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THE-BED CLOUD CHIEF.
M. L. THOMAS, Publlshor.
IlED CLOUD,
KEDRASI. fe
OATiF J .OCl OF HAIR.
I thought from lletpcy Jnnc to Rtonl
One golden curt mvav.
To plucc it next my throl.b.njr ticirt
And wear it nijrht nnd day.
And po, whilst she in s'.umbcr lay,
1 stole besi le her chair.
And reached my hnnd in ecstacy
To touch her saining hair.
J Jut oh! how shall I tell the talc?-
l-'row oT my Hftey's head.
One moment, ami that wealth of curl
Most suddenly hail lied.
In sheer nfTripht I screamol, "Alas!
What Modoc worse ih:ti I't"
And lietsey Jane Just then nu-o.ee.
And pierced me with her eve.
' Oh. lovo." criel I. " pray what Is this
That lies uim the lloor.'"
Orio 1 sbo, in nij;e. Ut-gonc, rash man.
And coaic hero nevermore!"
Yownjr men, youmr men, take my a-lvlco:
Whatever else you do.
Uoift steal a lock of golden hair.
Lest you the act should i ue.
Uari'H's Wcddy.
A DAUGHTER WOHTII HAVLNf".
" Harvey Mills has failed ! " said Mrs.
.Smithson, one chilly spring evening,
as she ran in to sue her next door
neighbor and intimate friend, Airs,
.lames. " My husband just eame home,
and he says that what we supposed to
be a rumor only, is a sad fact; the as
signment was made yesterday. I threw
on a shawl ami ran over to tell you.
They are to keep the house under some
sort of an arrangement, but they have
discharged all their servants, and what
in the world the Miilscs will do, Mrs.
lames, with Mrs. Mills' invalid habits,
and Miss Helena, with her dainty ways
and refined bringing up. is more
than I know;1' and pretty, shallow Mrs.
Sntilhson looked at her nerve-loving
friend and neighbor with the air of an
epicure regarding some favorite dish.
" I heard all about it hut evening,"
said Mrs. James, adjusting the pink
ribbon at the throat of her black silk
dinner-dress "and this morning I pre
Himcd upon our cousinship so far as to
drive over and see how they were get
ling along. And really, Mrs. Smithson,
you will be surprised when 1 tell you
that, although 1 expected to lind the
family in great confusion ami distress, I
never saw them in such a comfortable
way, and in such good spirits. The
worst was over, of course, and they had
all settled into the new order of thing-;
:is naturally as could be. My cousin.
Mis. Mills, was sitting, as calm as yon
please, up there m her sunny morning
room, looking so fresli ami dainty as
she ate her crisp toast and sipped hot
eoffee."
Our comfortable and cozy appear
ance is all due to Helena, said she.
That dear child has taken the helm. I
never dreamed she had so much execu
tive abilty. We were quite broken
down at first, but she made her father
go over all the details of his business
with her, and they found that by dis
posing of Helena's grand i.mo, the
paintings and slabs, and costly bric-a-brac
her father had always indulged
Jier in buying, we could pay dollar lor
dollar, and so keep the house. My
husband's old friend, Mr. Bartlett, who
keeps the art store, 3011 know, and
who4s always taken a great interest
in Helena, bought baek thc paintings,
statuary, vases, etc., at a small dis
count, and Barker, who sold us the
piano a car ago or so, and who is an
other old friend, ami Knew, of course,
jusl how we wcrcsitiiated, took it back,
deducting only twenty-live dollars.
" Heleuahas justgone iutothekitch
nn. Whatshewilldothere Idon'tknow;
but she says she needs the exerc'se,
that she has not attended the cooking
f.ehool hero in the city for nothing, ami
that so long as the meals are served'
regularly and properly', ami the house
is keep in good order, her father and T
are mil to worry.' Alter she told me
that, I drew my call to a c'oso, and ran
down into my cousin's kitchen to sue
her dainty daughter there. And what
do you think? I found that g.rl at the
sink, with her sleeves rolled up, an im
mense water-proof apron on, washing a
kettle!-'
" Washing a A-c7c?" repeated Mrs.
Smithson, holding up both her soft,
white hands in unmeasured astonish
ment. "Yes, Mrs. Smithson, washing a
great,- blaek. greasy- iron kettle that
meat had been" boiled in. ami that had
been left unwashed and gummy when
the cook left. And, do you know? .-he
was laughing over it ail" and saying to
her youngest, brother, who stood near
by, that .she really liked it. for she now
felt she was making her.-elf useful."
"The idea! Liking to wash kettles:"
and the two line ladies looked at each
other in open-eyed wonder.
"It seems tome as if Helena Mills
was trying to make thc best of her
father s altered fortunes, and was sim
ply doing her duty in the premises,"
spoke Miss Carlton, Ida James's new
drawing teacher, who was that evening
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.S '".". ,!Pr '."J"1 :l losso'! ?n
the opposite &ido of the center-table.
She spoke earnestly and yet in amode-t
way, and it being tho vogue in New
City just then to patronize Mi.ss Carl
ton, the pretty and accomplished gradu
ate from Vassar. the two ladies looked
at her amiably, and she went on:
"Somebody- must wash the kettles,
and it is always best, when one has a
-isagrceablc duty to perform, to do it
fflot only at once, but cheerfully."
"Yes. perhaps," replied Mrs. Smith
eon, "but how could a -young girl of
real tiatire refinement'' (both" sides of
Hie Smithson family were of the "old
-stock") "take so kindly to washing
viots and kettles? The fact of it is. pe
file have been mistaken inllelenaMills.
She never possessed that innate gentili
ty she has had credit for. But ' everv
one finds their level sooner or latci
he, he.""
These two women having thus sum
marily disposed of Helena Mills socially,
they repeated their belief that the Jove
iy and dutiful young girl had now
lound her proper level over and over in
their set until it was the common talk
;n New City. Miss Carlton, in her
round of professional calls anion"- the
co-called elite, was cntert lined inncar
iy every household with the information
that Helena Mills had given up her
studies even, and gone into the kitchen
to work "and, if you'll believe it, she
likes it.'" Then would follow rellcc
tions upon the natural ability -and bias
of mind of a young woman who vW:is
"fond of washing dishes."
This sensible, accomplished little
drawing teacher was the only one to be
found, "who miusled in the "upper cir
cles" of New City, who said : a word
either in praise or defense -of Helena
Mills' new vocation. Miss Carlton al
ways and everywhere protested that the
young girl's course vas not only praise
worthy, but beautiful. She mainta'ned
that every woman, young or o'd, high
or low, -who took upon herself the laljor
of elevating the much-abused as well as
despised vocation of housework upon
which the comfort 'of every home de
pends 10 a line art naa a. ruu"- "tuc
1 act or.
Miss Carlton's friends all listened and
laughed, and then went on with their
serseless and malicious tirade. She
was heartily glad when her engage
ments in New City wc-e ended, and she
was oblio-ed. to move in such "select
society, "whose ideas were always a
mere echo of opinion no matter how
trivial and foolish-which had been cx
jircEcd by a few of its more wealthy
members.
Mrs. Dr. Forbes, ncc Miss Carlton,
had heard very little about N.CW City
society for five years. Rut having occa
sion to pass through tho place on tho
cars lately she treated herself to a little
gossipy chat with the conductor, whom
the ha"d known as a New City gallant.
"There is no particular news, Mrs".
