Nebraska Newspapers

    THE JOURNAL.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, lSvi.
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HOSPITALITY.
Mo vcanrtiite gloves at her wedding?
No.
no.
Full dres? Aye I understand.
Bat. wile, I must Rive our daughter away
With a free and uncovered hand.
As I took yours, her mother, so long, long
aS:
Then weddings were sacraments, now tfcey
are show.
And what could I do with my hands in gloves,
If my eyes should fill up with tears?
I ltavcn't control of my heart to-day.
As I had in earlier vcars.
Ka, no, for her sake it won't do; I must try
And not overcloud with my tears her fair sky.
Eut I want her to feel, when I come to c&U
On the God of her parents to bles9
The child of our years, tho touch of my hand.
And the warmth of her father's caress.
And, too, I would cherish the touch of her
face
And feel her heart beat in my parting em
brace. When I lifted her first to my heart, then
hands
Were calloused with toll; fori wrought,
And doubled exertion for yours and her sake ;
And often, aye. often I've thought.
To hide in one's age the privations of youth
la, of all, the unmanliest kind of untruth.
Wearyour laces and diamonds you've earned
them, good wife
Look your best but let me extend
Hospitality's hand all ungloved to ray guests.
Suppose, now, some old cherished friend
Should appear without gloves? can't afford
them, may be
That man must receive double welcome from
me.
"And how will the bridgroom look emit,"
. yov ask,
"To receive from ungloved bands his
bride?'
Well, I trust and believe he ha wisdom
enough
To receive what we give him with pride;
And I hopo he'll remember tho wife that ho
loves
Is the daughter of one who has no need of
gloves.
ioums uompamtm.
TOO FOND OF MAPLE SUGAR.
The sugar-making season was closing
along the river valley. The April sun
was riding high ana shining warmly;
the snow was gone from the lowlands
and south-sloping hillsides, and tho
maple buds were swelling rapidly
toward leaf-bursting. Plainly, no more
.pure-flavored sugar could be obtained
from the Lyman's "sugar-bush" that
season.
But, over the hills six mites away,
where the Lyrnans' relatives, the Deans
and the Allisons, lived, it was different.
That locality was much higher, without
the sunny exposure and southern open
ing of the valley, the soil was colder, the
forests denser, and, all things consid
ered, the prospect was fair for a week
more of sugar-making.
So thought the Lymans on Friday
evening when they found it necessary to
make the last "run of sap" into molasses,
because it would not "grain;" and as
they sat talking it over, it was decided
to make their friends a visit, going Sat
urday afternoon and returning Monday
forenoon. The children were joyous
over the prospect, ior tho families were
very affectionato relatives. Their inter
marriage cemented them most closely.
Mrs. Lyman was a Dean ; Mrs. Dean
was an Allison, and Mrs. Allison was a
Lyman ; and there were from three to
six children in each family. They moved
from the East at the same time, and had
prospered much alike. Tho Allisons
and Deans, however, had settled on a
small stream among tho hills, where the
two men had built a mill, while the
lymans had preferred the river valley.
Immediately after the Saturday din
ner they all made ready for the start.
The "best clothes" were donned; tho
hymn-book w:is taken from the chest,
for they were faithful Methodists ad
expected to "go to meetin1 at the Hill
meetin'-house;" the big ox-sled was
mearly filled with straw for warmth, and
some comfortable split-bottomed chairs
tied in as seats for mother and grand
mother; the oxen were yoked big,
lank, gentle-eyed fellows; the stock was
fed a double portion, and Mr. Weston,
who lived across the river, was engaged
to come over and feed again Sunday
morning.
As the slopo was bare, Mr. Lyman
and the two bo3Ts walked to the brow of
the hill where the evergreens began,
from which point all the way to tkeir
destination there was more or less snow.
Away they went at the dignified rate
of two miles an Lour, but as nappy and
chatty as if their steeds were "dapple
grays," with strings of merry bells and
a three-hundred-dollar sleigh.
In due sca!on they reached theirfriends
and a jolly time they had visiting, on
matters past, present and future. The
men looked at the stock of cattle, tho
mill-yard of saw-logs, talked of iheir
work, and compared notes generally;
the women recounted in-door affairs;
the children whispered and giggled and
romped; and all did justice to the warm
sugar. Next day they went to meeting in
proper form, and in the dvening attend
ed class-meeting. ,
Monday morning bright and' early
after a breakfast of buckwheat' cakes
and maple syrup, they "were off for
home, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman, grand
mother, Amos and George big boys of
seventeen and fifteen Mary and the
baby. Onward they trudged till to
ward noon, the snow everywhere less
than on Saturday, but the sturdy oxen
making sure work of it. When they
reached the outskirts of the "sugar
bush," through which the road led
around the hill, Mr. Lyman said :
" Now, Mary, if yon can walk the rest
o'lhe way with the boys, we'll set the
kettles and other things at the camp
right on the sled, and take 'em to tho
house."
" All right, I'd like to, on the green
grass," responded Mary, a buxom lassie
of ten years; and springing off, .she
joined her brothers on the grassy bank
at the roadside. How gay and Sirdlike
children are when spring first uncovers
the ground, after the long, snowy win
ter? They had gone but a few roods fur
ther when the oxen began to lift their
noses, bend forward their ears, and
look earnestly ahead, as if they smelt,
heard or saw, something quite un
common; but Mr. Lyman could
discover nothing strange, and remark
ing that the creatures were probably
excited by their near approach to home,
with a loud "Whoa, haw, go 'long!"
urged them on. But the oxen did not
"go 'long" very well; they swung
around now this way and now that,
stopped often, and acted so wild and
nervous that Mrs. Lyman called out,
excitedly:
" Stop, husband, stop, and let mother
and me out. I'm afraid o' the crea
tures, they act so. They'll tip us over
yet."
