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THETEED CLOUD CHIEF.
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M; L. THOMAS, Publisher
RED CLOUD,
NEBKASKA.
TM TWENTY-ONE TO-DAY,
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I'm twentjr-ono rears old to-day,
An independent man:
The lCln I hov longed to be
Senec babyhood bejran.
Oood-by to mother's cpron strings,
-Peck tic I bcr outirrown.
Til gladly leave my daddy'B wine
To rail upon my own.
CHOKUi
A f ulj-fletlijed man, a tali younjr man,
A'proul jo tug man am I:
My youth la dona I'm twcnty-ono
I'm old enough to lly.
"N? I can vofo fur President
t'pon election day.
An' none will scold mo Sunday nights.
When into I chance to stay.
I've lert my irinffb-un aprons off,
A long-tailed coat to wear.
An en my chin I'll soon begin
-let stow a crop o hair.
Chorus
A 1 uU-flclred man. n tail young man,
A proud younjr man nm I:
Below my noso my nwsische grows
I'm old enough to lly.
No more will daddy's raspln voter,
Er. loud ez all outdoors,
Sound up the chntnber utalri to roalto
Me go an' do the chorea.
The younger boys may milk the cows
An' feed the stock ttac'r bay.
While I will He till breakfast time
1 m twenty-ono to-djy.
Chorus
A xull-uodged man, a tall younj man;
A proud 3'oumr man am I:
. ."Below mi nose ray musiucao grows
I'm old en-iugb to lly.
'-Eugene J. J lull, m CIiIcoqo Inter Ocean.
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THE TWENTY-FIVE HATS.
A French Passenger's Story.
lie was a Frenchman no doubt
about that He was a very pleasant
fellow no doubt about that, cither.
Hut what his occupation nvght bo was
a puzzler to us all. A sailor he could
never have been, as any one could see
by liis unsteady walk on deck, and his
very poor performance at dinner the
iirst day out from Lisbon.
He was too polite for a Government
official, too quiet and thoughtful for a
commercial traveler, too wel' informed
for a newspaper correspondent, too
grammatical and refined in his language
lor a popular author.
From a certain jauntiness in his air
and manner, and the semi-military cut
of his short, gray moustache, some of
our'party were inclined to set him down
ns a retired army officer; but the sud
den start with which ho clapped his
hands to his cars when the signal-gun
was lircd close to him, was quite suffi
cient to knock that theory on the head.
It was in a rather curious fashion
that the truth came out at last. On the
third afternoou (when we were already
well down the African Coast toward
the Cape Verd Islands) Monsieur
- Cartier suddenly stopped short in a
series of very entertaining anecdotes
about various European celebrities
whom he seemed to havo known quite
wdllr and stared fixedly straight before
him, as if he had seen a ghost.
I looked somewhat anxiously in tho
same direction, expecting to sec, at tho
very Jcast, tho ship on fire or somebody
falling overboard; but nothing was to
- be seen more remarkable than a very
sickly-looking saloon passenger crawl
ing up tho cabin-hatchway for tho first
time since wo started. He was certain
ly quite pale enough to havo passed for
a ghost but I could see nothing clso
about him to justify my genial compan
ion's excitement.
In another moment, however, I no
ticed that Cartier s eyes were fixed not
upon the sick man's face, but upon his
hat, which was certainly a very extra
ordinary head-gear for the open sea.
It was a genuine ".stovc-ptpo" as over
blow off in a high wind, but all of a
light mouse-color, and curving down
ward both in front and behind, as res
olutely as if some one had sat down
upon it
Cartier eyed it with tho startled air of
one suddenly meeting an old acquaint
ance in a very unlikely place, and 1
could hear him mutter:
."That's tho first of tho sort that I've
seen since I mado twenty-live of them
myself, tho j'car of the Paris Exhibi
tion." "So," thought I, "the murder's out
at last; this mysterious old gentleman is
neither more nor less than a hatter.
M. Cartier." I added, aloud, "I'm sure
there's some good story connected with
that hat, and nobody can tell one better
than yourself. If it's not asking too
much, would you oblige me by doing
to?"
"Well," said tho old gentleman,
laughing, "I should have thought I
hail bored you enough for one day al
ready with my reminiscences. It's not
every young fellow who would listen
so patiently to an old man's rumblings."
"If all old men 'ramble' like yon, my
dear sir, I shall certainly make the ac
quaintance of as many as possible. Now,
will you oblige me?"
"Well, it really is a curious story; so,
if you're so gocd as to be interested in
it, it's at your service:
" In the spring of 18G7, a little be
fore the opening of the Paris Exhibi
tion, I had just moved into a new shop
in the Rue Saint Honore, and was do
ing a pretty fair business, though per
haps not quite so good as I had ex
pected. "But one day business had been un
usually slack, and I was beginning to
be rather put out about it, when, to
ward afternoon, in came a fine-looking
gentleman, dre&scd in the height of the
fashion, saying that ho wanted some
hats mado after a pattern of his own,
to be ready by a certain day. There
were to be twenty-five of them in all,
- "and the pattern that he gave mo was
exactly tho same as the hat of that gen
tleman yonder.
"It struck me at the time as rather
- an odd idea, for although the shape
"happened to be in fashion just then, the
color certainly wasn't.
"But, after all, it was no business of
mine, so long as he chose to pay for his
fancy; and, as he began by paying me
in advance a good part of tho "price, I
went to work with a will, thinking that
most likely it was only some new club
that wanted a distinguishing badge.
"When the hats were finished, I hap
pened to try ono of them on. and it
suited me so well, in spite of the queer
color, that I decided to make one for
myself as well. And so I did; and a
day or two after the others were paid
for and. sent homo which was just
about the time when Paris was begin-
King to fill with the first rush of visit
." ors to the opening of the exhibition I
pat on ay ew hat and went out for a
walk.
"The streets wero very crowded that
day, and I hadn't gone far when I
caught sight of a man with a hat like
jovown. tie came towara me, and
?
aid, am an undertone, as he passed.
wilboat looking at me:
" A e day for business, comrade,
ad we pettee aboutP
" I don't think I ever got such a start
in My life. If the man wasn't crazy,
there was only one possible explanation
for his words, and that a very unpleas
ant oae, indeed. But I wasn't left long
fefdesbt, for as I turned into the Tui
leries Gardens I saw several more of
my hats' amoag the crowd. One of
then sidled p behind me and slipped
o-Mthing into say hand, whispering:
Pocket that, quickH
"How 'that' was a gold watch, a
pvree amd several jewels, so it'was not
vary difficult to guess for what kind of
eaetomers my twenty-five hats had been
made. In another moment I was run
,Jag. as if my life depended on it, to the
earest police station, and there I told
4yatory-
"To work went the Inspector at
aad within twenty-four hours all
iweaiy-nve nats were snn jr
priso-. But their loss was my gam,
ftrtbe ftfair made sac. a stir that ay
IT
shp became quite fashionable, and
that year and the next I-'drorc a trade
that enabled me to retire much sooner
than I hail expected. There' the tint
dinner-belL Shall wo go down?"
Golden Dayu
IlarvestlBg aad Ntorlag Aprl:.
