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ularly from the ioHjt!lo whether direct
to hts name or whether ho It a aubscrlber
not. in responnlWo for the par.
The courtH Imvo dccidsl that refusing 1
take- ncvYfnKrs from the pot-oHlec or r
movlnir and ienvlmr them uticalt'il for.
THE FARMER'S BOY.
I know my face and fcaadt are brawn,
Hut I an atronjr aal apry:
"You can not find ta aM the town
A happier boy than I.
With health, with hearty appetite.
With notfelng to an nay. ;
Jt ii a awect and true dctlgfct
To tic a farmer's boy.
-My pants are patched, tny cap U torn.
There's Kniut upon my none:
2'lv muddy fthoeH aits badly warn
They laugh nlhoth the tios.
31 y mother tnakett nult far mo
That I can ooi destroy.
But it isaluayH fun tolo
A lively fanner's boy!
J love the mountains rranc! and steep.
They make mo think of CJod:
Ihf hillslilo jmtiireH, when tho Hlieoa
Urowso cm ilio frcsli, croeii sod;
The ireadins bweli and innjI- tiees,
Tliot"iilrrolJ. cut" and coy,
liw IhpIs. the biitterilic-i. the lieo-
1 imi u farmer h boy!
J r-3. with jnck -knife, carve a ship.
Or rsakoa wiilntlt shrill:
fan "tone tio:i tin river hklp,
Ixavii by the old red mill;
Tie talleit tree can nlmlily climb,
Cnn sin, cm shout with Joy,
c'a.j have a hlcmlll, Jolly Umo,
Ami Ik; a runner's tioy!
Kwjcnr. J. Hull, in Chicago InUr ri.n.
A NOVEL PROPOSAL.
A Yountf Lady Has Ono Furniahod
to Ordor.
When I f i r.-t declared to Mi-s Laura
3llnrviii the inflammatory htate of my
feelings toward her thiiL young lady
jyed me fruin head to foot with an air
f mingled pity and nmuxciiicut, and
Ihen exclaimed: "How conventional!"
J'eing wholly uitprcp:ircd for this piece,
of criticism. I was not a little confused
2 it. I had pom; over ihe. perform
ance .several times in my own room be
fore the lookiiig-glas-, until I Muttered
myself that 1 con id do il vciy neatly
indeed. I would go down on my
Jences (first spreading out a handker
chief on the, Moor) and, clasping in'
liands over the left breast pocket of
my I 'rimy Albert, exclaim to an empty
rocking-chair: "Miss Marvin I.tiira
I I love. you. I have loved you with
ii passion which mock-, the feeble power
ot words. I e:ut not live an hour Ionircr
vithout you. Will you bo mine?'
At this point .she was to fall into my
;truis with a Kob and reply inarticulate
ly: "O, Ilunrji" tir vrord.i to that
;ll''ct.
When, therefore, insU;:4 erf ciirr'ing
mut her part of the iirunuiiuic, hhe
Hung the wet blanket of tier nrorn on
1he hot llatno of my Affection, I felt, as
J have said, oonfuned; and not only
confined, but hurt; aud not only hurt,
l)ii t actually resentful. It seemed to
ane as though I could live a whole
century without her.
"Well," said 1, Homcwhal Jjlenly
us l got up and dusuuMmy
with my h;uidkq&hflir'tliat,H th
:style of pkMaxm dealing in j
jire.sent'can got you sarujileH in.
lines ?i von ituiat on lL .
Tliss Marvin lamrhod. hIio I
utrcttier when ho laughed than
mother way, and there w reason
lievo that she was aware of the fa
I like you better, now," she phid.
When you inon aronH witty orni-
cal 3'ou are generally Htlly."
'Unlike woraon," I snapped.
"Who aro always ailly, you rati
.
she went on. "I oocopt litis as a
m-
pliment, for itnliows that you aralry-
ing to please mo by affecting thecffeic.
Come, bo sensible. I like you well
enough. Only don t try to propose t
ane in that ridiculous old-fa.sliioed
ananuer." j
With that fthe went down on Iter
knees and prettily mimicked my title
performance- with exaggerating gtt-
tires ami tnc most aosurit gnui
Then she laughed heartily. I thi
. a -
have said she was pretty whenlwl
ic .
nccs
ny
mk :ii
mlier
ked
Bany
1h--
"' a laughed.
V -."You can't imaj
!
gine how tired la
Imi
ltej
to
.tit j r j niuMiiin i
. -a fc:
"" Hi " f llllll1U ll.MHUIUWU,
OI hH). . .... ..,.. ut.,
ran oilyitx..
4 Wlicu l ii;u iicin:u in 3
-lining her hand as loo
lini fVw.f f
rtJ
ri
se i
' .L v can t vou men
1 dared. -"1 Suc,r adearlhV
lr-
omc ungnewr I dc-claro
jpiinlity I never wf ho
ini ,
n.s
reaiiv to tnrow mvseir .
invci
a
of the nrst young man v, .
xcallv novel method of pre!,. .CT,
"You might mi well talk.
a
If
novel method of eating,
ig."Irep.Sl
you were really in love. Miss a
you wouldn'tsjvak.in Uiatcold-blv
way about so sacred a matter." ,
i "But I'm not in love, you sec.?
n.
in'
replied, with a bewitching littlo all
K
of her shoulders, "so what s toe .
iiroposing to mo anyway?"
Ot
"At anv rate, she went on. re
ing a little perhaps at sight of 3
nv
woebegone expression, "whether .
in love or not, I shan't accept any
under the sun unless he has soiuo
tirely origiaal way of offering '
itn
in
ti
ll -
elf."
v Then sho laaphcd again, and lo
t mi) with such an irresistibly rog
ii
hh
expression that I cano- wry ae:ur $
ing every thing by training her ar
then and then.
