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:'Trt' a Scomslms.
)L)li! v.fratboaora but must yiolJ,
J Whdi, like Pallan, yon advance,
j Vr'itU a tlilmMe for a illicit,
r And yoUT.aiedle for a lance?
VnirOTt Ofthe stitching train,
' EaSti iny passion by your art (
And In pitj for my painj
Meii(J'tho hole that's hi my heart.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
.1 baeholor bttll young and well-to-do
is for obvious reasons hu object of the
deepest interest ,to hi friends of the op
posite sex. Lord IVatheritone waB os
popular with ladies as if ho had been a
spirit-rapper, or an Hindoo . potentate
with diamonds to scatter broadcast nnd n
suppressed begum in the background at
home. They were nlwnys tolliiig him
that it wns n Bin mid a shame tlie blinds
in the towm house should be rouptantly
down ; the hnll filled only with Hhotiting
pnrties ; the jewels buried in the slronff
room at the bank.
Only he would nt settle down. He
meniit trfhave his fling first; and pvob
nbly it wni Ins habit of throwing himself
about that made him ho difficult to catch.
Ho was as wary as an old cockatoo;
prompt to cut hliwelf free from the most
serious entanglements.
After making hot love fur a week dur
ing wet weather iu the country house,
papa nud mamma heard that he had
broken his leg in two places, or that ty
phoid fever had laid him low. His hist
affair was w ith a gay widow, who thought
him safely hooked; but at the last -mo-mcnt
he, scut a postcard, conveying brief
regrets, and sailed iu his yacht for the
Mouth Sens.
He was absent after this for two or
three years; but presently, wearying of
the constant wandering to and fro, he
returned, and took up the threads of his
old life. The season was at its height, if
that Inmibrions season of 1S76 can be
uoiil fit linru ate, riwitti nl.vn n il.ia.l
tl l I.-, I tr" i i
ii linn,-, o oaqunii an 'ulrtw" l.il.
if nn linr, ft p.rpntnr in tnwn
lil, it I" 41. T .n..,! t,'....ll.
uc vrifii io uituie jus way
serried ranks upon the
this kind is especially
1 1, .11-
ha i iust seeu Fusinma and
1 ; and Lord Featherstone
; a i.. ii. . i.
it, i a iu mo crown aircsit-ii
i e 11... 1 i -1
l, and he resolved to stay at
quito a new face to huu: the
i'.h iir il iriri sr.i I i lrAan nni Rmiiiir r
accustomea to the town. A merry,
piriidiit face, with small but perfect fea
tures, violet eyes, nnd a laugh.'ug mouth,
showing often the whitest teet:i. A face
strikingly beautiful, Imt iunoceut nud
childish, just as the ways of its owner
ere unconventional ami uiicoustraineit.
A mo:-t liewitcnincr captivntmg voumr
person, and Featherstone was deter
mined to find out who she was. Surely
some one could introduce him.
Quite half an hour clap ed before he
caught Tommy Cutler, who knew all the
world, and then, going to where he had
last seen tho girl, they found she had
disappeared.
Ho had been riding on at ft sharp can
ter, which increased, as he left tho more
frequented parte of the Row, to a haud
gallop. But an unexpected vision suddenly ar
rested his course.
" By jove ! That face again !" Yes,
the girl he had seen but a few nights
since; the fair fresh young face which
had taken his fancy by storm. She was
alone, seated in a quaint old-fashioned
yellow chariot, a ramshackle mediteval
conveyance, probably as old as the hills.
But where had she come from; who
could she be i He was determined to
find out this time.
The carriage would dimbtk-ss trawl
by tho conventional rout?i across the
Serpentine bridge, and back totbeerowd
ed drive.
But, tolas surprise, the chariut passed
out at the Miirble Arch, and lolt the
park. Ho pursued, promptly, along Ox
'fiird street to the circus, up Langham
' placo into Portland place, sharp to the
right by Weymouth street into Albany
street, and no to Park street.
What could have brought this young
lady so far out of town i Business,
. j Measure, or mere desire for'change of
air and scene ? While Featherstone was
Mui ueuutmg, tue carriage stopped snort
i irout ol a modest .cottage. Presently
i old gentleman issued forth and asist-
1 41. .' 1 a . , i i mi . i
m, and as she went iut ttie house she
. 1 liillrl nnimrrli fni lAiiflim.f i .nil ti
" In nu hour' time, (Jeorgr ;'
he disappeared. ;; Under her arm
rttoiio, m tiie other linnd an un
due color Inn.
!? slowly to and fro, Featherstone
hue the time slipped. Presently
- 1 - . -
iiuiifr I'uuit? nut, ftiiiioiv Junius,
F.to the carnage, and was driven
r the first time, Featherstone
ware that the coachman had
king, and was almost too un
it upon his box.
chman's erratio course soon
there was some ground for
dings.
really time to interfere.
rode up rapidly.
t fit to drive I You're'on-
is lady's life. Here," lie
h uuinuirous jsouiiv.
fellow into custody. Take
nd all. My name is Lord
hat is to become of me ?"