The boys and Mary were watching
the proceedings from the roadside, and
Amos called:
"Hold on, mother; let me take the
baby, and then you can help grand
mother." Just as he stepped back on the grassy
bank with the little one in his arms,
keen-eyed Mary exclaimed, in an agi
tated undertone:
" O, my! what's that running around
down bv the sugar-camp?"
Looking in that direction, Amos and
George saw certain movements that as
tonished them very much.
"A bear! a bear!" shouted George.
" But what a looking head ! "
" If it's a bear, he's drunk! See him
tumble!" exclaimed Amos. ".Here,
mother, take the baby."
Mrs. Lyman took the child, andwttie
boys bounded away to investigate the
mystery, while Mary wished she was a
boy and brave enough to go with her
brothers,
k BfBtime Mr. Lyman was having
trouble with the team, whoaing, hawing
and geeing with the vehemence of a
first-class backwoodsman, but to little
purpose, for they were beside them
selves with terror. Finally, however,
he succeeded in driving them along till
they were opposite the object of their
fears, which was now some rods above
the camp among the trees; but here he
lost all control of them, and they rushed
in wild and characteristic awkwardness
down the hill homeward. With no team
to take his attention, Mr. .Lyman turned
aside to learn the cause of all this com
motion. The two women, and Mary
were standing by the camp fireplace,
while George and Amos had gone up
nearer to the creature. 'Sure enough, it
was a bear; but Amos' suspicion was a
slander against the poor animal, for h
had only thrust its head deep into
sugar kettle and could not remove it.
Bears are very fond of sweet things,
and no doubt this" one had been attracted
to the camp by the smell of sogar ; and
after licking oatTarious other vessels,
had come to this kettle an old-fashioned
iron pot, and finding the inside surface
peculiarly inviting, had pushed his head
deeper and deeper into it until it slipped
over his big bony jaws and thick ears.
In this prealcament be could neither see
nor hear, and his mouth was effectually
shut as to mischief, so that, altboagh
'his mighty paws were free, they were
harmless so long as the kettle held him
prisoner. He now was trying to ran
away, but, being unable to make out
the points of the compass or perceive
the fogs, stumps and trees in his path,
was like a person playing carelessly at
"blind-man's buff," constantly running
against obstacles and tumbling himself
over, and upon regaining his feet, start
ing of in another direction. Amos and
George, fearless of hiin in his misfor
tune, were amusing themselves, by pull
ing his stubbed tail, George even ven
turing to leap astride of him and ride
several yards.
Oh, don't! don't! boys," called
Mrs. Lvman. "What if it should come
off all at onceP he'd kill you in an in
stant." "Which do you mean, mother, the
kettle or tho tail?" gleefully responded
Amos. "They're both fast enough; so
never fear. He's tried to get the kettle
off till he's scratched his neck dread
fully." Every few minutes the animal would
stand on his haunches and paw at the
kettle with a vigor that would have re
moved it had that been possible. Final
ly, Mr. Lyman said :
" Boys, you stay and watch him, and
I'll carry the baby to the house, take
care o' the oxen, and get some ropes;
and we'll see if we can lead him to the
corn-barn and shut him up."
In half an hour he returned, and after
careful managing they had Bruin hal
tered, and by much pulling and hauling
got him under way toward his quarters,
nee started on open ground, he struck
into such a pace that it required their
utmost effort to keep him from running
away as the oxen had done. At length,
mainly by the creature's eagerness to
escape, they steered him into the corn
barn, a strong log building, and made
him fast by a chain.
Whon they had assured themselves
that he was absolutely secure, the
Sroblem arose how to remove the kettle,
'he only way seemed to be to break it
in pieces ; yet of course the instant this
was done the ugly mouth and keen eyes
would be at liberty, and he might make
matters lively for his liberator if within
reach.
Amos insisted that this task belonged
by right to him, because he was spryer
than George, who was too young, or
than his father, who was too old. Mr.
Lyman, hesitated, having not the great
est confidence in his son's agility. After
much parleying, however, Amos gained
his point.
"You must not strike on top, or at
the side," said Mr. Lyman, "or you
may not only break tho kettle, but kill
the bear, strike well back along the neck
on the under side, so as to crush the
rim round the top of the kettle."
Taking the hammer in hand, Amos
approached tho bear. All the family
stood near the door, but where they
could instantly dart into the house if
necessary.
"Now, do take care!" said the anx
ious mother.
" Of the bear, do you moan!" laughed
Amos ; and then added, in a pompous
tone, like a hero of many victories, " O,
pshaw, mother! he's tied so short he
can't come an inch this way; and if he
could, I'm too spry for him."
Going up within convenient striking
distance, he swung the hammer two or
three times just where he wished to
strike, so as to make accurate work of
it, and then gave the kettle a ringing
blow.
But the only result was to startle the
bear and cause him to spring suddenly
forward, which in turn so scared
Amos that he tripped over his own
heels and fell awarkwardly through
the doorway upon the ground outside ;
this frightened the baby, a child of
three years, 'and Mary, so that one cried
and the other screamed. But the rest
of the family were greatly.amused, Mrs.
Lyman saying:
" How spry, oh, how very spry you
'are, Amos!"
