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k WHr lUAiiittuwH t timir.Vry-4nj-
twtiha, w'iuh wa um ettgl.r feather
u UiMtr top kL-. hut th uitg
folks f tin lx- triiw! .Wvvhix.
Paiwg' ibf s-He the, -lung on! Wen
went out fur a .-troll u :i
s" m; n iwmrw wmmi. at-. rmiinr inwfiiwg rr mu it v-,v, Ww -- .; .. .irr.iw,r;nwr ir-.t Br in .v-rCrict at mtii - . ril-nHl-ma r tt- V..
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WT;, . , I umlttv artnxi. or wa- ilre-MiI fur
wiirUi JtiJv, ur xiinc iei'-creiuii
lHHtMMr MXM4. UI1MWI1. UMllVUWl. t ... , ., . " .. i . ..-
iisi.ui lhcv never kioiiiii i iiiiiijzi
(ill le-'ll thrti'
ARr . infectem Mgrr ' x ! OM. tnr ktte.r W u. -e 4i&. ' ' I tTia. Vnc p-wt will I crfiin nirt of tUe fwualrv to a w(j r ma. aW .hfc -I t.
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i. . . l . J . . . i i.i iii- i,h . . -. ... kun t tih!el n- ej. .m r tiki
j ktm. ISKnli tii' il tk rv Ikr nM wNbi -hhjw ami evni , t1 "-a"" ami hie. i.t -reant. IbTe j rK.niN u!niut eniiretv imi . rainfall., , . , nitt. . ." v.
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mpm np. an n ai.i u hi-. ' .J.mtft. av fc jr h4u1 Wv dfetarv - - " anu. wnai i-. xvur. jrinaiur. an.l vwrv aerv of el-ann. a- our . .,
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:.rnaJ
i. .. - - .
i tliat iutbartv nkiriuin r-n!t iiikv Ur U! " of .Inly, rat- m-ent on the viMcef. veri4- -mhu- intln-.
.. ui.l bh KJiifT. l fcearyer ; proti.cJ in L.th ehiMren ami a.htlu ' 'mni.-r. .lame I. , aNinIium.of th: . ,.nce on :h- elimat .' ir KoWrt I'lav-
U1 mUL) -... tu my .lnrtr IJiiv-ra- W Mie u f mil", ra'-en from inir.j- j . ''-Tan f. cat iw-cri'aus .ver Mm- t fa,r L-imlectl ju-tiiicl in ta:in- toar.
Kituk.. Nire rj,L K!iiv i. .ul h
"There.- if .ntvir. lllh-
wa Jim recctstl 'f a N-a4a Wwn.
ami the whole i.lacc turaeU ,mz oc
-Dht
"VMKb h rtu im, fajt bunts nw tmtrt ttwt
litsiLi
Ii u.im liy ho pusavs bf.
Norkv -aiil Ii thort a heap th
nl. an' I.m-1 ht3 ilajcatv ih.ln't Lev
m "lijettiou.
W k.in hev Iier. Nocky-l!oj. .iM
lambo-:ih. pcniJm y: !ij .u:
xiine evenin' an' fetch me in the -kin
of a vvhite !er. killeil by vcr-elf. I'm
trin-. beads 'miIc- ( a jinm fur a white deer .-kin.
b Mie u 1 mil raen from inir.j- , " "- ' cai 10-crcaii: .ver .-im- t ja,r L, nulectt ju-tiiicd in -ta:m- thar. j ; .. .... . .-. t , .
r!y f.M .-.tttle. HHtre hae rw-cm ! ia -itf th- warning f hi , alter eam:niu- :hc -ubject in" all i ! h,m tlclt:in- '.,. S P
been a number of mv -tenon.-. ;..i-.ii- iricmN he kej.t up thN pr.ic:iee ne-.iny a-ject-. he i .-aii-lb-d that the -tvt -w'I:iPJ "3" -v Iu --..
m-' ca-e. that alter "a reat deal of ! tbr.-e neek-. ami th.-n one day he fell difference in point of t'ertilitv between' :u U3-v " max,? trnir m,!
random -peculation have finally be.-u
traced to d:-cat! mi!k. In -it .
iioncviT. of the-... warning-, the -ui-ji-ct
Jia- not et received the -unitary
tittentiou to which it i- entitle.). lar
:ic!iiarlr i- the danirer of ..-h eon-
weurm Uu.irjuoc.-nt an h.iir; an "The Khij; grinned a k no win' r:n: lamination re:it in
. tur tli- toller-, they had -tr:pc o i the niophet miled a wicked -mi!.
