Her King.
Bh* haii not found her king u yet.
The f.Milan days glide hy.
They bring no sorrow* to forget.
Nor any cause to *igh.
No heart tor her devotion made
The passionate *ttramers bright;
Unharmed he walk*, and nnafrraye>l
She haa not found her king.
Men bring their titled, and their gold ;
She turn* in xcorn away.
The man must be of different mould
She aweara she will obey.
Though |ioor in honor* and in land*.
Rich in a rarer thing.
Titled by thai alone, he atanda.
Whom aho will own her king '
Rut wlian he eomea. aa eorae he wil,
Strong to support ami grand,
With application that shall fill
Her aoul, like a command,
She'll place her hand in hi*. an.l take
W hatc'er thu world may hrint.
Proud and contented tor hi* aake.
Whom she hath crowned her king '
Hamilton drif, ii Ttmpir Bat
The Dignity of Labor.
Those who toil to urn their bread
Need not blush to own thai r lot;
Die, hi uohlr footstep* treed.
And a claim to live have gv'
Toil is nol the wage ol siu,
For in Kden work was given,
Man was made to work and win
Sjsiil ol'earth and hi.** of heaven.
He ho at the asivil stands.
Striking while tlie iron glow*
Diongh he work* w uh horny hands,
Notify strike# th# ringing blows.
At the loom, and in the field.
Ia the shop, and on the soli.
Where men wisely power wield.
T here is dignity in toil.
tie win) works with throbbing brain
Thinks to teach men how to live,
Writes, that others good may gain.
Speak*, to truth freali test to give.
He can chum the manly right
With the sons ol toil to stand.
He asserts lis mental might.
Helps to hfoss hia native land.
He who lives a life of case.
Idly wasting all his days—
Aiming only self to please.
Killed wih pride and courting praise.
Call him not a noble man.
Such existence is a shame;
And when ends life's blank span.
Soon will die his empty name.
labor brings reward ami rest.
Educates the latent powers.
And he serves his age the best
Who employs his golden hours ,
Working not beyond his might,
Toding not against his will.
And beneath his master's sight
txiad his mission to tulAl.
All things labor lor our (vast.
He who made us never sleeia;
lie ho tills the ground for tood.
For his ;am a harvest rvwps.
None who work neei teel ashamed,
As they do what goo ! they cau;
an honor to be named,
As we toe. " A wnrkiiigtuan '
EUSTACE CARROLL'S SKETCH
I'K ACTIO XL AIMONtTKN Tv> lI.MPLK
ANCE.
'Shant go a step further?"
"Only ju.t a little way—we shall soon
home now, ami mother's waiting."
" i don't care. I've made up my
mind that I've walked too far already,
and I'm goingto sit down and rest;
they must wait, and 1 shall do as I
choose."
" But father—"
" Now don't you talk to me about
' huts.' C harlie, b cause I wA't have it.
I shall sit down here, and you can go
alii tell your mother not to wait—not to
wait." tin- nvoi repeated, rni: ing his voice
with :h" stuoid anger of intoxication.
Sti'., iti spit< of threat and refusal, the
p' iai per-ist.-d in pleading that his father
should go home : but his words only
stained to strengthen the man's obstt
n y. and a,, the bo> could do was to get
h - father to turn aside drum tlie high
r S into a ;i id close by. where the man
threw hints-if full length on the grass,
soiucvrhat under tlo sonde of the hedge,
and in a lew minutes he was sleeping
heavily, whilst the child sat down at a
iiule distance, with a strange kind of
uiichiidish patienee on his features, to
wait until h father should wake Poor
little Charlie ! he knew too well how
useless any attempt on his part would Ih
to rouse his father from that sort of
sleep.
Rather more than hail an hour had
i" this dreary waiting, and
Charlie was beginning to lind all his
small sources of amusement fail him.
He had watched a largo bee that kept
hovering over the convolvulus hlo*sonis
in the kedeo. and. wondeml it he had
noi neariy finished his day's work, had
placed a snail out of harm's way. and
Jad been tempted to chase a beautiful
painted butt<-rtly that flitted past hiui>
Iut he began at last to lose his interest
in bee® and butterflies, for it was now
u-a time, and Charlie was growing ter
ribly hungry. Still he did rot think of
i! nis post, for no one but the
child himself knew how often he had
kept his tipsy father off the country road
when carts or carriages were coming
a.ong, nor bow he had managed to guide
Liin in safety over the narrow bridge
that led across the river to their cottage.
S* Charley sat there quietly, though lie
was growing more tired" and hungry
every moment, until the sound of a
whistle at a little distance attracted his
attention, the sound gradually coming
nearer and sounding more distinct, until
a young man jumped over the stile at the
end of the field and approached the
child, who then knew him to he a gen
tleman he had often met during the last
few weeks, sometimes sketching, some,
tirres wand* ring afiout with his knap
sack n his ia<-k and his portfolio un
der his arm. Indeed a kind of half ac
quaintance had sprung up between the
young artist and Charlie—one attracted
by the glimpses he had caught of the
pictures contained in the wonderful
portfolio, the other by the child's wist
ful glances and his rustic beauty. Busy
with his own thoughts.and judging from
his happy face they were very pleasant
pn<y—perhaps dreams of the time when
some wonderful picture of his should
bang on the wails of the academy, and
by so doing heip him on the road to
fame and fortune—Eustace Carroll had
half crossed the field before be notired
Charlie and hits father. Then his quick
eyes told him the meaning of the little
s'-ene; the quiet, weary-looking child
and the sleeping father, with his untidy
clothes and collar and necktie unfastened,
and his face turned up to the blue sky
that looked down upon nothing so de-
Ifcisod as this man. whom (iod had made
a .ittle lower than the angels, and who.
hv bis own vice, bad tlius degraded liim-
R'oif.
With the quick instinct of childhood,
Charlie understood the look of diseust
with which the young artist turned to
him. saying kindly as he did so:
"You are waiting to lake your father
home, I suppose?"
"Yes, sir," replied the child, whiles
flush of shame spread over his face.
"Well, I think he is likely to lie there
for hours yet. Can't you leave him?"
" No, sir; he might he run over or fall
into the river if I left him to come
come by himself."
"Oh!" said Eustace, as he glanced
toward the sleeping man and wondered
if it would be much loss to any one if he
did fall into thejriver; hut he checked
the thought, remembering that iie, with
his refined task's and many kinds of
amusement, could form no idea of the
temptation which drink might have for
this man, with his smaller advantages
of fortune and education; and then an
idea flashing across his mind, he deter
mined to act upon it.
"Have vou had your tea, boy?" he
asked, as he unstrapped his knapsack,
and took out a small parcel wrapped in
paper.
" Mother will be sure to keep it for
me until I get home, sir," replied Char
lie, too brave to complain to a stranger.
"That's all right." said Eustace,
unuerstanding and respecting the feeling
that dictated the answer; " meanwhile,
I shall give you this piece of cake, just
to pass the time away. When I was a
small boy, stray pieces of cake never
prevented me eating my meals when
they came, so vour mother's tea will not
be wasted. Now you sit still, for lam
going to paint a picture, and when it is
finished 1 will show it to you."
Very lew dainties fell to Charlie's share
in those days, and Eustace was highly
FKKD. KUKTZ, Kditor mid Vropriotor.
VOLUME XII.
amused at the manner in which he ate
his cake, nibbling it off around tlie edge
so as to make it last as long tut possible;
and he succeeded so well uial the pic
ture was finished almost at the same
time as lite last currant disappeared.
" \\ ell, was it good ?" asked Eustace.
" as he thai his portfolio."
" Yes. mother doe* not put eurrant.s in
her cakes. Sometimes on our birthdays,
wiien father has not been out, we have a
cake, but then we have no seeds in it."
" And those are not so niee ? "
"Oh. no. sir,ofcourse not!" answered
Charlie, surprised that any one should
ask such a question
" Weil, I am glad you like it. I am
going hack to I-ondon in a day or two.
nut I "hall put another piece of cake in
my knapsack in case I meet you again
before I go. l*H>k lien', do you know
what this is'"
Charlie glanced at the little picture
Eustace held out to him. and then he
gave a scream of surprise.
" Why. it's me and father!"
Atnl so it was, anil even though Eus
tace should live to bo an old man. he
will never succeed in making anything
mote true to nature than that hurried
sketch. He had hist caught the lirxtl,
wistful look i>n the child s face, :utd it
was ail the more striking as it was
brought into such contra.-! with the va
cant countenance of the tipsy sleeper,
who liKiketl so thoroughly out of place
lieside the child and the pleasant green
background of the hedge, where the con
volvulus blossoms mingitsi with the
wild roses and blackberry flowers.