But Amos sprang to his feet and
marched in to try it again. The bear
had changed position, giving chance for
a fairer blow at the kettle, and this time
it snapped in pieces, leaving the crea
ture's head free once more. Bat instead
of offering his liberator any violence or
showing the least ferocity, he sat blink
ing at the light, seeming amazed at the
sudden change. But in a few days he
developed a fierce and restless temper,
and being several-years old, it was found
impossible to tame him in the least.
All that summer they kept him firmly
chained in the corn-barn and fed him
well; but as winter approached he grew
more and more savage, and so they
made a laprobe of his furry hide, ana
meat of the best parts of 'bis flesh.
Wide Awake.
The Geed Father.
" Father," began the innocent child,
as he leaned, on his father's knee, "you
are an awful good man? "
Yes, I hope so, my son."
" You wouldn't cheat anybody out of
a cent, would you?"
" Of course I wouldn't, why do you
ask?"
-' Suppose, father, that you had $10,
000 in Wabash preferred which had cost
you $80?"
"Yes."
' And they went down to 55?"
" Yes."
" And suppose an old friend from
Elmira came here to buy stocks, and
could be talked into-believing that Wa
bash preferred would touch 75 before
September, would you unload on him at
60 and rake in his cash?"
No ahem that is see here, Syl
vanus! The next time I have a dear old
friend call to see me and you listen at
the library door to catch our conversa
tidn, you'll get a dividend on curiosity
that will last you a lifetime ! Tell your
mother to-put vou to bed an hour ahead
of time for the next week ! " Wall Street
Daily News.
mm
The recent report of theCommia
sioner of Internal Revenue gives the
number of liquor dealers in each State,
and the population, so that it is" easy
to arrive at the ratio of one to the other.
Vermont has one retail dealer to every
812 of population; Maine, one to 791;
Massachusetts, one to 246 ; Illinois, oae
to.267 ; Iowa, one to 377. On the other
hand, Nevada has one to each 65; Mon
tana, one to 1; Colorado, oae to 76.
The State with the fewest is Vermont,
and the one with the most is Nevada.
Chicago Tribune.
A light employment making M
Beth Ustfml aat Oraaanatd.
Is-is very easy to say that tho decora
tive mania leads oar women to waste
time and to deface crockery and other
objects. Instead of thus ridiculing
those whom we should treat with the
utmost tenderness, why do we not take
them by their respective hands figura
tively speaking, of course and lead
them into fields where their passion for
decoration can be exercised in a way
that will be of real benefit to the race?
.That this can be done has been prac
tically demonstrated by Mr. Simeon
Brewster, of West Middleton, Mass.,
and his example deserve to be held up
to the imitation of his fellow-men'
throughout the country.
Miss Sophonisba Brewster has for
some time delighted in decorating the
family china-including the preserve-
1'ars and the porcelain-lined preserve
;ettle. Mr. Brewster regarded his
daughter's labors with great disdain,
but, unlike most men, he knew that
ridicule would be of no use. Whether
he had in view the tram of consequences
which followed his suggestion that So
phonisba should decorate "oar new
rooster," or whether he merely' men
tioned the rooster because he imagined
that his daughter would regaM the bird
as beneath ner notice, is not positively
known, but in view of the fact that his
daughter believed the proposal to be
mado in perfectly good faith, and pre
pared to carry it into execution, we may
assume that he made it with a full
knowledge of what would follow.
Mr. Brewster's poultry-yard at the
time In question contained bat two
fowls the new rooster and a venerable
hen, and hence did not yield a large
daily crop of eggs. Miss Brewster, m
accordance with her father's wishes,
caught the rooster, and binding him
firmly, so as to prevent him from strug
gling, decorated him with admirable
taste. Her first operation was to paint
him a rich dark blue as a background.
Upon this she spread designs in white
or in gold such as golden heads of
grain, golden grasshoppers, pure white
lilies and arabesques of mingled gold
and white. The appearance of that
fowl when completed would have drawn
tears of admiration from the most hard
ened naturalist. He was simply mag
nificent, and when he had surveyed
himself in a mirror, thoughtfully pro
vided for the purpose, he expressed his
own appreciation of Miss Brewster's
work by a triumphant crow.
The bird when turned loose in the
yard soon became the subject of un
restrained admiration on the part of the
hens of the vicinity, who came to the fence
and, peering through at him, remarked
to one another In a cackle too plain to
be misunderstood: " Isn't he just too,
too, too, too. too utterly utter?" Notic
ing their admiring glauces. the decorated
fowl flew over the fence and strolled
down the street, followed by his en
ihusisattc adorers. He returned at
a' ark in company with twenty-seven
ions, all of whom had evidently sworn
1 1 follow him to the end of the world
iho hens occupied the Brewster wood
uhed during the night, and on the next
morning laid two dozen eggs in various
available localities on the Brewster
premises.
In the course of the day the owners of
tho hens appeared and carried them
away, but before night the decorated
rooster went fourth and brought back a
new harem of thirty-four facinated hens,
all of whom furnished the Brewster
household with eggs on the next mor
ning. Once more the neighbors came
for there missing hens, ana having dis
covered that the decorated Brewster
fowl was irresistible in the eyes of the
females of his species, no less than five
leading citizens induced their daughters
to follow the example of Miss
Brewster and to provide their fond
parents with blue- and gold roosters.
