An Argument.
As, one by on®, along life's flinty way,
The hop ot youth fade in the heat anil di
And ol our prime the aspirations high
Kemorseleas eircutnstanaes crush anil slay.
Hien, "Courage," to onr tainting hearts t
say,
'* Beyond this life the sunny uplands lie
Where these shall all be ours, again to try,
The blight ascent toward the perfect day."
Oh, land of the hereafter' can it be.
When to thy sacred keeping we commit
All our het treasures so oonfldingly.
Our dead, 0..r hopes, our aspirations lit
With qnenohlas* flee, that immortality
And thy lair plains am all a myth, a cheat
—H. K. Sir. rtll, in Company
Lessons on flte Wy.
Starting from the cradle
Toward tin- grave below,
Treading in the footprints
Ma.ie so long ago;
lo we note the landmark*
All along the way ?
Do we atop to gather
Wisdom, day by day *
Do we see the rivers
Made ot human tears *
swelled hv v\ il passions
Pis! hy craven tears*
ll ao, ait* we xlrouger
Hauling with the to*- *
Are we hourly grow mg
Wiser a- we go?
Do i- hood the breaker*
With their -alien roai *
l>o we ms- ihe Umbers
Strown atoug the short-"
Wrecks ot human greatften
roundcrc i in a night—
Do we mind our rudder
Roller tor the sight ?
Beacon lights are shining
Ftvtu the hills and towers;
Angel voices calling
In the darkest hours'
l.ct us heed the warning.
Ad along the way —
Let ua gather wisdom
Whiie we watch and pray'
THE DAISY S PROPHECY.
•*!Uch i, tHHir man, Iwggar-tuxn,
doctor. lawyer— there Julia, my
hue i- at lust decided. Three times the
daisy it -s said I am to marry a lawyer;
so let t: - h :ir no more about Luke
Hartwi. s well-stocked farm; or the
stgni: ance o. Squire Day's glances into
our t w at church;" and K ite Morrison
• .-k t! tin into her elder sister'* face
and la;:i!i 1 merrily. Julia's annoyed
■ \| r> .; > i> i cry amusing to lu-r.
" V -u -r -o foolish. Kate," said Mrs.
Bertram in a ton* of vexation. "Not a
il .v i: -- -thai you do not get some new
!. Ik into your head; and you areas per
- n; and stubborn iu clinging to it as
—as —"
" A mule," s iid Kate, as her sister
ir -1: c for a comparison. "Don't
air. . ot hurting my fe-.ings, Julia;
v.'.i kt >v i am hardened to scoldings.
; confrerethat Ido cling An
an 11 .. with to.crab.e firmness. But 1
a ■ ' \$ c" . believe ia t- ..i;;g fortunes
by the Ju daisies, ami !am morally
I- i'-tin .ut I shall tnarry a lawyer. I
sl.r . wait for him if 1 am as gray as a
. - r when he comes along." and
a. tK ■ aughed, tossing her song
with • •' ■ rmined motion of her
small head.
- 1 .iou'i know where you ever ob
' - -Si notions. Kate," said Julia,
w . r brow was still drawn with
i:> vexed e.xttr, -.-ton. "I am sure
e; : r i.a- taken tl.e same pains it
v< ur bringing up .vs she did in mine,
and tried to instill into your mind cor
r t i- >f woman's duty. And yet.
h .. tvc.n'.v-thr>- unmarried
audi --Mi Why, I was engaged to
y h; v. •: a I was only nineteen and
unr i d tw nty."
•• But :h tt you had such a good offer,
Ju i The: are cot many men like
t - "
TL wilt's face wore a serene expres
ses; again as her sister paid this
tribute to the manly excellence of the
absent husband.
•• Br you - in so hard to suit. Kate."
she arr. •: "I am sure Luke Hart well
i> v;■ your.gman; do In' a iittlo
civil • : and tin re's Souire Day.
who i* as ricii as a prince anil owns tin
tin span of horse.-In the county."
" Fwouldn't marry a man tor tin-sake
of hi* !. >rsi said Kate, setting her
tip- firmly together.
"But you would learn to love him
i rh 1 ms- f after a time. Kate."
" I'm afraid it would be a very long
time. Julia. The old scarecrow wears
false teeth, a red wig, nnd has six cross
red-bended. uninteresting children. I
know I couldn't do my duty t<> them."
'• But suppose mother should die.
Kate? Luke Hartwell will have the
farm at once, and you will be left pen
niless."
" I wiii teswh the district school when
that !. ippcn." s.-.id Kate,cheerily. "The
squire is one of the trustees, and he
w uld see that I got it if I was just the
least bit pleasant to him."
"Very well," said Julia, now really
flushed witl anger. "Go your own
way. The doctor said last week tliat
mot tier was breaking up very fast in
deed. and you wil feel sorry for your
obstinacy when you see Luke Hartwell
in nossession of this piaee."
"Oh. my lawyer will come along be- 1
fore that evil day comes," said Kate. •
" I; is of no us ■ to croak yourself hoarse.
Julia. The daisy has spoken, and I
have faith in it= prophecy. I felt sure I
was not doomed to lie the wife of Luke j
HartweP. or the second Mrs. Day."
The si- us had now crossed the mea
dow. where the litt.e daisy had been
ound by Kate, and were within the
sweet oH garden of Bower Farm. Julia
w nt at once into the house, but KaU ■
stood under an old. gnariisi apple tree,'
and looked around her. Was this dear
old place with its wealth of fruit and
flowers to pass away from them, and be
oome the property of Luke Hartwell? It
seemed hard that at the mother's death j
it should not liecome the property of her
daughters. Thegpttagc was nalf-smoth
■ red in creeping roses, white and red,
sweet honeysuckle and passion-flowers.
Three old oak trees mounted guard in p
front, and at the b-c-k stretched out the
old orchard, in which Julia and Kate
had played in childhood. The i-ommo- |
dious h rn. the airy stable ,uid the graas
erown farmyard were all dear to Kate's ■
heart from long association with her life. 1
The farm bad belonged to Mr. Andrew
Hartwell, an unele of Luke's He
had loved Mary Penrose, but she had j
given her heart and hand to Arthur
Morrison, who hailed her a sad life for
twelve years and, dying, left her penni
less. Andrew Hartwell had not mar
ried. He had remained an old bachelor j
for the sake of his early love, and when ■
he found that she had been left forlorn I
and poor, with two little daughters, the !
younger only a year old, he installed her j
at once on Bower Farm, and at his death 1
left it to her for life; then It was to re- j
vert to Luke, Andrew's brother's child |
This decree was only just; yet it seemed
hard to Kate, who had lived here|
rwenfy-two years and loved every stieg
and stone on the place. She it WHS who i
managed the dairy and poultry-yard: j
who hired men to farm the land and
made money enough to support herself
and mother comfortably. Mrs. Morri
son's days of activity were long
past. She had managed the farm
with great executive ability until rheu
matism crippled and confined her to an
easy chair, and the farm had gone into
Kate's willing hands. Julia, who was
elder bv nine years, had grown up and
married; but every summer saw her at
Lower Farm with her two children.
She found it hot h convenient and eco
nomical to pay her mother and sister a
long visit during the hot weather.
Kate's happy disposition made her a
general favorite in the neighlwrhood.
but in spite of mueh attention from the
sterner sex she was still single, which
Julia seemed to think a disgrace to her
self and family. But Kate only laughed
at her arguments and snubbed Luke
Hartwell on every occasion, and was
deaf to the compliments of Squire Day,
who had singled her out as the one best
fitted to minister to the wants, and un
dertake the education of his six auburn
headed olive branches.
The mouth of June was fast passing
away, and the roses were blooming more
FRED. KUHTZ, Kditor and Proprietor.
VOLUME XII.
luxuriantly than ever, and sending their
fragrance Into the kitchen when- Kate
was kneading bread, when l.uke Hart
welleatueovi r the meadow with shamb
ling gait, determined to dry his fate, and
" win or lose it all."
Kate's sleeves were rolled up to her
shoulders, and her arms went while with
tlour. hut she was not at all eiuharrasx<-d
by Luke's appearance.
" t.ood afternoon." she said, shaking
hark the curls whien were drooping ovr
her face, "will you stay out hen-, l.uke,
or shall 1 call Julia to take you into the
parlor? It's none too cool out here."
" I came to see you. Kate, and 1 don't
mind the heat."