44I doa't see exactly w4alyou ras :
d
itt aid I. "Am I to understand th:'
would be more acceptable if I J
from the chandelier by my toe;
proposed in that attitudo? Or ahal
woo you with a peas-cod, -like 10l
stone?"
i "I'm not croinsr to tell. you," sho
plied. "That's for you to find :
k
Tm not sure mj-self that I know. t
must be something unexpected
,.l-nvoH tnnnbinmua and dclic
ly novel, wW atlngo of romance sj1
it; not'somethinir that yoa kare
wracucinc ail uaj wiw m "
. ti J XL .l.-
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I colored guiltily at Ut
1
akook her1 little tea4 at me
: lawrhcd.
,, Ibelieve5jeIh
j. v. i . r
' f?M - . "DoaC ret sjurt." awii
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fhalf proljably have but one opportu
nity in myjifc to accept a proposal.
Am I wrong in wishing that it should
be an experience worth remembering
that it should not be commonplace?
Do you suppose I didn't know ;i ,-oon
as you entered the room this evening
that you intended to make a jumping
jaek of yourself ?"
I rose to my feet.
'That's enough. Miss Marvin," .-aid
I. "The mere fact that you can treat
the subject so lightly show.- that you
do not care a -nap of your finger for
me and never will."
So saying I .-trode from the room,
snatclfd my hat and overcoat aavairely
from the rack in the hall, and rtt-hed
out of the house.
My feelings as f stalked away from
the Marvin hou-e that night were de
cidedly mixed.
".She had no ritiht to treat me in that
w:n," w:ii tin lir-t rcllection. It w:ia
humiliating. It was unkind.
"I.ut then," I continued to my-elf.
turning the cpie-tion the other -ide up.
"n doubt I Wih very awkward and
htilt-d about my proposal, and a- for
Laura, he i- ju-l bubbling over with
tun. How her eye-, danced in spite of
herself a.-. he rolled them -olemnly up
at me and .-aid: 'I can not live an hour
longer without ou.'
"Still," I went on, "how ab-urd for
her to talk about being tired of pro
posals. She spoke of them as calmly
as though they were m many invita
tions to tea. I'll wager .-he never had
one before in her life. No; I take that
back. I'm sure Will Harden proposed
to her, and Hank Iturton and Lester
Herbert, too. if his elongated face
meant any thing when I met him com
ing out of the hou-e last Saturday
evening. Suppose she gave them all
th. "
I stopped stock-still in the middle
I of the .sidewalk at the thought.
"Suppose .-lie gave them all the -ante
answer .she gave me! She wa- ready,
hhe -.aid, to fall into the arm- of the
first man that invented .some novel
method of propo-inr."
Distrcs-ing thought! What if one of
my precursors .-hoiild even now be
springing hi imention upon her! The
mental picture of Miss Marvin falling
into the arms of either Will Harden or
Hank Ilurton w:is excrutiating. while
the thought of Lester Herbert, who
lisped and wore bangs. was fairly mad
dening. I was sei.ed with an in.-aue
longing to return and wavlav au one
of the trio who might be prowling
around with his original method con
cealed about his person.
Although it was a verv ridiculous
thiuir to do, I immediately turned about
and fdowly walked back.
There was lijrlit in Laura t room
which glared at me indignantlv for a
moment and then shrank to a tiny
speck of nam", as though it had re
treated behind a door and were watch
ing me Mispieiously through the key
hole. As I .stood on the .sidewalk look
ing across at the house a thick-set man
with a slouch hat pulled over his eyes
materialized from the ,-ltadow of a
tree not far away aud approached me.
"(), it' you, i.s it?" said he. in a low
tone.
"Yes. I -I think .-." I replied,
somewhat doubtfully.
The thick-.sct man gave a low whistle,
and two other men -louched out of the
shallow and came up.
"All right: it l'reston." said the one
who had addres-ed me.
I knew then the had mi-taken me
fir a .-ervant of Judge Marvin, who
had been discharged the week before
on account of s.une petty theft. I'n
quc.slionahly some precious piece of
illainy w:i on foot. A sudden am
bition to "foil the villain-" rose within
me. followed by another to take to my
heels. As the fence w i- behind me and
the three men in front. 1 gave ambition
numler one
,,ssii,!e.
ill the- encouragement
a i'u .iav ii .- a v. vi 'tmi 'in
' ' if the men.
i.nfi..,nr...ii'. i.-...t,. " I t--,,i;...i
in an injured tone. "vsippo-e I don't
know m own name?"
"We thought from our second let
ter that ou were going to weaken."
.-aid the thick et man.
"O. that letter wa- a blind," I re
plied, not knowing what else to say.
"Well, see that ou don't weaken."
said the lir-t speaker, "unle-- you
want the roof of your heat! blown otf. "
This was roa uring. I ha-tily re
sohed not to weaken, and aid as
much.
I The thick-set man then leading the
' vvav. we cro-.-ed the .street, climbed the
fence at one corner of the lot. and V
down in the grape-arbor vV-.. .riven
i j a long, blaek nd'w,j j ut on
t'The others ,Tgktfd Ukl.wi..e. F:
" " "-"-'- -nlk-ked hkewr.e. rom
J'hcc''sation which eiiMied 1 learned
l" wA -" tJ,e person of Preston had
arranged the c
.itch on the .shutter of
one of the windows s that it could be
operatv-il front the out-ide. l emo-
thin when 1 di-covercd that I had
been tampering with the shutter of
Miss Marvin' own room can better be
imagined than put on paper.
Wc lay in the arbor for something
over jiti hour. It was verv .still. I
I could distinguish five separate Miores
1. . .. -v- i . i- i:..i..
m the adjoining uou?e. om.-t a umv
child turned over in its cradle, wet its
lips, gave vent to a plaintive cry of
i alamnia. anu siepi again.