Tho ru!o with winter apples ought al
ways to bepickingby hacd-nqsbaking
down. With low-headed, properly
trained trees hand-picking becomes
quite as easy a matter as shaking off tho
fruit and then gathering it from the
ground.
Beforo the harvest begins it is well to
havo a suitable place prepared in the
orchard or near at hand for the tempo
rary storing of the apples, unless theso
are to be assorted and packed as fast as
gathered. Many of our leading pomol
ogists employ two scks of hands at time
of harvest one for picking the apples
and the other for assorting and packing
immediately in barrels. Others who
have fruit-houses delay the packing un
til the approach of cold weather.
Apples should bcassorted according
to variety. ize and quality, and packed
so closely in clean barrels that they
will not move during transportation.
Fruit destined for a long distance will
arrive in better order by being packed
full, even to sliirht jamming, than if
f lacked loose. With the rough hand
ing that all packages get more or less,
the contents are liable to become badly
bruised unless packed solidly.
A usual mode of packing apples is to
take out one head from the barrel and
begin packing by placing a tier of ap
ples with the ends to the closed head
of the barrel, then fill up without bruis
ing the fruit and shrike down thorough
ly and fill the barrel so full that the
head must be pressed in with a lever,
actually flattening the last tier of ap-
Dies.
The head and hoops are now
nailed, tho barrel turned over, and on
the head not opened the namo of tho
variety in the barrel is plainly marked.
App1e3 packed in this way show a fine
and handsome face. Care, by the way,
should be observed not to face the
fruit more than it will bear; it must run
uniform to givo satisfactionto the buy
er and to create a demand another sea
son for tho same mark of fruit It
ought alho to be borno in mind while
assorting tho fruit that a good.quality
arriving in good order rarely fails to
obtain a fair price, nlthough,tho mar
ket may be glutted with ordinary and
inferior cratlcs.
In the first shipments of apples to
Europe, the fruit w'as carefully packed
by wrapping in tissue paper and iflimg
in between the layers with buckwheat
chaff. This plan did not prove satis-4
factory, for it was'found that the fruit,
was liable to absorb the flavbrof the
chaff. Tho plan of enveloping oach
apple before it is packed in tissuo pa
per that has been previousb soaked .i
an alcoholic solultion of salicylic acid
and dried, appears to have met with
success. Apples for export should be
permitted to snrink beforo tho final,
packing, and' the shipments ought not,
to be made antilxrisp, cold- weathcr.v
Some growers practice lining the bar
rels with paper as they pack the apples
in, using, if the weather is cold, two
thicknesses, and taking caro that tho
apples do not come iu contact with the
barrels. With this protection " it is
claimed that packages undergoing long
shipment, in extremely cold waathcr es
cape having their contents injured.
Once packed, tho barrels should bo
stored in some dark but well-ventilated
place and kept at a low uniform tem
perature as near tho freezing point of
water as is practicable. The tempera
ture must be kept so low that the fungi
that cause decay cannot be developed.
Tho old-time practice, which added to
the conditions mentioned the necessity
of a dry atmosphere, is gradually giMng
way to'thc popular opinion that tho air
must be moist enough to prevent tho
fruit from shriveling. Experiments by
scientists and farmers appear to havo
proven pretty conclusively" that while a
moist warm cellar is decidedly detri-.
mental to the keeping qualities of the
fruit a wet, cold ono prevents los3 of
weight and size by evaporation and
consequently is conducive to the pres
ervation of tho fresh appearance and
natural llavor of the fruit
Farmers of experience need hardly bo
informed that winter apples designed
for long keeping should not bo har
vested until they have developed color
and flavor natural to tho ripo fruit' It.
is a worse blunder, however, to allow
fruit to remain on tho trees until. over
ripe than tho other extreme of picking
while immature. Varieties that ripen
irregularly ought to bo gathered ac
cordingly! Apples must be harvested
in dry weather only, for fruit free from
atmospheric moisture when taken from
the tree, other things being equal, keeps
longest Once gathered, tho apples
should bo securely protected from sun
and storm3 until they aro assorted and
finally packed. N. . World.
Mutilated Coins.
A reporter asked James N. Samp
son, the veteran detective employed at
tho Sub-Treasury, to what the Govern
ment detectives attributed the sudden
increase in the number of clipped and
punched coins which has attracted so
much attention of late. Mr. Sampson
said that it was, perfectly well known
that nine-tenths of the punching was
done in this city by Cubans. A number
of silver coins were clamped together.
in a roll. -ana in less time tuan it taes
3r; liS." - ?! -
value of the silver obtained by punching
..... ..
a hole of usual size m a coin amounts
to about one twenty-fifth of the value
of the coin, so that 'for every roll of
twenty-five quarter dollars tho value of
one quarter dollar is obtained in a
moment by running a drill through .the
roll. Mr. Sampson says, also, that many
of the punched coins come from Mexico
and South America, where our silver
coins circulate freely,' and rarely escape
mutilation. - - SeVeral attempts have
been made of lato years to break up tho
systematic punching of coins, but with'
little success Only two convictions"
for the offense havo been made in ten
years. m '
Mr. Sampson remarked that while
the business of punching and filing coins
was almost wholly in the hands of the
Cubans, the business of sweating gold
coins by shaking them up in a buckskin
bag is attributed by "the, detectives, xy
tho denizens of Chatham street" By
shaking a bag containing one hundred'
eagles 'for three hours the result in gold
dust will be worth about twenty
dollars. Mr. Floyd, the chief clerk in the
Assay Office, said that the Government
rules relating to light-weight gold coins
wero defective, and tended to keep
such coins in circulation. When a gold
coin Jess than twenty years old; a
abraded to more" than one-half per cent
of its value, it is "stamped with an ',"L"J
at the sub-Treasury and returned to
whoever offers it, instead of being sent
to mint The object is to force the
holder to take it to the Assay Office or
mint to be sold at its real value, instead
of which it goes iato crc-tatkm again.
The trouble is that Congress has never
made any provision for redeeming
mutilated, or even abraded coin. Many
persons think that all pieces that have
been worn down beyond recognition in
actual service should be redeemed at
par. The difficulty is to tell when a
piece has been worn smooth through
use or brought to "that condition by.
sweating or other artificial means.
Mr. Floyd considers that the mutilation
of silver coins does not need Govern
ment interference, because, unlike the
abrationof gold, the mutilation of a
silver coin can be dbtecftfd aoce,a-3
itrests. with the public' to drive such
coins ontQicircolatK)-. 2. Y. Evtm
Test,
Where the PrrsMeats Are Barfed.
The body of" George Was-iSgtoa M
sting in a brick vault at Mount Ver-
resting
non. in a marble coffin.
John Adasns was buried ia a vault
beneath the Unitarian Church at Quin
er. "The tomlfts walled ia with large
blocks of rough'edged granite. 4
John Quinsy Adams lies in the satee
vault by the sue of hit father. In the
church abq on either side of the pul
pit arc tablets of clouded marble, each
surmounted by a bust and inscribed
with the familiar epitaphs of the only
father and son that ever held the high
est office in the giffof the American
people.
Thomas Jcfierson lies in a small, un
pretentious private cemetery of JOOfoet
square, near Monticeuo,
James- Madison's remains rest in a
beautiful spot on the old Madison cs-
tate, near Orange, Va. .
