness
' through one of the most trving onlei's
ever experienced by a human being.
The bear evidently conclude I if her
fire- was dead he had been killed 113
icr'own strong paws, and began her
feast. Beginning upon his head she
literally tore the man's scalp to shreds,
leaving it in a condition horrible to look
at. He says he could both hear and
feel her teeth grating upon his skull.
She then began upon his left shoulder.
indicting there a ghastly
nd danger-
ous wound, and bit him in several
places upon his left arm, aide and back
as tar down as me tup. .nisi as
she had driven her teeth into the hip
and was, dotiotless. upon the point ol
indicting such wound as would have
caused instant death, one of her cubs
raised a cry of distsess. It was at this
point that Mr. Hoe's play of "dead
man." wlrch hud hitherto seemed so
unavailing, was of groat service to him.
The bear evidently thought her victim
' anu maueu nair Hanging aw.11. nus
brow, his left cheek aud "ear torn off
until thev hung at his side by but a
. ...
for. He was living alone, and knew
that to return home without summon
ing assistance was to certa nly go home
and die in solitude. Although from the
scene of his encounter it was a mile and
a half home, he walked that distance.
! and without stopping at his cabin pro-
ceeded a half-mile further 1 1 the Mis-
Isouri River, upon the opposite side of
which be saw a couple of ne:ghbors,
to whom he called for assistance.
As soon as he observed tint his
cries were heard he returned to his cab-
in. where his neighbors soon after
found him sitting upon a stooL holding ,
!; hnnd to the side of his head, and in
;hat wav as best he eonld keeping his solntely null and void; and tbe person
militated cheek and ear in place. "Such joining them in marriage shall be sub
aid was rendered as could be under the ject to a penalty of two hundred d A
circnmstanccs. and medical assistance Jars." Samnei D. DorreJl. a full-blooded
fas telegraphed for. to which Dr. j negro, was lately married at Pruvidenc--;ro.lf
nmmntlr wsnonded. The i to Elhm Carrington. a white girl. The
wounds were dressed early Sunday and
Ir. Roe was left as comfortable as his
urroundings would allow. He bore
ht5utrinr. Inrludinj tb T"t som
br of titehr bal wcrr takm in
mf hn outtd with wondwrjtu lorw-
t tlHj allowing no fcro3 of rtnranlain't
i to cca-p hita. fipt upon ouf tv-
mti when the nc4c ptfrccd thf tWh
! in c1om nroximitr to the rr it -.
; , . -, . , .
tiilrnllv a.'rtrl "that b? would trt rU.
although the doctor regarded l ctx
is a critical one. Sitae th abovr tx
rlttn Mr. IU h srnr! la HlrA
and i do' ii the 5itr r II'Mpit-ol l!
made the jHim-y of forty mHf.s. from
h hotm t- Helena, in a ntx AX"
thtt atTonhac add'tH'tiai evil"'- f
hn remarV.ibe endunnwe. wkwh hi
ph;cia rnr"d ten;
parallel I.at even.ng Ih i' fcelui
quite comfort We and cuasnlerat!
hope- were entrrta.ned for hi rvfov.
r. lUUnn t..ViitiJ) IntttjndtnL
rciisuML as MTi:i:.ii:r.
Av admirer of Mr. Huxley onlWmA
check receatly for i.I,i".JL
M. Dili l gtvtHg in- hm)oll
talk-s in Portland. Me., before ditlis"!
aihhenccs.
liiM.KiL l.Kiv Wauri: i .tnW t
le writing a no vol having its no kul
in Dania.cus
Sirrn YL Tm v. of Thomnstoa.
Conn., the (nmmii ckH-kmir. J-,
given f l,i.J for a freu library at that
plaie.
IlKI-.T H.iUTK l. It s r-JHrtHl, IMKPtl
bynued a. the guel ot lrl (.Iran villi.
the Puke of bL Albcm and Mr.
Fronde.