1 A policeman sauntered down the
l- Mtlcwalk within three feet of i:.-. looked
at his w atch under the lamplight, and
' n-is-ed on. As soon a he was out of
sight the leader of the party aro-e and
it led the way to the porch in front of
the house.
It was getting verv pokerishfor me.
t , The men .seemed to suspect that I was
u . "weakening, and formed a ho'.low
triangle with mc in the center.
ti "lou climb this porch right alter
kd mt." said the leader.
I managed to do so. though my
hands were rather unsteady. The
porch was an open-work affair
a temptatioa to anv industrious sneak-thief.
"Open that shutter." aid the leader.
when we two .stood on the roof of the
twirrOi.
1
Now this wa.s the point at which I
had intended to be heroic. Hut. very
much to my urpri-e. I was not. I
proceeded very quietly and expedi
tiously to open that shutter. The win
dow proved to be up. leaving a -pace
of about twelve inches between -a-h
and -ill. Though this aperture I
crawld into the room in obedience to
a siigire.-tion on the part of my "pal."
I tru-t I .-hull never strain in rnv life
"Help me in," -aid the other thief.
He had thru-t hi- head through the
ojen place and wa.- reaching out one
hand to gra-p -onte mean- of -upport.
With -uddeii determination I rai-ed one
loot and planted putre in his face a
kick in which I managed to concen
trate and give epre-ion to all my
loathing for the man a- well a- tin -elf-cont-uipt
anil di-gu-t at 1113 own -itu-atiou.
The re-iilt was gratifying. With
a mullled cry of pain the burglar rolled
ofl'the porch and went dunging to the
ground.
The noi-e awoke Mi-s Marvin, who
rubbed her eye- -leepily. turned over,
and then -at up. looking at me at tir-t
wonderingly and then territied. I had
turned the ga up. knowing that this
would frighten away the thicc.s a.- ef
fectually a-a discharge of grape hot.
"Mi.-s Marvin," -aid I. "jdea.se do
not -cream. I'lea-e don't."
When I said thi- I assumed an e
prc.ssioii of the mo-t tender deotion.
which could not fail. I thought to
-oothe and reassure her.
" Who an you3" .-he answered trem
ulously. "Don't you know me?" I said, throw
ing Mil more teiideille.-s into IllV e-pre-sion.
Then I laughed: for, accidentally
putting m hand to my face a- I spoke.
I discowr d that I .-till wore the black
ma.sk which my "pal" had given me.
No wonder my facial contortions had
been ineffectual. This incident at once
restored my equanimity anil brought
with it a Hidden ilu-li of .something
like jocularity. For a moment I felt
that 1 could enjoy the .situation and
even take advantage of it.
"Miss Marvin." I said, "I bg of you
not to be frightened. I dropped in
partly to do a little thieving and ,
partly to ask you a very irnjfoitant
(jue.-tion. As I lay concealed under
the ofa in the parlor this evening I
heard you remark that you were read
to marry any man who w ould conceive ,
of some original method of popping
the qiie-tion. Don't you think thi- -it-tiation
has the charm of novelty about
it? Can vou lav otir hand on voor
heart and -ay there is nothing unex
pected, unhackneyed, spontaneous or (
romantic about thi- form of propo-al?
Will ou. O will you be mine?" )
Mi Marvin looked at me with a
mixture of expressions which it would
be hopele to attempt to analyze
"What is 3 our name?" ,!,. gapped.
"I am oiir srrvant I're-ton," said I.
with a low lnw.
Tre-ton!" exclaimed Miss Marvin.
"Are ou l're-ton?"
Then 10 my great a-toiii-hment. Mi
Marvin aro-e from the bed. calmly
walked up to where I -tood. took me
by the eat and led nie to the wimiow.
"You great. eae-dropping boobv !"
-aid .she. "If Ievercateli ou in-ide
thi- hou-e again I'll .scratch your .
out. Now crawl through that hole."
I crawled.
1 wa- impersonating I're-ton, and I
am -ute he would have crawled had he
been there.
I told m wife the la-t half of thi- ;
story e-t-rday-she wa- alrcadv ac
quainted with the lir-t half and her
only remark wa- that if -he had -11--peeted
the identity of the p-eudo-Pre
ton the night of the hou-e-breaking .-he
would have retained the ear a.- a
memento of hi- impudence. The en- 1
orgy with which she :'u this caused
me to postpone .some rather pointed re-
marks about novel tie- in proposing,
with which I intended to conclude nn .
.-tory. and the reader will have to draw
the moral for himself. Ch icwjo Trib
une. -J3L W AhiASSMSN.-
flip Trt Whlrli :uulil Ho IlUpUyrtl by
K-ry tothrr.
The way to k vp the baby from be- ,
coming -poilt" i- to let it cry a- little
a.- po ible. It will gain .-trength ol ,
mind to endure it.- nece ary ill-all the
sooner if it i allowed to Miller a.- little
i ai ?0 nU- from ill- that can be avoid
. tHj jt, u-ants .-hould le anticipat d
:,.
it.- sources of dt-eomfort -hould Ik re-
moved a- soon as thev ari-e. without
waiting for it to cry: it .-hould be pre
vented in every way from forming the
habit of crying. Study it.s expre ion: '
when it is tired of plav ing on the floor 1
take it up and dance it about the ro-mi.
and let it look out of the wind w for a
few minutes. In a little while it will '
he glad to go back and play on the
floor again. If it is neee-sarv to resort
to discipline, be careful to eize the
right moment for it. If you want the
j baby to learn to go to .-leep without
lieinir rocked, choo-e a day when it has
been unu-ually bright and happy all
the morning, wait until twenty minutes
or so after the regular hour for its nap. :
then rive it a cup of milk particularly ,
sweet and warm and nice, make it.