.Ir.mM fnnrruikodi MDOttS in Ilol-
lywood Cemetery, Va., on an eminence, j country scramble through matted
commanding a beautiful view" of Klch-' underbrush, swing dawn by tho hag
raond and the James Kivcr. Above tho " jn boughs, foil over fallen trees, slide
bodv is a huc block of polished Vir- -racufnfiv-down a "bark chute: tamble.
I ginia marble, supportinga coffin shaped
bloctoijjranile, on wtncli aro orass
plates, suitably inscribed. The whole
is surrounded by a sort of Gothic tern-
pic four pillars supporting a peaked
rof, to which something of the appear-
ancc of a bird cage is imparted by fill-
ing in the interstices with iron grat-
ings.
Andrew Jackson was buried in the
corner of tho garden of the Hermitage.
cloven miles from Nashville. The tomb
is eighteen feet in diameter. surrqohB-
cd bv fluted columns and surmounted
by an urn. '.Tho tomb is surrounded by
magnolia trees. V
Martin Van Buren was buried at
Kinderhook. The monument is a plain
granite shaft, fifteen feet high.
William Henry Harrison was buried
at North Bend, fifteen miles from Cin-
innatL -
John Tyler's body rc3ts within ten
yarus oi tnai oi dames .moiiiou m iiouy-
wood Cemeterv. lucbniojid, it js
marked by no monument, but is sur
rounded by magnolias and flowers.
" 'James K. Polk lies in the private
garden'of the family rcsfilc'rice""in If ash
villc, Tenn. It is marked by a lime
stone monument with Doric columns.
Zachary Taylor was buried in Cave
Hill-Cemetery, Louisville. .The body
war subsequently tb'bor'- removed to
Frankfort where a suitable monument
was to be erected, commemorative of his
distinguished services.
, Millard Fillmore's remains, lie rin tho
beautiful Forest Lawn Cemetery of
Buffale, and his grave is surmounted, by
a lofty shaf t of Sc6tch granite.' '
Franklin Pierce was, buried in tho
Cqncord N. IL Cemetery, and his
grave is marked by a marble monu
ment. James Buchanan's remains lie in tho
Woodward Hill Cemetery at Lancaster,
Pa., in a vault of masonry. The mon
ument is composed of a simple block of
Italianvmarble.
Abraham Lincoln . rests' in Oakridze
LfJeniiLary,. Springfield, 111., inclosed in
a sarcophagus of white marble. Tho
monument is a great pno oi maroie,
granito and bronze.
' jAndrcW Johnson's graVo. .is on a
cone-shaped eminence, half a mile froni
Greenville. Tenn. The monument is of
marble, beautifully ornamented. '
The body of James A. Garfield has
been placed in a tomb at Cleveland.
Albany N. Y.) Eveviiuj Journal; m ,
White Elephants.
A sure way to gain the favor of either
tho King of Burma or tho King of Siam
is to present him with a white elephant
Hence, whenever thcro aro reports of
such an animal having been discovered
anywhero, there are always prospect
ing parties who set out from bath
Burma and Siam to determine whether
it is really what it is represented to be.
It is, therefore, somewhat surprising to
find that tho agents "ofa inchagerio
havo mauaged to step 'in before the
fv
izilant Orieutal 'elephant-seekers and
carry oQ what is asserted to be the lirst
whife elephant 'over landed in Europe.
Scientific observers will no doubt in
spect tho 'now arrival and determine
his right to the description given to
him. Pending thoir verdict, it may bo
worth while, perhaps, to consider the
Burmese test points of an albino elc- tUo prostrate sequoia and slowly paced
PS" , t. 1 is entire length. Our progress was not
Trt hito crows, rats, mico and hares impeded bv limbs, of which this mighty
aro common and easily distinguished: reWood was free threo-fourths of its
but it is different With a white elephant ienth. and those that had grown near
Ho is not to bo considered as snow- 5t3 top had becn whipped off and splint
white; very far from it All the .whito crcd into frazmenU bv its territic mect-
cwphants now existing in aiara ana
iui aim
lor, some-
the pale
trunk of '
lmrma are of a light mouse-color, some
what of tho same tint as
freckles to be found on the trunk
ordinary elephants. This light gray is
uniform all over, the spots on the trunk
bn'ng white. The depth of tho color,
however, varies greatl, and there aro
often blemishes inTthe shape of darker
patches which would seem to ruin an
otherwise eligible candidate's claim.
It has been, therefore, found necessary
to determine some infallible test points,
which will demonstrate the right of the
animal -to his title. Tho Burmese
skilled men fix upon two of these tests
a3 superior to all others. Oae is that
the elephant shall have five toes instead
cf four. This'is a' good way ormaking
.certain; but occasionally there are in
dubitably black elephants, which have
tho sacred number of toes. These are
white elephants debased by ip, labor
g&? ?i!!5':
SJ?3 T, 5iS.V:
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ti;i. m.inA tn th .nrniml. I
inn nunars accuruuu iu uic ruai um. i
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The other test is considered perfectly
nn;.;,. - m.l TO!,nf tl,o ;.
tint of -tho skin.maVfbe. It is this: ifJ
yoit pour water upon.1 a ! "whito" ele
phant ho turns red, whilo a black ele-
phant only becomes blacker tfin cvjjr.
This ufthefiniit test al wajr's" Jresprffd- to
in Mandalay. It may bc hoped vlHat
theSinimal recently 4andcd will -pass
these two tests triumphantly. If he
$oei Thbcbau w.ill tremble for his
throne, and will take no more pleasure
In the.monopolies he has been institut
ing so lavishly of late. ." James's
Gazette.
., . Felling the Sequela Gigaatea.
When the woodmen pointed out the
tree ho was about to fell, our party j
looked about in vain for some place
whero its three, hundred feet, of trunk '
coiua siretcn ouv wuiiqjv? suomut ng u
th&Mcessity foteed upoa Jke man ia
a . . . ! m I
tA etritr irYiriei font worn t-ri 1vriflp
and the" bed was 'too sbdrfc' It could
not be .done withtat first cleariag a
path for it we all agreed, but the trood'
man smiled a' knowing, "superior smile.
We looked again; when he pointed
down a slender path, fern carpeted, but
clear of trees that we bad named
" Par avenue. 'V-j , , - ,
: "But can yeaireck the fall ol that
mighty redwood so that it will lie hi
that path and hot erush -other trees ia
its fall," we asked, wonderingly. "The
tree will fall between,these two stakes,
without disturbing' either of them," the
woodman said, driving two stakes fif
teen feet aputandrene tywdred and
fiftrfeet fn X--bltt of.th tree.