9w a luou.-t Htat UjrMtts aiul h l.raiH on
while eha:n; a -trc-t car. abrailin";
the -kin tui both hi- -bin- and rtmiiii
a -Iiv.-r int t!ie ball of hi- thumb -. far
that it made hi- teeth ache when hi
pulled it out. When he went home
that eveurnj; he learned that hi- el-le-t
the n.:i hborhoo-i ' ""." ot" oni hs i- very proud, hail
of larije citie. where the abenee ot
J--J----- - -- - -.'a - v 1 tkil -, alt ' TI 11
I red an yalJor paint all over their j Xocky-llop turned from the color of a ; rhol.--oiuc pa.-tnr.ire i- a teu:ptatioii
face.-, an' cajrlc feather- enoui;h on copper cent to the color of a tin coffef t, the le -crunniou- to .-ubititut- :.'.!
tire;
Willi a liut.-l lir-atli uml nr-uiJrttm MMri- I
Her (HVur "m-ti uiffbf to tlje liost sh.) I tlleir llead to till a lied tick. N ye,
"'o-- , the wardrobe o omu o' them -tuck
LIU-atueHut ner taeart-!iko a knell -t , .. u , , ,f ,
lit-r iK'ur. j , '
I thout it had two pair mou'aiu- an'
Tcun. luunv Iitive town, o'er (kimus un- . . . . .. , . . , ,
, . ' a otuirt o bead- m it, ami I ve heenl
TU" nmiuiuk' lie ever iy uiiMiibe that th t th" was -oniu o' t.ie voting bucks
lav: I th't couldn't think o' tires sin on
' Latur j lie" i nu eel, once irore tlier inct. i .,, ... .. .... v. .. . .... ... .
,.,,, .... i "' it a wu'X paint an two cables a
Their lKk are yruyttieirlork-ure kta ' .
j month. l'roud an stravajrant jieo-
A .nmjr ...u-nvu ... u u. ( ,( w.r p . . jJa whar
Ji-ur,
Youth lian ever.
eliarm."
So hi- tell- htr at last, for tin1
IIH-I.
And h:s heart i- culm tils heart is calm
he tnue-. "fr aye a
teaicst is
JtilJen ro-vj-, a- rich a the oriole'- winx.
That day on my heart is eiijjraveii," cries
-he:
"Uut.Iie note iiioii- the ro-eti, su carefully
IikI.
, Was uo'er seen ly me no'cr bson by me."
Then she lift- with care, lroiu a "ci-ket
rate,"
, pie, war they. I cle.
the' now s mny? (Io at the wind
that rips and roars, an' inquire of the
hills an' rocks th't frown; an towers.
CIo ast 'em. and if they tell ye. come
let me. know, an' I'll bu ohlcegctl to
yc. I will. bo-h!
' Winky-ha - jibby - uslantbo - Rash
were the name of the chief of this
banj;-up people. That mean- in Kn-;li-h.
Skeert- at -notliin' - le-n - a-
inwauip -iuii-o -painter-. ins wne
oit suiiiie.1 iy Miiile-. ft l.edcel hy called him .Slambo lur .-hort, and we'll
U!'.irN . ... t,:lJI " tbat z we tierceed with the
Jin: yt-IIoiv n-e-, t -II treaiireJ liv love. '. .....
Thro thine eary jear. thro t5iie hi-tory. He had a darter. 1 Sped
we.try eur-. , th't llipv - rap - Ketinko were the
Filken cord t.r the sky's li-htcst lilue-he Joolie.-t piece o copper-coloretl cali-
miiies. j kor-th't ever chawed ven'.en. Though
Llkcor."CXn'" ,!:L"CMrU' "' ,h" cl,lM,'r " .-he were the d.ut -r of a Kinir. -he
lteMsthc tlauity. ir.ant'iihir. b;ve -t-cented j "' :l11 li hou.-e-'.vurk o the fatn'ly.
note. an' that's w'y the' called her i'ippy-
XeverJouiidl.el.ue-never found l.etoie rap-Ketinko. which mean- in our !an
Ah: there"- mail v a reel: on time's roiish i iruaire. E.-USefui-in-the-fam'lv-ez-a-
tinc-tooth-eoiiib. The Kinj had a
prophet, ile.-ides projihetin he were
That the woild know not shall never
know.
And there" f many a heart guards its faded the tam'ly doctor, ami us -ty aUo do a
few -lick trick.- with card-, an juirle
pennies an' -hillin" pieces up his sleeve
ro-e
Of the loos aso of the Somr ao.
. Iltxi'srr Uiunerg'cy.
THE OLlJ'sETTLEIL
rtle Polog's Great Indiscretioa
with An Umbrella.
"Jecwhiz., Pelcfr!" exclaimed the
ii.i ..ttl..r in evident alarm. "Don t
e never do thai! W'y, sonny, that's
he iiux" thinjj to bein' cz onlncky e.
Lillin' a white doer! Put it down, ye
ouii"- varmint! That "boy'll be the
. .... ..... .
eath o me, yit! lie will, u jro-iu
The Old Settler had entered tlic
itchen and found little Peleg. his live-
ten-jarold -grandson, paradinj;
around the room with the ancient
family umbrella raised over hi head.
Pele"- took it down and closed it.
"Ye mustn't never h'ist an uuiuerel
over ye Av'en yer in the house, ye poky
..i.r" en.ii Pele.r's grandfather, stcrn-
lv. "It's the wust kind o' luck. I
know'd a boy, wnnst, e.riz an umberel
in the house, an' two days artervv'ds
he was took with hookin' couch, an the
hookiit' cou:h run inter the iueali:s.
list a week from the day he it, the
5ctc1 he were deader n a iro.i-uu
..... ,.)-.i. t Ynv trlve me such a
ii.iit. i...... - r.-
ihockth'tV hain't got tlic strength to
"it over to the grocery arter the live
cent paper o' smokin' t'backer I were
goin artcr, an' I'll be obleegod to at
you to run an' get it fur me. Co git
iue the t'backer. Pcleg, and I'll tellye
iin Iniiii storv. That's a good bov."
