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THI CITY 6f THE DEAD.
they aershar rtt Bar wc J
UtMeRyafthjifeBd.
la the rlly what ibff Mrep awy tli hours
at thM He, vkllf e'er Ihcm ranits
, WtaMrMWfclfcna asBmar ehati-o,
Ab a feoMrX happy wbltrtn(i of flowors.
No, they aetthar ad nor eiifltt,
AM tttwM ilka tha Mitt.
Vor lhatr rtoten li of other Mad tbtn our.
Thar da artther Mftgaor ilfh
la ikaMrth at by and by,
Where lha Mnata kara pmhi growing, cool
at they rest withla Untr bod,
Ltarlag alt UMMr thonau uatald,
Dessntaf atunte batter far thaa sob or son.
No, thay nalthar sih nor lg.
Thoafh the robin be a-wins,
Thoashtha laaraaotauiuna uurvh a million
airoac.
Thara li only rait and prar In tba city of
sunt ate
From tha raitlnm and tba wattinis 'neat lha
aunt
And tba wins of tba swift yrarsi
Dent but Rtntly o'rr the birrs,
MaalaamuiU) to tha stratum, every ono.
There I only pases nml resit
Bat to them It tuwmith bait,
For they lie at ease, nml kno that llfn U ilonn.
RMirJ K. llurlon, In llxlnn 'frnmcrlitl.
MY
MIDNIGHT VISITANT.
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sinTTnexplainod Mystery Marry
log a Ghoot.
I had never boon uiiperslltlnns; T had
always botlovud tlmt tho seemingly
moat supernatural oeouronco could ho
aatlsfnctorily explained by natural
pnonomonu u onououiu oiuy tunica ti
llttlo rational Investigation. Anil yot,
with all my skepticism nml boasted
oorotnon sonso, I was obliged to confess
that thuro uro occasional mysterious
napponings wnien inn Keenest ro-
searchesyof wisdom nud experience
fall to Bxplaln. One midnight I fall
Into a doep study on thin nuhjiiut. Thn
plaoo wu ft cosy room ou tlio lower
floor of a protty country coltugo,
I had purchased tho property tho
ottago and tho Inclosed grounds aur-
roundltig It only a row weeks before
And for inoro than a your previous to
that ovont It had Immsii unoccupied. It
had bolqoged In tho paat to a Mm.
Moray a ' widow, who had resided
thoro with an only child a lovely
daughter. Tho daughter, Ktliot Moray,
had been my nfllancod wife. Hut In
a foolish moment wa had differed
about nome trifle; tho llttlo dlfTorouco
had boon aggravated Into a painful
misunderstanding; Ethol wan too proud
to yield and I waa too stubborn; and
so our engagement wan cnncolod and
we parted In angor und foruveri
il left tho llttlo country village at
once, and atartod for Kuropo. When I
returned from my prolonged tour, I
learnod that Ktliol wan no longer
among tho living. Some month after
my dopnrturo alio and hor mother had
left the village. They had atartod
with a yacht party for some point
down the aouthorn count; thoro had
boon a tempest and a colllalon, and the
yacht had gono down with nil on
board. Only aatnglo Hcaman atunnod
and half drowned hml boon roxcucd
to bring tho atory of the doomed yacht
back to the village. And ho it hap
penod that their old renldonco had
boon Bold, and that I became poMoanor
of tho home whore my lout loved ono
had dwelt from hor childhood, until
the fatal day alio joined the doomed
yacht party. It waa with a mournful
aatlafactlou I Bottled myself In a place
hauntod by ao many bltteraweot mem
ories. "It la aauperb llttlo villa, and would
bo a bargain lit .double the price. Put
some aober old couple In churge of It,
and you will have a capital resort of
your own for your mimmor vncatlonx,
or for any tlmo when you foul like
leaving the elty for a bit of a hunting
or flahlrig or a breath of country air,"
aald the real estate agent from whom
1 had bought It.
I had not yot suoooodod In aeouring
A care-taker for the place, and in the
meantime I had restored the grounds
to ordor and had rofurnudtod the cot
tago. The room I had aolected for my
own wua tho one which had beeu
Ethel's parlor. I had dostred to have
every thing aa nearly aa poidblo like
what It waa during the happy summer
when 1 had mot, wooed and lost tho
only woman I had over loved, and tho
only woman I should ever live to love.
With the exception of a narrow brass
bedstead, canopied with pule-bluo net
ting, tho room looked almost preolaely
a it did on that last bitter day when
wo quarreled, and parted to meet again
no more, forhnps with so much to
remind mo of hor, I need not hnvo
wondered that Ethel's presence some-
ttmoa seemed vory near me.
'Uut that wouldn't account for the
mysterious sounds of approaching and
receding lootstona tn the deep mid
night, of whispers which aeemed
breathed through tho lonely silence, of
(tho touch of the lips upon my face," I
pondered aa I sat there ou this partic
ular night. For those were the sounds
'and fancied which had amused me
from my slumber, night by ulght, ever
Islnco I had occupied the cottage. I
would awako with a start, feeling that
I was no longer alone, that omothiug
I was moving slowly and surely toward
'mo.
On each occuslou I hud lain quite
U1I, waiting breathlessly for tho com
ing of I know not what. And on each
. occasion t hod heard those ghostly
footbtepa moving slowly and steadily
up the hall outside, pausing for a sec
ond at tho door, then crossing tho
room and pausing again beside me.