Forbes," said he, " unless it is the en
gagement of Helena Mil's to young
Lawyer Bartlett, son of Colonel .fame
Bartlett, you remember, owner of the
big corner art store. A capital choice
the young squire has made, too. She's
as good "as gold, nnd everybody says
she's the best girl in the city. She's a
perfect lady, withal, and treats every
Lo hj well. Not a bit of nonsense or
shoddy about her. Why, bless you,
Mrs. Korbos, when her father failed in
'75 she took entire charge of the family,
and sho has managed the house ever
since.
" Her father is now in business again
for himself; and employs more men
than ever. Her mother, who had been
an invalid for years was forced by
Helena's example" to try and exert her
self .so as to share her Slaughter's bur
den to some extent. As a result of the
new, active life she has followed, she
lost all her ailments, and is now a hap
py, hearty, healthy woman. Helena's
brothers have grown up to be line,
manly, helpful fellows, and the whole
family are better off every way than
ever before. As tilings were going on
before Mr. Mills' failure, the whole
family were in danger of being spoiled
by too much luxury.
"There was a great deal of talk at
iirst among the big-bugs about Helena's
pots and kettles.1 and they used to say
she has found her true 'level.' I al
ways thought there was a spice of nial
ico'in their talk, for the gins of her set
envied her beauty and accomplish
ments. I am rather fond of telling
them now that Helena Mills has found
her 'level' in the richest, most intlucn-
i tial, and just the best family in New
, City." GV. istian-at- Work.
High-Priced
Heal Estate in New York.
A recent New York letter says: The
three costly hu'ddingon Fifth Avenue,
for Mr. Vanderbilt ami two of his sons,
are approaching completion. The
double building for Vanderbilt. Sr., at
Fifty-lirst Street, is a good piece ol
architecture, but would be better if the
building were a story higher. It looks
rather squat in proportion to the
ground covered. The material is the
same brown stone that is used in nearly
all the buildings on the avenue. It does
I not wear so wen as some outer hiiii oi
i stone, but there is none el.se that looks
' en rifli. It will tirobrililv bn n. ve.ir bn-
fore thc h)3;lIc work is lhlis,0(i. On
.llu. nexl ,)lock above grinds the new
J homc of one of thc jm,i,jrs. it s not
so lur,re ti10 1)alerlI!li mansion, but it
is more ambitious in architecture and
may be called more ornate. The angles
are" very numerous and the whole struc
ture mure showy. The material used
is a sort of gray limestone, a novelty in
stylish buildings in New York. It is
not handsome, but it is different from
what is seen in other buildings and that
may make up for lack of good looks.
Still further up, at the corner of Fifty
seventh Street, the most stylish of the
Vanderbilt houses has risen to the roof
and is now eloscd in. It looks better
than cither of the others. The general
design is neat as well as elaborate, and
the etleet is pleasing. In this house tie
mater'al is brick and light colored
stone, in about equal proportions.
There is no suggestion of bareness any
where", nor of overloading with fancy
work, either. It will take longer to
finish the inside of each of the Vander
bilt mansions than it has taken to build
the outside. Probably in a year from
now the three will be ready to occupy.
You may now walk up the avenue all
tho way to the park and find hardly one
vacant space. Everything is built up,
and symmetrical rows of brown stone
fronts line tho way on both sides. A
man want'ng to buy must pay at least
one million dollars for a full
sized house well flushed and in
good order. 1). O. Mills, the California
millionaire, paid something aliout that
figure, I believe, for the mansion he
bought on the avenue some time ago.
Mr. Mills seems to have faith in New
York real estate. His latest purchase,
down in Broad Street, is the largest
made here in several 3 ears. An in
vestment of nearly $1,.")U0.0!)0 is worth
noting. The property bought by Mr.
Mills runs from the Dreel Building, at
the corner of Wall Street, down to Ex
change Place, the length of an ordinary
block, and it includes, besides, one lot
on Wall Street, east of the Drexel, so
that entrances may be had on both sides
of that building. Tho eaet price paid
for the property is understood to be
SI. 100. OK). The cost' of building on it
will probablvbenl least i,000. 0U0 more.
J There is no place in New York where
reai estate pays belter. J he neighbor
hood fairly swarms with brokers, and
ollieesarcalwaysin demand. Itlsdireet
ly opposite the main entrance to the
Stock Exchange, and the most bustling
spot in the city. It is at the corner of
Broad Street and Exchange Place that
nearly all the call loans of the brokers
'.- inane, .uiiiiuu.s aim iiniiiu:iMuuaiiru
hands there every dav. and most of the
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business is done 011 the sidewalk. All
the brokers occupying offices on thc
property bought by Mr. Mills lfavc
received notice to vacate on the 1st
of May. The notice has caused a great
scramble for other offices in the same
neighborhood, and sent rents up enor
mously. The rents of the vacant offices
in the Drexel Building went up fifty per
cent, an hour after the notice was
served. It is in this building that the
business of Drexel. Morgan & Co., and
Morton. Bliss it Co. is carried on.
The location is just one block from
Trinity church. It was on the opposite
corner that George Washington was in
augurated President of the United
States. But Wall Street is a mighty
different place now to what it was then.
A Xevr Illuminating Fluid
Highly- interesting experiments with
a newly -discovered mineral essence
took place a few cvonings ago at the
laboratory of the eminent Parisian an
alytical chemist, M. Wucrtz, in the
presence of several members of the
Academic des Sciences. Having filled
a lamp with the linuid in question, and
ignited the wick, M. Kordig, the dis
coverer of the essence, tossed the
lighted lamp up against tho ceiling,
besprinkling the bytanders as well iis
himself with the flaming fluid, which,
however, to the astonishment of all
presclit, proved utterly devoid of
heat or burning capacity. He then
soaked his pocket-handkerchief in the
essence, and set it on lire: the essence
burnt itself out, but the handkerchief
remained uninjured, as did his hat after
subjection to a similar trial. Then
MM. Wuertz, Dumas and Frlcdel
plunged their hands into a pan filled
with the barning liquid, withdrawing
them with lingers all alight, yke so
many thick jets of gas. They expe
rienced ho sensation ot heat whatsoever
upon the skin surface thus apparently
in a state of active combustion. Other
experiments followed of an equally
wonderful nature, conclusively demon-
slrntTnr llmf. tln ' lnri1ior cfnr,, ?a
capable of producing light without
heat. All that is at pi cicnt known of
its special physical characteristics seems
to be that it is a thin and colorless oil,
evaporating with great rapidity.' Its
discoverer proposes to adapt it to gen
eral domestic use for lighting purposes,
its chief recommendation being; abso
lute harmlessness. for it is altogether J
incapab'e of exploding, and may be
poured whilo "burning upon the most
delicate textile fabric without the least
risk of igniting the substance. Londcn
Telegraph.
(food Manners.
Good manners. That is a homely,
old-fashioned term. Wi rarely ever
hear it now. Young people arc taught
tt.-le, address, how to bow elegantly
and enter a drawing-room gracefully,
often to the neglect of their manners.
From infancy they are allowed to be
on such familiar terms wun ineir pa
position are not pcrceiveu oy uieui,
and they w'.ll carelessly or rudely ac
cost a famous judge or a learned pro
fessor, as if he were a playmate. The
veneration for ae, so prevalent in
some cistern nations ami frequently
inculcated in the Bible, is, in this age
and country, almost unknown.
