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D. LANGELL'S
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nea to ait on mvcbalr day and nltcht Raaplnr tor
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Inir rout and herb and Inhalln. the medicine
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WMEKTI. Ct'KE i'OU ASTHMA AMI
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HER PAPA'S POLITICS.
Wht are mnr papa politic.
AIU Uaryf" a-ked the bran:
Ti.r mMra cycl the clock and yawned
"Why do you wi-h to kaoat"
Rev auae." the little felle ((riaaed.
"Ilc'll like me don't yon eet?
If I find oat hit party view
And with them all agree.
Well, pa's for home protection.
Stary lau;'ict. -like all yoy men
For he declared he'd boll the door
To-nixht athalf-paot ten.
"Why, then he i a bolter. May,
A mugwump ha. ha, h.t!
Ile'a ki-kel ike party trace off
I'm aolid with your pa."
0. that mnt be the partr, who,
May an.wered, with a onin,
H ailed every nisht the aame as yoo;
I'a bad to Wick hira off."
"And papa loft some trace too'
She t.Hd tbe frightened aticker:
Tes! pa must he a mugwump true.
For he's an awful kirkrr."
And then the lover bowed "good nilil,"
With ratlter humble pride.
And thought tbe aide of politics
For him was afe oiitiM".
II. V. lhxljt in Detroit Frte Prrsa.
MARRIAGE IN THE OLDEN TIME.
Dow Tonthrnl Uaakara Cowrted A.
Jonement FruatratcL.
A letter written in the year 17 9. and
accidentally neen by me. will ilemon
B! rate tbat thoc living in tbat day Mere
also hampered by a marriage license
law. 1 will give you the following ex
tract :
"Tbe practice of isstiinp licenses fs, as
I apprehend, without foundation of law :
the licenser, n. Leaned, are a moet cruel
invasion of domestic righta." I infer
from the forej'ointr; that the e?al a ir
roundini.it were niite as vexatious and
onerous then as attend the obtain in; a
marriage license tit the present time.
In those days love-making was
solemn undertaking. The fair Cnakereos
received her lover only when in her
mother's company, or if not her mother's,
what was then considered a proper
chapercno. In fact, before a mr.iden
coul I receive a lover's addres es it was
impvMtive on bis part that permission
from tbo parents or guardians should be
had, and then the bashful lover mailt Ins
advances in tlie presence of the old folks
and the only signals were Under glances
and softly whispered vows; the w as
termed "coinin a-courtinj'." The court
ing was conducted by the parties inter
ested with tlie most perfect decorum,
jrravity of demeanor, and instructive con
versation, and if the lair maiden was in
clined to coquetry it was at time ditlicult
tt determine, on the lover' part, how lar
he had succeedeil in making an im
pression on the heart of the fair Martha
or the fair Ivborah, as the case miht
be, as it was by glances, not words, that
the secret of the maiden's heart was ro
vealed. The only allowable dissipation, to
make merry and grow fat or lean upon,
during the course of tbe courtship, was a
ouiet tea party or supper at a friend's
hou.w. and, after the intention of mar
riage had len formally die-played ''
notice placarded on the meeting houso
steps, the wedding in duo seaon fol
lowed, with an expensive entertainment
if the parties were in good circum
stances - the secern Lied company Idling
the interior of the )iiaint colonial hones,
standing in croups on the highly polit'ie 1
wax lloors, or seated on the hish-backed,
unlend.ng chairs of the perol, row
piied so highly by thrir owuers for
jMintniss and antiquity.
Tl e lielth and future happincs of
tbe bri le an I groom was always ,1 rant
by the in iteU guests immeliately tipim
entering the bouse: punch lowIs of this
insidious compouivl were placed con
verier.tlr, that all could imbibe, as no
restrictive li'juor law governed tiieir
actions in those dayv
The bride and her mai.la remained on,
the necond floor, while the groom re
ceived tlie male friends below, and only
ascended to t'ie room above upon the
arrival of the entire comtany, when it
w?s nllorr:;! !e to kiss the bride. The
festivit'e were continued, with eating
and drinking principally, for two or thr-e
consecutive days, while lio,ucr an t food
were promiscuously di.tntuteJ. then the
happy couple were left in uiuli3'.urled
liiiss until tin termination of a fort
night, when they opened house to ro
ceivo friends. That elopement were of
rare occurrence in those days may be ac
counted for by the fact of the almost
OTer helming jitliculties that would at
tend Mich J.n undertaking. I 1 ave fre
rjnently beard related a family tradition
oi to'onial time, with rather ludicro- in
cidents, apropos to the present wriiing.
The only son of a prominent official in
the then municipal government liecimo
enamorcil of a pretty Quakeress, who re
turned bis love ; but as neither bad
reached marriageable age, and there was
no prospect of their obtaining their
parents' consent to a speedy narriage,
thev determined to throw off all restraint
an J seek the services of a Irebyterian
clergyman residing a few miles distant
from the city limits. The ardent lover
obtained a horse and gig by hire or loan,
and the conple managed, as they fondly
thought, to get clear out of the town
without attracting attention. Unfor
tunately, their course obliged them to
cross a swollen brook, as the recent rains
bad cmed a rise of the water, making
the fording places a'mont impassable.
When reaching the middle of the stream
the water came even with the gig floor,
and then to make matters worse, tbo
horse became balky, refcs'itg to stir, and
on application of the whip firmly ground
ed himself, threw up bis hind b-gs and
thoroughly drenched the would-be bride
and groom, as wed as saturating the yel
low bandliox containing the bri 'al trous-s-au.