" Well, sit down and make yourself as
comfortable as you can. lam too busv
too talk, but 1 -an listen well enough
Hut now Luke did trot know how to
tn'gin his tale of love. lie had prepared
a mat speech in his mind a* he walked
over the utcadow, but every vestige of
it had down front his memory at tin
first sight of Kate. He therefore twisted
his fingers backward and forward in an
awkward manner, tnoreii his chair half
adosen times, and coughed repeatedly
hctons In- could summon courage to
spi-ak.
" Kate," he said at length, with a kind
of choked gasp, "I've been intending to
come over here for some time back.
" I believe you were here only yester
day." replied Kate, coldly, "tm, was
I?" stammered l.uke, "but I've come
f*r a different purpo*<' t<vday."
" You c:uue to a*k the addrcs* of that
man I had to cut wheat for last year, 1
believe."
" Yes, I wrote to him yesterday. But,
Kite, don't bluff me off" so: I've come to
ask you to accept Bower Farm as your
own." and he blushed crimson :l* he
made what he thought a m at speech.
"Very kind of you, l.uke, I'm sure;
but it isn't yours yet. so I don't see how
1 can accept it from VoU."
" I sec you won't understand me,
Kate; and I'd better !*• plain in my
speech. I have had a liking for you for
a good many years, and I believe I'd
make as good a husband as you would
find in the county."
Kate made no reply, and the droop
ing curls concealed her laughing face.
Encouraged by her silence, l.uke pro
ceeded: |
" You shall dress equal to any woman
round here. and I'll make' you a presc nt
of that cxilt I'm breaking. You know I
ain't poor, and you shad live as well as
anybody in these parts."
" Urn sorry to disappoint you, Luke;
but I don't care to marry you. I'.ca.-.
don't begin to argue, for it would an
swer no purpose."
" I made sure you would have tne,
Kate. But I'ii wait, and try again after
a spell—"
" No. it would be useless to try again,"
interrupted Kate. "The fact is. l.uke,
I aiu going to marry a lawver." -he
added, with a pucker of Iter roey lips at
Luke's unconcealed amazement at hear
ing the information.
"A lawver!" he exclaimt "Well,
that does heat ail' And I never even
knew you were receiving 'tentions front
anybody but me and the squire. 1 *'po.-c
you wouldn't tell his name, Kate?"
"No!"said Kate, " You'll know it in
time."
l.uke bade her " good afternoon " aud
went out, meeting Bertram in the
garden.
"I took your advice," he said, stop
ping in the path, "and asked her tt.
marry tue; but she av* le-"s going to
marry some lawyer." and without wail
ing for a reply, walked rapidly away,
his heart sole with chagrin and disap
pointment.
Julia went into the kiteh n and
" spoke her mind "to KaL very freely.
To throw away a chance of keeping
Bower Farm in the family, was. in her
opinion, re-ally criminal.
" Y"ou are c-razy. Kate Haven't I
warned you over :utd over that you will
be left penniless, old ancl facied at
mother's death? You will l>e an old
maid, no one will have you then, and
—oh good heavens, what do vou ex
pect—7'
" I expect my lawyer," coolly an
swered Kate, patting the smooth loaves
of bread in the pan.
"That is the craziest notion of all.
I gave you credit lor more common
sense, Kate, than to believe in such trash.
It is really too ridiculous ot talk about."
"Then don't talk about it." said Kate.
"lain not anxious to hear your eio
ciuent haraneU'-s on my poor little
daisy's prophecy."
" Itut you can't mean that you will
throw away good chances lor the sake
of a silly notion."
" I mean that I will wait for my law
yer." said Kate, still smiling.
" How you cling to that idea! I've
n > patience with you at all. If Lnke
had been a lawyer. would you have
married him? Come, let's sec how much
you really think of that idea."
" I didn't say I'd have any lawyer."
answered Kate. " I mean to choose my
lawyer. I pulled every leaf off tin
daisy. and i! 1 ft the last one a lawyer:
so a lawyer it will be; and I mean to
wait lor my lawyer until my lawyer
comes."
"Horrors!" cried Julia, "don't use
that detestable word again. I am
utterly sick of it. I hope I'll never
more see one of the profession."
Kate iaughed out loud as her sinter
fled to the parlor, worsted in the battle.
The first week of July came, and one
fine day when the sun was sinking in
the west. Squire Day drove up to the
front gate of Bower Farm, hitched his
horses—they were certainly handsome
creatup-s—and entering the house asked
to si-e Miss Kate. Julia saw the arrival,
and leaning over the railing at the head
of the stairs, heard the question. She
knew at once wliat was meant by it:
•he knew on what errand the portly
squire had come, and she praveo that
Kate would not throw away litis second
chance of settling herself advantage
ously. Squire Day was able to buy
Bower Farm three times over and
twenty more like it, as far as money wss
concerned.
Kate went into the parlor without
even a glance in the glass to see if her
appearance would lie apt to please her
eideriv lover. She knew as soon as she
saw the shiny appearance of his boots,
the new suit of broadcloth he wore, and
the general aspect of the whole man,
that lie had come to ask her a very im
portant question And she was not
mistaken. In a brief but impressive
manner Squire Day offered her his name
and heart.
Julia kept her head out of the window
until the squire came forth. She had a
good view of him, and knew by his dc
jected aspect that fie bad 'icen refused.
This was a little too much! Kate de
served a serious reprimand now; and.
prepared to deliver it, Julia ran down
stairs and met her sister in the hall.
"So you've rejected the squire." were
Mrs. Bertram's first words. " Well,
you've taken your own stubborn, foolish
course. Kate Morrison, and you'll have
only yourself to thank when you are an
old maid with your pretty looks all
gone."
" I won't spend much time thanking
myself," said Kate. " I will buy a bot
tle of' Bloom of Youth,'and paint my
cheeks, and go to work at the district
school."
" Kate; you may laugh now; but you
won't laufth so much ten years from
now. Squire Day is so rich, and those
lovely horses—"
" And lovely red-headed children," in
terrupted Kate.
" What matters the color of their
hair. The squire is rich, and loves you,
and would give you an elegant home.
Good heavens! what do you expect?"
" I expect my lawyer," was the laugh
ing answer.
Kate! I told you never to mention
that word again. I have no patience
with such folly. You refuse Luke Hart
well; you refuse Squire Day. Do you
think a prince is coming to woo you?
What can you be waiting for?
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
" Waiting for my lawyer," an* wiwl
Kate, and Julia went out, shamming the
door In-hind her iu a manner that spoke
volumes.
A lew days after the squire's rail.
Kate received an invitation from an old
school-mate who lived in a town a
doten miles from Bower Farm to pay
her a visit J ulla consented to manage
tin farm affairs for a wre-k. ami so Kate
went off for a holiday, and was gone
ten days.
"1 have news for you Kate," said
Julia, as they sat at tlie tea-table the
evening of Kate's return home. •• Your
lawyer lias actually come at lost."
" 1 knew he would cotue sooner or
later."-aid Kate.
"Well, he is here; or rather, is stay
ing at tue Farmers' Rest in the village.'
"Who is he?"asked Kate, with an
appearance of interest.
"A Mr. Alfred I'endfxter from the
city, lie is to la- here a couple of
months. It seems he knows Charles
quite well, and came out here the even
ing of the day you left to call on me.
lie is full of fun, and you will be sure to
like him."
Kate did like him. He. too, was very
evidently pleased with Kate. He was
tall, handsome, and a thorough gentle
man. and a favorite everywhere. He
came often to Rawer Farm, aud when
the fail was throwing her brown man
tle over the earth, he told Kate that In
had learned to love her, and asked her
to be his wife. She gave him a differ
ent answer from that she had given
Squire Day and Luke llartweli
" Now, Julia. I told you 1 should
marry a lawver," *;iid Kate', when she
announced her engagement to her eider
sister.
" Well, 1 am very glad you have
found him. 1 didn't believe you would,
but I wish you much joy and a speedy
w coding."
" He is to return to his law office next
week." replied Kate. " But in Decem
ber he is to come aud take me away. 1
shall believe more firmly than ever in
daisy fortune-telling after this, and shail
never forget to pick one every June."
In December Kate was married, and
her dress was trimmed with daisies
artificial, of course—and a bunch of the
pretty white and gold flower* was at her
throat. Mr. i'enoextersmiled as lie *aw
them, fc-r of course Kate Kul to hi him of
how she had decided her fortune.
They went at ouoe to tlie pretty home
in the city which the young husoand
had made ready for his bride, and over
the quiet elegance which Kate went into
testacies.
One morning, when they were fairly
settled in their new home, Kate told
Altresi that she wanted to walk down
town with him to *•*• his law-office.