Then I could feel the light touoh of
lips, a sigh, a whisper would stir the
air, and thon the footsteps would turn
back steadily and slowly; until all waa
once mora utter silence. Hut I had
eon no shadow shape, no phantom
presem anothing- but tho moonlight
beaming brightly across tho space be
tween the door and my bad,
On the first night of this oxtraordl
aary experience 1 waa so vividly I in
presaod with the belief of some oeraon
baying really entered the room that. I
roaa and Inspected, the fastening of
tears and windows. But I discovered
vary thing preolaely aa I had loft it on
Nt-risf. Oa several luoooasive nights
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i aMua MffM fM
- ,iflinj.i
I aU.tUOBM, Wtelwa wlra'the
Bam jremrav. am atm ta viewless
fbfltt that vhltant sound cam Mid
wont; m BtysUsry whloh veaed ray phil
osophy, and one which tho irioat per
sistent Investigation failed bo pene
trate. "Must I bollovo tha' It la my lest
one's spirit coming to me nightly, toll
ing mo that 1 nm forglvoiir" 1 asked
myaolf, as I at Uioai pondering in my
deep velvet ohalr, on that particular
night when tho poet' sugotlvo linns
recurred to me. ,
My room was rathor less than tho
ordinarily ntci parlor and directly
oppoilto my chair waa a long French
glaaH window opening upon a narrow
Krch with a high ornamental Iron rail
ing. From tho poivh, a short flight of
iron-railed stops dosoondod to a walk
budged with tall roso-husho. The
heavy blue pltish hnnglngs of the door
window worn dinwn widely apart on
either aide, and around and brilliantly
white nvMii, Just nwlnglng clear of the
budding '-true-tops, lighted the whole
apartment with a radiance almost like
day,
As I murmured that last queillou,
suddenly, without it koiiiuI of warning,
a form and face limbed against the
dear crystal of the window. The form
waa clothed from throat to fuel In u
cllngjirr, while garment; a looennd
abundance rf hair fell like, a cloud of
gold about the graceful shoulder and
pallid face. And that ghoHtly.whllo
face was the men of my I'llmlt Iho.e
great hliiooyoH, wild nml sltiriug. were
horn; anil hIio was guTlug straight upon
inn wllh a look which stopped my
hcarl-beiitH, nml tioeinoJ turning tho
blood In my veins to Ice.
With n cry, I sprang to my font, nml
wllh ono Mtrlilo luuehcd the dour. Hut
the npp'trlthm win gone gono us
swiftly ami ontliely us If It hud been u
pencil picture on u Mate brushed away
by it Hchoollioy'a spongu! In that sot
oud I did not think; consciousness was
n blank. IVi'lmp It wua Instinct; but
whatever It might bo, I dashed the
casement apart ami sprung down the
stops with a single bound, Into the
narrow walk between the rosiis.
Not a farm In human shape was
visible; there was no sound of any
human thing moving. On ell her side
of me stretched the smooth level
lawn, gs-oua and distinct in the clear
moonlight. There was no bree.e stir
ring; the budding leaves above my
head nud tho budding roses around me.
were all motionless. I went thn loniMh
of the path to the littto Iron gate open
ing upon the highway. As I turned
to retrnee my steps, u woman ran hur
riedly Into the ground and without
noticing mo. Kven In my excitement
I recognized herns a Mrs. Hastlnja-a
lady who had settled In the neighbor
hood about the time I purchase I the
cottage. She directed her course to
ward the Iron. railed pinch, nml us I
rapidly followed her to the entrance,
she disappeared through the open door
of my room.
As I stepped quickly after the lady, I
beheld my Kthel, or her upp.irttlnh, sit
ting In my own chair, with her white
face nud wild eyes, and with n scarlet
lever llamo burning on each cheek.
Iter halids were stretched piteoiisly to
Mrs. Hustings, who was bending over
hor, nud as she spoke, 1 heard my
darling's living voice, weak with Ill
ness and sharp with u;piiy.
"What does II moan, Aunty?" she
win saying. "Kvery night, for nights
und nights, I have beeu hero and wills,
pored to him that ho was forgiven.
Why did he not stay when I came to
him just now P Why did he go away
angry?"
It was easy to umlerstand that the
poor child wns delirious. And I knew
ut once she) must have been frightened
by my wan, startled look as I sprang
from my chair ut hor appearance, tlmt
alio had hidden among tho roses, and
that she had slipped Into tho room
while I was searching through the
grounds.
"My dear," Mrs Hastings returned
soothingly; "you have never beeu here
notore; you naven t neon out oi your
bed for weeks, ion were only dream
tug that you saw him and spo'ce to
him. And you must come with me,
dear! perhaps he will call and see you
In the morning."
I stepped across tho room, put Mrs.
Hasting gently u.sldo, nud took Kthel in
my arms. Kvon lit her delirium, the
poor child seemed to understand that
wo had mot, never again to part, und
with a great sobbing cry she liest'.ed
to me like an over-wearied Infant.
"It will be well with hor now," kind
Mi's. Hasting murmured with theteura
ruining over her cheeks.
And It was well with her, Indeed
well with us both.
