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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1881)
ts J .. ' . m if. Ji I THE EJED CLOUD CHIEF. 4 ft "Sp" M. L. THOMAS, Publisher. RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA. GO SLOW. T . -l!ontr of Vonm mt flip Too. clamberinjr over a back fence- A f !Tf ' t mornings ago ono fellow b?Ing Alagilton to allow him to ?muttx nnlnr thnh ho mfcrl't "" IV"7 When you a pair of bright eyes meet. flint mikn viiiir honrt. In rniitnn Imnt When once voice Hcem.s to yon raorofl'cct J. nan any other voice 3011 know ,, Go sloiv, ray friend, go bIw' And sweetest voice of yo""1..?.? -o wy falsest thin h;7: And thereby wrought a $,a,Ko alow! Go slow. "' 's . rinoHIyou nrc n poet, y'S0uS'1 to know It, "? w2Ky5w"r to Hhow it. S11 JiSSKffiri of -flow and blow. Your r2Z slow, my friend, ko slow! For tnanj n ono h:is donu the same, inillbouxht to tfmsp tho hand of Fame, Jind ret baa never seen his tuuno 'Ju print. And wny-wastc-oaskets Know: Go slow, my friend, go slow! When you to jrrccd for money yield, And Ionjrtbc mighty pow'r to wield That's always found in Koldcn Held, "With senseless pomp, and pride, nnd show, Go slow, my friend, jro slow! ' 'For thousand?, tempted by the jrlnro t)f wealth, havo fullen In tho f-noro Fet for the tblef And now despair: It egret, and shame havo brought Ihcm low: Go slow, my friend, go blow! Tho (rood old Earth 13 never wrong: Each of her works takes just sc long; , Months pass before a happy throng Of daisies in the meadows grow: Go slow, my friend, go slow! And spring gives life to summer's llow'ra. And summer's sun and summer's show'rs Prepare the fruit for uutuinn'i Ixjw'm, And autumn frost brings winter snow: Go slow, my friend, go slow! t Madyc KUiott, in IIiddwln'6 Monthly. a t TRAMPS WITH SAWS. in oruer mat no 'nr 'expedition enougn 10 go on j ;-m. .. j don-t In pressing h thtm a day, bntI care to wr. Vmnt. thu fnllrnvs last l - . J vn rit,f ,Lfl- lufinnp WllO lOK WtU l.V "IMU uuu inuumu b for all the must xiigbt. I TllUlt. :;,r fnrr-an uic cuuiurv. Itutea-argood day's fishin Ilamora of the "Clinrlty 1VooPlTnrd that Ilaa lteen Htarlcd In rhlliidclphlu. Vi- (ranU Who Have Gone to ct Nuw ' Oreaie and Xevcr Come ltucU. Rudely carved on one of the support ing pillars of an old-fashloucd wooden arch over tho entrance to No. 1722 Lombard street are two simplo geomet rical characters, a circle anrt a cross, the latter being -within the former, which in the homely but expressive sign-lan- Suagc of professional tramp? indicate jatjtis a place the lazy members of this nomadic fraternity hhould fear as much as the' do cleanliness ami honest employment. Just below the cross and ring signs is a lop-sided diamond encir cling a very crooked arrow, which to tho initiated prosetytes of this royal order of unwashed humanity means that somo kind member of the guild has in vestigated the place and, not being pleased with his reception, carved the hieroglyphics described, and by them his fellows are advised to " move on." The wood-yard is one of the best and most successful of the new charitable movements of the year in this city. The difficulty of separating men who really deservo help and are anxious to iind employment from the horde of lazy tramps -who apply fbr assistance was, until lately, a problem the charitable people of Philadelphia were unable to solve. About two months ago the man agers of the charity organizations of the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth wards held a meeting ami resolved to open a kindling wood j'ard, like those in Boston and Providence, where men who apply for help arc sent and given work until they proved whether they deserved further assistance or not. House No. 1722 and a large 3ard in the rear were leased, and six weeks ago the first kindling wood was cut in the place. The yard has been in operation six weeks, and has proved more successful in every way than the most sanguine of its managers dared hope for when the scheme was lirst broached. Not only has the 3-ard been self-supporting from the first week, but tho money .borrowed to begin operations with w:is paid back some time nro, and the man agers are now contemplating numerous improvements. Dr. JoH'cris, the Super intendent, has thus far managed this new departure in charity with great success, and as he takes a warm interest in work of this kind tho future of tho "Tramps' woodyard," as people in the neighborhood of Seventeenth and Lom bard streets call it, is very bright. Dur ing tho six weeks of its existence no 'less than sixty-seven men who applied for help were sent to the yard. Of that number twenty-two did "not put in an appearance at the wood-pile, twenty two .others refused to go to work after they visited the place, and eight who did begin work were dismissed for drunkenness. The fact that only fifteen out of sixty-seven applicants for cm plo3'mcnt were willing to go to work when it was given them convinced the managers that the tramp element was oven greater among tho applicants for help than is generally supposed. Kaeh man is allowed to saw a quarter of a cord of wood a day, and for that amount of work he receives fifty cents in cash or, if the laborer wishes it, an order for food and lodging at the indus trial home, on Catherine itreet. but this institution is not connected with the wood yard in any way. Dr. Jelleris says the managers do not intend to fur nish steady work at the j'ard for the men who are sent there The object is to select the deserving from tho unde serving cases, and allow the former to mako enough to live until the managers find them permanent situations. Good situations have already been found for five of tho fifteen men who went to work earnestly, and efforts are now be ing mado to place tho other ten in regu lar positions. The wood, after being sawed and split, is packed in boxes hold ing a thirteenth of a cord each, and one of theso boxes retails at thirty-three cents. Over 2,000 of these boxes havo been sold and 1,500 moro are ready to supply tho demand, which is increasing daily. Tho LafaN'ette and Colonnade Hotels receive all "their kindling wood from this ard, and a good trado anion" privato families is being gradually built up. W. H. Magilton, t'ac manager of the yard, keeps a list of all men sent there, together with an account of the dato of each man's application, his trado or business, tho length of time tho ap plicant worked for his last emploj-er, ins habits and whether he appeared to deservo help or not. These books show that "W. H. Brown worked fourteen years for ono railroad company, got tired, quit, idled a year; concluding to resume work, visited tho wood pile, when ho changed his mind and resolved not to do anything until ho finds a position where labor will be light and tho remuneration handsome. John Day worked thirty years for one man and then a spirit of idleness came over him and for two or three years he lias dono almost nothing. Ho drinks and doesn't like to push a saw through pine wood even if he does mako an honest living by it. It toolc Lewis Ncvin twenty-one years to find out that he didn't like his employer and that his wages as a shoemaker would not allow him to live like a Rothschild. After idling some