" You won't tin.l many books there,
Kate. I have ledgers by the doxen, but
nothing appertaining to the law. You
can see ah the grain and hay you want,
though."
" Why. Alfred, what do you mean?"
asked Kate, paie with surprise.
"That I am not a lawyer, my dear,
but a eomuii--ion merchant, le't nie
explain thi- mystery: I went to the
* Farmer*' Rest 'to stay a cx>uile of
months, and indulge myself in hunting
and fishing. I called on your sister,
and she told me all a)*>ut you. and your
fancy concerning the lawyer. With no
thought of ever becoming more than a
friend to you. I proposed passing my
eif off as a lawyer, wearied of the
"ourts, an! in search of rest. After 1
learned to love you I would have told
\ou niy real <•' upatioa, but Julia
begged me not to do so, saying tbat you
were too full of notions for me to risk
it. I did not believe that, dear: but
-ince it wasa harm less deception, I con
sented to keep it up until aftet I had
marritel you. Perhaps I had n faint
idea of D ing a second lx>rd Burleigh.
Do you feel very sorry I hoaxed you,
Kate?"
" No; I don't care at all. I love you
now, so it iuak'*s no difference to me
what your business is."
" But you will never again believe in
daisies?" he laughed.
" Indeed 1 shall, she ericd. with
energy. "How could the poor little
daisy tell if I was to have a bogus or a
genuine lawyer?"— Florence IF. Ihnuy,
c iM/tncslic Monthly.
Uo-operulive Mores.
It will 1h- strange if the visit of Mr. j
George Jacob Ilolyoke to this country
docs not result in the establishment
hereof a system of co-operative stores !
for the working classes, such as he has
been so largely instrumental in found
ing anil carrying forward to success in
Great Britain. His addresses set forth
si) clearly the manner of conducting ,
these stores, and desorilw so well the
benefits they have -onferred upon tin
poorer classes, that public attention on j
this sidoot the Atlantic will t-e certain to
l>e directed to the system, nnd some ef
fort to introduce it in our principal cities
will naturally follow. The (Rochdale
plan has demonstrated it.s value by
an experience of twenty "years, that
hundreds of stores ure working under it
to-day. and that they have accumulated
millions of capital and divided other
miijionsof profits among their members,
while furnishing pure food at the ruling
market rates, challenges attention ; j
and the {connected fact that the system ;
is the outgrowth of the intelligence,
business talent and integrity of the labor- j
ing classes, and is not a gift to them '
from men who have no need of its ad
vantages, must create surprise and ad- j
miration. We had heard in thiscountry !
a great deal of these Rochdale stores be
fore, but lp-re conns the man who has
spent a large share of a lifetime devoted
to philanthrophy in working out the
theory and practice upon which their
success has been based, and who now
gives us the assurance that the theory
is sound and Its practical application
feasible and beneficial. The words of
such men will have a vital in
terest for the American workingman.
He shows them that it is possible
while purchasing needed supplies for
tlieir families to be constantly saving
money in the direct r-tio of heir pur- j
chases; so that at f'v end of the year j
t hat they may hav ifty or a bundled
dollars laid by at interest where tney
now have nothing. He shows, too, that
by the joint effort of ninny co-operative
stores a purchasing agency may be cre
ated, commanding the services of the
best buying talent, procuring goods of
the best quality in the Ix-st market, and
insuring to the consumer, no matter
how small his purchase may be, im
munity from fraud and adulteration.
The co-operative store, a* described bv
Mr. Holyoake, is a guarantee of good
weight, honest measure and genuine
qualiity, and is at the same time a sav
ings hank in which the profits on the
articles sold accuuiulate for the benefit
of the purchasers.
Co-operative stores are not wholly un
known in the United States. A few
years aj.o a number were set up in the
cities and large towns of the Eastern
and Middle States, tint most of them
came to prief. In nianv cases they were
speculations under tin- guise of philan
thropy ; in others they were badly man
aged. If we are not mistaken, they were
all founded on the principal, which lias
been abandoned as a failure in England,
of selling close down to the cost price,
ana thus underselling the regular simps.
They maintained no general purchasing
agency, and could give their customers
no better opportunity for getting articles
free from an alteration, than could the
other retail concerns. Their failure is
no argument against the introduction
of the system wiiicli has succeeded so
well in England. These who are dis
posed to make the attempt should realize,
however, that there is no magic in the
name co-operative which will make un
skiilfulness and shiftlessness succeed,
and should understand that business
sagacity and strict integrity are essen
tial features of the Rochdale plan.— New
York Tribune.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 18711.
Matching s Pattern.
Oncol the fascinating young men In
an uptown dry goods store is in trouble.
It is the custom in the oolabliahtuenl
front which he hasjust bi-en dismissed
to discharge a man who fails to sell to
one of three successive customers.
"Swapping" is the expr> -sit t*-hnlc*l
' term by which this failure is known in
the dry good* business I'hc rule i* not
universal, but it is by no mean* excep
tional in dry good* store* However un
just it may be, it lias a wonderfully
stimulating effect on the elegant young
incii amenable to it, aud wtu-u they can
not sell goods il i* a safe inference that
the customer is eitlit-r sunernaturally
obdurate, impeeuniounor unscrly. lln
voung man referred to had " first call "
one Friday morning; this is the first
customer who entered tin store was, hy
the rule of rotation, hi* exclusive vic
tim. Next morning this privilege
wou.d tall to the lot of some other clerk
and so ou to the end of the list. 1 In
' first customer " swapprel " hiiu, and
tlu-n went out without investing a cent.
The second was in an equally uupro
pitioiis slate of mind, and retired with
out effecting a purchase. On the d*-i>-
ion of the third hung his fate. His am
ple cheek blanched as sin darken**! the
dootway. for a more unlikely purchaser
could with difficulty have been found.
Vnold striped shawl was thrown can*
| Ic-sly over her shoulders, and partially
concealed a roll of calico, which thepai
pitorv heart of the clerk hislineto el
j tell that she came to have mulched.
Now if there is anything in the dry g'H" 1 .-
busincs* more harrowing than anotln-r
iitis to match goods. The exact aliade
ativl texture has to be found, and last
' Uut not least, the price mut corro
■ -pond. A teeling of sickening despair
permeated the heaving breast of Ihe un
-1I >t tunate co rk a- In- ask< .1 " Wstl,
ma'am ?" She lai-l down five yards tunt
i half of caiico of an ao-nlrii pattern,
! and intimated that the success of * great
dressmaking enterprise hinged on her
fortune in finding another vard and a
lialfof the same material. The eye* of
iv expectant clerks weie upon tin
doomed man. He felt that the crisis of
nis peri! had cotm- NY ith an appear
uu-e of calmness that belied the tur
moil of bis feelings, be dived under the
( .ounter and han>l<*t 'Ut endless rolls of
1 -alie.., varying from the radiant straw
i iierry and moss-rose-marked to the
-oU-rest gray. But became not within
thirteen supplementary colors of the r
■ quired pattern. He burrowed in lh<
(cavernous depths of lower -helves, ancl
i an *acked upper ones from the top round
.•f a giddy step-.adder, but he fouud it
not. An liour and a half had gone by,
mid tn* stock was nearly exhausted.
■ flu- proprietor of the store and the (took
keeper and t*>rter had couie to wltn *s
j his death-struggle.
j w aried ladv started for the door, and
: six times had he called her hark and re
- utned hi- frenzied search. The lat
. oicxi was unroll'-tl aud lie wa.* about t>
i drop his hat and gracefully step down
j anil out. when a iieppy thought struck
j him. " Excuse me. madam." said he,
"there's one piece ( overlooked Ist
1 me me that good*," and he look her
bundle, ami diving under the iseinter.
hacked off a yard and a lia.f with the
energy and promptness of rekiudo-d
hope. "Here "ti*. madam; exactly
what vu required," said he confident ly,
spreading out the purloined gcnid*. *h<
■ eke d at it attentively for five minute*
i"lt doe* look like tin' pattern," said
-he, " but still I think it'* not what I
uil. It'* a good deal coar-ur than
mine. If 1 can't get anything nearer to
the pattern I'll come he. k and take it.
t'ic->.! morning." She did come back in
an hour, but not to buy the goods. He
; Tried to dodge isdiind the counter, but.
with the keen-sightednes* of womnniy
revenge, she -pct:-ii hiiu. and he wa*
ignotuiniously hauled out ;uid nrraignecl
U'fore hi* employer. The worst of it
was. that the lntter. in view of the un-
profitable energy shown in his attempt
to effect a sale, had concluded not Jto
discharge him. With the evidence of
his guilt unmistakably, however, it
would lie fatal to the discipline of the
house to keep him. and he was promptly
dismissed. I'ntii the old lady surcee-l* (
in getting a warrant for his nrrrat. Ins
name is charitably suppressed.— Kx
thanqc.