"Will vou tell me the story iir.t,
crandpop?"
"Percrastvnation. Pcleg. ain't jit
th- thitg to humor a bov o' vour .-ize
in." said the Old Settler, soleinuly-
cause ye shouldn't never lint off till
arter while any thing ye kin do ez
.-lick ez a greaser to wuu.sL Put bein'
cz I've ot a 'jpe full or so left Tie
humor ve ji-t this wi:n-t. but I don't
- ..... 1 . c
t ye to take it c. a percceuc.nu .
11 cross yer breast th't ye wun t
iff with Pill Simmons ez soon ez I
v.. tlii- t.irv- le.-iviir ver ooor ol
n'pop to totter over to the. grocery
er the t'backer hi-self. an' mebbe
h on a rippin an tearm r.issu wun
for the big chief's aniu.-ement. He
were uglier th'n the front eend f a
rhinoeerho-.s. They called him Waw-waw-sloggy-swatnpuni,
or Skeer-the-inan-iu-the-moon-to-death
- with -,"":,
were Muck on him. The lcadin young
youtn
bunk o' the tribe were a risin
by the name o Xi-hy-pishy-wahnocky-tloo.
The gang he traveled with
cal'led him Noi-ky-llop. but in Engli-h
his name 'd be Chaw- thc-head-off'n-a-
mad-rattle.-nake-an-call-it-iun.
If ve were a leetle older, sonny, th
--.---- . ,.,, .. .
wouldn't be no necj o uiv mini -1 artr
put.
Thu. a big bluff in tin-, -ome-whar,"
thort he. 'but I'll do any thing
to get Itipp-rap."
" "I'm yer huckleberry,' .-aid he to
the King, 'nut th' hain't no amuni
tion "round the.-e woods cz'll knock a
white deer over.
''I'd like to bet ye my scalp agir
your'n th't th' i-,' said the wicked
prophet.
" Perjuce it, then, said Nocky-llop.
drawin' his-elf up a foot higher, 'an'
I'll lay the white deer-skin down here
afore 1 pick my teeth artcr supper to-
ni::ht.'
"Tiie prophet draw'd an arrcr out'n
his sleeve, lt had a silver head.
" Thar's an arrer," said he, ezll
It ii tl the heart o any white deer an"
lay him low.1
"Th" wan't no more said. Nocky
took the arrer an' dug out fur a big
pond th't laid off in the mountains. He
jumped in his canoe and paddled over
to whar he know'd a white deer gin
er'ly vailed in t'ord.- night to eat an"
drink. Artcr ho had gone the wicket
prophet said to the King:
' Slanibo,' said h-. 'come 'long o'
me. I know whar the young var
mint is g.in. We'Ii hide, an' wen he
-hoots the white tleer, we'll inj'y the
wagon load o" inis'ry that'll tumble
arter him.'
"So Slanibo an' the prophet sneaked
over an' laid low "long the pond.
Nocky drifted about in his canoe, an'
by an by a big white deer skipped
out'n the wood- and wailed int -r the
I"'".'.!-, .i8ir"at: ilte'WrJii.s. bnw.. .:;:.
arrcrllv. The tleer gave a yell that
filled the woods, an tumoleu oer
dead.
"Then Xocky-llop found th't he
couldn't move a muscle. He sat thar
in the canoe like a stone monument
till he went crazy cz a loon, an' then
he died. The people missed the King,
an the prophet, an' Nocky-llop, an
.r two or
days went out to
th't Nocky-llop were dead an gone on j
Saiebe-gMdh's chitrisiiu" darter, l'ippv-rap-Ketlnko
He loved her wuss'n a
bar loves honev. an' she swojiped her
love for hin, even ilicker. The noble
ol' King didn't hev no fdee that sech
were the ca.-e till his prophet came to
him one day an' tol' him that Xoeky
llon an' the King's darter were spoonin'
like two turkle doves ev'ry night over
the back garden gate. Jeewhizz. Pcleg!
how mad ol' Sambj-gash did git! He
hopped an he swore, an' he said that
he'l slice the lmpyticnt young iiijui "'
bait for eels.
'Holy smoke!" he hollered. 'That
epstart of a Chaw-the-head-off'n-n-rat-tlesiiake.
havin the cheek to shine up
to the high-born Useful-ez-a-lino-tooth-comb!
W'y dum his pict-r.-! I'll go
an" drop him out'n a nine-story winder,
jist for luck!'