Ethel hud boon saved from the sink
ing yacht by the sumo vessel which
plckod up the hulf-drowned seumun a
llttlo later. Hut the shock of the ter
rible casualty and the melancholy fate
of her mother, hod nearly deprived
hor of reason. A prolonged Illness
had succeeded; und It wua months lye
fore alio had gained autllelent strength
to communicate with hor aunt, who was
her only remaining relative. Hefore
she had done so, Mrs. Hastings who
of course would have been the only
heir to the llttlo properly hud deemed
boat to dispose of tho cottage.
Kthel rapidly recovered her health
and strength, und not very long after
ward I led my fair ghost to the altar.
"And the marriage precluded tho
necessity of sotting aside tho sale of
the cottage," Mrs. Hastings comment
ed, humorously.
Istllloontlnuod to occupy my solita
ry bachelor quarters In tho house, un
til I brought home by beloved and
lovely bride. Uut from tho night of
our slngulur reconciliation I wus novcr
again startled from sleep by mysterious
footsteps and ghostly whispers and the
touch of Invisible lips against my own.
My wife and I occasionally discuss
the mystery.
"It is very strange," Ethel Bays,
thoughtfully; "for every night, oxaotly
at that time, 1 dreamed of coming to
you exactly aa you dreamed I did only
always in my dream deur mamma was
not dead, and the room was still my
own llttlo parlor."
"Well, my love," I answered hor, "I
think we can say of human Intelligence
as has been said of othor things: Thus
far auali thou go amino farther. There
are certainly happenings sometimes
whloh tho wlaeat reasonings and de
ductions fall to explain. Perhaps In
your fovor sleep your soul rwn away
from your body for u llttlo whlto and
wandered across sput:j to hold com
muulon with mine." Mlxvij Journal
ADOUT INOIA INK.
Tha arri-t uf lu .tUnufarliira r.tpttlnad
by jrw Verlc )tllnr,
"India Ink hain't any moro connec
tion with India than a gool deal of tho
'dairy' butter on the mirliut hni with
it dairy," said a inttiufivtiirlng at.i
tloner. ".Humohody who didn't know
what he win doing nain-id the tianful
nrtliite India ink, but in a matter of fact
It ought to be called Chine e Ink. To
bo sum, boforo st'umshlpi und stilling
vossols begin to ply between China
and this country It used to Im shlppil
through India, but the lndln.ua had
nothing to do with Its manufacture.
Thousands of years ago tho Chlnoso
wore expert lu the miitiufueturo of
many articles of which KuropAum
knew nothing, Ink w.n one of those
art lelcs, and vn ilrst nmdi of lac,
which Is a rusltioiis substance dopislUxl
by a small Insect nud largely used In
the nrinufacturj of shellac. Afterward
a peculiar !l:u;! stone was found whirl
ciMild be dissolved In water, und Intel
on lac and llr wood wore burned nud
the resulting smoke gathered on some
hard substance, scraped off and rolled
Into balls. Ills one of the tradition of
the I'Jilncso t.i it oaoTieu Teheii In
vented the process of making India Ink
some thousands of year.s ln-foro the
Christian r.i. However that tiny b i,
u Mongolian named Mtchnonnd his sou
I.itlug Ko lei WKiit into th-i luk-mu'clug
buslnei i and turned out about us good
Ink in ha) ever been made.
Their iu -cussors worn not es success.
fill, und for u time tho business rather
luugulshe !. The process now employed
by the Chinamen lu tlio manufacture ol
Ihelr India Ink I. not radically differ
ent fiom that lu u-m lu undent days.
The old principle that hurnlhg resin
ous muti'i'liil will throw off thick smoke
in large qiiuutltlc Is employe I, only
the smolio thus obtulmsl I a llttlo
more seieutlllcnlly liamlhsl. In the
middle of a big porcelain dish, about
two feet In diameter nud throe or four
Inches deep, they place a stand of
about six Inches diameter und the same
height in the dish. Several small
lumps rest upon thn stand, and by
means of arms fastened to tho sides of
tho dish, iiinill ciiulcal dishes nm held
just over the lamps. The dish is lilted
wllh water almost up to the tops of the
lump' wicks, ami tho lumpsum lighted.
The smoke condenses ou tho ooulcal
dishes hung over thu lump and Is col
lected lu the form of a dense, bluet;
powder. This powder Is placed lu a
vase, and uwntmed mixture of nine
parts of iMi glue nud one of iiulmul
glue strained into It thringli a piece of
silk held over the mouth of the vase.
The content i of the vase, then being
thoroughly stirred, urn rolled into
balls, wrupped lu cloth mid immersed
In hot water.
"Kneading, another Imiimr.slo'i mid
beating with u hammer follow, tho
paste Is scouted and In the form of
long sticks is placed lu various shape 1
molds. Wrupped lu piper tho sticks
are placed In u dish llllu I wllh rice
straw n-ilios mid lu a day or two are
thoroughly dried. Huhblng with clot lies
und brushei serve to iiluan nud polish
them und they uro then ready for tho
market. The soft p ito can of course
be molded In nay hupu, but in u rule
Is inude Into short, slendcrslick which
nro generally ornamented with more or
lets Volapuk Inscriptions or Chinese
designs. The peculiar qualities of the
ink render It Indispensable to sketch
nrtlhts und draughtsmen and nothing
litis been found to take Its place." A.
1. Militant! iJir.n.
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MEN ANDJMARniAGE.
Apparently II Is Nir Tun I. sin tn Us
mum n Happy lluslmml.
"When Is a man too old to marry?"
