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THE BED CLOUD CHIEF.
KED CLOUD,
XJtifOT TO WALK ALONE,
Tut wafkrta tie anl to aolr,
A pttesfcj taarS la m4 ;
And tney we SnJMfV patn al Taricat
Am preckma fw. M'.svl.
Tet don't despair, thonrk PortaM fratra.
Nor nMimnr at ywr ?m;
Your aim in life by caracal tolt
You'll aura win aoe er late.
Bat walk upon Tour own fret. frtofrfL
Nor tract to otaera' atonajrta
To carry or to poll you up
Lirn'a hill or weary lnta
If o'rr yon none to "wake yosiraaark,
Or let your wortk to known.
Take all tne pear from under yew,
Ab4 leant to walk alone.
Meal wtao depend on borrow-, retd
TonrlaTBten uproar naare.
And plead you mvM aaake audi dlapUy
Your future wraith to rain.
Beware! "Pay c vou jro" Ja to.
Isstrt la an uarfy 109;
You eannot tell what hour tbo lend
Will atrike a fatal Mow.
Hon! stand without your father! a
Upon youraelve rely;
Klch frnMace In the future Ilea:
You'll win It ir you try.
Know that the olid man" U he
(la hlaTh or hunMe home)
Who baa no prop to lean upon.
But walk atone atone.
M09 Trftame.
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AT THE AKEHA IK SPAIN.
I have not yet ceased wondering at
that (Mictillar mate of mind an American
would And himself in had he, without
previous prompting, been placed among
the spectators a a Spstusb bull-fight.
Tho arena is six lime the sine of oar
circus ring, and the ground is of hard,
beaten-down sand, tho whole circle sur
rounded bv stone scat, oac tier over the
other, with capabilities of holding 10,
000 people. The places for the specta
tors are separated from the arena by a
barrier, breast high, which forms a
walk between the arena and tho seats.
Into this place of safety the bull-fighters
spring when too closely pursued by the
animal. You take your place, and are
at once excited. Whether it be a feel
ing of wonder or dread I hardly know.
You conjure up all tho horrible things
you may have seen or dreamed of. as if
to accustom yourself to a new sensation.
1 on think you ought not to bare como
at nil.
Half the arena, as I saw it a few days
ago, is in the full blaze of the brilliant
sunlight and is a carnival of color. To
drpict it an artist' palet would bo im
possible it is so rich with the varied
hues of shawls, gay dresses, startling
parasols and fluttering fans. The noise
is deafening, for everybody Is talking
or laughing, and to add to the confu
sion there is a band. At last the noise
of tho music ceases and we know that
tho hour has come. Two men on horse
back, in costumes of tho sixteenth cen
tury, cuter tho arena. They ride across
the ring, approach tho pl.ice where the
dignitary who preside over tho bull
fights is seated, and, baring their heads,
reccivo permission to commence the
dreadful business. Slowly, as in state,
the' now approach the entrance from
whence the bull-flghtors will come.
Then out from here emerges tho wholo
band of cspadas, picadors aud banda
rillos. This d splay is superb. Tho
men are clad in gorgeous colors. They
march across the arena to the logo of
tho President, bow low, and then, rang
ing themselves about tho sides of the
arena, await the coming of the bull.
Tho keys of tho bull incfosure arc now
thrown into . the arena to be deftly
caught by a bull-fighter. He marches
slowly along, turns tho key, and a door
grates on its hinges. Then yon feel
your nerves vibrate, your muscles con
tract, as vou strain your eyes. There is
n dead silence. In an instant a bull
btrides into the arena, and, with jerky
motion of hcid and lashing of tail,
glares at the sun-light. Ten thousand
voices greet him. Tho bull for a mo
ment seems dared, but it is only for a
moment. At onco beseems to under
stand who are his enemies, and with a
vicious movement plunges into tho
arena. Tho massacre has begun.
You hnve a dim conception of somo
fierce assault between a man on a gaunt
horse and a frantic bull. You are posi
tive that tho bull has driven his horn
into the poor horse. There are tluttcr
ings of cloaks and wild dashes of the
bull, and then you see a bleeding, an
cviscratcd horse, spurred and lashed in
pursuit of the bull. Yon arc sickened,
you feel faint, and yet you are terribly
excited. Tho bull dashes wildly hither
and thither, and you forget about the
horse. It is all the capanllos can do to
cludo tho rapid attacks of the bull.
Still they flap their cloaks in h's blood
shot eyes. They lead him toward tho
picador Tho bull is furious. Here is
something he evidently thinks which
cannot escape punishment But you
sec tho horse again, who, fallen on his
side, in his agony entangles his feet in
his own entrails. One brute tries to
make tho horse stand up. only to bo
hurled over again to the ground by the
maddened bull. Sometimes as manyas
eight horses are killed by one bull,
and I may remark that the'morc horses
killed the better the Spaniard deems tho
show.
A trumpet sounds and tho bandarillos
are brought into the arena. The pica
dors retire and no doubt say a pater or
an arc to their patron sairt, praying to
live to see themselves mounted on more
horses whose entrails are to bo ripped
out by bulls. The darts are now in the
bandarillos hands. The bull has bees
fretted enough; the bandarillos1 duty is
to make him crazy. The bandarillos
buzz around him like hornets, and prick
hun with their darts. You wonder how
it is all 'done. Tbo bull seem) for an
instant to have one man at his mercy.
His horns are within a hair's breadth of
the bandarillo, and next you see the
man TuttowchedTthe bull's head high in
the air, but his neck fringed with darts.
Eight of these darts are dangling bow
in his hide, when the trumoet sounds
once more, and the multitudes yell for
we espaaa. rue butt stands panting,
with streaming sides. The espada steps
into the ring, places himself befoae the
President's seat, and says a few words
to the effect that, with his permission,
ho desires either to kill or be killed by
the bulL He takes his jaunty cap front
off his head and throws it into the ring.
Now, in a dignlfed Manner, with superb
strut, the esfjada goes forth to naeet the
hall, and never stops until he Is within
a few feet of his. The TbuB aeesns
astounded at this coolness, and dees net
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espada oomptotsrr dispili any Idea von
aaynare tint the Tssdlb tired. The
rea cloth has soanast -ansa aataagled
in the balTs horns, and that anJamal
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tired oat, far he seems Jaaralj eoa
seieas ef the preataca of his sassny.
The espada's sward is than slnwrr
raised aatu it is on aae witn aas aye.
He holds it there an instant, then gives
a soriar forward. The ha! meets hlsn
halfway with lowered head, and the
blade fa banea 10 the hilt
in the region of the annaaTs heart. The
nuin stands stock stilL Ihe boll, laa
gaidlv tossing his head,. slowly retreats.
He asanas conscious of his and. Ho
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though God's una is ahiaisg titer sa
rightly. IfeiswaUsfecifsr tkw hMt
time. A enatare aesses nam on the
uc some paocy abject .wretch iacor
parated in the neb! guihf of bul
tighter. Jle treads the ground cat-Ilka,
He has a small Knife as keen as a razor.