'1 he delay at the brook was fatal
to their connubial hopes, as their elope
ment had leen sbno- t immediately dis
covered, and the fathers in pursuit over
hauled them in t'.ie plight ilawribeJ in
the height, or rather deptli. of their
misery. Hie dctnoralued runawas re
turned to their homes crestfallen and de
pressed, with spirits as acII as boJies de
cidedly damped.
t olonial customs and ways htve be
come gradually revolutionize! I. and mar
riageable ' 'uaker maidens of ISvs en jot
eual privileges with the "world" peo
ple." Tare Eaaglate.
Tte other alay tbe engine hitched to a
New an Lt'i niral trjin broke down mid
way Jteen Albany and l o. beeter,
"iiiat's the HcajK-gruce, a id the ctn
dua tor. as the tram moved away to make
room lor the one tloat was to take it
place. "There is always at least one
c-Hiace ficiiie oa every line. We call
it siaifruce beiauae "it is eternally
guiung into trouble. They had such a
maili.ne on the jke Mioie road. She
was one of the two engines that pnlled
tho west bound train that went through
the AshubtiU bridge in one of the worst
railroad aca i ients ever witnessed in this
country. The head en.ine crossed the
bridge all ri-Lt, but the s. apegrace pulled
avt .iy fro n it and wi ir. turougU the
Lii-li".-, a tii-:;.i:ie oi ii-litr feet. ,
WONDERFUL AFRICAN TREE.
Pwople iTk tulv. In Trwoa. Stranja Kx"
pwrieateo ef aTtavalUr.
We read wonderful Rtotfew of the im
mense trees one sees in California. lut
they sink into insignificance beside the
baobab tree, which I found in many
parts of Western A frica, principally just
t-outh of the Insert of Sahara. It is not
distinguished for itsextraordinary height,
which rarely reaches over one hundred
feet, but it is the inoft imposing and
magniticent of African trees. Many, it
ia said, are over one hundred feet in cir
cumference, rising like a dwarf tower
from twenty to thirty feet, and then
throwing out branches like a miniaturo
forest to a distance of one hundred feet,
the extremities of the branches bendiag
toward the ground. The I otanical name
of this peculiar tree is Adansodia digita'a
the lirst, in honor of its discoverer,
Adanson, nnd tl.e second, descriptive of
its five-parted leaf. Tho haves are
lnrge, abundant and of a dark green
color, divided into five radiating laneelet
leailets. The t oweis are large and white,
hanging to peduncles of a yard in length,
which form a striking contrast to the
leaves. The frnit is a Foft, pulpy, dry
subbtance about the size of a citron, in
dosed in h long, green pod. The pulp
between tlie seeds t.-stes like cream of
tartar, and this pulp, as well as the
prosed juice from the leaves, is used by
the native Africans for flavoring their
food. The juice is grestly relished as a
leverage, and is considered a remedy in
putrid levers r.nd many other contagious
diseases.
The baobab is raid to ettain a much
greater age than any other tree, thou
sands of years being hararded as tbe
term of life of rome Kpccimens. Jt lias
exlmordinary vitality; the bark, which
is n gularly stripped off to le made into
ropes, nets for fishing, trapping nnd native
clothing, speedily grows again. No ex
ternal in ury, not even lire, can destrt.y
it from without ; nor can it le hurt from
within, as tjtecimens have leen found in
fi ll tplcix'or, with tbe inide of the
trunk hollowed out into a rhamln-r
liia-la could hold a score of people. One
half of the trunk may be cut or burned
away even tho tree may be cut down,
snd w hile lying on the ground, so b ug
as there is tbe fclighcst tonne, lion with
the roots it will giow and lecr fruit. It
dies trom a very peculiar disease a
softening of its wooily ttrm ture. and it
lalls Ly its own weight, a mans of ruins.
The native villages are generally bui'.t
oro.ind one of these immense trees, anil
under i's far spreaJint; brum lies, width
form an agreeable shelter Irom th pim,
is the Votla, or place of t esc nibble,
when all tbe public business ot the tribe
is transHt tcl. The circuit tlem ribed by
the extremities of the lowormct range of
L ranches is tenced around, so that none
I tit those pnvihged to attend these
meetings ran intrude. In tl.inly popu
hited d el rids of Southern and Central
Africa, w hero lions, leopards and hve
nas alonnd, the natives live in huts like
gigantic bee-Li vts, t'.rmlv fixed among
tbe Urge branch, s ol the" tree. On the
approsch ol night they ascend to their
hut by uirans of mde lad.lers, while
tbe lions roar about their campfires until
the approach of day alrivcs them to the;r
lairs.
As many as thirty famili. s Is.ivc leen
found to occupy a eingle tree. In many
instances natives who till the grouixl at
rny great ht.vne Irom tht-ir tnlte,
I udd these huts lor nightly accommoda
tion. In travelling through the tounlrv
one frequently sees the Irees alive with
haloons and other kinds of the moiiker
tribe, busy in collecting the fruit ami in
alulging in ceaele6s gambols and a hatter,
for tbia reax.ri it is commonly called the
uionkey bread tree. When tbe tree is
not occupied as a habitation, the hollow
trunk is n-d by the natives as a
sepulchre lor executed criminals - the
law of the people denying them the
right of burial inside of which the
bodies dry up, ami, to a great extent, re
seuihle mummies. To a r uropean this
tree is a marvel. Coming aciosa one in
habited by monkeys, it is extremely
alangerous to i-hoot any unless one is
w ith a party, for. if any are wounded,
tbe whole colony take up the battle, and
n. ore than once I found that retreat in
short order was very nccersary.