Jeiweo4m f-ajMBistants framed
a scanblcung around, tne buttress 01 me
stately pillar of .God's temple, upoa
which" they stood, raised ten' or fifteen
feet above the ground, aad .together
sent their kee-edgeF; axes into the
rourh. spohcv hark. !. the shade of
thatgrand grove they-looked Hke pig
mies, ana ineir uuu-ments oc mmimmMr
tiouUke children's toys, yet J a" few
hours they .woald prostrate whjtrjatwre
load.tkut-thoa yerPrai
No ardent lover of art ever witnessed
the destruction of his moat admired
marble, no heathen ever saw hie idols
shattered by invadiag CsijjjiM, with
more poignant grief thaitMM when
woodauui'swc first bw4 itself ia
the patriarch of all our aoble Seqaoia
he ladies Insisted upon retaraiar to"
ciup, and said some unkind thing
about the woodmen, and were savagely
severe upon tho unreasonable railroad
contractor who had deprecated their
suggestion toTfun ike track aroont-thi
tree instead of orer its Toots. How
ever, s the tree was downed whether
they pouted 5a thejr tents or not their
grief subside suQIeicntfy ia an b4ar to
allow them to betaken to a point where
the overthrow of the monarch could bo
safely witnessed. Wc climbed up a
trail to a hill on one sice of the tree.
but found the Intervening braaches too
closely woven to allow of more than a
! doubtful view. Ignoring the trail, we
descended, aad; ; in view of the
I handicap of skrts and ' ladies, your
correspondent did make
a- -jot
lady, who
1 rnarfy desccjit Jloyr, a
I in the city require, to b
be i
helped
;n ..! ni nf Mrrin f mti In thn
jump; fail, and finally land at the bot-
torn of a hill, cool and collected, though
Uuxhed, is a problem she" will probably
never explain, if sho can. When we
took our station, only klittjo-way from
h tn(J woodmen, wo found,tllaf they had
finished the worV tfceir axes' bad to do
0y cutting ncarfy half way through tho
j tree on the side toward which it-was to
faj( ami wcro thQO driying a long
double-handled saw into the tree on
nlc opposite hide. Although the lower
portion of the tree still stood -linn and
motionless, tho graceful, lofty top was
already swa) ing. as though . conscious
of, and silently protesting against, its
j fa,t approaching prostration. It was a
beautiful picture beforo us, stretched in
i a frame of circling forest Tho fern
brakes nourishing in almost tropical
luxuriance; trees fallen ages ago. some
blackened by fire, tho decay of others
hidden; tho vivid green of the baby
sequoias.
A half score oi our party scattered
about in their picturesque camp cos
tumes.and all were llecked with the light
quivering down through tho interstice!
of the leafy dome far above us, tho
light which "stolo its colors from tho
glow of Mars, the skv's dccpizure. and
tho ocean's emerald." But suddenly
all C3es weru directed toward tho
doomed tree. Its protect was no long
er silent A rattling report a-s if a ritlu
volley had been lired. gave warning
that the woodman's work was nearly
done. It sounded Hue a desperate an
guish cry,-. which ,chan"od;aguin to a
helpless groau." nc'ffclu Vur breaths.
The towering head no longer swayed
in blow, solemn protest, but moved
convulsively. Then another cry. Tho
woodman jumpcil from tho .scaffold.
Thin steel had entered the giant's heart,
for a stream of its life blood spurtd
out through tho cfuul cut The tree
fM: a moi-ent stood motionless to its
'lighte.str furthest branch, then slowly
bowed its head, the whole trunk shud
dering; then wt h,an. awl'pl crunching.
j crushTug iioifoh4ttjllci the wood wi
dismal echoes wails of the dyinz mo
th
mon
arch's mourning comrades it plunged
drowned then.JThere was 'a torrific
crash of wrested limbs as a ragged rent
was tonf through the" woven branches
of the trees,"- whirl fng."sh rick ing rush
of air, a thundering,, deafening boom
and shock that shook tho ground liko
an earthquake, and lifeless, bleeding,
and scarred the giant lay low. It was
some lime before any of us moved, or
scarcely breathed, and when wo did
one might havo thought us Pagan wor
shippers drawing nigh the smoldering
ruins of a devastated temple. Wc
i found the end of the trunk thirty feet
from the stump. This was explained
1 by tho woodman, who pointed out that
the bark uuuerncatli the tree- bad mi-bedded-its
rough surfaco in the ground
and broken off for some distance.
The insido' of tho bark, when freshly
cut is as "slippery as a school-boy's fa
vorite ice-slide, and the tree, with its
terrific forward motion, had slid along
on its own bark. As wo stood by tho
stump, showers of light green branches
continued to fall from the trees on cither
side of the fallen trunk until its naked
ness was covered with the soft green
shroud, tenderly laid on by pitving
hands. We climed up on the back of
jnjr wilh tne cartu When we reached
, With tne earth. lien we reached
the end of its unbroken and symmetri-
Cal length we turned and looked back,
rctlectinr that on tho morrow tho wood-
rctlectinz that on tho morrow the wood'
man would cut the trunk into fourteen
foot sections; on the next day ox teams,
with their shoutinz drivers, would drivo
these sections, stripped of their bark, to
the nearest saw-mill; onthc morrow
after that grimy men would lay iron
tracks where the giant had fallen, and
then greasy, smoking, and shrieking,
tho locomotive would come, desecrating
tho spot Cor. 6m Francisco Chronicle.
A SelftNh General.
One night in the spring of '62 Gen
eral Richardson, who then commanded
a brigade, took it into his head' to in
spect tho picket line. Coming upon a
reserved nickct of about thirtv men un-
' dercoramand of a Captain of the Second
uurcoin
Michigan Infantry, tbe General saw fit
interogate.as follows:
"-aprain. in case oi-an aiarm oy 1110
.1 L :A-f -., m ,. .!,
.. ... .. t .1
uaii. y-i, "..- "..,-.
- -
"Send off a reinforcement at once."
"And if the firinz continued?"
"I shou'd move up with the remain
der of my force."
" And suppose a whole company of
the enemy should press forward?"
" We'd whip them."
"But if it was a regiment?"
"I'd form a lino of battle and check
them until I sent back and got orders
to charge and capture the whohvlot"
"Well, supposo a brigade should
move down on yon in battle line?"
I'd order a charge, split the col
umn in two, and whip both halves in
detail."
At midnight the bravo. Captain was
relieved from further "dntyon picket
He was very indignant and considcra-
blv puzzled, but after thinkinz the mat-
.t . J . . ........
tecQver for awhile he said to a-bcother
oiEoer: -.
" Say. I've struck it! Old Rich was
afraid my company nrght gobble the
Whole Confederate army and throw
him out of a summer's job! U thatam't
selfishness, then I'd like to know what
is?" Detroit Free JYess.
On the premises of Colonel J. EL
Tatum, on Mobile Bay, is a mammoth
fig tree, being nine feet six inches in
circumference at' the smallest part of
the main trunk. Its. top is nearly forty
I feet high, presenting to the beholder
one' vast dome of foliage and fruit It
bears at the rate of from one hundred
to three hundred bushels of fruit per
ynnnm.
She said he had a flattcrkur tongae.
As to his arms sbe fondlr cloaue.
And lore's sweet roundelajr he so agtk
"Forth-U said he. -ta 7 lore. I g-eas
You eaanot, cannot tore Be lueas;
Glr ie the little h-sd i-yracSBr
"Tis thine," she said, with gtaaco oblique,
; WMieNuahiar-Ttvcsdjnedhec tiq-e -The
twaia wui b2 aude oae aext wiqae.
