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Ttt sflense and low
ly o'er the cold snow
1Mb go im-bfog1y scrapfng to-ntght,
Tho sleigh bells don't Jiog
L a fingwn don't sing.
And tho elrvcr moou doesn't ebtue bright
IPs cold and If s dark.
Kot a etnjrlo warm spark
Of life ecems left in us now.
My loft oar lifroro-
N, and ldrowtse my nose,
V I wish I was back home, I vow:
The old naqr ts played out,
I'm beginning to donbt
If bo!l have enough strength to pull througn.
The cutter's too wide.
And the girl at my side
Doesn't snugglo as she ought to do.
Sho Insists I shall drive
With both hands man uilvcl
Whim I tried once to give her a kiss
Tin astonished!" she said,
With n toss of her head.
And I stuttered: "Oh, p-p-pardon mo, MlMl"
She's cold and she's glum,
You would think she was dumb
If you never had scon her before,
Hut she Isn't, oh. nol
Don't mislead yourself 6o!
And to-morrow 6ho'U talk all the more.
It's beginning to snow!
We've vat ten miles to go.
And I lash old Mtixcppa In vain
Now you mark what I say, .
You mar kick mo all day "
If over Igo'slclghing again.
SomervlUe Journal.
THE STUBBORN WIFE.
A Folk-Talo From tho Russian of
AfanasiefE.
In old times. In tho Government of
Novgorod, there lived a wife on such
bad tonus with her husband that sho
became a proverb in her neighborhood.
No matter what ho said, she was sure
to take tho opposite ground. If he told
her to get up early and prepare his
brenkfast, sho would lio in bed without
stirring for three days; if ho said:
Come, now, my dear, it's timo for j-ou
to go to sleep," sho would stay awake,
talking all tho while, till daybreak;
Once, when tho poor man ventured to
ask her to make some pancakes, she
flew into a rage, and cried:
"Pancakes, you thief! you don't do
deserve a pancake "
"All rteht, my love; don't mako
Sancakes, then, if I don't deserve
icm," ho answered, oh! so meekly.
"I'd like to know who is to keep mc
from cooking what I please in my own
house," sho screamed at this. "Pan
cakes rra going to make, a good two
gallon potful, and you shall eat them
every one.'
So for onco tho poor husband got hi
Gil of pancakes, but luck was not al
ways on his- side.
Tilings went on from bad to worse,
until at last tho man took to wandering
in the woods, afraid to set his foot
uion tho threshold of his home. One
day, while picking a few berries to
appease his hunger, he pushed aside a
bush and there beneath it saw a pit
apparently bottomless. An idea came
to him. If ho wero to put his wife into
the pit, might not it tcacli her a good
lesson? So, returning home, he
plucl- d up courage to address her in a
pleasant tone:
"K I were you, wife, I wouldn't go
into the wood to pick berries. Itrcally
is not safe there.
"Safe, you bugbear! What is that to
you? I can take care of myself, I
think. I'll go into the wood this very
day.'1
"Well, go, if yon must, my love; but
on no account go near the great big
currant bush I've marked with a whito
stone at tho root,"
"You want to keep all the currants
for yourself, you greedy brute," cried
the captious wife. "Be s-urc I'll have
my share."
So saying she ran out into tho woods
like a mad creature, never resting un
til she had picked and eaten all the
fruit from the currant bush marked
with a white stone at tho root. As
she picked the hist bunch the greedy
creature leaned over to sec that none
remained on tho far side of the bush.
Over she went, headlong into the pit,
and the last words her hulnnd heard
from her were these: "Oh, when I get
out. won't 1 "
The res he fortunately could not
understand, owing to the rapidity of
the lady's disappearance. Returning
home joyfully, he made a feast of every
good thing to cat lie could discover in
the cupboard. Climbing up on the
stove he stretched out his legs for a
comfortable nap, but not until after he
had enjoyed a grand smoke, the like of
which he had not known since the day
his honeymoon set in. After three days
of rest that seemed liko heaven, the
man resolved to go and lind out how
matters were progressing in the pit
Taking a long cord he let it down into
the aperture, and by and by he felt
something tugging ftt the end of it
"There she is! tho poor dear crea
ture sprightl3' as ever! I recognize
her vicious way of jerking. I thought
she could stand three days of it."
Inhigh spirits he began hauling m
tho line, and soon brought to viow, not
bis spouse, but a little black demon,
wriggling tremendously. Frightened
out of his wits, tho peasant was about
to cast the imp back where it came
from, but the creature wept bitterly,
entreating him not to do so.
"Don't send mo home again, peasant;
let mc out if you have any mercy.