Is quite a Interesting us the question,
"Whoa is li girl to young?" I must
leave to physiologists to discuss how
far the chances of life are shortened
when IKvomber weds May, and ex
pects In May nay thlm; moro than a
nurse, though, in passing, I may ob
serve tlmt I have noticed several such
marriages In which tho funeral fol
lowed suspiciously close to the wed.
ding. Without gidiiL' back to tho time
when "Jared lived a hundred and
alxty and two year. and begat Knoeh,"
thoro uro several Instance on record
of modem patriarchs who became
proud and happv fathers at the time
when they should be thinking of ahuf
tllng off this mortal coll.
Thoro was that stout Salopian, Old
l'arr, for example, who married at
clghtv. and had to do penance In
Alderbury Church for an Intrigue with
Catherine Milton, when he wns a
sprightly masher of one hundred and
live summers, if herd l.yttleton Is to
1h believed Parr had a rival tn the
Vnleof Festlnlog, in the person of an
old Wvleh farmer, who, when he died,
had eight hundred lineal descendants,
und whose youngest sou wasolghty-ouc
years younger than his eldest. 1 fanex
this man must have beeu of thu same
family a a certain Alderman Hooko.
of Conway, who. Is described In his
epitaph us the forty-ilrst child of his
father, nud himself the father ol
twenty-seven children. Happily foi
themselves, these people lived long be
fore the days of Dr. Urysdale.
My own Impression Is that the Welsh
liordor Is the paradise of old men, the
grand old man being only the most
conspicuous among many. Some year?
back I spent a Sunday in tho very next
parish to Hawarden. I dined with n
middle-aged mail whose sous were fast
growing to manhood, and then walked
over to his father's house to take tea.
Tho vonorablo old gentleman, whe
wore a headgear something like Ollvei
Goldsmith's, was nursing an Infant twe
or throe years old on his knee. "It
that your youngest?" I asked of m
mlddloaaged friend. "O, dear no," h
replied; "that la my little brother."
London Echo,
Flanooe "Surely, Augustus, yot
have a present for mo to-night,'
Augustus "No, darling; what mnd
xou think ao?" Fiancee "I aaw you g
lito a pawnbroker's wllh a big buadrV,
and I hud hopes." TJu Cartoon. ,
THE DISTRICT SCHOOL.
KlaraU tl by KUrtliic fiend Maa sad
Wamaa fnr Behi)l ftBVars.
If the school Is a failure It Is usually
On account of a (hkii- teacher. If tho
teacher Is Incompetent It Is usually
the fault of tho school otllcers. If tho
school officer lire Inenleletit It Is th'i
fnultof tho voters In the school district.
1'htis the blume for a poor school rests
with the people. The people like to
shirk this resxinslblllty, but it belongs
to them and they must bear It.
A good school co its something; It
costs money and It costs time. Money
Is usually spent, but not quite enough;
a little more would secure n much hot
ten teacher for the full year; a llttlo
more would furnish tho school-house
with modern appliances; a llttlo more,
judiciously expended, would make tho
school-home nml grounds more at
tractive. Thu cost of time comes
hardest. It Is so easy to llnd excuse
for not visiting the school. Tho suc
cess of tho school depend somewhat
on your personal effort. Visit the
school, vldl It offm, visit It intelli
gently. All this you mny say I true enough,
but "how shall we have the best
school?" Flru ami most Important,
elect good men or women for school
olllccrs. In some places v position on the
school board is hold In little respect,
und nny limn will do. This Is wrong;
lu some rc.i;i its iieunbem of M'hoo!
hoards nre the most Important
olllccrs you hntu to rrli-ct. .should
nil the se'iool districts in tho
country, for the uoxttweutv-llve .cnr,,
elect competent men or women, who
wen) thorough!) all.-eto their diitlot,
every ohicti In our governtueir, from
I'resldenldowii, would haven worthv
Incumbent. .Select, then, olllccrs who
understand how to give your child an
education mid ho will take tli.) time
to attend to the wore. This is of vital
Importance, uu error that can hardly
bo irlnedlud until another school meet
ing. The mutter of liber.. I appropriation
has been touched upon. Don't bo
stingy here. Hun the school ns you
would any other prolltablo business.
Tools for the farm cost more than form
erly, so do those for the school-room.
A school-room without good black
boards, map, globes, dictionaries und
reference book s, I like a farm wllh
tuinbled-down feuee and worn-out
tools.
Now then, you lire started with good
school ollleei-s, a liberal appropriation
and a public sentiment nllve to a good
school. The next most important
business Is in the selection of a teacher.
Your officers will understand tho needs
of your district ami will endeavor to
secure some capable, earnest tivichor,
who will not be always looking forward
to the end of tho term, und who will
not measure bis work by tho amount of
pay ho receives. At all events hire
the Hanoi teacher for at least a year,
ami If possible secure the sumo teacher
for u series of years; It will pay in
many way. If the teacher Is the right
kind ho or she will llnd methods of in
teresting the parents. Thus the dis
trict school Is in the hands of the Doonlo
of the district nud it success or (alluro '
will be measured by their Intelligence
and Interest. Q. 11. Collin j wood, in
Uiirnl A'tc Vorkrr.
FEEDINQ CORN FODDER.
Tim (treat Vain MitnlilUliril lijr Yenrs of
Ktii-rhnutMnil r:pcrli-ni-r-.
