ny The Language of Rivds, I remember well one summer's day, While sitting in the park, A youthful souple passed close by, Intent upon a lark. They stopped beneath a shady tree; A bird sang overhead, He blushing asked her It she knew what little birdie said? Her answer was a simple © No,” Then rolled het eyes so blue. He stammered out, ** My dearest Jane, It saye that * I lovayou!'™ “ And is that ali?” she then nguired, “Dear William, kind and troe; 1 thought, perhaps, it also said, ‘ Please show it, it you do." we Philade i pha Sun, He shakes the popper o'er the coals, She eyes the kernels by his side, As 'roand about like ‘prisoned souls, In sore unrest, they tortured glide, They both are blushing faint the five, Though now the kernels ‘gin to hop; He brings his chair a little nigher— And then a big corn utters Pop! Knoouraged thus, his eourage mounts; She locketh down as hall alraid; And though his heart doth give a hounes, He stammered forth, maid; At my fireside forever bask,” He almost lets the popper drop; “Dear John,” says she, “please fo and ask" And then a kernel hollers «1 7 Cleveland Foice A CLEVER CAPTURE “ A letter, Sir Richard.” “Any answer required? “§ don’ know the messenger is out. side.” “Wait!” The speakers were Sir Richard Mayne, the chief of the London police, and a subordinate. With the last word of command, the commissioner, who was seated in his private office, in White hall, opened the enve'ope and read: “The Duke of Skelty presents his compliments to Sir Richard Mayne and would be obliged for the attendance of | a suitable detective at 1he ball and sup per to be given by the duchess to-mor- row evening.” The chief smiled eynicaliy perused the communicat @ had great difficy breaking down a prejudice anv the titled classes and the work of Dns favorite de. | parsment {the detective bureau) had | much imped T g up his pen he wrote: “1 have the honor to scknow ledge the | receipt of your grace’s letter, and to in- | form you that an officer will be present | at the time mentioned. “Your obedient servant, “RicHArD Mayne.” Folding the lotier, and inclosing it in an envelope with deliberation, the com- | missioner handed it to his subordinate, who immediately lef the room. Sir | Richard Mayne understood the duke's motives in requesting the presence of a! detective. He was aware that some of | the most daring robberies in the me. | tropolis bad been perpetrated in those | brilliant assemblages, but hitherto his | bands had been tied by the convention- | al reluctance to even temporarily recog- | nige 8 detective as an equal. The Duke | of Skeity had made matters easy, and | Sir Richard feit glad that the self intro- duction of members ofthe “swell” mob into reception and ball rooms. had at | Inst ope-ed the way for police represen. | tation. On this oecasion he was deter- | mined to send the best man avsilable— one whose gentlemanly deportment snd professional abilities would reflect credit on the department. He thought over! the matter for a few mume he 8, for hitherto | yy k i iF Ge nis 5 nts, snd then, touching a bell which was promptly | answered, said briefly to the messenger: | “ Send for Inspector Carlton.” The in- spector of detectives shortly alter ap- | peared, and, as he entered the commis- sioner's office, that gentleman favored him with asmile, for he was a favorite with the chief. * Dick” Cariton was conceded to be ‘‘the handsomest man | on the force.” He had been we brought up, and had received a good | education. Though a blonde and rather | effeminate ix appearance, he had nerves | of steel and a fine muscular develdp- | ment. He was always well dressed, | imperturbably cool and self-possessed, | spoke all the Continental languages | with flacney snd ease, was quick in his | movements and prompt to take sdvan- | tage of any circumstance that might further Lis professional ends. Most of | the department, when they entered the | office of the chiel, waited in a respectinl | attitude for the great man to bid thea | be seated, which he sometimes nep- lected todo. ** Dick” Carlton, as stated | before, was a favorite, and with a favor- | ite's privilege Lie walked carelessly into the room, and gracefully posed himself in an easy chair. “ You sent for me, Sir Richard,” said the inspector. *Xes, Carlton, 1 have special work for you,” was theanswer; “several rob. beries have been committed in West End | drawing rooms recently. To-morrow there will be a ball at the Duke of Skeity's town residence in Belgravia. Although every invitation Las heen personally sent out by the duchess, it is possible that one or two objectionable persons will contrive to be present. You will attend in full evening dress, and the duke will, for the time, give you the welcome of 8 guest.” “That all, Sir Richard * Yes, excepting that I desire you to rt to me personally after the ball.” nspector Carlton arose from his seat and leisurely withdrew. Those who knew the least of him dubbed him as Jus szd not orth “his galt,” bat his intimates never made such a mistake. While his body was posed in a lazy atti. Jide, his mind was active—teeming with | ite. _ Questions which were asked in an | idle, indifferent tone were pregnant with meaning to the questioner, if not to the person questioned. He seldom looked any one in the face when con- versing, not because he was afraid to, but because his eyes were seeking infor- wation in one direction while his brain sougnl it in another. Far from looking lazy, he was, in reality, the © ost sctive man in the department, While others were fretting and fussing, hurrying hither and thither, with no very clear idea what to do, Carlton would arrange his programme while quietly smoking a cigar, then composediy hail a cab and £0 about his way in a methodical, cool, and clesr-headed way. More than any other man in the foree, he utilized the telegraph, cabs, railroads, ete., not bee cause he was lazy, but because he estimated all these aids at their proper worth. Iispector Car ton had been en- gaged in some dangerous business since he adopted the vocation of a detsctive. and when he left his chiefs office he congratuiated bLimself that he had a pleasant task for once Nut one thought of danger entered his Lead, and yet, as a matter of fact, it wus to be ene of the most perilous adventures of his life, In pursuance with his instructions the detective made an elaborate toilet and presented himself at the residence of the Duke of Skeity. He went early be- cause he desired to have an interview with the duke, and also to carehlly note each arrival, while he, himself, was unobserved. His grace looked sur- prised when Carlton exhibited his in- spector’s card, countersigned