-Now. Nockv-llop were ez poplar
cz peanuts with the noble tribe, an" the
sly ol' prophet. Waw-waw-.-loggy-swampum,
know'd that if the King
should do any thing so rash ez to drop
the young buck out'n setch a high win
dcr.'th' chances war th't the people 'd
git their dander up an' jist fix both the
King an hi prophet so th't nuttier one
on em "d ever hev any plae- fur dan
der a "-in. So the prophet says to the
King:
" -Hoi' on. Slanibo.' he savs; 'don t
go off half-cocked. Thuz more way
th'n one out'n the woods.' he says. h"
one is a cow-path; I've got a scheme,
an if you'll only --tick to me.' he says,
we'll" get rid o' Mr. N'oeky-llop so
.... . . -..... .1
ill. inoyioiiim .wm-hwi
oV deader'n a .-alt maekeral.
grade- of organic refu-e, the ino-L of
whieit should properly b; consigned to
the garoago crematory, lit addition
to this danger, however, it is discov
ered that even in the prc.-eiicc-of abun
dant and suit .hle food cattle arc
not discriminating in their .-election,
but exhibit frcijuently the mo-t
depraved tastes. In the neighborhood
of large di-tillerie-. it has been ob
served that the cattle become utterly
demoralized by fea-ting on the refu-e
from the stills. In time they come to
have the dull, stupid appearance char
acteristic to an opium cater. It h
hardly possible that the milk produced
by animal- permitted to feed on such
abominable .-tuff can be cither whole
some or agreeable.
In other place- the e:is- i even
wor-, for the cattle hae been ob
served to feed with evident relish upon
unadulterated animal excreta and
other highly pernicious food. Aside
from the disge-t which the pr.ictii-e ex
cites, it is a source of actual and grave
danger. When it is remembered that-
the fatal plague at Ph mouth. Pa
uirectiv iraeeaoic to tn- can-i.s ts
j been licked in a fair light by a boy not
half his .-ie.
Abraham E'.dridge, ofSalem. ate ice
cream with hi oung friends everv
summer for three years. Alter eating
it about two months he noticed that his
boots began to run over at the heel.
His aged pa-tor besought him to aban
don the pernicious habit, and hi-sweetheart,
with t-ars and prayers, adtled
her entreaties to the minister's. In the
forlorn hope of reforming him the fool
ish young girl married him. The next
Sunday after their wedding they were
out driving, when a runaway horx,
driven by the pastor, dashed into them
and knocked thirty-seven dollars out
of Eldridge'.s buggy and lamed his
horse, the minister s turnout escaping
without a scratch. Still he neglected
the warning, and in six weeks -onie-body
poisoned his dog. KSdridge is
now the father of twins, both of whom,
or which, inherit, or probably will in
herit, their father".- vice.
Cecelia Tha.xtcr, a young girl of very
prepos-essing and uer-onal appear
ance and engaging manners.while em
ployed in the family of .Judge Ezra
a a. C
llaiikiu.-on. of this city, as gov-rncss,
i. .. -:i. ;.. i ).iiii,in.i..ir..ni i. ..i.:
it. 1 J J-.... li.. n. kJ ll.l. ...1.-V ..... i ii.i.,t.
ps. , in a snort, nine ii grew upon net" ami
wiche- i- tt put a shec .; ra-tWrrv uii.
between a prv-trate log and a jir ul
gotnl way. howccr. Awn rr.V Jn;
Algeria and Tuns-, which have much
the same climate ami po-. an al
niot id-ntieal geological -tmcture. is
owiug to the utter destruction of the
fore-t- in the latter country. During
the period of the Koman occupation j "That- the .-nuliest h.r-e I .,,.
Tunis mti-t have containcU little short jv." said a countryman .m vi-wmg a
of -U(KX.oi of people. Now. even ? Shetland pony. "Ind.vle. n..w." n-
ll'ZU
poal of the excreta of a single typhoid . '"'S111 to interferu with her duties in
fever patient, it can readily be seen ' tho lioo!-room One day. while seat-
1
that milk may become in this manner
a vehicle for the distribution of the.
most malignant disease germs.
So large are the possibilities for evil
which may result from the use of milk
taken from animals improperly fed.
either through design or carelessness, i
im at me sewing-machine, she ran a
needle clear through her thumb, and
for several days thereafter whenever
she ate ice-cream .-he felt a -harp pain
in her thumb. She disregarded the
warning, however, and last week
she was carried away. The
that it is not too much to a-k that all ! man who carriL'il her away
under the fostering iuiluciiccs of a bet
ter government than it ever enjoved
since the conquerors of the world dis
appeared, the most favorable estimate
do not venture on placing the popula
tion at more than l.."iUiHJU. Day after
day the traveler rides over arid tree
less plains intersected by water
courses, in which no water flows,
and covered with sand and stones in
capable of supporting vegetable life.
Yet at one time these regions at pres
ent so barren were wealthy with crops
In places where not a tree is now visi
ble, the ruins of Uoman oil mills are
frequently met with. Put in thus-days
the country was clothed with luxuriant
forests. Indeed, if we are to believe
Ibn Khaldoun. there was a time, before
EI-Kahina began his marches when all
the vast region between Tripoli and
Tangier hail the appearance of an im
mense thicket, under the shade of
which arose a multitude of villages, the
one touching the other. No sign of
the.-e hives of thriving farmers is now
visible. Th early Arab conquerors
had at least this excuse for their de
structive handiwork, that it was nec-s-sitated
by the demands of selfprotce
tion. No such apology avails the de
scendants of these tribesmen, who never
hesitate to set lire to a lield to improve
the pasturage, reckless how far the
llames may extend, or to hew down a
tree without dreaming of planting an
other or of protecting from their Hocks
and herds those which spring up spon
taneously. In Prucc's day, one hun
dred and twenty years ago, frequent
allusion is made to forests thn.iv'"
public dairy farm- should be plac. d ,:llt,l ,ier '"eu he earned her :s Jar fhiTii not a single tree, tor instance.
