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NUMBER 45.
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ONLY A Wt?D
Only a word may lc-ave a atlriH - '
To wound some kind and loving heart ;
It muy be but u trifling thing
That cutj ad deeply aa a dart.
Only a word may stir up strife
And quickly cause a bitter hate.
The deepest sorrow make J7 life";
Then may repentance cJBio too late.
Only a word may be a blow
Of torture keen as any pain.
And cloud a bright yountt life in woe.
From which It ne'er can rale akla.
Only a word may be a ray
Of sunshine ln aotue dismal roon
And help to brlKhten maiiy a d.iy
Which Is spent in hount of gloom.
Only a word, but ln It lion
Power to change full many a fate.
Ilow little do we reaJizO
In but one word what may aValt.
Only a word may lend the way
From cloudB of darkness to the light,
May help sorme weary one to pray
And guide them to tho path of ritfht.
Auoo D. Abell, in Good Housekeeping.
MOCKERY OF FATE.
The
Kiss That Took the
Oountees Away.
Pair
Tho Froihof castlo waa an oU stno
mansion porche J high up on tho sloping
mountain that overshadowed a quiot
old-fashioned town in Saxony. Tho old
costlo with it3 quoor inhabitant-) had
for many yoara boon tho greatest at
traction to young and old in tho elcopy
little town at its foot.
Onco a year all tho children in overy
family that could boast of some social
standing were Invited to visit the old
Countess, who lived at tho castlo alono
with only two servants. Ono of thoso
servants was an old housekeeper, a year
younger than her mistress, who already
had colobratod her ninetieth birthday.
This old housekoopor filled, tineo many
yoar3 back, tho complicated position in
tho Countess household of lady's com
panion, maid and steward. Iior sixty-year-old
daughter, who yet, in spito of
her venerable ago and gray hairs, never,
neither by tho Countess nor by iho old
mother, was spokon of in other tonus than
aa "that girl" or "lazy," erfurnied all
minor duties round tho establishment.
Two veteran JSt. Uernard dog" wero tho
faithful and watchful bodyguard of the
old Countess and her littlo stalT; not a
man in any capacity had been soon
round tho castle for nearly twenty-flvo
years.
As a child, about fourteen, Iwrafortho
first and only timo invited to thcCountess'
reception, along with my cousins, with
whom I had spent a few woeks of my
holidays. To mo this was an event of
the greatest delight and anticipation. I
had road tho pretty story about tho on
chanted Trincoss -ho slept a hundred
years hi her castlo amid cobwebs and
century 01 dust, to awaken, ono morn
ing, more beautiful and youthful than
ever. In my fancy the mistress of tho
old ivy-clad castlo on tho hillside was
nothing loss than another enchanted
t'rincess, and all tho stories I had heard
about hor and hor two dogs, which had
tho reputation of not being like other
mortal dogs, and that they would livo
on as long as a stono was loft of tho
spellbound castlo all this mado my
young heart flutter with Joy and expec
tation, when tho great day finally ar
rived and wo knocked at tho gigantic
old gato of tho mansion.
A strange hazo of romantic lovo from
tho middlo ago seemed to hover over
tho huge pile of stones. With a creak
ing noiso tho heavy doors turned 6n
their hingos, and aftor some delay wo
wero ushered into a large hall furnished
with all tho grandour of past centuries.
iNcar ono or tnc narrow windows, on a
high-backed chair emblazoned with a
Duko's gilded crown, (rat an old lady.
dressed after tho fashion of nearly a
century ago. Her powdered hair was
done high up over a beautifully-formed
ioreneaa, nor cneeKs rousrea, ana, ac
cording to tho fashion tho old lady still
clung to, set oil with a fow "mouches
noirs," or black patches. Kho looked
exactly as an old picture, which sud
denly had sU'Piod down from its heavy
frame, to como and bid us children a
smiling welcome. Ilow strangely hand
some this old Countess did look; she was
not any thing of what my young fancy
had dreamed about: a sleeping I'rincess
untouched by tho ravages of timo.
Isothing could betray that ninety win-
tors had passed over her head, although
sho Boomed to carry tho heavy burden
of old ago in a way so graceful and sym
pathetic ad very fow people -are ablo
to do.
After all the chlldron had made thoir
low courtesy after tho stylo of Louis
XIV. and kissed th Countess' slondcr,
waxen hand, the old housekeeper, who
at theso occasions of festivities acted as
master of ceremonies, took is to tho
large picture-galleries, whore 6ho
stopped before the last of all tho many
family portraits that adorned tho walls,
and with tho greatest prido pointed out
to tho visitors this.pieturo as "my lady
at seventeen." Aod a striking picturo
it was; thoro youth, loveliness and
grace combined created perfect ideal
of womanly beauty.
'The old Countess lookod to-day just
tho samo in dress and in every thing,
except that youth and its loveliness had
gone forovcr.