Some twelve year ugo, while put
ting to the test tho Herman theory ol
proper nutrient rutins, I noted the
great value of corn fodder w hen pro
perly fed, and subsequent your of ex
periment und experience have empha
sized the points involved. A ton of
corn fo.tdor may bo so fed us to give
tho growth und nearly the economic
result of n ton of timothy, when fed
against the timothy fed nlone. This
assertion Is based upon corn fodder
cut at the right time, nicely cured nud
housed before damuged by continuance
lu the Meld. Clover buy und corn fod
der I the most economic method ot
fo-'diug knowu to me. Corn fodder ami
cottonseed me nl, three to live pounds)
of the latter, form a continuously grow
ing ration, and, lu view of the maun
rial value of cottonseed meal, a cheap
one. My usual way of tootling corn
fodder Is to so feed it that a little is
given dally all winter. A foddering ot
corn fodder, then ono of timothy in tho
morning, and at night clover and
straw are given. If clover and corn
fodder were the only foods, then alter
nate food of each would be given. Tho
above ration will keep young stock
growing ull winter. For better growth
of course concentrated food Is addoJ.
contulning cottonseed meal or bran in
moderate quantity.
I secure four-tilths, or eighty to
eighty-live er cent, of the corn fodder
oaten when muuuged us stated, without
cutting It. The uneaten portion is used
for bedding, being cut for that purpose.
Hy using a cutter und crusher I have
had our heavy Western corn fodder all
eaten up clean, even when cut low
down to the ground, Tho above re
mark refer to corn fodder. Of course
fodder corn will be belter eaten, espe
cially when not too coarse, if, how
ever, It I to be fed whole, 1 should
prefer to grow the smaller sort, as tho
heavy Southern kinds are hard tit
handle when fed lu box stalls. For
the dents, Sibley's Pride of the North
Is a small sort, and bears thick plant
ing. There is no trouble on this score
with tho flints. In conclusion, I know
of no more ivonomlc method of feeding
tho small kind of fodder corn than it
use whole, and fed In association with
clover hay. This opinion is based ou
considerable experience. I perhaps
should say that clover hay furnishes
the albuminoids that corn fodder Is do
tlcicut'lii; this timothy does not do. I
could quote fine results of the use of
clover hay and com fodder, with tables
ot nutritive ratios used, This 1 judge
to lie uncalled for and unnecessary.
fro, J. H'. .Siintora, in X. Tribune.
A young man was discussing, with
more spirit than was comely, what ho
wus pleased to call "brain food." Ho
urged that no article ot food furnished
more brain mutter thun baked bcuna.
Just then an old man looked up and
said: "Young man, eat all the baked
beans you caa get." Richmond Rilig
(9M lltratd.
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
Itatat lllMlratlaf tha riaaaaraa of Mite
rial Mia la tha HlsrUaa Wast.
A Nr.w Dr.rAUTi.Rt. Next week wo
shall begin the publication of an agri
cultural department In tha KULtr, thus
making a year's subscription ten times
as valuable a nt present, without In
creasing the cost to aubacrihers. We
have made arrangements with a tender-foot
who struck the town without
a cent to take charge of the new de
partment. He ta a sailor by trade, nml
we now have him out In tho country
learning the difference between a coy
ote and a Hubbard squash. He tuuy
make a few blundura ou thn go-off, a
he sticks to It that Mitatos ought to
grow on trees, ami that wheat grows
wrong end to, but be Is a hummer and
will get there by and by. Kcmoinbor,
this department doc not Increase the
subscription price at ull. We nre aim
ply trying to publish a paper worth
one hundred dollars per year for tww
dollar. ,
Comk Ahaiv If there 1 a moro
courteous gentlemen In all the great
West than Colonel Dublff we should
like his mid res. We referred to the
Colonel tho othor day as an unhung
thief. It wa only our way. but he
took exceptions and culled at the office
on Tuesday and knocked us down. Tho
blow wus dellverssl In the most genteel
manner, and win not accompanied
with any verbal utteranceis to shock
our sensibilities. Neither did the
'olomjl gouge our eyes orchow ourrum
after vo wore down. Ho wus coot,
culm and composed, and we freely ud
mil that we got up wllh tin Increase of
tlfty crcent. in respect for him. Our
nose wns skinned, and we knocked tin
miction bill into "pi" us we fell, but wo
have no grudge to satisfy, Tho Colonel
could do no less, uml we lire thankful
he did no more, Wo shall be pleaded
to sis) him again.
Nor Disti'i'oi.MKD. Tlio Common
Council bus awarded the city printing
to thu Weekly Tom 1'at, a wa ex
ported, and that dish-rag of a sheet is
giving us the grand crow. Wo uro
not disappointed. We put lu tho lowest
bid, und we have tho largest circula
tion, but tho aldermen owed us one.
The Kicker has recorded and exposed
them ns forgers, thieves und gamblers,
and they do not think of us with kind
ness. And, too, they wore under last
ing obligations to the raw-lsined,
knock-kneed, cross-eyed, bow-backisl
old hyena who runs the opposition
paper. Hud he not been a member of
tho lust grand jury every mother's sou
of 'em would have gone to prison. Wo
have no tours to shed, gentlemen. You
are on top just now, but wait a few
weeks. Wo are working up your pedi
grees, nml Hilly I'lnkurtou is coming
this way lu October!