by Sir Richard Mayne, by way of introdue- tion. The Duke of Skelty was too well bred to make any comment, but h was astonished beyond messure. He had expected to see a respectable person, but not the poiished man before him. He was considerably relieved, however, for be had dreaded that the deteective's appearance would be noticed and com- mented on. a8 your grace any instructions?” asked Carlton. y Shs “1 simply desire that you will keep Jour eyes Open in the interests of my ily and my legitimate guests in case any person outside our circle should good. “Of Course,” sontiused the duke, “if you see anything wrong you will be careful to avoid a scene— not desr,” that under any circumstances.” VOLUME XIV. HALL, CO., PA. T ERMBS: $2.00 NUMBER 2. | “May 1 ask it you suticipate any | trouble, Mr, Cariton®” | deteotive's answer | *“As you are quite a stranger, Mr { Carviton, 1 must see that vou are treated | courteously,” saad the duk “Come with me." Inspector Carlton drawing-room wi $ £9 followed Le ere he was introdueed i In due form to duchess, who treated {him with frigid courtesy. The guests | S000 aller began 10 arrive, § nd from a retired corner of the room Carlton Jt i 4 the features of the wvisitors they arrived. Magnificent dowagers, queenly wives and pretiy misses filed into the i room attended by the officers the army and pavy, dignitaries of the church, officials high up in the service, M. P.% und few office Is. Most of personages Cariton knew by sight others by i name, and certainly none of them would answer to the description of a * picious character.” : Durbin and Colonel th na @ Ol cubinet a } Les fy Hether- the door, #1 Yi rit loa ane 28 FLAVA YS Ady ington!" nat I'he detective lo ked iO ‘ Lady Durbin was well known in the tashionable world, but who was her es- he looked like a gen. was not much th in his walk. There was an undefinable something shout him which esused the yes of the Jetective to turn to Lim again and again. e Wi dressed perhaps a little too “loud ™ for thie compan jewelry Was too id to I keeping with {ast Detec Cnr ton 4 aL" tinued his watch, and as he noticed the perpetual motion of the man's body he unhiesitatingly monounced him a fraud. There was nothing of the wo and dig. nity of well-trained soldier in movements They smacked mor the genuil ms of a dancing master. in fact, Colonel Hetherix ing a part, and li nis he overdid it 1 iynx-eyed yardman did not know that ton was a {raud, but Lie was, and for that ander close surve! the room Carlton low tone. “Did her grace favor Colonel Hether. ington with an invitation!” * Hetherington?" i ri “Yes, a friend of young Gilman, Lord Gilman's son, who is staying with his aunt, Lady Darbin.” “Indeed!” DetectiveCariton had not time to say more duchess approached and immediately aft ¢ ‘ shi ed C IRCARTY 8 Externally tieman, but the cort? Qi < i 8 : we iy in i188 n i “Ve { as he g Y¥ is ¢ Of 3¢ L i Ki Movi Eept nage duke xl lie 2421 4 { se tol thie 5 8&lC Laid RKO, 3 i i iit 5 d fay th Or The 3 re Mrs L l mark: * Let me introduce you to Morton.” “ Mrs. Morton— permit me~Mr, Carl- ton." The lady smiled, and the inspector, as in duty bound, requested the honor of her hand for the opening dance. The lady monopolized Cariton tention that, for a time, he could not fol the movements of Col He was not the duke’s answer, that Gilman kept notoriously company. Later in l noticed the colonel quietly conversing nificently attired an WHOS gittered elastier £ 80 folio Hether satished with be knew bad evening 2100Ve ones { # i 8 ar whe in an ail Oat © & of beautilu monds. A few moments afterward U! took their places for a quadrilie, an spector Cariton, being disen just vacated watched the progress of the dance. and He Lae Lg Colonel Heih- 118 fair puriner toa lounge and seated himself hy her side. _ailer 10:- was sick. i not indis- a Start and a hitl ry. g , Supposing her guest hope your ladyship posed,” saia the duchess. “Oh, no,” was the nnswe pain in my arm, that is momentary.” The hostess expressed and retired, le lounge. =00n lowed ‘ * r, * asight all. It was but her sympath saving the twoalone on Detective Carlton noticed tl Sa ww bE hecome of bushand of nd Hether- and moved ie ante-room. This was just what the inspector supposed lie would do, and he no longer doubted that the bogus “‘colonel™ had rhe dia- in his pocket o longer there. Whar | them? Lord Varney, th the lady, now spproached, a ton resigned his charge, Mn ann ¥ “ The Duke of Skeity was standing near one the ¥ of in » respectiul tone: * Will your gt i a moment's conversa outside?” The duke nodded, and icl- lowed Carlton out. ** What is it?” he asked in an snnoyed tone, ns if antici- pating some unpleasantness, “1 have notime toexplain,” the detective, * but if your kindly permit me to meet you in the library in a few minutes 1 have no doubt I shall be able to introduce an un- worthy guest.” The Duke of Skelty moved away without vouchsafing a verbal reply, his answer being a slight inclination of the bead. He had scarcely gone when the colonel came jauntily down the hall with the evident intention of making a hasty exit. “Colonel He'herington?” asked the detective. * At your service, sir.” “His grace desires 'o see you for a moment tn the library, if you will be so 3 answered race will The colonel turned a shade pa er, but with great presence of mind said, woolly: * I am much pressed for time if the mnit- ter is not imporiant.” “He desired me to say that Le par- ticularly wished to see you,” ssid the detective, Jooking keenly at the man be. fore him. “ In that case,” answered t} “1 am ut his grace’s services,’ Detective Carlton walked by Colonel Hetherington’s side chatting pleasantly until they came to the library, in which the duke was pacing up and down in a restless mood. Cariton knocked, and then opening the | door, followed his companion in. Giv- ing the master of the mansion a quick look of intelligence the detective said: * 1 informed Colonel Hetherington that your grace desired to speak with him.” | ie colonel, ’ the colonel to take a seat, and Carlton, | firmly: * Hetheringion, or whatever name you choose to be known by. your game is up~—please to lay on the table the diamonds you despoiled Lady Var- Bey ol.” he whole expression of the man’s eatures changed in an instant, and here was a deadly gleam in his eyes, which the detective did not fail to notice, “ Who are yon, sir, that dares to in- ginuat: that Colonel Hetherington is a thief?” he asked, in a tone of suppressed anger. ** Inspector Carlton, of Scotland Yard,” was the prompt answer. “Ah! ve heard of yon,” was Heth- erington’s only comment. . The duke rose from his seat and said, with grave dignity: ** Is the inspector’s charge true or not, sir?” “The question itself is an insult, and I decline to answer,” said the colonel, in the same cold and even tones. “Will your ww kindly order a cab to be brought to the door ?” asked the detective, “For what purpose?” asked ths duke, sharply. ; . “My duty is plain, your grace. This man is my prisoner, und must accom- pany me to Bow street.” “* Never !” hissed Hetherington; and the next instant he drew a tiny but per- fectly-finished revolver from his breast and sent a shot crashing into the detec- tive’s wrist. It had been aimed with lightnir g-like rapidity, at his body, but op Kour gruca oan rest casy, for there will be ro scene,” ou as the movement was, Carlton's arm moved quicker, and so his life was »- : | probably saved. The duke sat for ere the handle had | teotive's fingers were on his throat, i Heath but he could not shake off th inspect ve his opponent u withouegh he cond but use Ari Hetherington still maintained his | of the jeweled pistol and with the butt end struck the detective 8 eruel the face, partly stunning him and caus ing the b ito flow freely. UH ¥ or} gers tigh ¢ was nearly black jon, while Le was still Lire the detective and with an adroit movement, drew s small pair of steel “ous” from Larit ) wm be he ath, & 1GO8sen ington's wrists. The duke had failed to render the slightest assistance. Th whole aflair had been so sudden tha éven now he scarcely realised what had Seeing the blood still flow detectives wounds, “We must have assist. Carlton answered, lease not to oall any one, sponge the blood from my and if your grace will order a cab I will convey my prisoner to the station” With the same calmness of demeanor he locked the door and washed ! face e { 1% happened. irom hastily a 1 i} wie ¥i: Wil CUO 1 Jace i8 Lien a servant ordered, and the detective linked in Hetherington's and escorted £4 Outside two officers in uni “Jores,” said the of them, *‘pget fis arm il 1e door. form were on duty. inspector 0 one on the box with the driver—Bow street!” ** All right, sir,” answered the officer and the cab rattled away. At station Hetherington t by Lue from him. The diamonds were found on his per:on as the detective knew they wou lk He had not, however, been atl to satislasctorily account rv the art and ery of Lady Varney in room, but whiie handling 2 be, i den s tha ha i Was solved, for he a spring and a small needle projected, receding when the pressure was with- drawn. The police surgeon was sent for, and Carlton submitted patiently to the operation of extracting the which he was driven home. Hetherington was retired from the public gaze for fifteen vears, other and more serious crimes having been proved against him. This was the secret of his desperate resistance to arrest, for he knew if he once got in the power of the law his past record would t gently hunted up and used agains Lady Varney's $35,000 jewe! w: i to her, the loss of which eres astonished her. compiimented chief ability be had displayed and, probably more sceeptable, he from the Duke of Skelty a check for £400 13 a salve for his wounds, for alas! Lie was no longer “ithe handsomest on the force.” —————— The Trials of Chinese senool Children, A school scholars which has been formed in Cincir One of the ball, after ¢ him. i's {i stored by 118 the on " I an AEE features of the evening was an address by Chan Pon Tip, a scholar in which he thus pointed h bard a thing going to school is in China: We have more letters in the aiphabet in our language than vou could count, but only use from 3.000 to 3.500, that is ail. We do not commence to learn the aiphabet first, but learn it we 20 along in our reading. The first thipg we study is to read Confucius, our re gion. ol take but very few lessons from Confucius. They are instructed by their teachers how to beliave and what they ought to do for their parents, and ow to pay good respects to stranger They must bow and ! a stranger a teacher; the name of teacher is held with great re. spect. The schoolteacher has charge of the children, and the parents have very little to do with whem after they commence to attend the school, The teacher ees the children more an understands them better, and them in the wrong, sothey can correct them better than their parents. After the first six months they begin to study Confucius, and they study until] they get thromgh the four Kings. Perbaps the children can get through Confucius and four Kings in three orlfour years. Then they go to college, if they cap afford it. he four Kings are written by the saventy-two, where Christ b Ow Oil vy /3 i 8. Cali ior ty ais BO t hag wii i twelve, ABOUT BEARDS, ———— nots, When Moses led the children of Israel manded not to mar the corner of their beards f every man of them had had to shave before he received a grain of exceedingly unpleasant scenes, Alexander was wiser. During his the world ration, the beauty-loving did not hesitate to Shaving became the fashion, and the young Athenian spent where he t bis friends and exchanged gocsip. hat disagreeable person, Diogenes, sneering y 1 i a handsome young n, whose face was fresh as a rose, ** Ave you angry at Nature hecsuse she pot make you woman? The peard, which had been considered a { wisdom, was carried to such an excess by the would be that the shrewd Athenians were remark, ‘Has wisdom stopped at beard But when a true phi- Socrates is ' n raco the Greeks it ke the barber's, ea did i pLLIOSOPHErs ' apt ¥ iis f i as * magistrum barbatum.’ al great general, Scipio Africanus, When \ #1 il was placed 1n a box and offered to the gods, and the day was celebrated as a I'he Ameriean youth, having re- spot and bolts the door. After. ward he sips off to a retired restaurant for dinner, not daring to meet Lis little ded The beard, in its theological aspect, is considerabie significance. To the Turk every hair is sacred, each having The Tartars not only possess a religion of the beard, but a peculiar cut 7) salvation. The Persians, who prefer an. other fashion, they call infidels. These chronic wranglers, the fathers, hela 8 variety of opinions shout it, each {i by his individual raising. Clement of to beards. Terruiian forward a canon commanding council of Barcelona ir favor. leo 111. who beard, declared them , and prohibited them. who were looking Bl i, and tl Bi, Teele, : Bd i8 cssential in teard sieht PEL d i in th could raise snares of var ‘ie Latin priests unusually patriarch church was d fe The Latins went as clean-faced as babies until 963, when Pope John ven. i on a beard, Le was deposed. ¢ council of Lemago lelt the question to the priests themselves, but Gregory VII. renewed the war, and though re y the