My visit to tho old castlo made a
deep impression on my mind, and J
longed to learn why tho Countess, onco
so beautiful, rich and high-born, had
chosen to live like a hermit, in so
tlusiou and loneliness, instead of mar
rying somo Dukj) or even a Prince. Nho
dbl not tell us why, but 1 learned it
yet, somo years afterward when tho old
Countess was dead and loth the faithful
doga and the old housekeeper bad gone
to rest, and the stones wero crumbling
away faster than ever from tho desolate
castlti of Froihof.
This is tho story tho old housekeeper
had told on her death-bed about her ad
mired and beloved mistress, tho
Co u n te ss of Fro i ho I.
"At tho age of fifteen I camo into tho
Countess' service, as her maid, or rather
companion. ihe was a year older than
myself, tho worshiped child of hor
wealthy parents, and only heir to their
enormous estates, m.-wij titles and ele
vated rank. Tho brilliancy of her beau
ty, her talent, and above all, hor kind
heart and amiable disposition had mado
her the idolized favorite with high j-nd
low. .Already, at tliii e.irly age, sho
was actually b'siegcd with suitors, more
in numlf than the year lias day a. They
represent"! tho very Hotter of chivalry,
and there wen Dukes and Princes at
her fet. Jhit the refused them oil.
ii'ot that ilie uxsju any way proud, fr
frv"i i'; bhe wi- J- humble ;ind modot
' - - ' ; " "
as any gir4 in tho land- Hut to all pro
posals of that kind her answer invarb
ably canvet I will waitr
'ln this way a year passed. Her lady
ship was now seventeen. Iter birthday
was celebrated with all the splendor
and pomp that became her station in
life. Toward evening tho Couatoss
grew tired of all the gayety and fes
tivities that were going on in tho cas
tle, and slipped out into tho park, ac
companied only by myself. The air was
cool and refreshing, and tbe twilight
fast settling into darkness undoiv the
hugo old chestnut trees. For the first
time all that day the Countess seemed
to feel quite happy, and danced about
liko a littlo fairy among tho deep shad
ows of the park. ,
"Suddenly sho stepped, and ravo a
littlo staKlcd scream. I ran to her
sido, and was nearly as scared as her
self, when I saw the dark, bent form of
an old gypsy woman standing in our
way. The gypsy muttered something,
and grasped tho whito litUo hand of
the Countess, and led, wioiiout saying a
word further, tho frightened girl a littlo
out ot the way, into the lingering rays
of light which still played on the west
ern horizon. In a low, husky voice I
heard tho gypsy say, after shtS a mo
ment had glanced at the lines in the
Countess' hand: 'My pretty girl, bo
careful not to throw away thy heart to
any one of thy many wooers. Nobody
but a King shall ever take thee away.
Ho patient if ho should tarry. He shall
come, evem if it is late.
"Tho gypsy disappeared as suddenly
as sho had come; scared and trembling
did we leave tho park and return to the
Castle. On our way back the Countess
told mo that a year ago. Just tho very
night before her sixteenth birthday,
sho had had a droam to the Samo effect
as that tho old gypsy had told her ithat
nobody but a King would ever carry
hor away from the- castle of her an
cestors. And tlKJ could not help find
ing in this meeting with tho gypsy and
her profcihe.-jj a very strange coincidence
to her dream tf u year ago. Sho took
my promise to keoy all this a secret,
and I d"l so until this tihiec
"From this day she was moroivservod
than ever to all the gentlemon that
came withirf her presence, and ho.body
won her heart or hand. Thus yoars
passed away, and for overy yea the
number 0 her huitors decreased. Her
old parents began to despair, and Bought,
at last, some reason for their daugh
ter's strango way of refusing ove"n tho
thought of marriage, "ben they would
not givo her any restiio told- them all
about the dream and tho gipsy, aiiT aft
er that they let her do a sho liked Wi
peace.
"A few yoars mofo antl tho Oountoss
was left alono in tho world. I staid on
in her Bervice evert after my marriage,
my husband boing the Countess' tow
ard or business manager till his death,
and I continued to bo hor maid or com
panion. "On ovory birthday sht ordered mo to
bring out hor coxly trousseau and mag
nificent woiding-dress, worthy of a
quoen, for her i ntwpootion, and aftor sho
had looked at tbfH wealth of 1hms and
silks, dlasionds and pearls sho would
turn away, sighing, and opeat too her
self tho words of tho gypsy: 'Even if ho
tarry, yet he will como. Ho shall come
oven if it is late ' But- for twenty
years ho has never repeated these
words to mo, and the King hrts not come."
This is the story tho old housekeVper
told on her dojuhhod. Tho faithful
friend preceded hor mistress to tho
grave a fow months, still halt cling
ine to tho gypsy's prophosy, although
tho Countess had only flvo more birth
days to relcbrato till sho reached hor
centennial.