The new rivals of the original deco
rated rooster were sufficiently gorgeous
to retain the allegiance of tbeir harems,
and three of them challenged him to
single combat, and whipped him so
thoroughly that the discouraged bird
persistently remained at home and
shunned all female society. Mr. Brew
ster, however, was not discouraged.
He sent to Boston, for a game-cock of
demonstrated prowess, and on the ar
rival of the fowl Miss Brewster deco
tated him in the Pompeiian style, with
black wings and a red body, picked out
with geometrical figures in dead gold.
Thus decorated, he was far more beau
tiful than his predecessor, and Mr.
Brewster, after keening him shut up for
t few days, turned him loose, armed
with a pair of long steel spurs.
That night the game-cock returned
home, at the head of a proccsmoa of
three hundred and eleven nens. In fact,
as was afterward Jearned, there were
Dot six hens left, in the whole township
who had notyielded to the fascinations
of the gallant Pompoiiaa stranger.
Furthermore, he had fought and killed
thirty roosters who had rashlv ventured
to defend their marital rights, and
among the dead were the five decorated
roosters, the work of the pious daugh
ters of West Middletown. Mr. Brewster
now reaps an average of a hundred eggs
t'very morning, and though the neigh
bors constantly come and take away
their hens, the Pompeiian game-oock
never fails to lure them away irom their
duty a few hours later.
Thus we see that woman's fondness
for decoration may, if properly directed,
be made a source of much profit to in
telligent and upright men. N. Y.
Times.
The Ifeg ef Niagara.
It has always been supposed that no
living being could be swept over Niagara
Falls and survive the terrible plunge.
The feat, however, was successfuly
performed by a dog a few days ago.
The name of this able E"iml is un
known, and it is only too probable that
he will be mentioned in history merely
as the Dog of Niagara.
He first attracted attention while he
was in the rapids above the falls, and as
he struggled with .tho current which
was swiftly sweeping him along, it was
eupiosed. that he had only a few
moments to live. He was seen to
plunge over the falls, and then, to the
amazement of those who had watchod
his descent, he emerged from the cloud
of spray that rises at tho foot of iLo
cataract and climbed upon a cake of
floating ice.
The news that a dog had gone over
the falls and was still alive spread
rapidly, and in a few moments the
bank of the river was lined with people.
The dog floated down the river on his
cako of ice but he had very little confi
dence in its seaworthy qualities, and
howled loudly for help. Of course no
one could help him, for it would have
been impossible to reach him with a
boat, and had a rope been thrown to
him as he passed under the Suspension
Bridge it is hardly probable that he
could have caught it
Some distance below the bridge the
river forms a terrible whirlpool, and
when the dog and his cake of ice reach
ed the whirlpool they were carried
around at a frightful . speed. Presently
the cake of ice broke in two, and the
log was thrown into the water. He
struggled bravely for a few moments,
and then disappeared under the waves,
and never rose .again.
When it is remembered that when
the dog reached the foot of the falls,
hundreds of tons of water must have
fallen upon him, ,and beaten him down
toward the bottom of the river, it seems
almost incredible that he should have
been able to rise to the surface and to
reach his cake of ice. Had he escaped
the whirlpool and reached the shore, he
would have been the most , famous
of living dogs.
He was as brave as he was enduring,
tor he never tost his presence of mind;
and instead of trying to reach the bank
of the river, where the perpendicalar
rocks would have given him no foot
hold, he saw that his only possible
chance was to float down tho stream on
a cake of ice until be should reach quiet
water. It is a pity that so brave an
animal should have no tombstone, and
no name to be placed upon it. Harper's
Young People.
An .Arab Police Court.
The French masters of Algiers havt
instituted a court called the Bureau
Arabe. Over it presides a Frenchman,
known as the President. A table is be
fore him. On either side of the room,
ranged against the wall, are three or
four gentlemen, the court officials.
People are squatted about, while the
clerk is painting in, rather than writing,
the "notes." The court is open, and
below is a picture of a scene given by an
Eastern traveler:
Enter an Arab, with a face of agony,
and clothes filthy and in disorder. He
drags himself to the front, raises his
right hand out of his mantle (bernous),
and with the fore-finger pointing to
heaven, exclaims in a shrill tone:
"I invoke God and His justice!"
"What have you to complain of?
Speak!" says the President.
With the shrillest of screams, the
Arab repeats: "I invoke God and His
justice!"
o"WelL see here; explain yourself,
and try not to scream so loud."
" I am an unfortunate man; poor, but
virtuous. I have never robbed, nor
lied, nor murdered, nor' betrayed any
one."
" Don't yell so loud! You are scream
ing like a hungry pig. Lower your
voice."
" I will tell you my story," the Arab
now concludes to say. " She was very
quiet at our home. One day I went to
market I come back; I find my tent
empty.
" I then began to have my doubts. I
go to my neighbor, as perfect as you
could wish him to be. Says he: ' I saw
them slip away, yesterday.
"I search everywhere; I wear myself
out with searching. After three months
of searches may my two eyes be put
oui u it was not inree wnoie monins:
1 reach this place. A man says: 'Give
me five douros, and I will show where
she is.' I give him five douros, and he
leads me to a tout, where I perceive
him established with her, like husband
and wife.
"I suppose you are speaking of your
wife," returns the President, "and
come te claim her back, who has been
carried oft by some one, whose name
you have forgotten to mention."
" How? Have I not named him ? Hie
name is Moustapha ben Krain, of the
tribe of Ouled Krain. (With a deep
sigh.) Ah, my poor wife! who knew so
well how to make fritters and griddle
cakes. I would swoar the scoundrel
took her off by force, and that she did
all she could to resist him."