Atmcals you will often lind that the
chihl ren are helped first; then the
older members of thc family, and at
length the aged father or mother, who
has waited all this time in a silent
meekness and submission pitiful to be
hold. Thus these little ones are taught
that they arc of the greatest impor
tance. They become impatient and
clamorous. Seltishness, irreverence,
boldness and a disregard for the
opinions, feelings and rights of others
are cultivated.
If you call upon a friend, her little
boy or girl will perhaps rush into the
parlor and, heedless of your presence,
interrupt the conversation with a child
ish ciuery or complaint, while thc moth
er turns from you to satisfy or console
her darling, even though she breaks off
your sentence in thc midst. I have
seen a girl of fourteen go before an
elderly lady into a street car and take
the only vacant scat. 1 have been
mortified to -ce boys and girls possess
themselves of every easy chair in a
room, leaving their elders to occupy the
more hard and unpleasant ones. They
were not so much to be blamed for this
as pitied. Their parents had neglected
to train them to feelings aud habits of
reverence and respect.
Not long since i saw a party of four
seated in a street car. They were an
elderly lady, two young ladies and a
young gentleman." It was evidently a
mother, son, daughter and her female
friend. When they left the car thc
young man assisted his sifter and her
friend to alight and walked awav with
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them, chatting and laughing, while the .
mother w:is allowed to get her-elt
out and hobble along behind as best she
could.
If instances like these wero rare I
would not mention them; but they oc
cur frequently and in small towns as
well as largo ones. It. is probably a
result of tho reaction that has taken
place from thc strict discipline and
severity of the past. A sail and bitter
memory of the privations and punish
ments witl
which their own early days
were darkened induces many parents of
to-day to indulge their children to an
extreme and unwise degree; to put
upon them no restra'nt not absolutely
necessary.
I have seen a mother, who in child
hood was forbidden sugar in any form,
place thc sugar-bowl before her little
one of three years, saying: "There,
darling, cat all" that you want." An
other, whose little plate was supplied
with food utterly unpalatable to her,
.and which, in obedience to the com
mand of a stern father, she was com
pelled to swallow, though she ran out
and ejected it immediately after, al
ways consulted ner cinuiren, even in
infancy, respecting their diet. " hat
would you luce to eat, my dear.-' w ill
you have s-alloped oysters, or a piece
of cake or mince pie?" Hie poor little
thing, of course, could not decide judi
ciously, and, instead of being fed and
strengthened with plain, simple food
like oat-mcal. milk, beef and fruit, its
appetite was perverted and digestion
impaired uy improper delicacies. This
is only one way in which a lack of judi
cious training and restraint is illustrat
ed. The boys aud girls of fifty y'ears
ago used, at least in the little towns
aud villages of New England, to bow
and curtsy to every one they met in
the street." Now they- not seldom pass
their elders with a bold stare and loud,
"Hallo! old boy!"
Wo arc sometimes told to be patient:
that as they grow older they will gradu
ally lay aside their rude and disrespect
ful ways. Probably; or nt least they
will acquire more or less of tact anil dis
cernment to perceive that polite man
ners and kind attentions to all arc more
politic. But these will be so superficial
as to be easily penetrated by an acute
observer. Gentleness, kindness. a
thoughtful consideration for others ami
res'ieet and reverence for superiors,
should be cultivated in the child, else ;
we may look in vain lor ineir presence
in the adult, except as thev arc assum
ed for effect to gain some specific: or
selfish end. Some of the time now
spent in our schools would be more
profitably employed . in training pupils,
not only in industrial acts, but in good
morals and good manners. E. A.
Kingsbury, in the Wo nan's Journ d.
"The Tale of a Tub."
Since the days of Dean Swift there
have been many tales of a tub which
Irfck the vivacity of his genius, but
which have had very much to do with
the commonplace affairs and practical
welfare of humanity. Tubs are an in
stitution. The Monday wash-day al
most deserves enumeration in thc calen
dars of the saints. Perhaps it is next
to Sunday, because cleanliness is next
to godliness. It is a vessel of honor or
dishonor in every household. This en
tire laundry business has very much to
do with the condition of families and
with the public health. It is a very
important question how far a system of
public laundry can be made to super
sede thc house system of washing. Of
course, it cannotbe practicable in very
scattered communities. Then the risk
of disseminating contagions by reason
of foul, unwashed garments is worthy
of Untight in a sanitary aspect. The
Monday kitchen or washroom is a
source of peril to manv families. The
rents an superiors generally that they prone to
grow up with a sad lack of reverence, character of
The distinctions of years, wisdom and retention of
hot water and the steam irom clothing 1 to blows because one called it
saturates the room, aud heat and moist- j m,ttcr-nej ami the other knew it was
tire aro plentifully; supplied to all or- j 0ie0mannirine. When the fun began
game particles. Not infrequently both ; to T0 monotonous the sign was
the moisture and the odor are dissent- , ciian,TCd to: "New arrival of gilt
inated through tho house. Washer- 1 e,ied," and the first man who tasted
women, as a class, aro especially ex- nrTrnii tnn nonnds to be sent homc
pusuu. aim an iiiu mum 11 uiu uiuiuca
must bo carried out of doors or to a
cold room for drying. Home washing,
unless rightly conducted, becomes thus
a great peril to women-kind. Thc tubs:
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themselves, as in common use, unless
vnrr rarnfnliv onrn.il for. nrn infiltrated '
with the odor of the suds, and, if set
awav before drving or in damp places, J
arc'poor materials to have on hand. Thc
diirfial of the wash water is of much.1
more importance than some imagine. '
It is jiotonlv fouled bv the organic ma-
teri.il. tbn shrills of fiber, etc. that it
derives from clothing. Our soaps are
m-?Ji of foul nnd dutomnosinr ureases. !
When used as they are in washing and
allowed to stand, a re-separation often
takes place. If a tnb of wash water is '
allowed to stand in the sun. a day or j
two, we soon have convincing evidence j
of its foulness. This is the material ,
which. fnrm a larre bnlk in our cess !
nools. Even in sewers the flow of thc
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Monday wash gives quite a perceptible
increase to the volume of the current.
In 'every private family cleanliness and
the right disposal oF srids in connection
with the washing must be fully ar
ranged for. W here there are sewers.
amfespecially in public institutions, we 1
have more frequently found, the outlet
for sud water out of order than any
other nirf nf thn hnnss-sewer system. I
In two institutions, recently examined, I
the drain was in the floor of the wash
house, and so imperfectly trapped as to
serve as a vent to the sewer and the
soil pipe. It has now become quite
common to fit up the washing room
with a lloor of slight incliuo toward a
central pipe, which may thus difTuso
odors or odorless particles through thc
basement.
The useof stationary wash-tubs is now
so common that much diligence needs
to bo exercised in having them dry.
when not used, and iapreventing any
accumulation at tfeo Dase. urease is
change, . ana thc absorbent
wood is favorable to the
foulness. It would be
better if all these stationary tubs were
made of some form of galvanized metal.
In addition to fresh air and good
ventilation, tho free use of disinfectants
is desirable in anv laundry. Thc scrub
bing up of the lloor with some zinc or J
Iron solution thus helps to rid it of the
possibilities of evil from decomposing
tilth. Where thc ironing is done in
the same room, as is often the case, the
j temperature has to be such as is very
apt to hasten decomposition. Where
clothing has been especially soiled, or
is to be carried from a bed which ha3
been occupied with contagious diseac,
the garments should be put in a gallon
of hot water containing a half ounce
of chloride of leaxl aud a handful of s-alt
chloride of zinc. One-quarter of a
pound to two gallons of water docs not
stain coioreu iauncs. 11 wei in 11 nnu
dried afterward, tney are ready for the 1
'cncnl wash I
" We'arcalwavs glad to see cflort made '
to utilize the soiled water of the laundrv.