My first experience of living in '.he air
was very novel. Tbe first night wts one
continual growL roar, etc, eo much so
that 1 found it an impossibility to sleep,
f inally tbe most horrible squeals broke
out dira-tly under me. It was very
dark, and. being unable to ree anr ob
jet t. but knowing something w as w'rong,
I threw a can containing water out of
tbe hut door down in the direction from
where tbe noiso prx-eelcl. but with
little remit, though the squealing became
fainter; in the morning a ruiall pig we
had been keep ng and put in a pen over
night w as mining. hat took him rto
bo.lv ever knew, as no trace remained;
it only went to show how we mi-ht have
fared bad we been camping on the
ground. Having found a frii-ndlr tribe
who placed their lints at our disposal,
tbis saved us much anxiety of minl, and
a few days later a nuraler of their men
acrompan ed ns a considerable alistan.-e
to the outh, riot, however, going outside
the precincts of their country.
This wonderful tree is also found in
Tr.dia, and is there held in great venera
t on ly Bome natives, so much so that
any or.e guilty of cutting the trees alown
is regarded by them with great abhor
rence. EMPEROR WILLIAM'S ACE.
. r
No Moaarrk Kaaaa Who It.airhwd Ula
3i uiaber of Year.
. Long reigns are rare in liUtory long roval
live naui-la rrrr atill. i'rince. neciipr on
ot the Inwrot h-vela in the whole r-nje of
longevity. The a.r or courts is .iettru tire
of health, nerve, and vigor. Ijves which
early conupiiou, luxurious and edrmmaie
Itabila, uncheoked panon, and uiiceaiug
e.v. itentent io not mi ermine are frequently
aliortened by cunKUniinr; ambition a.r care,
wur.ike toil, and peril or the inui.lerwu.
hainl of CtHi-pirat y. Aitiong the reiunrkialtlar
Ion; rci',-na iu in.iory are tho-c of IVmU wf
J u dull i b.tr-lwo year-1, M itliri.hitrv ol l'uutu
(hlty-.-van), i,'.or ll. of I'rr.aa (-evnitr-onei,
Aifon-n I. ol Portugal (seventy-three i,
eleick III. of rr.nany ( hl!y-ltiirr j.
Chritiau IV. of Penuiark " (.ix!y I.oui
XIV. of i'rana-e iMventy-twol, iicorge ULa.f
I'ti-l.-iid (r.rir-uiue), "berdiuand IV. of
Naple. (aixty-nrek and IVJro II. of Kraxil
ihlty .event. Hut Uziriah waa a youth wuen
li w..a plat-eJ the tnrou,-, Mathrnlaiea a
bey, atra nr-irn babe, AII.iimi an in
laul, 1 nn-tiau eleven team old. l,u a four,
I'eidinan.l nine, anil I'edro five, and of awll
the ai.ouara h uacolioned only (iearje III.
scathed the ace o( lourncaire. I'ttiatad lud
one Line who lived to the age of ri;bty
eijbl, Xana.ls 1 erey n-.ki ; bat hen ina-d
only live year, and survived hi. throne uttv--aii
ycara, lir.n in quiet retirement. V'e
uiu-i -a back to the .!.ya of antiquity lo had
Ktaaj-eror William rovK erra in ae, and
tlie only one. we ,b. cover are lltero II. of
y racukc, and Maainisa of Nuraidia, b.tlh ol
wlioui ended ti.ttr rtiu at the a-r ..f about
aiuety. Tlie e-isn ol i:jmrni II., Ph.ir.aeli
! t S) pl tbe 'eotri4 of the Orerka is
lclietcd by Mit.ie iitrvpiolopi.i to Itave
l--tnl about ,itir-vr year., and his li.e
al o it tine linn'trcd. but others reduce Iwitli
hi n i.-n and Li. days to riunnal prttiMirtiuiia.
Ihu. u. eu:pior known to hi-tory, no
roii.iu kin ii. I l.tiiti uJ jui, evi-r raeLci
ll.e ac ol ill.aui.
WHY MR.WAITE WAS APPOINTED
f I'wwrltt.w Hlatorr It ffaa Vt
tbe.T.le.lo S,..ei that aecarcd
the Apnolaituaent.
1 hare Toeen rather amnseV said
Cencral Isaac li. .-her woo. I, -at the at
tempts made by newspaper correon.J
ents to Ull how Chiet Justice Wait re
ceived his apjiointmcnt, but no one has
yet. made a correa t statement. It has
been sowed broadcast throughout the
country th at Mr. Waite's Fpe.-ch at the
Army of tho Tennessee n.uiiion in this
city .lid it, hut that is not so.
"You sen. 1 represented this district in
Congress at the time, and as I was in
Washington at the time of the aptioint
nient, I waa in a position to know some
thing about it. Alter W'iliiams and
Cushing had been rejected by the Senate,
Clark Waggoner wrote to me from To
ledo and suggested the name of Morrison
li. Waite. .cting on his suggestion, I
went to President Grant and proposed
Mr. Waite's name.
"Morrison if. Waite, repeated Grant ;
"oh, yes, 1 remember him welL lie
made a majjni icent speech at our re
union in Toledo."