"Coutrol yourself!" explains the
President, "Here is the Kaid of the
Ouled Krain present; he will help us to
put this matter right."
(With a groan) "What a wife I
have lost lm her! She cost me forty
douros."
"Come, now," said the Kaid, turning
to the Arab, "could we not arrange this
matter in a friendly way?"
(With virtuous indignation) "Never!
never! I appeal to God and His jus
tice!" (He sobs) "My poor wife!
Ah! if they had not carried her off by
force, I should have her still. What a
dear creature she was!"
"How much did she cost you?" asks
the Kaid
"Who? My wife? Forty douros.
Alas! The joy of my tent is departed
with her. Forty douros, without count
ing the jewels."
" I am ready to give you twenty-on
account of the man who now holds her
in possession."
Changing his whole manner, the Arab
replies: "How? I beg your pardon!
Twenty douros? Butshe cost me forty."
"But she was then young. She is
now beginning to grow old, and she has
dropped much under her first value.'
"That's true. She has gone down.
She is not what she was. Twenty dou
ros? It is a bargain. Count them out
at once. My word is my bond. ' '
The money is counted out before the
plaintiff, whose eyes sparkle with greed
mess. "But stop!" exclaims the President
"The plaintiff has affirmed that she
would not for all the world be separated
from him. Now, if this poor woman
loves him"
"She love him! She has said that
she had rather be cut to pieces alive than
return to him," answers the Kaid.
"There may bo something in it,"
quietly returns the Arab. "For some
time she' has taken the bridle off her
tongue more than befits a woman. I
have been obliged to box her ears on
many an occasion.
" But yon said you loved her dearly."
Stowing away his money and rising
from his knees, the Arab replies: "True;
but she had begun to get a little the
worse for wear. She limped a good bit,
and then her left eye was not as clear as
it might have been. Twenty douros; it
is a reasonable price. I am a just and
virtuous man. I am. Everybody will
tell you so. I am satisfied. I desire a
document that the actual possessor of
my wife is forbidden to bring her back
to me. God be with you!"
He goes oat satisfied.
Science elf Perftt
By a process known as enfluerage,
which is the exposure of beef fat to fresh
flowers, in close boxes, until it is thor
oughly permeated and charged with
their odors, the perfumes of six flowers
are obtained, which could in no other
manner known to science be preserved
apart from the fresh petals. Those
flowers are violet, jasmin, tuberose,
rose, orange flower and cassic (cinna
mon flower). From these six there are
fifty or more combinations made, for the
simulation of the odors of other flowers.
Sweet pea is made with jasmin and
orange flower; hyacinth is counterfeited
bv iasmin and tuberose; lily of tho val
ley by violet and tuberose. But the
resources of the perfumery are by no
means confined to the pomades, as the
scented fats are termed. He uses many
essential, oils, the principal of which are
sandalwood, bergamot lemon, rose
mary, neroli (made from bitter orange
flowers), patchouli and attar of roses.
It is very difficult to get the last-named
iu a pure state, because its great cost
tempts to dishonest adulteration. Very
often rose-geranium oil is substituted
for it Musk is another important in
gredient, entering, as it does, into al
most all perfumes, except those which
are actually imitations of flower odors,
or. as styled by perfumers, " natural,"
as, ior iaat anne. - heliotrope. tuberose,
white rose and violet Bon Herald.
Twelve boxes of young monkeys ar
rived at New York recently. They were
sea-sick all the way over; howled and
coughed like babies: Among .them
were two "holy monkeys" worshiped
by certain- African' tribes. They the
monkeys, not the tribes are covered
with long, soft white 'hair. The im
porter said there weren't monkeys
enough in this country to supply the
demand. They die of consumption at
the rate of five hundred annually.
Chicago Times.
m m
Massachusetts has been having an
epidemic of big fires. In the words of
a native of the Emerald Isle: "The in
habitants of that State are hardy, bat
the towns are tinder."
The sunflower craze is coming to
bud.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
The Baptist ministerial army in the
United States numbers 16,514, beside
the licentiates.
A man in Knox County, Maine,
who wanted to vote against a projected
high school, wroto his ballot "Know."
Omaha is to have a Young Men's
Christian Association. Steps have been
taken by some leading citizens toward
organizing one.
The number of white and colored
Bupils attending the public schools at
anville, Va., is the same 370 each.
The average attendance is one point in
favor of the white pupils.
In Springfield, 111., the young men
of the Christian Association holdserv
ices in the jail every Sunday afternoon
for the benefit of the prisoners. These
brethren'are' sure of their audience rain
or shine.
President Cheney, of Bates College,
Maine, has published an appeal for an
addition of $100,000 to the college's
present endowment of $150,000. Tho
women of the country are asked to raise
$20,000 foe the endowment of a chair.
A young couple in Trousdale
County professed religion on the same
day in the same church, were baptized
in tho same creek, in the same hour, by
the same minister, and were united in
marriage before changing their baptis
mal' clothes. Nashville (Term.) Ban
ner. General James M. Coale, who died
at Frederick, Md., a few days ago, left
$10,000 each to the following institu
tions: Georgetown College, George
town, D. C; St John's Literary Soci
ety. Baltimore; St Mary's Industrial
School for Boys, Baltimore, and tho
Little Sisters of the Poor, Baltimore;
besides smaller bequests of from $2,000
to $5,000 to other schools and charities.