" Wait a moment," said Eustace, and
then he wrote at the bottom oft he sketch
three lines from a jHcni of Burns:
Oh wa.l lotus power the gitlie gie u#
To see oursels as it her* see -a*.
It wad tree utotiy a trouble tree us "
"There." he ia>ntinuel. putting the
picture in the child's hands. " You
shall have that, and if you like to show
it to your father one of these'day s. do so;
it may teach him a lesson." And before
the child could make any reply. Eustaee
was off and away, tramping along the
high road.
Five years had passed In'fore the
young artist had the time and chance to
visit the quiet village again. In those
five years he had done good work—had
thought, and worked, and painted, until
people liegun to believe in him and
talked of him as one of the most prom
ising painters of the day.
Still, in the midst of it ail, he often re
membered his little sketch and won
dered—without much hope in tlie Won
der. though—whether his idea that i;
might do good had come to pass; and
on the day he traveled down to Merston
the memory of the scene came cleariv
before him with the thought of the grand
old words: "Cast thy bread u;.o:i the
waters, for thou shall find it after many
days."
"Such a poor little crumb of good,
though it was," said Eustace to himself,
"still I wonderyl wonder—and I'll
try to find it out. too."
And so it happened, Eustace did find
it out more quickly than lie expect<-d,
fortliat very evening as he was return
ing front a walk, in the course of which
he had visited some of his old haunt.-,
there passed him on the road a man and
a handsome hoy of thirteen.
" My little friend and hi* father." sud
denly thought Eustaee. whose quick
arti-t eye seldom forgot a fa e or figure,
and he quickened his pace in order to
keep within a short distance of the boy.
So the three went on. past the corner
of the field where the sketch had been
taken, down the road ami across the
narrow bridge, till the man and boy
reached a little cottage, the small front
garden of which was gay with bright
color. d. old-fasltioned flowers.
"That looks promising," thought Eu
stace; "no drunkard ever had a garden
like tiiat:" and determined to ascertain
the facts of the case, he went up to the
door with the intention of asking the
nearest way to the next village.
Through the open door he caught a
glimpse of the neatly-kept cottage
kitchen. a* Cliariie came forward to an
swer th" stringer's question; hut before
liaif tin right turn- had been d'-scrib'-d,
a bright smile broke over the bov's face
and, half turning around, he exclaimed :
" Father, it is my painter!" and to his
surprise. Eustace found that in that
hous-hoid,at least, he was a hero, and
the young artist never felt more rever
ence for bis art than lie did as lie lis
tenisl to the account of the good his pic
tur had done.
For some time Charlie had kept the
sketch and had been afraid to show it
to his father, hut the man found it by
;lianceone Hay, and—
"lt was more than I could stand,
sir." he said, addressing Eustace. " 1
did not need any one to teli nte what it
meant, hut although I wondered where
it came from I was ashamed to a*k.
Somehow I could not get tlie picture
out of my head. I even used to dream
of it at night until it fairly worried m<.
so that I gave up the drink; and I had
the picture hung up there, that I might
not nave a chance of forgetting what I
dragged myself down to once.
So the story ended, and in his heart
Eustace Carroll is prouder of that little
sketch, hanging in a common black
frame orer the mantelpiece of the coun
try cottage, than lie w-ould 1m- if he
should paint a picture that would ntake
his natue famous throughout his life.—
fhtUttrbox.
The Population of New York Pity
An erroneous impression seems to
prevail in regard to the foreign popula
tion of New York city. It k commonly
spoken of as a city substantially foreign,
and many well-informed persons think
the foreign population exceeds the na
tive, but this, it seems, is not true. The
native population exceeds the foreign by
fully 125.000 The common belief is
that in New York city there are 400,000
Irish. 200,0n0 Hermans, 25.000 French,
and 15,000 Italians, Spaniards, and Cu
bans; but this is an exaggeration. The
censusof I*7o put the foreign population
of the city as follows: Irish. 201,990;
English. 21,442; Scotch, 7.562; (It ••nans,
151,216; French. 8,265; Italians, 2.795;
Austrians. 2.737; Poles. 2.393; Swiss,
2.178; Hollanders, 1.237; Russians,
1,151. This makes a total of 405,974, a
large number of foreigners, but not so
large by 20,000 as is generally supposed.
In I*7o there were 13,702 colored persons
in New York eity, and there is no doubt
but that this numiier lias largely in
creased since tl.atHime. The Chinese,
too, have added to their number very
largely. In 1870 there were only twelve
in the city, and now the numlier is esti
mated at 1,000. The excess of women
over men at the last census was 28,000,
and it is believed the disproportion will
still be greater at the next cf nsus. The
census next year will show a large in
crease of population, as several subur
ban towns have been taken within the
corporate limits since 1870, besides the
natural increase that has taken place.
Sea-Water Gargle In Chronic Catarrh,
Professor Mosier, of Greifswald, says,
in the Berlin Klinischc Workewhrift,
that he lias for some years most success
fully treated patients with chronic
catarrh of the throat by garglinc with
sea-water .Special rooms for gargling
have beet, erected on the seashore in
some of the watering-places, according
to his directions. It is, hoVever, es
sential that the patients should be given
special directions how to gargle. As
the affection is generally located in the
nasopharyngeal space, it is necessary
f hat the part of the water should come
in contact with the nasal cavity. In
order k) attain this, the gargling move
ment must be combined with move
ments of deglutition. A marked im
provement in the state of the patient
follows as soon as the latter has acquired
this particular art of gargling.
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
Thank-git lug Day.
We have few holidays liere in
Ameriea. People take more or Ims
pride in the idea that " we are tint busy
tor pleasure." It smacks of business
and tlirift and enterprise and American
" push." And we as a people are a busy
people- some of us too l>u> to play and
too busy to pray; our working hours
i are spent in the restless rush for the
goldeu goal, our sleep is disturbed by
dreams of money-making; we have one
grand motive iu remaining here on
; earth and to that one idea we devote all
our strength of l>odv and mind, ail our
energies and too much of our affeetiotis.
Would it not he better for us to hall by
the wayside oft tier, and hy the light of
tlie past map out a better and wider
: eourse for the future' A path that would
mot< frequently turn into the pleasanter
I fields ofcharity, gtHd-will and love for
our fellow men? Thanksgiving has long
lieen the one great holiday of lite year in
New England, although Christmas now
disputes its claim to pre-eminence. The
day dates back to the time of the Puri
tans, and in the sot! where they first
planted the tree its roots have taken a
firmer root titan in any of the sections
to which it has been trangplanted.
The first I hanksgiv ing in this country
of which we have a record h-ars date
US9I, the year after the landing of the
Mayflower colony, when Coventor
Hmdford "sent four no n out fowling
tiiat they might after a more special
manner rejoice together" for the !ir*t
, harvest iu the new world. Some
writers trace the origin of the day hack
. to the Hebrew Feast of the Tabernacles,
but it. is scarcely necessary to-day to go
further back than our own colonial days
Two years later, in duly. 1693, a day of
tasting and prayer was appointed to
pray for rain. The drought bad been a
protracted one, hut while tlie people
were praying rain Ix-gan to fail abun
dantly. This special answer to prayer
has not. we believe, lieen referred to by
those to whom Tyudall recommended
his prayer guage, but so rejoiced were
the colonists thai, a day of thanksgiving
w:is iiumedialeiy appointed by the gov
ernor. which was signalized tiy religious
services. Tlie next Thanksgiving day
of which we turn record was in 1831.
In June of the following year, <lov> rnor
Winihrop, of Massachusetts, invited the
Plymouth colony to join in giving
thank* for specially favorable action of
the British government. Again, in
1833. 1831, 1837. 1638 and 183U we are
told Thanksgiving services were he! 1
in Mastutehusetts. and in Plymouth
in 1889 and 1690. In the latter period it
would seem the custom had been an an
nua, one. At this lime thanks were
invoktsi for some special favor, but
gradually the day became an annual
time for prayerful recognition of Divine
care evidenced in the bountiful harvests
and general blessings.