little bed -oft and cozy, lay it down
e-ently and .-oothe it with a little ki-s-
m and natthig. and. if it i- no
already too much spoilt, it will only it
lel -o -neukmr. low-nveo anu con- an mcni-iaiioii i;i iwu ,,...m. . .- . . ...,.., i... .L ti . .....
temptible as I did when I -tnod within Iwilod and cr, -t Mh, evaporation -cond lady -if I were to take three ! - &7V-T ' 1Z Ji iL 'J?
tha room. It -eemed to me that I wa., . Before it i- u-ed atge factory it is P''?V" -n; m ih. rata A,
profufin- a temple ; purified bv a pnn ghich act- on the , U for tweniwiivo cent.-? tirrmont o. ... farm ru k a y O mrty lw ei d h uM : ,
1 A "ar"of te-Uh,t magnitude principle ihat ho; w ife will receive in Cierk-.NVm. ! i"! U . ,VlfcTh - JT ''
burned at the tin of the ga-je;. and bv ll.e -olutioa more of the saeter than Second l,dy -Vou dhln't ,av it " nl i ' t It 4 X I'T -"" -
it-dim light 1 could -ee That Mi-Mar- the impuntie-mixed With i' N. the wouldn't fad .. did you? iKtllXt , T ' "
vin had Fain dvwn on the i,,l without .-altpoter b boiKd m rt mo re-ult- I'lcrk-No m. tVm. I ' ' " - J W k,p do-. -H.r. ,
uiiiirt'.iiif' fmi timl tiiiion fi.l.-i-n -o. Hi" suiiiiioii mn-i u i'iu.cvu ..t.- . - -
too happv to clo-e its eye- in the sn.-vt- Itiai p?ce. "-n.
est kind of sleep. if it docs not. its tit Second lady 1 Jca't. like the figure--of
crying will be almost alwa3-sii, brief I SJiOW m-' -3rae n-re pic-ccs.
andasluUe iiyunoua as it ci be j Clerk how-i other pieces.
1 i a . .a
1 BcbimouL
vs, ""-
12IPU jT
llnm th nicf
' MmnhMi
Sr4ary to
It
jlr rrrpirrd.
y
Gunpowder lCr.iK-ed of three
material- ulptMr. aaupcicr aim
charcoal. HutaSatB:: jb cm: materia!.
togethr any v, aJdoe K- make gun-Kjwd.-r
by anrjaea.i Then; t- a
method, an i itk M-what com
plicared. That pruclr at the moat
famous factone- IS a- lullow: The
saltpeter come- cfcicfh from Bengal
and other pro, inccrin IiHa. where it
"c-
is found mixed witt tfce on ami .t-
at-. at the bottom ol whic.i the juin
-altpeter i-dejo-ite 1 inMlnt r-t.il-.
It 1- then wa-hed. !t deanc s'orcd in
bin-, care being t.tk n that n'i - tud or
gritty particle- are introduci'd a- un
der jircs-ure the niig.iWprd',ce an
explosion.
The same nrecaution- ar taken with
.
r,..-.ird to the production of the M.'phur
r
and charcoal. The ! -t -ulphur 1 iiuc
from Sicih. It is purihesl bv adi-til-ling
proce . whu h Imuga it out in
hand-ouie yellow cn-tals.f Thcn it is
ulven.ed by being groundnd r iron
runner.- and .-itted in a kindW tovclv
ing cylindrical ieve e.il'ejfa "slope
reel." Alder and wdlow are plant !
near the factories, and that charoo il
from the.-e i.s used fr com num ponder,
and black dogwood is u-ed for fine rifle
powder. The charcoal 1- tiotfprcp red
in pit-, but the wood i- -aired nto
short leiiL'th- and packed mt Iron vl- .
inder-. called -li..-. uhi.h :irt nil. -ed
11 ; 1 .-.Ku ,.
ii i rwitiii .uii.tv wiii liiti iqy it t v"
tort like that u-ed in ga- - orksSfH. re
the cylinders are cxpo.-cd to thoTflanies
for a periled of two and a half or tin 1
and a half hour-, the ga- 1 unif fron'l
the wood being utili.-d fur findS TI.
charcoal, when taken out. i- ground i'
:i m.'ieliille likea riant cull, e-imll an. I
.1 1 i-i .1 1 . K,
then -ifted like the -ulidiur
.... ., . .5 .
I he next process is mixing the in-
,. , .,-, . .
gredient-. 1 he iroportion- vary. .in
, ,,. . , ,. ,. , . ,
dillercnt countries. I-or Lngli-'i Gor-
1- "ft
eninieiit nowiler of e.rv Ln I 'It id
saltpeter, .-eveniv-live part.-, -uiphur,
ten; charcoal, lifteen the -tilihurjia
L"T
ing reduced almost to a utiniui'ima
it chief Use is to ignite the charge aJhl
hasten its motion. The ingredients
being weighed for a charge of fifty
ound-. are poured into a "chum,"
which is a revolving drum dared hori
zontally, ami having within it ait axis
revolving in a different direction from
the drum, and furnished with eight
rows of projecting arm-. N rapid L
the action of this machine tliat three
minuter is -.uflicient to mix the mgre
lifiits. It is then called the -green
harge," and is ready for the incorpo
rating mill-, where the object is to
make the mixture so intimate thax 1
new substance i- created, uauielv, gun
powder The incorporating house of W.dtham
have thirty-two .sejtarate milN K.u h
mill cini-t- of a pair of runners
coupled together by a -trying axle
Thi- axle rest.s in the -ocket of an up
right -haft, which, pa ing down
1 through the mill-bed. i- coiiiiei ted lv
bevel wheel- with a revolving honon
.il -haft driven by -team or water
1 jiower. The runner-are ot Drb-hire
liine-tou and iron, and weigh from
three and one-h ilf to four ton-. The
. .-i.e of thi iron oin- i- from three and
a half to seven feet in diameter 'I Fie
'mill-bed a circular vat with flat bot
tom and -loping .-ide- i- of -ton or
j metal, 'hi thi- bed hft pound- of the
green charge i- -pread ami moi-ti m d
1 vith water, ami the null is .-et" going
Common powder is left under the mid
three hours, rifle powder live hour-.