As I said before, tho Countess did not
livo many months after her true friend
and faithful servant had left her. Sho
died, as Fho had livetl, in pearo and in
faith: and "tho girl's" trembling old
hands dressed the Countess at last in
tho U4-only bridal gown, not for the
altar, but for tho gravo. And lor whoa
the undertaker scrambled up tho hill to
tho old castlo and gave his namo at tho
iron gatos his namo was KlrA; and the
gypsy's prophesy was fulfilled.
When this King laid th Countess ln
her royal attiro down in tho narrow
eotllh to bo taken away at last sho
neither could smile nor cry at the bit
ter irony that was in this mockery of
her destiny. Signe Ankarfelt.
MYLORD'3 MINK FARM.
Ilow a Younr Irish Lawyer Victimised a
Itritiah NobUmaa.
Lord Wynford, an English nobleman,
stoprw-d at North Platte, Neb., during
hit tour of the prairies', says the Chicago
Tribune. He seemed greatly pleased
with the wild West, and intimated that
he would like to invest some money in
something good. Thcro was a smart
young Irish lawyer in the town, whose
parents had had some unpleasant deal
ings with Lord Wynford in the old coun
try. This young lawyer had lived in
North I'lalte alout two years. He camo
there to examine a claim he had pur
chased on paper. To his disappointment,
his farm was nothing but a prairie-dog
"town.
You could not raise oven sage brush
on the claim so closo together were tho
burrows of the little animals. He had
alxuit given up all hopes of disposing of
his land w hen ho learned that Lord
Wynford was looking for a good
investment. Then ho called upon
the wealthy foreigner and offered
for salo what he called "tbe most
profitable industry in America. He
told the Itritish lord that he had beea
ten years establishing a mink farm, and
just as the enterprise. vwa tit-ginning to
coin money he tfas obliged to gt South
on account of his poor health. Ib3 ex
plained how the minks wero raised,
how their skins wero disposed of, and
the great demand for mink fur in this
country. The youmg Irishman pledged
Lord Wynford to 6ay nothing of the
deal, as his mink farm was only known
to a few wlio u ere in similar enterprises.
Then ho drove his guest out to tho prai-rit-"-dog-
tarni.
Here an extensive tract of land desti
tute of trves and ajive with little ani
mals 1h.1t burrowed in the ground and
barked like tiiua!! dogs was thoroughly
insiH-vtitl. The possibilities of furnish-
inz the West with mink fur in the au
tumn delighted Lord Wynford, and re
turning to the eify he gave for tho
dog town. He owns it now, and the
ITood-for-nwihing pljco is called "the
Lord's mink farm.
Scribbler "I see your novels are
marked 'registered at tho post-office as
second-class mattyr.'" Scrawtcy "Yes.
What of It '" Scribbler "Oh, nirtbing.
tv ..nitn re-l,L" America. . - -""
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SUCCESS VERSUS FAILURE.
Succeed, and the world will help you.
But fall and you truie alone;
For all mankind have faults of a kind, i
And each baa his own to atone.
Get wealth, and friends will surround yon.
Grow poor, and then where ara they t
Ask not for their aid If your debts are cot paid.
For eaoti has his own way to pay.
Make a show, then men may know you,
Look shabby, they'll quick turn aside;
Cut when one la dresfced be may pass for the
Even orimo you may hide with pride.
Have comforts, and friends ahare witts you,
Have none, and bow ran they anaref
For tbey have to live and can't alwaya give
TO those who not oft have to spare.
Enececd, and the loved ones greet yon.
Hut fail, and aggrieved are you met;
Oh, win just win! then scarce any slo
Th-t tbey all may cot soon forget.
Then wlfo and daughter, mother, son
Have kjs.-.- to give at the door.
But rarely kind word has ever been beard
For him to the homo-door, poor.
Jamca Hartley, in America.
A POT OF GOLD
It Waa Found Down In tbe Old
South Lot.
"Tho storm's Just about over, Molllo.
I can seo tho rainbow."
4Thon you can bring In an armful of
wood, Hiram,' came from Mollio's voice
ln the kitchen. , "ThU water's never
goln to boil."
"It does beat all how somo folks make
money," Hiram continued. "Seem to
pick it right up off tho ground, some
way. Thoy say there's a pot of gold at
tho end of every rainbow; I wish I could
find One of 'em. that's all:"
"Are you going aftor that wood,
Hiram Ilriggs?" demanded Mollie, ap
pearing in tho doorway. "If you don't
you won't gofc your pot of coltoo for
breakfast, an I reckon you'll miss that
morc'n you will tire pot of gold that's
at tho end of that rainbow."