months he viewed the wood ricks, examined the saw buck, borrow ed a chew of tobacco and has been gone two weeks in earch of a bacon rind to grease his saw with. James Mooney, after working for seventeen years for'a Camden contractor, discovered that stone-cutting is a poor trade. He pre ferred the free and independent life of a vagrant; but, artcr summering in the Berks County Jail, being perforated by bird-shot in" a Jersey hen-roost, aud spending thirty days in the House of Correction, he went down and had a talk with Mr. Magiiton about the Utopian happiness a wood-sawyer enjoys. He promised to begin work in the 3'ard as soon as ho "got rested." Tho scales fell from Thomas J. Jones' eyes after he painted houses and signs eleven vears in Paterson. New Jerser. He tramped four years and turned up o U t ., 5 1 ,i f mo woou-vara one uav last wees xyOTH in iiiu noiiu. jiia imjucsb was granted, and after receiving the money and buying a few hooks and a line, and spending the remainder for provender, he started to walk to Bethlehem, near where, to use his own language, he "knows the boss trout pond of the State." These cases arc fair samples of about seventy-five per cent of those who apply, but wood-sawing is not easy work, and the tramps and loafers soon leave. Philadelphia Timc3. Rents in Wall Street. Rents in Wall Street for the coming year have doubled, and in some cases trebled. The writer heard a conversa tion between a broker and a German real-estate owner on Tuesday last which he has permission to print, with the proviso that the names of the par ties shall not be mado public. "This demand is simply outrageous," said the broker. " Here I've been pay ing you $1,500 a year for this rat-hole of an office, and now you tell mn that you must have $0,000 a year from the 1st of May next. Why, it's an advance of y(K) per cent" "Now, don't you got excited," re plied the real-estate owner. "Ve meek nodding mid a vight already. Of you can do petter mit ouraelf don't you keep tc blace. Of I can do petter mi: mmcselt 1 0:00k to obbortunity. Dot is not my fault of I, got seven dou sand tollars for te blace. I dought you vas alvays goot bay, unt I geef you a shanse dot's all. I vouldn't pe hart ona goot customer." "Well," said tho broker, "the loca tion suits me. I've been here several years, and my customers know where to look for me. I don't want to leave the ollice. Make a reasonable advance and I won't growl. But 300 per cent 1 must say that's rather steep. You've four other ollices in the build ing, all larger and better than this, and a lair advance all around will net von moie than ten per cent on the value of the propcrt'." "Don't you know as cfcrding vas goin' up?" the owner replied, laj'inghis fat hand on the young broker's shoul der. "Vy, a pootplcck could seen that. Te real-estate owners is te sh!owut bueples in to shtreet You put 3-our scats in te Shtock Exchange vny up to lirt- tousant tollers. Dot is dirty-tree millions for vot vas cost only dwelve huntret tousnnt Te Shtock Exchange brobert3 dot is all she is vorth to-day. You make a bull mit to shtock unt tc ponds, unt te3T sell more es four or live iiuulrct per cent, dan the orichiRai caj) tals. "Vy 3011 gomplain of a Icetle race of dree huntret per cent, in your rent Ini3'? I dink minesclf vo be too easy mid 3-011." "But I don't look at it in that way," rejoined the broker. "I know our busi ness has been good; but supposing we s'uould move the Stock Exchange fur ther up town what do 3-011 think this fourteen bj- thirty of a place would bring then?" "Mine frent, decs ting she don't vork," the real estate owner remarked. "Dot Exchange she kentmove up down 3ou know dot shustso vel ess 1 kuow. Now, vo come to peesness. Of 3'ou don't sign to lease for seov. tousant thees 3 car, vy I dook do seven tousant. Of 3'ou sign te lease, vy I don't dook te seven tou-ant dot's all apout id. Vy, don't 3-011 see ess I lose a tousant tol lars out of my regart for 3011 hell?" The broker took the pen to sign the lease. "B3' Jove," ho said, "you'll get as much in one 3'car's rent as ou paid for the whole building." "Veil, dot's my peesness," replied the owner of the propert3'. " 1 couldn't help dot, ecf to penkers unt te prokers ees so dhick thet to offices don't gone rount. Yen vou firm 103' offer seven tousant tollars, -ou must be insane of vou dink vc let it go for voro tousant Vat you dink off a man who eskt 3011 to sell a huntret shares of shtock at par ven a hoontret'en fenfty is beed heh? You plame 3ourself. and you got em right Of te vise men vat menage tc Shtock Exchange kept :weit teir inten tions, or cdvertise for kround mit anew Exchange, den you vas all right You coot reek j-our lease., unt dings vas deefcrent But te new seals tev vas solt, and dot brobert3 atclioining she vas pought, and you niaket to Ex change piggcr. Now, tcy spent so much moonish, 103- shtiy verc tcy is not much te3 don't moof, no, no. Of teir blunders mok it so nico for us, it vas a good ting all arount" "But tho office is sadly out of re pair," the broker suggested. " Veil, den, 3011 icex it yourself." was the ropU. " Ve hot no opjection. Dot's all right Of tc seven-tousant tollar firm took it tc3 fix cm up in first class st3lo for te peesness." The broker signed the lease, and the kind-hearted landlord bowed himscll out, after assuring him that he had act ed like a man of "peesness." N. Y.Sun. Tho story is told that a young man who desired to enter a law office, but hesitated from a fear that the profession was alreadj'orcr-crowded, once went to Daniel Webster for advice on the sub ject, and the great barrister and diplo mat kindlj assured tho young aspirant for legal honors, that "There is pleaiy of room at the top of the profession" lor an uic talent that can be brought to the front; that while the ordina walks of the profession were IUII3, if not over supplied, there was a large unoccupied field in the higher circles, which would insure to those who had the ubility and the genius to reach those circles, a highly remunerative return for their labors. No person or ordinaty intelli gence wil fail to comprehend tho force of this logic, nor hold a mental debate as to its truthfulness. This application to the legal profession is equals applicable to most business vocations of life, and in none of them more so than in agricultural affairs. In all the beaten paths of agriculture each individual is a close imitator of nearly ever3" other, and all together are pur suing the business in the direct line in which the greatest .competition exists, and thus each is constant crowding and jostling the other in the scramble. Comparatively, but few farmers at tempt am'thing outside the common staple productions of our latitude, and the constant endeavor is to swell these to such proportions as to keep the gen eral market in a constant state of siege, allowing -tho " bulls and bears full swing in goring, scratching and' hug ginjr .each other, tKc farmer being the fcgitfmate'prey of tho entire menagerie, while appearance?. usually indicate that the3' are simply tantalizing each other. An occasional agriculturist, with moro shrewdness than most of his follows, takes in the situation, and with a clear comprehension that this scramble to itnmcnscby swell