1 On leaving the mill the gunpowder
i 1- in the form of a -oft cake wHrh
ea-ilv break
up
into du-t. Thi- i-1
pre.-.scd in layers betwotin date- of
eojfr fr guniiietnl to iiurta- it-
har.liit-s.nr den-itv. and thett made in-1
to the tiuired form by machinery
.1 h t i;m f ' m ' rrfJ Hit ' int.
TRADE REPORTS.
iitpii i)ri-.oi.ii. iinier who t .t-i
A 111
.......,.,..., ..n..p.
cene- l)rv-!ronils -tore vitier thev
. are ottering ten rd- -uindard jr.u--
for twent-flve cent-.
Kir-t lady Let me -ee sonii of that
calico you adverti-e twenty anl- Utc
( twenty-th?. eVtits. "---.
'"CietU -We haven't an.r twentv vard-
for tweiiu-tive cent-.
Kir-t ladv What ilis you advertise
it for then?
Clerk I gue-s you are mi-takriu
Fir-t lady -No. I ain't: it'- that way
in my paper.
Clerk. H to is .n ten y.irdN for
twenty-fr.e cent-.
Kir.-l laily -Ta.it.. toa high; if can't
get it twenty yards for twyruy-tive
cents, a- it Is ai!vrti-.ed. I don.: want
it-
Exit fir.-t ladv grumbling.1
Second lady
Ij-t me ,-ee -cav iiri.
gi !.-.
" Clerk What kind?
leeond ladv l-t me sei 'ott
caH-
coes.
Is -hown calk-o-.
Second lady Are the-e tiw bst yci
have?
Clerk Vc-m. tliev arc scsct"v .-a.ri-
a
j
Jcond lady Will it fata?
Cierk Thi. color- arr all gof2
isi-cond lady Will thi-. piece iso.h'
Cierk No in. it- all & ame brand.
Second lady Here i.a betti-r piece
Clerk It- all the .s:aie giaidi-.
Second lady Thi- jt- the bt: piece. J
the other ha- -tarch ia it.
' Clerk-Let me c-at yoor pattern o-
!...- i , -. .. -. .r
i tau sy-i use ttita pat'.era. w.
Tii 1 t -. . t ftrnntv. ftfA -
it's not as good quality & that other
piece.
Clerk -I aurc you. raa'am, it came
fromihe tni; ca-
Second lady Aro you certain it
won't fade?
Clerk- We guarantee the color fast.
Second lady What doyou -ell it for?
ClerkTeix yards for twenty-five
cent.-.
s
Second laiiv I thoujrht vou alr
ti. it liftcvn yanL- for twenty-live
cents?
Clerk No. ma'am, ton vard- for
fade, (live u a sample.
K.vit .-tfcond lady.
Colored lady fHmme one of your
two-bit dres.
Clerk How would this piece suit
you?
Colored lad That'll faile; gimme
i lh:,t !,icw wilh tho rwI low'r-
at piece with tho red flower.
Clerk cuts oil" piece with red flower
and proceed- to wrap it up.
Colored lath -Don't you throw in
thread and button-.9
Clerk No.
Colored huh' Don't throw in thread
and button.-! The throw in thretd
and buttons next door.
Clerk They make more profit on
their goods than we do.
Colored lady Wh. 1 giv you what
you axed for it?
Clerk This calico costs live and a
half cents ami we -ell it for two and a
h:l,f v,'nt'' !lOW m"lh ln,,U
half cents; how much prolit do we
make?
a
3
'-',"r-'l ---.v- - '" l 'W'-
hut 1 know ou makes a plentv. '
troit Free I'reit.
RUBY MINES.
. . . . .. ,.. ... . . ..
M-mll..
1 .i: ;... ... : i .. i. ... ..
, -jiggio- are Miuaieii at ixvatpen.
. ., ." ,
ab mt .-event v miles to the northeast of
' ., , . . ,
M uidalav. unci cover an area of a hun-
. . ., .... . .
, dr d .-quart miles. I he.-v-tein of niin-
' .
I .r- t I .
rude. Square pit- are dug in the
xro'ind until the gravel bed i- reacltrd
in 'vhich th gems occur and from
v.hi h they an extracted by a rough-and-ready
mode of wahing. Besides
ruhii s the "gravel yields sapphire-.
O.'iei tal topaz.. Oriental emerald, trans
parent cortiniutxn. siiel and zircom.
Tiie rubies are generallv -mall and aro
vet v commonly disfigured by flaws.
Thi gap phi res found are for the most
par 1 irger than the rubies and are
tore perfect. From the only returns
which it has been found possible to
cons lit it appears that the annual value
of th stones of all kinds taken from
those mines is from, about i.'loOO to
t
lo,0 0. Bubies and sapphires also
ccur at the Sagyen Hill- diggings,
sixteen miles from Mandalav, but the
1 aro of an inferior quality. It is quite
poasibl . that the ignorance of miners
Lsfnaihly iccountable for the .-mall re
trans hecurcd from tha mines, and
that, b) the aid of European skill and
machim ry. their 3'ield might In vasth
lticreaseilj but. judging from the actual
oiiditioi c,f the working, their practi-
il ralue fall- verv far short of the e
pe tation rfornied about Lc on the I'aris
Bourse. Ta the estimation of Orientals
tin jade qtiarries in the Mogauug dis
tw I. to th vjiorthwe-t of Bamo. are of
'.rn atrA'V: lui than tlur rubv innics.