"Oh. I'm goin. Molliel You're al
ways in sech a hurry atont every
thing!" exclaimdd Hiram, testily, drag
ging his lank flguro to its full boitfht
and sauntering- S toward tho wood
pile- -
"PoV of ffoldT lndoedr eald Mollio to
herself as sCrTreturned to her work. "K
there was a pot of gold In every aero of
the- farm Hiram P.riggs'd nover dig
deep tnoug to find it. Ho might 'a
had a deal more gold out of ft than ho
ha3 if he'd 'a dug a little harder.'
" "Ana "you goin' to tho south lot this
morninf, Hiram?" sho asked at break
fast. Hiram Vas slow ift replying.
"Well; you see," ho began at list, 'Tm
rather afraid that'll have to wait till
afternoon. TheroTs somo tnon I prom
ised to meet down to tho vlllago."
Mollio mado no reply. It was not much
for ton years' cxperionco of Hiram
Ilriggs character to havo taught her
that replying waa apt to mako matters
worso instead of betftcr.
"The fact is, Mollio, ' ho sail, as ho
rose, Tvoabout decided to sell the old
farm and invest in somothin' paying. I
can t stand any moro of this overiast
ia drudgery!" He looked at her with a
littlo apprehension. Mollio had risen
and stood confronting him with blazing
ejpes. Tho thought flashed across him
that Mollia was a handsome woman.
"Soil the farm!" sho cried. "Sell tho
placer whero I was born an whero my
father was born bofore me!- That you
shan'tl Not ono inch of ground or stick
of timbor. May bo you havo tho right
in law Sho b&ld up her hand as ho
was about to spoak, "but you know you
haven't tho real right, and I'll never let
you do it, novcr!" ...
Hiram's only roply waa a strong slam
of tho door as ho passed through. Sho
watched him cross tho orchard and
strike into the road- loading to the vll
lago. Sht watched him as far as sho
could seo him and thon turned . to her
work with a sigh.
"I don't know how It'll end. sho
thought drearily. "I'm tired- of fight
ing and scolding, but I'U fight to tho
very end before he shall 6ell my father's
farm, a ho finished, with fioroo tears ln
hor eyes. . .
Hiram did not como'homo to dinner,
but that did not alarm Mollie. Ho very
often did not como homo to dinner
when there was a south lot waiting for
him. Night camo and 6tlll ho did not
return, but ho had oven staid away a
night t-eforo now, so at midnight she
closed tho house and went to bod.
"May bo' 1 said moro than I need,"
sho thought, as sho blew out tho light.
Toward evening of the next day a
man sauntered up to tho house. "Bo
you Mis' 'Briggs?" ho asked of Mollio,
o sgcrly watching from the door.
, "Yes," sho said. "What Is it?" . .
"Wall. I got a latter r somethin' fer
ye," fumbling in his ragged pockets.
"Wall, 1 swan," ho exclaimed finally,
"of I hoven't lost it!"
"Lost itt" criod Mollier "whero'd you
got itr
"Wall, ni Briggs Bed cf I was a-com-ln'
your way somo timo to-day I might
bring it- Ho said as how 'twould explain
itself, an' to tell you thet howasa-goin
aftor the pot of gold under the rainbow,
'r somo sech stuff."
The next day Mollio folded and
packed away Hiram's clothes. "If ho
don't come back till ho finds his pot of
gold," she thought, "hg'll never como
back at &1L and if ho comes back with
out kt ho'U need 'cm."
'I wonder what could havo boon in
tho letter!" she thought. Sho was soon
to taiow. .
In less than a week a buggy drove up
to tho door, a man alighted and tied hid
horse, and Mollie opened tho door for
him with strango feelings of foreboding.
What ho told hor was what sho had
alroady dimly suspected, that Iliram
had mortgaged the farm months before
and n vested the money in mining stock.
The mortgage was duo and had not boon
paid, and homelessnosj 6tared Mollio ln
tho faoo.
For a few moments sho was stunned,
but tho natural courage-that had borne
hor through so many trials soon re
turned to her, aud with it a plan where
by ho might save her inheritance from
the consequences of her husband's folly.
Sho would run tho farm herself and pay
if tho mortgage with tho proceeds.
It may Lavo been tho toara in Mol
lio's brlrht evef I havo hoard that
men do not liko to soo a woman cry or 1
It may have been something In her
earnest womanliness that commanded
attention to her pleading, but at tho
cud of an hour that hard old lawyer had
certainly promised that bor plan should
have a trial.
"I'll give you a year, any way," he
said, '-it I fird hj that timo that it
pays mo we can seo about letting it
stand. My client has been abroad for
some time, and leaves all such matters
in my hands, so I will promiso you a
year, any way."
Tho very next day Mollio went to work
on tbe south lot. Sho hired two sturdy
neighbor boys for a small sum, for in
that part of tho country boys work waa
not worth much.