("iKuiic.K Wlu.i.iM Ct'KTls sjendA hii
siiiutiH-rs at Ahtii'ld. Ma- . lrw he
owhs a tine innii-lon and dim, much 1 t
rar' work.
Mi?s Auorr ontutalued at I'onronl
the other dav all the women tuiiiti,
of Itostun University and Cieralui the
professor.
Mil. Kuwin' AitNoi.i. tU utlr of
"Tlu' I.lj:ht of AU." i tbf Miti-in-lnw
of th1 Hev W. II Ciiaiitiin-,'. the neph
ew of Dr. Chaniiitig.
Bi-.v. I'kii.i. (KWr. of HnUimorit.
has been lecturing on ".Marriage; or.
Cause and tire of Family Broils." a
subject that cuiiiita home to eer hiHtso
hold. Ji'.NNIK Jtxs does her own Inmse
work, and she d's it just :is :i iU Ill
tie wotuaii .should. She is born lady,
anil the shoddy business never allWtml
her.
I r is credibly rejnirte-1 that Charles
Ke.ule. the novelist and ilr:iiii!itit. has
been csinverted and will connect him
self with a iiou-eonfonui-t hod v. and
that this I'hmigt' m ill allect the line of
his future literary acti it
losKpii m.lk.m.an. the Ni-H York
banker. left a will which gives j.'i.tnii
to a sin'ict for Kthical ( 11 lure, mid Ins
executors are inttuclHl to ili-tnbiite
?i.(H0 among such chant tbl. lieneo
lent and eiliicatiiiii.iliiisiititii.nl iisth.y
shall think best, without rega.d to
creed, ra e or religion.
Zot.., the novelist, lives liken Bene
dictine, locked into hi- .ml nml never
appearing in publiv Hi.s tittnie ol work
Is a vcrv strange one It con-istn iu
..:.. ,,,,.s,. ,,f notes ull
-''g masst .s oi ii"". hn
the eln.s ol
Mieiety he wishes t 1 pauil t leu. when
his notes aru put together, he tom
poses his novel, page by p ige. never
casting Iii over the luck psgf.
and thus wnl ug about live a day with
the utmost care.
AlKM.riiK u'IInnkio i a millionaire
and ihe richest Fieti' h p'aywriht now
living, tho'igh Sardou and lniii:is n'.t
ran hardly be teriiied puiper,. Bi le
Ir.s housein 1'aris and 1 iseountrv p ace
at Antilles, he own- con ii'era'i jirop
erty in Tans, and has iieen lucky 111 all
hi.s .speculations. His last j;ieilest
triumph. " I.es Deux Orphel ne-,"
brought him in .something inonstroi'M.
and it i-s universally icgiefed tl at he
has of late abandoned the writing ot
dramas, in which he excels, and de
voted his time to the writng of Itbielti
for opera.
IIimt lu J mke a Horse.
Nevek take the seller's word, but it
is safer to take that t'lan the hor.se.
Never tni'jt to a hois-s mouth as a
.sure iiidv of age- Hore ciiniiol
speak, but their mouths will lie about
their age. just the same as the human
mouth wiil vunetimes deviate from the
truth in the same regard.
However, there is a way to tell a
horse's age by his mouth.
Kvauiine the teeth carefully to see if
the fillinir is irold or silver, and then
yive a "ood "iiess.
rj -. .
Fwo thiol's
mav be set down as cer-
tain.
If the horse is for sale, he is not over
eight vears old.
Jockeys have too much regard for a
horse to'sell him if he is over eight years
of age.
If it is your horse and 3011 wish to sen
him. he may be put l
from twelve" to eighteen.
own ativwhere
at 1 11 afl
uecatisc vou Know mar. ne wan joaieu
six years ago matters nothing. Ihe
nian'of hor.e knowledge has .-.ml it.
Besides, some horses grow very fast.
Never have anything to do with a
horse which keeps his ears thrown
ba'Kward.