An Incident In the Life of a Million
aire.
Tim following story ol Jacob II ; ig
way. :< wealthy eiti/.< n of riiiiadeipiiia.
who died many year- ag>i. leaving a !
fortune of five or six million dollars, is 1
taken from an article in the Interna- I
/lorwi/ Demi w *
"Mr. Kidgway," stud a young man
with whom the millionaire was eon
versing. " you an- more to bo envied
than any gentleman I know." "Why
-o," responded Mr. Rldgway; "1 am
not aware of any cause for which I
-houid be particularly envied." "What,
sir!" exclaimed the young man in :w
--tonishmeut; " why. you arc a million
aire. Think of the thousands your in
come brings you every month.*"
"Well. What H that:'" replied Mr.
Kidgway. "All I get out ot it is my
victuals and clothes, and I cannot cat
more than one man's allowance nr wear
more than one suit at a time. I'rav. i
eannst you do as much?" "Ah! but."
said the youth. " think of the hundreds ,
of line houses you own. and tne rentals !
they bring you." " What better am I
off lr thai?* replied the rich man: "1
ran only live in one house at a time, j
As for the money I receive for rents,
why, I can't eat it or wear it. f can
only use it to buy other houses for other
people to live in; they arc the lwneli- j
ciaries. not I." " Hut you can buy splen- j
did furniture, and costly pictures, line \
carriages and horses; in fart, anything j
you desire." " And after ! have bought :
them?" responded Mr Kidgway. " what j
tin-n? I can only look at tlm furniture j
ami pictures, and the p<orest m:ui who :
is not blind can do tne same. I can
ride no easier in a tine carriage than ■
you can in an omnibus for five cents,
without the trouble of attending to |
drivers, footmen nnd hostlers; anil as to
anything I desire, 1 can tell you. young
man, that the less we desire in this
world the happier we shall be. All tny
wealth cannot buy me a single day
more of life; cannot buy bark my youth;
i-annot procure me power to keep alar
off the hour of death; and then what
will ali avail, when, in a few short years
at most. I lie down in the grave ami
leave it all. forever. Young man you
have no cause to envv me."
The loist Fight of Hie itunsrar.
Few chronicles of modern warfare
surpass the story of the battle of the
iron-clad 11 unseat - , ofthe Peruvian navy,
with several Chilian vessels, lor its ex
hibition of desperate gallantry From
the tirst the Peruvian was hopelessly
| overmatched, but lie fought to the last
gasp. Early in the combat the ship was
I so crippled in her steering gear as tobo-
I came unmanageable, ar.il .-is she thus
; floated at the mercy of the waves the
Chilians easily kept on tip- safe side of
i Iter, and with their enormous weight of
metal simply hammered h<T to pieces.
And those on hoard the doomed ship,
officers and men. went through their mirt
of tin performance witli a heroism that
could not be surpassed in any navy. In
deed, the maritime nations who are
fondest of referring to the desperate
itoriesof tlieir naval history might be
proud to add to tlieir records a tale like
that of the Huasear Spaniards, and,
least of all. South American Spaniards,
! have not lieen regarded as the sort ol
men likely to fig it in this way on the
sea; but it will not take many tights like
this to establish their fame. 1 here are
some names in the report, however, such
as (Jrau and MacMahon. which seem to
imply that all the heroes were not men
of pure Spanish blood. — New York
IleruUl.
Won't the combing tnan be a barber?
—Uriswold.
THE M IN OF M INV PATH.
% llsiiiill< ■ Si llmill* .1 | |siii b) m
•* 11 > uf IfuMfrio
A partv ol hunters while in search ol
, gaiite tau-ly in the Tstuilat 'rus hilk.oiune
upoti a rude hut in a siuuil elnaring,
a pout >i\ mill * from i'at inn. nndiieiuTy
tie-saint- distatiie ft,>m the Suniji ("rtt/.
xtage road Impelled hy curiosity they
apptxmeheil the slrueturi ;uid linduigthe
diMir wide open went in. lmagin<' their
; surprise and wonder at discovering as
the sole iniiiali- of the room (then- was
but oiit-i what must have la-en origi
nally intendeil for a man The creature
was but partially clothed, the lody from
the waist upward and I torn tin- ktos-s
downward being entirely naked. His
hair w its king and matted, and his fa-e.
hromeeil from exposure, and seamed and
s--iUTed from eollfficts witii wild l-asts
! or enemies of his own race, presented
an appeal mice that startled tile la* hold
ers. Their consternation was not le
, i lied yy h Ii they Is heal bis eyes, yvhleli
protruding from their sockets, glareil
like tlto-u of a wild man. Hi* arms,
breast and leg- w- re coveted with long
coarse hair. For a moment tlu-y ram
and then were alsiut to depart with ee
lerity, w hen lb -man beckoned for them
to remain, at the saiio time muttering
in some unintelligible jargon. The
) hunters, not without trepidation, took
seat* on a huge log, the only furniture
in the room l asting their eve# ataiut
th-'V wen-still ni'ire astonished at what
lieloiv had appi-areil to Is- a black
mass ol something around and alsiut tin
presumed owner of this habitation
I'hey saw at least fifty cats, all bia<-k
and of ail sixes; some as large and as
tierce and as wild looking as a wi.d cat.
Soiue of the larger starti for the visi
tors with siiines creel, when tiie man
: gay e a tax-u!iar whistle and all immedi
; ateiy elusti-rel around him again. \Yon
di-nng what was to come n--\t, the hunt
ers maintained, for some time, a jierfia-t
siiettce. Then one of Uj<-ui *pok- up and
:u>ked the man how liu il was to I'ale hen,
but no answer eamv. Other i(U<'stioiis
were asked, but the man ouly aioked at
1 belli with a pui/.'d star*-. All at once
he leaped ti ins l-ei, gave a veli that
; nearly curdled the liiisnl of the iistem-rs,
and H'undt <1 out of doors. The eat# lol
iowedandlhe hunters saw llu-iu s**am
-1 pering away over the clearing into the
brush and out ot sight. After remaining
for some tittle in the room, the hunters,
noticing siunii box tn one corner, tsk
it up. ij-<-ius! it. and lund th-r in sey eral
slns-ts of writing |>ap r, old and lad-d
and with writing hardly It-gihie. After
considerable eftol they ntanags-t to read
•it and yy •re rewarded with a strange
narrative, which explained what they
desire*' u> kifoir cuncerutng the strange
.as it pan t of the hut. Tin- paper was
dated Iie of Jamaica, IsTl, and slated
that the writer's name was K K Venla;
that lie ha.t l*-n five y< ar a si-w are!
on a plan'at ion; that two years before
be had married a Is-autifui cjixile. who
had proven untrue to htm, and that he
i had slabbed her to death with the dag
ger which she a;iu*i it his br-at when
! he reproached her. Tlia narrative txin
ctudisl has " Then I must have been
mad. for a wis k afterwanl 1 found iny
se.f miles ayy ay. in the forest: I n-el that
I must. ay . must go soiu where, any
where and hide myself. Mv brain
troub ■ - m< and 1 uu afraid i shall mam
<<* mad, 1 will write this and keep it
with me, the time may come when I
will gi veil to the work! " The presump
tion w.o* that Venla *nie to Calilurnia
and yy unlet ing t<- tie- lonely c.caring in
the Santat rut 1 Us,-r- t* u llic hut and
live,! there alone The hunter*
remained until dusk. hoping U>
, meet lb.- strange object again, but he
did not come. Tfienixt day t bey came
again, but the man was still ahaent.
He probably liaa never returned to the
spot!—.SiaJ..* tt'u' ) Ihmhl.
IJalfirrlnc buhl n Hie Kea "*hore.
The mining of gold on tie ocean licarh
has always lo ti one of the leading pro
dueiive industries of Curry county.
These mines have Iwt-n found to pay from
: the Co<juilie south to some distance he
, low tin mouth of Kogue river, and a
large number of these claims arc gtaai
proi rty. DconisCunliff not long since
soul some claim* of this kind near hllens
burg for fi'.'.OOO, and inucli higher ligures
have hi-en offered for some of the other
j beich mines in that vicinity, says the
j ' v*ivf .1/11/ Among thosi may I*-men
tinned the Opliir beach mine, adeposit
of hlark sum on and near the itcach
' ahout lit- mi: * north ol Rogue river.