In the New Netherlands the Duteh
governors appointed Thanksgiving days
in IM4. 1645. 1655 and It'eVi, and tiie
English governors of New York in 1755
and 1780. Annual Thanksgiving days
wer ■ held during the Revolutionary war.
ind in 17t there was a Thanksgiving
for peace. Not until five year* later was
there another, and this was ordered hy
President Washington upon sp,s ial r> -
commetKiation of Congress fortheadop
tion of the I 'institution. Washington
i--ued a second proclamation in 1795,
' after the suppression of tjn* whiskey in
surrection (Shay's rebellion) in Penn
sylvania. Thus was celebrated the
breaking up of tlie first whiskey ring of
which wt have record. A Thanksgiv
ing was ordered bv President Madison
in 1615. During this time the day was
annually observed in Xew England, a
day leing set apart hy thecivil authori
ties. Tlie re.igious bodies gradually
grew to recommend the day in various
parts of the country, and since IS|7, the
governor of New York has regularly
ordered its observance. Tlie custom
-pread slowly in the Southern States.
In 1655 it was observed in Virginia, and
in 1856 in eight of the Southern States.
Special thanksgivings were held in 18691
and 1863 by pro, \am at ion of President
Lincoln, for victories by the Union
armies, and since that time the Pr<**i
dents have issued annual proclamations,
and custom has fixed tne day for the
last Thursday in November. — Arte
York <tr fjiir.
Cremation in Uaska.
Rev.' Sheldon Jackson, of Denver,
Col.. ynodical missionary of Colorado.
New Mexico, I'tab and Montana, re
cently made a visit to Alaska, and while
there saw many interesting things. He
gives an account of n visit made to a
garden ownd hy a Mr. Davidson, of
Fort Wrangle.
At the upper end of Mr. Davidson's
garden he saw a whit" -licet stretched
between two poles and looking as it it
might be intended for a scare-crow.
Upon inquiry he found that it contained
the as lie* of a hoy that was drowned the
week before. His friends had promised
Rev. Mr. Young that it should have n
Christian burial; hut during Saturday
night they took the body up the beach,
and early Sabbath morning burned ii,
;lie eliarred wood still remaining.
Several large dry sticks were laid
side by side upon tiie beach. Upon
these were placed the body of the l>oy.
Other sticks were piled over tli" body,
and the whole set on lire amid the wails
and superstitious incantations of hired
mourners.
In about an hour the body was con
sumed. After the lire had cooled down,
the ashes were carefully gathered up.
and placed in a basket until a suitable
box could be carved for their perma
nent preservation. When all was ready,
an old Indian woman, bowed down
with age and infirmities, took up tin*
Imsket and start'sl frr a pine tree which
find previously been selected for the
purpose. She was followed by the
mourners ann friends with bowed heads
and loud wails of sorrow. At the base
of the tree two poles, about eight feet
high, were driven into the ground two
feet apart. Tlte basket containing the
ashes was tied between poles, and a
muslin bag. like a large pillow-slip,
pulled down over the poles anil basket
and closed at the bottom. On tli out
side of the sheet is sometimes rudely
painted a face, through which the spirit
of the departed j., supposed to look out
upon the bay.
Morning and evening the parents of
the hoy come out from their hut, and
turning their faces to the north utter
loud cries of distress. And this will lie
kept up for months, for they have never
heard oft fie great Comforter, who alone
enn comfort -orrowing hearts. Those
whose bodies are burned arc supposed
to la- warm in the next World, ami the
others cold. They believe in the trans
migration of sou's from one body to
another, but not to nnimals. And the
wish is often expressed that in the next
change they may lie iwirn into this or
that powerful family. The funeral
ceremonies of chiefs often last four days.
If slaves are then sacrificed it relieves
their owners from work in tlie next
world. Dead slaves are often east into
the sea. At the funeral of chiefs, the
traditions and history of the tribe nre
rchenrsed. If these ceremonies are not
conducted properly the water of death
swallows up the departed soul, or it is
lost in the forests. But. if conducted
properly, the chief of the gods speaks
the word, and the water of death is
small, and the soul is carried to a place
of rest, or forgetfulness. Then after a
longtime it comes back to some descend
ant on its sister's side and lives another
life. To such superstitions these people
are bound, body and soul, and to rescue
them from this, ameliorating and ele
vating their condition in this life, and
presenting to them a glorious immor
tality through the crucified and risen
Savior, is the work of the board of houje
missions.
Chinese maxim: Man cannot become
perfect in a hundred years; he can be
come corrupt in less than a day.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA. THURSDAY, NOV EM HER 27, 18711.
Brother l'oggles isaphUaiitmpist. liut
is also a practical man. lie la always
ready to aaaist the deset \ ing. but detests
tramps. Consequently he was not favor
ably iutpressed by the appearance of a
seedy - looking man vx ho < abed upon liiui
tfie other day, whose hands had e\ i
dently not lieen soiled l>> labor.hut who
earnestly protested that lie wanted to
find work hy whirh he might support
himself and his interesting family ol two
wives and several children.
"Are you sure," asked Brother Bog
gles. a-s he looked suspiciously at thcap
plicant, " tiiat if you should find tie
work you are looking for, \ou woUid
neither run awav from it nor go to so t p
hy the side of it ?"
" I tell you. sir. that am a worker;
and I never neglect my business when I
can find anything to do. The last job I
had 1 worked at so hard.sir, that 1 was
actually taken down, r. and had to be
confined, sir, -
"To your bxl—hey? Boor fellow'"
eiaculatid Boggles.
"Uotilined, sir, as I said, for a >otig
lime; ami it is only two wicks since I
got <>ut. During that time I have con
stantly sought employment; hut every
avenue seems to be nosed against inc.
1 have trnm|M-d tlie streets of this city
day and night booking a uh. but have
found nothing that I could turn my
hand to, whi!'- niv wives and children
are hungry for sealskin a acq u-* and
veloeipctYr*; but 1 can do do nothing for
thetu, because I have not even enough to
drink!"
The PI K>R fcl.ow IHIWIHI hi* intellectual
lirad utHiu his delicate luuidi and sobbed:
" This is a *ad case," mu<d Broth-r
Pojjglcs." "They tell me that prosper
it\ has returned; hut this don't look
like* it. Here is a highly- cresting
individual. doubtless capable of con
tributing largely, by hie industry ami
skill, to the world'* wealth, hut WHO has
tn>t fVfn a two-spot dealt to him in t
great game of human progr-.s. In ait
this large city he can lin<l no employ
ment suited to his capacity. Alas' for
the rarity of Christian harity. and ail
that sort of thing. Perhaps I can
recommend you to somebody, uiy good
man. who will give you employment."
" 1 am afraid you can't," replied the
applicant. " People don't s<tin to ant
to have anything to do with a man in
my lineofousinesa."
"What is your line—profession or
trade?"
"Partly a profession and partly a
trade. lam a burglar, sir; and if you
can nut roe in the way of .1 good crib to
crack I will 1M- everlastingly gmtefu.,
and you slr.ll have a share ol the swag."
Alaska Ire Beauties.
Aw riter in the San Francisco 71 to.tint
is enthusiastic over the gr>-nl glaciers
near Fort Wrange!, Alaska. Standing
at the mouth of the tiord, lie says, the
water foreground is of a pale, milky
lilue color, trom the suspt ndetl rock-mud
I issuing from beneath the grinding gla
cier—one smooth sheet sweeping hack
lire or si\ miles, like one of the !<>wer
readies of a gl'iat river. At the head
the water i hounded by a lvrri<r wall
of hluish-white ire. from tire to si* hun
dred feet high, a few mountain tops
crowned with snow appearing herond
it. On either liand stretched a sere-sot
uu\K*tic- granite rocks from three to four
thoß-.'Uid fevt high, in some i .ae< s hart
in others forested, and all well pap lud
willi yellow-green etiaparrr 1 ami flowery
gardens, especially slmut half way up
trotu top to bottom, and the w| oic l>ui t
together" in a general, varied way into
walls, like those of Yoseiuite \ alley, ex
tending Iwyomi the other, whih their
bases arc buried in the glacier. This i.
in fact a Yosemite va.i-y in proems of
formation, the imMleliing and sculpture
if the walls nearly completed and w 1
planted. hut no groves as yet. ot gardens,
ir memiows on the raw and utitinislu*d
bottom. The whole front and brow of
I this majestic glacier sir gashed and
sculptured into •• mare of yawning
•hasins and crevasse*, and a bewildering
variety ol strange architectural forms,
appalling to the strongest nerves, but
novel and beautiful beyond measure—
■lusters ot glittering lamso-tipped spires,
gables and obelisks, hold outstanding
bastions and plain mural cliffs. adorned
■ long the top with fretted cornice and
•ott-eim nts. while every gorge and en
v.asse. chasm and hoi low was tilled with
• igllt. Along the sides we could See the
nighty lliKhl grinding against the gran
ite with tremendous pressure, rounding
tfie oiitswelling 1 losses. deejM ning anil
smoothing the retreating hollows, and
shaping every portion of the mountain
walls into the forms they were meant to
lave, when in the fullm-xs of appointed
•.iine the ire-tool should lie lifted and set
iside hi the sun. Bark two or tlins
miles from the front the cutreat is now
probably about l.dllff feet deep; hut when
we examine the wails, the grooved and
.ounded featun s. so surely glacial, show
, *.liat in the earlier days of the ice age
. - .tey were all overs wept, this glacier
taving flowed at a height of from three
vo four thousand feci above its present
evel.