"I t ien went to Columbus Pelano,
Secretary ot the Interior, and General
Cowan, his assistant, and enlisted their
aid. Tlies; two men did more perliais
than any others to secure .Mr. Wait?'
appointment. A great deal of work was
doue for Mr.. Waite, and a great many
telegrams passed lietween Washington
and North wa stern Uio, but the ai;oint
ment was sccureil.
Vou see there was an immense oppo
sition 10 Mr. Waite's appoint'ii--nt from
the members of the Supreme Court who
were jealous because it was proposed to
make an outside man Chief .lusiicc. The
Senate was also exceedingly cautious
about continuing an appointment to ao
important an oitico; hence the succe 9
of Mr. Waite's friends was doubly grati
fying. lirea-tly a.Ur he received tho
npioint iient he wrote me a letter thank
ing me fr what 1 had done, and that
le.ter I still have."
"You wt-rj present at tLo reunion,
were you r.ot, ieneral T"
"Ob, yes; and 1 believe that it was tho
biggest day Toledo ever hail, l.ittlj Phil
was present, anal at a late hour was
hoisted uj-oii the bauittetiiig table for a
speech. Mr. Waite's response was a
.splendid effort, and I preserva-d a copy of
his speedi. it rant was much pleased
with it, as was everyone else who was
present." TUrdo EtwU.
rurnllar of tho Ca.ta.rvui 1 a.
Thj furniture of the Catacombs is in
structive and interesting, but most of it
has been removed to churches and
uiuseuius, and mi.st be stmlb-d outsi.la.
Articles of ornament, rins, seals, brco-b-ts,
necklaces, mirrors, ,tooth picks, ear
r.i.'lr. 1.,,..l-'. l.ruA li... r.i-.. .-..-n in
numerable lamps of clay (terracotta) or S
ot limti'c (even of silver anil aiuberi all
sorts of loo's, an I in the cas- of 1 hildren
a variety of playthings were inclosexl
with tbe dead. Many of these articles
aro carved with the monogram of Christ
or with other Christian symbols. (The
lamps in Jewish cemeteries generally near
a picture ol the golden candlestick. I
A great numoer of flasks -ml curia,
with or without ornamentation, are also
loiind, mostly o..tside of the graves r.nd
fastened to the grave lids, 'lliese were
formerly supposed to have been recep
tacles lor tears, or, from tho red, dried
sediment of tlieiu, for the blood of mar
tyrs. Hut later arthit-ologists consi .er
tneui drinking vessels used in the gap.c
and oblationA
A superstitious habit prevailed in the
Fourth century, although condemned by
a councl of Carthage (.V.7) to give to the
dead the eucbaristic wine, or to put a
cup w ith the consecrated wine into tho
grave.
Tbe instruments of torture which the
fertile iutagiuatiou of credulous people
had discovered, and which were ma le to
prove that almost every Christian buriei
in the v'atacjuibs was a martyr, are sim
ply implements of bandicrait- 'Iho in
s:inct ol nature prompts the bereaved to
deposit in the graves of their kiudn-d
and Irieu.ls thosj things which were
constantly liaod by them. The idea pre
vailed also, to a largo extent, t..al the
future lifo was a continuation o: oecupa
tiotis a:id ainusements f the present,
but free from sin and inipc-rlea tious.
On opening the graves t.e skeleton
freapient y apears even now very well
preserved, eotnettiues in da.'.r.ling white
ness, as covereal with glistening g'ory,
but lalls into dust at tlie touclu
Tbo aiagwey Plaut.
The maguey is a species of aloe, which,
in its ahtlerent forms, can satisly most of
tho wsnts of Ule. From it are maJo
p.ilrpte, tequila and mescal, Mexican
d.-:r.Ls, ropts. purses anal paper; and the
Iisv.s are used lor roofing bouMS-a, the
mr'v for l-.:cl , the masons carry water in
the leav.s, an! cometimcs a leaf makes
a baby's collni.
The great msgrtey growing country
li.s between Mexico ami Vera Cru
"1 here, as for as the eye can reach, can be
seen fields of iL 1 he plant is tirade up
of a succession of thick pointed leaves,
eaa h leaf measuring from three to lour
feet in rength ami a foot ia breadth. Jt
takes from si ven to nine years to come
to maturity, when, il lelt to itsell. it
shoots up "from its aentre a slalk fifteen
or twenty lcet hi!t, topped by several
yellow Ilotvers. Pefore, however, it can
accon phs'i this lcat, the centre is cut
out, a stone placed over the hole, an I tho
s-p lelt to accumulate.
When the bowl is full, the native ex
tracts tl.e cap by means of a suction
pump, lie an continuo this process
during two months, at the end ol which
time the plant will have yielded eight
hundred gallons of sap and its life. It
produces but once, and is le.t to die, or
1 be leaves made use ot in various wav a
Tbe "ptibiue" ferments two days, and
must lc censumed before tbo huh."
Thcro is a special train running into
tbe city 01 Mexico every alay. carrying
iaa) worth of "pulque" weight. It
t. isles like sour buttermilk, and is re
tailed at three and one-righth cents a
ajuait. The price of a maguey plant is
established by law; so a man can readily
estimate his lortnne.
One man performed this calculation
with great success. He contrai ted with
an oli un. le to run Lis hacienda lor ten
years, paying to him a liberal share ol
the protiu on the condition that at the
end of ten years the old gentleman was
to rciund the money for improvements.
The jomr man was very provident, put
ting Lin savings into young tuaguey
plants, w hich can bo had at low rates.
At the end of the ten years he was mas
ter of the plantation and the ljicienda.
The young man now pensions the old
uncle, so goes the story. 1 be children
ol .Mexico are wise in their generation.