Mr. Will Iluntiv. tlie pres. Nt own* r. has
! eonstrUHed dykes, etc.. that -Upplv
wati r all the year for working the Ix-ach
bciow high water mark. It pays from
f:; s|o per day. and som- times more,
to the hand <> ing to tic freaks ol Nep
tune in throwing up the sand. The
bluff mine i* twenty-five feet 1 1 wire tide
and is an old h u li in whii'h there is a
stratum of -and from ten to twenty feet
thick, that assays from *"1 to !?-'* to the
cubic yard. Experts who havetxam
ined black sand, pronounce this the rich
<st they have seen in tlregon and Cali
fornia. There is (mm thirty to forty
fi-et of gray sand above the lead, fortn
i ing a bin(V of from seventy-live to one
hundred feet above tide. During the
winter season Mr Huntly runs one hy
; draulie under lorlj feet pressure, using
tifty inches of water live or six month*
in the ye ir. doing all tlic work himself,
and realises from #5 to an ounce a day.
Ifsoine enterprising Yankee were to take
hold of this mine aid const met n ditch
from Kuehre creek. a distance of ten
mile*, it would afford gOO inches of water
! all the year.- Por'lawi (Oriy< in) Dec.
The Boy-Flshe* f Kentucky.
Two of the most marvelous speci
mens of the 'JCHUI HOMO have been dis
covered in Morgan county, Ky. There
nrc two boys named James and llenrv
Elam, aged respectively • igbt and
twelve year*. Tliese boys taik ration
ally, are ordinarily Intelligent, but are
peculiar in having no hair on their
bodies and beads. Their skin is covered
with heavy scales like fish. At the
elbow. kn<-es and f M t joints the skin is
very thick, resembling the skin of an
alligator. They never perspire, but
turn bright blue wb'*n they get heated.
They take to wat er as naturally as fish,
but, strange to say, can't swim. 1 liev
dive and crawl along the bottom with
great activity and delight . 1 hey can
, not walk bare-footed. their feet crack
' ing open, and have to wear shoes
all the time Their eves are large
' :ind round, not almond-shaped, and the
lids are very red. They never wink, and
j sleep with their eye* wide open, and are
always in motion when asleep, lhcir
, features are said to be very good and
I regular. They have to keep their bodies
j greased when not in the water. When
I Die body lie-omen dry the skin cracks
open. Their heads are covered with
scales in lieu of hair. The hoys handle
snakes with impunity and delight, fre
quently quarreling over n single reptile,
hut satisfied when each has one, and
snakes have no antipathy to them, but
follow them like a dog does his master.
The mother of tliese monstrosities has
borne eight children. The eldest, a
daughter of sixteen, is beautiful of form
and features, and the other children are
notat all peculiar. She cannot account
for nature's freak in (those cases .— Mt.
Sterling Democrat.
The new machine for the manufacture
of paper boxes, which threatens to revo
lutionize the important Birmingham
trade, lew just been introduced by a
company in Cleveland, Ohio. A single
machine is capable of producing 15,000
complete boxan a day.
A colt is usually badly beaten before
he is well broken. With an egg it is
different. It has to be broken before it
is beaten.
Cattle Kntshig on Ihe Brslern I'lalns.
Nature provide* very luxuriant
grasses, thnt sustai i all kurelo of stock
all the year, and in ten thousand in
stances, every year provides them with
a robe of fat during the cool summer*
I and dry falls, that Jar exceed* tlie fatten
ing of the •aiue stock with corn, iu> prac
ticed by the average Western farmer
! during all hi* damp fall, and damp,
. bk-ak winter month*.
M'Hit cattle grown on the plains are.
: or originally w ere, driven on the trail
front Texas. The great southern starl
ing point of tills tr ii is San AnUmia.
It runs northward to Hodge City, Kan
i sa*. i lie northern terminus is Ogaliala,
! Neb. AlaiUt |K|,UIIO cattle were driven
on thi* trail from Texas to Kansas, < 'ol
orarlo, Nebraska, Wyoming and Mon
tana. tills year. This I* considered a
I -mall drive, laist year about
were driv n.
Thousands of ponies and sheep are
also driven through on this trail Ten*
of thousands of stock are headed for
Denver, (in-e.cy, t'heyenn#, Juleaburg,
and ilileriiKaliale iMiints, and there soul
to ranchers, but the majority are grazd
l>y the drivei s near IKxlgc C ity or Ogal
iala, so that capitalists or ranchers can
'■©iiic to these iHiinls by rail, and buy
stock with which to start ranches.
The history of one Tax an heifer will
give the reader the history of the hand
ling of the hundred thousand thai roam
over plain and valley. She is not t iu.r
h< rdi-d as ar>- rattle in England, France,
(■ertnany and some parte of Hie prairie
country nfur Western States; but slw is
Isiught from a Texas driver by a rancher,
who take* her to his range. This range
is tioutided by imaginary liru-s. except
in notne instance* in which it is hounded
by a stream, guk-h, or mountain side.
Hie rancher keep* cow-boy* riding
along the imaginary Ijouiidertcs . f his
range im-st of tlu- time, and keep* the
lieiftr witfiin bound* <>f this range,
which is say five, ten. or forty mile*
square, ltui it make* iittui difference if
she gi-ls ovel the bound* of lier o*"ner'
range, on ih< range of a ucigblKiring
ranclier; or even i! Abe wanders a tiun
dred mile*away, it matter* but little.
Sin- ha* lu-r owner's brand burned deep
into her hide, and most eow-lmys know
tin* brand. The rancher* ar- Uund to
gether in stock associations, and through
the rules of tills association, almut twice
a year make what they tenii a general
round up, or gathering together of one
another's cat I.e.
The •■ - • * lllove out nil. < i stl I. t
order* a* pioneer* u**! to in making
circular wolf-hunts Every hill and
vaie is Unversed. This lak<-s alaiut two
month*, in which tune the raiw-laiv*
have tocntup out. Ity tin# iuean every
one'* cattle are gathered together, anil
the heifer that wandered one hundr<-d
miles frotu !it range, is brought borne
again VV lien she is tiil*e<e year* old he
drops a calf. It i brought home with
the heifer and branded, and it is not
touched again if a steer, til! it t* four
year* old. when it iputal*>ard cars and
s.-nt to mark'!; if it be a heifer calf, it
rciu;ui>* on the range with it* Ham so
i.tig a it jirodures a call each year.
Her mxin disturbance ton v wb<vi she i*
brought home to her own range and her
calf branded. She may go on in this
way for twenty y< ars; but should sh<- D
so ungrateful to h<-r owner as tn fail to
produce a i-ad in spring, tln-n *h. gets
very ft by *ummer or fad. and i* put
altoard cars and sent, to market.
iteliablr < MlltiiUe- place the number
of fat cattle l sat will be cat hen si this
year from range* on the Union l'< ific
and tVntrai l'nrifie railroad*. fntn
tin* ne river -a.v ti Hitua Creek, N'!•.,
at from 1011,000 to pjo.ono head. The
-atue line of r iiroad* sliippt-1 over 80,-
otxt head last year.— K. fi. Hounr-l, in
dUaijnl'dfr~<h*f in.
How Sitter lire i* Sold a! Lenditllr.
The businras •>( burin* and sailing
ore* in a nunp iike this, when the ou V
put <>f the mine* i* so immense :in<! the
value in dollar* *o great. has teen n--
duccd to a science. and 1* by no mean*,
a* many have app<o d. dependent upon
the fair dealing and honesty of th" mil!
men who generally are the purchaser*.
The large mining corjairation* and
wealthy individual own< rsof productive
properties have lie ir own wnayflr. i*
well a their own scales :tf the mints,
so (far at practicable, similar orra from
the different pay streaks an' piled to
gether for shipment. under the distin
guishing title* of hard rarl>onaU, iron
dark mad. gray sand and many other
varieties The mts&yer mak<* tre<juent
assay* for the punniteof keeping a in ti
er*! knowledge of theae separate kind*
of tire, yet such assay an- not the ha*i
upon which sen.es are made, owing to
the fart that such sample* may lie eiUter
too iiigh or too low for the hulk of *urh
lot*, and the correct sampling work* of
retervittg no many pounds at regular in
ter cnls.outofn given weight of ore a* it is
being erushed. Thi*Ystemgive*npproxi
innieiy the true value of til* bulk of ore
to ascertain which is ••.|U-*iiy to the in
terest of the buyer and wiler. Samples
front tin *e hulk sample* are assayed by
the mill men and by the owners. and if
the ounces closely tally, the priee to lie
paid is arrived at. It too gr-at variations
occur the assays are made over again
until they do agree. The owner of ore,
knowing the cost of milling and market
ing ore. is as well ah!** to determine
what the mill men can afford to pay a*
the mill man himself, and thu.* there i*
full and complete satisfaction and eon-
Hdettee existing between the *< iler* and
buyers of on- in tin* camp. The weight
of each ton of on* is made totally almost
to a pound by allowing lor the light
waste in hauling, and it is very seldom
that disputes arise on this point —Accni
villi Urtxillt-
lion Animal* tie! Home.