Hie Wonderful Farmer int.
Ito 11 up your sleeves now, hoys, take
a very long breath, and then sre if you
can jump over these two words —"Po-
go-no-myr-mex Bar-ha-tus" —for this
Item is going to teil nliout the I'o-go
m-myr-mex Bar-ba-tus. Indeed, the
I*. B. is no more nor less than the
farinei ant of Texas, or an ant that is
about as big as your father's thumb
nail. The Iter. Mr. 11. C. MeCook, of
this city, has written a hook about this
ant. hut wliat follows is taken front an
account printed by Mr. Hale, of < 'hieago,
who went to Texas just to see the ants,
some weeks ago. 'i he farmer ants have
a million cities in Texas. They build a
eitv under ground with streets, houses
and public halls. The city is entered
by two gates on the surface of the
ground. Around these gates lie their
farms or plantations. They cut down
all the grass except certain kinds—
which bear the seed they live on—and
so make a " clearing," just as a farmer
does when he cuts down trees. The jaw
of the mayor ant . or l*st worker, is as
sharp as a knife, and with the help ol
minor ant, or lxy worker, a farm eight
feet square is cut. The queen ant does
nothing hut attend to the children. The
male ant. or drone, is the lazybones,
and struts around the street comers.
Thus there are four kinds of ants in
every family. They have regular roads
through tiie farms. The roads are two
ineiies wide. They have granaries, and
when the seeds are ripe till the gran
aries with seed for use in cold wcathei
They are great fighters, and a dozen can
soon kill a wasp. .They clean them
selves after eating, taking good care of
the sick, and carefully bury their dead.
It is not certain whether they have
schools or not. hut it is likely that they
do. — lltihulclvhia Titne*.
Chips.
Thare haz been menny a hero Ixirn
lived, and died unknown, just for the
want ov an opportunity.
Thare ain't nothing that will slio the
virtews and vices ova man, in so vivid
a light, asproluse prosperity.
Mi dear boy. allwuss keep sumthing
!in reserve. The man who kan jump six
i inches further than he evei* haz juiupt,
! iz a hard customer to beat.
I Most wiinmin would like to have their
husbands lions—hut well broke to their
1 halter.
Thare ain't nothing on arlh that will
take th<> starch so klean out ov us. ax to
git kaugiit hi the phellow we are trie
ing to ketch.
It Is a good deal ova bore to have
others luv us more than we luv them
—Josh Billings.
" Shooting the moon" is a oh ruse ap
plied in England to the act of skipping a
boarding-house without paying the
laudlady.
Looking for n Job.
A Mad MolTs Ravages.
Alniut? a u., the peasant* from the
; adjoining villages had collected at u fair
witieh Mas lie.il at the iH-ltieiuriit of
Barvenkoff. district of humf, and the
male portion of the assembly had dis
persed to the drinking shop* to make
iwvrg'iin* ami drink each other's health#,
leaving the women ami children in
; eharge id the earls. Suddeuly llierr re
sounded through the square a heart
tending shriek lor assistance, ami then
ail was quiet. The peasant* rushed out
of the drinking Itootli* into the street,
and before they had time to collect their
thoughts there appeared from la-hind a
building sit tinted on t lie edge of the square
an enormous wolf. Everyianly rushed in
! great confusion to their carts, shouting,
"Mail wolf!" Meantime the gigantic
wolf frothing at the mouth ami witlt hi*
tongUi liatigtlig out, made for the carts.
A dreadful tuiiiua occurred. The horses
utd oxen dashed in all directions, but
the majority, getting entangled, fell,
i overturning the carta, while the noise
made by til* pigs, sheep, geese, fowls,
■•te., added to t e uproar ami confusion.
The wolf when witliin a short distance
j of the first group of carts turned round,
sprang on to a woman who was running
past, and in a moment she was prostrate
ion tlie ground, having lost tier nose,
| scalp and lower part of her far*' The
wolf than ran further and attacked n
small lad of almut seven years of age.
but lUst al that time a pig rushed at the
! wolf and bit its tail. The wolf turned
on his assailant, but not before it bad
bitten tlte boy's face and hand. Leaving
the pig, the wolf ran down the main
-ms t,and attacked awotuan with ahaby.
then two boys atmut four years of age,
and having bitten tin ir In ml* through to
the brain, rush i up tin- street, and alter
biting several other persons, turned off
on to the railroad. By this time a large
crowd, headed by the village elder, and
.truml with whips, scythes, etc.. gave
' .-base to the terrible animal. They came
up with the wolf alsiut one mile from
tlie village, and a peasant, allowing it to
approach him williin about fifteen paint,
shot the animal straight in itaopen utaw
Notliwitiistandinr the wound he had
received, tiie wolf sprang up and at
lat ktd the peasant. I'he latter tiJ not
lose his presence of mind, and struck the
animal with tlie butt-md of l.is gun.
which aliatt' red at the blow, and the
wolf selred the peasant by tin side, but
..wing to the man wearing three eoat.s
i hi* skin was only scratched. The cour
ageous man then flmtlv griptsai tlie ani
mal with both hands. During this
struggle Iwtween a man and a mad wolf
Ihi crowd which had come up hcsilatv-d
through far to attempt the rescue of
their i oiurade. Fortunately a local
policeman gnUojx-d up at this juncture,
and drawing lii* revolver shot the wolf
i through the bead. The wolf had bitten
no less than twenty-two persons, ten of
whom arc 'n a dangerous state. Tb
-ufferer- were isolated front the rent of ,
the inhabitants and no dical aid was at
once admtnisfi rs-d to llictn. It is r fK>rt
• tin- wolf came from the sett h-ntent
of lKivgmikoff (situate atmut eighteen
miles from Barvenkoff). wheten mad ox
liail di-l and had l-cn burit. but so
eareh-ss'y that on the following tt orn
ing hi# l*lv was found scattered nlaiut.
tt. ftUrfi'tiry iiaiot.
lakittg the Children Home.
At Uie Union depot yesterday fore
noon wa* an old, gray-headed man it. j
charge of three children—two laiys and
agiri. The oldest *.v about ten and
the little girl almut five. The whole
party won dressed very plainly. nnl as
to who they wcr>* lie old tuanexplained •
t<i tlie pes.ple amutul him
" Waal, you see. 1 live down nigh
Norwalk. in f'hio. Alamt a dozen years
ago my darter married a poor, worth
ies* coot of a feller Up her and tliev |
never got along worth shuck*. A few
day# ago lie thrwr Iter down stairs and
pounded her bitu k arnl blue, and she
come down lhar to me for a refuge.
These are th* young 'uns. Slie left 'em
behind when sh flew, and 1 come on
after em. l'urty likely set o' children,
ain't they?"
" Yes. real smart lot. Have any I
trouble getting theui?"
" \V,vi ! , not much When I got into
the house and told John what I'd conn
for he kinder baik ,, d a little, but I took
liim right by tlie windpipe and told hint
what was what. Tell you. I don't a-k>w
any of the boys to clinih uie. if I up
ward of sixty. I'm going to take 'em
down home and bring em up. and it
their fattier ever coon-* witliin a mile of
u* I'm going to pi. k hint right up and
break hi* back acr<>* a-tone wall'"
Atniut ten mintib * before the train
left the old man called tli* eldest hoy to
his knee and said
"Now, voting man, **" here' I'm
your grandfather and I'm Inking vou
young 'uns home to Norwula. We'll
get there with nhout seven cent* to
spare, if no a.rident happens. Now,
then, when the boy on the train comes
around with chestnut* or apple* or
candy. 1 want you to look straight out
ol the window!"
"Why can't you buy wane for me'"
asked the boy.