1 hough no so productive- as the Kara
k ish juamcs in Turke-tan. the Mo
gauug workings vield emiallv go-hl. if
not ti'ierkinil- of the rainoral. The
appli green specie-, which is eon-idercd
the ino-tiValuable. is met with in con
sider. ! TqU.i!itities ami coiumands a
readv ni:rrkct .it high prices. lxtli in
Cdiin.i and A Burma:. -ItlackwxxC
Mift'i-f.Tt . f
V&."
NOTT WANTED.
"'- l:,i"r".t' -iimru urn '.. m,n
lira ti.X'iina! 111. saI.
i Dr B'i kleja.s-that thi- -torv wa
."m
'
f aa m . i . .
tohi him rMr. 'wiiru litiihl, ol tho.
IJ.i-ton nmersani uuUtltn. in con-'
, wrs'i'; i' 'w.uiif' power oi nn prvps.
he told i -Tory to gr)oI to be kept. A
jiiuiniiroi 3"wuv ago the mantrxact-1
urer- oz
t a . iqatcitr . not wry lar irom
- -
l.osfon. u
!!; to-hold a meeting
to whu h .u
aaa"ra.inrers. niu maim rnhlH-o otiuir rjgc atyi iaT wim iu-
.WtL... I. -li. a .l..t I. II
iactun r- ur.
,'' inoifu, i cHiei'i i
er sO.ue III it tj
m uniercial interest t
-Tile J!u. u -mi
-rry smart reiorti,r
tii -: al thi iSmmt
' . ... . . I
i couhi atout wnat
wn- don r ti'
t at the misting ;
He xt liv w. 'it
sat dowamong'
. Af ti? some f
the fat t ir
cotivi r-ation
;is a liule whi-
ring, an i awwnirman aio: "J!j
ring, a:
. .1 .. I -1 ..,
the gent'em in aaar the door s manu-;
factun r?
I iu. -j2 tTWrGaorter. wjth digr
nil
fh.
roci-dilo-nitinjrI for -J
j -hort tunc. hen -Will
tha- gentle
elialrxnan iail:
rear the ooor
ciag what- he
V
kindh inform thrj
iranufac tun -,"
, T .Lrj-. rtirtar iaM-cr-d. -with
' . I trnm&tl t .t
' even gntuvr m. ' qeum oeior; -i
Jam a mnnufartan r "iCfaihiic opiraon
f Ah.sai4iuii dnafefc "excrete me
1 . "'
vmi xre the enh
m.t mxiifirt.
-. .. . ..-.-
. ....! .. .,
Or.k. far.'
t.
' tf . ('n-z'tw m- i
r-
rvrngmtt
4V
wt: r- wnc-rmd. -ftitl tmnufa- If tor haada aretaar. a few A!a H &
!,-had th- mMV, ti5k.a.lthe ffe..qffUc!f-U iiaci h-rarccn ckwn hard-ini tr,a i
ru-r withdn-w -'iriuo. I aad hand will profcet U-.-vlnikU-.t
port
It L- well Lso-rnf
binl ar
Terr sen-ilh tc ton-
k ok. ad
ire temnrd at JJ "'
rry aTords.
A lal wh '""-"hrd v
c WK,!ink
-iop singing, at 1 "-
voktr. and tbn t.-.
t in alood
a aoirf and
hook i: ia rebuke at t
,-i bird,
tr. -i mkmDl the btnl
mm. aad a
-hort tlai after mod
:.. -
uiMmsi
about the cage-. It ow
td to
the Unl rind wa- -hoc
r it Iii
m a A
doad. Lrakiad words h
-"
ChWP 7Stn&
ail
Hi
HENS FOAERS.
hig
Tka MmI ValvaMo dfefct ar rrU
n-h a
If a farmer keep
tvr !h
ntirrKj of utlr'aaii Kialnwn
labia
with mat and vsz$t wfll d oH :o
rai-e hints thai 1! taW of
large brvrd. The
CO w.
s. 1...
tween the Hrah
trahma. A. Oft hm and
h lUvk. irirv no ob-
ji m .
Ue Pivmouth
W'Uun against any aMther br'l-
lhe light Brahma h-iHtKra mi 'a-
.-jrabi Liionn for nvA ,i,'.rx vear.
" kl V
. rd for general nu n: f it, ari not ur-
If its tle-h i not qu.Je a- -Mtlerjpr de-
Hnott- ax iJwu of - mi k of No t u h ,
fcwl-. it 1- :u lin-t x . n g dl AB' h
uu fowl i ua-d drv. danl wi'-n
plurketl jreitt. ,x hue .varan
Ihe eg;g- cf tht Brahma ar.jtrgoJ'
well formed Tli'eigh thrrtaf
more in tb mark : ' .a 'ikl cg.
they an of much grv ,tfer pHoe. .
their .-rz and v eight indie.ntaj Braa
ma hens of suitable ag. , if tP ha ti
warm quarter?, will Ia duriti.'be cti.
tire winter. The are patient -ifSjT aud
gcnxl mothers. They are not ag jreat
ly addicted to seraudiing and Wakiag
havoc in the garden a lowU o'Jiging
to the -mailer and more act ivemreda.
Being heavy, tliey never att"WM to
make long flight.. They can. iit la
lesired. be kept in an onlmart ftaM
yanl without mukmg anv additiplt to
.... , ,.
me lenee. i orv no mn winter atra
kejit hi partial confinement. T
thrive, gain in weight and
... i...
n...iit
rwiii
....-,
XMII
t 1 .
ii
iiirive, gam in weigni nixi nrK j
when kept in avanl or buiiilpg.
provubsl thev are -upplii-d with MJk -
... . 1 .111 ..
ale food water and materials for tortl-
. , .1 1 11 is
! Ing the .shell- of eggs. A?