Many dnmratic animals show a true
homing faculty. and often in a degree
which excite* our surprise. One of th
most remarkable cases I knew was that
of two of the mules of a pack-train
a hicli, plainly by concerted ac tion left
our camp one morning without cause or
provocation tie were in southwest
ern Wyoming, about seventy-live ntiies
northwest of Rawlins station. wlmre% e
hail begun our march. Our course,
however, had bix-n an exceedingly
roumlaliout one. including a great deal
of very had country, where no road or
trail existed. These mules made no at
tempt to trace it hack, but struck
straight across the country. They were
chased many miles, and showed not the
least hesitancy in choosing their way,
keeping straight on no roe* the rolling
plain, with a haste which seems not to
have been diminished until Rawlins was
almost reached, when they were caught
by some prospectors. For weeks they
had to be csraftilly hobbled to prevent
a repetition of the experiment.
How did those animals know the di
rection with such certainty? Mutes
frequently follow a very obscure trail
backward for many miles, and. even
more than horses, may In* trusted to
tlnd the way home in the dark ; but this
is only when they have been over the
road before, and Is quite as.fullv due to
their superior eyesight a* to their strong
sense of locality. 1 have also seen mult s
following the trail of a pack-train a lew
hours in advance, almost wholly by
scenting; but the two runaways above
had no other conceivable help in laying
their course than some distant moun
tain-tops north and east of (and hence
behind) them, and to profit by these
would have required a sort of mental
triangulatiou.— Scrxlmer.
A new occupation for the young men
wlio are tilling up Western Texas, seek
ing their fortunes, is to start "goosi
ranches." t >uc ranch lias U.iHto gesso,
whose feathers are plucked every two
months. Knell goose averages a pound
and a half a year, the feathers being
worth fifty cents a pound.
TKRMH: #2.00 a Y)ar, in Advanco.
I he I'opulatinn l Africa.
Wi* can not hope for tniuiy yenra yetto
have anything like u*unOe statistic# on
i tic |Mi|<uluiioii of Africa. Several
1 region*. the jM.j.ulnt i<n of which i cer
tainly groat, will probably Ion? r#ca|>e
anything like a thorough examination.
There are, for example, in the region* of
the rieat lcountries quite m
thickly peopled a# many of the StaP-s of
Kurouc, Stanley tell# u* of countriea
of relatively small extent, ami which
y. t po*Ex-a million# of inhabitant*.
When we lml) have succeeds <1 in mak
ing an approximate census t.f all the
|Mjpulationa, we shall jrobably reach a
figure considerably higher than the
pri-iw-ni estimate. Some authorities ac
cord to Africa not more than
inhabitant#: other# still b***. (.ertnan
geographer# supjmmm- that Africa con
tain* somewhat more than ikai.Ouv.uuu
inhabitants; the latent Knglish pubiica
lion# eatiiuate the imputation at INi.taio..
(100, whieh, for an area oi ll,Sl#i.(lort
square milcn, give# an average of six
teen inhaliitant# m-t square mile, or a
tjkviliu population eleven and a half
tnm-a i<- tli.in that of France. Africa,
which ha# tifty-acvcn timea tlie arra of
France, ha# proimbly scarcely eight
liu)<w the population. Ttie suppression
of the aiave trad< and the influence of
KurojM-.ui civilization may lead to an
im-rvaiM- of population very rapid and
very great. It should Se obrved tliat
the approxiuinii- figure of lite sjwvitle
population, applied to the whole of the
Atrican continent, will not give ju-t
idea of the compact character of the
population oi tin- interior According
to Behna, the negro regiona arc by far
tiir tuual popuiou# part# of tie continent.
If the jM>jiuiaUon are ajoirw* in the
depart jwirt*. they are very dense in
other regiona. Tliua, in tin- Souonn ttie
p ciulatiou ia estimated at 0,0110,00 U. or
about lifty-three t*-r square mile; the
town of Hi da, on the Niger, ha# a ppu
laliun of mu.uu inhabitant#. The j*pu
iation of Ka#t Africa is estimated at
JO.QnO.OOO. and that of Kqualjrial Africa
at 40,000,000. (hie of the Latest author
tidd tin j. pulation of Afri<-a a#
follow* among the great laiuiiie# into
which ethnologist# nave divided the
peoples: Negroes. 130.1*10, OHO. Handle*,
•jo.oononn Itantua, i3.txxi.otio; Fulah*.
w.cxxmxxl: Nubian*. I,sixi,(Xlo: Hotten
tot#. AO <*xi Tld* would rive a total
population of l7tf.Asti.tWO These ligure*
are, of <our*e. iinly approximate, ami
mar be mtn-h modified by new and more
pm-ioc information Tlie Hantu*. lor
example, who. according to F. M Mui
ier. form at lw#t on*-qUnrter of the
jKipuiation of Africa, might he found to
number sp.ono.ouo. These data we take
from a paj>*r by M. A. Raitaud, in the
llu'.Utui of t!e Marseille* (ieograpliitml
St"-Jet y.— 1.-'tuL- ft 'hiwi.
The Step-Ladder.
It ia x cry probable that in the ages pre
eedinp the step-ladder it wu a common
prnrik* for the housewife who wished
to take down the curtain* to place a
chair on tlie crnter-iablc and then to
mount from one to the other. It i
claimed that we have here the true origin
of tlie step ladder. lake liie table, it t*
quadrujxdal. and liie germ* of it# u-p*
are contained in tin two stejw which are
formed when a chair is uj*-riniposed
upon liie tabic. Comparative anatomy.
a well a# bjrpotlirtkal history. suiqair:*
the theory that tie step-'-adder spring#
froiu th< union of tlie chail and the
table, although it iuu*t be confessed that
U due* iw>t throw any light on the origin
of the hingi-a. which form one of lire
leading characteristics of the *t je
btdder.
In spile of its inoffensive look, it de
light# to do ail tlw injury in it# power.
. . i. t. i g with which to
inflict p iiniu. and dangerous kick* In
the spring and autumn, when <-urtaina
.arc taken down .and picture frame* are
dusted, the surface of the indie* of the
household is to a large extent biack nnd
idue with the bruiws lhu inflicted.
The step- ladder, with air < ions runnier,
ofu-n lie* down at night In the upper or
lower hall, to wait ho casual victims.
The man who gets uj< at niglit with a
view cither tocatscT roblier. and waika
within the rlutein <d a step-ladder
#tret-hed at fdil lergt' l on '' ,e fl°° r - •*
gi-m rally an unreevgnlr.ahle n.a# of
bnii**s, broken glam. and spilled gem
sine by the titne t fiat help come* to re
lease him. Men have been known to
tangle tiiemaeive* up *o inextricably
with a proa# and vi-toua step ladder
that they liatc continued to fall over it
for hours at a time. Among the whole
family of domistie furniture, Up*rc i*
none that compares in subtle malignity
with tlie treacherous and rruel step
ladder.
That the step-ladder will roam vast
distant** if left unfastened during either
day or night. ev<Ty one is a war- No
matter where it may ne left it will never
la- found in tlie *ame plai-e uniess it has
Itecn securely fastened. Many a man
lias iefl a step-ladder in the front parlor
when summoned to cease hanging pic
tures and to tome to dinner, but aimost
invariably he ba* found that ladder
either in the attic or down in the cellar
when the iliuuer has come to an -nd.
Step-Udder* left incautiously on the
front steps of New York houss liave
bis n known to wander from house to
houst- throughout Uie entire hl<>ek. and
there is one step-ladder in Ka*l 1 wenty
scnnd street wlilc.li is so well known to
the poHoe That it ha- h<-en seized and
carried to the station house as a vagrant
at least a dozen times during the last
ten ycat*.
Rhymes, Funeral and Hymeneal.