"Come over my knee!" exclaimed
the grandfather, a* lie battled tlie foy
nearer. " Now, sir. do you want chest
nuts?"
"I—l--I want souie, hut I'll wail till
next year!" gasped the boy. as he felt
the spanking-machine making ready for
business.
"Wry well. Yoti look straight out
of the window at corn and pumpkins
every time you hear the train-boy yeil
'chestnuts'' Here, Alonzo—you come
up here
Alonzo was the second boy. W hen
he was within reaching distance the
grandfather grald>ed him and saiii:
" When the train-boy comes along
with apples and candy nnd hickory-nut
meats, what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to ask you to buy me a
whole lot!"
"You arc, ch? Come over my knee
"Oh! no I won't—l won't—l won't!"
shouted the IKV as LIE danced up and
down and hting back.
" Very widi—you ace that you don't!
Now. my little girl, I want to nay—"
"Oh! grandpa. you needn't say a
single word to me!" she 'interrupted.
" I just liate the sight of chestnuts anil
cand v. and just as soon as we (jet on the
cars I'm going right to sleep, and never
wake up once!"
If the train-hoy tackled that family he
didn't make a cent.— Prtrfil /We /Vc.w.
The Remaining l'nblle Ijtnris.
The iand area of the I'idled States is
3,.'Ho,"rtH square miles, or il 1 491,3.W.530
acres. If you add the water surface ot
the great lakes and rivers the total area
of the I'nited States is 6ver 4.000.000
square miles. The public lands iu the
different States and Territories, leaving
out—l x'eausc they never 4iad any—the
thirteen original States and the ad
mitted States of Vermont. Kentucky,
Tcnni*ss< 4 Maine, Texas and \\ est Vir
ginia and the District of Columbia,
amounted originally to 1.014,769,910
acres, or considerably more than two
thirds of the entire landed territory of
the I'nited States. Of tills there had
hern, up to lO7H, surveyed 714,572,737
acres, leaving unsurvoyed 1,101,197,1H3
acres. None of the unsurvoyed land
had l>een sold, and a great deal of lite
surveyed had not been. It is estimated
that the unsold public lands of the
United States amount to alwtit 1.300.-
000.000 acres. than half of the
lands disposed of were sold for cash or
donated in small lots to actual settlers
under the homestead or pre-emption
acts. The remainder, aggregating up
ward of 250,000,000 acres, were donated
to railroads, other improvements, to
Slates for agricultural colleges, etc. The
surface of unsold public lands exceed in
area by over 1,100,000 miles all Europe
outside of Russia.
THE CANE OF Ml** Jl l>o.
Il.i Uxatrri 1 11 ml, lt.iUi.ll l l l>
!• I*rar*r. The t • • *P
-l.inr.l tllnrl.tl.al ha. (rMUd .th a
Ullr In M aalvru K.w l'aih.
A letter from Buffalo. N. Y.. to the
x'ew York Sun. give* the following par
ticulars of t strange cane : Our w llw
moat marvellous cases of restoration to
health has U-i'ii made public iu this fit).
\li** Carrie K, Jtuld, eldest daughter of
Mr. CI. K. .fudd. of Connecticut
street, tliiti city, is the prrutu who has
Ins-it |< urr<i. Sir. Judd ha* been eou-
I with the cashier's department ol
j the American Express Company hep
for nearly twenty-nine year*, and i* well
ami favorably known The story a* loitl
fiy Mi* Juild. wtioisan intelligent young
lad v >f nearly twenty-ofte years of age,
ar.d subst an tinted by her father ami Mrs.
Ilainhleton. Iter nurse, i* a* lollows ■
For some time prior to January. 1*77,
Mil* Juud fell illlo a decline. On the
-ixth o! January.ltC7.ulte was prttstrated
! Ity a violent attack of nervous levtr,
having its origin, it watt conjectured, in
the spine, which lta<l iu*eu injured by a
fall on a stone sidewalk. She grew
worse, tiie disease taking on a settled
spinal difficulty which was accompanied
hy hypera*sthesia of the spine, hips,
knees and ankles. In a short time those
(•art* of her Ihmlv became o sensitive
that she could not even bear her own
liand upon them and means had to Is
devised to lift the weight of even the
1 bed-clot hes ti|sin her. The spinal nerves
and those of the large joint* were so un
naturally alive that they seemed to l>e
bare, and the slightest noise or jar in the
room made litem vibrate The nain h
her head was acute an>l the aching of
1 tfie eyelids was so intense that for flours
site could not open them. She had to lie
kept in a darkened room, for a ray of
light could not Is- withstood, sensi
tive bad lor etc tls come. Her bearing
was unnaturally acute, and great care
had to Is- taken to prevent rude sounds
from falling upon her sensitive nerve*.
So person wrnj permitted to lie in the
risitn except the nurse and oilier ment
is r of the family whose attentions were
bsoluleiy neci ssarv.
This state of tilings continued until
Miss Judd became so weak that she
could not evt n turn in bed or move bi-r
--etf in any w a>. For over eleven months
the w as unable to sit up n single moment.
During nil that time she was under the
care of Dr. lloksie, one of the mo-t pop
ular homeopathic practitioners in the
city. After the eleven months of strug
gling almost Is l ween life and deal It site
Is-gan to improve, and in tin- following
summer wa* able <o sit up for a short
time every day. She waa yet unable U>
help herself, and in Ic ing taken from
'ter b'-d the attendants hat to place their
hand* under Iter arms, for she could not
boar any pressure witatevif upon Iter
body. At the time when she was gain
ing very slowly the weather was very
hot. which, in addition to the great effort
she made to help herself, threw her into
a relapse, and she again grew worse.
This violent renewal of the oid Uouble
continucd nil that fall and winter until
■ ast spring, when site was so far reduced
tiiat she could hard'y whisper.
During all these weary monUts aii i
th; t the Inrenuity of the lw*t physicians
could di-vii- was done for the patient ,
little sufferer, but nil to no av.c. Dr.
Davis, a well-known phvsieati.of Attica,
tried hi- skill, but failed. Dr. lbo-llng. ,
of this i ity. aiso treated lite case with a
like rult. Tint, Dr. Dm See On. a
Chinese physician, ed.icat.ai in I,its own
country, was called. He is a giAed fel
kw. and totaled the case-, but
wa* unable to do .ny good. Alsiut
sl,llOO it ad lrn paid >ut by Mr. Judd; j
the daughter was slowly failing, and
they were aimost discouraged. Sue got
so weak that she could only more h-r j
lip*.
Alstut thi* time Mr. Judd read a para
graidt in the Buftalo I'mtrwi, copied j
from the Springfield JlrpuMunn, in
which a colored woman. Mr*. Edward
Mix. of Woh-ottviiie. i Vtnn.. was cred
ited witli having effected some wonder- j
fui cure* ty power of faith aud prayer t
alone.
Mr. Judd managed to make the pa- '
lieot understand, and hy hernsqoesl h<T j
sister Eva, twelve year* of iigr. wrote to
Mrs. Mix that the sick girl believed titat
Mr*. Mix's great faith might avail for Iter
if site would only pray for her recovery i
On the twenty-fifth of February the
family received the following;
Win, iitv iu.i . Onto., Feb. 94. L*7tf.
Mtss ctiuui F. Ji tt. I received a
line from your sister Eva stating tour
ease, your disease ar.d your faith. I <-an J
entourage you hy the word of <*od. that
ae' ordingto your faith so lie t unto you.
and lyMiint you have tlti* promise
"The prayer of faith shall savettiesiek. 1
and the" Dual shall raise him uo." I
Whether the person is present or ah j
sent, if it is a prayer of faith it is ail
the satue. and Hod lias promised to raise
up the siek one*, ar.d if they Itnve eont
■uitted sin*, to forgive them. Now, this j
promise is to you as if you were the only j
person living Now. if you can claim '
that promise. I have not the least doubt '
lull what you will I*- hcaicd. You will j
first have to lay aside nil t';e nnsiiciM j
of every description. I'se no remedies J
of any kind for anything; lay aside trust- j
ing in the arm of flesh, and lean wholly ,
upon <od and His promises. When you •
receive this letter, i want vou to h< gin j
to prav for faith; and Wednesday after
noon the f-male prayer moetine is at our
ltou.se. We will stake you a subject of j
prayer let ween the hours of Hire* and.
four. 1 want you to prav for yourself, j
and pray believing, and then act faith.