If Brahma fowls an not tU- favorR
if bnder, the cau-e mav I- founds
Ilii. eifrii 111 stance t'int thev are tl
, on-..r imirlti.. Breeder., like ...lli
1 - " -i
...rvu.en i.r.fer to r,.is nt..l s.-U ii
' I" " T
thiirg. They can obtain higher pr. w,
for thrtn. a thev are de-ired b nut
"r
teurs. while thev have little t'omiM-tt?.
I" e
tion. I jght Bnihtna fowls are now w.U Ua. t-umin- l lie miming .!..
distnbuti-il throughout tin ciiinlr. 'n& '' l,rtl artivl la thr a-
Birds of pure Mndiisor th iregg- can hlA-uIh- an vrr delu-ivt V t,t. f
cditaine.! at romparativ ly low .ne. .'"" J"'': 1H- " Jtl a.in.
It is to tin advant ige of farmers w t. MitcitY enough ti pp.U tW nmtUtU
have nothing but mottgreU on Uitir' botutni. and f.md th-ra -places
t. oc.taiu a -upplv of thetn Lollt h it m anv form -t jMeiar.aii
Many fanner- think that ih-v can not
afford to keep aniin lis of pure b!io 1
They acknowledge im tr unpen rvalue,
but they have not the m m y to pur
chase them. Very f w f irnn-rs are m
short of mean! that they can not ral-c
monev to pa for a sitting of eggs It
takes several yars to raie a flock of
improved .slwep or a henl of pedigree
cattle. But a flock of fow't- of pure
bl(Hd can I e(-und in one y ar tt the
expen-e of a fanv dollar-. Th" fowl
will be condueivi to pleasure a well a
jiroht. ItwillciMit no more to keep
them than an equal numberof common
fowl, whose tlesh and eggs are greatly
inferior. The farmer in any town who
makes the tirst tart in keeping ui
pcrior fow U ciu generally make money j
in selling bird- or their egg to tho '
neighbor If one farmer make a new !
departure in keeping fowN his neigh.
bor genetvlh Colkiw his example, and
hi' mo-t ra-!s they will piircha-e breed-'
in stex'k from him. Ksrg of light
Brahma hens obtained very eatlv in the
...ft..rin . ill Mnu'iliui ehiet'nils llm! It ill
.... ... f .
",,. . ti
farmer, who have kept Miperior fow..
a few yimr an diti.f.ol will, the
reul t or are willing afterward to m!:
itt.tuiin bnrn-yanl chickens Oiuwj1
Vi'iitw.
THREE NUISANCES.
Uy Uip Crrfit lfiwi-lrwr rri Ilrin.
rtif rhftt Willi l.".
iXII lOH-0KJMpr kllOM mill 1HKI
l I I ... .-.!!. .. t. ...
pertinarit tin-ilavr of onion oiinz
U the utenwl in which ihry were
aokil. oven. aur Ute mot jKrjitit
boiling oil wni H-otinng ouu ijiTr -
-
fore, if vuti liavr a, kettb with a noth
. . r t .
brokoti out. or a -.:! lei wuu uau mt
handle bnikau oil. do not relegate u q
f WM. jrret. on wo.mkim'o. out eij ii"v.
preI for uookixvg onions and ftothmtf
c.j.fj, ;
i - .i
Kiat-irrm- tht how a uipoiiMjn jco.
rnt. niay.wbihsrl a trifle wann hr
lowc wjiciii iit'ju ini; w naiin1! rnvnui
a xm ai warn, havr th- taUow
witied oltwitli an-old cloUt. when thy
WjH bo nnind bngat ami anrKiUi Ai
-. .... . -.
lea.-t thaf ha hHn tny exyrricfic-. and
thev nwted m badlv x annetinr to
ntceitatr taking them Ut th? gnn 1-
tonc to. get thrm Tnootl- ihry r'
.1 .S - - - 1m-j.- ....ml Ultfl
ncpi in, njw.-r-ij. jn.v- w .-. -,.-
be;wax. tttrpnUne, c.ml on. tuu. ii
. nothutc aawwered untj I ck"i to
try tallow.
Cliam dwh-rag am a rcaoKo j-
coac:ng the
roolfeg-bod d
cleaninc the pntry-acil , thy o
. . - . ..i . r- . i.- .
in weunMr a ?...- ibt i . '---
' wAb hat grcaw ha. lvti piH I. Utu
l rsardi jd Wiir rtx U, Qilo hxrhtti
. 'ua:cklv. and pret it ickinin.'
I .!.- 1 -1 . 1 ... .-,-, ,f .11 his 'Vtl
iiir uua. i,i-,'u.-'-
1 n-r.4d.
I jcoarrfl u;
M.
and vw hate faiUifaliy
up 1j grv-' ja ow
a.nraiiK. UTiW t iwhold it ?riAaRg HB
I m -rou tk nft2. it will frfr mar ta ,
........ j ....T
txx rubU-d Ir wUh thvchata A.h-raff. '
C&etrtry GcatifttutH.
V-- ,. ,.l--ol IW. lr-4 tf all
in which to hara aiacJ l! t-&csT.i
.... TW .- tl oa!v MrhU!;
!!. mLiJ-. - fr 'sjnina
J nowHj j,, UnUz f --!
e, Tw? i3g by oC fea.