-- - V"TT : ', :ndVloriar;;:':nd can "take her" s'oppcr liruce mentions that Sbeitla Is shaded all
whose milk is offered for sale should ...lk ch.lin lightning out of the over by a wood of hrs. from which the
be regularly ii'.speclcd by olheiaN ap- j " - childre:i "that u-cd to bully inhabitants mad,: pitch, and at a later
pointed for the xmrposc-Snenhjia 1 15f. ()Ut of Jld O01.J,0VcniL,t,. (p. date-little more than a century ago
Aincrirun. g Vml sJU (loos it ,,.0 Desfontaines. the French botanist, tells
.Mr-.TTlORJc. Y single teaioonfil of ice-cream much the same tale Nowadays not a
i vi li - ----- j--, - m l :, - i.a .-..mi in rnu
lit aaV
I- -- l.,- if II immLii vnr !i:ui
. a .,.. - . .. .: 4IUICK ;iu l-um hi - .-
i.hmvii i ii in in ixn v mii 1711 tr z i
I t I i 3"
the st;rv in advance.
Little Pelttg crossed his breast three
times, ami sVid that, honestly and
truely. hc'il go after his grandpops to
hacco. So the old settler shoved his
spectacles up on his forehead and be
gan his story.
Ynv often heerd me speak o" White
J)eer pond. Pcleg. an' o the many an'
many a sloshin' ol' buck I've pat a
iuicteuss on around an' about it Willi.
J in gointer to tell yc how that pond
got its name, being "minded cf the cir
cumstance by yer onfort'nit raisin' o'
that umbcre! in the house, w'ich I tol'
ve were nigh outer ez onlncky czkillin'
i white deer. I hope nothin'll come
on it. but I'm tortnr'd with permon
it"ry symptoms th't sumpin'll happen.
'"Longer ago th'n 1 kin recomtsm
her. 'long ezmy mem'rj-is. Pike County
-were settled by Injins. They enj'ved
tlieirselfs bv biintui an ll-shlll an
lightin. an
.mi.
An' better'n that.' he says, 'the
people' 11 say that it sarved him right.
I've "ot mv linger shoved way under
his gills, jer Majesty,' he says, -an"
don't you furget it.'
"The prophet was a bad man, Pcleg.
an he were ez jealous o' Nocky-llop ez
the King were, an' he had a grudge
agin the King. too. fur the prophet had
mentioned it wnnst to Slambo-gash th't
it would suit him to death to marry the
charmin' llippy-rap-Ketinko, an' the
Kin,r had sot down on him like a
thousan' o' brick on a rotteu punkin.
Ah. Pcleg," said the Old Settler, "the
wicked often nourishes like a green bay
boss, an the righteous hain't got no
more show th'n a jug o' rum at a barn
raisin'.
' I'm "ettin' a leetle ahead o' my J
story. Pcleg, so I'll put right in here
wVit. 1 mowt ha tol' ve afore. The In-
iius know'd th't all white tleer was
. !.' t-!ll ., M-.Mllll In. Ill-
indulged a leetle in'ag- sacreu, au . . w - -;- -- ---
o i r ..11 1. :.,.!. ? fntclnrfini nil Tlli
-.... If1-.! i-oif Willi' l U"K Till I tn --
1-I-V,itlia iiuiuiie, ,. -.- --
l-
raiin" of a itillc o corn, an a coiisid -able
o" hair. The crop o' hair they riz
vras bigger arter the white folks 'gun
'j chop an' pry out clearin's around
an the country lhn it were afore. Up
sirouud this pond I'm telliu' ye 'bout
lit' was a p'tie'larly noble tribe of In
jins residin'. 1 s"pose their pedigree
run clean back inter Noah's ark, irom
.all 'counts. They was way up above
all t'other tribes, an' was ruther p'tic'
larwho they 'sociatcd with. None o'
killer. Put then, tort nitty, wnite ueer
had a charmed life, an' if any one had
took it inter his head to knock one over
he mowt jest cz well hev plugged away
inter the side of a bam ez inter the
deer, fur no common bullets hedn't no
'feet on 'em. More'n that, white deer
wa'n't ez plenty cz chipmunks, an
twa'n't more'n wnnst in a coon's age
th't any Iujin hunker run agin one.
Wull, w'at d'ye think the wicked
prophet's scheme were? Jfothin', ouly
look for 'en.
in his cano
Then they 'skivered the dead white
deer. That'sp'.ained the fate o' Nocky.
Lo ikin' a leetle furder in the woods
thev found the King, dead, with a hole
in his he.irt. Itight ahind him laid the
wicked prophet, an' in his heart was
the arrer with the silver head, stickin'
straight in the a'.r. Nocky had shot
the arrer clean through tin; deer. The
King an the prophet war right in
r.ui"e, an' the arrer slid through Slani
bo. an' lodged hi the prophet s black
heart. W'cu Kippy-rap-Ketinko heerd
o' the fate o' her lover she throw' tl her
self in the lake. They got her out.
rolled her on burls, an' tried ev'ry
which way to fetch her to. but tw'an't
no kind o use. The jig were up. In
less'n a year th' wa'n't enough scalps
left in that noble tribe to pay even a
squaw fur the trouble o' goin' an' t ak
in' 'em. That pond has been called
the White Deer pond ever since. I cleg,
an' 1 hope ez ye run over to
the. grocery arter my terbaeker
th't yc'il " be able to pick a
moral out'n the story 1 ben a tellin'ye.