N. Y. Independent.
At a meoting of Baptist ministers at
Philadelphia, a resolution was adopted
protesting in the name of Christianity
against the arrest of Godfrey Hubert, a
Baptist pastor at Skiem, Norway, who
was recently sentenced by the courts
there to pay a fine of $30 for baptizing a
convert both of whose parents were
members of his church. It was resolved
to request the Secretary of State to in
struct the American Minister to Sweden
and Norway to inquire into the case.
Chicago News.
The Lee Avenue Baptist Church,
Brooklyn, whose pastor, the Rev. J.
Hyatt Smith, now a member of Con
gress, recently resigned after thirteen
years' service, has dissolved under its
former name, and a new church has
been formed under the name of the
South Baptist Church. The Rev. N. B.
Thompson is now pastor. As the church
edifice has been sold for an academy of
music, a site for a new church is being
looked for. Services will be held in the
old structure ior six .months. N. Y.
Sun.
A restless young preacher with a
congregation of working people, in a
manufacturing town, wrote to Prof.
Phelps desiring his help to a better posi
tion, and remarked: "I am throwing
myself away in this shoe town." Prof.
Phelps wrote to the young man that he
could not make a better' throw. If by
throwing himself away on these people,
whom he considered unworthy of his
superior talent he could lift them up
intellectually and spiritually, he was
doing a work which would be worth the
sacrifice. Chicago Herald.
The New Comet.
At present the comet is about one
hundred and sixty millions of miles
from the earth, and its distance from us
will probably not be less than eighty
millions at any time, though further
calculations will be necessary to settlo
that point But though it will not ap
proach us so nearly as other comets
nave done, it may be expected to make
a fine display for a few days in the
early part of June. Only ten comets
have nitherto been known to approach
the sun so nearly as this in all probabil
ity will. It is to be regretted, however,
that its greatest brilliancy will occur at
a time when it will be invisible to us,
and seen only in the Southern Hemis
phere. In this respect it will resemble
the great comet of 1880. Tho present
extraordinary intensity of its light
which comes to us from the enormous
distance of 160,000,000 miles, proves
that it has plenty of material for future
display, and it will probably show a
long and nearly straight tail of enor
mous dimensions to our antipodes.
How much of the same sort it will give
us is still somewhat problematical, and
can only be decided on the basis of
further observations.
It is now invisible to the naked eye,
and by a small telescope, though it is
readily seen, yet owing to its smallness
it can hardly be distinguished from the
stars which surround it After passing
its perihelion it will probably become
visible in the Northern hemisphere. It
now appears in the constellation of the
Lyre, near Vega. It will pass to the
westward of that star, and will continue
on its journey up into Cepheus, when in
May it will make an abrupt turn and go
plunging in toward the sun.
The elements of the orbit of the new
comet are: Perihelion passage, June
15; perihelion place, 49 degrees, 35
minutes; longitude of node, 206 degrees,
40 minutes; inclination, 74 degrees, 47
aainutes; perihelion distance, 10,000,000
miles, motion direct .
This comet appears to have no ana
logue in the past, as no comet is known
with elements sufficiently resembling
these to constitute reasonable belief in
identity. The elements of the comet of
1097 somewhat resemble those of the
present comet but the perihelion dis
tance of the former is computed to be
seven times as great as that of the lat
ter. Two weeks of further observation
will serve to remove many uncertainties
which now exist as to the future of this
comet and these observations will un
questionably be awaited with the great
est interest Albany Cor. N. Y. Herald.
Opening the Car Window.
May be a man feels happy and proud
and flattered and envied and blessed
among men when he sees a pretty girl
trying to raise a window on a railway
car, and he jumps up and gets in ahead
of the other boys and says: "Allow me?"
Oh, so courteously, and shesays: "Oh, if
you please: I would be so glad," and the
other male passengers turn green with
envy, and he leans over the back of the
seat and tackles the window in a knowing
way with ono hand, if peradventure ho
may toss it airily with a simple turn of
the wrist but it kind of holds on, and
he takes hold with both hands, but it
sort of doesn't let go to any alarming
extent, and then he pounds it with his
fist, but it only seems to settle a "leetle"
closer into tho place, and then he comes
around and she gets out of the seat to
give him a fair chance, and he grapples
that window and bows up his back and
tugs, and pulls, and sweats, and grunts.
and strains, and his hat falls off, and
his suspender buttons fetch loose, and
his vest buckle parts, and his face gets
red, and his feet slip, and people laugh,
and irreverent young men in remote
seats grunt and. groan every time he
lifts and cry out: " Now then, all to
gether," as if in mockery, and he bursts
his collar at the forward button, and the
pretty young lady, vexed at having been
made so conspicuous, says, in her icieot
manner: "Oh, never mind, thank you.
It 'doesn't "make any difference," and
then calmly goes away and sits down in
another seat and- that wearied man
'gathers himself together and reads a
book upside down oh doesn't he feel
good, just? May be he isn't happy, but
lfyou think he isn't don't be fool chough
to extend any of vour sympatic. He
doesn't want it Burlington Hawjceye.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
In his experiments with tho strength
of insects, Plateau, the French natural
ist, has ascertained that, in proportion
to its size, a Junebug is as powerful as a
locomotive.
California is to have a cotton facto
ry. Manufacturers of wool there say
that California cotton is more servicea
ble to them than that of the Southern
States. A". Y. Herald.
' Some observations were lately made
in a oaiioon by M. do rouviele on an
opaque cloud which covered the region
of Paris for several days. The cloud
was hardly 300 meters thick. The up
per part o"f tho guide rope was covered
with hoar frost. The mean temperature
of the cloud was 5 degrees.