A Great Artist.
' "YTho is thAt gentleman the one so
expensively dressed ?"
oh, that is Mr. Graphite, the great
artUt."
"Artist? I always sopptpsed that great
artists were sliabby in their dress."
"11a, ha ! Very good ! But he's not
one of that kind, you know. He has all
he can do drawing pictures for soap ad
vertisements. Immensely rich, and
lives like a naboi)." 1 .
AS OTHERS SEE US.
Floroneo lfnrrrKf, Opinions A Mont the
Women and Men of the l ulled
States.
Following is an extract from an inter
view in the AVar .f..vof l.on don :
"U hat impression did yoa form of the
Yankees during your stay in America,
Miss Marryat! You on give me some
thing that is not in your book on the sub
ject, 1 dare sav."
"That will be difficult, I'm afraid." re
plied Miss Marryat, w ith a pleasant smile.
Hut Ainericj is a large subject. Where
do you w ish me to begin ? '
"Weil, supjiose we start with American
women. What are their national char
acteristics ?"
"diamonds and false teeth, I should
say. Kvery American woman has a rae
for the former, and the latter, owing
greatly b the system of living practiced
111 the I nitetl states, is inevitable. P.ut
besides this all American women, gen
erally speaking, are alllicted with a
would be s iiartncss and speak through
the nose. They have all, more or less,
a nasal twnn, owing to what 1 don't
know. Some say it's the dryness of the
air that affects some vessels in the nose,
but I'm sure I am not able to tell. Tho
Americans nndonbtedly, however, sutler
from a national catarrh, as is most evi
dent in the peculiar tone in which nearly
all of them speak.
"There is another thing about Ameri
can women, too. They alon't 'make up
as ths Knglish don't dye their hair, and
as they get gray at thirty this is the more
peculiar. 1 think life is faster and has
more rush an I stress there than here. A
nervous excitement, an irr. table unrest,
prevades all ranks and classes. The
ladies are always chewing candy, tbo
men perpetually drinking ice "water.
They ruin their teeth and digestion at
the same time. 1 think: America is the
home of false teeth," added Miss .Marryat
meditatively.
"Ihit dial you seriously intend to state,
Miss Marryat, now, w hen sp -aking of the
American women not 'making up, that
none of those little devises, those con
cealed feminine embellishment which
one s'es advertised in ladies' papers, are
in usage in tbe I'nitei states ".'
"Oh, dear, no ; I di.ln't mean to shite
that. In fait, the Americans are much
cleverer in improving the figure than
their l-ingltsh cousins. Many 01 the men
w ear stays -only think while it is a
co:niaon thing for the women to pad up
in front w ith canary seed."
, "t anary seed !
" Yes. 1 or tho bust, you know. Mo ves
about and gives a lively and natural ap
pearance." "Iid yon enjoy your trip?" gasped our
representative, alter a pause.
"Alt. yrs, exceedingly. They aro a
most kind hearted and hospit ible people.
Yes ; I went to l'oston a city of prigs.
The American men are smarter than the
Knlisli. Not more brain, but more
active and pushing in their habits. They
make love belter, I believe keep cool.
When an Knglishman makes lovo tic gets
red and stulleis.
BURDETTE'S HUMOR
TIIROWIXG BELIGlOX TO TUS DOCS. .
Soems to me I don't know, majbo
it's 11 right, but it seems to me our
wise men are expecting rather too much
of the dogs. Uev. Sam Jones says if ho
hail a alo that would go to one "of Pol)
lngerwoll's lectures he would shoot him
full of buckshot ; and another eminent
clergyman, Uev. Joseph t 00k, says if he
had a dog that smoked tobaca-o ho would
hang him. Well, now, what's tho mat
ter with the men who go to hear C-olonel
Ingersoll and smoke cigars? Why don't
these parsons get out their shotguns and
lariats and go out gunu-.ng and lassoing
alter some men? Is salvation for the
dos? A Mack and Lin log, that has
taken to cigarette-soioting, and rending
Torn I'aine ami Ingersoll s "Mistake of
Moss" is beyond the reach of the revi
valist ; but lucro is some chance for the
men. .
AX IXTXDATI0X OF WISDOM. -
Ilorj is mother wise man who knows
so much about sleeping that it hurts him
to carry it around, so he has unloaded
some oi his knowledge ujon our general
igiioram-e. The wis' matisnys: Hunters,
sa-outs, children, wild men and all ai.i
ir.aU sloa-p with the spine upward.
Kvery creatun does this except civilicd
man. It is the natural and the riht
v.ay. - .
Sleeping on the faca protects the vital
organs in case of a shot irom the enemy.
So it does, when we bear in mint! that it
is a poor gun 10 these alays that can't
sen 1 a half ounce ball crashing through
a railroad tie, and that l,r..ell was
killed by a shot square in the back We
oubt to g;-t right down 0:1 our faces and
stiy thcrj, nat merely to protect our
vital organs from chance cannon shots,
but to express our profound reverence
for a man wt-.o knows so much. Tell
you, my ton, this world is so chock lull
of wisdom anl knowledge and informa
tion and introduction and erudition that it
is a great wonder some of it does'nt es
cape and leak into the schools." -
"he rironjht Iter Husband Home.
Wo!t;nn is always given credit for be
ing clever, but, nevertheless, if she
makes tip her mind to a thing she will
have it her way or make it interesting
for those w ho oppose her. A woman up
at SL Helen's is the wife of a man who
loves to hang around a certain grog ba
zaar, and in no doing be sorely neglects
the helpmeet who Bits patiently at home
and mends his socks. Many a time and
oit had she reasoned with him iu her
quiet, motherly way, and tried to point
out to him the disgraceful.way in which
he was using her, but all to no purpose.