It is the coup de grace he gires. the
only ntercif ul thing doac, for, with a
rapid Motion, be cats the ball's throat.
The misery is orer. A few prolonged
notes of the trumpet herald the death of
the first ball. While the band is play
ing the arena is cleared of dead bull
and horses. The fine points of the fight
are discussed with zest by the spec
tators. It is generally agreed by the
critics that the bull was a game one.
The second bull Is then ready for tor
ture. It is not the same fight exactly,
for there are accidental difference.
There arc many horses killed, but the
death of the bull is certain. The last
bull is dead now, and as you look into
the calm, clear sky, you aik yourself, in
a fearful kind of inquiry: "How did you
like it?" You arc half afraid of your
own reply. Thcr man who offers you
tickets for the next bull-fight, which is
to take place in a few days, may per
chance find a customer, "just for the
opportunity of studying tho whole
tiling more calmly. As for roe, I will
never see anoincr ouii-iigni as long as
I live.--7o'cJo Spain) Cor. A.
Timet.
The Ethics ef jMultcratfen.
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Cocoanut shells, according to an
article in tho Philadelphia Hccortt, me
now used as an adulterating mixture
with spice and pepper. Carefully
roasted and finely ground, they produce
a powder which cannot bo distinguished
when mingled with the article which
they are used to cheapen. A manu
facturer of pungent products, when
waited upon by an inquisitive reporter,
made the.e statements: "We fell to tho
trade probably more adulterated goods
than pure. We can't help it. Tho re
is no pretence on our part that the
lower grades of spices are pure. We
simply sell the retailer what lie wants.
We sell him spices at almost any figure
pepper, for instance, as low as e'glit
and nine cents, but it In about as much
something else as it is popper It would
ruin the trade to prohibit adulteration.
and, besides, there are not enougn
s nice j grown to supply the United States
alone, if nothing but "pure spices were
sold."
This is the specious logic of all who
manufacture or pack goods that are not
what thoy seem. I'crhaps the baser
material commingled with the spice or
other ingredient is entirely harmless
does that make truth of the lying label
attached to adulterated goods: "Pure
Pepper," "Pure Creani-of-Tartar," for
instance? If tho grouud cocoanut
shells do no harm, why not say on the
label, 'one-tenth pepper, nine-tenths
cocoanut shells"? It is not true
that manufacturers of goods of any sort
cannot help the nutter, nor that there
is no pretense on the part of makers or
dealers that lower grades of a given sort
01 mircnantusc nre pure mat pre
tense is constantly held out in various
wa3swhen It is not verbally asserted.
The trade that would bo ruined by tho
prohibition of adulteration is not worth
saving. Then there is the statement
that there are not enough spices grown to
supply tho country with a pure article.
Does the n (mixture of basor mattor in
crease the quantity? Dors not the actual
quantity 01 pepper, for instance, ro
main the same, no matter how much
one "extends" the bulk of the pungent
powder with tho llnvorlcs dust?
Furthermore, thcro is tho question of
relative cheapness. The buyer of tho
a iultcratcd product pays for tho value
less matter as well ns for that which
has its special purpose, and a liltlo
arithmetic will demonstrate that the de
graded stuff actually costs more than
that which is pure.
E. g., a pound of cream of tartar,
perfectly pure, costs forty cents. An
adulterated article may be produced as
follows:
Three quarters of a
cream of tartar
Alultoratng mixture
pound or pure
.no cent
10
Mnklna; tho pound cost 40 "
But the purchaser gets but three-quarters
of a pound of the pure ingredient,
i. e., of the material which has tho ac
tive quality, and for that ho pays forty
cents or at the rate of say fifty-three
cents a pound. The formula applied to
any case where there is a purposed
mixture of good and bad mitcrials or
good and neutral if you pleaso shows
the same result, namely:" tho buyer r-f
the adulterated article pays in addition
to the price for the useful the cost u
tho useless ingredient
Tho statement of the packers of
"pure pepper," which is not pure ir
of any article to which is attached a
lying label that they sell what people
ask for. is not true. People do not nk
for fraudulent goods; trey donotwaf.'t
cotton fabrics loaded down with clay
and starch; they do not willingly pay
for material which is not useful when It
is not positively injurious. Who asks
for a stone when he goes in quest of
bread? No, the premises arc falso
The on'y reason for tho course pursued
by thoso who mix sand with sugar is
that it pays, and it pays becauso ninety-nine
per coat, of the people buj
without quest'oning. Did they ques
tion, were they capablo of determining
tho exact valuo of the goods they arc
buying, the conditions 01 tr ule would
be'entirely reversed the fellers would
be at the mercy of tho buyers. Boston
Transcript.
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The Etrctt of Stock FUctaattsns.
" Guess 1 won't take in tho school to
day,' said a Carson urchin with as
ApiKal in his hand. "Why not?"
'Concordia has fallen oQ ten cents,
and I don't dare show up until it picks
up again." "What have the fluctua
tions of Concordia got to do with your
studies!1 ' "A good deil," answered
the boy. "My teacher has a hundred
shares of the stock, and when it falls off
a few coats we all catch it heavy. I
keep say eye on the list, and when
there's a break yon bet I don't go to
school. I play'sick. Golly! how she
basted me the time Mount Diablo bust
ed down to two dollars. When it was
sollin at twenty she was as nice aspic
I was the first feller that got on to the
break, aad told the boys of my class
that if she didn't seU thero'd be the
diekeas to. pay. 1 heard Undo Eraser
say it was a good short; and I never
slept n wink for a week. I crabbed the
Appeml the first thing every morning;
wheal saw her keel down to sixteen I
akJMOa to the hOk. Oh my! How she
sM nang Johnny Dobson roand that
anornlng. I was in hopes that tho
Mestsd amine woaht pick, np. bat the wa
ter got fsttho lower levels; and I knew
wo were in for it She licked soane
hodr for ovorr dollar k dropped. After
hvstroek eight it niekodvp a little, and
we hd time to get Jfy another's been
aasontn' my pants now ever since the
big araakSiorraKoraJa,aadifthe
j market don f take a 'tarn pretty
irMfoia' taaait tfenahtie school aad
I go to work an a ranch." Osra
tion. Far eaamnls, ,
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or of a selraGeef trshvhnl
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Misplaced swltohesito
Fetor was waitiag toljacBifo
the depot at the other osnlaf :
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rasaisao In Cigar.
"How will yon hare year cigars
rtylSsh, totory, or is it fiaror that you
want?"
"Are there style and faahkxu la
elgarsr
"To he sore, tho tobacco man rc-pl'-ed.
" Fashions aad styles change in
zigars even More than they do in drc.
The judges of a really good cigar arc
very few, indeed. The average smoker
buys a c'gar through bU eye Now,
here Is one." tak'a; it from a glittering
ibow-case, "that sells for five cents.