It has long (seen the funeral custom
among a certain class of society in New
York to np;>end a pin-tic tag to the news
paper announcement of the death of a
relative. The verso is not. as a ruie,
very good; but the sentiment is sim-cre
and the intention respectable. Here is
an example culled from the column* of
the New York ffcrnlii. After rc-ordiiig
tlie ocath of Isaac Florence, a child
aged three year* and eight months, the
bereaved parents add two versos, of
which we quote the seeond :
Kol.t away- thorn little clothes.
That our Florence ne<t to wear;
He's no more on earth to need them.
He has climbed the golden stair.
Underneath i* gravely written byway
of pnstseript. " He ha* gone to meet his
grandmother." There is a pathos un
derlying these rude rhymes which
shieids them Irom criticism. But we
cannot observe without protest a nas
cent practice of invoking tlie family
muse on the occasion of weddings. It
has come to pass, notably in Michigan,
that no wedding is complete without a
poet ic address troni the parent#, which
i- appended to tin- customary newspaper
announcement of the ceremony. To
uttote one example from a score: Mr.
Oliver Hill, of Davisbugh. marries Miss
Mira l.von. cf Mtaiina. The event is
announced in tlue torm in tlie lmal
papers, witli the midition of the follow
ing verse:
Oliver, you have trom her childhood's home
iM>r pvirc taken;
May she tiy you be ne'er loraaken,
And may iier love to you prove always true
and unshaken.
It must be admitted that this is not a
cheerful marriage hymn. There is a
tone of melancholy running through it
—a prevision of evil pervading it not
calculated to raise the spirit# of a bride.
On the threshold of life Oliver is marked
with the suspicion of intent presently to
abandon the girl whom the first line
leads us to fear he has forcibly abducted.
Tliis may he due to a tinge of melan
choly in the constitution of the parents.
Persons of more sanguine nature, would
have taken a brighter view of things.
But, tip: rt front particular instances,
tlie growth of the custom is to be de
plored A new tcrroi would unques
tionably he added to matrimonial rela
tionship if on his wedding-day a man's
father and mother-in-law were, like Mr.
i Silas Wcgg. expected to droj) into
i poetry. — London News.
NUMBER 48.
FOR TIIK FA IK SFX.
Kubtun MMm.
The fashionable muff is quite unall.
Jet ornament* aru beautiful un black
i hair.
hull* are much trimmed in apron
| shape.
Gold-embroidered lai c ia among frrah
exiravagan<-e*.
•tjuiliing* "f different kind, arc much
! UM>(l aa trimmings
Brunette* nr- wearing tlca and ncekrr
■ chief, of bright haUwoap yellow.
Ostrich feather* in ounlraatlng shades,
are now found to match the changeable
■ilk*.
Colored c Urn 111* fringes, finished with
cnahmrre head*, are among new trim
ming* for cosily dream**.
Aliaorte of crawling thing*, lizard.,
spider*, beetle., frog, and tr terpillare. a.
well a. serpent*, are reproduced in jew
elry.
The wdic.t toilet* are of black *atin
and *iik profusely decorated Willi jet
embroideries, fringe* and paascuien
twin.
A coquettish addition to a *ct of fur*
i* a hag to Ire worn at tie *id*. When
the suit i* fur trimmed a fur belt may be
added also.
Engagement bracelet* are mrmetime*
substituted for ring*. Tbey fasten witb
a gulden padlock and tbe hirer wcai* the
key at hi* watch chain.
Imng necktie* of bright colored .ilk.
embroidered on tbe end*, have again
appeared in the ahop* after an aueencc
of two or three m'*hiui.
The Zouave jacket reappear* in vel
vet, heavily braided or embroidered
with gold, and in .at in richly orna
mented with iridescent bead*.
Colored underwear ha* Iteen imported
in very large quantities this year, ami
it i. thought that it will be more popu
lar than it ha. ever been before.
White i. much worn by young ladies
in the evening. Cream and ivory white
are mucti used. The materials ju> fable,
acheuiin*. light cloth and niuiiin.
Some of lite new morning dresses
have the front breadth, opened to show
brocaded skirt*, and others are made
with House waist* arid panier sashes.
Short wnisU are predicted as aniurg
coming *tyles. In that caw- tbe "slim .Up
of a girl." who ha. reigned so long, will
retiri- in favor of her more plump sisu-r.
The tine shirring, used on umlerctolb*
in|. are rpnriiM by plain band* about
a sixteenth of an inch wide, and stitched
on both sides so that they are a* tirm a<
o>rd#.
Broad Le ad lace* and head embroid
eries are used for side trimmings upon
dresses, separating the hark from the
front, or for the back of mantles or the
front of bodices.
The lineal novelty of the season in mil
linery is what is known as the "feather"
bonnet. This is composed annual wholly
of mounted feathers taken from the
nerks ol pheasants, at ioast half a dozen
of which arc required for one bonnet.
I'retty liule black *ilk chatelaine pock
et* are painted on the upper sale with a
single flour or a ttouquel of roses, liliies
of tbe valley, forget-me-nots, or any
.other favorite flower.
The birds that dm) most favor are of
the parrot sporUw. with Hag bills and
vcry ■pay plumage, in which there is
yellow, green and red, as these color*
krn much seen in the eashniere conibin
stion. Dragon Ilk-*'of In-illiant colors
are for the same niMin popular orna
ment*.
Iteorntly imported fan* are of silk and
satin in ail liic new oolots, and al-o
white and black witli hand emhroiderit s
in arti.tic leal and flower design* and
1 jardiniere color*, ard bordered with a
1 double or triple row of feathers colored
to in aim the < mhrotderics: the sticks
ait lo csrved tlxwy.
llariier's Bnuor says liiat in New York
tlm ecliarp. (or victorin f), with king
wide end* in imtit to '-over the chest i*
f.*t taking the place of tip boa in set. of
fur; indeed, tin- boa is almost eontined
to fur seal and black marten, n* U <-*e
fura an- niov effective wln-a made
round instead of flat.
Tlic walking jacket of th" season I*
small and close-fitting, perfect.y piain.
n* rest, aoiiftimri in fact double
breasted, with side lappels upon the
short skirt of the back, whie i do not ex
tnd lielow its edge; English collar,
square, not large pockets ai.d cull*. It
fit* like a glove, except the buttons,
which are often striking, always hand
some
*,m d XWM for
tjuc n Victoria's income i* orrr 95.-
OOO.OtNi a year.
A Iyindon physician lately advertised
in the 7Yt<- for a lady housekeeper,
offering libera! terra*, and received 1.100
applicant*.
There are now five ladies in tliesciiool
of theology id Uu Boston University. In
Un- college of liberal art* Uierc arc
eleven Louie* in the femhmaa class.
Ar. English school lo*rd ha* expelled
an elgh'-veaf old pupil who came to
school with ornamental Iwad* in her
"•or*. and a Philadelphia private school
teacher refused to readmit a sirl who
had been playing in the tuvenile
" Pinafore" company during Urn sum
mer.
Miss Alice S. Hooper. of lloswn. left
s|iifl,ooo worth of property by will to
friend* and rublic institutions, she
cave es'-li to the ll,sP>n train
ing school for nurse* and tlic Betln sda
Society, of Button. The r<-st of her
valuable property she bequeathed to
personal friends and relative*.
Mr*. M illie I'otts. who in May kt*t
left Baltimore for New Orleans, has re
turned. having made the whole distance
on foot. She avcraced t went y-one m i lea
a dav. wore out five suit* of clothe*,
"didn't spend a cent." was entertained
free at all hotel* and eating house*. re
ceived innumerable present* and sent her
trunk aiinui of her by express all the
way " without charge.'
The King of Siam. appreciating the
result* of the Knclish education of his
childhood, i* giving the same advantages
to hi* own children. IVinoesa Civili,
his bright, clever ten-year old daughter,
receives from an accomplished English
iady regular imtruetion in French. Eng
lish and German, music, dancing and
drawing. The queen, lier mother,
takes great interest in the iessons, and
is so pleased with foreign ways that she
trlks of adopting tiie European dress.
Die poor authorities of Dover and
i'anterbury, England, are greatly puz
zled over a supposed Japanese girl who
was recently toond wandering about
the street* or the latter city. So one
there or in Dover heing able to converse
with her, she was sent to l*>ndon. The
Japanese consul of that city say* that
there is no similarity between her lan
fiuuge and tliat of Japan. The girl and
ier story remain mysteries. As no one
will support the poor stranger "in a
strange land," the authorities send her
from one city to another.
The Fate of Zulu Cowards.