Homo is no longer home down yonder
since she made her appearance. Thrco
days ago a scolding woman fell down
there, and since then we are all uttcrlv
worn out with her. Only let me stay
on earth and I'll promise to do you a
you a
good turn.
"Then she's no better?"
alarmed man.
cried the
"Worse, if possible," said the imp.
"Sho docs nothing but talk of what she
will do when she catches you again."
"Perhaps it is as well not to disturb
her," answered the husband, hastening
away from the mouth of tho pit. The
imp, well pleased, trotted at his dieels,
and as they walked, proposed to his
benefactor a business partnership.
"Suppose we go together to tho town
of Vologda, ril take to tormenting
folks, and you shall cure them. What
say you, peasant? Can't you see money
in the scheme?"
The peasant, after cogitating awhile,
agreed to the proposition. When they
reached a fine house belonging to a
merchant who had a wife and several
daughters, the imp insinuated himself
through the key-hole of the door, and
fell to playing tricks upon the women,
'wfajch fairly drove them eriry.' The
doctor of the village came, and the
priest came, and all the old gossips
gathered around the iouse. But noth
mg could be thought of to rcltata tho
possessed women, till finally our friend j
tno peasant, dressed like a venerable
roan, presented himself upon the
threshold,- offering to drive away tho
live spirit. In despair, the people al-
lowed him to see the- patients, when lot
a the first sound of tho new-comer's
voico tho afflicted ones became qufctr
and submissive. In the end he suc
ceeded in curing them entirely, so ef
fectually putting to flight the fiend that
his grateful hosts loaded him with
money, and fed hhn on pies and beer.
This enterprise, repeated from house
I to house, soon filled the pockets of the
partners. Thoy wero obliged to hrao;
away the gold that came to them in'
bagfuls. At last, ono day, the imp,
who was getting a little uppish, re
marked to his friend the peasant:
It seems to me you've made money
enough by this timo. I've about mado
up my mind to leavo the firm and give
up business altogether. Now I'll agree
to let you have all tho gold if you'll
promiso not to "drive mc away from the
next person I take possession of. It's
timo I was having a little fun upon my
own account."
The next thing that was heard of was
tho illness of the Boyar's daughter, tho
beauty of the town. Sho was quito out
of her mind, thev said, threatening to
eat every body who oamo into her pres
ence. "So that's what you aro up to, my
lad," said the peasant, suspecting the
absent imp. Ho went to tho Boyar's
house, where ho was greeted joyfully.
"Can you euro my poor daughter?"
asked the unhappy Boyar. Promising
to do his best, tno pretended physician
told tho Boyar to assemblo all tho
towns-people, together with tho coach
men of the place, in tho street oulsido
tho house. Moreover, he gave orders
that at a giviyi signal from the window
of tho sick room the coachmen should
all crack their whips, and tho people
should cry out as no directed. This
dono, ho went into a room, where the
Boyar's beautiful daughter ilew at him,
biting and snapping. Opening tho
window ho gave tho signal, when in
stantly arose a tumult of shouts and
cries from without, with tho cracking
of whips and yells of "the cantanker
ous wife has como!"
On hearing this, tho imp rushed out
of the Boyar s daughter, and appeared
before tho peasant, with his hair stand
ing straight upon his head, his eyes
staring wide with terror.
"It can't be true, peasantP She
hasn't really como here?
Louder and louder arose tho cries:
"The cantankerous wifo has comer'
"Wbero can I take refuge, peasant?"
screamed tho imp, now thoroughly
overcome with fear.
"Alas, my poor friend, I know not,
unless you go back to tho pit," said tho
peas:uit. 'lt is certain she won't wish
to return there"
"Good-bye," cried the imp, and was
oft like a flash to the pit, and to tho
company of tho cantankerous wifo
also, sinco sho never came back to
earth." Jlarjtcr's Bazar Translation.
LONC SHOTS.
Wonderful Feats -of Sfarkamanshtp Per
formed by Columbian Huutrrn.
Perhaps no one ditciplo of Nimrod
can point to a like success in the chase
as has been experienced by Mr. James
Porter, of Thibert Creek, Casslar, who
under all circumstances is credited
with being -a capital shot. While on a
hunting excursion during tho winter of
1882-3, in company with Mr. Charles
Cameron, both of whom wero armed
with Winchesters, and tho cold being
forty to fifty degrees below zero, they
came upon a band of thirteen cariboo
browsing on tho bushes which aro to
be found on tho mountains abovo tho
timber line. Cameron took one direc
tion, while Porter took a circlo to tako
advantage of a ridge, so that ho might
get within shot, which ho succeeded in
doings and fired his first shot at ono
hundred and fiftyyards, which counted
one bagged. The band then started on
the mu, and before they had got out of
reach ho had sped twenty-two bullets
among them, killing nine and wound
ing the-tenth severely. Night coming
on they had to gather the slain, so that
the wounded cariboo could not be fol
lowed, but when tho carcases were
skinned it was discovered that tho
nine were hit nineteen times out of tho
twenty-two shots fired.