You will notice tint it b rich, dark,
g'ossy and handsome. It has no quali
ty, but a smoker is satisfied with it be
cause it looks welt, and, stuck in his
mouth, it serves the purpose of a twenty -five-cent
cigar. I remember when it
was fashionable to smoke light-colored
c'gar, Claro or Colorado, as they are
known in the trade, but now everybody
wants dark, colory goods. This has led
to the use of coloring extracts, and
Havana tobacco extract is now a staple
article of merchandise in the tnide. In
thacs the cigar manufacturers are con
trolled by mold-makers, who, in order
to stimulate their business, are as inex
orable in their scaons changes as are
the makers of hatters blocks. Cigars
are presed into wooden molds before
the wrapper is put on, and, according
to the mold, the cigar is turned out tn
be thicT or thin, dumpy, pointed at end
or entirely round. bmoKrr., as 1 said
before, arc attracted bv apparantu.
and somo shapes become very popular
and have a great run; others don't take
at all, nnd then the mold-m ikcr.s get up
another sha)c As for quality, it is
s'mplv a matter of taste. Some men
actually prefer the taste of a nicke
cigar, just as an irishman will cling to
his clay pipe and nigeer head.' Hut
it is a curious fact that if a smoker once
inhales the flavor of a fine cigar he lo'es
all Uutte for a cheaper article
"Yes; people are gradually becoming
educated in the matter of taste, and
there would soon be no market for
nickel cigars if the ranks of smokers
were not constantly recruited from hoy
cigarette smokers. Last year the con
sumption of cigarettes were 14,(XK),000
less in this country than the year be
fore. This shows that recruits have
been added to the ranks of cl;ar
smokers. Perhaps vou don't know that
New York has become tho largest man
ufacturing center of tho cigar industry
in the world. For the seven months of
this year ending July 30 there were
441.2.16.000 cigars made in New York
City. These, at 6 per thousand, yielded
a very handsome revenue to the Govern
ment. "The rigar industry is controlled by
foreigners, and all have mado money.
Cigar-makers come principally from
Germany; many are from Uohemia, nnd
a few are from llclgium, Holland and
Rnglnnd. German cigar-makers arc
coming over now in large numbers, and
are settling in New York at the rate of
2,000 a year. They all find employment
at remunerative wares. A gKd "work
man gets $1.50 per 1,000 lor making
cigars, nnd he can turn out from .000 to
700 cigars a day.
"Tobacco is a peculiar plant Ever
ieaf differs. The more tender the leaf
the finer tho quality. No machinery has
yet been perfected to supplant tho skill
ful manipulation of the human hand, al
though tiicro have been numerous at
tempts to make cigars by machinery.
The essential parts of a cigar are the
filler and the binder, which is called a
bunch, and the wrapper. The wrapper
is not the thirtieth part of n c'gar, nnd
yet it is tho part which imparts flavor
to the whole. A bad wrapper ill spoil
tho filler and binder, whilo a good
wrapper put on a poor bunch will make
a very good smoke. Tho introduction
of a new tobacco grown on the Island
of Sumatra into this market has lately
caused a great flutter in tho trade.
This tobacco is grown upder the direc
tion of a wealthy Dutch syndicate at
Amsterdam, which employs coolies
o raise tobacco on their possessions in
tho K:tst Indioi. The tobacco has only
been in this market two years, yet it is
gaining favor so rapidly that tho im
portations of it have in :rcacd at tho
rate of 100 percent a year. In 1871
the total tobacco product of the Isl
and of Sumatra was only 1)6,46.1
pounds. Last month 147,224 pounds
alone were brought to New York. The
Sumatra leaf is cured so well, and is so
glossy and handsome in appearance,
that cigar-makers eagerly take it Its
quality is very poor, but since four
pounds of it will cover 1,000 cigars,
whore twelve pounds of seal or domes
tic are ordinarily used, it is much
cheaper to use Sumatra tobacco where
appearance only is considered, notwith
standing its duty of thirty-five cents a
pound and ten per cent, ad valorem.
Cigar manufacturers say that American
growers of tobacco have become very
careless in the cultivation of their to
bacco crops. It requires one year of
curing before the crop is ready for the
market, nnd the '80 and '81 crops have
been found so poor that in self defense
the handsome Sumatran stranger has
been given tho preference. Lately tho
Tariff Commission, while at Long
Branch, heard arguments for the sup
pression of this imported tobacco by
placing on an additional fifty per cent,
or 100 per cent ad valorem duty. Cigar
manufacturers aver that they prefer
to use Pennsylvania or Connecticut
tobacco if the' can get it for use in
cigars. Tho native leaf, they say, has
the qualitv, but it is poorly cured and
of bad color. Tho sorting of colors of
Sumatra tobacco is graded with the
most perfect nicety. There are, for in
stance, thitty-three shades of brown,
comprising dark red, yellow and middle
browns, and light ami dark fallow. It
is the nice arrangement of colors which
causes the Sumatra tobacco to be pre
ferred, and it is said that American
growers might take a valuable lesson
From tho care and skill which character
ize the coolie labor." 2f. 1. Sun.
The Old Kail Fence.
The placing of barbed wire fences
around farms, usurping the place of the
old rail fence, destroys half of the pleas
ure of farming. There is something
aooui ae oiu rau xenco uiai is real com
fortable, and the barbed wire fence is
forbidding, cold, repnlsive. Until you
come to think of it, there does not
seem as though there was a great deal
of solid comfort in a rail fence, but
there is. Did yon ever see two old
farmers leaning against a rail fence,
whittling, and talking politics or a horse
trade for hours together? They are
more comfortable, aad rest More than
they would if they were occupying the
softest sofa, or the beat stuffed arm
chair in the world. There are so many
shapes a Man can get into, to rest,
about a rail fence. Tint, tho farmer
wWfoW his arms aad rest them on the
top rail, and loan hk breast on the
fence, nnd talk for half an hoar, until
his logs are tired, then be will step one
foot np on tho second mil from the
bc4tom,aad stand nnd whittle for half
an hoar, untiMhe ton of the rail k as
polished a? a piece of rMthagaar. Than
he wm change feot sad kMesMesaow
on tho second rail from the top, and
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Than ho w& get tired and stand amend
sideways, put his left ana np oa the
feaee. nnd begin to whUUe adn. aad
wear the man that rae the dares fac
tory down at the centers is shjaniag m
farmers oat of oar eye-teeth. WlUt
going into thftaHs as to ninotv-nlao
other coMbtaatieat by which a farmer
can rest ess. about or against a rail
fence, it may not be oat of nine to
speak of sitting on top of a feace. The
farmers, after trying several padtRjat.
will instinctively d mh np the fence
and rest on the top rail, their fret rest
ing on the third rail from tbr top.
which i always laJd with projection
enough to make good footing, and an
hour will pas as the fellows talk of the
times when they Milled in the country,
and of tbekardihip they hare endured,
and how the children nave grown up
and gone away, and the conversation
will drift into a sleepy channel, and the
nun will begin to lni in the We, and
the horny-handed rone of toll will sud
denly rcmcrotxT that the chores are to
be done, and with a "good-night,
Lige." and a, "Drop around agin ' to
morrow. Ike," they will cparte, and
one will tal c a m'lk-ril and a one
lcjrged stool and go toward tho lot
where the tows have come home whilo
the other will go across the road to his
barn and throw dotvn some hay for th
horses, and tliev will both go to bed at
eight o'clock as tired as though they
had been mowing. Hut they had a
splendid, easy visit on the old rail fence.