the cereal productions to be thrown on the market in the raw state, has but one tcndenc3. aud that to keep prices whero onlv the strictest I economy and the most laborious habits. supplemented with the least possible expense, can produce them without ac tual loss; and instead of swelling the number of those thus eugaged, .steps outside and devotes his energies to the breeding of fine stock sheep, swine or cattle, any or all bu3ing tho grains ith which to rear his stock from those of his near neighbors who persist in following the ohl beaten paths because the3 require the least thought, and sell ing breeilin"' stock back to them at double or treble the price which stock of their own rearing will command. In all this timo tho lands of the grain pro ducer are graduall, but sureby dete riorating, iroiu the fertilizing, clement, which th 03" so sorely need being with held from them, while those of the stock grower are waxing fat from the abundance of nutriment annually returned. Wo do not believo that anything in the least degree sensational is contain ed in the foregoing lines, but that, in stead, they are facts which are amply confirmed by ' evc-day observations. And wo will add that, except in 3ears of partial failure, if the farmers of the fertile West very soon realize fully re munerative pricc3 for tho two great staple products of corn and oats, of which so many million bushels aro an nually produced, very much less of the products must bo thrown on the general markets; and instead thev must to a much greater extent bo utilized on the farm In making beef, pork aud mutton. Land in rearing the agile and plucky roadster which, with the natural in crease of wealth in onr midst, is every year becoming in ' greater demand. Neither should be omitted the rearing of the heavy draft horse, for the special uso to which ho is eo well adapted, as ho is of as great nccessity as 11113' do mestic animal in the land. And we would not be forgetful. cither of that greatly slandered anil much-abused animal, the patient mule, whose vicious habits aro far more frcquent'3 tho result of his being mado to feel than man in his common foe, than to aii3 inherent dis position on his part to be mean just for amusement. Perhaps it maj- not be the most popular thing for an editor to espouse tho cause of tho mule and mako this despised plebeian the subject of his confidence, but from per sonal experience we do not hesitate to proclaim that no domestic animal will more promptly respond to geutle treat ment, nor exhibit a higher appreciation of kindly acts, than will he, noronc who takes greater dolight in exhibiting the undcrsido of the hoof to thesa who give him on3' abuse when he does not de serve it Burlington Uawkcyc. object for our t star gazers appears to have been Jopiflr.--Eleven observers have paid special attention to him. Tho wonderful red spot that has adorned the disk of tho giant planet for over two years has attracted many telc5cope"fc aid has' give rise to a great number of seculationsif Tlii concmsion sevms to be'that Jupiter irflnot yet a habitable globe, but isT red-hot ball that israd uiilly cooling'dowri; so itfatfagcs hence, when the oarth is dead, like its com rade, the moon, life ma' bloom out in Jupiter. Next to Jupiter in popularity comes Saturn. Seven observers have taken pirticular pains to study his splendid rings and the little swarm of eight moons circling a'xnit him. Four havo watched Mars, three Mer cury, one Uranns; and r ono Neptnne. Two have spent much timo among tho barren mountains of the moon, measur ing the height of loftr peaks, triangu lating in tho beds of dried up oceans, and searching In nooks ami corners from the Bay of Rainbows to the crator of Tycho for some possible indication of remaining hie. Three observers have been watching for a glimpse of the sin planet Vulcan, which, as its name implies, does not fear to face the fiery sun at close quar ters; ono has been looking out for as teroids, and three have kept watch for meteors and shooting stars. The nebula? have attracted special at tention from one observer, though it is probable that sinco Prof. Draper has recentby succeeded in photographing the nebuho they will bo more studied. Tho gaseous nebula- aro believed to bo solar S3stcms yet m a state 01 etiaos, without form and void. Three observ ers have paid special attention to pho tographing tho moon, stars and planets, and four have spent mo-st of their time with the double stars, which are among tho mot beautiful of all celestial ob jects. Counting and making charts of stars has -chiefly occupied tho time of four others. Tho Smithsonian Institution has sent out new circulars, and next year a still more interesting report may bo looked for. .V. Y. Sun. The Happy Scan. At present a Fpiritcd controversy te Editing n Newspaper. There is one editor who has achieved the feat of running a newspaper to suit ever3bod3. Occasionally, to bo sure, he has complaints, but he never fails to satisfy the complainers that lhe3' are in the wrong. It wasn't always so with him. He only adopted the system aft er he got desperate. It was one day after he ha'tl'reccivcil scvon complaints, thatho tried it A man came in and said: ' Why in tophet didn't you print the wholu of tlfe proceedings of tho Society for the Prevention of cruelty to Hogs, instead of a brief abstract?" Tho editor replied: "Oh, 3011 made a speech that wasn't in the report, eh?" Then he went around the counter. The dust flew for a few moments ami then it be came more quiet. The editor relaxed his grip on the man's throat sufficiently to let him speak, and he saiil that he fjuessed the article wa3 all right, and ic had on"3 come in to renew his sub scription. Ho was let up, paid the money and left, and as he went out lie collided with a man who had an ugby glare in his e3'es, and dancing up to the editor, said: "What d'yo mean, sir? I pay for a sensible newspaper and hero I get a lot of stuff about cruelt3 to hogs. You ought to be put in jail for printing such rot." The editor went around the counter again, and again the dust flew and cries of "Take your teeth from nn ear!" " Let jro o' mo hair!" etc.. were at amoitious to work like a steam saw mill. He slashed through two small sticks ana" then mado his escape by "ew Use for Sawdust. Tho Lumberman says: We havo been shown a model of a car wheel consisting of an iron rim of seven inches outward diameter by one-half inch thick, fitted with a well proportioned hub, the space between the hub and rim filled with pine sawdust, pressed in so solidly that we arc ready to believe the assertion that resting the iron rim upon bearings, a pressure equal to twenty-threo ton3 applied to tho hub failed' to develop any signs 01 weakness, we hesitate in these days of progress to assert that anyining is impossible, andNvo begin to think that even sawdust possesses ele ments of value hitherto unsuspected, and that the day ma3' come when tho filled grounds adjacent to all sawmills may bo seen to have a great value inthe mechanical development and utilization of the now useless debris placed upon them to get itqutof the way. Sawdust car wheels, sawdust- brick." sawilnst fence posts, railroad ties, and even saw" dust window: and door frames, wains coting ami molding, begin to appeal, among the possibilities of tho imuie'di. ate luiurc. m i A -Wasp Attacks a. Spider. 