French clergy, beards were iv but @ a § i ¥ Wl In the sixteenth century the question arose again, owing to the luxurisnce of he French kir wound their with ribbons—~—But what the could not effect fashion i t ngs who heards 1 Qi If youdo not sou have to til you become an officer, want to become an offi ver leave college. “It is much harder for us to goto school when we are little. We have to be in school in the morning as soon as we can see to read, and when the teacher comes we have to recite our lesson, and home for breakiast. practice writing two hours. Then the writing-books are taken up to the | teacher. We are not allowed to play or talk to any one in the school. We all study out loud at the same time and on different lessons, The teachers sre very strict, and when it gets late and one cannot see to read then school is out. says then we get a good thrashing with a number of small switches tied together. mind their own business. thiey were brought up in that way.” Eye Memory, the eye tmmovably on it for a short beardiess youth, courtiers and priests sacrificed t Ihe same thing happened with the i of Philip commande t but Ob our heir beards, In Spain sucoession d, But they whi “Io WOSILE wio no dear i taem to sl urmureng tid it a be dl OBIE fart Our po SOU 8 bi 5 ¥ ps 4 Among pations TABTIIONS Of Dears ) § ty Lie sover book. sar ch de { interest in tai iad ‘ always taken a gt The tncroyal retired wit i hi neh have beards. century in ti vid is elegand d When Wi $1 Ei t nl Aly by i born (o give the Sexons were compe! Charlies ¥ i E/ve or beard apd piled George 11. invented the my Ye anil remember the snow white Sir Thomas More, who . SLAVe 4 wv i the Air sHE en 4 BAAN chop. beard begged that “it Nature is CX is linquish mascuiing feature obliged wear | Margaret of | 8, who governed the Netherlands, liad a ine growth of which she was very proud, and Charles XII. of Sweden had a famous female grenadier wlose beard measured a yard sand In the musenm at Stutignrt there d wo Macbeth h il Of treason.” The to had committed no a contrary female. periectiy i oO oft 3 ole ing it Bil thd his ’ " $ Tel wa ti 1% i t Li nl AR i8 a portrait of a lamous beard man named Barbara Graetje, hiad no reason for doubt when fou forbic ” ¢ said WO ifl- should be men, yet your beards i me to terpret that you are so Many women have that fal SUR. the upper lip which the French especially admire, making a vir. faint ns The last epoch of beards began with the court life and whiskers vanished with the Long hair and independence, the cacefuily beards showed ie matutinal cup of The Crimean war brought into favor Arab’s mustache and the Zeuave Napoleon Iil. revived the T in his mustache and imperial. sd% i shape fact, visible to the closed eyes. vividness and duration of su h impres- individuals, and the power of retain- ing them may he cultivated jo. sides this sort of retinal image thus impressed, there is saother kind of obtained by an effort of memory, Certain adepts at mental arithmetic use and pencil by holding in visual memory | are operating. and those o their results. { In my youthful days I was acquainted { with an eccentric oid man, who then i lived at Kilburn priory, where he sur- | rounded himself with curious old furni- | ture reputed to have originally belonged to Cardinal Wolsey, and which, as | | was told, he bequeathed to the queen at : his death. He was the then celebrated but {now forgotten '‘ Memory Thompson,” ! who in his early days was a town traveler | and who trained hims If to the perform- i ance of wonderful feats of eye memory. { He could close his eyes and picture within himself a panorama of Oxford street and other yarts of London, in which picture every inscription over every shop was so feet and reliable that he could describe and certify te the names and occupations of the shop- keeping inhabitents of all the houses of these streets at certain dates, when postoflice directories were not as they now are, Although Memory Thompson is forgotten, his special facuity is just now receiving some attention, and it is proposed to specia'ly cultivate it in elementary schools by placing objects before the pupils for a given time, then taking them away and requiring the pupil to draw them. That such a faculty exists and may be of great dervice is unquestionable, Syste. matic efforts to educate it, if successful, will do good service to the rising gen eration; and; even should the proposed training afford smaller results than its projectors anticipate, the experiments, { earefnlly made and registered cannot fail to improve our Eiowledgoot mental physiology.— Gentleman's i The poouler shade of words look well in print. The color is a ———s ssn Leal from a Governor's Life. The governor of a State does not lie of official duties has many trying ex- | periences. A correspondent relates an incident illustrating this, which oc i Walking into the governor's office. | yesterday afternoon, the correspondent | found the governor pacing across the ! room, with his hands clasped behind bis | back, vigorously puffing away at a | cigar, aud evidently in deep study. | Saiuting Governor Foster, the writer | put the question: * How goes the sena- | torial contest?” “The hardest contest | before me at the present moment is in | there,” and he pointed toward his pri- vate office. ‘You see that young lady in there—a very fine girl. She was here inst week, and remained all day. She is here now-—came bright and early this morning—to beg for a pardon for he brother, who is servingout aten years sentence in the penitentinry. The case is one I cannot touch ; but she won't give up. Itseems as if her whole life was centered in securing a pardon for her brother; but, as I said before, I cavnot do It, though she doesn’t understand why.” Just then sobs were heard comirg from the Jrivae room, and the governor continued: ** Yes, she has been begging and imploring all day, with tears in her eyer, for me to give her brother back to ber. It is very trying, indeed, to meet such pleadings and remain firm" IIA 05535 The Wild Goose. The wild goose spends its winters in the South,and right there is where we are compelled to acknowledge the supremacy of the wild goose over our powerful and intellectual self. B8till the wild goose has its drawbacks, and while it may be shot on the wing, in aa entirely unex- pected manner, we may not be shot for several days, after receiving a note from an irate subscriber or a crooked politi. cian to the effect that our time has arrived. And that's where we beat the wild goose. Providence has done its best at equalizing wmatters.