PccVs Him.
New Ideas in Shirts.
A man with tho courage; of his am
victions upon the subject of masculine
attire has at last conic to the front
shirt-front Tho Philadelphia litrord
man takei his life in his hands and pro
tests against the iron-clad shirt The
custom of wearing in the summer stifHy
sturched collars and cutis with sheet
iron shirt booms that no sun will wilt
Is one. he thinks, which no brave mnn
should follow. The suggestion conies a
little late in the season, but the leaven
may do its good work for next year.
The only substitute this daring inno
vator suggests is that of the woolen
xhirt. which, to his long ng eyes, looks
lovely as he ces it worn by yachtrueu
and bicyclers. WI13 should not all gen
tlemen adopt these comfortable gar
ments, cries this (HTsniring editor, and
why not now? Woolen shirts may bo
very well in their way, but if men aro
going into the dress-reform business,
why not display a little of the courage
we have tried to instill into the souls of
our Bisters. "Never mind public opin
ion, but wear what Ls sensible and com
fortable," is language that has a famil
iar sound in this connection. The wool
en .shirt blue, plaid or polka-dotted, has
its uses, but it is mom beautiful in the
furntshing-storo window than when
adorning a manly chest It is not aji
propriatu for all occasions; it is not
"dressy," and its advantages in pcint
of coolness over the iron-clad article nro
not entirely clear when the thermometer
is in the nineties. What the man of
tho period w.mU. the man who will
not be bound by slavish custom nnd
can ca'l his $oul and his back his own.
is :i muslin .shirt A nice, thin, cool
lawn (not lawn tennis) shirt, with no
starch, and such trimmings as may Miit
his taste and purse, should satisfy the
most fastidious. The classic style of
man will need no decorations, but the
less highly favored will doubtless pre
fer trimmings in the way of mules, cm
bro'dory, or even lace, to replace the
old expanse of shining linen. Collar
can be dispensed with; miles and
niches ladies say, aro much more be
coming as well as more comfortable,
nnd comfort is what is wanted. Or
fichus can lm worn, or embroidered
handkerchiefs, crossed upon tho breast
and fastened with tho large diamond, or
other gem, mat lias hitherto glittered
in the heavy pasteboard shield known
as a scarf. Man has not, since tho rev
olutionary days, had a fair opportunity
to exercise his tasto or choice in the
matter of color or decoration. He has
been forced to attire himself in gar
ments precisely like those of a hundred
thousand other men, and, thus, in a
measure, lose his identity. Ho is a
creature of habit but not lacking in
courage, and hero is his opportunity to
assert himself. He can at once be beau
tiful anil engaging (in which case the
rirls will liku him bettor), and he can
ikewise bo comfortable. Tho liecortl
man will, doubtless, have many con
verts to his idea, and will do well to
take out a patent on it Intlianapolu
Journal.
Hew the Werld West Rlrht Aleng.
A Bear who had made himself believe
that he had tho worst luck of any ani
mal in creation, w.is crawling through
tho woods one dav when he met a Ser
pent who inquired:
"Which way now, my Friend?"
I am going to find some spot whero
I can retire from tho World. The World
has not used mo right and in revenge I
will desert it"
"I wouldn't do that"
"But I will. lean no longer trust
anybody. I have been cheated, lied to
anil misused until I have no faith left
I will now retire within myself, and if
any convulsion of Nature takes place
the country must not blame me for it I
have borne all that one Bear can be ex
pected to put up with."
Bruin went his way until he found a
lonely spot, and he then crawled into a
hole and began listening for tho Crack
of Doom. It made him feel good to think
that the World was turning itself bot
tom s'do up because he had absented
himself from sight and search, and he
was determined not to ield until after
several thousand terror-stricken people
had come to him with tears in their
eyes.
'Much to Bruin's surprise the night
passed like all other nights. No one
appeared during the forenoon to plead
with him, and the afternoon passed
without an Earthquake or Tornado. He
momentarily expected the advent of a
crowd to plead with him to come bock
to the World and have faith and confi
dence but tbe crowd uidn t snow np.
After a long and hungry night Bruin
began to weaken. After much argument
with himself he crawled out of nis den
and was sneaking through the woods
when he Met n Hare.
"Is the World yet standing?' asked
the Bear.
''Certainly, never more solid since 1
can remember."
" And u aav one searching for me?"
" Everything goes on just tho assae,
eh?"
"Just the same."
"And didn't yon hear that I had lost
all faith in human nature, and retired
from tho World?"
" Never heard a word of k- Tra-m,
oMm3n;rmoeT."
Tho Bear mtdown oa a thistle and
thought tho Matter oror for a few Min
utes, and than axo.e aad Msde a hee
ler his until hiaat. telling every
aalhe Mot en thauraythat ha had
off on n fclaWmsifarwini
XOUaX.
The cynic who natters ftdsasolf that
he is rerancing en the world by wkh
drawiag hi comsost sorgots that ha
wiUho eaigodto aamakte with him-
ree jfj!.
Casalag relafsot.
At this peaea petoloe are not nfca
when baked, and eswgrU Tared of boiM
E aloes at every a1 chaagr U
h grstefm and deitaWc Whea po
tatoes are plenty, and con.eqattly
cheap, it docs sot matter abostt Wiog
prudrat. a all cll from the table gc
to th cbkrkcti or ptg. This yrar po
tatoes being a gwd price therefore
housekeeper etrrt their Ingenuity anil
nkill in making tbo vejrUWc go as far
as possib'c A tcry Rc dh 1 a U4
of stewrd potatoes, made as follow1
Take the cold boiled potatoes and peel
nicely, catting oat crrry cvr. and cut
up in small chanks, frost half aa Inch
to aa inch square. Put a tracupful of
milk, a tcacupful of alt a bit of butter
or pork drip the size of a butternut and
n Ubl spoonful of Cour, into a Aiilet,
and s.Ir till scalded; pour In ihr pota'o.
say tatve pints of the piece, aad cover
the kettle fghtlr, to krrp in the tcam:
ghr it a gd stir oeeatona!Ir, till it is
wrll scalded; cno hot anil ft b a nice
dinner dih-
Another way l to pare thv r-tatocs
snd wash them in altcd water a full
hour; drop them Into boiling water and
cook till soft, take up and rnah fine;
put In a little sweet cream or milk, with
a !lth butter, stir well, and put It in a
dull nnd Act in a hot oven till needed for
the table. It Is good. Another nice
way i to Iice the boiled tHrtatocs quite
thin, and have a little ttorkdnp hot in a
llat -pider; sprinkle a little salt sm-ing
the -leu, ami spread otenly o cr tho
lxttom of tho spider; cover tin s ths
team will not e cape; when bnwiud
ujMn the under fide, take the
griddle cake xhotcl and turn thctn
ocr. When nicch browned the are
ready for the table, and make a
plea-ant change of d.ef. either with
meats or lish. We have become ?o ac
etwtomed to the use of this cgetib'e
that it ts almost impoviblc to xa ocr
n meal without them in some form.