That is, unless you desire a rapid
transit to another and better world.
Bent knees are a bad sign.
Genuflection is an admirable thing in
a Christian, but when chronic in a horse,
quite the rever.-e.
Avoid the wheezy animal.
Music hath charms, but there is sindi
a thing as monotony.
There is such a" thing, also, as lung
trouble.
Never buy a horse whose skin dre
not move easily to the touch.
This indicates not only that he i a
hide-bound bigot, but also that his ij.
gestion is bad.
Never buv a horse with a bluish or
niilky cast in the vy.
Blind horses may go out 01 m-iuin
about the same time that yours comes
jnt0 it.
If the knees are blemished, it Ha
sign he is down on his luck. If hi.s hind
legs are scarred, ask to see the wagon
to which he has been atttched.
Never buv a horse that bears the
mark of a strap aboit his neck
o matter how old he is he
will be
found not to have forsaken his crib.
Never buy a horse while in motion;
watch him while at rest and you will
discover his weak points.
Never buy a horse while at ret;
watch him while in motion and you
will discover his other weak point?.
If one foot is thrown f rwanl with
the toe pointing to the ground with the
heel raised, don't buy htm-
If he favors one fo'jt by lifting it frorr
the i round, don't buy him.
If a foot is thrown out and roted on
his heel, don't buy him.
If the feet are bunched under him.
don't bay him.
It he straddles like a saw-horse, don't
buy him.
If he dosen't have clean, well shaped
hoofs, don't buy him.
If he does, don't buv him.
If he seems perfection itself; don't
buy him.
He is probablv shamming.
Don't bay a horse under any con-
sideratioasr
Follow this last rule.
sale. Boston Transcript,
.
RHODE ISLAND ha
and vou are
the following
statute:
All marriages between a
white person and a negro shall be ab-
Her. George H. Smith, who jterforrard
the ceremony, is to be prosecuted, in
order to testthe law.
Our Young Reader.
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In ! -srs lfXrt. t 4"V
Tht. tU toKww4 mm hl r4 Ik,
M 4e frwi trt ot wIVl) 4 .
II) ih tNn ! ctrr rre rwir rnl .
A ttritn tml.; 'ry 4h.
TV l Umt t . ton U rW trmM t ;
raAerM'"ttt: tt ir.'
X'miU lh cMktnti l 0y
AN ufM)lIMr4sJ ih'F Kn-llw Ifsr;
itrn U-lf tlHMtt l ttbtV
lr a rvWt .rt.M f
-WH pwu In ll'i.U.tiX.
1I1K tJOUll .SHOT.
()Tt: there i'a' a ! ho i a
tiHMl ninrksmaii with a . or n !
ht. or a iHiw-and-arniw. or . ?ns
Uw, or an .iir-giiii. or AiiytU; We tsW
aim with. So he went alnMit all Uay.
aiming at eortlnn he crime nar.
Kxeii at hU inenl he would think ll
rikhI hoU af the eWk. or te tt. r
the llios wi the all. or hk niotncr
left eye-gkvsi. or anything ho eJinnciMl
to e.
Near when he lived then lived n
liltle Innl h had n neit and live
voting lutilx. many large uumiUi In
MiiiiU head-, always Ul upon fo-r
fixtd. kept her hard nt work. From
dawn to dark .she tbw hero and tJiere.
over fields and uihhI and ntd, get
ting worm, and flies, nnd Imijs. nml
seeds, and Mh h things at .she knew
were goosl for her young bird. It w.is
a grat wonder what lot- of fid f.'ese
live small thing cimld eal- Whit she
brought each day would hne filled that
ne.st full up to the tup. rt they ale it
all and asked for liiorw before day hght
next morning.
Though it was iuh Imnl work. .h
whs glad to do il. and went on dny aft
er dav, always flying off with n gnv
chirp, and back ipiick with a bit of
nine kind f foot I. And though she
dii not eat miii'h herself. erpt elml
stuck to hr lull alter -he had fi them,
el she never let llwin waul, not even
the sinallust and weakest of tlieui Tlie
little fellow could not ask as loudly as
the olher, et .she nlwni fed hiiiinnit.