3Tr. Seth Green, writing to theTNew York World, says that ono mornin when he was -watching aspider's nest if wasp alighted within an inch or two of the nest on the side opposito the open ing. Creoping noiselessly around tf ward the entrance of the nest the wasp-j sioppeu a imiu miuil ui 11 anu. ior a moment remained perfect quiet; then reaching out one" of his antennas he wicrcrieiT it before the oDeninor and with. drew it. This overturehad the desired' effect, fort he boss of tho nest-, as large! a spider as ono ordinarily ssccs, came out to see what was wrong and ta-set it to rights. Noysooner.had tho spider emerged to that point at which he was at tho worst disadvantage, than the wasp with a quick movement thrust his sting into tho body of his foe, killing him easily and almost instantly. The experiment was repeated on the pan of the wasp, and when there was no response from the inside he became satisfied probably that he held the fort At all events he proceeded to enter the nest and slaughter the young spiders, which ho afterward carried off one at a time. Tho Work of Astronomers for 18S0. The Smithsonian Institution has col lected statistics conccrningtho progress of astronony in the United States, which are published in an interesting report In the fall of 1879 circulars were scattered over the country, re questing professional and amateur astronomers to send to Washington brief accounts of their instruments and their observations. Replies were re ceived from forty-one observatories, of which'twenty-four nro 'private and tho others aro connected with colleges "or academies. Several of the -observers have constructed their own telescopes, and many have made their observations from door-3-ards. windows and roofs.j Thcstor3of their experiences is all tho more interestingon that account Maii3T of the most important discoveries inthe heavens have been made by observers who had to deprive themselves of need ed sleep, and to work without anv of tho costly equipments of an observa tor3. This ..report, .shows. ,that,,.the astronomers -of tlleldoorrj-ard and the roof have fairly kept pace with those who make their observations seated in tho padded chairs of the big observa tories. Thev may comfort themselves with tho recollection that William Hcrschel's obscrvatdrr'was hlsTganIcn. The various objects chosen for special observation indicate the direction in which the science is bc"ng chiefly de veloped". " This is unmistakably toward the practical 'Side. ThusTliftccn of the ioitv-one .observers haY0if6n special "attention to fhVdeTcrmtnatron ofcxact time. ThiS'is a matter of the first im portance4 ior whatdwafdEverett called , the "eternal clpckworkol the skies-is the source of' alT-piir'catcala-tiqns that depprrdunpon tie lapse of muk. jo.u-r4uea jaijHiw-ocservers.nave deVot(3U.thelfea?spcMillyto. the studjvof tlie sua. Reccfct"observstions tendmoro anymore, to prore. that the sim Influences the earth's wcMherr-ahd that when the causes that-produce sun ,spots aro most actfretlfe&eaYtlris subject 10 me most vioiea5jrneieoroiogicat ais- heard. It was full live minutes before the editor could got the man's coat torn off and put him on tho floor with his head in tho coal-scuttle. But he did it at last Then ho jumped high in the air and sat down upon the man's stom ach, and the yell the man gave, echoing in the coal-scuttle, sounded awful. The editor was about to repeat the opera tion, but tho man said: " Wo needn't prolong this apony. Your paper is the best in the world. It is all right I'll take it for ten 3-cars in advance." Eiirht more visitors had tho same experience. Then came one that tho editor couldn't thrush. It was a woman: " What d'ye mean by publishing' fashion articles from a tliree-3-ear-old magazine?" sho asked. " I made a bonnet according to your directions and it's Jireo years behind the stylo. Oh, you wretch! jou mean, horrid, insiguifican! oh-h!" "M3 dear madam." ho said, "3ouare right I'm not fit to run a paper. I'll stop at once." (To a reporter.) "John, don't send up any more copy. Kill that articlo saving this lady was belle of the ball last night" "Stop!" she cried, "your paper is a household treasure. I don't caro about tho bonnet, and came to ask you to our house to tea to-night" Tho editor savs ho wouldn't drop tho rulo for anything. Everybody leaves satisfied with his paper. liotlonVvsl. Who He Was. At a sale of autographs in Paris a letter of Catherine de Medicis brought $82. one of the Marquise JMaintenon, $78, and a ctter of Marv Stuart $82, Jwelvo observers haver snout most of their""time in. watching for 'comets. Theseself-appointedselitind are bvno Tneansio-ho regarded"; as m"k rio3ity hunters. ronori&w'Sai&itriit the cuim ujajuu m uuger irom comets. JXoneihould faltfntb the sun it would. in all probability, produce such an but burst of heat as to destroy. eTery living thing on the earth. The comet of 1GS0 was aimed so close to the sun that even Newton feared it would strike it The great comet of 1813 wont yet closer. In fact, it grazed the sun, and. the great sun-spot that appeared in that vear is behoved to have hcen caused by the fall of an enormous meteoric mass fol lowing in the track of the comet It has also been suggested, that tbeoutburst of light m the sun on September 1, j lqoz, wmca was accompanied. 03- an electric shock that produced startling effects in various quarters of the earth" was causcu uy me downfall of other An aflvfrltmoT,f r meteors belonging to the train of the Animas City. Col., mentions that forty Barae comet niae of tne bride's relatives, including Tho next most interesting celesbal her grandparents, were present One of the bookkeepers for a Detroit lumber firm was recently sent to the north woods to transact some business for his emplo3ors. He is a man of good mind and strong limb, and has hung about gymnasiums long enough to work up his muscle and understand how to strike from tho shoulder. Ho reached a camp belonging to another firm just at noon one day, and all but one of the loggers gave him a hearty welcome. 1 (lis nnA v.i. pnirMAil , . ..... .1 J.UIO VUC 111.111 SCUIUCIi UUt Ul suits JlIUl bent' on mischief. After throwing out repeated slurs and insults he bold'3' said: "Stranger, I've been aching for a wholo week past to put some one in my vest pocket" This was turned off in a pleasant man ner, out tno logger persisted: "I've got a great hankdring to play pitch and toss with you, and if you don'"t run before I finish my dinner Pm going to heave you over tho shantv a few times." The Detroiter didn't rai worth a cent W'hen he saw that a luss was in evitable he removed his watch and pin, shed, his overcoat and was in first-rate trim when the logger got ready to heave away. As tho bully came forward he was neatly knocked, down. He got up with a grin and went down again. The third time he cot ud he sat clown nn n. jog to collect his ideas, and when thev had returned to him ho carefully ap proached the Detroiter nnd said: "Mebbe you are a'Presidin' Elder?" "No." Regular preacher?" No- , " Circuit rider?" -j i V No.