-.,. -rx. .?... .. t-thia
i --' - -.--- - -
. . w.., ,,.r-.I rf LeU
- 72B -i u. t a- a- a a w - "
J ... ii ,k,- ii-, taia'-. mo-.Wr
t ,. .. .Wwi .r ti wraj-rv-H G
a awj, unvT.Bvvr " " - - -
-'- '-
j faraa'of: cm a fwl farw.A'- 1- Tm
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
. Gypm i lonn a pi.vt4r af
I'aris or a land pl,t,r la
iuir,-
dml pound thr ar fortj jnmmU
f f ulpliurir M-Hl.ihu-.j.r p mn ,(
Iift,, n1 '-r pfl a.r f
rryaSaHIttw fraa 7W.
n. Carlvle at
n! aff jjaa!
t k wktA fira &ms
bifine- t a.K u
at a dUtnmv. Uu
. . t l -r
ly at hand
Tin :nH Himm Ib
agricnUun
fh waa wb HMaaalanf-
Iv what U 4 al 4om it U
.
on. t Jtgo trtMu,
t-xw- .anaai r prntn
I
d
lb" cutliajf should Im i
-d prt. r U a ill r 1
n ,n i e -n"' !
p.Kd u healthy ir1 unl- -.
w ith cnr4KUc m-w ami -
Depend matnh m Ua ar ' r
vwir raaaiiM "PP M. aaaau
do double or triple lut ta , m
upplnnt plant IikmI. buta ha a
ItlelhrtMCal or lhrrnl Mtl.A that
1 nnc oM l'' frtl.iic i'lttia tf
the il. a ver iniprtAl iwaa. -.M 1T
Hie prviblem ( fnrtttir waato ta
tracing the ! wrtngf trfttk
Manure h the fiirnier' nuif. haat.
nnd if mon' o( ihem wuold ati9 iarfr
j hi ipsof it inun png t pnmd aNa
, , , , . . ,
0 t r lands Intad til
tuoir mimr-mt.
, ., . .. .t .
I'ii v Hoiitil iinw irr w--r in Mfnii
. . . .- .
f. . , . w arvr
; .-- - --
Kxj rimrtii male al fh 21-
' i .-'- .B-- .-. --
CCrt till III UHli'n'lH ia w i ii t
v
Itw.en Hsid potaUe taawta tnmt tiw
,m1 ,n" ,"B" V" "" " " '
opid th fact thnt tli lurnir rvrwii
' th! l.ttr as utn u i lfif. m
al J!l1 il ! - - ' "
.1. ... . . i...i.... i.iit-
wr ,""1 l,w"r'" wfc V
font 1
i
1 hi-n appear Ui h tv rat daiit
hi-aiK mii up wim "' "lr m
il ... . ..... .
ir"r ftH't Iht" "''"
-R. .Nittertawait id IV
B'(rmtfcib
4o ha bl ext'-u-tvc e-ri'iM' fm
fVut raiaaig. has no tnMhU lnir
twyhR ravagi of the Inirvr. nttlnwqftt
t'WniHt? ' tibundaiit witk hiaa life
hifctherrth aWout tho tr un inrhwii
hgjkilatpn M t. or llria tliaw tour
thitflSrtirl vhi h l atHHit tk aakMW
orJJrtielA 1 ir ful aiiint.a In
Vojnat hrvvs if in lime jpia-t p
..ji. mln the Rr ftdloMS-U
nnilit(Ptria d with a katfa 'I lf
-- Jfc 1
'" fJlt
r aUH to a tnoavtn .
giKiaruw;
s., 1.
kieivt at aylaM ii tuajr
wv
are pt'Ml t I thiu4iiut w mm
gotn-i4 t" Bjt I on in a day.- t W
iJiui l?S
IE - - i '
f Tt)NC U BAINS.
1 1 ttHprrta) it.u Hlirfitiin.lilr
M)i talt'l-lr I oll.l ril"l..k.
TJm usatffc uf.i! m-.t MnwrtpaJ
m- thMl)i i!m t,riK tnt itraia.
i 'U lavMa st. r i f ..rdjaiary efcbl'
si-.. iM-vJiditii i- .Art Um 4Mrh.
, tli'Mijn VKf it, rtmximgvm
tin n lav Sjr4
thiMHiditira.l
thiMhGfcr. I ! t aji mnnukmifur
r J, ,. , ,,.
J
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-I..,.. lf dBllM 'I
-4 r ttWraltMMa
t dn
th tot s
nr,s w u-i
WA p
, twr"f fit
r mz
r .S3 &
if " m tajDMi a
j and i'-p!a
MrlUg-i' n tila ! f-dl
Mh U )t i"rAi Jb - ha4rl
Vl i- fm ir "''' t thH .Irfrfc
was mtrTtJr ?-M - ' at law
ttme Inu AioS" - t . U. 4
l-h,H tin At tMT' "' ' vap.tt
logr f. th'" JW? mtUltMg r
(l t Hi'
Wft. ,UTV1
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nfll ,, ,.,,1 t
dhair
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w- jIO'M"
9
txr
th- rti
ha i Ttdcticj t
h earth on R
drain. thi kin
rrjrv 'u it i.f,r
A
fV'.f dnm A
fall -ad rarrrit g
IMf-r atnotinU oi
I h ar'n f SV-
5tr Vgrthrr I
zlrm will aatHr? if
fJ UtM ,t
tin: itrh hr-m
mm t.i Uini.
pa will ucct mh
tbf trram id
lri.'- kwl
arth a! grrel th
lrP5 u, r.arUr-
rsjasitjg ttirf4lJ-i t
li a? jafc.
iff 44 r va.J;
ur tdtt a "
log tb:d'Ua. or at
M ap in- jrr
er taorc xt-m m
m UMs,jith.
14 -. biiK!
Iki rth T" rrsvr,
a find Iwjf-n '-.
Irogr i th watsyr
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AotJ ohj,rt'a
lar or w2i p
uSrr It rrWi
VJra- th.
t0a I ar
titar far ml
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