, a little tremulous in
Inot without asperity.
i into custody too ?"
: on ins nat.
gies. My inter
en linnardonabln
.the situation. If
you wish
e, as soon as
ein terror."
L drive yon; he
.bold," said H
1002, " there's good livery stables at the
Chequers, You might put the carriage
up, or get another driver there." ' . '?
A very sensible suggestion, adopted
forthwith. " ' .
The chariot was conveyed thither in
safety. Featherstone dismounted, then
helped the young lady to descend.
" I trust yon will hare no more coh
trctempa." He spoke gravely. "This
new conchmnn is sober, but he is of
course an utter stranger,"
There was a shado of misgiving in his
voice, which had the desired effect.
" Dear, dear, suppose ho too should
play some trick. I ought liot to have
come alone. Auntv said so. What
shad I do now ?" !
"If yon would aceppt me as an '
escort "
How deep he was!
" Only too thauklully. But it would
be trespassing too much upon your good
nature. You have been m kind al
ready." " lly horse has gone lame in two
legs."
It was it wonder he hadn't developed
navicular lnmiritis aud farcy.
" Then I shall be doiug you a service ,
really ?" she cried, with animation.
"Distinctly."
Then they got in together aud drove i
off.
For a time neither spoke. Fen' her- 1
stone felt upon his good behavior; he !
was disposed to be as deferential ns to a ;
royal princess.
" Do you think he know where to tnkf
us ?" she asked.
" Not unless you've told him." t
" Don't you know j" j
"How should I? To London, I sup
pose." - 1
" That's a wise address," and she i
laughed aloud. "No, Kensington squiire; i
that's where we live, Lord Feather- '
stone." !
He started. !
" You kuow my name, then ?"
Artful young person, why did not she j
confess to this sooner j j
" Of course; I heard vui tell the po
liceman." "That's well; now may I know yours ?' I
"Kiss." " '
Good Heavens 1 Featherstone was
near saving. " Kiss ? Kiss whom ? Kis-i I
her."
" Kiss Legh;
short "
"And sweet."
that's my name; it's I
my name;
Featherstone could uot
check himself.
"Short," she went on, seemingly un
conscious, "forKeziah. Wecomeof an
old Quaker stock on the borders, bet ween
Shropshire and Montgomeryshire. My
father and mother are dead; all my peo
ple are dead. I went to school in France,
and now I've come to London to bo
finished."
She prattled on now, frank, fluent,
and uniffected. " And how do you
like it?"
"What? Loudon?"
"No; being finished."
" I haven't got to the end yet That'll
be when I'm inarmed. But there is not
much chance of that yet a while. "
"Why not?" asked Featherstone,:
highly amused.
" I don't like anybody well enough." !
' Perhaps nobody's asked you ? " !
" You are quite a stranger, Lord 1
Featherstone, and you have no right to
ask me such questions."
"Well, I won't; we'll talk about some
thing different. We're getting into the
streets. Do you knowing part of Lou
don ? It's called Kentish Town, because
it's in Middlesex."
" I'm not well up in London geogra
phy. It's my first visit to town."
" He's taking us through the park !"
cried Featherstone, in some consterna
tion. "Yes; why not ? I am glad of it. It's
pleasanter than the streets." !
" Oh, if you prefer it. Only " j
He was thinking that it was now well j
on in the afternoon, nnd the park would
be crammed. For the girl's sake it i
would be better they should not be seen
thus publicly together, aud alone. For j
his own also; few men like to be carted
; round the drive in a carriage, least of '
all iu such an antiquated conveyance ',
' as this old yellow chariot with its' high
i springs. i
" WVll go out at Hvde Park Corner I
i then."
" No, no; I love the drive best. Per-
: haps the princess will be out; and I like i
to see the other people, and yon cm tell 1
I rue who they all are."
' Like a martyr he succumbed. It ;
; was best to put a good face on the matter.
j Bdfore night it would be all over Lou
' don that Beau Feiitherstono had turned :
i into n chaperon for country cousins, or
that he had been takeu captive by a fair :
i face in a yellow " shay." . i
Here, hansom !" and his lordship
; drove on to Brooks',' ' '
i " Here is Featherstone himself," said '
a man, in the bay-window; "we'll ask ;
: him. I say they're betting five to four I
j you've started a yellow chariot, and were j
j seen in it iu the park."
! " Did you pick it up in Japan f"
"Is it the coach Noah drove home in ;
i when he lauded from tho ark ?"
j Featherstone abruptly left the room. .
j The absurd story was evidently on the 1
I wing. More serious was the next on-
I slaught.