-" "Tract distributor?" " No; I am a bookkeeper is the em ploy of Lath & Shingle, of Detroit" "Put it lhar!" said the man, as ho held out his .hand. " I'm all bluff and no fight, bull took yon for some sort of a preacher, and I thought I might wollop you and stand solid with the boys. Say, will you dojne a favor?" "Yes.T" "All right Tm going to tell the boys that you aro Tom Sayers, and don't you deny It! Carrvimr two black eyes around this camp for the next fort night will be grief enough for mo to stagger under, let alone anyone know ing that I got 'em from a man wearing a uiie.u snux anu a ciean collar. De troit Free Press. The greatest depth from which a sea fish, undoubtedly an inhabitant of the bottom, has been obtained is about three miles. The deep sea fishes are of simple color and have very lare eyes, or nono at all. Owing to the enormous changes of pressure their bones and muscies are deeply developed. going on between thoso who favor keep ing stock in close quarters and thoso who believe in letting aninfals run at large and enjoy no art i tidal protection, during the entire season. Tie furjnor duclargTlhat there is a great savisg of food iarin? the colder lKjrtion of.-the year In keeping cattle. Miecjvand swinft in warm onimiiigs, that the manure thev make can be preserved and ap plied to the ground with !e--s loss, and in a better manner; that tho animals gain faster, and mature in n shorter time: that their fle.h is much betterand that their general health nnd condition is superior to those auimals tliat run at large, have no protection and are ob.igcd to search for the food the3 re quire to eat. The advocates of tho other s3stom claim that animals which run at large at all seasons of tho year become so hanly that they do not'suffer from ex posure during the most severe weather; that it is cheaper to keep them warm bv allowing them an abundance of food than b3 erecting expensive buildings for their accommodation; that their llcr-h is more wholosomo; that tho ma nure they make is deposited on the ground where it is wanted without atn trouble or loss: that the auimals breed beter und continue to produce young till a later age. and that thc3 aroalmot entirely free from all contagious and pulmonary diseases which allllct toek in Great Britain and thoso parts of this county- whero tight barns, stables and pens are in general use. It is likely that there is considorab'o truth, and, also, considerable error, in the teachings of both of these schools of instruction in the science aud art of stock-raising. There is little doubt that animals cat less food when kept during cold weather in comfortable building.-, nnd that thev lav on more tlcsh and fat according to tho food they consume when they are not obliged to travel long distances to obtain it. That the tlcsh of animals of all kinds is more ten der when the3 are fattened in tolerably close quarters is geucralby admitted. :"s coutiuual excrcisu tends to develop the muscles and to render thorn touh. Tho diflcrenco between the flesh of wild and domesticated animals is due to tho amount of exercise taken by the former. I hat there is such a thing as too much protection for stock is at the present time verv gencralby admitted. Barns, stables and puns have been con structed so as to admit of a verj' poor circulation of air. In man cases ani mals are obliged to breathe the air that has beeu deprived of oxvgen in their lungs, und to iuludc the vile odors that rise from their own excrements. In some cases barns have been con structed so that the solid aud liquid nmmiro accumulates on thu lower or ground floor; above this stand tho stock, and above them is .stored thu fodder on which they are fed. In these barns vile substances aro taken into the stomachs of cattle, as well as in their lungs. '1 hat many animals have been too closely confined to allow them to ac quire a good muscular development is also generally admitted. Certain high priced anima'lt havo been kept up so closeby that the3 havo almost lost thoir power of locomotion. Pigs mature in thu pens where the;-were dropped, and nev er leave thciu till they are slaughtered. It is necessary to load them in a wagon if tlu3 nro to be taken to market alive, though tho distaucu is very short Main cattle havo been kept in quarters so warm ami close that they arescarcc b able to walk when fat. while thc3' suffer from cold on tho slightest expos ure. Jilnukuts are as nccossan to them as overcoats aro to men during tho most severe days of the present winter. It is not only possible but practical to combine all the excellencies of both methods of keeping animals without adopting an) of tlie objectionablo feat ures of either. Common sense declares and common observation shows that stock of all kinds require for their com fort and w,ell-being some protection during the severe weather of winter. Unless the) havo it they fall off in con dition, lose tlcsh and contract colds, no matter how large the quautitv or how excellent tho qualit) of food allowed them. Young, naturally feeble and sick animals require protection at other times, especially during protracted rains. Even sheep which aro noted for their hardiness and their ability to withstand exposure will suffer fewer losses and produce more wool if fliey aro afforded shelter during severe wuather. The importance of air and oxcrciso cannot be too liighby estimated. Pure air is as essential to animal develop ment as nutritious food and clear water. In fact the former is apparently of greater necessuy than the latter as an animal will live several days without food or drink, while it will miserably perish in a few minute if deprived of air which is nccossary to purify tho blood which is in tho S3stem. " Air, which is full of carbonic acid or hcavi'3 charged with vile odors docs not purify the blood, but acts like a poison in thu animal system. A certain amount of exercise is essoutial to tho full develop ment of every portion of the system. The ana(oni3 of everv animal, bird, rep tile or insect shows that it was not de signed to remain statiomuy. It is possible and practical to house cattle, bheep and hogs without stifling them. It is easy to afford them sulh cient protection during very severo weather without rendcruig them so ex tremely sensitivo to cold that they re quire to be covered with blankets when exhibited at a fair held on sunny days in the month of September. It is practical to feed them well without pampering them. Barns, stables and pens may oe rendered warm and com fortable without preventing all free cir culation of air. They may be so ar ranged ai to render tlie storage of ma nure comparatively easy without com pelling the animals bound to lie in it or to inhale the odors that aro constantly arising from it. It is not .necessary to render swine as fleet aj deer, or to cause beeves to move over the ground as rapid I3 a3 raco horses, in order to keep them in a healthy condition. Sheep do not re quire to travel all the time, or to per form long journey, liko the buffaloes of the plains, in order to be in a condition to produce and raise young, to yield good mutton, or to turn off large fleeces of excellent wool. A suitable amount bf exercise, however, is necessary for the health and full development of all kinds of animals. Without it the appe tite becomes" impaired, and