They make a healthful relish, which
almost ccrj person enjoys- They go
farther, when made into some jialatnblu
dish, than when merely boiled and set
by the side of tho meat p'atter. There
are po:ato-balls nnd j otato-cakc that
are very nice, and aru prepare 1 tho
same as madicd jnitato. on' to a quart
of the pulp add an egg and mix thor
oughly with the milk nnd butter. For
Cftkc, butter a llat patty-pan and spread
the potato over the bo:to:n of the pan;
set in n brisk oven 1 11 lightlv browned;
cut up in s jiiaro cakes and sen e hot
ror fried ball prepare in the same way.
aud mold into balls and fry nsou would
fish-balh, not omitting to m'j over tho
whole outiide with Hour, m that thoy
will not fall to piece in turning over.
A very good way to dispose of bits of
meat, is to chop it up quite line, and to
ouo-lhird quantity of meat add two
thirds of cold boiled jHititocs, chopped
line; add a cupful of sweet milk, n little
salt and pepper, nnd let it boil till right
hot, stirring often while cooking. I
would not fancy thii d sh served at a
hotel or restaurant, for 1 should c n
stantly Lo thinking that its fabrication
might be indeed a miMcry t'at I should
not hku to solve; but for a homo didi.
uiadu b' the tidy housewife, it is a real
delicacy that is not to he deqiited, nnd
is no; or left uneaten on the table. All
these methods of rooking potatoes are
irfuwl fir jti,ii,. -,,1.1 .l...i1.'.tal tr
i,W. .V. -..... , lt., i.l'Vlll.tlt.11 ,.,
tempt the nppctitc
Vuuiitrt (Jatl'cmmi.
-Farmer's Wife, in
Western Stories Outdone.
Newspapers in tho West and South
hae of lalecnjojed n monopoly of rv
markablu stories of snakes and other
desirable .spec mens of natural history.
That the Nort'i ma not be left behind
in this resje t, let us consider tho moral
teachings which arc presented by tho
Summer Boarder and the Freshwater
Clam. Three years ago the boanlcr in
question, while strnving along the bod
of a stream that hail been loll partially
bare by exce-sive drought, discovered,
lying upon the sand, a conchi'orotis,
bivalvular moll ink ""hj. clam which
seemed to Ik in the lat gasp from ex
haustion and thiist The kind hearted
stranger, pitving tho sore strait of the
unhappy bivalve, nt once took it up and
cast it into a deep part of the 'trcam
and then went his way, speedily forget
ting the incident. A 'week ago, how
ever, as he nas enjoying his vacation,
and sitting near the spot where tho
above described exent took place, ho
perceived a elnm laboriously climbing
out of the water and dragging itself
over tho sand. Arrived, with much ex
ertion, at the feet of tho amazed ob
server, the clam opened its shell and
disclosed a pearl ns large as a hazel
nut, which the gentleman did not hesi
tate to appropriate. ThurctiHn the
clam, smiling clear way around to its
back IiJige, returned to the water and
disappeared with, a gurgle of satisfac
tion. This affecting hidden, besides
showing that even t":e humble-t works
of creation are capable of noble emo
tions, teaches us the fine moral that wo
should always be kind to nnimils. in
which resjmct it is much to le pre
ferrcd to the Southern and Western
yarns referred to, which seem dciicd
simply to entertain the minds of tho
frivolous. a,-d convey no edifying lesson
at alL Jlotton Journal.
Scans as Food.
The nutritive value of beans is very
great greater than almost any otln'r
article of food in common use. Consid
ering their richness thev are probably
the cheapest food we have, but some
what dillicnlt of digestion, probably
owing to the fact that we rarely cook
them enough and nnsticato them in
stiflic'entiy. In preparing beans for the
table they should first bo well soaked
in cold water and then thrown into boil
ing water and cookoditntil of a medium
consistency . between a fluid and a
solid- -neither too thick nor too thin.
They require some acid on them when
eaten, and a sufficient amount of salt to
render them palatable. The' may be
eaten with potatoes or, other vegetables
which contain more starch and less albu
men rather than with too much bread
or meat In Germany there is a process
patented, bv which beans and all legu
minous sccta arc reduced to a very tine
ftonr and rendered capable of being
usea as 100a by the mot delicate per
son. We have samples of this Cour,
which equal in fineness the best wheat
Cour, and i I used extensively for
miking soup for inval'ds. Thec soups
sre worth a hundred times as ranch as
beef tea. There is a fortune awaiting
anyone who will prepare a floor from
beans as perfect ss this flour from Gcr
Many. Bean soup, rightlv made, is ex
ceedingly delicious and wholesome, and
p9?" to be nied more extensively than
His -SanitarutM.
It was at a social gathering at Colonel
""cy Tcrger's mansion eh Austin ave
. There was a newly-arrived yoasg
'dy Preat who was in Aastin on a
It- She was talking to aa Austin
Sfgeatfcmaa. when, pomaagtoaa
aa Jouasj ladv. she asked:
"Whnktlntherr:d fright with red
fi ara-apnose near the window
.. Ja refer to the vennr lady with
lheldnaata-keR
-?V. gaariw-IaekJsMt creatara
swsnaaiae aram and a cheap nink
- "! m
1 Chaasre sf Base
rtsmL XM UTttttT.
Mr. K. IX H X StihwTrt fe ro
fjmH4 fr sixtr-fo-cr noTi
EfhMn'i F Kiidcr. of Kruj-tos,
acjw Hartford. Co, h Wn Frw
ma?a ft Timt, -foar -rr. He wx
bmia!?9t,
On of lb rl mvtqrcorrr j
tank eatWr In thl country. Mr Jow
Kvaa. rrerntlr dl in Mmjm, Caa .
at the age of rcnty-tiv jrar.
D-roa Sasitt) Wa4c of IVrrr
VU!g. Wyom-ng Coapty. N. V. bo
has attaiftottbf crmWo aco Hjhtr
ix ymr. has laMv marrinl a nrr-Hho
in the pcroa of" Ml lUrrVt lUm
rooad. agtdrnratyyrar. Tbr b?l
it ho is the gwd fcaoua ith tlv
was an Cirly tCA,-hr of lrcltJit
Arthu-.