But theso two Boon found that If they
earned their wages and their good board
they must work for them. It soon be
came a subject for much wonder and a
good deal of admiration among tho men
that a woman could so manligo a farm
Never did tho farm raise such crops as
it did that fall, and in spito of tho im
provements sho thought necessary, Mol
lie pail her interest and a good round
sum down on the mortgage.
In the late fall. Justbeforo tho Thanks
giving snows'covered the ground, Mol
lio received a morning call from two
strangers whoso every movement was
full of business. Thoir errand was soon
told. They had discovered coal on land
adjoining her farm and they wanted to
buy that part of tho farm through which
they imagined the vein ran.
The prico they oifered startled her.
But Mollio had developed into a fait
woman ot business in theso months, and
her first thought was: "If they'll pay
that, they'll pay moro, and it's only the
south lot, that never would givo a de
cent crop of any thing any way." If
they were somo time agreeing on terms,
they did agreo at last, and Mollie folt
with pride that they wero not to her
disadvantage.
The snows fell and Thanksgiving
camo and went, and then ono day tho
dooropenod and a thin, stooping flguro,
wet with the storm that raged without,
camo feebly ln and sank into his old
place before tho flro.
Neither spoke, Tho anger that
swelled to bursting In Mollio's heart
softly changed to pity a she watched
him. Whatever had boon tho experi
ences of tho last months and Iliram
novor told thom they had sadly
changed him for the timo. At last he
raised his shrinking eyes.
"I've como back, Mollio," ho Bald,
"and I didn't find tho pot of gold. I'm
roady to go to work now like a man and
prove that I can bo worthy of your re
spect If I novor havo been before"
Mollio disappeared for a moment ln
another room. "There, Hiram," 6ho
Eald, as she laid Ler bank-book ln his
baud, "there's tho pot of gold you've
been hunting for, and It was right ln
tho south lot all tho timo. Just where
you did not want to go to work that
morning," she finished with a toarful
smilo as sho pressed a kiss of forgive
ness upon his lips. Mrs. F. W. Bradley,
In Detroit Tribuno.
A RELIABLE RECIPE
IIov
to Slake a Ooxl Huaband
Oat of
-- Ytwjr Ordinary Material.
A good husband, it has boon wisely
remarked, like the hare, must be caught
before ho is cookod. Ho can not always)
bo told at a glance, and sometimes ho
Ciust bo summered and wintered before
his real character Is discovered, but it
is safo to say that whn caught ho
shouli bo found to lo composed of tho
following Ingredients in suitable pro
portions: Mother wit, good nature, gen
tleness, otrongth, manliness, purity,
courage But even when tho full meas
ure of somo of theso necessary qualities
is lacking a very good husband can
often bo necured by a persistent uso of
the following recipe:
Wifely tact
Wifely forbearance
Wlfuly pood nuturo
Good houckcciin;
Oo.iJ cxw!tik
Wifely 1 ve
...10 part.
10 i.arts.
10 port.
10 piir:.-".
10 iiurts.
U iiart.-v.
There sro somo brutes upon whom
even such a precious mixture will bo
wasted, but they aro very few, and a
persistent application of it, morning,
noon and night for two years is war
ranted in t;ino cases out of ten to mako
a man and a gentleman out of very com
monplace material.
Some high authorities cn husbandry
havo insisted that all tbrt was necessa
ry to mako a good husband was one hun
dred part of wifely lovo freely applied,
and that tact, forbearance, good nature
and even good cooking wore only mani
festations of wifely lovo. However, it
w ill bo evident to our readers that this
is, after all. only a difference of terms.
It isnecossary to add that this rocipo
has been tried for many generations. In
certain families it has been handed down
from mother to daughter for many years,
and up to dato no reliable substitute
has Leon discovered for making a good
husband. Goldon Ilulo.
HEIRS TO MILLIONS.
Tbe
Good Lack of an Ifoneat.
Hard-
Working Hooaler Family.
It is not often that ono who has
worked all his life on a farm comes into
possession of 4,000,000 in a day, and ye
such an event is soon to happen to a
family living at Sunroan, in this State,
writes a Lawronceburg (Ind.) corre
spondent of the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazetto. In 1776 Mary Ilentley, of New
York City, leased a tract of land there
to tho tlovernment for ninety-nino
years. The land waa on the outskirts
of tho city, but as years rolled by anl
tho city began its marvelous growth the
tract was surrounded by colossal palaces
of trade and mansions.
The Government, seeing a chanco to
profit, subleased the ground to many
different persons, and it has been built
on and improved, and lying in the heart
of the city its immense value can easily
bo understood. In IS75 tho lease ex
pired, and no ono appearing to claim
the property a legal fight of immense
proportions was begun letween the sub
lessees and the Government, prominent
among tho former boing tho heirs of the
older Cornelius Vanderbilt. Tho Gov
ernment was successful and gained pos
session of the property, and at the same
timo the heirs of tho original lessor be
gan to assort their rights, and after an
other legal battle they wero sustained
and the property hold for them. After
years of hunting for the unknown heirs
thoy have all been found, and tho prop
erty ordered sold and tho money dis
tributed. The Itoldrcy family, of Sun
man, of whom there are five, aro among
theso heirs, Mary Bentley being their
great-grandmother, and they have been
notified by their attorney in New York
City that the distribution will soon be
made, and that their share will be 4,-
OOO.ooo apiece. As they are all good,
honest, hard-working citizens, their
good luck will be appreciated by all w bo
know tbc-m.