Last winter Mr. Porter, while out
with Mr. B. Sullivan ou a sporting trip,
came on a band of some fifteen or six
teen cariboo on the mountains at the
head of Deasc creek, and eclipsed all
ins former feats of marksmanship.
Owing to the nature of the mountain
side on which they wero feeding.
Porter could not possibly get nearer to
them than live hundred yards, so ho
quietly adjusted the sight for that
range, dropped on one Tcnee, and at
tho crack of his rifle there was one car
iboo less. At the sound of the first
shot thej commenced running, and be
fore they got out of range, Mr. Sulli
van says, there were seven lying at al
most equal distances apart. Mr. Porter
told the writer that no did not take
time to raise his rifle sight as tho
distance increased, but that he held at
the top of the back of the last two
which lie shot, Victoria 2Vi&.
MADE HIS FORTUNE.
How a l'rcncli Comedtrmio Enriched a Silk
Manufacturer.
The formal announcement that the
latest styles lor ladies' costumes aro to
be chiefly distinguished for the striking
colors employed in tho stuffs out of
which they are made, recalls to mind
a little anecdote told of Mile. Mars, the
once famous comedienne an anecdote
which explains how tho samo fashion
was artfully forced upon the world
some sixty or seventy years ago. The
actress was fulfilling an engagement at
Lyons, when one day the chief silk
manufacturer of tho town was ushered
into her presence.
"Mademoiselle," said he, "I demand
of you to make my fortune."
"Monsieur, nothing would give mo
greater pleasure, but how am I to do
so?"
"Simply by accepting from mo this
piece of cloth, by having it mado into a
dress and wearing it in your next rep
resentation in Paris." And at the
same time he unfolded a package which
he held in his hand and sprcadit before
the actress. It was a piece of the
most brilliant and screaming yellow,
as the blondes would say intense, bar
baric, soul-stirring! At first the actress
refused she could never commit such
an act of audacity and hope to live
through it; but at last she was prevailed
upon to make the trial. Tho experi
ment succeeded beyond the crafty mer
chant's wildest hopes. In less than a
week all Paris was frantically pursuing
the latest phantasy of its favorite star.
The Lyons manufacturer, who alone
had a sufficient, stock on hand, was
soon overflowed with orders. And the
fashion for bright colors thus oddly be
gun endured for -several "seasons.
Paris Cor. Bottom Record.
KRAKATOA.
OAcbt AccoBafc aff tfM
Great Eraptloa la 1889.
Thanks to the liberality of the Dutch
East Indian Government, the world
bos an elaborate and thorough account
of the great eruption at Erakatoa in
May, 18S3; an account so fall, and by
hands so competent moreover, that the
full significance of tho phenomena i
made apparent. Mr. Verbeck was dis
patched by the Government in question
immediately after tho great outburst, to
investigate its causes and effects, and
with the assistance of Mr. J. Schnur
man has now published the second of
two volumes covering the ground com
pletely. A resume of the second vol
ume, which deals with the phenomona
(the first volume treating the history of
the eruption), has appeared in Nature.
The inquiry has resulted in the conclu
sion that the disturbance was volcanio
and not seismic, though it is ascertained
that a seismic movement of the scaTbot-
tom occurred in the whole region of tho.
aauiuuvoa. Ab iud aauxe uuiu voiui-
quakes were felt in Australia, and theso
movements are supposed to result from
a connection between the subterranean
recesses which lie between Krakatoa
and Australia. The theory of the erup
tion put forward is that of the sudden
influx of large bodies of water prob
ably tho ocean to masses of incandes
cent matter in tho neighborhood of tho
old volcano.
The whole theory requires a revision
of some of the suppositions concerning
the thickness of the earth's crust Mr.
Vorbeek holds to tiie doclrine of a cen
tral firo, it is certainly necessary to
state, and his facts go to show that we
are realty less removed from it than
may seem comfortable. What tends
strongly to demonstrate the instability
of the crusts is the extent of the dis
turbance caused by the outbreak of
Krakatoa. In some ways it was felt
over the whole earth, the explosions
were actually heard aver an area
amounting to one-fourth of the earth's
surface, while the air-wave caused trav
eled' all round the globo and back to
Krakatoa. The great tidal wave which
followed the principal explosions was
not caused, it is now held, by earth
quake shocks, but sinply by tho pro
jection into the sea of enormous masses
of matter, including one side of the
crater itself, and the profuse dis
charges from it. Mr. Verbeuk has cal
culated that at least eighteen cubic
kilometers of matter must have been
ejected, and Nature gives this illustra
tion: "Imagine a box of ashes as large
as Hyde Park and as high as the dome
of St Paul's, a hundred such boxes will
give an idea of the mass of matter
thrown outjby Krakatoa in 1883."