"You ought uot to have done it, ;
j Featherstone," said old Mr. primrose, I
i who had been his father's friend, and i
presumed therefore to give the sou ad- '
vice. " You have compromised the girl i
seriously; and she is such nu absolute 1
child." j
" Excuse me; I am Dot called upon to i
give account to you of all my notions."
" You ought not, I repeat, to have ap-
C eared with her thus publicly. It was
ad enough to take her down to Rich
mond, but to put your arm round her
waist openly in the park "
" Really, Mr. Primrose !" Feather
stone's face flushed, but he restrained
himself.
He knew gossip grew like a rank weed,
and he wished to root up this scandal at
onoe and kill it outright. .
" I may as well tell you at onoe; ths t
young lady is about to become my wife."
" Featherstone, I beg your pardon,
aud I give you joy, I knew something
of these Leghs; not over-wealthy, but
charming people. I am heartily glad to
think this girl has done so well and so
soon. Is it to be announced at once '"
"Well, uot exactly at once," said
Featherstone, thinkinij perhar U would
be as well to consult the young lady her
self. Of course she would say " yes ;"
'but as a matter of form he ought to ask
her.
It was quite with the air of the grand
seigneur that he presented himself next
day in Kensington square, To his sur
prise lie was not very well received.
There had been a scene betweeu Ke
ziah and her aunt directly the former re
entered the house on the previous eve
ning. The girl, without attempting to
withhold one iota of information, had
given her aunt a full account of what
had occurred the coachman's miscon
duct, the danger only averted by ' the
timely intervention of a strange gentle
man, who had kindly escorted her home.
" His name was Lord Featherstone."
" That wretch 1" instantly cried Miss
Parker, an old maid, prim and precise in
her appearance and iu all her wayB, yet
not disinclined to listen to at least half
the scandalous gossip iu circulation
through the world.
"Do you know him, Aunt Parker ?"
" Who does not ? He is a notoriously
wicked man "
"I thought him very. nice." Keiah
spoke defiantly and very firmly in de
fence of her new friend.
" Of course you did. He can be most
agreeable. I have heard of him over
nnd over agnir. That's the danger of
him."
"He was so kind and obliging. He
told me who everybody was in the
park "
" Can it be possible that yon were so
mad as to go into the park with him in
: the afternoon, when it was crowded,
when hundreds must have Heen you to
gether Y
" Of course we carue through the park
together; it was the shortest way home.
I cannot see any great harm iu that."
" It s not likely; you are so young and
iuexperieuced; yon see no harm in any
thing. But he knew the mischief he was
doiug. only too well. The wretch, the
wretch 1" Mild Miss Parker would have
been glad to see wild horses tear him
limb from limb. . " However," after a
pause, "you must promise me faith
i'ully that you will never speak to him
again."
" He said he would call just to inquire
how I was," Keziah said, in a low voice,
which might easily have meant thnt she
hoped he would not be told peremptorily
to go away.
" I will see him if he comes," Aunt
Parker finally replied. " It is not fittiug
that he should pursne his acquaintance
with you, begun ns it was under such
questionable auspices."
And in this decision Keziah was forced
to acquiesce.
When, therefore, after some delay and
demur, Lord Featherstone was admitted
to Aunt Parker, her manner was perfect
ly arctic. She sat bolt upright, with a
stony look in her eyes and only frigid
monosyllables on her lips.
"I called," said his lordship, with
much aplomb, " to see Miss Legh."
" Yes ?" Auut Parker asked, much as
though Lord Featherstone was the boot
maker's man, or hnd come to take orders
for a sewing machine.
" My name is Lord Featherstone."
" Is it ?" He might have been in the
habit of assuming a dozen aliases every
twenty-four hours, so utterly indifferent
and incredulous was Aunt Parker's tone.
"It was my good fortune to be able to
do Miss Legh a slight service yesterday, "
he went on, still unabashed.
"A service!" Miss Parker waxed in
dignant at once. " I call it an injury
a shameful, mischievous, unkind act; for
which, Lord Featherstone, although I
apprehend it is not much in his line,
should blush for very shame."
"Really, madam1' he hardly knew
whether to be annoyed or amused " I
think yon have been misinformed. Prob
ably but for me Miss Legh's neck would
have been broken."
"I know that, I know that, and I nl
most wish it had, sooner than that she
should have so far forgotten herself."
Miss Parker looked up suddenly and
sharply, saying with much emphasis:
" Oh, Lord Featherstone, ask yourself
you are, or ought to be, a gentleman, at
least you know the world by heart was
it right of you to take such an advantage?
Did yon think what incalculable harm
this foolish, thoughtless mistake which
is certain to be magnified by malicious
tongues may work against an innocent,
guileless child ?"