IThere Viola Is Popnlar.
TlAs favorite baptismal name for
young wouitn iu Ne w Oil-.-.us is Viola.
INDLY OMIT FLOWERS."
Urine; me no flowers wb-n I'm dead.
No lilies Tiir. er jialitd ro-a.
No i1'-ral crown to wel; h me down
When over me the erth ri-ioo.
I el nuld not feel bow near thry were.
Nor yet li.ha'.e their frutraut rrace;
So would tliey Vu less ilrar to me
Thau tears uin your living; faces.
But If your kindly thought denipn
Such oSerttisr of friendship tender,
Why wait till death has stopped my breath
To send me wreaina of floral splendor4
Yor poles now I'd much ir-fcr.
fcweet buils of May, bright bloom of autumn;
Then take tho hint, htch here I prlr.l.
Ai.4 Sctj'l my liowora antc-morti-u..
M ra. M. L. Kuyne. in Detroit Fr-'e Press.
THE SILK-WORM.
Various Transformations Through
Which It Must Pass. -
It Wu drlglnatly m Native of China and
Waa Introduced la Kurop In Bas
ils Vain to Commerce
What It Eats.
This littlo creature, whoso labor are
of 6uch incalculable value to mankind,
Is supposed to havo been indigenous to
China. In that country, at least, tho
discovery was first made that tho prod
uct of tho silk-worm's operations could
be elaborated into articles of human at
tire, richer and more beautiful than
any to bo derived from other sources.
At an early period, a considerable
commerce was established in silk be
tween Eastern and Western Asia, from
which latter quarter it was convoyed to
Europe; but not until tho sixth century
of tho Christian era was It distinctly
known by Europeans that tho splendid
tissues, which they tad worn for
moro than a thousand years and
which they had even partially
manufactured from Tho raw transjiorU d
material, wero tho product originally of
a tcorm. Tho first Bilk-worms seen in
Europe were brought from China in the
year 552 by two Persian monks who
had gone thither as Christian mission
aries, and who contrived to secrete a
number of tho silk-worms' eggs in a
cano, and to escape with them ta Con
stantinople. From these few eggs havo
sprung all tho successive generations of
6ilk-worms which have supplied silk to
Europe from that period to the present
time. --
Tho valuable insect whoso history has
been thus briefly detailed receives from
naturalists tho appellation of bonibyz.
is of tho caterpillar tribe, and, liko its
congeners, passes through a number of
transformations in tho course of its ex
istence. Its first state is that of tho
larva or citerMir, which it enters into
on leaving tbe egg; its second stato is
that of tl.o pupa or chrya'i; and its
third stato is that of tbe ima;o or moth.
The silk-worm moth is of consi lerable
size and is of a grayish color. Tho fe
male moth deposits its eggs on tho mul
berry tree, tho leaves of which, as will
bo afterwards explained, form the solo
subsistence of tho silk-worm. This de
posit, when tho creatures are not under
artificial management, is mado about
tho middle of r.'.imner, r.nd tho eggs cf
ono moth usually amount in number to
three or four hundred. They are a!out
tho sizo of mustard-reeds, and, at first,
yellow in color, but afterwards assume
a bluish-gray cast
Being fastened by a ort of glue to
tho spot, tho egg of tho silk-worm re
tains its position, ln spito of wind and
rain, until tho period for tho hatching
of tho young cav-rpillar. After autumn
tind winter are passed, tho egg opens in
May, and thu worm whi- h issues is
alout a ,uirtcr of un inch in length,
thin in body, and of a blackish tint. It
soon shows a desire for fool, and begins
to feed on tho mulberry leaves, though
without exhibiting any inclination to
roam from tho spot where it first camo
to lifev. For eight days it continues to
eat with avidity, and increases to near
ly twico Its original macnitudo. At the
end of this timo it falls into what is
called its first Ble!cness, and leaves off
eating for throe days, when it casts itt
first skin. This molting Is repeated
four times, at regular intervals, bofore
the worm attains tho complete cater
pillar state, which commonly takef
place about a month after tho hatching
of tho worm. Tho reason of theso sue
cessivo moltings is to bo sought for ii
the rapid growth of the worm, whicl
increases its bulk many thousand-folc
during those changes. Tho origina
6kin, when onco becomo hardened,
could scarcely bo distended at a rate
sufficient to accommodate tho augment
ing sizo of tho creature, and therefore a
number of coverings have been pro
vided in embryo to obviate tho diffi
culty. Tho plan which the worm takes
to get out ot its skin is to fasten the
latter to the leaf by a sort of silky glue,
which holds it fast, until the inmate
rubs Its head against tho loaf, breaks
off the scales, and finally drags through
its whole body.