—Steubenvilic Herald, TIMELY TOPICS, S——— ! fight in Madrid, and although as an old soldier, he bad seen many battlefields, the exhibition sickened him and be time when mangled horses were rolling over in the agonies of death, lovely giris, with dreamy faces and melting dark eyes, beamed with delight and ap- plaunded in an ecstasy of pleasure, of the Tay bridge, in Scotland, involves the absolute abandonment and removal of what yet remains of the wretehedly bui't bridge which became a wreck with appallingly fatal results. The new bridge is to be farther up the river, and will earry a double line of rails. Its cost is to be far more than was origin. ally contemplated, but the intention is now to put the question ol safety be. youd any doubt, The distance between New York and Philadelphia, in an air line, is eighty- one miles, over a comparatively level country Franklin institute, Mr. W. Van maintained that an air could cities, on which trains could make the distance in one hour, and that the en- terprise would pay. posed would cross no roads at grade, and would Lave but two curves of 10,000 feet radius each. line road The London Hatlers' (Gazelle, referring to the fact that China grass hats, which | n American manufacturer had tried to intorduce last season, proved an utter | failure, adds that they have turned their inrge stock to a fresh use, and are ad. vertising them ss wall pockets. The | brims are lined with satin of a bright | color and gayly trimmed, and the crown is made to hold a whisk broom and other | odds snd ends. “Trust a Yankee" naively adds the Gaselle, * for sitting down with a dead stock of a novelty | which hus failed to take ™ The Bisckieet, Blood and Piegan Indians on the northern border of Montana are to be ahandoning their savage life | and settling down in ways of pesce and | civilization. The Helena Independent reports that forty heads of families have | built log cabins and are cultivating small | farms, potatoes, turnips and carrots | being their favorite crops. All of the | labor done at the agenoy during the past | three years in the way of cutting and | hauling firewood, putting in crops and building fences, has been performed by the Indians. Their children attend school, and seem very fond of it, and said ments in arithmetie Berlin philosopher an- vounces that he has discovered a way 10 four hours. He says that be is informed he captains of ships that birds are a thousand miles or more by i seen al sea must reach shore in a very midocean. From this idea that they merely aloft, i ta resting plisoe neeived the themee ves iad ® Oo raise And pearly stationary as possible, while the earth revoives sround under them. they then bave to do wait until tl desired spot the earth's surlsce Comes thereupon comioriably to lower them- selves to solid ground. This ingenious practice on the part of birds the Berlin man proposes to imitate for mankind with assistance of passenger car of peculiar constrooction that has invented, and which will soar aloft and remain stationary, while restioss earth rolls on below, It Coes not appear that he has successfull tried a trip with Lis balloon himsel but he 8 aid is @ tue : iit fhe Lie ha Polytechnic society of Berlin and given an ‘eisborate exposition of it. society received it apparently with levity, bui the inventor is in dead earnest. “Skintiliating.” There {sno telling whether a Colorado mine will turn out a bonanza or ** peter wt." £ ty ¢ ground,” said an “old hand,” ex- plaining why mining is so uncertain. * | i J | | : ! Corn Men! and Claver Hay, Corn mea! and good clover hay will he a proper combination of food to produce rich in caseine or cheese, so that they wossess both the carbonaceous and ni- trogenous elements in proper balance Hut corn men! is a heating food and must be fed with dod judgment. It must wot be fed alone, but mixed with a por- ion of the clover hay. A portion of the clover hay should be cut into short jengths, and the meal should be mixed with twiee its bulk of cut clover, tue clover being moistened #0 that the meal willadhere to the hay, and botn be eaten together, If the meal is fed with three times its bulk of cut clover, so much the better. The menl being mixed with hay, both will go into the stomach together, and the meal, instead of being massed in 8 lump or bolus, will be distributed throughout tue contents of the stomach, will be raised and re-masticated, and thus not be likely to produce a feverish state o1 system. Nicely cured, early cut clover is a good single food for miik, and corn meal will add other qualities I { two loods may be improved by sdding It should grind ball corn and half oats together, or even one bushel would decidedly improve the ration, for milk. It will 100 pounds of corn meal. i. should the variety in the food of the cow the butter. If corn meal only is fed with the clover, then add six quarts of meal, fed in two feeds, or better in three feeds, | with six or nine quarts of cu clover, ut | If bran be mixed, then ten pounds ol the mixture per day; if oats | The cows should have This | well ventilated stable, will give a re. | turn, from good cows, in every way sat. | istactory.— Nasional Live Stock Journal. | Bianding Mules fur Feeding Never place a large amount of coarse fodder before an animal a! one time. Divide each feeding into two, or three | feedings, but make it continuous; that | to stand until the hour for the next feed. with nothing before them. ave regular hours for giving the | Do not fall inte the habit of | time you go to the stable, and especially avoid the mistaken | kindness of those who go out and give an last foddering just before they go to | Go to the barn then, if you will, and see that all is snug for the night, but do not offer any food then. Remember that thenigh® was not made for eating, but for sleeping, and uniess | ahsolutely necessary do not feed at un. | possible, i : i i Apply these rules to all stook, | whether horses, oxen, sheep or swine, | as well as to the milch cows. See that the stables are well lighted, ventilation that it is the temperature bagitrs so much eult to maintain and unwholesome. See also | which to sleep. Plenty of bedding is as important 10 the animals under your care as Wo yourseil, and a comfortable as it is to your health. Study the quality of food that you | That is to say, if yeu | quality, and you have hay ot poor | guality, such ns you cut from low lands, | for food fer thousands of men and beasts But even farming, though the crops are ado,” p ninly shows: “1 was mining up Central City," said an “old timer,” “and there came along one day a man with onions to sell. We were glad to get vegetables about there, “Well, sir, 1 didn’t say anything, but allowed that farming must be a better business