One day, when she had pioked up a
worm, and perched a iniiiu'ir on a wall
before flying lo her tiet. fh go-l
markimtiu saw her, and of uouro
aimed at her and hit her in the idc.
She was miieh hurl and in great jwi n.
et she fjuttered and HiiiimmI. ainl
dragged herself to the fool of the tree
where her nest wai, but hw could not
tly up to her nemt. for her wing wan
broken. .Shu chirped a little and the
voting ones heard her. and jm they were
hungry thev chirped back loudly, and
she knew all their voices, even the weak
note of tins kinallest of all. hut hc could
not come up to them, tioreveu tell lliein
why she did not come. And when nhe
heard the call of the Miiall one nhetriud
again to rise, but onlv one of her wing,
would move, and that jut turned her
over on the rude of the broken wing In
a droll way. I think the hoy would
hao laughed if he had teen her tum
ble over.
All the rest of that day the little '
mother lay there, and when h eliirind '
her children answered, nml when tiiev
chirped .she answered, only when the
IjteMl inarksniitu enanenj
v . -
to iks nenr
bv; then she kept
unite still, l'.nt her
voice grew fainter and weaker, and late
in the day the young one could not
hear it any more, but ho could still
hear them. N'liiu time in the night the
mother-bird died, and in the morning
she lay there quite cold and still', with
her dim eyes still turned up to the nest
where her young fines were dying of
hunger.
Itut thev did not die m oon. All
day long they slept, until their hunger
waked them up. and then called until
they were so tiredtheyfelaleep again
And the next night was very cold, and
they micd their nmther'.s warm
breast, and before day-dawn they all
died, fine after the other, excepting the
smalle-t, which was lowest down m flu
nest. And in the morning h puhed
up his head aud opened Ins yellow month
to be fed; but there was no one to feed
him, and o he died, too, at last, with
his month .still wide open nr.d empty.
And h the gofnl marksman had
killed six birds atone shot the mother
and her five young one. Do you not
think In must be a proud boy?" Should
you not like to do tne name?
If you know him. pIote read this
little tale to him. He may like to hoar
it.- JoscpJi KirUand. in St. Stchrtu.
I'atls Snarm.
Onk day I'ntty ran into the home
with her el low hair a-tumble. ami her
blue eyes sparkling with excitement,
Mother. O mother V he cried, her
little brown hands fluttering like the
wings of a binl. "The bee, are
swarming."
Sure "' asked her mother, donh.
JUUy. i-or. you see. ratty wa the least
bit in the world like the biy in the fa-
ble who iritnl. " Wolf ! wolf '"' when
there was no wolf. Xot tliat she mvtnt
to be. but so many I ees would tly abotX.
making such a buzzing in the warm
spring sunshine, that fatty was often
quite certain thxt they were 'rmin"
whenthey hain't any "idea of it.
. .. .. .. -
-nu mat. is wnv rattv mother
asked her. in that floubtful way. "SurcT
" Yes'nx." said Tatty, meexly.
Her mother tepp-d t the dror-
True enough, there was a roar like that
of a ver small wafer-fall in the air. and
out over the bce-hivej Jloatel a little
bbckcIouL
"I do believe they are." she sold,
"But they're not all out yet. I gue-.
and will not begin to light for vmc lit-
tie time. Ktm down to Mr. Jess p-,
Patty, and tell your fatherno. I'll go"
with a smile remembering that lat-
ty had one for her fathTmee before
when the bees were not swarming after
V .f . ...
r-. ' v -i..-, era. m-JWj-
So PaUv got into Ann: Xabbv. be
laasCT-wanci, wntcn was no much too
targe that you coald not -eeherX
roun.1 face. nnle,. feeling finite ,are it
t-i . .1 . - . t
un; mere. Ton itmmxl nm m.i.1 ;.
ami tne brown calico cane slm.