perfect de velopment of the system becomes im possible. In this, as in many other things, the middle ground is the safest to choose. Chicago Times. rEILSONAL A5D LITKIURI Miss Clara Louisa Kellogg ha mado a contract to sing twenty nights In Paris, and receive $12. WO. A carerenc"f of English author and-uublitkers Lslk be held to consider tho American prfosals for internation al copyright -f tLicutewint Sfchwatka Is writing a I book about his Arctic experience- Ho ernor's Island. Mr. William D. HowelU ha re signed tho editorship of tho Atlantic Monthly. Thomai Cartylo left In the hands of Froudo a mass of letters from Goethe. Mill, Emerson. IHekiais and others, to gether With n'Bimiseences of his par ent, and material for-a uanaoir of. hi wile. Edward Straus, tho composer an. leader of dance music. w,Il visit this country In June, lie has mado ar rangements to lead concerts during tho Mimmcr months. Ho is the leader of the Court balls in Vienna, ant! Is .aid to be a far more spirited leader than Johan Strauss, who was here a few 3 ears no. A number of valuable letter-, writ ten b Ceorge Eliot at the age of twen ty, have ju-t been brought to light in z-neiurin. iney are in the possevkion of a grandson of "Dinah Bode," u--.v resident in that town, aud werewntrca to Mrs. Elizabeth Evans and Mr. S.rmul Evans, aunt and uncle of the notl"t. and the "Dinah Morris" nod "Seth Bedc" of her novel. "Adam Bodo." They aro pervaded b deep religious sentiment, and betny'a keen anxiety about her spiritual condition. HUMOKOrS. Our Yoimsr Headers. -"-"Management of tho World's Fair," is troubling New Yorkers just now. It is a problem Adam struggled with wheu there was only one world's fair, aud sho got thu beat'of him. Sets Jliixn I.'cgitcr. The soul-destroying circus has al ready begun to decorate the dead walls of our dearly beloved city with its col ored posters! It takes our boy an hour ami a half to do a five minute errand and thoroughly digest tho various at titudes of the "horde of performing cIcphants,"--who-.dritikfroiu the bung of the barrel to the music of "A littlu moro culer, too." Ac- Haven Hcjis. ter. How Soon AUt-i. hou oou tho hours aro over. Counted tin out to jlny the IciMir! Ami hotv nnic-h uiirnwor U the rt 10 Aliolol us tci i'ijr tho t.L'o! Hut whoti rn pl.iy th" r.wil. how wMe The thcnttT cxpninU! ImIiIc. How liinjr th- uutliciicn tit Ixfon u: How many prompter, wbat n chorus! (lit iirulimim Sfidintl. Customer "Thoo cigars I bought hero votorday were mighty bad' Dealer "Ba I? Why, sir. I've sold thousands and thousands of thoso cigars, and you're tho lint ono to lind fault with" them." Customer--"! don't know ain thing about that, but I know that when I tried to sinoko " Dealer-"Ah, I sec, I see! That's whero you made a mistake. I sunpocd you wanted them to treat. your friends with. 1 thought there must bo some niist.-.ko about it." lloslon Trnnscnp. There nro somo vcr3 straightfor ward people in (Julveston. One of them went up into tho Ac ollice anil sauntering up to tho desk, tusked: " I hear that tho Bible has been revised. Do 3-011 know if an important changes have been mado?"" "A good many, I believe." "Then there is no mistake about Ananias being struck duad for lying3' "No, I believo not" "well, if I was 3011 1 would tind out about it;" and he slrolluti out as unconcernedly as 3ou please. Galveston Xctcs. Lights and shadows of portrait painting: Aunt3 " And now. how many sitt'ngs shall you require of 1113 niece. Mr. Sparks?" Our Artist (a model but most inllammable youth) " Oh, not moro than tliirty or forty, or perhaps lifty we will say sitv,if you liko, or seventy at nil evcnLi. eighty or ninetv at tho utmost, or " Aunt3 "Cootl 1 leavens! wh,3oupaint- etl mom lour!" Uur Artist- " :so: IiI I, reall. though? Ah. but I can see at a glance that your niece's expression will be particu'arb difticult to catch, you know!" Low Ion I'unch. TllK VMS SQCMttEU To ju!rrrtcvi -iklr&ta, KntHin j In n clal ch tW E WtsnoQ ih yutrfiTtf thlr!tn nrhliKT-raaR'aDntiUit' V-tfa. f ik-traa 1 X'um of rkt hc'U !-. Ho tit hi - KxKtM outrun: Aa tCbm tttr4M -.tn, lie otal t outjiiR-t- a Sumr-m..! JXo-r.H It ciMBcoil. tbe trwlrwiXi nVniMth tnc tree omcraU a t t, Wbo,o brtrtn; bt aM Aroourf tbt(lL Ijinr, vr-t. Iw-lbouff bt biro id ! U!,-n. T6 rvty Be m.ht on jutftH il n: Suun he t ilrtp,wl h !. Loud Ovutln. -vita a iumi apt-: "Ir3v llran; my ! rnl; Y,ur n Iu illt 1 tuMt; MmmamL Itut, rvItr. t mW Hk M Ywu Jump from tut thta Uklt aVtrr I.. -Tu yuatlgr h. ta JLt a ay . 1 ii ihpuit, i am iiu'i 11 vj i "Tho tvat will pl'-nw my cbiMroi H, Whxii I thlr&cxltImrtorr twit" Nay." aM the eUr ytwinc l"rtXy. rtVt unilortakca jump f1r To which the yuflnvor onr rvf"-t, I'iiCi-J up with rultcty nt prtto: Though v my lr' .tlty I'll "hMW-you nv axlltt-r " TlHn wj.1i ,ipl wlih am Mtl That Mr. Vui wo n-.uirrrl tli.!. Am! whrn ttv tnr trHkcit arrm-ft, That rhlMrctt &iwikj lw put t txsl, OM llprnin) U bUyot-a; n vtM "The prvrc;t I mwM fc.T-jm hr"ls 1-t othrr pral jmurw-m wAn ilI: I-t mit tc nattfrrrmtlnl. !. pi y tui w l4l j ur r4r ay Nor Ut thai! prH-y-gr Ju-t-H."nl nrnr" 'lt-Ailn r-tinJrr, ui fc ,Y--2.m. l-ATlT AM 3! AT IV. "Oh. week!" mother! not for a whole Patty.' brown eiv were whlo with doubt and surprise. Why, child. 3011 jmt i-afcl Merer, ami a week's a "good deal short of that," auswurcd buy httlo Mrs. Ken Nttm. tucking another sticV. luto tho lire, with an odd little gleam, either from the fire-light or ohu inward amusement, dancing round the eornors of her mouth. Sho wa used to Patty's ucirrj, and a littlu tired of them. Patty wont to. tho window, and drummed on thb pane, ami stared rather forlornly into tho tumll yard, where red-haired .lob Tw ilchctt wxs iumpiug up aud down, jerking tho liuudlo of the old bllto pump. Ho tuck out his tongue at her and winked one eye, but she was too abstracted to notiei this cuitomarv beginning of hostilities. It was afl wry well t. quarrel with Matty Monroe, and vow never to se.ak to her again (Matty was real mean to stav awav from the- spring. "u.t because Kez King had Mild she might drop in that afternoon; sho ; had no biuino.- to break her prumic. aud mio had ;roik-( Patty, certain i sure, that alio would comu Mid bring Ho.ilnolla and thu tot. aet with her), but to be forbidden fv s'k-ak to her for a week was quite another thing. "Why. Sir Leon wa to have married ltusinella before the week was out! There was a great commotion In tho yard, dob was setting Pug at Tabby " Hi! look at yer old c.it"' lie shouted, starting a war-dance on tho pint form of tho clothes drier, and pointing derisive h to ioor pussy, tho stood on the wood abed roof? with Jier Wvll tho sizo of u hearth brush. But even this at tack on her favorite could not dispel Patty's melancholy. She just glanced out to heo that Tabby was really out of reach, and then went xlowly up-t:iir to her little room in tho attic to lind Sir Leon. S'x-Leou-waadolL, ,IIo was a very 6plcnuld doll, with bro'wn eyes nnd hair, a black velvet cai with a long rrrnrukably gixwl-hnmflT. and wx- , srallo that croaod hi wholn cm( hanco a Patty danced up tt Mm. aat- ltg. t.cUcdlr, "A loUor for ni a . tor for ro?f Hut he only chtir kiwi, and ; t head for answer, tnd thwn sM. t r. "W-val, no. I1U gnl; I'm orrr u dUapp'lnl yer. but th-r nlo't' l t - 4 with a t lpklt "IKm"- aotIhU t name of MoalmocwncJHvi JntrwrtN- t. Ok, it my tUor! it' hit lti-r " oriancl Patty. " " giv it t n. Mr. Sknnr." Couldn't prt?orbly. httl j-, 'Taint to:r,Jcrro. U'd'r-rtM Sir LtMn d MentmnrtiM-t. K- t Tkat ala't jvr naMto. y rm ' . l "Oh jo. It W I mean. u'mj d -hotttod Tatty, and -aiis Mm p-- - lettor. ran .n. t mmf nv ami left Mr. kwnr -till din. X! - hirnn-lf with a Knarty ?Juj - uf ti HuWj:H1sdfliiht Hr is tfeo lcr "MT.eX! h ! -n.TtrTmt kktittvalfv tun .u.i rwHty l t4 avwrel Mailr kMlr m w-r-fctlftir 4wiaHti 11 I Uf wA.fr n a ipavw Infl mr aw .Mi-it' an.! trt.anw) wah olMi W- l,.r IH il Mity .! win tmn W rpiirT TUtojr .