The elevation reached by the ejected
ashes is estimated at fifty kilometers,
or nearby six times the height of Mount
Everest, the highest mountain in the
world. Mr. Verbeck attributes the red
sunsets to the presence in the air of the
finer particles of the dust, togetherwith
aqueous vapor. These particles he be
lieves made the circuit of the earth
twice, being carried westward by
strong east winds. Inasmuch as the
same kind of red sunsets have been ob
served as recently as the fall of 1885, it
is, however, difficult to accept the ox
planation as sufficient The theory
that the volcanic dust has remained in
atmospheric suspension for two years
and a half is hardly tenable. After the
eruption the sea was covered with
pumice thickly. Some of this was car
ried as far as the cast coast of Africa;
another portion is at present encounter
ed in the Pacific Ocean, between the
Caroline and Marshall Islands; and the
author calculates that this pumice will
reach the American coast at Panama in
1886.
While Mr. Verbeck has made a most
important contribution to the literature
of a very interesting subject, it is not
tobe supposed that the volcanic or tho
seismic problems aro solved by him.
He has indeed gathered data which
supports the thcorj- of a central fire,
and tho belief that the crust of tho
globe is thinner than commonly sup
posed. There are, however, many in
explicable points, and a rcasonablo
probability is the most that can be
claimed for the inferences drawn from
the phenomena of the great Krakatoa
eruption. N. Y. Tribune.
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY.
How It Aaalsts Scientists, Knginoers and
Educators.
The number of people who tako
photographic pictures is increasing
amazingly year by year. Apart from
those who make a living by tho profes
sion, there are others to whom it is use
ful in their several occupations. En
gineers and architects use it for making
pictures of machinery and buildings,
physicians find it handy in keeping a
record of surgical operations. It is an
indispensable to artists in sketching;
then newspaper men aro enabled to
take a photograph, which is desirable,
now that all the journals are being il
lustrated. Then a great number of
ladies and gentlemen find it a pleasant
amusement to be able to take pictures
of their friends and relatives. What
repels the gentler sex, however, is tho
ill-smelling chemicals which are used
to bring out the pictures on the nega
tives. One of the drawbacks to the
general uso of photography to those
who travel has been the ncccs-ity of
using glass, which is weighty to car
ry and awkward to use. But this diffi
culty has been overcome by a new ap
paratus and process which emploj'es
paper instead of glass for negatives. It
would take too much of our space to
describe this new process, but amateur
photographers will have no trouble in
finding the new material. Pictures, by
the way, are becoming very popular.
The art work in our magazines is im-
iroving as months roll by. The circu
lation of our illustrated weekly papers
is enormous, and the daily papers arc
beginning to invade this popular field.
Men have many tongues, that is, they
sneak many dialects, while practically
tney have but one eye; hence pictures
form the true universal language.
Educators are beginning to find out
that the intelligence of children can
best be appealed to. through the eyes
rather than through the ears. Dem
otes? 3 Montldy.
A great and general scare about
hydrophobia would be of great benefit
to the United States, for nowhere else on
this side of Constantinople are there so
many worthless cur dogs in proportion
to the population. In the cities they
are seldom seen, but no man can walk
through a country town at night with
out being startled almost out of life by
dogs which rush yelping from door
ways and seem intent on tearing som
one to pieces. Dog laws do not greatly
decrease the number. Poison seema
the antidote, and it can not be adminlr
tered too persistently. N. Y. Tribune.
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Atterr7 Mi lT:!y Patl e. Collector.
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
OF
MACFARLAND& COWDBRY,
CtrfuMGM, : : ; Nebraska.
J. J. ItlAlJOHAIV,
Justice, County Surveyor, Notary,
Land and Collection Ay cnt.
J37lartics desiriug surveying doirc can
notify me by mail at'l'lattc Centre, Neb.
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ATTOENEYS-AT-LAW,
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Blanket, Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks,
valises, buggy tops, cushions, carriage
trimmings, tc, at the lowest possible
prices. Repairs pninptly attended to.
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Plans and estimates supplied for cither
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The highest market price paid for rag?
and iron. Store in the Rubach building,
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Carpenters and Contractors.
Have had an extended experience, and
will guarantee satisfaction in work.