Ten days aftor its fourth molting,
tbo worm attains its completo cater
pillar state, and is then about two and
a half inches long, with twelve parallel
and equi-distant membranous rings
round its green body, and fcix K en legs
arranged in pairs, of whiob tho five
posterior ones aro movable, and the
three anterior pairs scaly and immov
able, serving, seemingly, for supports
only. Tho caterpillar has fourteen
eyes, seven on each si Jo of the head,
and along the body are eighteen holes
for tho creature's breathing, each hole
being connected with soiao kiiid of res
piratory organ. Tho mouth is placed
vertically, and tho jaws aro indented
like the tooth of a saw. Immediately
beneath tho mouth are two small holes,
placed closo to each other, and through
which proceods tho silk which the
creature spins. Theso holes arc con
nected with two bugs or tubes in tho
interior of the body, in which is (j.crei
edthe yellow, gummy substance which
constitutes the silk. Theso tubes or
bags are of great length, in comparison
with the animal's body, lting each
about ten in- Iks long. Thoy are wound
rotir.d a portion of the intc-t:n.-s, on
a spindle, md do no, comu: ur.icau? di
rectly with tho extern-il holos, but by
means of a sort ot grater, it-reed with
many cpeniags through w hich ti e silk
gum is drawn out ia uany CU.uents.
to be nnhed as they issue by tho exter
nal aterture into one thread.
Having fed itself during the ten daya
subsequent to the last molting up to the
full size tho caterpillar, constituted as
we havo described, begins to fuel the
Stimulus of naturo urging it to tho next
ahangc of its condition, which is necos
sary to bring it to the u.oth or butterfly
state, and which is accompanied with
operations itiost be-iK-ficia' u the Via. an
race. I ho caterpillar scks a corner o'
angular spot in which to bVin -- pit
ning. Having settled ihii po.nt i:
weaves a number of irrcgul-r thr':r.'Jis
around thn place, to be a support to it
future tenement. The- tnodo i-i w" ich
it does this is ly fixing a portion o: he
gum or silu on a certain po nt, an ihen
by receding from the1 vpe-t, or turn nt
its head and lody, drawing oat. !. -throudby
tho two holes ahea'.y dllti'"'. i
to. Set arul f iatnei.ts issce fruin tiles')
apertures, but tho a'liuijil Is provide!
with a hook at the ed;-e-of it. moult
with which it uniu-s them into one.
In one day the caterpillar, r.-oe ril
ing with its work, weaves a t ret.;- li.i-
layer of loose silV-, called tho fu;.; sil1;,
in tho oval interior of wLW'L the creat
ut, of eourso, remain. For tho wVolo
of tho succeeding three or four dav it
is occupied in npinniu7 the (". or
solid ball of silk, w-Llch is ninn's '.
bio prize. This cocoon is suMom a' ofii
three crains ln weight, yet. when un
rolled, the Ailments composir it ;in
omi-tltaes found to be more tl. .1 a
milo long. This sr oa-s ti e v 'nu. ul
celerity with which tlo cai.rpil!
must emit tho material during Us hret
days operations. It takes thu q'.i' ko-'.,
way of working, and th it most eusy for
Itself, spinning tho thread not in regu
lar circles, w hich would demand t-. ex
tensive motion of thd body, bu'. in si . -rt
wavy lines from point to pc'.i.L 1 ;.
whole c- coon is usually less in siz iLrn
a tiigeon's egg, and i , of a yellow hu .
Having eflectod this groat work, and
shut itself up wlthiu a strong and firm
covering, tho caterpillar, much de
creased in bulk by this extensive and
uncompensated excretion, prepares for
its final change. It throws off 'ts 'ist
caterpillar can' within a few d? s ai -r
tho completion cf tho cocoon, anl as
sumes the chrysalis t;rin. Il i ; now tr
oblong, soft, brownish body v itl..u.
limbs, apparently, ot j wer of i. otion.
Its members, however, exist In e.cb -j-.
and in about twenty Jays thry dev ' r,
themselves fully, and the ehryali t, -comes
a i-erfect w-th or bnter?!y. 1'y
the use of its hooUed f--et u:;I it h .J.
it then sopurat' s tho hlament of thr
c-CH-.oou, and makes its way into light
and life, tho winged creatur" cf rr
hour, hooiiiing to have littlo other pur
pose in its existence but to s.k a
mat-, tli at now may 1 pro -j.'-ed
for the continuation cf tho racw. T.ii
it does immediate ly on ooti.Ing o Urhr.