Joseph Stoves, aged tea years, aad
Jaaes Salherlasdaged twelve, helped
themselves, the other' day; to three
pea-tea' .worth ofL apples frost the
garden of Tho Anderson, iaDcr
haxa, England. They were sentenced
respectively to two moaihs' aad oae
north's iaaprisoumeat at hard labor.
The Jc WBcltr.
TTnff ot ihm JnneU. 1.IT-
1 tcry that may ere lon bo accom-iafed
bv tie a-ne fccbn ox public upooe
which followed the dwappearanre of
Sir John Krankl a. Two years hare
pacX inc the gallant little xcsvel
pjMxl from hntnaa ken. It a 0,1 ibe
S1 of September. l.k7. tbt she Was
Ixst 4olcn by a whilcr. S1j was tken
bcadtag north In the dwttka . of
Wrahgell lnd. well prorlMul for a
cruie of three icar. mtnocd br a
picked crew of tbirty-two men. and
conimaaded by an oSlcer who had had
ctperiaaco in Arctic cxplorat on Tbirc
hii bcea ao Aigu since thl day. The
two mistng wha'crs. which were sn
abxjp) the same tiui, were driven by
thefee tlbc toward tle -l5ian coi, onf
reck9d and the other aban loneO.
There U still good ground forbelievin"
that tho Jcanncttt; rearhed Wrangeil
lind. The Corwlu, foliuwlng Tier
course so far a tho reconls ran. ap
proached that myteriotu coast a velr
aao without catching a gl mpc of her.
and now the news comes that the at
tempt has been repeated and a landing
effected, bnt that no trace of tho
missing steamer havo been found. The
coatwa.i toextnive to bo thorough
ly, explored, and the Conrin Uh fmgt'e
a crilt to bo detained in such dnugt-r jus
waters, so that the evidence that the
lennnette did not reach her lirt desti
nation pj by no tnaru conclinv. Sho
may havo wintered there and then
headed northward. The preiiitnpt on
that sho was conipllcl to look else
where for winter tpiartcrs is. however,
rreatly strengthened by the Corwin's
fruitle searc.'i.
While it wan Lieutenant Do Iongn
expectatiou that he would bu ablu to
skirt the eastern edge of Wnugell
Land and winter there, it was also his
li.xed determination to tike advantage
of open water ami to push northward.
The Corwin hs descried ou thU latest
voage an open sea leading no ono
knows whither, save in the direction of
tho 1'o'e. It is possiblo that the Jean
nctte's commander was tempted by the
clear water to puhaheadand to search
for a harbor in tho unknown sea near
er to tho l'ole. If he succeeded In forc
ing an entrance ami iu finding an pn
chorago novotid the horion which
closes in upon Wrangoll Land, hewou'd
have had tlie opportunities for explora
tion of which he was in quest So open
a season as the present ono would,
however, have enabled him to set his
face homoward. and tho Corwin would
naturally have seen traces of the Jean
netle in'the vicinity of Herald llnud.
Tho safest conjecture that cau uu made
.under the circumstances is that the lit
tle vessel was carried by tho ice toward
the east, and tint her commander, find
ing that it would be impossible to push
north, has directed his energies to mak
inghis way to the Atlantic. The fact
that the Siberian eoast ha? been toler
ably well explored this .reason dimin
ishes the chance that the .leannelto wai
swept away with the whalers ami
wrecked 111 tho quarter where thovhtvo
been found. It is certainly prematura
to assume that the fate of tho. lennnette
is already sealed by the Corwin's dis
closure. Wrangoll Land, it must bo borno in
mind, is a coast line of undutermiticd
extent The Admiral whou name it
boars never caught a glimpse of it. but
merely lcportod its existence- from
statements made to him by natives of
the main'and. Captain Hooper, of tho
Corwin. who was so fortunate a year
ago as to approach it on a very clear
day, described it in his official report
as covering at a distance of ttventy-fivo
ui'Ios an arc of the horiou of about
fifty degrees. At tho southern extrem
ity "were three mountains apparently
:l,000 feet high and entirely covered
with snow, whilo northward was a
chain of rounded hills gradually ap
proaching tho sea level. It was 'Cap
tain Hooper's opinion that Wrangoll
Land was a large island, and possibly
one of a chain of islands pass'ng en
tirely through the l'olar regions to
Greenland. That thcro are other isl
ands lying north of it in tho direction
of tho open water which he has himself
descried this season there can bo little
doubt. It is possible, therefore, that
tho Jeanncttc, while umiblu to land in
tho quarter which has been visited by
Captain Hooper, went forward beyond
the reach of any relief ship, and that
sho will yet reappear bearing tidings of
remarkable discoveries. The expedi
tion under Payer and Weyprecht re
turned a few 3cars ago from the Far
North after its existence had been
despaired of. and although tho ship had
been lost very high latitudes had been
reached, and an entjrely new group of
islands and a stretch of coast lino ex
plored. y. Y. Tribune.
ilcoTlL
One of the most touching things wc
have read ina long-time is that "story
of a robber and a poor lone woman near
Franklin, Ohio. The robber came to
her house at night and demanded her
money or her life. Sho hadn't much
.money, or life either, but she preferred
giving up, the former rather than the
attcr; so she broui;ht her little store
and placed it in his hand. He looked
it over carefully, to sec that she didn't
palm off any twenty cent pieces for
quarters, and facetiously told her that
he could credit her for only ninety-four
cents on the trade dollars, chid.ng her
for taking them at their face value.
"Haven't vou anything else of value?"
inquired tne bold, bad burglar, looking
about the scantily-furnished apartment
"a child's bracelet, ring, anything will
bo thankfully received." Sho had
nothing more, she replied, with a sigh.
A thought struck bim.
"Your husband was a soldier, was he
not?" She acknowledged that he was,
and was killed in the war.
" Then he must have had a revolv
er,'" he continued, searching her
countenance. "Ah, you grow con
fused, you stammer; your manner has
betrayed you. Get that revolver at
once and give it to me."
In vain the woman implored him to
spare that harmless trinket almost the
sole memorial of the husband she had
lost She had pawned manv things
when in distress, but sho had always
hung on to that But the robber was
unrelenting. Sobbing bitterly, sho
went to a bureau drawer and removed
the precious relic around which clus
tered so many tender recollections.
"Must you have it?" sa;d she, as she
advanced with trembling steps toward
him.
"Yes, I must." said the robber, ex
tending his hand. ' "Well, then, tako
it" said she. gently pressing the trig
ger zor tne lasiume. nere wosa iouu
report, and the robber tumbled over
dead. The conuaunity ought to pen
sion that woman. Cincinnati Saturday
m
Aa America) Gejser.
The Helena Herald says: Tourists
who have visited National Park will
remember the large, beautifal spring in
what is known-a "iiiU's Acre, T lying
midway between the Upper and Cower
Geyser Basins. The second largest
spnaghas quite recent- turned itself
into a spouting geyser- It was first dis
covered by JackBarnette. one ot the
oldest settlers, guides aad scouts t
Eastern Montaaa, and it has. beea
&ated the "Sheridan" ia hoaor of
Geaeral Phil., Sheridan. Its crnptioas
are yet irregalar. OaSoaday Hwcalar,
Augott 23, the day Sheridaa left the
basTa with his party, this remarkable
geyser' spouted ap a solid body of water
frost aixtv to seveatv-five feet ia diame
ter to aheiglt closely estiaatetf at 300
feet v The dtapliy lasted aem-bev of
minutes, aad it ia proaouaced by those
who witaessed it to have aeem oae of
the grandest sights ever witaessed ia
that wc4er4aad.