Tc41 the storekeeper th't I'll drop in ez
I go by an' hand him the live cents fur
tin; t'backer. sonny, an' lemnie see if
ve kin git it ez quick ez I usety git
t'baekerfur my dear ol' gran' pop
w'en I war a loy."
Pcleg ran lo the grocery. He was
goon back, and the Old Settler smiled,
approvingly.
-Grandpop." said Peleg, "did you
always get the tobacco for your grand
pop when vou went after it?"
"Alluz. sonny,' said the Old Settler.
"Did the storekeeper know your
grandpop?" asked little Peleg.
"Ez well ez you know whar yer
gnm'inaminy keeps her ginger snaps.
Peleg." said the Old. Settler, with a
good-natured wink.
"That's kind o' funny," said Peleg,
musingly. "When I told the store
keeper to give me a five-cent paper of
tobacco for my grandpop. and that
you'd drop in and hand him the. money
when you were going by. he said:
That'll be all right, sonny, if I didn't
know your grandpop; but I know him.
Then he kind o' laughed, anil I didn't
get the tobacco, grandpop."
"Thar ye be already, yc ongratefnl
cub!" -houted the Old Settler, bring
ing his cane down on the kitchen lloor.
"Ye "-o an' raise an umberel in the
o ...
house, an I feel it in my Dones at
wnnst that stimpin onlucky's bound to
happen, but if I'd a thunk th't the fust
thin"- to happen were no t'backer for
me Pd a "
But Peleg had caught sight of Bill
Simmons on his way to go in swim
ming, and was half way across the lot
to join him before the Old Settler could
finish what he had it in his mind to
sav. As Peleg disappeared down the
road the Old Settler said, fiercely:
"If that boy stays here much longer
M'riar an' mo'll hev words. We will,
b'gosh!" iU Molt, in N. Y. Sun.
The OMtstt I'rujty-nuilt IN-ov.t-1 I'ji to
the rr.-j.ent Time.
The "funeral tent of an Egyptian
Queen" formed part of the sepulchral
trappings discovered in 1S8'2 in the
royal tombs at Dier-a'.-Bahari. noariim
ancient Thebes. The lady whose
remains it had covered was a contem
porary of the Queen of Slioba. Her
erandfather may have bowed liefor-!
r
turn i wn:
igtV k
rri'.iiJs ol
e-cream.
f strychnine, mixed
full of ice-cream, will
is nieasurui
Fifteen-
with a freeze;
kill as many people as a young man
can stand treat for.
A dog. shut up in an air tight iron
. . . .. ; 1 1 ...! ........ nn l,
the charms of Helen when Ue guest ot or, ior six -... u .. i
in"' but I'v-creaui. win n-e.
A vMiiti"- man named W. S.
Thoru-
Polydanina, "wife of Thou." Her.-on-;...l.v.r
Sl.w:lk. lir.st Kin"- of till! Pu-
hastite dvnastv, captured Jerusalem ! ton pre.-ui..tuously declared that he
shortly after the death of Solomon, j could live upon ice-cream. He ate lif
Queeii I-i-em-Kheb. however, did not I t.-cn cents worth, and defiantly ord-red
live so long. She die-i young, am! Her
obsequies must have been celebrated
within a few years of U)3 P. C The
date of the "t-nt" is thus perfectly
well ascertained. It is the earliest ex
ample extant of "opus cousutum." or
patch-work. Constructed of inmimer
nhln fragment- of gazelle hide, finely
".telie.1 together, its surface even now uVit in iirwk'.yn KagU
'""" r i
retains the glo-s of a kid glove, ami
displays in marvelous freshius-. con
sidering th- antiquity of their applica
tion, the four colors red or bright
pink, yellow (two shade.-), blui-h
green and pale blue employed to
produce a slrikln. if som-what
gaudv. decorative effect; an effect, to
our ideas, str.ing.-ly incongruous with
its somber destination. The shape.
size and design of this ample expanse
of variegated leather (two hun
dred and one. squari feet in area)
correspond unmistakably to its pur-po-e
as a canopy for the royal
coffin. A central panel nine feet by
six. was adorned over one-half of its
surface with pink and yellow ro-ette-on
a blue ground; over the other, with
liv rtvin" vu.tures. emblematic of sii-
..... - .
.i...., I ..,,.. tiietonn-ue ofaraUie- tree or a uusn is to ..
w'"l'l' "1 - . .. .,..,.. .... ,,.. ...... ,.-.,irn n"..
like will kill the man that orops it wnoie piiim u ....-- -.--
just as quick as the rattlesnake can get The inhabitants nave u,:.Ppi:.m: . -
a eru:k at him. which will be while he completely as the trees, and the trav-
oler may sloep in peace anion-; .....
ntins without any dread of the Oulaii
Amron. who twice attemptetl to sur
prise Bruce's cunp at night, or of the
lions, that "greatly incommoded him,"
and "who came to the door of the tent,
and afterward fell upon the neighbor-
in"' dowar." Lands which were at
one time the granary of Pome have
thus been convert d into deserts, which
in an unfavorable season can not sup
port the sparse population that now in
habits them. Yet the soil is still there,
wanting to be stirred into life. All that
it needs is water, and water can ouly
come from rain, in some form or other.