than mining, and I had better go into it myself. So 1 quit my claim, and struck a ranch, and hired 8 man at $100 a month to take charge. “ Well, my vegetables began to come up. And oneday, Tim Ewell, a sort of marketman, came along and stopped to dinner, and I knew Lie was counting the cabbages in one of my fields, “Then says he, ‘Joe, I must have those cabbages,’ and he offered me £1,800 for the lot, and 1 wok him up, and he pulled out a bag ot gold-dust But I didn’t want it in the house, and 1 1 & me a check when he liked, and to send ‘“* At any rate, there was $30,000 in “And as I was building my casties in of obscured and I looked over Table mountain, and saw an gueer kind of acloud. And while I was looking, out came the sun, and the air was full of millions of diamond points, just skintiliating, skintillating, “And what was it? Grasshoppers’ And they settled down, some inches deep, on my ranch, and out of my $30,000 worth, I had—one hattul of lettuce that was under glass!" IOI 3.13 Advice to Marksmen, Sergeant A. R. Van Husen, of the Twelith regiment, New York, was formerly a member of Compuny E, tenth, of this city. He coaches the members of his regiment while practicing at Creedmoor. ** Van,” it is said, can wake a marksman of any one who has eyes and will follow instructions. The sergeant is authority on rifle practice Nothing is theory with him. Every point he has demonstrated dozens of times in practice. Here is his advice to marksmen before the butts, which may prove valuable to guards.uen in this locality: Hold your rifle loosely and pull it off with a twitch. Grip your gun as though you were making a bayonet thrust. Strain il to your shoulder as it it were your best friend. Control your rifle, don't let the rifie control you, Pull so carefully and steadily that you won't know when it is going off. Hold it so firmly that you can look through the sights to the target after the smoke clears away. Don’t flinch or twitch the trigger When i gev a good aim, hold your breath and fire with a steady pres- sure of the trigger. If you are nervous, rest a moment. Keep cool. Remember the best shot on the ground will have to be just ns careful about aiming as you are. ~Albany Press. It is officially sta‘ed that 198,165,704 neres of land have been granted by the United States for rail and wagon roads, It would make 1,238,536 farms of 160 acres each, aud its area is greater than that of the five States of Indiana, 1ili- nois, lowa, Kansas, and Minnesoja. Its Faiue at $2 per acre would be $306,331. En you must add to it roots, grain, wheat | bran, or other milk-producing food. If] meal. The! Iatter is apt to make butter a little oily. If fed with good hay, or with gress (but | may be used with poor hay or straw, or | may be mixed with an equal or greater | quantity of wheat bran in winter), its | effects would not be noticeable, unless | to the critical eye of some one who was lookin: for astrictly first-class article 3 glit-edged butter, The same grains and in larger quan- tity may be used in fattening stock, if such may be your business, Roots are not of much value jor Matiening pur. | poses, when fed alone, unless large | amounts are fed ; but a few of them given | daily when feeding erain will often | largely increase the fattening quality of | Per- haps this is even more noticeable with | sheep than with cattle. daily feed of roots seems to be almost a necessity to the successful keeping of sheep, whether the principal object may be wool, lambs or matton, or whether either and all are thankfully received. Household Mints, Au exchange gays: Black cotton gloves will not erack \hie hands if scalded in salt water before wearing. The salt prevents fading. When almost dry one should put them on, in order to streteh them and keep them in good shape. When putting up curtains which are to be draped, in a low room, pat the cornice to which the curtains are to be fastened close to toe ceiling, even if the window is put in lower down, as it gives the effect of greater height to the room. The curtains meeting at the top will conceal the wall, A labor-saving invention is to have one Jong cake tin divided in the middle. When making cake put half the quantity in one end of the tin. Add to the re. mainder spices, raisins, ete, according to taste, and put in the other end of the tin. This saves time in making and baking. The result will be two kinds of cake for the basket, and if the family is small, one is less likely to have dry cake on hand than if two large cakes are made at the same time. Certainly a | Ireland has at least one popuisr land. lord, although he is a baronet, an ab. sentee and an Englishman, He is Si Cavendish Herve s Foster, rector o! Theydon Gamon, in Essux, This rever end baronet has an estate in Louth, one of the counties said to be the worst in Ireland. When the day came, not long ago, for the collection of his rents he sent instructions to his agents to deduct ten per cent. The tenants unanimously refused to accept it; they declared that their rents were low enough already, their landlord a good and considerate one and the harvest sufficient to cover his righttul demand. They, therefore, insis Ypon the agent taking their rents in full, The origin of ‘“foolscap,” as related by an old paper maker in Lee, Mass, was that a half-witted youth gat upon a rock on the top of which was a shallow depression containing some water. In this puddie the boy dropped his linen turban, and, with a stone, foolishly and idly pounded it into pulp. The sun dried the ‘stuff or fiber, which had spread itself through the water upon the boitom of the puddle, and goon it was jifted out u sheet of paper—foolseap, in t. AN OMINOUS YEAR. ——————— Mother Bhipton's Fropheey ss Applied te 16NE, We consider ourselves part of an age that, if it is not sitogether freed from superstition, is fast sheking off the shackles, without, we hope, any detri- ment to lofty religious belief; and we look back with wonder and contempt al those creatures whose minds were of the order that made them dupes of Cornelius Agrippa, of Nostradamus, of Cagliostro, and of the whole horde of men wise in the dark art. Yet in spite of our belongings snd our contempt, and because this is the year 1881, the majority of newspapers published in the English language have felt that their readers had a right to see some portion of Mother S8hipton's prophecy, snd Lave given it to them generously. Indeed, so many various scraps of this precious document have been printed at one time and another that if one should put them together it would take almost as many years as Mother Shipton lived in orrer to read them; and we eannot help thinking that in- genious