TERMWAt ASD LtTEURT.
M-ta-e Patti rdL rtje ,rt Hjr
a hsodrvJ and twtpatv-a tbonad
dollar for hr concern here.
Dr. OUwr Wcadll iflns. lwy
chsrmlar. .erHt? a- wtire. Cl bu
I tctcalT-tTnialj ia a si'pbt dtf-
bcmti,- N
, The "Bn of th SeoUjh
afyn." which W? M to b t tlr-t
printed KatlU- bafcad. U ooa to be rr
prtsred la tao .!.
Norah Perrv's homo li la PrutU
dcocc. It I. lUt! bou hdrd by
branching e?as. he faror ofi. .
d'ed bght or en wood dm- pnr -pictures
eTrry where
The Londoa JlKaxtumicMkXx dowa
Java euTtxia fxc!Ut the orhairr sot-'-
k. .t ! I .1 .
tbr-l.:Btt"-tit! rl twter-g iiras
quality than lhyr esiytvalenu prvdutJ
over then. -
A ie-f at vis-tor to Longfellow sys
that th Hwt U not so while, fix ace
s hu jMjrtrait tepreeat hlta. lit
hair and beard hare drk linct. aad ht
tnoutdm hxt a tawny amber shadfc of
the vanished chestnut of youth. Hi
blue eyes- ar bright aad. his cheeks
ruddy.
A monument to Victor lingo I to
be erected jn hl ulaad home of tiaeru
ct bv the inhabitanu. who are much
attu'ficd to him. It w to Guemev
that the novelist dctltcatcd hi Toiler
of the Se,,"that ftuall portloa uf
Konuan ground, imrere yrt klad. n.y
present asylum, erbapa my tomb."
Copyright laws are vo InruorabJe
in Great Bnfiin thit no one can tng
any selections from a composer work
utthoul paving ryalir. Krea thn
organ gruulcts are5ubocl to thn law,
'i he heirs ami assign 01 Offenbach de
mand roralty from thoo who alsg any
of tho tunea of tho gnat comiwser until
- It wan fifty veaw ago that Johann
Strauss composed hi Unit waltz He
was then six yrara of ago, and no one
thought of preserving the music Ho
had a sister, however, whose tuomorv
retained it ltita-1 and ha now made it
po.vdblo to reproduce it in celebration
of the fiftieth anniversary of itj concop
t.on The wife of tho conijKor has
just had it published under the title of
"First Thought" by a Vienna mtuic
firm. It is .aid to bo marked by a nun.
ny, if juvenile spirit tout to display In.
dtctionof a true musical temperament.
Mr. Harrison Ainswurth. the noTl
1st, who has just been entertained al a
banquet by hit native citv of Manchester.
Is now evonly-4"x yearn old. Among
his paternal ancestors aro Kobert Alns
worth, a dlstinguishod xehnlar, and
Henry Aimworth. thj Brownlt. whe
was one of the most learned Hebrew
scholars of It's time tho eommenee
meut of tho seventeenth century. Tho
father of Mr. Ainsworth wan Mr Thom
as Ainsworth. who was a solicitor, bav
in, an extensive practice in Manches
ter, lla wiihed that his son should be
come a lawyer, but tho oune, man's
tastes led him irresistibly "in the direc
tion of literature.
nuxuKous.
1 When a woman scot a new fall
style bonnet on another woman's head,
hhe declares it to bo hideous. The uext
day, when she gets one also, shu sud
denly discovers it to be as pretty as It
can be. lloiton Jranscript.
Managers of church fcsth'a's. hav
ini; heard that the oyster crop was in
jured by the drought, are preparing to
give each oyster plenty of water as soon
as opened. The water will bu served hot
at tiic usual rates. I'hdude'phta cwt,
.Marvin's fifteenth wife reports from
Minnesota. 'J he returns are coming In
slowly. A few districts in Honda re
mains to be heard from, but it is proba
bly safe to say ho is elected to servo a
good long term in the Penitentiary.
Oil City Derrick.
When you sec two young women
slowly meandering up the street talk
ing attentively to each other, you can
make up our mind that there s soma
thiug mighty important about to bo tie
velopcd. Just as liko n not they aro
going to buy a ard anil a half of rib
bon to "match a new suit Sew
Haven Register.
An exchange says: " Learn to say
no. If a man makes a request of you
which ou cannot grant tell him so at
once. Don't deceive him. It may
make him havo unpleasant feelings
toward you at first, but ho will subse
quently respect your straightforward
ness." Wo know a man who tried tho
"no" business. He said it worked nil
right up to the "unpleasant feelings'
part but he did not wait lon enough
for tho "subsequent respect" to oper
ate, as tho othor fellow said he had
been put off long enough, and if the bill
wasn't settled in ten minutes he would
receipt it by thrashing tho overlastlng
lights out of him. lexas Sif tings.
Drlria? With the raratel.
-- J i
The other evening tho Jester was
bathing his eyes in cold water, and sus
pended tho operation long enough to
remark:
"If a woman can't take her parasol
to Heaven when Bhc dies, she won't be
happy there. She will come back after
it
An impressivo quiet followed this
dogmatic statement, and the parasols
of the court knew some of them Were
in for It
We were driving this afternoon."
the aggrieved Jester resumed, "and
the Princess kindly shaded my head
with her parasoL It was very kind,
indeed, it limited my view of the
country, at times, to my knees and the
dash board of the wagon. Whenever
we met a team, especially if the road
was very narrow, the Princess lowered
her parasol between myself aad the
passing wagon, so that 1 turned out by
faith, or stood on my head to catch a
glimpse of the colliding wheels. When
we started down a steep hill, she
dropped the parasol between me and
the horse3. and I trusted to the good
sense of the animals to keep out of the
ditch. When wc met any acquaint
ances to whom I wished to bow, she
knocked my hat into my eyes. When
she would point my admiring gaze to
some exquisitely tinted autumn leaves,
she jabbed a projecting parasol rib iato
my eye. When she turned to speak to
any oae in the rear seat she rasped
the back of my neck. Oft as the car
riage struck a'stoae or lurched over a
rut she prodded my long suffering head'
with vicious little jabs. I drew my
head down between my shoulders aad
sat crouched aad bent bat the remorse
less parasol still penned me. I have
been pelted and rasped aad prodded,
and all from a mistaken sease of kiad
aess. A wo-tan's uasel-shBeM aad
kindness of heart always prompt her to
hold her nanuol over the xnaa who
drives. And if the sua who drives is
allowed to choose for himself, he will
choose sun-stroke ia prefereace to the
parasol every time. I do met eemp-ua,
mind you. I merely make a simple
statement of plaia fact Any asaa
who has had to drive a pahr of horses
while tome gentle-hearted wemaa held
a parasol over him knows what 1 have
suffered. Aad whem she holds aa ma
hrella. it ia iaSaitely werse. The- the
man is aiteriy aad hopelessly extta-gak-ed.
aad the material world is to
him oaly a wild, bleak eases of alpaca
aa4wakbeee."