She even went so far as to reajuest the
teller in the aforesaid boose cuijxirium
that he cease selling her husband hiUor.
lut tho poison-mixer lade her go hence
and exchange New-Year's cabs with her
self, and she turned en her heel and left
his hateful presence.
That evening as she sat alone she
heard a racket down cellar, and ujion
investigation found that a skunk had got
its tail iu tbe rat-trap. Now, it is a well
known fact that a skunk will hold its
peaa-o ns long as his bush tail is held,
whether in a trap or the hand, aal re
membering this she had no tear.- Sud
denly a bright thouglft entered her bead,
Tho clock in the houso was striking 1
and she wanted papa to come home.
With a quick movement she threw a bag
over the animal's bead, and, after gras
ing its tail, opened the trap, and thus
armed headeu lor the saloon. It was
only a short distana e away, and finding
the doer partly open she tossed the
sknnk into the midst of the crowd and
swiftly etole away.
It Lad the desired e fleet and papa
came home. The saloonkeeper, w no
never took a vacation belore in bis life,
has gone into the country to visit rela
tives, and the saloon is closed for repairs.
Ilia Apolws-y.
Johnny, said the minister, rather
mjver.'ly, ".lo you chew tobacco ?'
"Yoa, sir," was the reply, "but I'm
clean out just now ; Jimmy I'rowa's got
some, though."
EACLES AND TURKEYS.
A Pennsylvania Mountain Ilegton Where)
liolh. Aro Mill rient'.
The impression is general tlirouglir.'-.t
the l ast that the wild turkey and tin;
eagle have no abiding place in this coun
try any more except lar out among the
mountains and wild plains of the L'leat
West; yet it is a fact, writes tlie Harris
burg (Pa.) corresjiondent of the New
ork .. that the mountains of several
futilities of Central J ennsylvania ure still
thickly jiopulated by the wild turkey,
as tbe sjMjrtsmen o 1 ottsville, I .Vailing,
liincaster, llarrisburg and other towns
web know, while instead of tLo eagle lo
in:.' extinct, except in isolated and far
away haunts, it i in fact mora numerous
in the ranges of the counties of this Mate
referred to than tho farmers care to
have iL
'I he great nii Mountain range, to
gether with all tbe many subranges and
in.lepen.l. iit hills and ridges of the ad
.acent counties, are tir tural breeding and
Ki-v.ing grounds Oi the wild turkey, and
proyii'o, several species of eagle with
eytia s so ina a essible and fit-Ms of prey
f-o extensive nnd fruit ul that tho :ii
vances of (ivilixatioii made on every sMe
hate as yet been insu ll.cii-nt to dr've
them irom their a hose 11 h.iiin-s.
Pcis-ms who have never visited those
regions other than I lie large towns. Lave
no lalea of the extent and "dept'i of tbe
wihi.-nii ss t-rens that abound within a
short oiinvv o; the biggest towiis-eva-n
the capit-d of the Mate. Wild tnrkevs
ate UilVd in largo numbers every fall
within bi'teen miles af Harrislmrg, and
within the county within which the city
is situated. If requires but a short jour-na-y
from PottsviIl or I.Vadirg to en oy
the same f-jKirt, while all of the smtiil
villages nirf centers fr.itn which the
spoilsman may ijnd turkey hunting to
his heart's desire, any time fro.a early
fall until the deep snows of w inter make
the Fpr.rt r.ot only unpleasant butd.au
Serous. Any one who hrs ever tramped" over
tho l'liic Mountains has noticed thegre it
nnmher of tall, di a 1 and abi o-t branch
less tree trunks that stand on the highest
and rockiest summits, out of tho reach
of the bol lest mountain-climber, liarlv
in the morning, or toward nightfall, one
or more great birds may lie been hover
ing aliout the tops of theso dead and sen
tinel like trunks. Tho lirds aro bald
eaglas.
The eagles select these dead trees on
tho isolated jK-aks to build their rests
in. It is one of the superstitions of the
1 lue Mountain woodsman th; t it is tlie
pres-inc of the eagles and their r.ests
that kills tiie latter, but the fact is that if
a tr 'c is not dead in the first place an
eagle will not select it f .r its ne-ting
place. Tho bird us s tho bare trunk as
a post of observation. Sometimes tbe
top cf a naUed and inaccessible rock
serves t'ie purpose.
It may Lo that the presence of tho
wild turkey in such numbers may ac
(r.nnt for the eagle, so rare in similar lo
calities, retaining bis home among the.-c
mountains, for in nil bis predatory
roun.ts this great marauder o: tho :ifr
could not tin J a richer pri. e as his lire v.
The habits of the eagle keep il almo'st
coi.stai.tly away from the sight of man,
and it is-only when the depletion of a
shceprold is begun systematically and
regularly that the farmer is warned that
an eagle or two is near, nnd that bv bid
ing himself near the told hemavKui pnsj
the Ftror.g-licakeal robber r.t his v.otk"
and finish his career w ith a weli-directcd
rillo biiil. A Laid eagle measuring over
si-vcn feet from tip to tip oi hiswiiigs
waj recently bhot by a turkey hunter i7n
the .Second Mountain, in Smuykill
County, the eagle having dropped sud
denly down on a flock of turkevs, which
the hunter, hidden fiecurely, was calling
within closer range. .