Ti,.,mir,.,.i,n f ,.,. if. n.mitl
thc grapevines, and
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thus enrichin"
them for a luscious vintage, is a good
oue
hi these days of patent washing-fluids
and powders there is need of some cau-1
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tiou as to their use.
borne ot incse
such as those containing borax are
sanitary as well as
eleansing in their
properties. Others need to bo exam
ined, not only Willi relerence to ineir
effect on clothing, but as irritant to thc
hands of workers or, as dried in the
garments, to the more delicate skin of
other parts of the body. It is well
known that certain dyes, as found in
llaunels, cause troublesome irritations
of the skin. Even materials used for
facilitating smoothing like mostgluos
consist of animal matter and mu-t not
be too freely employed. It is thus e:isy
to sec that the lauudrv department has
much to do with the sanitary care of
households. If everv tub could tell its
tale, we would have some naughty
stories of uncleanly washings, which
would shock us more than the ready
spittle of the Chinese, which we confess
is our chief prejudice against their art.
Ar. Y. Independent.
Sonic 3ieiis I.nuk.
General Gordon was severely wound
ed four times in one battle and within
an hour, aud lived to light again; and
j this is only a specimen of the singular
good luck that attended some in mi. In
1801 a Michigan cavalryman named
Drake was out foraging in the Shenan
doah Valley in company with a com
rade named Cooper. Cooper was in a
smoke-house after meat and Drake was
on guard at the door wiien thirteen
Confederates suddenly appeared. They
were mounted, and advanced at a gal
lop, part of them firing as they rode up.
One bullet found a suitable opening m
thc stone wall of the smoke-house :.nd
Hew in and killed Cooper dead in his
tracks. Drake was standing beside his
horse, and his saddle was hit by three
bullets, one of .which glanced through
his hat. As soon as the trooper could
realize what liar happened he swung
himself into saddle and dashed at the
circle around him. The moment he
happened in view ho was a target for
carbine and pistol. His horse made a
rush at the line, but was driven
ba-k. Followed by Cooper's horse
he galloped anhind and across a circle
not over one hundred feet across, all the
time under a steady lire by the Confed
erates. This lire was soon returned by
Drake, who fired away seven cartridges
and then drew his saber. His seven
bullets, as afterwards vouched for,
killed two men, wounded two more,
and killed one horse. His fire broke
the circle and he got out of it, but for
thirty rods, as he made off. he was ex
posed to the fire of nine or ten men.
Cooper's horse was killed in the circle,
while Drake's was hit no less than nine
times and yet not disabled. As for the
rider, his comrades, on his return to
camp, counted up a record of a truly
miraculous escape. Three bullets
struck his scabbard, two his hat, four
went through his clothing, one burned
his cheek, one raked his knee, ami two
hit his left boot. While one single bul
let killed the one trooper, the other had
sixteen fired point-blank at liim and yet
did not lose a drop of blood. Cooper's
horse was killed bv one bullet, while
, 1 in?i 1 , ' W . ' 'Hie grower of wheat no longer atron
d.sable the larger and , ;Z(Jj fiiu -st mUl , ,,,,. s ,,:., ollr of
animal. Zfc.'rc hrcc tht. rotaiT,lea!er. Th- grist mills of the
nine failed to
more exposed
tress.
They Know, Yon Know.
Yesterd-iy a Woodward Avenue gn
ccr selected a roll of the choicest butter
in market and placed it at his door
with the sign: " Please taste." Along
eame a citizen in about two minutes,
and after carefully examining the roll
he put a bit of it in his mouth, spat it
out in great disgust and said:
" I can give you my opinion of that
miserable stuff in a York second! You
may fool some folks on oleomargarine,
but I can tell it a block away."
"Then you don't like it?"
" Like it! Why, a pound of that would
kill 9 man!"
The second man lifted up thc roll,
sincllcd all around it, and finally put a
crumb into his mouth.
Pretty fair article, isn't it?" queried
the grocer.
Well. yes. though there's a trifle too
much lard in it. Not going to keep the
stuff for sale, are you?"
"Oh, no."
"1 wouldn't either. Faugh! How
that lardy taste sticks to my tongue! '
In the course of an hour seven wor
thy citizens of acknowledged taste sam
pled the butter aud turned from it with
HicmKl At. nnn timr tvr mnn nlnifit
' ..
right off. Detroit Free J'rcss.
,1
Some Yankee Storic?.
They tell some' odd stories down in
Eastern Massachusetts. One of them is
about a " hired man" who came home
one day with his oxen pulling along the
tongue of a hay-cart. He looked around
astonished when his attcnt'on was
called to it, and had to go back half a
mile where the hay-load was left when
the tongue came out and he didn't
know it. A little girl, being given 10
great inaccuracy of s
way of warning, the
statement, had, bv
storv of Ananias
and Sapphira read to her. When it
was done she said: " That s'.ory is a lie,
mamma, for I've told lots and lots of
lies and ain't dead yet." A man went
into a rum shop, and having had a
quart of rum put into his jug was about
to leave without paying for it. Rather
than let him have it the bar-kecper
- -- -.'.
poured it back. " Be sure and take
only a quart." said the other, for I've
got a quart in there already." The fel
low took his jug away with him. The
other quart was water, and the turn
was mixed with it all right for drinking.
The man got a pint of fiim free and the
bar-keeper .poured a pint of rum back
into the barrel; his other customers had
to pay for it, while he lost nothing.
Thev area thrifty set down there, even
in the matter- of rum-
-Poor Car Brakes Railroad smash-
ups.
FASHION POINTS.
"Putty" colored hose are worn in
Paris.
Chartreuse is a new shade of a golden
green.
Fointe d'Aurillac is a new and fash
ionable silk lace.
The revival of checks and plaids
amounts to a' rage.
Chinese embroidery is much used for
adorning wime canmere tea gowns.
Tho shape of the jersev U cloely
followed in thc cut of the latest bodice
waists.
Ombre ribbons arc the newest in mil
linery, and Algerian scarfs are the
latest in sashes.
Some of the now costumes for thc
promenade are exceedingly masculine
in appearanco.
Bounet crowns of gold colored gauze
plush, embroidered in amber beads,
aro very handsome
Firefly necklaces of French gold anil
enamel now encircle thc throats of the
fair daughters of fashion.
The pilgrim polonaise, looselv delin-
ing the figure, will be a very opular
1 overdress for the spring season.
J he Marguerite sleeve, pulled at the
annhole and at the elbow, appears on
j snnio of the newly imported French cos-
-- .
.Q aZe lloi ? IJomG ?
"' on worn tue coming season. They
are made of white batiste aud edged
wth nitl'c ot ,aco- , . ,
Largo wreaths of shaded roses, car-
""ons. peacn uicssoms clusters 01
" " cascauw m arc auuni .,Pi nig
1 bonnets and round hats.
I Tj'e "Huraberta" cloak will be a
stylish .and popular wrap for spring
i ii'ii.. fjt 1 .r-.i-.ftfr liftc If fine n ..!-
"'-" "'.""" ""--, ; ,- -; ,
man s cape extending uciow tne mioui-
uc' , ,
btrnieu enice ciotn is commenueu
for voting irirLs' ami misses suits
rirLs' ami misses' suits for
school and home wear. The prune,
green and brown shades are particu
larly pretty.