" I know I was greatly to blame. I
ought to have known better. But it was
Miss Legh's owu wish to go through the
park, aud I gave way."
" How noble of you to shift the burden
on to her shoulders. But we will uot, if
you please, try to apportion the blnme.
The mischief is done, nnd there is no
more to be said, except to ask you to
make us the only reparation in your
power !"
"Aud this is" he looked at her in
surprise. She did not surely mean to
forestall him, aud demand that which he
came to offer of his own accord ?
" To leave the house and to spare us
henceforth the high honor of your ac
quaintance." " That I promise if you still insist after
you have heard what I am going to say.
I came to make reparation full and com
plete, but uot iu the way you suppose.
I came to make Miss Legh aud if she
and you, as her guardian, will deign to
accept of it au offer of my hand."
Little Miss Parker's faee was au amus
ing study. Her lower lip dropped, her
eyes ojtened till they looked like the
round marbles ou a solitaire board.
" Lord Featherstone, you j"
" I trust you will not consider me in
eligible; that you have no objection to
me personally, beyond a- natural annoy
ance at this silly escapade."
" It is so sudden, so unexpected so
so" Poor Miss Parker was too much
bewildered to find words ; a thousand
thoughts agitated her. This was a splen
did offer, a princely offer. Match-maker
by instinct, ns is every woman in the
world, she could not fail to perceive what
dazzling prospects it opened to her
niece. But, then, could any happiness
follow from such a hastily-concluded
match ? These latter and better thoughts
prevailed.
" Lord Featherstone, it is out of the
question, or, at least, you must wait; say
a month or two, or till the end of the
season." -
The engagement ought to be an
nounced immediately to benefit Miss
Legh,"
"And this is your real reason for pro
posing ? Lord Featherstone, I retract
my harsh words; you shall not outdo us
in generosity. We cannot accept yonr
offer, although we appreciate the spirit
in which it is made." - - '
"I assure yon. Miss Parker,' I esteem
Miss Legh most highly. I like her im
mensely. I am most anxious to marry
her."
The bare possibility that he might bo
refused he of all meu in the world
gave a stronger insistence to his words.
Miss Parker shook her head.
" No good could come of such a fer
riage; you hardly know each other. You
say you like her ; perhnps so ; but can
you tell whether she likes you ?"
"At least let ine osk her. Do not
deny me that. I will abide by her an
swer." There was no resisting such pleadiug
as this.
" I may prepare her for what she is
to expect?" asked Aunt Parker, as she
moved toward the door. " i
" No, no ; please, do not. Let me
speak my own way." .
He did not distrust the old lady, but
she might indoctrinate Keziah with her
views, nnd prejudice her against him.
It. was becoming a point of honor with
him to succeed, and he thought he could;
He was no novice in these matters .
ere now he had often held the victory iu
au issue more difficult than this in his
grasp, and all he wanted now was a fair
field aud no favor. . ,
"Aunt Parker said . I was never to
speak to you again," Kiss Bald, as she
came into the room, with an air of ex
treme astonishment; "and now she
sends me to you of her own . accord I
What does it mean ?" .
"It meaus that I have something
very particular to say to yon. You are
no worse for vonr drive, I hope?" k
"Is that all? Yes; I am ever'st
much worse in temper. You should
have heard Aunt Parker go on 1 Did
anybody scold yon ?" ,.
"I escaped any very serious rebuke
except from my conscience."
"Dear me, Lord Featherstone, you
make me feel as though I were in church.
vWas it so very wicked, then, to help me
iu my distress ? I thought it wt i most
good of you. "
This simple but italicized earnestness
was very taking. . ,
" No ; but people are very censorious.
They will talk. They are coupling our
names together already."
" Does that annoy you ?" Her air
was candor itself. " Do you mind very
much ?"
" Well, perhaps not very, very much.
It can do me no harm."
"I am glad of that."
" But it may you, and it ought to be
stopped." ,
. " Of course ; but how ?"
"There is only one Vay that I can see.
Let us have only one" name between us.
I cannot very well take yours. Will
you tnke mine?"
"Why why" A light seemed t
break in on her all at once. " Oh, wh
a funny man you are I That's just t e
same as an offer of marriage. You o: 't
mean that, surely ? It would be t
quito too absurd."
" I don't see the absurdity," said his
lordship rather gruffly. Were well
meant overtures ever so shamefully
scorned ?"
" Oh, but I do !" Keziah's little foot
was- playing with the fringe of the
hearthrug. " I do. That is, if you are
in earnest, which of course you're not. ''
' But I am in earnest. "Why should
you think I'm not ?"
" You don't know me; you can't care
for me. Yon never spoke to me till yes
terday.' You are only making fun, and
it isn't fair. I wish you'd leave . mo
alone."'
Her eyes were full already.