Tlie Art ol IIOsUrti-Lepage.
Tlis- pictures were painlo l out-of-c'.ocn,
anal you can see that liastien-Lepage was
true to the out of-door peasant lue which
he had lived, lie sympathized with its
toil and jovcrty, and he ahd not paint
these peasants in his studio, as he would
have dono had ho eimply desired to
make pretty pictures.
Painting In the carfiilly arranged 1 got
of h s stulin, be would have loumT it
easier to make pictures which n..-.ny
people would preur. Jn nature cot:
lusing bgl.t come Horn a'.l tides, the lull
s::n light is trying, tho colors oi grass
and foi ag are vivid ami even h-.r-li,
ant it is hs-d to i:i 'ici-.t-j csc'lv tli
relative distances of different ul Vcfan J
their valuc3 in tha picture, 'iij.s len
Lcp.ig., titer beginning a picture, at a
certain hour, wou! 1 paint upon it onlv
at that hour in order that ihe light and
its e fleets upon iho rurrcun Jins inigiit
Le tho same trom day to dr. v.
Ho was calied a realist, otic who paint
ed tilings simply as they were: but the
"Joait of Arc 'ami others of bis works
showed that be lacked null her imagina
tion sympathetic nor ir.si-ht. t citi.mly
ho dm !,ori than tl.e recbr.'iug 01 f.ict.s.
Critiis Lav ('itporj-o,! i,;s to'or;u.
Ins use ol "artidj greens" and -.iiitv
grays; ' they have at ecte 1 t it't h: p-g-turvs
cov-vey no fvclirg of tpaeo, or dis
tatice, or r..K)it;on ; that bis ideas of
ncie iinj-oitaiit pan--, end tlmt hi3 work
was coais.- and Liutal.
There is poiiic ground fcr llCS0 objection-?,
for l'st:e:i-l epage die I beior.- ha
Lad aeeoii jilished all tha: be wished
Put Le was a faithful lover of nature
He found poetry in the events oi every
day hie, and, rs t.as been said, one of Ins
peasants typified the pv.is.unrv of I lajn-e.
living when but a young man, he is not
10 be ranked with the grcaier masters of
the century, but ha left an inllneixv i.'ni
pictures w..ieh wi'i preserve tho mane
-y of Lis carmgxneia and loyalty -
art-
rralo I',. vTlte.
Praisea your r.if,, man ; for j iiy's f tlef
eive her a little fciicou.agauien. it wott
hurt her. Mic doesn't exjievt it; it wi!;
make her eyes open wi nr ana wider
than they bavo for tbo lust, ten years;
but it vt i.l alo her jwiod fo. nil tnat, and
you. toi. 'there sr many woineu to-Uy
thirsting fur a word cf praise and encour
agement. You know that itbeloor is
clean, lalx-r hiis been performed to make
itiso. 1 011 know that it you can Like
from your tlrawer a clean shirt w henever
you want u, t-ouieliodya lingers have
toiled. Why don't you come out with it
heartily; "Why how pie: saut yon make
things look, w i.e." or. "I am auliged lo
you lor taking so much pains." If von
gave a hundred and sixteenth part ol
tbo compliments you almost cht.keil
them Willi before they were married; il
you would stop th; badinage of women
you are going to have w heu nniiiU-r on
Is dead isuch things wives may laugh at.
but they sink aiecp sonn-ti ii.es 1, fewei
women would seek for other sources ol
happiness.- .
Cavnt Always Juil( by Appearaaces.
Miss Breezy (of Chicago) Oh, yes,
young Mr. Wabash is immensely w ealtny
by inheritance. He was born with
silver spoon in his mouth, you know
Miss fchawsgarden (of SL Louis) Was
he, indeed ? 1 should imagine irom the
way he eats that he was bora with a
kiai'e in Lis rjaoutk.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Kxtensivo depoit-t of phosphates
have leen discovere.1 in South Florida.
California has just export 'd seventy
mules to Australia. They are to be used
in radroad work.
The I'mpreps of Austria, having lieen
forced to give up bunting, has taken up
fencing for exercise.
A consignment of 1,500 tons of pota
toes has arrivad at lloston, on board a
steamer from (dasgow.
A comet alisroverod in Capo Colony
alKiut a week hl'O is now visible at Mel
bourne and in New Zealand. .
The Texis cattle season has begun,
the f.rst "drive" of stock having started
on its northward journey from San An
tonio. c'ome of the Nevada ranchmen ar
aliout to experiment with the sowing of
several new varieties of grains and
grasses.
A large psnther has leen lurklng'in
tbe lieighliorhood of Coalbrook and llar
land, t 'onn . and making night hideous
w.tli his cries.
.
An Arkansas suicide fillfd his mouth
with pow-.'er, and then applied a lighted
match. Tbe explosion tore away a por
tion of his face.
Tlie City Council of Leavenworth.
Kan:is, has adopted an ordinance raising
th lii-a-nse lor practising Christian sci
ence, or faith cure, to c"oii.
The Marl of I'utTerin writes from In
dia conveying his warmest and most
respectful t! .inks to the Mayor and Cor-
C oration of '1 oronto lor the honor done
im by the naming of a street 1 uf!erin.
The funeral of a Toledo physician
was postponed at the request a,f "his dy
ing wile, who said she wished to be
buried with him. she died several alays
later, and tbe two were interred together.