- ijki - - t a-l tki 1 -and Tla-- .l ! hd-w f n Wr. t-t h lw a !!. 1 .. , j Patty K-aIim I. -!- to Una s p ; alnt) tf-m.ftw Ao4 ltSjr " a-.t t wj twr m4 t IK1 -trta. I IMV I Mra H-t r ll nr '" i lfV I br u ih mH t fco .f r i I ttilwV t(r trt-- w, tuvtwy. !-.,.- HHwiwi: uhh 1-ni ttnH ym law . l m lo a4y aatjjwar H ....' i.M,tw-r. 1 1 , "TH i4lr l . NtHtfuw. !( j-r faMWui ilu.. . K'ttU-. siuwHn j Hownplt-nd-d' ,oM Patty " r . . , write all thu tiimt, tkott. 1 mat. n.. j : ; I. mothwr?" Mrv KenlsUm noldil. SW a. Ing on a tlrtvs, and bur mtmtli t . of ptn. And aftr that II w-asn'l lnnl a The teltt-raidt a sch a liV , , But till, wkeu th" k ontn u . . end. Patty and Matty Howlis.- h er's arm-a. If thoy had Ikhhi .pi -1 , for a ear. , "Oh. Matt." an.d Pattr. anl "4. Iatty." vtld Matty, and "lft mv-l J l"V Twitchftt, bobWiig his k-rnd or-t fonee. "er'll IkeM ut;eti In ,i (..rir, i . . i.-.l . a. fadntc him Uercoly. "Wt shall NF.VKK light ngnm!" And thmgh .lol rtKvtd "Hi" 1 tftiappu.1 lus tinkers, thuy dkla t I t whole uuwth. -nrr'j tN.y . . Klndnrvi to Atdmals, a marnajre in Ah Amsterdam barber was sudden ly struck dumb one day last week. The man he was shaving, and to whom he was relating the history ot the causes that led him to leave home at the age of thirteen and adopt the profession of tambourine holder for a blind violinist, struck him on the top of the head with a paving hammer with snch force as to drive the artist's head down .between his shoulders, clear up to his ears. The customer has been offered the Emiritns Professorship of Manual Rhetoric and Physical Exegesis in the Smithsonian Institute. Burlington Hawkeye. It is a- common household experi ence to find the caps of glas3 cans of fruit so firmly screwed on that they can not be removed by the hand. A cloth dipped in hot water and applied to the outside of the cap will cause it to ex pand, when it will come off without effort Tmsting a CnlPs Tall. Thcro is nothing that demands states manship of a high order a much as the driving of a cow with a young calf to nm particular place. Two ("ulvcdon colored men undertook a job of this character ycsterda3. and although tiny gave the matter their careful attention, the result was very far from .natisfacto r3 to anybml3 except the cow, which seemed to enjoy it vcr much. Sam ami B-ll were to got a dollar to la'io tho cow and calf and put them in tho a:d of the owner. Mr. Thomas Car yle. "who lives at the soulh end of Galveston Av enue. After trv'ing in va'n to get tho cow to under.tnndin what direction thc' preferred she should go, Sam and Mill called a cnb-not meeting, at which the following campaign plan was agreed upon: Sam was to take up thu calf in his arms and ro ahead, while Bill was to hold the cow back by tho ropo which was fastened to her horns. "Ef the goes too fast'" said Bill. "I'll jest hold her back " "And cf she don't follcr fast enough L'U jest twist do calf's tail, and den sho will come right along," said Sam. Sam took up the calf and went ahead, while Bill, in order to get a real good hold, tied the rope around hfo wrist The procession proceeded slow ly in the desired direction, and would have reached its destination in safety had not Satin tempted Bill to get ofr a joke on Sam, so he called out: "Sam. jess twit de caf s tail." Sam did so. and the calf bleated as if it was opposod to an cucoro to the per ioral ancc. The old cow bogan to trot So did Sam, holding on to the calf xs if he had stolen it Then the fua began, for cveiy once in a while the cow would polish her horns on the ceilings of Sam's pants. Bill couid not get his hands out of the rope, and, as he had short legs, he had hard work keeping up with the E recession, or rather in not letting co, ie ran so fast that the ktnks of his wool straightened out Finally ho gasped: "i-ara, ontwin dat cafs ta'.l." Sara's legs moved so rapidly thatthey looked like the spokes of a buggy, but he called back: " Bill, don't let go dat rope, de cow's ajrainin on me." "Drop do caf." called poor Bill, whose arm was coming out ox its sock et "Drap de caf. for I can't keep up wid de cow. Go slow, niggak, or Pll turn de cow loose on yon," which, how ever was more than he was able to do. Bill made the next liftv yards on fall back, he still most unwillingly rctaiaiag his hold on the rope. Fortunately, thu cow overtook Sara, and in return for his kindness in picking op the calf, she S'ckcd hira up on her boras and threw m over into Mr. Carlyle's yard. Bill, who was rather tired of chasing the cow, thought he would climb over and see wnat Kim was uoine. inc cow ap peared to understand bis wishes in that direction, so she started on a run to help him out or rather over. She was a little late, but be went about ten feet further into the Held than be would have done without her assistance. There was neither of them so badly hurt as they were when old Carlyle came and told them that the contract was that they should put the. cow in the yard Instead of that, the cow had pot them in the yard, so the dollar belonged to himself as the owner of the cow. It is thought a lawsuit will grow oat of the matter. Galveston Seta. white feather, a tJIkcn cloak nnd Ma-died trousers reaching only to the knee, like a knight of olden times. Ho even had long gra stockings, aud crowning glory! a pair of top-boot mado of ohnumis leather. Cousin Evelyn had dressed him for Patty's birthday, nnd Cousin Kvelyu rainu from Nuw York and could do anything. Patty picked him up and lootod licrcelr hi his amiablu waxen eounte-naiiee- "I don't" care n snap for your wid. kors." she exclaimed hot.3. giving him a vicious little shako, " 1 don't be lieve but what Cousin Evelyn jut stuck 'em on herself; ami it's my opinion you were made for a girl. Sir Leon do Mont morcne." Aud at the thought of that dreadful possibility and Matty Aloiiroe faith loines, shu sat down on tho boot-box aud cried. iM-xi morning airs, ivcninon was rolling out pie erut in the kitchen when Patty entered slowly, with a kind of dubious brightness In ber focu. nnd curled up In a big chair by thr table, with her head on her hand. A pencil projected from hor It Is a fact UVyotid dNjto. as unt " orvtnir naturalist will aillrm. that ' eber the relntHMiditp lxrtn ni.n and man tho mrtmttlii;iit ali - Ufj, will the annual btH-oiuu. Upuu th larm there U wry runin wkr nim t'. and e.pccnliv hor.