The fancy for sticking gilt ornaments
through the hair, after the manner of
Japanese ladies, is a growing eccentric
ity. The Japanese coiihirc is eminently
becoming to ladies with oval faces.
A new girdle called thc Grecian den
ture is likely to supercede the popular
Hungarian cord and spikes so much em
ploy ed for fastening the dainty chate
laine pouches t'i the wearer's belt.
The "Jella'abad" and satin-striped
Algerian shawls will be greatly in favor
for evening and summer wraps. The.-e
garments will entirely replace tho
shawls of zophy r wool, which arc now
passe. A'. '. l'u.tt.
MoJ?m .Mills and 3Iillinr.
The modern flouring mill
is a huge
structure, employing many men, and
the wheat is turned into Hour by the
freight-train load daily. One ot the
in nster mills in Minneapolis, Minn.,
covers an area of 30 by M) feet, and is
seven stories in height. Its capacity is
-l,'J' 0 barieis daily, which requires
about ".'0,00 beshels of wheat, or fifty
car-loads, to keep the mill in operation.
It does not depend upon the old-fashioned
burr iiiill-stonei to convert tho
wiieat hit-. Hour, but the process of
manufacture is to first run the wheat
through a brushing machine, the old
fashioned smut machine having been
discarded. After the wheat has been
cleansed by running through the brush
machine it is run through corrugated
iron rollers, u h:ch split the crease of
the beiry open, thus liberating the dust
which lies in the create, so that it can be
removed by bulling. A very small
percentage of low giade flour is
made during this first reduction. The
I grain then pastes thiough a process
I Technically known as a scalping iceU to
I remove the dirt ami Hour, after which
it pa-ses through a second set 01 cor
rugated rollers, by which it is further
broken; then it is passed through a sec
ond reel, which removes the Hour and
middlings. This operation is repeated
uccesshely until the Hour portion of
the berry is entirely removed from the
bran, the necessary separations being
made after each reduction, sometimes
reqti'ring live or six. 'J he middlings
from the several operations are reduced
to Hour, after being run through the
purifiers by successive redu -tions, on
smooth iron or porcelain rollers. One
of the principal objects sought by this
system of gr tiding is to avoid all bruis
ing of the grain: another, to extract all
the dirt from the cie.iso of the berry,
aud a third to thoroughly free the bran
from the. four in order to obtain as
large a yield as po'sible.
'1 here are in Minneapolis twenty
e'ght of the-e h ige merchant mills,
making it the largest Hour manufact
uring place in the world, and its prod
ucts are sent to an parts 01 the earl n.
Eastern or Middle States are small and
unpretentious concerns, only useful in
grinding provender for the fanners
of the neighborhood for the purpose of
feeding their horses, stock and swine.
And even now they are forced to com
pete with largo mils in the West and
Northwest which make a specialty of
grinding feed b. the car-load and .-end.
ing it to an Eastern market. The mil
ler of "ancient times, who used to be
regarded as an important factor of so
ciety, is nearly obsolete, and the time
is not far distant when he and his toll
dish will be relegated to the doma'n of
the flax -spinning wheel, the haudloom
and the reaping sickle.
Folk Lullabies.
Babies show an early appreciation ol
rhuhm. They rejoice in measured
noise, whether it takes the form of
words, music or the jingle of a bunch
of kevs. In the way ot' poetry we are
afraid they must be "admitted to have a
perverse preference for what goes by
thc name of sing-song. It will be a
long time before the in'antilc publicare
brought round to Walt Whitman's views
on versification. For the rest, they are
not very severe critics. Thc small
ancient Roman asked for nothing better
than the song of his nurse:
J.3U-J. lal'a, lalla.
.A tit dounl. aut lacte.
This two-line lullaby constitutes one
of the few. but sufficient, proofs which
have come down to us of tho existence
among the people of old Rome of a sort
of folk verse not by any means resem
bling thc Latin classics, but bearing a
considerable likeness to the eanti jwjiti
Inri of thc modern Italian peasant. It
may be said parenthetically that thc
study of dialect tends altogether to the
conviction that there are country peo
ple now living in Italy to whom, rather
than to Cicero, we should go if we want
to know what style of speech was in
use among the humbler subjects
of ths C.-vsar. The lettered lan
guage of the cultivated classes
changes; tho spoKen tongue of
the uneducated remains the same;
or. if it too undergoes a process of
change, the rate at which it mores is to
the other wlial the pace of a tortoise is
to the speed of an express train. About
800 years ago a handful of Lombards
went to Sicily, where they still preserve
the Lombard idiom- The Ober-Engad-iner
could hold converse wilh his re
mote ancestors who took refuge in thc
Alps three or four centuries before
Christ; the Aragoncse colony at Alghe
ro, in Sardinia, yet discourses in Cata
lan; the Roumauian language still con
tains terms and expressions which,
though dissimilar to both Latin and
standard Italian, find their analogues in
the dialects of those eastward-facing
"Latin plains" whence, in all proba
bility, the people of Rou mania sprang.
A r-nnnrr filrra1 tmmin in RrfanV.
lvn,'N."y.. bears thfrremarkab'e'namc'f
of Miinie Lorotta
Snow Sypher.
j"roget
Under -be-
rKKSONM. AMI i.ITi'tUUY.
Anna D.ckiujon's s'.cr Sman s
ro'ng to deliver a cour-c of parlor lec
ture in Philadelphia on English litera
ture. --Planque'tc'the composer of "The
Chime uL Nonaandy'" ( Lc Clochci
do C'ornet"ille"Vis writing a new work
; entitled ."Ivip Van Winkle.' founded
!on therfcam.egcncL
' nie3faTo3M Cambridge. Ms"..
declares that he would like to .ce it a
"live New England town and some
thing more than a literary city, suita
ble only for the rcmletkv of a fw
poets.""
When "Pickwick'" was fiist pub
lished in uumUir it wa for a time 3
failure. Of. 1.500 copies of each of the
hrst hro part sent to ranou part 01
"treat Untara, trtw wa-,an irwrf
sale of fifty copies a part. It was on y I
after the introduction of- Sata V cllcr
that the work became jopuar.
Mtsi Jenn'e Young, lhj American
lady known as the author of a volume
on "IhoOranuc Art." and o! soaael
excellent newspaper corre?xadear; I
has been lecturing . in Dnmfri. Scot
land, upon Burns and his work. Mts ;
Young pleasantly illustrated her clover j
address by tuiging hi a charming iuau
ner sc end of the jxH!t" .wmgs. j
There is a story current that the
late Mr. Curly le was a tumble dutuoAtlC,
tvratiL At breakfast time he would f
come downgrumbl tig, and. glancingat
thc well-spread board, declare the t'l
to be unlit for a dog. .Mrs ("arlyle
thereupon would order the girl to take
the despised viands bark to tho kitchen.
Presently, when the philosopher wa
beginning to grow dcoporatuly1 hungry,
his spou-c would order the same di-die
to be brought back, which hrr husband
immediately proceeded to devour with
infinite relish and without any moro ado.