Hotel proprietors in SL Louis aro
already ri-cciving letters and telegrams
from deb-gates to the I Vnioeratic Na
tional Convention, who wish to take time
by the forelot k as lar as engaging rooms
are concerned.
Chicago's new crematory, on the
Vest SiIa was eiven a successful test
th-other day. It is estimated that tbe
crematory, which cosL 1.hk, will burn
l"i 1 cubic yards of refuse dally, at an ex-l-nse
of about :.'..
A Mormon preacher has been driven
out of Noiuilc, Conn. He had made three
female convarts, and announced that a
baptism would take place near the town,
but the husband of one oi the women
forbade the service, and the crowd which
bad acllected rna.de it so hot for the
prosa-lvte that ho tied to the cars .and de
parted. Mary I tidkins, colored, whose death
Las oceni red in I'ortland, Me., was cred
it, tl wilh 117 years terrestrial life. "She
always said she could remember distinct
ly the visit to this country of the prince
who was subse'iu-iii ly William 1 v.' ., of
I'tiglan l, and she claimed to haveldone
ibis laundry work for him whin Le was
111 VMlUl't. .
It is reiorded of the late John J.
1 l.'in.igan, ait v editor of the I'tica O'Wcccr.
that he professionally attended twenty
seven hangings, on tine occasion, it is
said, be persuaded the caunlemiied man
to consent to be hanged two hours earlier
than was al lust lLUiuled. in order to
give him time to get home after the
event aud put a good account of it in tho
I'ait-r. ... ,
The mineral resources of Maine are
again attracting attention. A pajier there
rejioris mat - i.oston parties contemplate
purchasing and starting tbe Uliiehill cop-jx-r
mines. A company was organized at
I airtlaml last week to develon a urorn-
'sing gold and silver vein in Avon, and
the KenueU-e and Portland Coal Com
pany has l et n formed t open a coal
mine at tne uioutu ot tne Kennebec.
- It has lieen estimated bv a promi
nent r; ibond ollia ial that lullv Ilium
tramps are killed aunuilly on the rail
roads O! this country while attcmi.tin.r
10 sleal ii hs or whin walking on tb
tracks. The r.dlroad tramps 1. re a con
stant menace to the safety of travellers,
ns well ns to the pfoperty of the com
panies, as many 01 uiem .10 not hesitate
to cause accidents by turning switches.
uuiuiug LTioges, aiM oilier leviees.
FLASHES OF AMERICAN HUMOR.
A Clnisiticntloti. m
A 01 oi.f-ii n.ler on a certain western pape:
i ml veil i-eil us a unn who i never soler.
In at' er wools, he is a atcr -proof reader.
- In a Shoe S'ci-c. -
Customer "A re these boots v. aterprnof?'
( Ink "W;:ti rpiaiof Why, my .learsir
you a-;au -ro.'i i he Atb'niij a.ii-ean in tl:tu
ilrv shod." . -
t'ticxpoeto J lU'fiti .
A hii.y ieilow who was. idling aw ny his
t'nie was advi- l bv a minister wliere ho C T-pea-ted
to go uhen he alia-d. "1 shall not t"p,
watthc reply; "l expect li hi- carried." .
A C.'liao.-e iior an Itivc-ntor. -
If firorgo Westinulioiise uuilj invainf aa
air-brnkc th.it would slop a gn.i-cr's bid in.
half its own length, lao would eatn the
gratitudu o thousands a.; esliuiable people.
An An; ol In t'otniwlson.
The man who i always w anting lo bortOW
a V is not a ales r;!l m-ipiuiiit-aiii-e, bur, be
is an iingel eoiiipara-al wilh the man w ho ia
alwnvs llisinlin' that yoil bhall larud hb
au X. .
t Hof ore ttio Statue of LA oet-t7.
"Thnt. my d.-nr," young Mr. lluigbeede
reiiiarke.l to his bride, us he pointed to tua.
mn ia-slic form of the hrotu.c Liberty: '-tliaf
is the I :t in oils statue ol Jeraey lililiiiug tho
World."
. a ,
" H-irnlsliiioll.llj.
A alrumnaer who kissed a country girl re"
iu.:rk,-d, ectntia-ntly :
"llo.v i-h.ii'uiing it is to prtsS the lij3 a'.
in in.a-. nce lir alo- fii-i tnii-!'
-.Ml you city Idiom must have gone to
the siti... Miiu'il. !''.. ry uiotlia-i s sou ot you
siiya tin- same thin;- ulica lie k isl- iue,''
sin i( I'Ik iI.
)u. ot toe Mooili. of Knbea.
Yisiiing M misii-r "Th.it's n fine rockiug.
hoi-se you have, aiiv little ailau. Papa buy
it?"
Charlie "No; 1 mn at nt a l.'ttery."
Mllll-.lcr "All, doll I V"a IlllOW it'f
naughty i g nul'le oa i.ikc it'.uices'"
t. taurii. v ii , it uji ai your oi". u cuurcll
fair, Mr. I.oudl nm '"
atealrtrtlou of 1 in migration Needed.
fa.igley "How do you happen to bo
begging, my man';"
l.o.u -,- v urc, sir, Oi've been ruined
by loruign iinpoi tat. ons."
iagiey by, you're an imjiortation
ourseli."
Kourke "Yis, sir; but the F.yetalians
ruinvd intr" oul'l woman's ." ppie-stan I,
-iii.l the Chinese took awny her washui';
uid lio'.v the Liig'.ish ci k il si-; visli reia.rm
kaes ino from gettiu' a iovciiiioint
.oh because vi cau'i rude or write."
J'jdjc,