What Zulu discipline and rule was,
says a correspondent in South Africa,
is clearly indicated by a story told by
Cetewayo himself while on his way
down to the place ofembarkation. Point
ing to a bush which he designated by
the name of the Coward's bush, he in
formed hi 9 conductors that in front of
that hush Chake used to sit after a lmttle
had been fought in order to hear accu
sations of co wax dice against an? of his
soldiers. If a man was convicted on
what seemed nuflieient evidence he was
expected to stand still wit!) hi* left arm
high above his head, while an assegai
was slowly and by degrees thrust down
ward from the armpit till it pierced tli
heart.
ITEXH UP INTEREST.
France has penny savings banks for
schoolboy*.
The saddest words of tongue or ten.
—" Here's that collector of bills again.
In San Francisco bay are nlnety-twt
varieties of flah for food.
Postal cards, now almost universal,
started in Austria in IMS.
The dentist, like the farmer may
rackon his profits per nor*.
He who gives you fair words feeds
you with nn empty spoon.
"Swan* ring before they die/* Thav
have to. If they sing at all.
"None but the brave deserve Ua
hair," I* the way the Indians put it.
There is a tea plantation at George
| town, 8. C., and it is paying its owner.
Fifty is the youth of old age; forty the
old age ot youth. 8© says Victor Hugo.
Cane City. Kentucky, ha* been rim •
ping its strawbrrricaof thesro.mil yield.
The oldest postmaster in the United
State* is Itoswe!) Besrdriey. ol North
! ieuiring. N V . who lias been In office
llftv-otie years.
| Enterprising miner* are mining gold
' on tin- o< '-an bench in Currey county.
Or I gon The gold is found in deposit*
lof black sand on or new the beach. *
A new kind of gtreat potato* i* culti
vated in KTO countv.Cal.. picked speci
men* of which weigh from fifteen to
I eighteen and twenty-two pound*.
Letter writing in Great Britain goes
argely ahead of this country, it being
thirty-one p*v capita there, compared
with six tern per capita lien-, for the past
: year.
E. E. Mack, of Albanv. New York
lis* secured backers and is rxeav.-uu.g a
I long mining tunnel new Idaho Spring*.
Idaho. Th- tunnel will IK* four miles
long.
The Cincinnati Commercial give* pre
foresee to canal ioata a* a safe mean* of
traveL for the reason that the boats nevei
cun off from tbe track, and the propel
ling males seldom explode.
borne one lia* invented a Msbiar fw
i .ranking the cactus into a mass of white,
elastic fiber. which will be u*d in
mslkiug mattrooee. It is said tiie cost
of auUnsM will be reduced forty per
uenL
France, Germ any, Italy Austria and
Switzerland haw agreed that Ui-ir < m
haasies and consulate* shall *eud home
indigent person* of their mspectiw ns
tionaittim at half the ordinary railway
fares.
Jt is pleasant fora man to go early to
a church sociable, and then sit I" <bc
parior and listen to erery Irerii male ar
rival knock hi* new silk off the top peg
in tiie hat rack, down to the floor.-
/Jnwlcye.
Tlic Norri*town //<-roid Iclii a goo'
story about a man who an
alarm clock one dav and returned it the
next afternoon. Rt aaid tiiat it made
such an awful ra -ket in tiie mornmr
that he couldn't *le >p.
A Cliinaman in i*ari committed sui
cide because his tormentor* bai cut off
his queue. He fastened the cherished
braid with pins to the place where it
ought to grow, and then jumped into
the river.
When you *ee evidence* of hair on the
lapp lof a young man'* coat, and the
•oncave sid*-of his sieeve worn thread
bare it is Utifrabn. safe to oonclude tHat
IK- lias been hugging something more
than a delurion.—ffcoAwk 'fah fay-
No boy of ordinary ability, who has to
manipulate the buvk-aaw and ax. and
futnish the family with fire-wood, will
think of going lo work before he baa
selected a convenient place whew he can
hide the knot* that split hard —Owegs
7Wf*.
V oung Seward placed a pistol at lit*
head in the presence of the gtri who had
rejected his suit, at Houston. Minn.,
and said he was going to commit sm
cide. He counted ooe. two—* and she
covered her eyes with her hand*.
•'Look at me." he aaid; she ofieyed;
* three!'' and into his brain went the
fatal bailee
The London Ne* Quarterly fcrior has
discovered that in the United Slates the
degeneration of tbe wisdom teeth lia*
gone farther than in ay European coun
try; that tiie jaw* are aimoat abnor
mally short ttiat the lower jaw ia apt
to be ratbcr " underiiung." and that it
is lieooming a common prncti<-e to re
move sonic of the molar teeth of child
ren. as the jaw doe* not grow targe
enough to hold the proper number.
One cricket would taad a poor show
. trying to stop a railroad train. '*ut
milli-ms of them can do it., AIN estorn
hound railroad train ne' an army of
crh-kct* at Ciarke'* atatton. abwu* fifteen
miles west of Reno, Nev.. and wa de
tained tso hours and a half trying to
get through To make the pMeage the
train men were fiaaiiy forced to take
broom* and sweep tiie inw-ct* off the
rails. The "Tickets rovercd the tra k
for about three mile*, and when the
driving wheels of the enrine w.rnid
strike them they would whirl around
without going forwatd an imh.
Mr. fiiffeo announce* in hi* roivnn on
th* agricultural returns of Grc*! Britain
that in l-Tu tfo* total quantity of -uiti
vatcd land in the United Kingdom w#
ncarlv forty-eight milli-m acre*, cxi lu
sive ul fo atii. mountain, pasture land,
woods and plantations. Icing an in
crease since Ik** of nearly one million
seven hundnd thousand acres, or about
the same area a* the whole of I>evon
fliirr Simuitanou*ly during the pasi
ten years there has been a decrease in
the wheat crop of nearly one million
acres, or a fourth of the entire area
wheat cultivation in In
green crops there is a trifling increase—
father more than sixty thousand addt
: tional aero* having in DCS fwen planted
with potatoes. Swede*, turnip*, carrot*
eahlMMP"*. vetches or lucerne, than in the
preceding year.
Trerident Flitter, of Union College, at
the recent Episcopa" Church Congress,
made an indignant protest against the
expenditure of so much money in
funeral pomps, and in equally <s*Uv
pouumu* uiotiumcnU. ikMftd Ik 1
grieved " to be confronted liV thesurges
tion tlrat in the Stale of New York
akme t* hundred million* of dollars
have in recent year* been sqUaaderod
upon cemetery monument*—a glaring
erinie against true memorial art. and
against the spirit of Christianity. To
what purpose is this waste? To no
purpose; to none of comparative worth
and endurance This cemetcriai dis
ease is taking uch hold of Mm- popular
heart. minttering so much to mere
emulation or vanity, and yielding com
paratively so litt.c return in consolation
or lielp to art. or in sntsmr to liumanitv,
that it should he denounced, not simply
in the name ot memorial art, but in the
name of Christ. We need not merely
Fapal bulls for tiie benefit of Ui< poor
fuiminrUtri against the multitude of car
riic at ftmerahi. But OnthoHc xuid
iVotestnnt donunciatlott of the mortuary
madonna, which, taking pmes*im of
American tpmci aucka the nfc
lilood from tiie heart of Christian char
ity and art." .
IV hat Is Peat I
Immense stratum ot peat underlies
the city ot '*<yston. Everybody ought
to know what peat • but some don't
know. It is a spongy mass of vegetable
matter, the out-growth of swampy soils,
and is composed of matted foots, leaves
am! stems of plants, the forms of which
ere distinctly preserved, and sometimes
ost in the spongy substance produced
|ov their composition. It originates in
! places naturallv moist, wliere an abund
ance of vegetation flourishes and decays,
and where the new growth above leaves
he lower portion dead and burned. In
:ime. eneroaching upon some fonner
[huul hed, it usurps the domain of the
water, and accumulates to a depth of
from twelve to forty .feet. NN orkmen
came across the peal btnls the other day
while making a sewer in Boston.
Drowned In Barley.
While a vessel was being loaded with
har'ey at the wharf at Bowmanville.
Ont., recently, some hoys went up to the
third story of tiie elevator and amused
themselves by jumping into a bin, from
which the grain was running, by means
of a spout, down to the ground floor.
One boy. about eleven years of age,
named Terry, jumped into the hollow
formed over the wlio;e of the spout, and,
being unable to climb er.t. wa* drawn
under the grain and smothered. At
tempts were made to rescue liim. but
this was found to be impossible, and
several hundred bushels had to he run
out on Hie floor before he could la
reached. taking about two hour* and a
half. The bin is about twenty-five feet
deep, and the boy was about ten foel
under the grain and standing upright
when found. Life was quite extinct.