Nearly every conn try off which the
timber has been cut without discretion
is feeling in a greater or less degree
the same inconvenience. Even the
United States is taking warning in
time, and by paying more attention to
arboriculture is endeavoring, not only
another dish, while waiting lor it,
he. heard a nois- out in the .street, and
"o'tng out to see. what caus-d it. a
steamer, on its way to a lire, knocked
him down and ran over him. An ambu
lance was summoned, and while wait
ing to be convey.-d to the hospital, the
wretched vouth died of old age Uur
should he
nerform according to
TDAIN THF filRLS.
I to renlant the regions which have been
A Bit or soiwihie A.iv-.- on a Very imp.ir. j tiallv "cleared1 for the saw mills.
When a girl is ten years old. she but by passing 'strict laws regarding
rr.vcu household duties to the causes w men icuiu ." -
Iut m. and lorest urea 01 iac wi w i"'---" ""
. t.-if nirniOwill nv.
tr.-ii"th. tor whi.-h a sum ot money , nmo - .---
. P "' ...,., ,... m.. ci... ui centlv in Algeria. :us well as in many
..W1M II III' lllll.l HI .1. UIVI.. .!.. a.v. . . w
'" "' I
a little pocket money, an
.. . T .. 1... .. iiwi.1nt t.. I..r I
can so well tie gnco w mii..--. -
ed"e how tospentl it judiciously, which I ta7Utara.
d the knowl-! parts of Western America. London
icioiisiy. which j
mother to her j
i'.r.lc girl. Slu should be required to J
furnisTi a part of her war-.lrob.; with
MISSING A CHANCE.
this money. For instance, if sh gets j
ton cents a week, .-he should purchase
all her stockings, or all her gmves. as
the mother may decide: and doing this
.....1..- ti... mother's supervision, she
....ItUl - ..-.-. - ,
pernal protection, sep.-nted by bMids
of hieroglyphics, setting forth the
earthiy dignitbs and imu:ort:d hopes
.,f tl..! .lliwtrious denart-d. l'our at
tached 'hip
checkered pink :-nd
im! economy
Of course the mother will see to it
that the sum is sufficient to do this,
and yet leave a triile for the child to
spend just as she pleases. This will
"Teen, completed th jvering of the ! supply a healthy stimulus; it will give
ninnn'-iri- shrine. The borders di- MJl-a proper ambition and pride in her
An Incident Which Prove Tht Women
I H Xo UuslnrtM Abut Thrnt.
-John." said the wife of a Dakota
settler when he came home from a trip
to town, "old Bill is dead at last."
"Wdl. that's irood I 'lowed when I
I- o
1 LT a. : !.... no-ank til JiMlMf
- ' "-i-r' vzk r;
I'd have to shoot him. It don't pay to
keep a boss when it gets as old and
feeble a sho was. He 'peared extra weak
this morain,'."
Oh, he didn't die that wav some
play, among other emblems, gazelles
kneeling in adoration on either side of
a sacred tree or shrub. The device
(with unessential modifications) was
prehistorieally diffused in the East, and
is thought to have been connected with
the old Aryan honia worship. Edin
burgh llhciew.
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One of the prettiest sights imagina
ble is to be enjoyed in driving from
Sacramento to Walnut Grove, upon
the river. The road for miles is on top
of the levee, broad and smooth. On
vour right is the Sacramento, on your
left one continuous orchard for a dis
tance of over twanty-tivc miles. Tha
trees are all in full bloom.delighting the
eye with their beauty and the sense of
saiel.' with their fragrance. The cher
ry orchards, at a distano?. with their
. . . . ...Li. : 1
pure white blossoms, resenime an -; ;t.iri,.m in the White mountains
. 1. wCI t.w.. .....I lital'A I
mense snowoaiiK, uu m.c ium ,..
a field of pink, where the peach or
chards intervene.
labor, and the ability to use money
paoperly. As she grows older these
household duties should increase, with
a proportionate increase of money paid
for the performance of them. We
know of a lady who divides the wages
of a servant among her three daught
ers. There is a systematic arrangement
of their labor, which is done with a
thoroughness and alacrity rarely found,
either with a hired girl, or a daughter
who feels that she has to do it with
nothing to encourage and stimulate
her in the work. II 'onuni's Journal.
A Poor Sick Woman.
Chicago hunters came along and shot
him bv mistake."
"Shot him, hey! Well, that's blame'
smart! How much did you get for
him?"
"Why. I told 'em it was all right,
that we wanted him to die."
Great thunder, woman, don't you
know nothin"! Why in blazes didn't
you tell 'em he was our family buggy
hoss and worth one hundred and fifty
dollars! Great snakes! it seems as if
women never had no bus'ness 'bout
em anyhow! Yon might just as well
of told 'em that he was a blooded boss
and that yer husband was county sher
iff and got a hundred dollars of good,
honest monev!" -fcW.'-c (Z. T.) BclL
Tm a sick woman, doctor."
"Well, madame.