It makes" no difference how yon fee', hut
get rirlit out of bed and begin '<< wa k bw
faith. Strength will come, disease will i
depart and you will lie made whole. We j
read in the (lospel. "Thy faitli hath {
made tlic whole." Write stain.
Yours in laith,
Mus. EnwAttn Mix.
Alias .ludd obeyed the instruction to]
tin-letter. She dropped her medicines
and gave herself wholly into the care of ;
the Almiglity. She prayed as well a* ;
site could iu Iter weak and emaciated
condition and was tilled witli taith. At
the time when the women's prayer
meeting in Wolcottville, Conn., was to
make Miss Judd a special object *f i
prayer, ail the nicmließi of the Judd
family lifted up their prayers, though
not iti tlic sick girl's room. Miss Judd
says tlint alioti! half-past throe o'clock
she felt a sudden and remarkable j
change, and. without the least fear or i
hesitation or doubt, she turned over and
raised up alone in bod for tie- first time !
in over two years. When Mrs. llatn
hleton. the nurse who had cared for
Miss Judd for over a year, saw litis she
sank upon Iter knees and began a prayer.
Then lite nurse hurst forth in songs and
praise*, and wnile doing so gave Mis*
Judd a little assistance and site walked |
about nine lect to a chair.
l!p to this time the girl had not borne ;
any weight on iter feet for two years and
two months. During the hour that
prayer was I icing offered in iter behalf,
the nurse says, a great change was per
ceptible in iter color, circulation and
pulse. Mis* Judd then referred to her
diary, which was kept Ity Mrs. Hamblc
ton. ami rend the following entries:
Feb. 27 : "This afternoon after sitting j
up she walked Iroin iter chair to the bed. !
a distance of eight feet, by taking hold of j
my.arms." Feb. 9B: "I gave her a
sponge bath, and could not help but
notice the change in the color of her
flesh: instead of the yellow, dead look,
it is pink and full of fe." March 1:
" This morning site tlrew on her stock
ings." March 2: " Her chest and lungs
have been strong. She has talked aloud
a good deal, appetite good, color fresh
:uui clear."
In three weeks from the day the girl
began to improve site waa able to walk
all over the room without any one near
her, and in four weeks she was able to
go down stairs with a little assistance.
Site could walk steadily from the first.
She improved to rapidly that the swoll-
TERMS: #Vi.OO a Ymr, in Advance.
Ing of the muscle# were aiuioot percepti
ble. On tlie first pleasant day in April.
Mia* Judd .nlle.l at a neighiKir'a. and
evcryiaaly rijoined
The strange tai l of tlie walking iatnadr
appreciable wloii it ia kuowti that the
•nine and large joint* had become So
weakened by the liyjiiftMllinria that
tiiey wer- like cartilage*. and if she bad
j lieeii placed oil her |eT wiien ID that
! *U!e, she would have settled nil out of
ahape. They, however. bceauie Strong
j and firm at unor, and have continued to
atretigtheii eve,y day. Now Mia* Judd
can walk long distance* without iakigu*-.
She teaches her eisuta in Sunday-school
every Sunday, and her friends say he
J look* better llian ever la-fore in h#r
! life.
Horses milt the Toothache.
Horses, like human beings, are sule
jeeted to the most excruciating tooth
aches, and it is only within the past few
years that any attempt ha* been tuade
by veU-rina-y surge.in* to allay the pain
and extract or filftheir teeth. It is only
after patient study, ton, tiiat one is ablis
to dim-over when a horse is suffering,
ana upon what t'sitb t iiglit would
pu/zle, indet-d, th<- phenomenal Pliila
delphia lawyer. When suffering from
tiH'thache, horses manifest the greatest
impatience, and are vicious and uniuan
agi-able, and bite and kick rimtlnually.
Stalllemen and managers at different
times have te en badly bitten or kicki
by horaiw suffering from toothache, who
at other limes are the most docile crm
tures. Tin- experimetiU made by vet
erinary surgeons have been of great
practieai advantage, and they are grad
ually getting tlie matter down to a per
fect S-lenc-.
" Wlmt is 'the mode of treating tooth
ache in a horse'" ww asked of a veter
inary surgeon the other day.
" Vetl. they differ, according to cir
cumstances. Runrtinis a horse i in
the stable and sometimes In the field
when attacked, and tlie operator must
uit his judgment, (ienermiy. Isowever,
a man puta his arm around the lr >rae's
head, and witlt his di*<-tigag<si hand
iir-s<-* hartl on the nose of the animal.
Then, without more ado, the hand ia
ihru-l into tin- mouth and Uie jaws felt
slowly and gently, 'lien each tooth is
felt, and wlten the right one i*V>uched
there is no mistaking it, a* the Iron-e
elevates his feet in a manner something
after the style of the lt>*s danseuse. In
most canes the dt-fertive tooth is lound
at Uie bides of llis jaw, when the slmrn
point* liave lacerated the flesh. A flle
must tlnti be inserted aiwl the poiuu
filed down, and in a short time the ani
mal feels relieved. But this is not
actual toothache Tli<- gradual gn>wing
of the moiais and tin- sharpen! tig of the
edge. however, lends to it How can I
teli when the loirs" has toothache'
Why. it's easy enough; vou mn toll in
the manner in wni< It he hold* his head.
When a liorwe is affe.tcd it goes almut
witlt the head down and tlie lowerlip
dnsping. and if the rein is pallet!
sharply the creature Is ready to jump
and prance. Then again the ey* are
ftrrtl, and if the horse i* compelled to
hack by th<- pressure of lite rein on his
tetah the agony is terrible, and the at
tention of tin* driver is thus attracted *
"Wlu-n the teeth are badly de<-axed.
arc they drawn f"
"Smietimes. but a* a rule tiny are
cauterised."
" I* filling much in use?"
"No; iits impossible, almost, to do
the job succes-fully. NY ads of hay or
other matter an* frqtiently plaod in
the cavities, but nothing more, and it t
only done to k-cp out the '-old water.' 1
" What Instrument is u*d in cutting
down tlie teeth
" A siuruiarly sltapeil instrumetit call
td a slide U employed, and after the
too tli i cut it i* filed down. When
tooth has to he dtawn a strung pair of
for<aq>s at* employed."
" How do lite horses stand the opera
tion'"
" Well, without much truubk; when
a good hold is olitaincd on the tooth a
slight twist is given to loosen it. and
then when a ten w twelve pound prc
*ur- is obtained the tooth is drawn out
by force."
*' This oor-asions a great loss of blood,
doe* it not ?"
"On tlie contrary, after the firt few
hours bleeding ceases; but 1 have
known hono* to hleei to death from
having a toothextractrd."
"Ito you use an:rUie<Jea to stupefy
tlie animal*"
"Oh. no. nothing whatever. It ia
very painful, but the horw-s ls-ar it well
asuai.y."
" AIMIUI the charges. Ito you charge
much'"
"Tlie charge vary greatly. The
pria- is regulate i lay the time expended
on the annua.'* mouth, th" value of the
horse, etc. In eases of valuable horses
we charge a little extra, but the ordin
arv f a* are from $3 to #5 lor extracting.
I have charge! a mueh as SSO. how
ever. to very valuable lior*es.— Xrtr fork
Mf r~ury.
Lite End of the World.
Camilla Klaminariim. Uie breach
scientist, tiiu* expresses himself in J-<l
IbrrctpiintUir* Sritnl\fyw. regarding the
ultimcte fate of our globe: The earth
waa horn: she will die. She will die
either of old age. wh* her vital ele
ment* shall have been used up. or
through the extinction of Uiesun.to
whose rays her life i* u*|>cn4ed. She
might aiso die hy accident, through col
lision with some celestial body meet
ing her on her route; but tliiostdnf the
world is the mot improbable of all.
Site inay. we repeat, die a natural
detail through the slow absorption of
her vital elements. In fact, it is proli
nhle that the air and water arr diminish
ing. The ocean. like the atmosphere,
appears to have lieen formerly much
more considerable than it is In our day.