"I am to go away, then? That is your
answer V" She hid her faee in her hands
aud would not speak. "You w:ll be
sorry for this, perhnps, some day." She
shook her head most' vigorously.
"Keziah Legh, you are the only woman
I ever asked to bo my wife. I shall
never ask another. Good-bye, and God
bless von !"
Anil Lord Featherstone, with a strange
feeling of dejection and disappointment,
left the room. He could not have be
lieved thnt within this nhort space of
time he could have beeu so irresistibly
drawn towards any girl. Now he was
grieving over his failure as though he
were still in his teens.
Presently Aunt Parker came iu and
found Keziah sobbing tit to break her
heart.
"I don't want him! I don't want
him ! He can go away if he likes to
tho other end of tho world." N
"Have you been very ill used, my
sweet ? What did he say to you ?"
" He asked me to marry him," she
Baid, with difficulty, between her sobs.
" Was that such a terrible insult,
then?" .
" He was only making fun. I don't
like such fun. And I don't want to see
him again, never, never, not as long as I
live!"
" Kiss, you are right to consult your
own feelings in this. But Lord Feathei -stone
was in earnest, I think, and his in
tentions do him infinite credit."
Then she told her niece what had
passed.
" Still, if yon don't care for him, it is
best as it is. Dry your tears, Kiss, aud
think no more about it."
" But I think I do care for him,'' she
said, and began to cry again.
Lady Curst airs became very m aoh ex
ercised in spirit as the days passed, and
yet nothing positive was known of Lord
Featherstone's intentions towarxls Miss
Keziah Legh.
She made many futile efforts to meet
him, then she called nnd sounded the la
dies in Kensington square, with whom
she was moderately intimate. - They put
back her cross-examination, mildly but
effectually. But at last she met Feather
stone face to face, aud attockejd him at
onoe. " Your high-flowu sense of honor
did not bear practical test, then ?"
" How so, Lady Carstairs ?" His cool
ness was provoking. ' i. - . ' : i .
" Why, rush off to Central Africa, ex
cept to escape scaudal?"
" Am I goinjr to Central Africa ? Per
haps I am. Why not?"
" Can it be possiblo that she has re
fused you ?" -
"Who could refuse me Lady (ur.
stairs?" ' '
"J No ; but do ell me, I am dying to
know."
.'! You must fl .d some one else to save
your life, then.
' 'But, Lorn Featherstone, we shall
see you once more before you start?
You will come and dine with us ? Just
to say good-bye."
He could not well escape from an invi
tation so cordially expressed, aud the
night was fixed. .'But he little thought
what malice lurked beneath.
The party was a large one, and he, as
was often the cane, very late. But he
entered gaily, as if he had come a little
too Sfton, shook hands with the hostess,
bowed here and there, nodded to one
friend aud smiled at another, then, las
of all aud to his surprise, his eyes rested
upon Kiss Legh. j
Lady Carstairs had done it ou purpose,
of course; that was self-evideDt. Unkind,
unfeeling, ungenerous woman. For
himself he did not care, but it was cruel
upon the timid birdling, so new and
strange to the world. But fast as this
conviction came upon him, yet faster
came the resolve that Lady Carstairs
should make nothing by the move. A
thoroughly well-bred man is never taken
aback, and Featherstone rose to the oc
casion. Without a moment's delay, be
fore the faintest flush was hung out like
a signal of distress upon Keziah's
cheek, he had gone up to her, shaken
hands, and spoken a few commonplaces
which meant nothing, and yet set her
qnite at her ease. ,y ;
" MiiiS Legh aud I are very old
friends," he said. " How do you do,
Miss Parker? How is the coachmau ?
Have you heard, Mr. John, the prince
is expected next week ? There will be
great doings." And so ou.
That little Kiss was grateful to him
for his self possession, was evident from
the satisfaction which beamed iu her
eyes. Oh, those tell-tale eyes 1
. Now Ladv Carstairs brought up her
reserves anil fired another broadside.
" It is so good of yon, Lord Feather
stone, to come to us; And yon have so
few nights left." i
" When do you go, Foatherstone ? and
where ?" ......
" Haven't you heard ? To Central
Africa." Lady Carstairs nnswersd for
him.
Can this be true ? Keziah's eyes asked
him in mute but eloquent language,
which sent a thrill through his heart.
" Where this story originated I cauuot
make out," said Featherstone, slowly.
" I am not going to Central Africa. On
the contrary, I have the very strongest
reasons for staying? at home."
" And those reasons?"
"Are best known to Miss Legh and
myself." f
Thoughts for Saturday Mt'ht.
Fortune is the rod of the weak and the
staff of the brave.
Death is a friend of ours, nnd he that
is not ready to entertain him is not at
home.
A jest's prosperity lies in the ear of
him that hears it, never in the tongue of
him that makes it.