Bet here her little sense mi
closed the debate hy deckflag that the
eee caaghtit. hat the e;.es-had k. aai
wkhet appf alfag frees the adsie ef
the chafe? the bo-te-adjem aed. Jte---aVKs,
im3urligfn Bmekeyti
A meadicaat woald be apt to
a poor tailor.
Oar Young Renders.
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gtt4nS Uwi tiMr iwn
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tVA0
I'AXriM) OCT.
Tho twins sat on a boeh la the b-wk
tne bye
poreh. lookias otoinalv at v- oihr.
l'laaoa tMlehrt. or sail.
when sho saw ihetu frni the MU'-eti
window. t
TheV lookel v ry nttteh altkn Itrth '
had tousd healthv facet. wlh Itt I
luthtighair. and the wore blot wrk
crtnclLer mueh soded at th ke
Ti )uhv.l r.'rv miii'h atttrt. alwV I
Otis sild tUfi Were twm ail bat 000
u,T:..,r ,s r rrrt ci
-,.-.., i
was wren ears eld.
Otb White was 4lhi,
The Ixiy wth the long name Invrnt
rd mischief, antl tho othrr wx a lorn.
roit'ee of Way aad Mean
As an Ksecutir officer, he swawm.
pi etc success.
It was understood that they were
neoiiei on r na i a ur mr imTHinim.
and. tok dinner -they were opcted
bv the other much
t eudurta fatuily i
the afternotm.
I don't feel Vert' tlrwd." said Oils.
tt .,11 rtit.
but your papa told inn wo had worked
wi hed
11',. 1
rnoii1'-. for oo MimvTor, ami tie
wo wititd rxt at l-asl it w ek Hut I
iloit'l know how t rest '
Ubr. I do." sild Alivt
Urc! Jfd 1
did It last minimi'' at Hanger's Lake
Tlialt M'far nw.v they have not be
gun to ha e Sunday s yet papa said.
i.nein .'ei was i.reii ou nnii no vtcni
,.!., to t iha. r ,n .pW, 1 dotVt "ft VS JS.1 ,0 u.,
think they had breakfast or dinner, he 0f doing nroi at lirst. and r
only sa d supper, and I know thoy ate a , h J he Amtw wh.l xrwuJZ,
great deal, six lih somotmos. no,? . , ,, ' , , , ,,. ., .,
rnild not g. there, but wo might sleep ! cause. . thai Mr. " T "
on the hay In our bam. If juu'caa get mM l 'at. lU" 'L
tt r. r 1 1 camp awd nimn Im.ne Mirt l
1 V.P,mmo Nora would give ma any- ""' "LV'trK .Tl
thing If we would go.' said Olw. -She T 'Hn,verd t U,r . ft. il
sntif wlten I .ulM.t her beat egtf and "T"1',!" !' "" W hh fam",
forgot to take thu shell ofTone,
she wished wo were in Halifax."
Did she Where Is Halifax?'
In-
quired Ally.
"1 don't know: a good ways, 1
guess, for Nora said sho would have
time to clear up for onco before wo
could get back.'
'Weil, ask her for the things now."
Two pairs of feet clattered into tilts'
Whites kitchen, and two voices cried
at the ssme time " Nora, will you
give us provisions
week? Wo want t
enough to lost a
to camp out anil
rest"
Hut Nora was talking with Mary In
thonixt house, and d d not hear them.
1 can't nsic mamma, because she t
has gono to see aunt Jetinle." salt I
Oils; "but I think shu would let us go.
and give us things."
I know she or Nora would let us havo
the things if sho was here." said Ally.
"We might taku them, then," said
Otis, "and tell about it whvn wc comu
b.iek.V
- So Otis took up the market basket
anil went into the pantry. "I don't
see :uiy fish." he called, "but 1 like
chicken belter."
The nice slices of chicken which
Nora bad ready for tea wero laid in
the basket with biscuit cake and cook
ies. A small pail of milk Otis look in
b a hand.
No one saw tre little liandlta as thoy
lcf Jho kitchen and went over into
Mr. Greene's barn.
They climbcil Into the loft and nut
the basket in a safe place whilo thoy
scooped out a hollow in tho hay for a
bed. This bed looked narrow, and
thev lay down to try It
The hay was
toft and frnsrrant
It rustled drowsily
under their heads.
They seonw remembered that they
were camping out when thoy awoke In
the hay just before dark, feeling as If
they were very far from home.
It was delightful. Why hail they
never thought of this before? Antl the
supper .was iiencmuf-
In the cdtro 01 the erenin. when
X-tl-r.V A-.n. .. Ulf mlr. .I.U .l.
. wwv ..w.M nu "MKiun wim miij
Greene and
White fathers, iho two
houes were
in a stale of commotion
not to be uescrtoed.
Now the twins were as well known as J plied by the publisher?
the postman. Ihey had been lost and j And farmer, who Invented your ci'wk.
returned so many times that their f price one dollar and fifty cents' Who
aftxlmri mothers had cea-od to fl found out h.m to wake tour boy's ae
anxions during an absence. Hut this coniioe. and' who composed th., i'.k
thTic they Bad not corao back nor had' of Inmimrtlr,- -dt. L- tt..-,t..i ..t
tt-Vurf ft-rtHi! yrsr mnlil iliK.i.i ..... . . . .
fquud. t
nam noi seem prooaoie iney woeio;
walk three miles to -BHnt
Jennie's bot
ould be likely
as I'atric- saui. " vou Jr
to fiml them where Jthey
were not
likely to be."
He drove away In search of tho two
colors while the two families rcaewed
their efforts in vain- The clocks were
striking nine whea rat nek returned
alone.
Taking care of the tired horse, aad
lamenting over the poor little chaps.
Patrick started so suddenly, whea a
voice front the loft above called bis
MSR, that he dropped his measure oi
cats oa the floor.
Patrick," -d the small voice
0fcia. " we forgot the blanket. "
--What are yoa 4on p there.
Ally?"
"Otls aad I are camping out aad we
ea4J4ankets toaightn Ally replied.
Patrick left the bara la sack haste
.that he forgot to close the door. he
hds of the UmiUm id a
htioa. At the close. Patrick retaraed
with blankets, aad made the pair eeas
tfertabie. " It was a disturbed sight for alL
Patrick oa the hay btlow was sere their
toegaes never stepped at aU. TW I
sleep ia the after&ooa aad the
sapper meat taem reses aad A
ah-ost aMraisg whea they fell iato a
All w still ia the hara whea they
awoke. Fvea the horse was rnai
Ally took ap a paU of fresh mUk
which stood aear theav
"They dea't expeet as home, hat I
aheaU ftfciak weei mlm ue,"
-ttJri-1eirJ-rybed. they draak
the mMrmsd ate the remai-e of last
airhi's feast It was qaite aalike the
cheesy h a breskfeHs. They did mk
fee aava it was aa pleasaaC
Ca-to XeeTs eUthee amie hiaa tkad
aightsrv aaked Ofiar " fad m
thgh they WmgW to seme atbar
her- I aas more tired th wk f
eejcaa to L Uj papa says that erarv-
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SNlUUUwt
There
lapaKef
met aaiat eei the shelf,
"Uieto
jSeerafcrtbe hara theeer eff act
steed eaeei wkare Ptrdr lrt -u ,
v - - - - - t
OiiK t ltsl rUkfc jvitlf w!M
t w hefsi to ti - pf ttHH4
i w trH 5 : . l ft !