The terrestrial erusl is penetrated by
waters which combine chemically with
the rock>. It i* almost certain lltat the
temperature of the interior of the globe
reaches tiiat of lsiiling water at a depth
of nhont six miles, and prevents tiie
water from desrs tiding any lower; hut the
absorption will eontinuewith theeoolinr
of tip globe. The oxygen, nitrogen and
carbonic acid which contpsc our atmo
sphere also appear to umiorgoabsoiplion.
hut slower. The thinker uuay foresee
tlirouglt tiie mist of ages to conic, the
epoch, yt afar off. in which the eaitli. 1
d peri vial of tile atmospheric aqueous
vapor which protects her from the
glacial cold of space hy preserving the
sitlar rays around iter, will become
chilled in tiie sleep of death. As Henri
Vitrarez says: "From the summit of j
the mountain a winding sheet of snow |
will descend upon tlic high plateaus and '
the valleys, driving before it life and :
civilisation, and masking forever the j
cities ani nations that it meets on its
passage." l.ife and human activity will
press insensibly toward the intertropi
cal zone. St. Petersburg, Berlin. I>oii
don. Paris. Vienna. (,\>nstantinoplo and
Rome, will fall asleep in succession un
der tlioir sternal Sttroud. During very
mnay tip's equatorial humanity will
undertake Arctic expeditions to find
again under the ice tip- p'l.-u-e of Paris.
I.yons. Bordeaux ant! Marseilles. Tito
sea coasts will have changed :uid the
geographical man of tlie earth will have
been transformen. No one will live and
breathe any more except in the equa
torial zone up to the day when the last
family, nearly dead with cold and hun
ger, will sit on the shore of tlic last sea
in the rays of the sun which will there
after shine here below on Mi ambulent
tomb revolving aimlessly around a use
less light and a 1 arren ueat.
None of tiie boom* of the present year
are more astonishing than that made by
the circus delicacy known us the peanut.
As the peanut stands, it shows a crop
this year of 1,M5,000 bushels in Viginia,
Tennessee and North Carolina, against
875,884 bushels last year.— l\cayunc.
NUMBER 47.
Wlut Uojs Ike In Japan.
W'r hav* just had ft foreign guest of
1 our house in.wbom w<- were ail mtioh la
! wealed—a yonng Japanese, the son of
gentleman In northern J spun U Inn
im in California more tiuui m y*r.
iuxlcame East willi th em boss v. t>a*-
in* soon? days with theiu Salt Lake
I 'iiy. of which place anil ilft p.pl* be
Hftjri in soy very funny tiling*. But what
j *< an- going to Wdl you uow is bow tin*
i iioys sotui'tiuirs amuse themselves in
Japan He say* that on Ills father'* place
1 which is< ft large platoau surrounded
ly high lulls—4s an artificial tih pond,
( In it nre a great many fish of aperies he
tins not seen here, that nre nhoul a foot
long, and very beautiful in e*Aor ftmi
' form. They are as playful and a low
, native kitten* on our hearth*. One of
I his favorite amusement# was going to
j this pond and knocking on the edge <f
the tank with BOOK hard substance to '
make a noise, whenevary head would be
turned in the direction of the sound, ami
every fin employed in making for him.
the nsh expecting some treat from ids
hand. If. u UftKlkW. In* threw notli*
i ing in at first, but put his empty hand
j into tin- water with hie fingers all spread
out, the* wouid all gather round ft and
1 seise his thumb and fingers in their
, taouths, tiii he had as many finis as he
| had Uiuuih> and fingers, playfully snap
ping and biting at them. a* we have aU
seen punniet do.
But this paradise of the Japanese lv
was often ruuely l*x>km in upon, fur it
was not kept eipreseiy as a plaything
for boys, liut was the source which sup
piled Uie fish for the table. Whenever
fish is wanw-d for the dinner, the wok
goes to tiie tank and knocks, and whsn
the poor unsuspecting up to
her. sJie catches such of tlieni as pieast
her, and before I "ley know where they
are going, site lias them in tbc pot or (tan
on the fire.
This young Japanese evpie-sed nunh .
surprise at seeing cranberries eaten at
table, and said that in tiie mountains of
Japan they grow very large and brant I
fui. but are never cooked, Rome old man
<*-casioniy goe* up to the mountain and
picks a large basket of them, which lie
brings on his shoulder* down to the
town. Here the buys gather almut him.
and for a small coin purchase the right
to crowd their pocket* with theia. And
what use do you think tie-y make rf
this otherwise useless fruit? The boys
blow tiie glowing lierries through rattan
tub<>. a* our boys blow white lienns
through tin ones. Tfiat's what cranber
ries are used for in Japan, where they
grow in gteat perfection.
Ilow Ike Captain's Patent Worked.
Having piped all hands to splice the
main-brace, the cap'n had the first mate .
of the farm tow out the horse and
wagon, and. ascending the quarterdeck
of tlie craft, lie took possession of the
tiiier-nifics (as he styled the reins), and
said:
"Xow. boV*, my invention is very
simple—l might make a million dollars •
out of it oiebbe. hut I ain't going to
patent it; you can all use it if you w ant
to. Tvs simply fashned a twenty
fatiium line onto the mixzrn axle of the
craft, and put on a stout grapnel. I
shall bring this here lws# along the road
under douhle-reefed topsails, and then
one of you euases scare Liai— o|K*n an
umbrella at him, or something; then,
when lie gm-s tearing along about
twenty-five kn<>t an boor ami won't
answer to his helm. I'll just drow the
anchor and ride on the gale, flit up!' 1 !
The horse came jogging gently down
the road. when, according to the pro
gramme, the first mate rushed out and
hit him a belt over the nose with a
blanket. Tiie terrified animal stood on
lib hind >g<s for a moment and then
struck a coursenorthwest by north with
gmat releritv. Tlie interested specta
b)J beheld the fear leas cap'n sitting un
moved, though tlie buggy bent and
careened before the breeze; tlu-n. with a
triumphant smile, they saw him leave
out the anchor with a merry "Yo,
heave, ho!" The grapnel dragged for a 1
few moments in the 'rvachmms sands <l
the road, then caught in a rock. Cap'n
Corn well row irt> the air like a bird on
the wing and sailed uia>wttew !ty for
ward. alighting on his ear; the lioctr •
stood on hi* head for a second, and then
resumed his onward ocmtve at the rate
of at least scvtvjty miles sn hour, and
amid a frightful eras bins, ripping, tear
ing and smashing, all the wagon van
ished into thin air except * piece of the
tnizren axle, to which tlie anchor had
been fastened.
Can'n Corn well cnn'l precisely under
stand whv. wlien the tackle held, lie
wasn't able to ride out the gale, but is
not discouraged, and will repeat the ex
pcrim?-nt a* oon a* he has had a new
hugey built upon lines of hi# own de
signing. Idfe insurance canvassers are
leariiig down upon him from all quar
lers. and the liveliest interest is rnani -
tinted in tlie neiglilHrhood. We wish
tlie gallant captain all success.— CUcafO
Triltmf.
Local AdtcrlMug.
The virtue ol advertising 1s of more
consequence, in a general way. than it L
often emitted with A too contracted
view is ao friX|ttenlly thrown around
it* salutary influence# that those who
read a business card seem to think that
its import is of but little consequence .
to anv one besides the advertiser. This,
however, is a great mistake, fc.r the
community at large is benefitted, ac
rocding to our way of thinking, by
sverv business cord of a town si on* ap
waring :n the local pajK-rs. It needs no
,-ery skillful reason fug to elucidate the
proposition. for their eau be no better
method adopted to Improve a village,
town or city, than that which keeps the '
bulk of trade at home. Ily so doing the
results of industry are widely duTuurd in
the expenditure*"made, society becomes
o-operative to a considerable extent,
material improvement* are encouraged,
and pride of place is fostered. Our live
store-keepers are lieginning to under
stand the value of advertising. and our
r<indent* tail not to reward them for
their enterprise. A cotemporary puts
the matter in this wise: "When the
luini-as men of a town fail ta advertise
extensively they diminish the import
ance and trade of the place, and per
mit more enterprising localities to take
the latter from them. Although done
for their individual interest, advertisers
should t>e looked on by citizens of the
town where they reside, as in some
sense public benefactors, and they
should be encouraged accordingly. One
merchant who advertises extensively is
worth to his own town and its. people
more than forty who never show them
selves in print, and should bo for this
reason alone preferred. asumingthat he
is. ol course, a fair business man. —
PrtUtotnry (A r . T.) -Veins.