A Minnesota inventor, says the New
England Fanner, proposes to send grain
from the West to tho seaboard by means
of a pipe line, somewhat as petroleum is
sent from the oil regions, the grain be
ing propelled by compressed air. The
experiment has been found to work per
fectly in a short tube, and machinery is
being built for a decisive test of tho
merits of the plan.
It is said that tho fifteen dynamite
manufactories now under the control of
M. Nobel (the man who introduced
nitro-glycerinc in its various forms into
public uso) turn out about 5,000 tons a
year. In this countryand in Europe it
is estimated that the production of ex-
Elosives containing nitro-glycerine is
etween 7,000 and 8,000 tons a year,
and this quantity has the energy of at
least 45,000 tons of ordinary gunpow
der. The value of the cotton plant, it
would seem, has been increased by the
discovery that the bark of tho roots
yield a promising dye-stuff. It appears
that, when the bark of cotton root is
exhausted by alcohol of the specific
gravity of 0.84, a dark reddish-brown
liquid is obtained, which, when distilled
to recover the spirit, leaves a resinous
matter which amounts to eight per
cent, of the original weight of the bark.
The new product thus obtained appears
black and shining, but when pulverized
takes tho color of cochineal. It dissolves
in fourteen parts of alcohol, fifteen of
chloroform, and 122 of benzol; it dis
solves also in caustic alkalies, and
is precipitated from those solutions by
acids. Hydrate of potash colors green.
Sulphuric" acid dissolves it with a red
brown coler. N. Y. Sun.
PITH AND POINT.
If you can not inspire a woman with
love of you, fill her above the brim with
love of herself all that runs over will
be yours.
A Philadelphia surgeon makes dim
ples to order for $15 apiece, and the
average servant girl takes four and
strikes for an increase of wages'. De
troit Free Press.
Mustard is said by the fashion mon
gers to have a seasonable color. It
will be worn this summer by the salt of
the earth. N. Y. Comercial Advertiser.
An up-country man bought a Ro
man candle and lighted it to go to bed
by. He says you can bet your sweet
life he'll lick the man that loaded it, if
he can find him out. Boston Post.
An Irish gentleman, hearing of a
friend having a stone coffin made for
himself, exclaimed: "By me sowl, that's
a good idea! Shure an' a stone coffin
'ud last a man a lifetime."
A fashion item says "oval necks
are more fashionable than the pompa
dour squares." This fashion should be
encouraged. Girls born with square
necks don't look as well its those whose
necks are oval. Norrislown Herald.
"Is the doctor in?" asked an anxious-looking
young man. ".No, sir,"
replied the person addressed; "but you
can leave an order on tho slate. Is it a
very urgent case?" "Well, yes," the
young man said "rather urgent, 1
think. Just as I started away from
home my youngest brother was falling
OHt of a second story window." Chica
go Tribune.
"Is there a letter here in a scented
envelope for my wife?" he asked the
postmaster, while the green fire from
'his eyes made the office look like a
leafy forest. "Yes, sir," answered tho
postmaster as ho handed it out. The
jealous man tore it open at once, when,
lo and behold! it was the milliner's bill.
The Court, austerely: "Prisoner
how did yon have the audacity to break
into this man's house at midnight and
rob him?" Prisoner, (piteously) : "But,
your Honor, last timo I was before you
you wanted to know how I could have
the audacity to rob a man on the high
way at high noon. When do you want
me to get in my work. New Haven Bg-
ister.
An Honest Man.
One day in the years agone a stranger
arrived at Dearborn, in this county, and
inquired for a citizen commonly known
as Uncle Ike. The old man was soon
found in a grocery, and after the usual
"how-de-do" the stranger said :
"Do I address Uncle Ike Barlow?"
" You dew," was the reply. '
"Well, my name is Thorburn, of Ann
Arbor."
"Jess so."
"They tell me that you aro a great
horse-trader."
" Wall, I dew make a trade now and
then. What ye goi? "
" I've got a horse I brought along on
purpose to trade with you. let us first
understand each other. You are a
momber of the church? "
" Y-e-s ; I expect I be."
" Then ortourse I shall expect you to
be honest with me. I've been looking
at your old nag over there by the post.
How old is he?"
"That 'ere hoss," slowly replied
Uncle Dxc, as he puckered his lips and
squinted his left eye" let's see let's
sec! Wall, now, I quite forgit whether
he's nine or ten years old, but we'll say
ten."
"Uncle Ike, isn't that horse all of
twenty, years old? Come, now, as a
member of the church, give me an
honest answer."
" Look a-here, mister," said the old
man, after a strong gaze at the stranger,
"I never trade hosses but one way."
"How's that?"
" When I'm buying of a hoss I'm a
purty good member of the church.
When I'm a-aelling of a hoss I reckon
on skipping about two prayer meetings.
When lm a-trading hosses then I cal
kerlate on backsliding altogether for a
hull month, or until I know the victim
won't begin no lawsuit. Now, stranger,
that's me, aud if you have come here to
trade hosses don't reckon that Matthew,'
Mark, Luke or John ever writ a line ad
vising a church member to come right
down and give away the ring bones on
his own anamile! " Detroit Free Press.
Physicians Fees.