pennye-a~liners have supplied versicles to the good dame to help her out, with a noble disregard of authen- ticity, and a discreec knowledge that four hundred years and over are likely to render any bing of a legendary char. acter more or less corrupt and incorect RNywWay. A COMPANION IN THE CARS, Hew a WelleMnown Comedian Was Taken In William J. Florence, the well-known comedian, tells this goose story on him- sell: Ounce, during a tour in the west ern cities, an incident occurred in which I rather think I played the victim. We Were en route 1 to Cin- cinnati, ap cight or ten hours’ journey, After seeing my wife comfortably seated, I waiked ward to the smoking-oar, and, seating myself in the only unoccu- pied piace, 1 puli-d out my cigar-case and off n cigar to the person next me, He Mas 8 Jr about sixty Fouts of age, gentlemanly in appearance, oe Sacre asd inti} fet He sfully accepte 5 a few moments we became engaged in conversation. aie you going far West? | in- quired, * Merely #o far as Columbus,” said he. {Columbus I may explain, isthe cs of Obip). * And you, sir?” he interrogatively. * I mm journeying toward Cincinnati. I am a theatrical man, and play to-mor- row night at Cipcinnati” 1 was quite a young wan then, and fond of avowing my profession. “Ob, indeed? Your face seemed fami'iar to me as entered the ear. 1 am confident we bave et before.” “I hwe acted in almost e State It is a curious document, this old lady's prophecy. But since one of the | features failed to fulfill itscif in the year | 1880 —she having de lared, it is said, | that London streets should be deluged | in blood when the dragon of Bow | Clioreh and the grasshopper of the | Royal Exchange should meet, which | event happened, without the expected | result, at a time when both of these | vanes lay together in a stone-mason's | yard awaiting repsirs—sinoe that time | people have not expected so much of “ Around the world thoughts shall fy In the twinkliog of au eve; Water shall yet more wonders do, Now strange, it shall be tros,” he may 8s doubtful as all the rest, | “ Through the hills man shall ride, And no horse or ass be at his side; Under waters men shall walk, Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk,” the photophone, she winds up with | something having rather a special in. “ Fire and water shall wonders do, England shall admit a Jow, And the world to an end shall come In eighteen hundred and sighty-one.” There is many a simple soul sitting by | i reared in a grewsome fate which puts | heaven chiefly in the attitude of the | angry snd outraged avenger to whom | possibility. They are peopie who were | the world, to whom then a peculiarly that foreboded : \ wothing else, 10 whom an easterly whose quaking nightmare dreams a day | of judgment was a prominent factor! They would perhaps be ashamed to tell | you, ever since they heard of | Mother Shipton's name they have se aretiy felt thai they should be a little gind When 1881 was over and done with. Nothing to them does the word of | science signity; no notion comes into their heads as to Lhe inconsistency of | beginning such a suiverse simply to de- | stroy it before bringing it to completion; | they are only blindly concerned in their | own Jale in such a contingency, and they | but year as they never did before. Woe bee 4 hitens the vorth than usual, or sends | up more crimson banners and fiery | Woe betide them il 5 cold spell come, where long stay of the mercury below sero suggests the | horrible negation of death! Woe betide them if the spring rains are copious enough to fill the brooks and make freshets in the rivers with vidions of an | ! Woe betide them if Au~ gust or November gives them sueh a | star-shower as was known in 1833! | From ail these things dreadful portents arise, and they will not really know tranquil security sgain till the old year Lins been rung out and 1882 rung in. — | Harper's Baar. : A Rare Cariesity. Searcely less than a bisck tulip or a : four-lenved shamrock is the amazing natural curiosity now being exhibited in the Berlin aquarium, to the material | receipts. A milk-white raven, with | pink eyes and red legs, has received ad- | whiga scores of beautiful birds flatter | spread such genersi panic among the re. | has been found necessary to remove him | to a separate cage. Strange as it may | the other birds instinctively | recognized that this bird wes abnormal | Many of them | drink through shaer fright, while he shared their quarters, and buddied to- gether shivering, si as great a distance | from the fearful anomsaiy as the limits of thelr prison would permit them to attain. In ail respects, save his extra ordinary hues, the raven is as other ravens. His appetite is apparently in- gatinble, nnd he ministers to it with a formidable beak. Neither in tone nor delivery is there any unusual mellow. ness or tenderness about his croak. His pink eyes could not be more steadfastly engaged in contemplating the main chance were they as veliow as burnished gold. He v as found, with a coal-black brood of brothers and sisters, in a nest built by his parents—whose surprise at his appearance must, we should think, Linve been coneiderable—on the topmost branch of an old tree in the Georgenthal, a valley in Thuringen. Doubly an an- achronism, the snow-white raven is at present one of the “ lions™ of the Ger- man capital. ot His Match, A persevering “notions” canvasser walked into a lawyer's cffice in San Francisco with a new kind of alarm clock, The man of quibbles was evi- dently interested and heard him patiently to the end. When it came to his twin to get in a word, which in these cases 18 about once in about an hour and a half,he spoke as in hereatter contained : “My friend, I firmly believe that that alarm clock is worth seven dollars, as you state, and that you are foolish to offer it to me for two and a half; that it will go every half hour for six- teen months without winding up, and wake up an elephant every pop. My heart tells me this js true, and I am simply aching to give you four times the price you demand. But when I inform you that I have an infant three months old at home afflicted with perpetual colic, and a baby going on three who insists on having a drink of water at regulav intervals during the night, and never uvleeps, after four o'clock in the morning. do you think that my invest ment in this beautiful {avention, which ou are vetuiling might, in a ‘mensure, characterized as extravagant? That clock agent nodded assent, picked up his bat, put up his alarm and retired. A few years ago a Japanese se pubiishep brought out a ** Life of Washington” in forty-five volumes, with illustrations, in which the Father