Ut 1 1 ill l!n,-Tv. Z. Hopkins, fn
mHlurly knowu to our cltlens us "Tho
Young Crowbar of the Kos'klos," called
ul the otllco yesterday and stopped hi
p.iper, because, as ho explained, "It
had no literary merit." We are glad
tn he rid of him. He hasn't got brains
enough to iipprcciulo a good tiling
when il i held under III nose. No
literary merit! (ireat Scots, but how
some people are built! Wo have been
looking over tho last three numbers,
und wo Hud that they average three
murder, two bunging, live robberies,
two elopements and two shipwreck
each, and the testimonials of thosu
who have been cured of consumption,
gout nud rheumatism are not slow
reading by any means. While we are
glad to see Mr. Hopkins go, we ahull
keep uu eye on his future movement.
It be bus escaped from some Kustorn
Idiot jsvlum our people ought to know
It.
Thanks. Our thank ure due Mr,
(tcnorul ShllT for a peck of beautiful
onions, sent lu a day or two ago. Also,
to Mrs. Judge Hendricks for six tooth
some sandwiches and a do.cu pickle.
Also, to Major Hayes for two pounds
of butter und a slice of hum. It is gen
erally knowu that we board ourselves,
nud our friends vie wllh each other In
loading our table with delicacies. Wo
pity the man without friends.
1. S. Subscribers will please ex
cuse the looks of the Kieker this week.
Tho two pounds of butter mentioned
above got mixed wllh our Ink by acci
dent, causing the latter to run too
freely. Wo have mlded some pulver
ized clay to the lot. and expect the Ink
to stiffen up before our next lss40.
Detroit Free freM,
New Colors for Winter,
Hero are some of tho shades adopted
by a syndicate of l'arls manufacturers
for the goods they will make for the
winter trade:
Kmeraudo A deep, rich eraoruld
green.
SenrulH'o A dark yellowish green.
Cuoroncou A shade lighter than
Bcanileo.
Peuplloro A shade lighter still.
Nil A light watery green.
Coquellcot A rich blood rod.
Houlanger A brighter shade of rod.
Houton d'Or A golden yellow.
Mais Straw color.
Volenti A reddish terrn-cotta.
Alexan A dark reddish brown.
I'.ictolo A light golden brown.
Oxide A dark shite.
I.lonceau A disjk fawn.
Heron A grayish drab.
Luololo A gendarme blue.
Number of School Children.
Has any one, not conversant with
statistics, any Idea ot tho army of
echool children In America? The total
enrollment, nccorJtng to latest data, Is
over 11,000.000. Dakota shows tho
greatest progress of late, followed, very
curiously, by Indiana aa second ot all
States hi educational progress. In
New Hampshire. Vermont, Smith
Carolina. Ohio and Nevada there has
been a decrease of enrollment. The
North Cent nil States are far ahead ot
ull the rest ot the Union, and the
Southern States, while making great
atrldes, still remain In the rear. In
the South Central States seventy-nine
ut ot 100 children are on tho rolls of
schools. The number ot children dally
lu attendance on tho public schools
average about 7,500,000. The numbers
enrolled should reach l., 000,000, and
the dally ntteudauce 11,000,000 St
Louis (Jlobt Democrat,
FARM ANO FIRESIDE.
If worm attack the boirs of honey
that have Isjpii moored from the hive
they should he fumlgntcd with sulphur
and then woll aired.
When ptntn' are well ripened no
mlvantnge will bo found by leavlnic
them in the grrtind, but If left them
may bo serious loss by rotting.
The Intelligent farmer, by kplng
n record, or by remembering what be
ha applied to each field, Is able to
fed his land with much 'greater econ
omy than ho who pays no attention to
what has been applied to Uie Held.
Wc, Meringue: One cupful of hot.
boiled rice, three cupful of milk, three
fourths of a cupful of sugar, one table
spoonful of corn-starch, the yelk ol
two eggs, ami one tcaspoonful ol
vnnllla. He.it the rest and add rice
Hake ami uJd meringue of whites ol
two eggs.
Tomato C.itup: Take udorn ripe
tomatoes, mid to them one pint vinegar,
one cup sugar, one tablespoon each of
salt, allspice, cinnamon, cloves, mid
pepper; tvo gr-en peppers, und two
onions. Chop ull Unu and lot simmer
until thick.
If II pays torn muiitnhaiehl own
food eoolcvd that It may bo tho more
quickly eaten und oadly digested, why
not also cook the food for farm animals,
particularly for tho hog, nn animal Mild
lo have a stomach more nearly resem
bling that of a man than has any ether
domestic animal.
In early full a great many pn-ui.t-turn
und wortn-utTwtod apples are con
stantly falling to the ground. The best
of those w ill p iy to dry lu the evapor
ator, und will not only furnish evapor
ator npples for home use, but also a
very proMlable marketable product. If
the orchard Is so iuclo-od that hogs can
1st turned In and out ut any time, the
Inferior wormy frull can In eaten by
them, uml a great many doirurllo in
sects destroyed.
Chocolate Cream Pudding: Hake
lu layers, cake made of one a.ul one
half cupfuls of siigur, one-half of a
cupful of milk, two cupfuls of tloiir,
the white of four eggs be-iten still,
one uml one-half teaspooaful of bak
ing powder. Spread with boiled Icing
made with white of two egg. Take
out halt the Icing and add to it one
fourth of a cake of melted chocnlutir,
nud sprouil with dark Icing and with
tho white over each layer.