Ali kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Our motto is, Good work and
fair prices. Call and give us an oppor
tunitytoestimatcforyou. 3TShop on
13th St., one door wost of Friedhof A
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Job-Work, Hoofing and Gutter
ing a Specialty.
ISTShop on Olive Street, 2 doors
north of lirodfeubrer's Jewelry Store.
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AMER1COMANIA.
Tte Iafltteoea of Amertesa
Vpoa Etosllsfc LeglslBjtare.
While the term Anglomania signifies
in America a crace among people of
questionable intellect for all that is
absurd, ridiculous and foppish In
English manners and social customs,
the term Amcricomauia means in
England an inclination among the
thinking classes to introduce into tho
homo government what has been ap
proved best in American political in
stitutions and principles. Tho American
youth, man or woman, who desires to
bo thought quite proper," imagines a
greater tono is acquired by imitating,
and therefore absurdly exaggerating
the peculiarities of dress, speech and
mannerisms of that class that does not
include the most refined and elegant
Englishmen, than by representing the
simple dignity, good taste and modest
demeanor of the true American gentle
man as ho really exists In tho conserv
ative cities of this country.
The form of Anglomania that has
been so much satirized in this country
would lead one unacquainted with tho
trath to think all Englishmen under
the age of forty arc empty-headed Tom
noddies, with a tedious predilection for
tho broad a, a constipation of ideas
that makes a dismal drawl unavoida
ble, and a pitiablo absence of judgment
In the matter of dress. Indeed, our
young sapheads sec and grasp every
thing except the manhood of the Eng
lishman. They learn his trick of ad
justing or dropping tho eye-glass, but
they do not show equal aptitude with
him for striking a blow from the
shoulder. They apo his indolence, but
they do not, liko him, rise alertly equal
to an emergency where decision and
courago are required. In fact there is
a painful eu'eminancy about our Anglo
maniacs that makes their imitations of
tho eccentricities of a hardy, sturdy,
independent race contemptible The
English swell holds himself rather
abovo imitating tho American snob,
and it unhappily does not occur to the
snob that ho is a vory vacuous, worth
less, nondescript sort of creature, im
measurably inferior in qualities of
brain and mnsclo to tho man he fondly
deludes himself into believing he has
patterned after.
Amcricomania is quite another mat
ter. The English people aro not both
ering themselves to ascertain how we
accent or intone a word, nor how wc
wear our tailor traps, nor whether we
have any particular vulgar character
istics that may be adopted as distin
guished mannerisms. They are, how
ever, very much interested in getting
a comprehensive knowledge of tho
once despised and ridiculed institutions
that have impressed progressive Eng
land with the belief that the United
States Government is a very good
model to follow.
Sinco 1865 the English estimate of
tho United States has undergone a rad
ical change. For some years England
has been moving away from monarch
ical conditions, developing theories
that had in them all the elements of
democracy. Thought instead of tradi
tion began to rule tho country, and
soon or late politicians follow the
thinkers. Edncatcd Englishmen aro
fast learning that America affords the
best example of a democratic govern
ment, and as England is rapidly be
coming democratic rcspcctablo Eng
lishmen, says a thoughtful writer, "aro
beginning to consider whether the
constitution of the United States raay
not afford means by which, under new
democratic forms, may be preserved
the political conservatism dear and
habitual to the governing classes of
England."
A democratic form of government
is all but established in England, and
it is quito natural there should be a
disposition to borrow from this country
some measures and methods that will
make the triumph lasting. The Con
servatives repelled as long as possible
tho advance of democracy, but when
it swept over them with irresistible
force they began to look at the situa
tion fairly, and among the first things
that becamo apparent was the necessity
for a tangible and definite constitu
tional basis. They perceived that,
whilo not the most trifling change can
be made in tho Constitution of the
United States without the mostlengthy
consideration and deliberate assent of
the people, within a month or two, and
and without any reference to the people,
the English Parliament could dissolvo
tho union with Ireland or turn the
United Kingdom into a federal mon
archy. The look brought them into
admiring regard of the authority of
the President, the dignity of the Senate,
the limited powers of the House, and
altogether there sprang up an Amcri
comania that is fast revolutionizing
England and promises to result in a
form of government to which one pro
phetic writer has already applied the
descriptive term of democratic con
servatism. At present the English Con
stitution is in form democratic, and
the majority, nominally at least, rules.
It is but a step further to a limited de
mocracy, a government monarchical
In theory but republican in fact.
England is in a fair way to take this
step, and the time is not far away
when, half unconsciously perhaps, she
will have taken it. Ciucaao Inter
Ocean.
THE COOPER'S DANCE.
A Curious Custom Observed by the Coopers
of Munich.