Ceorge Eliot was thc most careful
and accurate of authors, hi an article !
in MicA tcoo-t, where her first reputation
win made, and w.th whse editor dit'
had the niott cordial personal assoca-t-ons,
it i-. mentioned that "her beauti
fully writ'en manuscript, fruo from b'ut
or erasure, aud with cery letter deli
cately ami d stmctly ..uMicd. was only
the outward and v.s.b'c sign ot the in
ward labor wh'ch she had taken to
work out her ideas. Hie hail rarely
much to correct in her pi oof-sheets
Her grasp of business va not lovs strik
ing than her literary power; and her
shrewdness and foresight were such aa
are seldom met with.''
A young Italian painter, Siguoi
Carlo, who h:us just arrived in Pari,
has been astonishing : select e'rcle ol
spectators with sonic wonderful per
formances in the way of rapid execution.
A member of the company chouses a
subject, nnd. Without a moment's reflec
tion, the painter proceeds to depict it
on a large canvas. si feet by three. In
four or live minute.-, the picture is finish
ed and replete with detail. Of cours".
be ng produced at su h a rate, the work
leaves much to be desired: but, as an
instance of lightning speed, combine I
w.th a harmonious ensemble, it is sim
ply marvelous.
It is pretty generally known, savj
the Loudon Cuckoo, that when Mr. (ill.
bert. the dramatist, mid Mr. Bu-uaud,
editor of I'uwh, meet in the same so
cial sphere, there is a;t to be not a little
exacerbation of fcling The other
night, at a dinner-table, notwithstand
ing their having been placed as far as
possible apart, on Mr. (.iibert making
some remark wh'ch cicatcd a laugh.
Mr. Burn tud looke I up ami fald
"What was tha. (Jilbert? One of
tho-ie good t hinge, I suppose, which
you sen I to lunch, but which never ap
pear." To which Mr. (ii.bcrt made the
retort: "Well. I don' t know who sends
the 'good things.' but there is one
thing certain they don't appear."
fU'MOKOUS.
Some men are always trying to
begin at the top, unmindful of the fact
that it is all folly to .shingle the house
until after the ce'lar has been dug.
Veto Ia ten Ilefistr.
Hots-mill 1 uri-nut,
('Tun tli l)-nidi -"toko
As th- iM linn; hlil.
Aii'l the iiiixli- li o'.t-1
IJoisy a-nl I nr nut. - tl'Ut I "vti.
"A 5ientist name 1 M'vart will
soon issue a work on the cat." says tht
New Haven I.'K'ii-'lcr. We've done that
already. It was a heavy copy ol
Shakejica-e's plays, ami we issued it
from a third-story win-low, and it took
her right between tho .shoulders, and
we hope it broke her blamed back.
Uot'Jii ".'.
- Gilihooly asked aflalevston lawyci
what he thought of the assassination ol
tho Czar. "Wtdl." replied the (.a.ves
ton lawyer, stroking his chin, and look
ing as wise as threa or inur Gnomons.
"I think the man who done the shooting
ought to have a change of venue on ac
count of public prejudice against him.
I'd get him out of the scrape if he iva
over .here and had p.enty of money."
- Ualccston Xctot.
- A Harford man sent a pair of
trou-crs to his tailor to be repaired.
The tailor found $..M in a roll in his
pocket and returned it. receiving the
thanks of the owner therefor. When
we send a pair of trousers to our tailor
to be reconstnicted. and he finds ..00
in the pocket and r turns it. we always
tell him to keep the trousers for big
honesty, which isthe best policy. Aor
rislown Meruit'.
A line-haired young lady of Wheel-in"-
went awav from home some tim"
ago on a visit to a fr.end. She was n
finicky sort of a girl and was very
proper, indeed. At dinner on the d.ay
of her arrival she ate yery little. "Why.
,Iane." said her friend, ""you don't eat
anything. TafccsomethingcI.se, pleae
do! ' "Oh. no," she simpered, "thank
you; I never cat big menses away from
home." There was ailcnce during thc
rest of the meal. SlcubcnvilU IkraliL
."Ma," said a Cn. Avenue urchin
with dirt covered kiiu'k'cs and a -xckct
full of unrb.es. "is it wicked to plav
marbles for keeps?" "l'c., my son. and
you must never do it."' "Is it wicked
when you loose all thc time?" "Yes.
just the same." "Is it wicked if you
win all the time and play with a boy
who says his mother says if she
h.-ul your feet she'd never goout except
after dark?" ;! I go and was'a your
hands and get ready for supper " wa
the sharp reply, and the lad continue I
to play for keers. Detroit Free fret.
A Gutcnbtr? BiMc ScIU for i?S,000.
At the Brinley Library sale, at Clin
toa Hall, New York City, the other
evening, there was a very large attend
ance, ow.ng to the announcement that
the Gutenberg Bible would be sold.
This Bible is in I.aUn. with thc pro
logue of St. Jerome, in the original bind
ing, thick oak boards, covered with
stamped calf, with ornamental bras
cornera, and center pieces with bosses
It was printed by Joannes Gntenb-rg.
in 14-S0-..5. The first volume contain
3'-' I leaves, ending with the Vsia:
Thc 5eond I7 leave. It is aaid to b
the first book ever printed with mova
ble types. This copy was purchased
for Mr. Brinley in London, in 187.1.
When the book" was put up there was a
Ion silence At length a voice asked
if a moderate bid would be taken. Thc
auctioneer said yes. ami John It- Bart
lett. whohas been buying for the Carter
Brown Library, at I'rov.deaee. bid
So.GOO- Then -56.O0O was offered, and
then $C,L00, z5,7u0. 7.000. From this
point until the book was sold the con
test was between Brat ton Ives, the
banker, and IIam"lton Cole, a lawyer of
this city- After alon. silence, r7.SO0
was bid. Then S250 wa? alternately
added bv each bidder 'until the
snm
reached $3,000. when
it was knocked
down to Mr. Cote.
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B0lT THE jiOUTAKY IlKES.
On. t tin, mmiat indication of ta
nniuvaeh of Manns whrn tho bevv
'.'.' ! .. ...
begin to voulutv abioad. They attempt
.short tlight.. ami it they mai a "i ,
stray, puny tlowers. they !. tham,
onli
To Un.lt hrtr Ihmo ttnatM to aln. m
Anl fisntny vw t' I" b"r tol-5 nifnHi.
Most oung jHH.pIe know n givatdeal
about llie 4 -i t"1 that live in ih
hic. but not o much about iho ioVury t
pccies that begin and Miish eory
pari of their tiiilcrful nest without
as.si.stJinco of any sort, while the luvo
bee lab ir for one comiimii end. bring
ing ih ir iH-autiful worit lo Us e.mple
tioii together.
The .sotltary bees muist lute a very j
Interesting part of the msoolkmgd.'tu.
and thev are not behindhand mlhclrj
ingenuity ami nkill. Let me tell oit of 1
.some of "the homo which they niako for
Iho protection of their young, and vm
can see for yonne!cs how very ouriotu
thev are. !