Ncit to the RMirrmrnl of rt!
agrsU th! of editor are w-atchM with
jcalons sttspjeiaa by Chwi4o rrpurtrr.
Sjiv tin Vr.er "Trm m-n- "Mr
F. 1L Alti, biorof th tJwrjreiown
.sfr"'. i in tho rity grug fel kr
cot Mr N. V. IW.xk. of tb nuaal.
son ,NVtrjv'i'ro. U aim la town hav.
lag MBttf dental work doo.
A literary club uf Oncinnatt hot
in its thirty third icar, hi givrn tbe
countrr fruni it RmWri w President.
IL it Hayes, two foreign niiaL:rr. Mr
Xoye to Franc. M. Taft to AoUrU:
one Chirf Justice Salmon P, Cb
oac Asocbtc Jutiee. StanVv Mat
thews; two Cabinet officer. Ju(e Tail
and J. I. lou -irjf 1 llitr
-fat'tam Maine lleid. in bu "Knral
Life of Knland" article In the New
York TVitum, says that in nuny i'ts
of that rountry tho agneultnral Uborvr
gets onlv fi tyevntsa dy. anl of course
all SumKyis and rainy "dais, etc . are
his lo he llng always hsrtvl by the
day. Fifteen dollars a month for fam
Hy of four or live perns and jxrhap
more, is certainly starvation age.
Conrernln; the d-at!i of his wife.
Frederick Douglavs recently wnte to a
fnend In the Wc"l "'nm'maln pillar
of my house has fallen. Four and ftrty
Years hae. Kisseti away since our union".
Life cannot hold much for n now
that she has gone. Still I fed that thj
lfcon taught by th- death, ns by a'l
such, is silence," re ilgnat on. humility
ami hope. We arc nil s'rang r and
sojourners." Oiirajo Tribune,
Acconliug to an old servant of th
Hnin'c family, the sisters worn In tho
habit of bogfnnhig their litemrv tak
at nine in the evening. Kinlly tln:ite.
however, often worked in the daMimr.
"Mans the time that I have seen MN
F.mily put down the tally Iron as !io
wo-s Ironing the clothes to scribble
something on a piece of paper. What
ever she was doing, ironing or baking,
she had her pencil and paper by her.
1 know now she was writing uthcr
ing Heights. "
Tills Is the centennial jear of
Thomas II. Hen ton, John . Calhoun.
Lewis Cass, Mnrtln Van lturen, nntl
Daniel Webster each having tnen Inint
in H'2. Of thec Van lfurcii wa
Trcsideut of the I'nltetl States; Cal
houn ami Van Ilureit were Vice.i'resJ.
dents; Calhoun. Cnss. Van lturen and
Weliter were Secret-tries of Slate,
while Benton wa Senator for thirty
years. Calhoun died in 18-0. Webtcr
in 1.VJ, Benum In IS3. Van Buren iu
18G-J, and Ca.v in 1MJG. Oticajo Trib
une. IIUMOKOUM.
An old bachelor leaving his beard
ing house for a week' 'outlier, after
tiking leave of hb landlady, stepped up
to a salt mackerel on the" ttble, shook
him by tho tail, and said: "Wood bye,
old fellow, I will see you when I re
turn." Young Indies who aro afra'd that
lovers arc ancr mem lor tiieir money
can make an effective defense by regu
larly bilckhug down to the wash-tub
anil tilling the back-yard with white
linen every Monday morning. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
We nro sorely puzzled by nn asso
ciated prcs.s dispatch, which says the
country seat of an editor, near Long
Branch, was roblr d on Sunday night
There is something nlxnit this dispatch
wo cannot ttmlcrsaud. Mul'tUtou-n
TrunvrrtjS.
A New York man says he keep
chops nnd straps for several das In tho
noticsi weamur tiy liurylng them lis
meal. Meal Is a good 'thing in any
weather for steaks and chops. We
more particularly refer just now to tho
morning meal. "ihmbury AVrs.
- Oatmeal is really a icry groil
thing to make the skin fine ami s ifu If
it is ued in cold water as a wash. We
always hail a notion tha oatmeal conl 1
be put to some good use. Heretofore
it has been principally ucd by cranks
who keep boarding houses as a means
of killing appetites for breakfast The
Jmlgr.
Hundreds of thousands of men die
annually from strong drink. Kan sns
Prohibitionist. We never undertake to
criticise any other editor, but we do not
believe that any man can die annually.
Annually means every year, and no man
can die every year, for'any great length
of time, unless he has a "great deaiof
practice and exjwrien -e at tho business.
'lexat billing.
"So you've weaned the baby," a'd
a lady to "her noxt doornc ghbor. "Ye.
1 did tnat some time ago. by r' The
querist stepped out on tho front porch
as sue repiicii; ncu, juiigingjrom Hie
slapping noise 1 ncani last night, I xn-w
vou were bringing him up by hand!"
The door closed with a bang that coa'd
have been heard over in the next coun
ty. Sorritt'jtrn HcraUl.
A Cincinnati society reporter has
mysteriously disappeared, and foul play
is 5tispcct',d, although it is possdile
that he is hiding fome where in the
Rocky Mountains, a he was well sup
plied with railroad passes. His Iat
article was aa account of the marriage
of a pork'Pckcrs daughter, in which
. . . . r. r
report he nsed the term swell wet-
s svi-.s tut. , evil "s "C
It came out in the papers "awpl
;."-I1iilas!fJff,it Xrics.
limr."
wedding.
The seashore correspondent ol
some of our varioody esteemed contcm-
wrarics appear to find the ocean in a
itghly devotional aad reverential mood
this season. One of th a ilk speak of
the loud hosannas of the ware, an-
other of "the solemn hvmns of the
surges," ami a third of "the
r deep Te
ait .
Dciirn of the mkfnght tisle.
which is very beautiful and poetic Bat.
even when you come down to hard and
prosaic fact, the idea seems to be car-
ncu out ansa asrenguseneu. ktbh hocs
net need to go very far from Boston any
rtar to see lJcrsa pray. A xj to
th joke wm te inrnisaeu reacerson
apnlication at this eflke. Bet Jsmr.
sne arMafeaja fsneeav
The Moat eonpicaostf feaiare m tha
erealng scene (xt Ssratoga) was a Jndy
from Philadelphia, fair, aad yeaag.aad
petite, a Mrs- Moarev whene sleeveless
dress of rare aoint-laee as said to hare
cast tSXOWh and in whma hair
ears, and on whose shoulders.
neck. srrisU aad hinds were displayed
dismoads that must hare ran up mto
naadreds of thoumads in rtimet m sot
kakas, ctccas. hsrisontat bands sod
gracafai pendaats, that nmhed and
gleamed whenever there was the shad
bw of an excuee for them. HVrhns-
Und. ageatl manly, aisik aged man
and a Iktk.mahesr
TisagesI and absorbed in mtesue wateh
fanneasof her. a priTato nVstectiva m
ckitea drass. wound his war m and
tha ln-aaa saaaa. U
heW their
tha Jhmoad
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Ttlniirut tt-fi"l i- .
nuiEir. Hex;.