A curious custom, known as the
"coopers' dance," is observed in Mu
nich from the second week of February
until Ash Wednesday periodically. The
custom dates from early in the six
teenth century, and originated as fol
lows: During the plague of 1517 Mu
nich gave way to tho most abject
terror. In order to buoy up the spirits
of the inhabitants some followers of
the art of coopering adopted the very
original course of performing dances
in tho open spaces and streets of the
town. Thus a less melancholy feeling
was created, and the courage of the
people was revived. Since this time
it has been customary to commemorate
the dance of coopers every seventh
J ear, and the present year the timc
onored observance came round agtdn.
A number of journeyman coopers tho
most amiable and attractive fellows to
be found arc chosen to danco to an
old melody in public places and before
the dwellings of leading citizens. The
dance is a sort of ballet, and the
dancers have in their hands hoops with
green foliage. As nearly as possible
the old costume is imitated, and every
thing is done to reproduce tho qnaint
spectacle which the good folks of Mu
nich laughed at in the midst of their
terror over three hundred years ago.
Two buffoons accompany the dancers,
and their duty is to harangue the puh
lie PU Mall Gazette.
A BAD HUSBAND.
VOs BC:
,-ta-lAw Tell All Afcrat HH
Desperate Appeacmace.
I do not know where ho had been
"spending tho evening" as ho calls it,
my dear, but I know that the evening
had waned into three o'clock in the
morning when I heard him fall over tho
rocking chair I left in the hall for him,
and if it should please Heaven to send
me grandchildren, I humbly trust they
may all bo born deaf no, don't say
"oh ma!" rather than have them ove
hear the language that man usocT,
coupled with tho name of your own
mother. He left tho hall door wide
open, and in tho white moonlight I
watched him stand on his hat to reach
the shadow of tho figure 7 on tho tran
som, blackly outlinedon the white wall,
upon which he vainly endeavored to
hang his overcoat. After several fail
ures ho laid the coat carefully on tho
floor, and after fumbling in every
pocket in his clothes he found some
matches, and then .-beld - np bis
foot and scratched them against'
tho wall, under the impres
sion, I have no doubt, that he was mb
bilig them on the sole of his boot. Ho
tried, with match after match, to light
one of the brass pegs in the hat-rack,
making the most shocking aud absurd
comments at every failure. I could
bear it no longer. I called out: "Hen
ry, if yon will cease disliguring tho wall
and tnat hat-rack, and come here, I
will find a light for you." That man
he turned in the mo?t idiotic way to tho
hall door, and, aflcr staring out at tho
moonlight in a dazed way, said:
"Oh, ycz! yez-zi-see; got parlor all
lighted up, ain't jou? Whaz goin non?
Spprisc party?"
Then I went down stairs and led him
op to bed. No, my dear, I am not going
to scold him. No; when he conies
down stairs I am not going to say a
harsh word to him. I shall not say any
thing to him. I shall merely look at
him. T. S. She looked at him.
Burdelte, in Brooklyn Eagle.
THE WRONG TICKETS.
TVIijr a Slaalcal Critic Is Avoided as a Bad
Man and Heavy Hitter.
A terrible mistake recently occurred
in ono of our most critical journals,
which illustrates the danger of mixing
up reviews of difiercnt art subjects, and
the manner in which different branches
of culture can be confounded. A spar
ring match and a concert took place ou
the same evening, and, by mischance,
the tickets reached tho wrong art critics
of the newspaper. Tho musical critic,
thinking it was merely a broadening out
of his held of labor, boldly went at his
task, and handed in tho following re
view: Soiree rnyllistlque.Thnmper's Hall was
well filled iTith an HrNtocratre audlenca last
night, who had the pleasure of bcfnjr present
nt a delightful programme, which was charm
injrly carried out. At S o'ctock the conduct
tor called time, but forgot to ttpec'fj what
tempo was desired . Sljriinr J. L. SuITIrani and
Mr Driscoll appeared In tho duet which
eccmedto be in the character of a knock-turn.
SignorSulllvanl's touch was n trlllo heary.Hiid
he seonis much addicted to forearm action.
Ills performance was. ne-erthcless, a strtlc
liiK one, and had much power. A great ninny
"rounds" were upon the programme, and
are glad to see this old English style of com
position coming Into ravor again.