We will take first thc little enrpuutcr
or "iolet bee." .o called lovaii of tho
beautiful coloring uion her wuig. But
her ivorknianship Is flinch more to ln
admired titan her beauty of color. Hr
home is a .sort of tunnel, or several tun
nels, in some n.ece of wood which has
been softened by decay, and which, ,
when finished, is tvelvo time tho length
of her body. Iioelcd out assm.Mithly as
if by the tool of an -xjenonccil work
man, (ami is it not for it is rwally t
much ca:er for tho beo to build her nest ,
than for a carpenter to build a house,
eien though he builds many, and lu
but one!) j
After the tunnel is prepared it ii '
divided intoseparatv eelN of an inch in
depth. And what do you think the
partition is made of that dmdo the in1 1
A cry Insecure imo for a hoiiso of
yuurs. you would say, and yet it h ex
actly suited to the bee n purpose: noth
ing more or less than .sawdust cement
ed sawdust! Sometimes idio prefers
the little rhrpp'ligs which are mndo by
the excavation, collect. iv them as .she
works, by the side of her
nest for fut-
-1!ij
lire use, but when she is
all thruh
w-tfti liiif nj ttrL' tliirft ki luii'iir I t ft
be M-i'n anywhere! These ph-co of
wood, when iisoil. are cemented to
gether .so as to form uch a durable
shelf that it is as .solid an if but one
piece, though really In many frag
ments. Now. that our little ben architect m
(hushed her home, she places there her
lirt vr. and ovor it tho pollun of How-
ers wlreh, you know. Is tho tine dust ing at rung would lot tohnuro kIsMm It
of their .stamen-, making it into a Mjft J may bo tobacco does not hurt wh n
paste by the use of honey. This paste j or they ate grown np. their ijort
is nearly an inch high for she knows ' regulated, their bonm hrm. If 11 m
exactly how much tho young gnib will ' not hurt growii-un men. il do hwti
need before it can lake rare of itself, i growing boy. A detr hi Km-mmI
lll-UU IH-HIIH 11. tail lilMMniVUI ikscii. Il,1"""1 .-.
This aijain U covered with the cement-i examined thl
ed ceiling, which .servos for tint next the age of mi
'S. .... - ..' a..
chamber in this little houu. So he
goes on until she has completed ten or j found seriously injtir.Hl. mado iiiiimi1.
twoho cells, each containing an ee-g j by tobaooo. Auothoi iloetwr 3y.
The mam entrance is then ciosod by a ' "We do mot iincpilvially (rotidiMiHi
wall of the sam-J material. j tho uti of tobacco by growing iMijrs, l
Having done all lhs. tho knowing any form. It will certainly io thi tw
mother leaves tho rest for Nature to do, I jury." Tim boy who Miioko. If J
and tery soon the jM-rct little bee np-1 keep on Mnnking, will be adixn Ihm
pears in Ibis comfortable nursery. Of and cannot bo a atrong boy.
course. th' fir..f cell eoiitafn'i iko firt: Thero arc people who nay It .1m ivi
li ing occupant. But how Is H to get ' pod to sar Mich thing "to Uttyn. I
out of its pmoti hedged in as it 1? 1 think better of bovs. You are ikM
When thc carpenter built the ne.it. I bad as not to care for what id trt. I
how admirably this emergency was pro- have told you two truth- Onu J Una
lidctl for. It you could- e.xamino the It I a most plendid thing to be strttttg.
cells, you would lind at Iho bottom of j the other Is that tobacco in j;r.v wg
each a hole bore I. and waiting for the Iwiy destroy., strength. You will (Iw-
exit of each iiew-cjmerwheii it b ready !
Uieouie forh. j
As we have said, the violet bee makes j
but one nest, ami yet It i as beaut fully j
Iiutslied as if sho had mode a thotisind
tnd without a pattern, too! Yes. but l
.1111 1
there is One who to!
hi her just what to '
the teach. ng. In Ho
lo. ami fhe obeyed
not a wonderful God?
Now let us turn to tho poppy bee, an
other of the colilary worker, and one
who is emphatically an tiphoktcrer
for she not only, by her great skill and
ingenuity, makes her nest, but thor
oughly furnishes it. An old writer ayn (
oi 111 ,s 111:11, cijujianug iv Willi our OWII
elaliorate specimen-.
- Itoynl crmllc, llnol with ikiwn,
llr lume ur monnt-l. or by rmwtt?
Ah tbi r. urn ibainl-ir In thr- rnrta.
Wih i-r! In t'Avh lw-lnnsf,
KuruUh'-i (or buinUw llth.
Vet nil r.ur"taifiriit.!p t-xcllinz
Farm tb llif rotw of jfot'l
OutibniaV I.l.-ij -M.lirrvii of oM .-
And it is so; h;r work Is o interesting,
and the drapery so showy which he m
IccU. that "this little upholsterer is
greatly distinguished. Thc only mato-
rial which she uses in the adornment of '
her nest is the petals or leave of th
scarlet ftcld poppy, which are Tcrv!
beautiful, as you know. Thieive her
thc name of "poppy bee."
But I have not told you how this nest
is formed. A hole is ting in theground
about three inches deep, gradually wid- '
ening as it descends, until it assumes !
the form of a small llask. Inside this
excavation it ts uniform -iml rw.i;.t....i
in ord-r to prepare it for the tapestry 'rJ'H- " nl ,
with which it is fo be hung, and which "VtfrtrB Uin l nci 'hKr. A fcand
Is the next step in tho work. Then thc ' i ct?nmon n wrth a bnnlwl
architect Lcgimi at the bottom. Iaiin-'. IefTs A ff111 m wl
three or four leaves, one above the puul,tl: oa a worm, nor spea-c to a
other, and around thc sides there are' J i'-mPJror' t
Bctcrlcaj than two; and to fill in th r t.i.I 7 it 1 . 1
crevices, she prepare. .mall oval pi-cce ' , ?" KuL lvnx U W1
1- ... , "","I,'5C". onco ain"- that tlii,r-- wi t,sL - .
sviicc iii. .-in ot-iwccn ner le? sml rnn.
ssiiuiiUI:muri.n.-H w irg HOll COfl-
veys them to the spot, ami if the piece '
is U large, she cuts off what i, not
n.:cde.iand throw, the slire.1, awar J
If we wt-re to do this, the lnf w,.r,M
shrivel up under oar hands; but the lee
onderstands it better than we do and
knows wed how to spreaii thc picc
she urns and have them as smooth as
satin.
im -.nviUi , v.l.,
alcbZ:rJZri&Z
A r ; -' f-"j;cuixs
uic.j iiuu tjic ua u vtry lavishly.
too. lor she even carries it b,yond the
C,".MZSie t J? depth crf
r r "..n r h
rheh-a's ZZtJrS'
leaves aa egg. and over ft she folds
down roost carefully these J-..-,nt;f,,!
Jiis. tM.-,r-t.f..i
scarlet pta! from aVrrel Th -upper
par. I then filled with earth. PP
Ho- very mach alive mu.t Ibis liule
mvrii fw f a (.l. lAa!rui r
.w... . w kc s.iHincoiorwnea s
nuMtr. one thm-r i ,i v '..
she prepares euch dehcaic hangings for carc-Tr be JmL..f ti,, ' i r 1
M 2 " - - s -j-wj.j iijrir r"-rni "-
that Is the ore if hr toid7rlr ' EdSIlS". ' rT
prepared7of the r use. J leaert "llLt?- P3W of thc inyetfa
Adnowwe are wderin- what h'rESS?11 ?l S. fe7 thc V
petab for her nist. Iit why mv n l
a lco 'p warmth an I lrighir n
chenr ill tllt SellH'liun vrtU ft Wr
At any rate, ther mtthaY virry r
Unci ta-te. If wo ""lJ HPT7
toe. w hotlld know alt about h.