O dav not hi M Thow
eanvmsiiiog Into my rv in a kh
tate of ctitiirmeat, and tt eicbJS
ing tho usual greeting remarked, lm
.relvr4v " Fm goitg t bo arl-
Lf xUk,! t. h!linlit? I In-
quired mu teeuw 1 dla'l inor, foe,
....,,. -, 1 - -- . .
naj,
Mr.
jwr le t knuv ctvrj tiling, mi
Ilwtnitson hal o many Mragw
ideas nd i manr new sUanitisin tr
the wvrd whkh b uxtl. that I aked
1.1... ... . If L Vw "Wkal Is a
B3trsUtr I w.d. Mr. Thsmirmm
bxkrd oIewn for a moms-nt rubbeslbu
fotehvl. thvn anwcrrJ. after mttch
s... ttL,H
SIUI .. . .. -. j.m '
.. t ......m)f. ril. U . 3i
a tint- utto of lhe felloe. wk .U
artund nd watch t-uga and writs n hat
thev know about tbrm."
"W1I. what kind of boga have yott
bes-n watching?1 iiu-r.ed I
ira no dwg and owls" he rt-
siwmdisl, prompth; then added. M he
saw mo mmng:"I don't mean tl.it
il.-r !.., r..w.il i),nt fr-mi tn rrtv.
ress-jit the whole of animal nature'
. . " . '. . . .. 1
"Ah! And what did yirU find out
about prairie dog and owl?" 1 In
ijiilre! Mr. TliotnpMin settlcl hU eraiat and,
ehosjsmg a more coinfitrtatde ohair. x 1th
seieral preparatory "hoiua" began hU
atorv
"While I waa in tho We.t last aum
tner I topjcd for a short time at a
sninll town In Colorado to tudy the
habits of the pralrio dg I wandered
out one muroiiitr on the nrnino
ami
eatml myself on a largit mound in tho j Tbt utnmr hleh a-enltog t th
mtdt of ono of the dog vlllaget. A I calendar has hot ohed ha tew seV4
lmikod alxint me I notleeil that In thn bv omu noteworthy melriaM
mouth of each burrow sat its owner. . ifondHlon. Tho imunh of Jam M
gaxlng at mo cttr.cualy, while on the ' alarmingly cssl over noH) M 4itraa.
top of several of the mounds sat funall.hlng tetweeii thr At Untie mt wt
brown owl, nvnrdimr me in much the te Ilivky Mountain, mib frsv m t
same manner as old I rof Spltklna used
to bxk nl a new variety of lnect As
I watchcii the owls I could distinguish
.t., ....
likvnessoa to a numWr of tnv oM
teachcra. And jitt a I had fueif upon
one that hokcd like old President
llompton you remember old I'rfx
Itotuptoii. "with hU long bi'anl and
aeetrtcles well, lust as I had tlted ttr-
on an owl with long beard and spec
tac'c"
"Hut" I remonstrated, "owls don't
haie long Ijeards and spectacle.'
"They don't eh?" auwered Thoni
son. angrily, "Hate you ever seen n
wild owl? lVid vou ever see them In their
own liotnci' iVi jott doubt mv iionl
Didn't I see tho one that looko I like
old Prof. Kuclld making squares and
triangles and circles lit the dirt? And
one t.nt I called I'pf IVrrv was dig
ging a cnt!'atlng lluo Into "ills burrow,
nnd an old owl that was tho per feet Im
n"c of Mcrill aung out to m to loam
thirty-six analyses for to morrow. I
know what I'm talking alnjut"
"Ihaiu no dotiht that you do. I
merely interrupted you iKcaitMi 1
thought you were joking. I am aorry.
I'ray'go on,' said I, hastening to apot
ogize.
"That's all right" answered Thomp
son, somewhat mollified " Where waa
1 Oh! just n' Hut hW recolhw
lions of what hail hapened aeetnesl to
be tut haxr. and his ury w.-vs so dicon
nected. that I shall not try to follow ht
niethixl of relating It, but will merely
give vou the facts as nearly as 1 can r.
member them.
Mr. ITiompson was sitting opposite U
a largo mound, watching the owls, when
out of tho mound stepped an Itnmrnw
prairie dog. who seated himself facing
Mr. Thompson. He gazed at Mr
Thompson severely, moving his head
from side to side, aa If in deep medita
tion. As he aat upright on his hind
quarter, with hU tore paws drawn up
in front of him, he looked so much like
a terrier dog in the attitude of beffglnr
that Mr. Thompson was about to throw
him a piece of bread, when he eletnsl
his throat with a pompous hem" and
remarked. " What is your errand is our
city?
Mr. Thompson was somewhat sur
prise!, but he answered tha ho wa
traveling In search of Information, that
he had heard much of the prairie dogs j
anil Wicir wonderful village. ,,! Hat
he was curious to learn more of them
from f eraonsl obserratios.
The prairie dog eyed him closely
"You have no gun he a-kcd. dis
trustfully. Mr. Thompson replieti (hat
his visit was not to Injure or to destroy
but to tecome ac juaintetl with them.
"A wot commendable ambition. re
jmndesl the prairie dy, gromlr.
"and as cjveraorof our city I weleome
yoti; only. he added. "I beg of j
not to call ns dog; we an marmot,
snd have no resemblance to deg ex
cept in our short, sharp ote of alarm,
which U aomewhat Kke the vjp ef a
spaakL' V
Mr, Thompson premfcaed to re
member, and the ("etenier contaued;
"la order that you may p rose la-
testigation iateibgantly. I will fe-t
show you thr&sgh my mansfaf;" aa he
said this he torses! a sonwrsaaH and
dov head fir-t into bis burrow. Mr.