The art critic of sparring was at first
a trille uneasy when he saw that he had
strayed into a musical soiree; but he
soon found that his knowledge came
readily into play, and gavo the papux
the following account:
Finno-SluKVict; Extraordinary. Apollo
Orpheus Hull was crowded with a lively au
dlcnce last ulght.to gc liafe Josonhce knock
out trpiano in four rounds, netting- on tlio
event was very lively, mid an olTr-r of two to
ouo on the piano fouud no takers. Precisely
at eight o'clock tho master or ceremonies
started the proceedings with an orchestral
prelude; but they only added to the Interest
nttachliif tn tho main event. Kate eamt to
tho front smillliur. He had ovldeutlr tt:cn
sponged off Just beforo the combat, and
looked in excellent condition. Heutt.nco
struck out with his right, and followed it
with a tcrriflc left-hander, and manured to
KCt away without return. He now jrot in
some llffht work with both hands, and for a
short time seemed sparring for wind. A
short rally followed: but. Just as the faint
carted were beginninjr to back the p!ano to
tho tune of three to one.lio caujtht it a heavy
blow on the loft side, aud in an Instant hm! it
In chancery, and was punishing If sowruly.
Such heavy pounding hai iirely been seon
In any exhibition. The combat was so evi
dently in Hafe's favor that wo did not stay to
see the close. The police arrangements were
perfect, uodisturl.-.nce3 of any kind taking1
place among the au.'dcnce.
And now the sporting critic holds
himself a musical authority, and the
musical critic is avoided as a bad man
and a heavy hitler. Boston Musical Her
old.
PAPER COLLARS.
The Decline of n Once Prosperous and Im
portant UllitlllCSA.
Twenty-five years ago, when the pa
per collar made its appearance, it was
something of a marvel, for who had ever
heard of paper being substituted for
textile fabrics? Itwas a grcathit, how
ever, the conditions under which it ap
peared being exactly suited to it. The
progress of the v.ar had carried -rices
of textiles very high, and linen collars
had become almost a luxury. The new
article was, of course, much cheaper,
even less than the price of washing and
ironing the linen one. But it was not
merely the cheapness of the former that
recommended it. The gloss with which
it was finished was a step in advance ot
any laundring that had been done at
that time. It may be that many peoplo
hesitated before wearing a paper collar,
shrinking from anything in the nature
of a sham.
It took some time for the prejudice to
be overcome, for the average American
hates cheap substitutes. It is not diffi
cult distinguish at a glance tho imita
tion from the real thing, for the latter
was usually without much glosi, if it
was not also limp and broken in
wrinkles. Yet in timo tho new r.oll.ir
came to be regarded nol so much a
sham as a real article of another char
acter. Taking into account these facts
it would seem strange that it should
almost disappear from view, for even
though the linen collar has conic to lie
a comparatively cheap article, it would
seem that paper ought to be able to
compete with it. But it has not been
so. The industry of manufacturing
paper collars has ntircly disappeared
from the city of Troy, where it had its
birth, and is confined to New York and
Boston, where less than $1,000,000
worth are produced' annually. N. Y.
Herald.
m
Moiher Eve's daughters queen it
over the whole world, of course, but
South Africa is their own tfpecial corner
of the earth. The exportation from
that region last year were valued at
837,500,000, and of that $25,000,000
were paid for articles for women's
adornment ostrich feathers, diamond
and that sort ofthing.
An Omaha woman showed her good
naturo by having her picture taken in
group with her three dtvoraed hmtbaudfc
4rtr Tribune.
OF GENERAL
flrTcllCeTT'.
A colored eotnaurnlMieearftofejeel
one of her tenants CO vacate beejweizhef
ill-treated his male 1PI 0 PttaycSi'
A coooery has been ctsMMted itt
EdeYrvnie, in Oraoge Coanljr, Js.-J?
The business wfJT eWaw mjfJteedlBm
and raising coons for aad 'markets' e?
tfewYorkCHy.
With tho oMevtion of (bs BxramB;
Museum aud do Ksefon! Library m
Paris, tho Congressional Librtty, wih
its two hundred and fiftv thousand voty
umes is tho largest library in tkm
world.
The St. Paul Fumeor-PreM has go
tired of the Eastern young men with
waxed mustaches and boiled shirts whe
go out West to grow up with tho conn-'
try, and says that no ono. is wanted out
there who can't "hustle."
A writer in Hygiene Pratique statca
that boots and shoes mar bo rendered
waterproof by soaking them for soma
hours in thick soap water. Tho eora-
Iiound forms a fatty acid within 'tha
cather and makes il impervious to
water.
Nearly eighty thousand acres of
land under water along tho Connecticut
shore have havo been sold by the Statd
to oyster growers, and last year's taxosj
on this area (one-fifth of which is In uso)
yielded eight thousand dollars. HarU
ford Post.
Tho publio exhibition of Insane,
idiotic or deformed children in muse
ums is clearly contrary to public poli
cy, anil should bo forbidden by law.1
Tho same is truo of the exhibition of in
sane, idiotlo or deformed persons of any
age N. Y. Time.