-w, htull lw tr d, not "dumb bats," ,ti ligeul creations of the miw IW-in .. . made tholr iiuu,ter. Tint Am. ,,. am thu iuoftt.itutHMfM, horn faiur in the world, nppret-ial't lk a!ir kindness, and by uuiktiitf tkrir hr equal in one uat dttUiMr m." tiiem ut tho swim tent, bMttwiMg ;., u them nluioAl tho sohhi kiveaitd rr. as aro bestowed u'ti thwir bii h-.. who are allowed thu tsilts for ' males, the Arabian liori has Ik- . too tho most Intelligent and et-l 1 - trolled bf Its num. it 1 ut Hmmgh feed an animal andjjive it a isniforta' ' bed; it has feullngn a wull as U m-vi. and can npproeiniii Uliidis. It mW be uniform kindue-ss. hoetor; a ik to-daj and a kick to morrow niihhmi'h cry nearly to continued a'uss at least, no far as the hor'; intjr w eoiiecriiod. Many a horse h berm Injured, If pot spoiled, by Itoin.- lael in the care of a half-grown Imy, win." ouh- Iile.i of driving and allowing ! k, authority nceuied to be ierKitttf at th n"nis and elltng. I'lifewling or Iim iieui iiireil Help only 1 help niao do miiek towtrnW-- making ugly or "trl--ky" hor. An animal treated with itiiv'aryliie U-imIinhhi will Soon lenrii to have e in IkluMee m r master, and la. then-fore, mure rfb. trained. In Belgium, horstr nr well trained that liu-v nro fiild,d a.. l most wliolU by word of m milt, sr driver ruh lug i'ijmii the intell.ftt "I ' his hone rathr than Umih th Ut A Belgian plow hone in an awkward ti atloti will olxy radl- as miny rut h 1 Keparato and dtistinrt orders. thf ln!' chock-roin. iiiranwhilo remumiij M ' tachud to the tIow-haudl. ienviug th" f driver's hand free for thu hnnler itih of gulillng tho plow. Till ncrUtJt- t Illustrate thu economy of hnvintc trained nuimalrt for farm work. Thr Is much in (hiding out I he peetiHarUh jofahore8 dttoal(lon, ho may ha somo wiiims that It will par U oeca "ionaliy indulge. Make hbu feol yMir friendship, treating him lirmly ImiI with uniform kinduu.i, ahinviug that you ar not only hi master but fnnnd. nnd k will return tho kindness with iutret diaries 11. Dodge. and somo papor anron pocket "Woll, Patty' naid Mrs. Keni'ton, j cheerily. " triiat kind of turn-overs ' ..hall it be?" " Mamma, responded Pntt3. sober ly."did yeu-evcr havo any love-letter ?" . 'MrA.KenlsUm paused, with rolling pin upraised in astonlahment "No. "Xtu. Of couk. JVhatevcr put it into Your head to ask Mich ques tion, child"? There, take that and go get your little pie Ixurd, aud roll it out amoothly. nnd 1 11 let you bake oitio dolly's p:e. Don't worry Your sillv heitl nlm.it lnv...l..it,.r v.T ",i.:t- ...T. -wani or ui jcar." J ' J f-ran Qulvira Counties are perhaps tli "But Itmearch In New .Mexico. -j Now Mexico Is perhaps th moat noted coui.try In the world frnmrh A The historian, the wealth icekor and tin- "curiotia" can hero find a rich Jlekl and reward for thrdr labor. Tim A!x in.l did yon?" persisted Pattv. " Because I want to write one at leait Sir Leon docs and we don't know how to begin. How did yours begin?" i! MUink.my, f'rat hegan. My dear MiMifoHiwll" saliiira. Kcniston. laughing. "Ask papa. He'll know." "Did it?" inquired Patty, rather, doubtfully. "Why. when Mr. Cone wrote to vou Ui borrow that look, ho nc-'an. .My dear .Mrs. Kcniston.' and moit renowned in the TerrlUiry fat r search. In the former thorn are nyj deuce. of great volcanic crtiptk.a which overwhelmed cltiea and burs the Inhabitant in ahe nnd lava lunf T ages ago. It in evident that thtMo pH ple. who aro perhaps older titan th Aztecs, were a prosperous tam. wittt i not a little advatico In civilisation, a, me Abo ruins In tho Maazarta Moun tain indicate. alo nomo indientiona ut IJI.7IUI1. UIII1 a - his couldn't be a love-letter, vou know ,ino ar; "'de llgurm and Urn Images.- becauso yotf re married to nana. ml i amna" being found upon Umi mi-r!'r 41 lie's engaged to Miss Dover. I don't t ,,," " t,H t""turcs benatk ' think that sounds loycry enough." J,"6 '1; It Is evident that tht ii'n- Howcvcr. she tooSeont her pencil, and "fl-'toi rw- cro ckcr af tr min-r-bejan to write, spelling orcr each word -""I are fouxwi w-.th tho l.nib'r noiselessly to herself as be put it down. ? nttcH wJtl' AK tlat great diftlrulty " Who is your letter lo. Patty?'' xJcrlcnced and danger incurr'd in asked her mother at last, m she folded !. do,rn inU the o!,l bafJ. whek it up with a sigh of relief, and wrote an ' , , rte tor'i1' Onv epecby tvai address on the back. i 'oaml where human hand or lava or " WhyI a&i Patty, rather faltering- ? 'aj-J-ff Itc and dust bad filled Itlevwl Iv. "ifa from Sir Leon to ltosinnlla. w,h H" earth- T,, w tluginto.aasl That isn't tho same a if I m-nf t at a depth of twelve feet a nxin ctmUl. Malty.. Ja it?. Became, you know. gjrMn places, thrust las una In up to th icon s a man. and well. Matty isn never was Queen i mnt the aj.Hw-i-w'huwa.s when wo cause, you know. jrMn places, thrust las na In up to th id I'm not. and Matty c,r,r tcc. the granite wall of tk !nt Bosinella. Mattv ratfl,. aml Ul carJ 1'Jch filled th9 iM . of Beauty at a touma- ,,ha, L had ono in the orchanl tho day after - mi f.ixnn loiu us ":.tts Japane-ws are advandn nni. . I- !...... . . ......j , .,, pnnapiot til wi 'A ff vtUnn irinkr.. ', .t itMa.tMtty'troBtowe-rem3kinz- " 5'. ,7'? "'" ,t " ,'s,nl to kP ? it's liosincfla's A ad Kobelia has ! T -2 chan' 'ntwluce-l In th. Mi poden hair, and Mattv has anburn-' !"? ,p,nr Hherto prejudge ka And I m.ir nnil t m.vfui t lorai'Jucn to wompn slmruf t-.f-.l ics. indeed, von m- ' .i.i t. rfeee?iary,Taity thought -'ilay 1 see Patty handed it across the table. w!tl- a glance of rainsl-sd; prhtu and apprc-,-Mxuipod thUxs whatiIr.Keaiiton ' --Z e - of work, but several every til th r.rmm!wi manufacturers are jiow xpnm-uii? "" -cmaic empioyc-r. Thus fa-yuj rcsult u eoowdered farorabie. & worjc done try women compare in t--,l In qua.it with that done by mn that leveral new cloth factorie are about U be built eicltwircly for the cmp?oafi of women. The wont foamr f tk. j cae is that thn ,-, ,. vr - v.-r, &". J .WOf k "?W ors In the day &, SS- Z.W7sl JZFV KlT KHfos, ' iairmon. bat intelligent capitahsU - . " - - r ww,u iu UMkrcL Min iru ua-sv - - -' Mr w wri-oa7 wrsvra tt aJ-i roe tUl tbra bvcourx- ttr anarrltd. X hOT I J I Y9t trim - ' -- m - s "-"-saa(L-t-. ui aTPnrfirv - ,. -sf-'. iirjr v -"wa rtu fcnwon mt te ot. sh-. k. Sa&v'&asM; boj- & f-wrtrrusr. z. w.ifz The Common Conncn of Baltimore ns-s paawd an n.l:. - u-.:-L i.-- ,. . - - m umiuiiu;. HUCI1 u&i a oiu&Hiatb: wt.: "s?. Kta-j. T-:,.lr"Zw,-' Wr OTrr .-:' -iii(cr itw WlBJ In r. oirr-i(iiiir-rk u Lj.r:wii ."- " ---. . . Ea-l.rixio.MTe u rn iirZZJ 1'? br the Mayor. troridJ 'fts T-r 17 . '"! 'rona wxation of afl nJT -.oonieai -oo-s and iapfnients. whether worked by band, or steam. orotWmo 'Jl?' s'l f nj machinery, raan mactnnng apjKiratc!, or engtew owae.1 aad actuaUy np!oyel by anv mdrridu ai. linn or wporaUon engaged, or Hke iy to engaged. In lh btabewof xsa ufactnringinthecitr. K TOft ksra. o bow I An r-.r . : '.r' leucrfor I ata trlnr la hr- tL ZL. Ml osra prwkt luJnC roa aT Errx roar Inrinr kalte " t" tZM.HoyrximzsT. Mrs. Keaistoa laughed nstil he cried. end bad to wipe her tears with her apron; bat all she said, whea he gave back the letter, was, " Oh, PaUv' Ptl ty! of all the children-" " Of coarse the pestnua wa IaUj aext --6t u- ws sc caae, he wax In - Captain .1 K. Tianierinan. who sail between Kew York and Havana. teen a sailor for thirty-lhrtre vear. ICt he aerer wxs out ia a "storra. " I J- I i