Thompson followed hU eiampte- Ha
says he doe sot remember whether he
was transformed, for the time, mto a
prairie marrmX. or whether he had
simply grown snuH eaoarh to W en
abled to eater the bamnr withtt dif-;
acuity; at all event he fsftowrd the
Governor akag an fdiad corridor.
arched at the top aad extruding down
ward about four feet at aa angle of
forty-Sve degree. Ther I hen uf to
a hall that was aerJettlr fcvel and abst
Ttb feet Jong, then am another laeliv
of about two feet -Ta4." U the
Governor, "is at 0r4r that the wn'er
may not penetrate Sato ear stinting
apartmeat, At the end ef thkewm
dor wna a Isrze ckes!ar ehawlatr. the
boot mml waila af whleh were cover! I
wkhdrygrnsj. H my the aaather
nmrmot sad three young . AMcr
Mr, Thompson had hera IntrodaeW to
her. and had eempgeaenTed her an tha
heaatrof herfsaaUr. the Urvntr led
the war hack into the tmea Or. He j
seated JHameif aa to? f tie nnd aad
motiened Mr. Ihjaipxia la n seat W
ide has. After a kmt tmi Mr.
apoke;
I sreadd JSto to ash: Tea absjajt tha
ajrSa I it really bapr fSy. a
writors a;ert,ar to the mad
n tusk-remr
We art aaesat a afr a
. a-
Hie comaomd ef nenaa f
Uttes and Barank, sftfwered. the (sr
eraer. The awls Kra ufu graiSihsai
per aad haaa ef danger kiad: tavry
rareirif ererenc aw daaViren. la rs-
isr tne aacmmaisi.iriwia. w jits
hay guar tM eatnuKe t
nu Hal waW sfPuj7
efts f ad imasraa ami aafsyej,
Wc
tt tsurj eaiTVt " e th r -
,rters tHCM k ti-,f-
"-r fsF'liief tsU, TV fcTT.t
'with- fr ? ii tVr
txastks, tlr rty 1 ?t l
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gUS f4 Uuj tJw g"J Gi f
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Ttt WOf t uTrar rsat
j-rew riit Wtwa ti nfwr.i
ttratirJer aH a'aa(.
TTy etsr vr $ iswr -r
jsrfjeg. 4 U itp w rsMs uw?
ttlle us with t-r tairSi?sM l
j tT-ntel J"t ti eooV
lotsdM to tWrnw. Mr TV ae.i.w
jtapd up Jh Urm. ill .bWm hmji,
I mmt thr"r t-fttK t& uva.
" ft.'VfT
and Ultr H Uva fma
MAMfeT 'sh
lo kn frr to!. ir a
ult s. djj'r l tlmlr
Mr. Twp', rTT bw , m
with afer !dil tUrvl WllllW
rUenl. ( sl itmj i tW
llosnv.iin,rji w 11 i.
boter, la t h thlik jm
jrhe an JFprvitnr mt ttv lk
f his !umw
Mr Ibiuii! 8ntlJ fe uuy t4
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l!., "rt,,'' " 'WU ,
t liwa )t' t)h ye. I
ael
- dreamed It. aod 1 deatt.o tkut
MtVlaoj
l J I drrmed th-t I aat
H tattle, and )su drosm that a .
"l alnwt .hHis-J W
, 're ilia rattle from U MiM
i ,,J,, bt'A, ,,J,cW iSwT I r
I- l)lt drwime,! It aB. bt t I JU
there U more truth In it than K hM
s-ai nnlmala, and 1 m pa a.
I a uaturalut, alir h Saaw
i ...., ..I tl . ... ... f.i-1. .11-
I After he 'eft 1 hked Into tmmt lssr
leartiesl IkV and ftxind tbst fc st
. senj tion of th prslrl deg les
, CrttTiVt still, drtpjte the Msrwrwi at
tlewriplloit am tho nVr' eMa
t wbioh bo 1 trtHtnphaotly dk4s4
altmt the truth of hl t'rv, I iiiml ha
tlrramH U, don't joti .twi Ww,
tn C&'uAt 'mew,
The nmairr f I'sJ
'teen of tbe Mate t ni Im tt U !
10th and ecese ralnfatl in tJs
grain growing eeton, Uai
' didgnl the prediction that t
; be ajear without a twmaw " A
, though tho high t'mptralrM f Jn
' and Augtut tipellei this lr w
not so uiirvainible to Ut 1
memfjer the abnormal e-aso la
tho iK-riod fiom I ill to ill 7. nktm
currwl tho mint remarkable dpji
of summer teinpratiim known to H
history of therniornetri ueurHeis
III iHlrt, aeeordlng to eef l ltaf imm.
there was fnwt In New !ngi
ciery monih of this uiiimer. an4 to
a far south n 1'hllajleljthta In Jadt.
most diisttmilii .me erop. bit In
Kuglnnd. as the Hoy al Nletj Mieswstt
show, tho same summer M
enough to make lili "a famine jer
It Is to bo hotted that, a no slmfWrlr
cold sumUier !ta tiK'n lhn lert kasvsin
lit sni part of the 1'nited hute. It w.s
never riftir, but It majf be rah to it
l ImiKiasible. If w trept ,Np Ko
gland, where great nridHv has iirils
J mc3 June, "lie past aunttner ha !
excepHonally fire fnm pnttraei-! st
intense drought, nnd in the Intere '
the couHtrt. whrr irerw tironvr
drought Is the rlirualJe nil". frpft
tion ha been rather eic'iie than dsV
cient
One of the most noticeable ehrtr.
lies of the Miason jiul rndl i tfcn
abimoof tho usual July iwl Aurmi
hurricanes tn tho West lltdla sas. awl
cohepirntly thcro hato Wen few dt.
lurbanres nn 00 r Atfajitie and (naif
j cmt Tlie ) of lb"" urm
along ur Kastern cts no ibiU rr'-
ly modifies the atnHiphef ie eafitf
on the continent llrawing toward
them the moisture of the air for hun
dreil of miles from their trael. and
condensing it in immense qttnnMite in
their cen'rat are, they mnt base lb
middle latltixlea consjdrablr draf!
of the watery vapor accumulate," ! th
sun brtig continued esoratlte rs
on the warm ocean. The abo f
tbee Urmi mJ in part aecsiont fa
the recent redundant rainfall ami hu
midity in the Hull Mate ani on h At
lantic arabsiar!. ftil It b pft? e 1 m
should botly hate a t1U f ntn a p"
erful tropic kMrrfcaa. whleh is "tj
probable, there would be an early snd
sharti torn of the senaon. AM!ri-
can (wmmiros be complete wit limit iij
but there Red be no f?ar that It will
net come, and ihe longer It I dday!
tlie nvre crtln will H b to fl osr
uthern and Kastern coaat with ntt
sua! violence.
Viewing tle paat tamuw from it
agrkaUuriH s:adf(dt It fc Vn
e-jterptJonslly ptop!tio. h aWorraI
featnre has bm an ae-f4Kriaflr irg
rainfall. whkJs. on ihe whoV frmlrt
Ing that Ihe great defeet tA Arartofi
summer dim.' in the ehW sgrVtilturai
districts ii aridity, U a gv fjL X
A 5rw Fran.
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cot of Australia Ux aWt fS. t
oseeI Si Jtent M Ummtiag a
.Vw Kraa. The proeVH- called bhw
elf VixrnHH, and ?scre.ii in oU
ing tubiuTtotkHM tmmliz in litMi.
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the espestfeir. Th emfgranu sUef
in veaaeisi tsssaght wkh thr enrn mnmf.
the "ManfvtV' nt temmfnpvz
them. that'HrWtjrlethir
dcrtia. ds-wt. and vc. the rick
slandmtractiTe aarTsKdtW Meav
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ar kibsfd naar af tJueam. --j tw n
wr fcrrgirt hsmae ay kind ahffma.
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