Friendship is the medicine for all mis
fortunes; but ingratitude dries up the
fountain of all goodness. '
Laughter is, iudeed, akin to weeping,
and true humor is as closely allied to
1 pity as it is abhorrent to derision.
' As the touchstone which tries gold,
but is not itself tried by the gold; such
is he that has the standard of judgment.
In the affairs of life activity is to be
preferred to dignity.and practical energy
and dispatch to premeditated composure
and reserve.
Many judge rashly only for tho pleas
ure they take to discourse, and make
conjectures of other 'meu's manners by
way of exercising their wits.
To doubt is an injury; to suspect a
friend is a breach of friendship; jealousy
is a seed sown but in vicious minds;
prone to distrust, because apt to de
ceive. Judges ought to be more learned than
witty, more reverent than plausible, and
more advised than coufideut. Above all
things integrity is their portion aud
proper virtue.
"There is nothing." said Plato, "so
j delightful as the hearing or speaking of
I truth. " For this reason, there is no con
versation so agreeablo as that of a man of
integrity, who hears without any iuten
j lion to betray, nnd speaks without nny
i uiionuon to neceive.
Monkey and Their Antics.
From "A Village of Wild Beasts " iu
Ht, Nicholas for August we cull the fol
lowing pen picture:
Near the Lion Houseis a smaller
building, which is appropriated entirely
to monkeys, and is therefore a favorite
resort lor children, many of whom learn
; a lot of curious tricks by watching these
i lurii y annuals. Here 'are monkeys of all
colors, and all sizes, aud ull kinds.
There are about fifty of them iu a great
high cage in the middle of the room.and
here you may see them climbing up
swinging ladders, hanging from ropes,
dropping down on each other's heads,
pulling each other's tails, and doing
everything that they can think of to
tease and bother each other all skip
ping and. jumping and tumbling and
chattering as if they had been in school
all day, and had just got out for a little
play. Some of these monkeys look like
old men, with gray hair and beards, aud
you might suppose that they were much
too grave and reverend to ever think of
cutting up monkey-shines. But if you
watah one of these little old fellows, who
is sitting, looking wisely and thought
fully at you, as if he were just about to
explain the reason why the sun gives us
less heat in winter, when it is really much
nearer to us than it is in summer, you
will see him suddenly get up.anTl instead
of taking a piece of chalk to show you
on a blackboard the relative positions of
the sun and the earth at the different
seasons, he will make a tremendous
jump, and seizing some other monkey
by the tail,, will jerk him off a swinging
ladder quicker than yon could say
"pterodactyl."
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J I Why I
" Why is that tent on the lawn yon
der," asked Spilkius, one hot afternoon,
" why is that tent like the last Presiden
tial campaign ?" Everybody at once knew
something awful was coming, and gave
it np. " Because it's a heated aanvass,"
said Spilukins, dodging around the cor.
ner of the piazza,
FAItW, GARDEN AND HOCSEltOLDi
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1 . Ilnrloy or Onfx. : , i
In regard to whetherit is better to sow '
oats or barley, much depends fin climate
and soil. In sections where oato do well,'
and barley usually fails, it-wonld be
unwiso to sow barley. But iu those sec
tions where the climate is alike favorable
for barley or oats,aud where it is a ques
tion of soil and preparation, it mny be
observed: .,..'
1st. That oats sometimes do well on
an old sod, but barley rarely, if ever,
does so. 2d. Oats ripen Inter than bar
ley, aud while it is very desirable to sow
oats as enrly as the laud can be got iuto
good condition, still you stand a better
chance of a crop from late sown oats
than from late sown barley. 3d. Oats
will do far better on low, mucky land,
than barley. If such land is well drained
and is in good heart, aud iu tine, mellow
condition as after a well cultivated
corn, potato or root crop a grent crop
of bnrley m.iy sometimes be grown,
especially if the land has beeu limed, but
the chances are altogether more favora
ble for a great crop of oats. 4th. Ou
low, mucky land; that is only partially
drained, and which cannot be worked
enrly in the season, it would be folly to
sow barley. If sown at all, I would drill
in oats, if the land was dry enough to
admit the use of the drill; or if not, sow
the oats broadcast, and if they could not
be harrowed iu, let them sprout on the
surface, and roll the land when it is firm
enough to hold up the horses. It would
be better, however, to summer fallow
such lnnd, working it thoroughly, and
make it clean nnd mellow, nd then seed
it down heavily with timothy, (and per
haps red top) next August. At any rate,
do not sow barley." ftth., Oats will do
better on heavy clay land than barley.
This is the, rule. iThe exceptions are
rare. The heaviestcrop of barley I ever
saw was on a field of heavyclay land that
was summer fallowed the year previous
for wheat by three plowings, aud then
not s iwu to' wheat in the fall, but plowed
again in the spring early and sown to
barley. Everything was favorable, nnd
the crop was immense. 6th. On weedy
laud it is better to sow oats than barley.