A Wood Same. '
How tine it is that a g*>d name is
capital itself. Such a capital, like every
solid aocummulation. is ndt built in a J
day. but is tlie result of years ol contin
uance in well-doing. Any man can
liope. by a spirit of good nature or hon
orable dealings, to acquire an enviable
reputation, which is implied in the pos
session of a good name. Little things
done and observed in a series of years,
the trifles of which life is made up, if
done conscientiously, are what contrib
ute to tlie result, and win for man the \
confidence of his fellows; and when one
has thus acquired this good name, uun
seek him in business, rely on his word,
and prefer his goods. Such a capital is
within the reach of the poorest. It
commands confidence, and helps one in
securing all that is desirable in life,
and as it is not to lie acquired without
delay, it does not depend upon birth or
influence for its attainment. It is won
derful s many prefer to travel by
crooked ways, which, though they may
seem short cuts to success, do not lead
in that direction at all.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Fraaoe has penny saving buln tor
•rtioalboys.
i Spain* can't pay the interval OR tit*
58,500,000,000 which ah* of*.
One million railway men in England
are nhligad *o work on Sunday.
" None but the brava deserve the
hair." la the way the Indians pot it.
The sale of American dainr product*
aiirnad amount* annualiy to §500,000.
Neat to nothing—a sir! walking will;
the arrrage dandy.— Yonken (taaelte
Some men haven't oourage. enough to
strike an attitude.— Keokuk Hole Oily.
Even criminals like paragraphs, that
is to say. they prefer a short sentence.
A contented sheep is a good sign of
-willed wother.— DaniehamrxUe Ikntititl.
ladle* are very much taken with Bob
, fttgcrsoll, because he makes such i big
hustle. — Dnffalo Sum lay Tiwte.
Twinty-six French mayors have been
' dismissed by the government lor taking
jart in factious demonstrations.
The man who starts for the river to
drown himself wiii ran for a place of
safety if lie sees a crow bull coming.
Printing was indented in I*4o. The
inventor wouldn't have done it If be
iad thought at spring poets.— Wheeling
Leader.
The hired giri who was called up at
four o'clock in the morning thinks
gnaw two hourr inter would sound quite
as sweet.
The man wlw is trying to get up a
•' boom." and is a little timid about it.
will a moat surely find a boom* rang.—
i/'-l' ra Anj.
Ex-Kmpnw Oar lot ta is in 'escaUfißt
liealth and talks rationally on man) •
topic*, but she is as insane as ever as to
her own sad history.
The man with new tight slues and an
ingrowing nail >ecuu to be the one who
is a! way* swlerU J by fate to be i-ompeiled
to run fur a train.— New York Star.
i hie of the things t heb money brings,
Hmi'tos m4( -adulation.
le a iron*, rnundi pan with aa nseelleat **•
Ol la' twh ooa.orejoukm.
llmkrntark ttrpubllfen-
Tbe it* Indiai t are a mean, treacher
ous lot; hut nor of them wear their
watch chains dai gling from the top out
side pocket of their coat. — M heeUtif
leader.
Adam Hammond complains that the
bedclothes in the Srottaborg (III.) peni
tentiary are rotten. He lore a sheet into
strips and hanged himself; but the ciotii
broke and let him down. Then he tried
a quilt with no better success, and was
badly bruised by the fall.
Soft plaid silks are imported laid in
folds to wear as id us on plain dresses,
(specially to eaiiten bhu-k toilettes.
Tiicy extend down each side le iow the
belt, and are trimmed inside and across
the ends with Breton lace. Th* olue
and grsen plaid fichu* are very popular.
The aexl artist that seeks a subject
for •• Misery" should watch the man at
the opera who is sitting behind two
women with bend-coverinr* of great ele
vation. and an ineonquerable desire to
bring their beads together at frequent
intervals for the purpose of exchanging
re mars a. —kockUnd Courier.
Robert Good muter, of OwlngsTiiie,
Ky.. was a sensitive bankrupt. Being
accused of trickery, he said thai tie
would live just long enough to clear
himself of suspicion and then kill hin -
self. A trim] at law vindicated him.
and immediately after the virdeet be
swallowed a fatal dose of poison.
A young man named Bailer, living six
miles south of Fairfield. Clay -ounty.
Neb., was accidentally poisoned by hb
mother. The young man had been sick
for some lime, and his mother dminis
tered a dose of cpsom sail*, as she sup
posed. but which proved to be oxalic
acid. He lived just twenty minutes
alter swallowing the fatal do*.
" Hello. Bill, when did you change
votir l*anSinr-liour said Char lev Ca
lender to William Creamer, at New
Vienna. Ohio, as they met in the street
t 'reamer had just been released from
prison, and regarding the question as
insuring., he drew a big knife and stab
bed the offender; but t'allender w
quick enough with a revolver o sav.-
his nam lift' and kill Creamer.
Tim BMOawaoly day* at* come.
Tbe mAWt ut tb* year;
Of Wfcwbml c*ke* sad scarier rs*h.
And Ave cut isgee bur.
limped in lbs hollows ot the grove.
lbs aulaata leave* lis dead.
Tns leauvals and aabbagss
Are flfleu cent* * bud.
Tbs rotas and lbs wruars floao.
And ima tbs abrob tbs jay.
And If tbs firs the hater toasu
Hit shins tbs Uvs-ionc day.
-.Wu Stone, ta UeU City.
How an Item was Lost.
He commenced, aa he seated himself
n the Hancliun:
" When I was at the Centennial—"
•'Great Jeoti!" thought the city editor
"heV turned up again, after so manv
rears of biassed peace and silence," and
be cut the stranger's sentence short by
hurling the dictionary at him.
The stranger dodged and came up with
a melancholy smile, repeating:
When I was at the Centennial —"
The fuuUepot followed the dictionary,
but the stranger didn't seem to mind it
any more than if it was a fly. He fast
-ned his eye on the city editor and re
peated -
•' When I was at the Centennial—"
"Man." said the city editor. "I will
Lira a hall for you. Ufr is too short and
business too pressing to listen to any old
Centennial yarns now."
" When Ism* at the Centennial—"
" Dry up!" yelled the city editor.
( "Go off and die!" howled the tele
graph editor.
" Give it to us in sections!" put in the
commercial editor.
- Caii a policeman!" growled the man
aging editor.
The man arose, buttoned his coat up
hi* chin, pulled his hat down over his
eves, thrust hi* hands into hi* pockets,
and strode out of the room. He paused
on the threshold and remarked, as fast
as he could talk:
•' Wbeniwaaattlieoentenniaiofthe b*'-
tle of Vorktown I met atuan from DM
I wane* who was killed accidental .y atiu
I wa*going totcllyouaboutit, but you
areao blamed smart and cussed previous
I guess f won't."
And thus was a good item lost on a
very dull day.— lk*Mo*ae* Register.
Health of Sew York.
Some very interesting statistics, in
sanitary point of view, says the New
York GMgrurr. were presented at the
seventv-fourth annual meeting of the
medical society of the county of New
York, recently held in that city Ac
cording to these statistics (and they arc
gathered from the official returns of tin
board of health so that they may bi
considered reliable), the number ol
deaths, from all catlses, during the first
nine months of 1879. wa* 31.807, against,
in round numbers. SO.Opn for the same
period in 1871, 30.000 in 1873. 23,000 in
1873. 94,000 in 1874, 21.000 in 1875. 22.000
in 1878. 26,000 in 1877. and 34.000.in 1878-
witli an average for the first nin< months
of the whole series of 33,510. Thus, as
though the number,for 1875 Lis not
largely below the average. it*is very
considers bly below the nuuikr >f deaths
for the same period o< 1878, and still
more largely below the number of
deaths ;or the first three quarters of 1877.
It must be remembered, moreover, that
the population of New York is con
stantly increasing. so that the propor
tion of death* to population st ta i( ata
much lower fit ure than usual.
■ Mortality in a Generation.
A writer in a% English magazine
studies from birth to tV.alli the march
ol IUI English generation through life,
basing his otiserVations on the regis
t trar's annual report*. The autfioi
singles out for illustration a generation
of one million souls, and finds tiro of
these more than onc-fourt!i die before
tiiey reach five years of age; during the
' next five years the deaths nuinlier less
. than ono-seventh of those in the first
five; from ten to fifteen the average
' ■ mortality Is lower than at any other
" I period; from fifteen to twenty the nuni
' ber of duaths increase again, especially
1 among women—at this period, too, in
• llucnee of dangerous occupations begin
'! to be seen in the death r.itc. Consump-
I tion is prevalent and fatal from twen v
1 to forty-five, and is responsible for
• nearly half the deaths; Irom thirty-five
' to forty-five many person* succumb to
r disease of the im|M>rtant internal,organ-.
' By fifty-five, the million is but 431,115;
f :d m venty-ave, 161,124; at eighty-lit e.
;' 38,56.'.; and only 202 reach the age of
1 J 100.