--The sanitary condition of n child's
sleeping-room should ho as near Kjr
feet us It is possible to make It. It
must bo so situated thai the direct
rays of the sun cau enter for u certuln
period each day. Its Internal arrange
ments should lie of the simplest char
acter consistent with convenience. A
llttlo furniture us possible should be
tho rule, and comparatively bare walls
and Hours are fur healthier than when
adorned with pictures und covered
with carpet'. A stutlonury buslu,
draining into the owor is positively
forbidden.
GOOD SEED-CORN.
Mrnsllilr lllrerlliins fur Srli-rtlng, Curing
mtil Sstwtn- Soi-il.
When smull grultis. Mux, clover and
gr.iss-secsl uro scattered by the hand era
machine over the surface of the ground
uml covered with a harrow an allow
ance Is made for grain that are im
pcrfis'l and ure not expected to pro
duce plants, lu other words, more
seeds uro sown than ure needed. If ull
of them germinated and produced
plants they would stand too thick for
insuring a good crop. In pluiilingcorn,
however, It l-i expected that every
grain will germinate nml produce a
stalk. It is dinlcult to thin out stalks
of corn If there are loo many In a bill.
It I very slow und fatiguing work and
It la hard to pull up one stalk without
disturbing the others. Heseedlng,
which I necessary In case there uro
not sufficient stalks in thu hill, does
not give good result. If the same
kind of corn Is used for second as for
thn Ilrst seeding ull tho corn will not
mature ut tho same time and then) will
bo trouble In harvesting. If seed of a
quick maturing variety Is used for re
edltig,a mixed lot of corn will be pro
duced, which will not bring tho highest
prlco offered In the market.
The losses resulting from planting
unreliable seed-corn ure large lu some
part of the country nearly everv year.
The losses resulting from planting
varieties notndaplud to the locality uro
also large, lu numerous instances corn
orops have failed In unnsoqucnee of ob
taining seed from a distance. (Jreut
palua should accordingly be taken lu
aolectlngthe best apeolmenafor supply
ing seed. Some careful farmer make
their selections while the stalks are
tilt on the hills where they grew,
while others defer It till they come to
husking, when they can see the ear us
It I deprived of Its covering, lairs
should ttu selected that have smull cobs
and which have well-formed kernels
frm butt to tip. The best developed,
heaviest and most regular cars are to
be preferred to those that are abnor
mally large. In place whore tho sea
son are short It Is best to choose those
that matured In advance of others, so
a to Insure early ripening.
Com intended for seed should not bo
exposed to frost from the time it wus
plckod till It Is planted. All the moist
ure should be dried out of the kernels,
cob and husks. It should bo placed
where It will bo in no danger of absorb
ing more moisture. It should K stored
where It will be out of tho way of rats
and mice. A drying house, such as
professional soedamon use, a hot-house
or a large smokehouse is the best place
In which to cure eeed corn. If a f a. mer
does not have one of those he can use
a garret, carriage-house, or kitchen for
drying hla seed-corn. A part of tho
husks should be left on the ears for two
reason. Much aaolstura will bo evap
orated through them, while they will
bo convenient for aupportlng the ears
while they are drying. The ears, hy
moan ot the husk attached to them,
can bo fastened Into traces that muy be
hung upon pins or nails. Two ears
may be tied together and hung over a
wire or stout cord. It Is better to
stretch a cord across a room and tie
the husks on each ear over It, leaving
a Sufficient space between them to pre
Tent them from touching. Supported
In that way they will dry perfectly and
be secure trout vermin. lihkauo Timet.
TIME.'
A MIBIng rtatars-A Kasrivel Ms) Ttaaat
eaAsBsa sUat asBA
Bwanssi ptvai asywai
ta one of Ifarpcr'a itauas U glrcn a Tfry
tan Illustration of HoberU' rrlebrsUsl
palntlnjr, known aa "Itoctorlnf 01 TIoip.
It rrprramta a typical old-timer, with bn
hrlluwt, blowing tt dust from an anrltnt
clcs-k, with Its cortls and wrlgtita rars-fully
secured Ono of Uimmj clwks In this Ren
aratiuu la iiirtvlUsl only as a rare rrllc
Tba auirvrsllre name, " Ductorlna; Old
TIbm)," brtn to our Bind another vrricai
a( the title, ucl for another purpose,
M OU Time Doctoring "
Wo U-arn, thnsjh areliable source, that
one of tha entrrvrnlat; proprietary moll
rina Arm of the country, baa t-n for
years InvostlKatlng tba formula and medi
cal proparatkme uaed In the beginning of
this rrotury, and eren before, with a new
of aacertalnlug why prnta In our srrat
fraodfatbflrV Urns enjoyed a health and
physical vigor ao aelduai found tn tba pea
eut generation. They now think tney
hare secured thd aecret or aecreta. Ttwy
Dud that the prevailing optaloa that tbt-u
listed, that "Nature baa a remedy fur
every Dilating disorder," waa true, and
acting under this bvllef, our grandparent
used the common hero and planta. Con
tinual tresisss utma tha forest domain. ba
' muds these bnrb les abuodaut and baa
' driven thorn further from civilisation, un
til Ue-y have been discarded. aa material
agents because of tho difficulty of obtainlus;
Itirm,
II, H, Warner, proprietor of Warner'
aafe euro und foundor of tho Warner ot
earvstory, lUs'liestor, N Y , ha lcon pre,
lug Investlatlotis lu this direction, into this
annul of old fiitmlr historic, until he hjs
I ais-urcd soma very utuli!e formulas, from
wlil, h his linn is now preparing mixllctoi-s,
to be soli! by alt druggist
I They will, wu learn, 1m known under tho
ftt'iiur.d title of Warner' Log Cabin rem
cdlcs." Among theso im-dlclnc will be a
sarsaimrllla," for thu blood and liver,
" 1hT Cabin hope and bucbu rvuiwlr," fur
ttio stotuwli, cu- " Ig Cabin osiili anl
consumption remedy," "I.g Cabin hair
tonic," " lg Cotiln cxtrnrt," for Internal
iukI external use, unit uu old valuable dis
covery for catarrh, culUsl ' Ug Cabin roso
i-reaui " Among thu list Is ulo it " ,ng
Cabin plaster," und a " Log Cabin ller
pill."