Tho ferries over East River at New
York aro steadily recovering tho tralliu
that was lost to them when tho Brook
lyn bridgo was opened. The throng
passing over the bridge Is as great aa
ever. ITns stato of things is accounted
for by tho incrcaso of population la
Brooklyn. N. Y Tribune.
Among; tho late evidence of the
spread of Yankee nottone in Japan it
the erection of '"a flooring mill at Hok
kado to manufaeturo Hour by tho roller
process. Tho machmety was made in
Buffalo and Rochester. N. Y., and tho
Yokohama Daily Mail says it is tho
only mill of tho kind In the far East.
Ono of tlio reasons for the decline
in tho prico of quinino is that tho berk
is now removed from tho trees In strips
and the wounds thus caused aro healed
with mo?, so that tho rrco does not dio
but gives a new yield yearly. Formerly
every tree waiTKtrippcd clean and killed
at a" singlo gatiicring: Philadelphia
Press.
A Western paper notes a mho acci
dent! "In the Solferfno mine, Novada
villc, CoL. a loose rock knocked A.
Warren out of tho bucket. A pleco of
jawlwne was found at tho twelve
hundred-foot level and a piece of skull
and his coat at the thirteen hundred
foot level I These comprised his recov
erable effects."
Contrary to general belief, it is
stated that the nnmber of suicides in
this country is small in comparison
with Europe. Onfc of the more than
twenty-five thousand cases of self
destruction which occur annually in
Etiropo and the United States together
only about sixteen hundred ean be laid
to our coro, Boston Post.
Experiments made during tho past
two years to introduce a few of tho
eai Iy varieties of American corn into
sonic of the Austrian provinces havo
proved very successful in Dalmatia.'
Not only is the yield twice that of tho
home product, but the harvest of tho
American corn can bo finished early
enough to escape the annual Innnda
tions, while the Dalmatian corn ripenw
lato ami is often totally destroyed by
water before tho harvest rime. Boston
Globe.
A census-taker called at a house
on Cormnonwealth aTennc one day
when all tho niembeni of the family
wero out except an only on. a boy of
about ten. who was required to answer
the questions put by this gatherer of
facts. Tills he did Barisfaetorily until
he was asked his mother's birthplace,
which he sard he did not know. "Not
know where your mother was bornr"
exclaimed tho man. "Well, can't
yougucsa?" "Gucps yourself," quietly
answered tho boy. Boston Beacon.
Tho delights of mnsie, the enjoy
ment of painting and sculpture, tno
charms of oratory aro not within tho
power of the multitude. Thcije in thoit
excellence fnrnish a never-failing fuud
of enjoyment, and ono which elevates
and enlarges. It is a matter of regret
that their influence can bo felt by no
few. A recent writer in urging their
importance argues that publie fund1
tints spent wonld bo well spent. Wo
now sanction State and municipal ap
propriations for public gardens, monu
ments, halls and libraries. Why not
include concerts and lectures? Lavis
lon (ilc.) Journal.
A San Francisco dispatch says:
"An extraordinary caSc of usury camo
up in tho local courts reccnty. A well
known money-lender brought suit to
recover $;J,0X) for $173 loaned on a
note four years ago, the interest being
fixe per cent, per month compounded
monthly. Although tho note was in
dorsed by a prominent lawrcr, tho
lender made no effort to collect, and
waited until within four days of four
vcars, when the note would havo been
barred by the statute of limitation, be
fore beginning suit. Then he waited
sixteen months before serving sum
mon. The Judge dismissed tho suit
on the ground of lack of evidence iu
serving summons."
IT WAS COMPULSORY.
A Trump Tell A Doctor Where lie Was
Vaccinated.
"Was I ever vaccinated? Well, I
should say so! I was vaccinated where
no man ever was vaccinated afore, I'll
bet," said a tramp in answer to the
query of a Newark physician.
"Compulsory?" queried tho doctor.
"I reckon that's what you'd call it,
'cause I didn't intend to havo it done.
I was trampin' in Rhode Island, and
when I applied at a police station for
lodgings they run mo into a room,
peeled my coat off, and vaccinated me
before I could say Jack Robinson. I
was 'posed to vaccinating, and didn't
intend to have no sore arm, so jest a
moon as I got into the lodgin'-roem I
took off my coat and licked all the stuff
off the scratches on mv arm. 'Bout a
week after that I had the worst looking
tongue you ever see, and had to go to
tho hospital and be fed with a force
pump. Tlio doctors said my tongue
must have been soro from smoking,
and the vaccination took in it. It felt
as if it was bigger than a house, and I
hain't been able to taste anything with
it sence. I guess I don't want any
more of it. I'd rather have small
pox. " Newark Call.