Drill in the oats deep and use a plenty
of seed. Roll the land cither at the
time of sowiug or after tho oats are up.
Then, when the weeds are sprouted, and
are in tho seod leaf, go over the field
once or twice.or three times.if necessary,
with a light, fine-toothed harrow, for the
purpose of killing the young weed
plants. Oats can be harrowed with less
injury to the plants than barley. And
if the soil and weather are favorable, and
the operation is performed at the right
moment, thousands of weeds will be de
stroyed, and the stirring of the ground
will bo favorablo to the growth of the
oats. Amrriran Agriculturist.
Knrm Nolm.
Dressing foh Fkcit Tiikbh. A barrel
of ashes with eighty pounds of ground
i .1.. . .-It. i-- :n i: i..
uoiif , mam: mi mm w ii.ii wait- j , w 111 uibbuj r
and constitute n good dressing for most !
fruit trees. !
Colic in Houses. An officer who
eommsuulod nrtillory during the hite war
informs us of the following remedy for
colic iu horses which he has tried with
perfect sucft ss iu hundreds of cases:
Rub the horse well between the fore legs
and around the girth with spirits of tur
pentine. Immediate relief follows.
The Fabmeii's Gmndstone. There is .
no tool as essential on the farm as a good
grindstone; it is therefore necossnry that
every farmer should havo one and know
how to take proper care of it. A grind
stone should always be kept under cover,
as exposure to the sun's rays hardens the
grit and injures the frame. The stone
should not stand in water wheu not in use,
ns this causes soft places. The water
should be allowed to drip from some ves
sel placed above the stone, and the drip
should be stopped when the stone is not
in use. All greasy or rusty tools should
be cleaned before beiug harpened, as
grease or rust choke up the grit. The
stone should be kept perfectly round.
Weaning Colts. A Vermont farmer
says he weaned a last spring colt in the
following manner: I fed grain or meal to
the mare when the colt was with her.
The colt soon learned to eat meal with
the dame. After he has been taught to
eat with the mare he will eat as readily
when he is removed from her. , I put my
colt in a stable where he could have
plenty of exercise iu a large yard; fed
liini with hay and bran mixed with milk,'
which I soon taught him to drink without
the bran. I weaned liim from the mare
in this way when he was three months
old; he seemed contented, and I think
did as well ns though he had run with
the mare two months louger. It is much
better for the mare, nnd more convenient
if one wants to use her, as most people Meeker meantime reached South Bend,
do in the country, while the colt is with Indiana, committed a burglary there,
her. This way of weaning colts is very ; was caught and sentenced to the North
convenient, and one can feed milk at ern penitentiary at Michigan City for
such times ns seem judicious,. Hubstitu- five years. The Canadian detectives fol
tiuar grain or shorts for the milk at anv J inwM him nn ui nnt(,i i,,-u vrai,'
ressonablo time. . .1
A Plague of Ratx.'
The St. Louis ' Jouni at sayB that
I' wheu Samuel Davis introduced a bill
into the Legislature last winter provid
ing for the destruction of rats, the press
of the State was inclined to indulge in a
great deal of badinage at Sam's expense.
If all reports be true, however, the i
people, nnd especinlly the farmers of
central Missouri, have this summer
begun to realize the benefits of hjiu
Davis effort m their behalf. The
counties oi oaime, uooper and I'ettis
are literally overrun by rats, and the
crops ore receiving incalculable damage
thereby. ' In many localities whole fields
01 corn have been uprooted and destroy
ed by rats, necessitating replanting or
abandonment for the season. ( The rats
burrow in the ground close to the fences,
iu the hedges and ravines, breed large
litters three times a year, and devour
everything they come upon. u They are
the old-fashioned wharf rats,,, such as
abound in every city. It is feared that
they will ultimately become .a. great
er scourge than the grasshoppers have
been, although there is now a wholesale
movement against them in the counties
named. Ono farmer in Saline jwunty
has within the past three months, killed
over 1,000 of the pests,- for the scalps of
which he received $60, in accordance
wjth the provisions of Sam Pa vis' biH."
r I Items of Interest, r. 1
'. Seven thousand immigrants have ar
rived in Oregon this year, i ''
' A sparrow and a chicken fought in
Pottsville, and the chicken was killed..
' The ninety-two papers in Mississippi
have a combined circulation of 60,223.
The woman who neglects her hus
band's shirt front is not the wife of his
bosom.
The United States raises twenty-eight
millions of swine, and Europe about
thirty-three millions.
The boys at Reno, Gal., amuse them
selves lassoing Indians. Indians used to
lasso them, but they know the ropes
now.
One of the first pennies issued by our
government bore the inscription, " Mind
your own business."- -Very -cent-Bible
advice.