Th n.e Traf t?itter U Ntr won.
drr worker in uphoWerr KiUartftat
have Song m-tlced thl bre. So -
dlnarr Jr n1 t"nl ' ' "
French gardener, in dcxr atw my.
that he a .- ttoil it . W h"
work of a magM-ian If m U t W.
ns-lu'C' in Uw uumr yH will
rnrtAiu tettVOc t of whcl ! b-i
cut one or more jkc . of a fituUr
fUnn. a .UHthy art irilh m fr-u
I regularity a if dow with n w ..
! usUwr. rtnr :MUms hw U iri
'. yi-ist-. jaw of tho We tkn. Iwv hr :
"worktlwrw. It wiMihl b - pUmmn:
, thing to wiU'h Ut bMJ lHtl bmtf i
j'lrer cuntog out, awd tlw-A J fIW lrr
' a -! cnn-H Kr Wot- tamii
' 4d wall or pott wJn?fvnr X. i-s it t 1
j tho form 01 a oyUndric! to. t-iv
I rated. Iflioucau fltwl It. y n
for ytmrsHdf lhi w4ff4 W' ! !
grHBl. lb e4V nUmi vh .ta ui
' lh.mk!- al nUU U..: sAafw. Unr
I w4th tlie bt of ro-JcAtfr fri
1 tun to tvrlT j-,w la wirh. n
! jerlwl in th ihir Hk a r n i,
i blot -and a ah l l wAr
rx Hurt 0 " ruM-eoTtl emrm" nt H
1 tullni and lony ttvm Uowm sum! tk .
t cuninuMi tliti
I Then w,M(M Ik rr. ptacwi i ttt 1
labjrinth MveeU. 'IV lit n..
. vldor Us-ver U all vr wJ Ikrr
.1 !....( aail u - a.. a,t .
inoru tveOsM 01 iai. cw in crvi -
tndv accurate a cimm! mM4
tcnim." rHm leir, 1H ab th. .
genioiM oivr fr nMttHr "!L tli
upholster? r thtM wvrV, lit hrmrs
ery tttnd h complwtaly ttlUnl p
Are lliiss hh v,wMJerfa! -trasun-.
that wv hart Wn talking nuet' I
will ntt b very Umg bl w m UIt
abl! to watch llnrir iirbit--lr. It y t.
fol Incl ntsl U do u May valnth
lusoons may bo liwrMiHl frvn lb W
WUwn wo Jwrt mttck tk; rnm fc, f
us Ih very ddijtii lt oht -fkwtw. 1
God. who wnUtMws urer Xhm nmtl
will be as woi l'n' I Mk m a II-
tnu bo wilh thtuM. .trt. If. Afc, it
X. V. Vhrtr
AIkuiI Beluc Snm:.
Thent kh a rU.l f tm 1 Kurw
history etilled otHuitti iW finrk
AgtM." AOIIWllllW"!! MMU ii9
Tlw-a won not dw!t tbn. Ilbcfw jm
ever .so iimeh advimturu tlk, rrr .
many brave deeds dtMtw. TWr ?
kuiglits In ihosodntts ntw nitW bursr
cotureil Willi stoel cvriHr. ftinl wt
theiuehos ci,-ivd nilii ih
I'liev fought Willi nir It w l-r
fuie'lhcro wiim gun-. '11nm iiMriit
wore vi-r bravo nnd siivntf men l.i
came they t be v? 1 taixl t a m-tk
by Mr. Huikh; somothmu I wmmt ui
.should rend - lib imnwer tb prii
tiou how they iiiudtf knigkis tn la
.Middle Ajfi, ""Whnl do yiMin. "
a-sks Mr. Ktukbi. "Ma ih -m.M(.vt,.,
of gHd ediicitbui ilta iHlwrnittm nf u
knight in tint Middle Ago? What w
taught to a loy as nou a h- wa '.
to learn anytliiiijf First, u. krf u
der his lody and bnng it mlu illa
tion and perfect .itrunxth; then i lk
ChrUt for his Captain, to Ilr n, ulw
in His pnvM-nco; and. hnnllv. to kii
devoir (duty. Mark th wrl) h all
men." Mnn living In tho M lll Ajr
iiinde kn "hu of thir b- lt
k . "b- ! .
''x'hing tuein a .ir. niisivw
s"1"1 ""'sWi loaciiuuc n jmi ir ur
iioys. vt iiuu you snail nmu iuivihmi
of JikuI-hM. and are n.ll.'.h
at thoir endurance' nnd aro chain! b
thoir prowcsn .and valor, yini Ul k
should feel all through ym h-nv let
did It I to be.stroilK-
1 wish nil boys wero nmbltioiw. to W
dtrong; wuruvli'tfiriuinml to bo If ia
were, thciu nre moiiio hiirtft) tJkli
4 they would nit do. Boy Iwat mi
thlrtv-eieht lioys. Imiwm
110 and fifteen, wko mmh
tobacco, rwentv-sovon of i)hmn k
causa you nru boy t. and ivnwt to
manly, stnmg boyji.) jmy nltottl.twi
the tnith I liavo" boon Urtliug yi.
could havu told you more.
iMt
I
A man writinir to m Mr. J
' lllllai nil.lllkr ., IfllP
Mr.
V.
. I
Field) say "If I wero n Imj tiu
would go to bed earlier than most boyn
do." So would L
j loto lieu oar.y. lot tolmrto awMMU
! and you will have .a good eh-tneo to Im
1 strong: being strong, the rhnnaew ar
you will bcgooij; and, boinjjofMl nm
strong, you will do a grout dottl of f,n4
in a world in which there is njI Utttt.
much gooil should be dono. f. J. .
JcJtltn. in A'. J'. Independent.
Old Stuns Ur-Set.
A greedy man God haUi. A groftt
marie Is jwuiest hiL A hntj mn
never waats woe A honey Ungti. a
heart of gall A Imngrv winu i m
1 a,,-"J man. A groat hip ntit feat 9
deep water. A great roputaUon a
, great charge- A guilty man ii'io t
vt,.. '
,
' ,
accuser A happ , heart nmim a hautT
A handful of tr! n
Kill of iroliL A lost drfrwii
! wo J.ir PtinLii home hate. A
1 m "
handsome man and a fool rmijr
wear the same cap. A great man's
fodklt savings pa for wt-wi ona. A
hand-saw Is a $yA ihlng. but not t
shave with. A joki neror gaith an
encmr, bnt often lose a fneml. A
jofaI evening imxf follow a sorrowful
? .,
" ,bw?
2mK?i '
t? .fh'nj:
i .l . " . , .. . . "
... .,f a.11,1 Ln:i.ftv irriiisii rirnfiuflw aari
cnltivatc.1 and lcamnal mm
"tun fTitv tn.i in inii.iiart .J
" , ' "-"-- -. a. aaaraa-m., r,
nis stateicent he a'd that he lml
cajion to have a scientiHc ibxrwinMit
iran-'IaJcd mto thirteen dUTerfts hui
g'agr. and he haI not the ?lglst
U;fllcmry' In finding Indlridaai eo
necteil wth thc adn.oitralon ol iim
'rrmncni. wao were awe Ulrsli
-? aoeu.i uto
aii iijo
soe languages.
The storv fa
- aSSJ."
told of a San Prahie
gaUrrof fmUrrortraiu.a.u,Tf
weaiiB. wuo deittrwtl a
XtS . oV:
,e r
, .
wniu traveljo abro-ul. lml
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noes of idl mbbed trtit. and Ms
ZSZLnu ' wa"Zl I-Hiar,
lba' nJa3dD thepictu
canefwHy
ptcturos rb-
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