, . . r- j!"--" o.
reached the hem of her hort skirl a.
Then I'aXty went out into the garden
nd sit jdown on a oox by tne cucumber
etL
She watcheti
warm
un sh'on
aho-it her warm and soft and fra-rrant.
aw -ifiir.i (-rf- iI.iimmm L...I i . A; i
... . , ' -" w aau soe o-uiis, oni not the oW eotin
oa me a:4e wlcuss ioot. were married hefo-e the wa-
, . . " " " " wwt ssoiter -n i-jb.1 iwursn-v-nt.
aaa don t 20 too near.
iV.. .1 : ..... . . 7"s " ' ro wi"
until her eve-i irrew heax-v. T1,a mmW . ' ITT . ' T Y-? rl
uc iLJUllzlIl'r rimtr inn nnm.i.w.1 ... . . ..f . I
i,P- 1 ,1; .," " .-.. -..,. jpjiu ninmiiy niUM-sw' &
e on-rnllv. tlie west wlnit iliur tfni ..,.!-. .t-tt .1 ... 3.
Th Nrlnsf v4 nwnT b-- -srw '
.,! loml-r. mrtll H eml torn.
' tap cirv thf "iI- Tl t
I hakr be-ff t drxV. tnt fl
vrt
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Ttirre tr Wk Imim lbl
In h-r rat.
lHn't nistT J'aUt ?.r.
Mft Tr Jh4'" Ta 't
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to w Ih iaXr Awr
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!. tt' wish U m.xk y
tk wocM? Ihi t H' t
TWm tiswrs-s Uk fotUv, ta
11. 4d uaw-rritv tscr-Hl
( )rn jc'! tnann".
jlar ttal pnUw-!l
lie iHsrw.pt m nil tJnjr.
MjV fw a.stjwaintan'.
VM.l n4 l Mirxxsimmm.
Dare t W rteVt. far t wi
Vat-k isarrtiiil vr vn jnw4ii
right lf' nnl !-;. Mlil
'.isnler w-ll. tn fc-W pmmMUv4
SttertUcu nmn rnUir tMrrt
l. alt yxmr Wlre tn tmr lifHn.
inent
AUoud enmfnUy tt. Um 4-RU
otir trttstai-
The Hrnd aud IIN I.ar--llr-Mir.
"VltlMlt-K-H-H-Hr
H'ast him
-i-!''
HIhsI hliu ngnilt!
Kr-rr-rr-rr-rr"
Turn uvt-r In lmi nnsl v? lUs
you will sbMit his liiMti. jtiWn hi 4
and Iikiw rt-h lne- tshnri 14 n
'iml them and choke to dlti.
Who?
Why. the Irip4t-p4nl I. I nmtif -!
Irott-coftttHl and hnf neull it.4H.r
tiuiii who went t le at sthrtn tmr
other piirpme than U gt n nl B"
o'elo. k a. in. and -U k unl Un
mower an Html!
Kiti!.-' Whirr' ilc! It rrr"
Oh! he there' II iHtply ! t
fir a mHiiut ! it hi b nnMn immI
get rnlv fr n nw twis. .K1 '
the bells, nnd hmhh fol of a Js-rr h
told hint thai the iiH-riilng trig-t
forhtio' He know- tnal h U 4Miii)
in; every man. wihiuim anl rh i
within a bliK-k of hltii, Unl want do
he wire?
"CJieS-etv-to clkkot U-Mrk -Uk"
There he gue.' He's t km cmhI of!
his punts in his IhkU- Ii. and ne
thinking how utce U uiM U to Ule in
the uouiilry and ennttir arnnl v-k i!ie
dew-wet sv-ard t'o.iutry Wf nnn!'
I.awuiuowers ami next il-r nihs
be hnngfMl' The limn wh 4bl hni
that hiwii-iuowor warrant! H U !
noiseless. .lust riMiiHiHnr thai lnu
you get to .shooting! N'4e, h
(!-!