Prom the number of remedies, Il will be
cn thai they do not irvso to cure all
illscast-s wuh ouo prt'iNiralloii. It is be
lieved by inutiy thai with theso remedies it
' new era is toiluwu ii'ia suffering human
, lly and tliut tho c1om of tho iiinutccnth
i-iuurj sin wis wii-ff.) nsiut biiii iieriM, us
compounded under thu title of Warner's
I .eg Cabin n-iiusllc, a pupular aa they
were ut It beginning. Although they
cuuie In tho form of proprietary medi
cines, jet they will bo none the Irs wel
come, fur suffering humanity ha bsvomii
tinsl ef modern doctoring und thu publlo
ha great routldunco luauy remedls-s put Ui
by tho Arm of which 11. 11. Warner I tho
heiul. Tho ptvplu have become suspicious
of tho effects of doctoring with wisonous
drug. Few reoliiu thu Injurious effivt
following the prescriptions of many modern
physician. These effort of pelsouous ilrurfs,
already prominent, will become more pro
uounced in comlug generations. Therefore
wo can cordially wish tho o'.d-fohioiied now
remedies tuo best of suecssaa.
AMERICAN SURGEONS.
Thrjr are Alirsil nf lh WnrM la Ingenuity
ami rriirtleal .tl.lllly.
In rcgunf to tho medical education
of American physicians compared with
those of Kurope, I have been struck
forcibly by tho fact that our students
seem to K moil) practical and better
able to grasp ami develop Ideas than
those of European countries. Ks
pesdally In the opetatlvu courses, in
Vienna, 1 huo noticed that the Ameri
can students performed their work
more neatly and thoroughly nml with
greater dispatch than tho compara
tively alow-going Continental mem
hers of thu class, and that while those,
from this country hud jNisslbly hud
but a three years' course of study be
fore graduation, yet they wore moro
than the equals of the (icrm.tn student
of six years' standing. I think this
difference l due to the moro practical
and thorough methods of teaching In
voguo In this country, and I believe It
to 1h but a question of time when. In
stead of us going to Kuropo, the Conti
nental physicians will be anxious to
avail themselves of tho facilities of
fered in tho United States. Tho pros
ent Niijierlorlty of foreign over Ameri
can medical Institutions lies In tho
fact that alt their exionses are sus
tained by the (Jovcrnmcnt, but If then
were u tendency upon the part of tho
wealthy to ondow our schools, what
ever doubt there mny lw a to compar
ative merit would soon Ite set at rest
Regarding surgery, one of Von
Horgmnnn's assistants, a man known
throughout the world by his con
nection with tho case of the Crown
l'rlnco, has told me. In tho course ot
conversation, that ho had considered
tho American surgeon ahead of tho
world In Ingenuity, practical ability
and in operative technique. .S7. Lwii
Otobe- Democrat.
WONDERFUL 'MEDICINE.
A latat es)lrtim Maker Who Always
l.lhts oa III rft.
"I have been looking up some ot
your testimonial." said tho reporter.
as he walked into tho office of the
Wild American Vltallxer and Vigor ol
Life, "and I tlnd that you are fraud;
your testimonial are manufactured."
Never!" said tho great Doctor
Ketchum, "never; every testimonial
can bo substantiated, and supported
by affidavit."
"Hut," persisted the Investigator,
here Is one signed by George H. Ail
away, of Hcrlln, Ohio; now that man
Is dead; I have visited Hcrlln; I saw
his grave; I read tho Inscription on
his tombstone; he died on tho '.'.Id of
August. 187D."
"Hid you open the grave?" asked
tho Doctor.
Of course not," wa tho Indignant
reply.
Then, sir," exclaimed the groat
Doctor Ketchum, triumphantly, "your
Investigation stopped short ot the.
wonderful truth. Ifccause, you ob
eorvo, thu man Ceorge Allaway died
before taking our Wild American Vl
tallxer and Vigor of Lite. You saw
that he died on the d ot August.
1879; now note that he testifies, fiPAhe
honor of a living man, that he was
completely restored on the 23d of
August, lW0j after Uklng six bottles.
of our Wild American Vitallser and
Vigor of Life. What you saw was an
empty grave, and your Investigation
and this interview with us, will be of
Incalculable value In our advertising
department. Take half a dozen bot
tles homo with you for nothing." And
the crushed reporter, saying that that
seemed to bo what was principally the
natter with him, took them oa fhn
principle that a chestnut was better
aa K'oop. Sunkttt, in sVroolyr
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