of his Country is represented in modern dress, wearing a heavy mustache, carrying a cane, and accompanied by a sky: , very of the Union,” said 1, in & hall patronis- ing tone. ** Mrs. Florence and myself are tolerably well known throughout the porthwest.” “Bless me!” replied the stranger, in surprise, *‘is this Mr. Fiorence, the comedian? | have seen you set many, many times, sir; and the recollection of Mrs, Florence's Yankee Girl, with ber quaint songs, is stili frosh in my namory. in “Do you propose remaining long Columbus?” | asked. : “Yes, for seven years,” replied my Thus we chatted for an hour or two. sharp-looking eyes, who sit immediately opposite us, and smused himself by ng He had more than once glanced then given a sly wink shake of the head at me, as much as to sev: ** Ah, old fellow, | know you, too ® These attentions were so marked that I nitimately asked my lellow-passenger “That man sets like a Junsatie,” said I, sotto voice, “A poor, ball-witted fellow, possi companion. * Inyour My. Florence, you much have ofien met such charsciers.” We bad now reached Crestline, the dinner-station, and, after thanking the stranger for the agreeable atin which he had enabled me to pass the journey up to this point, I asked him if he would join Mrs. Florence and myself at dinper. This produced an extrsordin. vitation to dinner was politely declined, The repast over, our train sped on to- ward Cincinnati. 1 told my wile that in the rmoking-car I had mel a most ep- tertaini .g gentleman, who was well posted in theatricals, and was en route for Co.umbus. She suggested that | should bring him 1- to our car aud pre. sent him to her. 1 recurned to the smoking-car, and proposed thst the gentleman shoud accompany me to see Mrs. Fiorenoe, The proposal misdethe red-faced and small-eyed party undergo a species of spasmodic convulsions which set the occupants of the car into roars of laughter. “No, I thank you,” said my friend. “1 feel obliged Ww you or your Have you another cigar?” “Yes,” said I, producing another 8: i sat again by his side, and cnoe more our ¢ nversation began, and we beosme quite fraternal. We talked about thea- ters and theatricals, and then adverted to political economy, the state of the eountry, finance and commerce in turn, our inthmaey evidently affording intense amusement to the foxy-eyed party near us. Finally, the shrill sound of a “ Come,” said the little red-faced indi- My friend rose with some difficulty, dragging his hitherto od feet from under the seat, when for the first time I discovered that he was shackled, iff, going for seven years to the prison at Columbus. The Groaning Tree. The history of the groaning tree is this: About forty years ago a cottager who lived near the center of the viliage of Badesley, near Lymington, heard fre uently a #8 ¢ poise behind his house, like that of a person in extreme agony. Soon after it caught the atten tion of his wile, who was then confined w her bed. She was a timorous woman, and, being greatly alarmed, her husband endeavored to persuade her that the noise she Hed Has only We bellowing of the stags in forest. y Gegrees, however, the neighbors on all sides heard it, and the thing began to be much talked of. It was by this time plainly discovered that the groaning noise pro- ceeded from an elm which grew at the end of the guaden. a a young, vig- orous tree, an appearance per fectly soand. Ina few pe the fame of the groaning tree was spread and wide, and pcople from all parts flocked to hear it. Among others, it attracted the curiosity of the sate Prince and Princess of Wales, who resided at tifat time, for the advantage of a sea hath, at Pilewell, the ses t of Sir James Worsley, which stood within a quarter of a mile of the groaning tree. Though the country people assigned many superstitious causes for this strange phenomenon, the naturali-t could assign no physical one that was in any degree satisfactory. Some thought it was owing to the twisting and friction of the roots. Others Shaughit it pro~ ceeded from water which had collected in the body of the tree, or perhaps from pent air. But no cause that was appenred equal to the effect. In meantime the tree did not always froth sometimes disappointing its visitants, yet no cause could be assigned for it; temporary cessations, either from seas sons or weather. If any difference was observed, it was thought to least wha the eathty was 3 and most when it was clear frosty; but the sound at all times seemed to rise from the root. Thus the groan- ing tree continued an object of aston- ishment during the space of eighteen or twenty months to all the country around; and, for the information distant parts, a pamphlet was drawn up containing a particular account of all the circumstances relating to it. At length, the owner of it, a gentleraan of the name of Forbes, making too rash an experiment to discover the cause, bored a hole in its trunk. : rooted up, with . It was a further view to make a discovery; still nothing ap d which led to investigation of the cause. It was versally, however, was po trick in the affair, but that some nriural cause really existed county, Cal., with ip vines, raised in BL, of wine and 3 * Los Angeles acres of land 53 000, 2,500,000 brandy. An Jol press entitled “Why pointment 7 We the other fellow RNorritown * Now, Sammy, read the J uncie.” Wen, . You may guess if banssas are thoroughly You may guess if #tale by the . oped dn be Rripe, Bat you re sure to slip up on the pu More than $50,000,000 have already been drawn from the : : Fak i : #5 1 you do, if it is all the same to you A t writes: “Oh, ict me tear? W ye! hit him five thmesout of » with a bilonderbuss Many sailors have their Lands arms marked with Indis ink. this work is very fine, the sailors exhibit it with pride, thinking it ean. pot be excelled. Yet almost sny spare Srammet ean beat a tattoo. — Bome Sem , — brought prices d 4 ale war ces down an managers out of business. “What is your name?” asked a Gal- veston Sunday 1 teacher of a new . “Bill” “Bill what?” “donno” “What's your papas name? It Bill, too.” * What's lus other name?” “J donno.” “What does Such was the name given to MeDon- ald Clarke, a wild, eccentric w riter of yerses, who lived y of New some chirty years sgo. talent for improvisation, which he used to celebrate the charms of those persons of whom. from time to time, he became it off! “If the life of some, 't spirit that inspired it has been at the terrible tribunal of eternity, and the weak hand that traced it, wasted to be Saeki Ly et hs he e is whole- sobered x sublime was not by strength, wrote these limes on Washington -
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