"M-iiini-m! Ihir-r r r-r! a---'"
The baby wakes up uHli a howl
Why nhoiitdtrt he? Can it lnty simi J
more tlutn n hjrs Kvnryb'ljr wki
up. If ou think tefi'M etui sle i
and dream of tie gales of llavti lil
a mun Is pniinlin' sheoUinm Mh a
hammer you have livod in vain.
"; u-f-r - !"
!'mhI. Ilisohl iiinehlne has atrwk i
tone. Hope the eotilaet has wrsMh-'l
iir very w heel, twisted every prn'
outfif plice, and ll'iiig tne villain na I
fiver heels against the fcitctr! NoImmS,
but a villain would have a kovn to mo
in the first place, and nobody iml
mutton-head would go lohm artMind
on an emplr stom.ich in tins nm'iinmi
climate llu heal'h? What is hi
health rompard to the pM of h.
neighbors? Whf cr-s vrhtlier he gets ,
fat and lives on. or grows htnn ansl 4V"-
He ought -!"
" llckety.te.cliek-c!ifk-elkk-IWk "
'Hi em he gos. tin- old tn-M-hin'
making iihip ihiIhi than over! 11 '
him with a brick? Nf. dmt do i
isueh a man as thai couldn't apon-cia'
a d-nt clip fn the ear with a m i
made by human hand. Dr.nv Imtl"
on him with a shougtin? NevrJ K'
your ammunition for owls. Owls hate
se,e enough tosthlk by tbo roost nnr.l
even o'clock. Argue with hun? No
much! You -fmniii'i cfinvlne -ueh h
tuin that h ought to le run ttrr hv i
drove of Tex vs ste.-rs any ni'ri ihi
Vfu could make a TMrk l)hrTo thai ..
fitight t pay one hundred cents an t:.
dollar
" (;ur-g-g-g! z-z-z-z! Hang! Itnih
r-r-r-rip.
I-f't him alon' Then; Is a Pro. .
denoe, aud that 1'nivnlijiHM mtmlifu'
gives a vdlaiti rojM u plav with. wt
fee him sfpiirm when he I brwht .
wuti a sluirn turn. Tiiat nviwor m
exjd'xlo. If nft, the rnfirning air wi
bring on sfre throtl. toothache. n-nra
K au-i cnius. Mttx im hare inm .i
i ...
lu,ul' m on '" at once anil 4nI i
mn -,,te " JndiaoN memory. ani m
5V"' neihW whom he has 4ltori-
D7 " vllainou nm gros fi . I
-"-leek ami rich anl Hw U ImwiI hrm I-
tfte only otTiee he ever onrad for! h-
'ro 'rt .
-
Old .Mates Just Cettia-c Married.
Oo.iukja!I.k excitement wan rr
atd anions thj ct0rei imhJ- Is
week, fxrrtsioned bv th.. ru.tik n.
tlrand Jury would indict nil p
wJ' were living together as mmn r
w and who hoI n7er lt-tn nmrr .
un'J,:ralicen'ufrorntheordlnr fi,
excitement ran high, ami niywi w .
hvl leen living together thlrtr r
and had grown fami'lcs. oUain '
H-r-nr. anff were dntr lo'mcd aacwHtt:
to law. During the day of -lary '
a not customary for -lares to b m .-
red by Jicr.e. and conAiti i
number of colored people ari w j- "
in "B-A-sr who were never Je;.V
iurTjex. inere Wa fJa.ver for mt.-
Ism wh
Lump
TsAXCii VrxcKxr. of Winting:r
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X. WlT" f ' m9B"1
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.. --s..M...M. -it iU i..ran
.-t--?. tvuomw 01 me worj. 11
admiu that there mar be obitaeio w
overcorae.
4riitrfsi ..r m
Ai a gentleman is Horaellsvillc
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