The French mint lins struck 10,000
francs worth of centime pieces iu bronze,
each representing about the twelfth of
an American cent.
The new jail at Fort Worth, Texas, in
described by a local paper as a " miser
able failure, and not a safe place to con
fine prisoners iu."
Fifteen masked men went to a ball
near McDade, Lee county, Texas, took
out four men from among the dancers
and hanged them to a tree. t
When the czar's soldiers got into Paris
in 1815, they drank all the alcohol in
the jnrs in which the scientific French
preserved the museum serpents.
Under the head of " Marriages " in
an exchange we find one commencing
"Paris Green." The happy couple
should never be troubled with potato
bugs. '
The Turkish soldiers are taller than
the Russians, and will average at least
five feet aud ten inches. They wear full
beards, but have their heads shaved, or
the hair cut very short.
The cereal product of Europe is about
five thousand millions. Of this, Bnssia
grows 1,00(1,000,000 ; Germany, 743,
000,000 ; France, i87,000,000 ; nnd the
Austrian empire, 650,000,000.
Stereotype printing was used in Hol
land earlv in the last century. The
rollers for inking the. type were invented
by Nicholson. Stereotype printing was
introduced into London by Wilson in
1804.
The United States, with a population
of about 45,000,000, produces abont
bushels of cereals to each inhabitant,
while Europe, with a population of
297,000,000, produces only about 161
bushels to each person.
A Brooklyn man went to the peniten
tiary for his health. He was uuwell, and
his physician told him to go right home
and take something. He went right
home and took his employer's watch. He
calls that going to the penitentiary for
his health.
At a recent party in Iowa a young man
sat on a pyramid of ladies hats. Rising
. V n l
quickly he glided from the room, and
,,oll"(l 101 lue oepor-, wm.-ie iiw puncu
his Head into uio ucKei oiuce unu juneu,
"When does the next traiu leave for
Batoum?"
A locomotive on the Lake Shore rail
road struck a two-year-ol bullock. The
nnimnl bounded over the smokestack and
fell across the. boiler, the fore legs on
one side aud the hind legs on the other.
The fireman went out on tho engine and
held the animal until tl e train could be
stopped. The lively little bullock was
scratched, nothing more.
A famous old horse, owned by a geu-
I tlemau iu the northwestern section of
Baltimore, kills from three, to a half
dozen rats every night. When the rodents
eoine into his trough to eat the feed, and
old equine just peizes them by the bnek,
gives a grip with his teeth, opens his
mouth, and they fall dead at his hoofs.
He is worth a half dozen cats.
A lady in the suite of the Princess of
Wales, when that lady and her husband
Tisited Constantinople, speaks'of a dinner
with the sultan as being very good, and
in the European style, but as a very dull
affair. It whs the first time that the
sultan had ever sat at dinner with ladies,
or that any of his ministers, except the
grand-vizier, had sat iu his presence.
Tlmi-A writ t.wpiitv-four nt the table.
' There
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1H111I7 Ul 11 w 1 11 1. 11 J- 'il iv", "
frightened aud astonished, aud dared not
speak. ,
Pardoned to be Arrested.
A strange extradition' case has jnst
beeu settled in Indiana. On March 10,
1874, a rough named Meeker shot a man
in Toronto, who ultimately died from
his wound. Meeker fled, but left behind
au overcoat with tho name of a Cleveland
tailor thereon. The tailor identified the
coat nnd told to' whom it belomred '
tion. and for the first time in the historv
of the peniteutiary .a prisoner declined
to leave. .The question now arose, should
he satisfy the law of Iudiana, or should
he be turned over to the tender' mercies
of Canadiau jurisdiction ? Judge Per
kins feared that if the Cauadians took
him they might find him not guilty, and
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U1VU 1UU1U11U VTWIilll 1U3IT U.l lUVlUg UiWip
j on the prisoner. , The question was re
! served for a full bench of the supreme
j cnnri and thev ilecidp.l t. vmmpi.,i
, the governor to pardon Meeker. This
W1W done, aud tho unwillingly forgiven
0Onvict is now a guest of the Toronto
I iH;iar Win trinl tnr ii..ii. will v,rtw
4 place,
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A: Practical Mining Class. Thirty
Students of the Columbia College school
id mines are to have practical instruction
in mining coal this summer in the mines
at Drifton, Pennsylvania. A rough
frjnne house has been leased as a sleep-.
ing place, and n New York cook engaged ;
to accompany them and provide them
with food. The students will be divide!
iuto parties of four each, and put in
charge of a miner, w hose duty it will be
to instruct them in the method, of ex
tracting the coal. The coal mined by
them will be subjected to the same se
vere examination s: that dug by- the
miuer, credit 4ieing given for clean coal
ana no credit lor impurities, like slate.
The parties will work for four hours
every day with pick and Bhovel.