I tfttH fsfCe ?i rt r. ii t
thfak I )tl t H ta H ti lc
TW ait Kf4 rtr tfmf 1
vris l J pm : t & r -
Tom v rarnt iwnKt f
ft. iXlS41 VuI t .
naa gBtlsi r " 9-
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rvn ! t raM l be h
j2rt. Waar vi .
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"Now i4 Hik thsVite mt Mr.
WkM. t Jotfc4 1It wp
uv'l dsww K U
a t4i, tt Het lfc-t -H
ttt.JVr " ? vThSUC f if-
lhe ot Jfl ! -VAttbi
sir fhf. i4 -oM . Wi He
Utto. cMtiaiU-t
Mrs- WJ rvfsd tfc t
tUfh-, frt-! tfr !. !
' irrl f the cmi w !
! Ult ihv tp frs! ! $ h
nf wvmm J iw n -
irac wmgVOUtmnto mutlwani
turpritsHt t iV
lVro4i 'tnuttf. tUtr
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I j-yn-Jth. rKlr,Jhri ".
Jcnop hl U k ul l
ami bitlR V.44 o - '4
ura sno to t 4t th a
at for Mr Jil-. aa-l, h
f Vi Hhtplr VtJ thmU m
' tlx btfle cwwjrs .mM Ww l
, httfcr. .
j Ally pol W hat
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Ad he, l
if
.& .
itttt Mr. t.t-n h4 r"" tm th
dV nd thofw w t JWr
'llw U) wvat laiK tt asatu.
Your fth-r tMm U innmmwn
oM pU(M-. ' Al4UUs-, -'ji- ltk a t
phan nibttn-'
Whr t thatf" ui'infrel AH.
A plat nhtnwthiy ahulMp tlrt4r 1
wJu n- wbIM
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rsia(M Uh-,
bnnor 4 h !
rd. Wk lh,
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t I - .. . I- ..... I.. .llu l
hlta ajrnla
,l H3,l!n,m( n,,t w,Joh Mr "
raiee into tho rampliu rnjjta. "4
Aliv btntntlfMl ilosii Us lnf,
ln. Mamma, van ww en ht. 1 un
Uroil uf thi tdd DAtitp.'
I hanlty know hw ti r t
tut dear, r3p! ed Mr. (Jrven --
went nA w thottt ."vKitf tmrn If
i ..''.
Nora received llictu with open arw
Sho made qttde a Ilttlo featln lir at
their return, aad they both ipfd t
the Whites', hho augyed them
arately and In a bunch.
Thoy are still trjtng to help, ainl tU
the story of their ono nls-lil In oantf. a
old SiiMiers tell the htWirr ot htttUfi
from which they barely eoajKl ita
tife.-rM ill, in U'e.lKMi.
The Tw KlotU f Aide Mm.
Thorn are still jxmple whothlnV tfct
nothing is of tnueh aeeouiii uii)r t
brings iu hard cah. A tMrripeiiUet
mot one of these a short lime ago. a
! WM inquiring till way to the famMt
j School of 1'hilosophy. held every wm
J niv,r at Concord. He was a suHliuraod
fattuor work n in a Held near the rwd
To ou belong tlown hero nl
ho to the eorreKndetit jKlnt1ng U
the place whtsro tho sdicxd was I10M.
No," was the reply; 1 am no phil
osopher." ijticerlot, they ore. contiinii thi
i farmer. ! wonder how nmsh t
whole lot could earn, put em right
down to good solid work. JJul I t
they've got their bread ami tattler
readdy provided, ami I don't support
' they It-tvejo litid out how muoh lit?
I are really .wort a,"
, We haro known better Informed mn
than this old farmer who held in m
slderablo contempt the jrenler
lioss,d were uisjiosed to say, with
the cobbler of oil "Thero U nothing
like lealhnr," Moil pisn hare their
leitthcr. It fliar be (lrfnti It mar hn
1 metaphysics; It tnav be pop-eurn. !hI
whatever It Is, there Is nothing like It
! for them.
There are two kid of valnabb jor
wm Those who make lift? m.IM.
and thfsrt who make If wortli having
The sun-burnt farmer belwnjs u
the indispensable who mak life p
sible. Uesieess men. manufactupH.
merchant. s$ockaRic. all who tio, and
lf lm .tlri ti -,.,!.. .11- -..,v
. . ... .
' " - ' ' - ' - -w --- m--m -.- .-
u on? to Utn taran ! lint tt tun
burnt fanner, who made Tour Karmort'
Alm' thai k t . r ..(.- hv
n in,fi ,,r !., ....,t.-.f.iv. ....
V8P- imssi iieccs oi Muir. mat oms
with the Instrument without cla
cbiroa) WVir .l,...l (. ,......
picture of "Knm. aad wbomd the
granchcomeof Washkgtn eruln
tne Delaware Uial bangs on yoofwalls?
Aad who will preach vour sermon
next Seaday moraiag' and h'w wouhL
you gi, W) rough the 3ady afinm'wa
wUhrtfourtfsojintS0nal wecklyjo,
uoM orer?" Th people who p'rovSIe
these things could not earn much money
boeieg corn: but ther belon to the
cfeiM wba make k worth while for corn
to bo hoed. They make life worth
baviag. YwiUCt Cumjnion.
The .Siberlaa Plarae
The fiiWrian pest that hs trn rag.
ls ia Hussia is described as aa inain.
matioa of thsplfest. that first attacked
came al feoncs. The die-I aai
afa.wHlKWt riviag aay pr-jMoaJtory
staiptomi of ilfaes. would suddenly
fall fa their tracks aad expire The
spread of the epidemic to bomaa being
b aUribated W the igaoraace aad eare
teasaeM of the popeUce aad pettee aa
thonte Aithoogh with sufCdcateri
deace that the pet U coaUgioue. the
owaers of asim&U dfiwe of it were al
lowed toskia them aad use or t rtf the
We This spread the coatagJoa both
wsthSa aad hefoad the coa&aee of the
pre-mce of Xovof-il. Sa whkrh H &
maaUested Hs4 The peataaUseeght
to cheek the epidemle by formiegie
ligiomi proeaMh aad aMrchtag aboat
with haaaers aearmg the t gave of the
irgSc aad reeHiag prarerx. This
cmly helped tm distribet the mv& of
tkee-se-se mm fartWr, Large aam
berf 4emx aamsals hare fallea a
Prey to k. af ak jmt haawa live.
Oae circa Wn that hM te Its de
stractivMi ae the dtferemwi tkat
exisCetTfer a time ae-g the phWd-a
toB heet mode ef treatiag fe. their
aFIJ""f aeertarfy serrtag to hefght
e she astacal temnr al the ee-atrr
. The lateraat'eaaJ Fareel ftt
mto easratioa', aa Oetfar 1 Imim
Frac, (iirm-er. Pslgiem aad Dea-
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The lata SUay Laaier left two
waist ad weeks whlah an vet to be
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