Fifty years ago physicians in New
Bedford, Mass., were paid a fee of 6 1-2
cents per visit. A few years later the
price rose to 25 cents a visit, including
free medicine. In 1830 an advance was
made to 50 cents, which brought forth
an outburst of indignation from the
people, and the medical fraternity were
obliged to explain tiiat if they received
Eay from all of thoir patients they might
e able to gain a livelihood, and some
thing besides, from their old prices. By
the time people became reconciled to
this advance another was made to $1,
and then again to $2, and in some case
more. This is the history of tho pro
fession in nearly all of the Massachu
setts cities and towns, and is said to ac
count for the favor with which patent
medicines are regarded there, peopla
preferring to doctor themselves rather
thaa to submit to what they term rain
barges. Chicago Herald,
KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE!
IT CT'RKS SPAVIVe,
SPLINTS, K1X;
BONIS. CURBS AND
I ALLS MILAUBLE.V
IM1KS AND I;,
I MOVKSTHK HUNCH
WITHOUT BLISrtK-
i. vx.
KENBAIiL'S SPAVIN CURE!
It h.i ii.r.-.l thousands i.r cases and is destined to cure .uiIUo;s and millions mor
KJBffBAIiIi'S SPAYIN CUBE!
Is the oui; po-itive tiro kuo.vn, and to show what thN remedy will do we glvei
as a sa:.lt-i.t' on-es nireilhv it, a ttateuu-ul which vas
GXVEM" UNDER OATH.
To Whom it May Coucern. In the
year 1875 1 trotted with "Kendall's
Spavin Cure," a hone spavin of several
months' growth, nearly half as larj;e as
a hens egg, aud completely stopped the
lameness and removed the enlargement.
1 hae worked the horse ever .since very
hard, and he never has hecii lame, nor
could I ever see any difference in the
size Of the hock joints since I tn-ited
him with -'Kendall's Spavin Cure."
K. A.Oaink.
Enoshurgh v;iiis, vt.. Teh. i. 'Tt.
" Sworn and suhscrihed to hefore me
this 2Tith day or Keh.. a. i. 1S7!.
tlulIN (..1knxk.
Jutice of I'eaco
KENDALL'S SPAYIK CUBE;
ON HUMAN FLESH it has been ascertained In repeated tn ils to be,
the very best liniment ever used for any deep seated pnin of loihj standing
or of short duration. Also for CUh'NS, BCXIUNS. FtlOS P-UITES
or any bruise, cut or lameness. Some are afraid lo use it on hu -nan jtexh
simply because it is a horse medicine, but you should remember that what
is good for BEAST fs good for MAN, and we know from Experience
th at "KENDALLS SPA VIN CURE" can be used on a culd 1 year
old with per eel safety Its Effects are wonderful on human Jlesh audit
does not blister or make a sore. Try it and be convinced.
KENDALL'S SPAVIN 01TRE;
Read below of Its wonderful i-lTecIs n a liniment for Iho hu m family.
-, ... . HKMATirK. MbM.UKI. All.Mst-20, tsso.
li. J, Iykndam. .v I ., (tKNTs: I am so ocrj. ed in iew of the result of an ap
plication or jour Kendall's Spavin Cure tint lY.el that I ou-ht ft.r Humanities'
akf publish it to the world. About thii tv-!ive vears ago while ridim: a vouh
ugly hon-c. I was injured in ono or my testicles, and from that tint - to three weeks
ago a slow but constant enlargement has been the result, giving me a great amount
or trouble, almoyt entirely preventing me from horseback ridint. which -was my
usual way of traelimr. I saw a notice or vour Kenda l's Sp.iviu I 'lire, never once
thought oritfor any thing except Tor liorsi s. but alter receiving lie medicine and
reading over what it was good for, feeling ternblv exercised about in v ditliculty, for
I had consulted many physicians aud none gave me mv speeilic but 'when it could
be endured no longer to remove it with the knire. I applied oitr Kendall's Spavin
Cure as an experiment, and it was o painful in its application that I concluded
not to repeat it and thought no more ab.-ut it until near a week, and lo and behold
one-half the size was gone, with jov I could scarce! v believe it, I immediately ap
plied it over again, and h.te m-tde in all about 2 dozen applie tious running over
x .space or two weeks and the terrible enlargement is almost gote. in lew of which
I cannot express my feelings of delight. It has been a (Sod send M me. mav he
.icml to others with like trouble. John Rick
J'astor or Hematite Congregational Church.
I. S. Vou are at liberty to put this in anv shape mi mav please. I am not
ashamed to have my name under, over or by the side or it.
KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE!
Kendall's Spavin Cure is sure in its ellects, mild in its action as it does not
'jlistt-r, et it Is penetrating and powerful to reach anvde-p seated piiu or to re
move any bony growth or any other enlargement if Used lor several davs, such as
spavins, plints, callou-i. sprains, swelling, any lameue-.- and all enlargements of
Hie joints or limbs, or rheumatisin in man and tor :tn purpose for wbieh a liniment
is used for man or beast. It is now know n to be the best linim.-ut for m in ever used
acting mild jet certain in its etfects. It i, used in lull strength with perfect aaretv
it all seasons ol"the year.
Send address fur Illu-trated Circular, which we think gives positive proof, or its
virtues. No remedy has met with -tii-h iimpi illti -d sii.--.ss to our knowledge, tor
beast as Well as man. Trice $1 per bottle, or MX bottles for $.".
ALL DRUGGISTS have it or can get it for you,
or it will be sent to am address on receipt ot piiet . bv the proprirtois,
18 Dr.' li. J. KENDALL & CO, Kio-burg Fulls, Vermont.
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