Horace Gale- Hor ton, ia N. Y. l-.lre-r.
HUNTING OSTRICHES.
How tbe C lilMrcn or the Ieol t' Jlrccivo.
ttie l'oor I-irds.
When traveling in the Kalinari b-s-ert,
writes Mr. J. Hiineln-rg in ti -Feathered
World, I had oft-n t-pport-.
nities of observing bushu.i-n come to
oiir camps wltii oairli-ti-feath-ers. 1 was
informed of tho msnner in whi-'h thes"
children of the desert doceive the b?' 's.
and I was very anxious to see- tr ry
solf; and at n.y r qui si It w a frar . d
that I should go '.villi two b'.siiir. U
whom we had been i:-'ng for sot-.o til .1
as guides. Accoi J iii-.- !y we :.tt eamp
one morning at about tv. o o !o-V. uvd
after a stiff ride of nbout three ho- rs t
horseback wo arrived at one of the t-e-mendous
sana-Lilis which abound in t!..s
part of the country. One of the i-usii-nicn
then erf jjt slowly onlo tV rij ,-r- o'
tho sand-hill, whilo tho other t.-ai--fonned
himself into what appear to
mo at lirst to bo ui ostrich without iv CjC
and wings that is, he envoi .pel Mn.
self in an ostrich r-kin on which all the
feathers were left, but which h..d 4 o. n
brazed in a manner pe-u"i:.r ij -ill
South African native races and was as
soft uhd plia'olo as a glovo. 'l'l. -n a
slick al.out from eight to ten feet lcig
was produced, over which vvns y :.ed
tho Klein of an ostrich's nock, with the
head left on. Then a pair of wins wi-i-ts
fastened to tho bushman's t-lf-nw, and
his toilet was finished. I was all t''
timo lost in wonderment at th-.-.io prep
arations, which took about ten iniuutes,
an active conversation !r, in rarr:--! on
between tho two bushmi-n (the distal-"4
between them bein;7 about so e :s ty-i vn
yards, by means of hinals made by va
rious movements of their arms and lfg.
Presently my companion, moving on as
quickly as his disguise would loth -n,
bickonod mo to follow him. We ewpt
cautiously onto the ridgo, and there I
bad to lie down on my chest, while c:y
ostrich, alias bushman, showed himself
in his full plumage, gesticulating mota
vehemently with his wirgs and turning
his long nock ln all directions.
Suddenly I saw two magnificent oock
otitriches approaching us from diJT'-rent
sliroctions at full speed, and ko inunt
wore thoy on what they saw before bom
that they never noticed the decoptiert
practiced upon theio by tho wily btisl.
mon until it was too late, and thoy ijth
fell to tho well-directed arrows of my
two companions. Tho poison with
which tho 'loosio" (the namo given l'
tho bark of a certain tree which is us'-d
to fasten the point of the arrow to iis
shaft) is saturated, speedily d es its
work. The coup do gi aoo was fciven tho
two birds, andaff-r taking such of their
feathers as was considered worth carry
ing wo entered wu our journey back t
camp.
.
THE LIONS OF INDIA.
They Are (iraduully I 1-iu j-iiiurln - front
:- Sll:t ui Mi.it.
The lions of India apj-ar l bo gi ing
tho way of the groat bustard an-' tho
dodo, and the reason is lo..:id in tie- .-t'-nMon
of railway i, lor Hit- m m.u. ' .
tliC forc:,t shares with M l'iMrt i.
mortal antipathy to llio ki:,.ij hu
screams of locouu-tivoa. Wiil.in the
memory of inary persons lioria were eo.n
tnoneiiough in Kajputana, and evet now
the roar of one may bo heard occasionally
in tho wildest parts of Central In-iia;
but tho new railway from Najj ar ii
now being construct, d through thi"
country, and this is practically a notice
to quit served i poii tuo few reii.air.ing
lions in tho c-.-ntral provinces.
Practically tho only lions new re
maining that aro worth L..ei;i;.-i:1;ji
seem to be the rai-o existing in Ka'.-y-war,
which was v i.sitod by IVii.u- Ail.-rt
Victor tho other day. Thi ir i;.:n.ber.s
remain, it is bolicvcd, pretty stationary
It is strictly forbidden to wboot the!U
save by way of the grand sport; bu-.
many conditions aro usifaVorablo to
their multiplication, :ind even the irul
ty war lions are clearly loomed ore ling
to disappear. London News.
i A commission of French exports
has decided that tho b"st mo; ns of rap
idly refrigerating viands and privrr
Ingtht m at .t 1-w M u-.pi rat uro consist
in spreading h. t. ii getting 1 ouid ov(.r
a ma.- of .Mi,... Tl... air, stiikluy tho
uia-s. ir.hj.Udly eoi.Uct a:;d is then
on' - j r-! :c th.. 3lri.'v eoujpi.tiueuC