"But, doctor, I ain't well. I'm sick,
I tell vou."
"I was "-oing to say that I know of a
1 o. l'-..;.. rv.
-o .1 I l..'-v ...
Orthochromatic photography is the
latest dcTelopinent in the photographic
art. lt aims to give black and white
rendering of different colors their true
tone value ChicaQQ Times .
" Just a Trifle Sensitive.
AjryDo you think, my love, your
father will consent to our marriage?
Anelv Of course papa will be very
sorry to lose me. darling.
AljryBut 1 will say to him that in
stead of losing a daughter he will gain
a son.
Angely I wouldu't do that. love, if
Thi enstnms duty on one picture Von really want me. Papa nas tnree
recently brought to New York by Her-1 M,ch sons boar Jing here now, and he's
wanu Schaus was $14480. ' a ! touchy gn that point- Tid-Bit
that wouid suit you.
"Sanitarium be blowcd! There is
nobody but invalids there. How would
Long Branch do?" Texas Sifting.
plied ills Irish companion- "Pv.- ,!
one as small as two of him." .V.
2'eletritm.
Conductor (on night train)
"Those trunks will have to he removed,
to the baggage-car." Lady P:isng"r
"Sir. those are my feet!" Conduct
or "Ah! from Chicago." .v. Lmut
Chronicle.
A Canadian man says that he will
jump with any man in America for the
hundred dtdlars. If he is acquainted
with the Americans who have jumped
into Canada, he ought to know that
they never jump for any siieh paltry
sum as live hundred dollars. ,W
TriUMcript.
"I hope there are no rannib-ils
around her-," said a stupid traveler to
a United States frontier girl, as hc
was mixing a batch of breatl. "Then
are plenty of cm." returned she,
pouring some corn-meal into the pan.
"We most alway.s eat a little Indian
with our bread."
Oftentimes advertiscni-nts are wee
fully lacking in perspicuity. One. in
de-cribing a patent feeding bottle
closes with: "When the baby has done
drinking it must beun-erewed and laid
in a cool place." That is why we -aid
the baby was patented instead of the
koMv.Phil'itlclphitt Cull.
The Killing Passion Strong in
Death. A stranger loitering about a
mill the other day was caught by a belt
and drawn into the machinery, lie
w:i taken out in a dying condition;
but smiled faintly as he remarked to
his rescuers; ! . v.... .. .l..- -.!..-.-
Iowa Man "Talking about dry
weather, why, it's an actual fact that
in Iowa the watermelons haven't a
drop in 'cm have to be soaked before
we can market 'em." Nebraska Man
Shouldn't be surprised. Wish you
could have been with me on a ride I
took during the heated term." "Hot,
eh?'1 "Well. I didn t Icel it so mneii,
but it was such a pretty sight to see
the corn popping in the fields."
Qmahn World.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
-A method of sending a pietun by
telegraph ha. been invented hy a
Scotchman. W. Gemmill, by which a
photograph taken at one end of a wire
is transmitted and reproduced at the
other.
It Is now just about eighty-pi
years since Charles Stewart Paniell's
"reat-grandfather was dismissed from
The Chancellorship of the Irish Ex
chequer for opposing the union with
England.
When Buffalo's streets are well
paved with asphalt the Buffalo Herdic
Company expects to couple several
carriages together and run them on
the smooth surface by electricity or
compressed air. Buffalo Express.
In the Chinese quarter of New
York no charge is made for tea in the
restaurants and in the barber's simp,
the grocery stores, the gambling
houses and the opium dens. -A pot of
tea stands always ready for any who
ehoose to drink. This is in compliance
with a precept laid down by Con
fucius. A'. Y. Sim.
n old Californian inserts a. growl
in the Sacramento iVe iiecause all the
ranches' of San Mateo County have
become "villas." Furthermore, the
plutocracy is becoming entirely too En
glish, you know, and social position L
measured largely by the degree of no
bility with which the imported coach
men, footmen, butlers, etc.- served in
England.
A fast-moving train narrowly es
caped being demolished by a wagon
load of nitro-glycerine one day recent
ly at Olean. N. Y. Upon seeing tho
wagon on the track the engineer in
stantly set the air brake, and, while he
was not able t come to a stop befora
reaching the crossing where the wagon.
was, the decreased speed of tha loco
motive enabled the driver to barely get
off the track.
A singular accident happened to
Mr. Itufiis Stiekney and his wife, of
Somerville. Mass.. as they were riding
a tandem tricycle a few days ago. Tho
lady turned the machine upon a down
grade so suddenly that she up-et it.
She fell beneath it and was very badly
hurt, while her husband was thrown,
upon his head and received such se
vere injuries that he did not long sur
vive them. Boston Journal.
H. G. Hotchkiss. of Lyons, N. Y.,
known as the Peppermint King, says
that seven-eighths of the peppermint
of the world is raised in Wayne County.
The average crop is about one hundred
thousand pounds. The average price
paid for crullc oil is from S3. 75 to $4 a
pound. To give an idea of the money
that is in peppermint. Mr. Hotchkiss
said that a farmer last year brought to
the refinery an ordinary sleigh load.
which, when measured, proved to bo
worth $4,000. Of course, this was ia
the crude oil, which tud farmers I
till themselves.
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