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Too much about religion;
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With slip-shod ghosts, with fins and scales,
Or feathers like a pigeon.
I love to read, another cries,
Those monstrous fashionable lies—
In other words, those novels,
Composed of kings and queens and lords,
Of border wars:and Gothicisordes,
That used to live in hovels.
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Of such confounded love-sick stuff
To erase the lair creation ;
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Of Russians, Turks, the Greeks and Jews,
Or any other nation.
The men of drilled scholastic lore.
Would like to see a little more
In scraps of Greek or Latin ;
The merchants rather have the price
Of southern indigo and rice,
Or India silk and satin.
Another cries, I want more fuo,
A witty anecote or pun,
A rebas or a riddle ;
Some long for missionary news,
And some worldy carnal views,
Would rather bear a fiddle.
The critic, too, of classic skill,
Must dip in gall his gander quill,
A scrawl against the paper ;
Of all the literary fools,
Bred in our colleges and schools,
He cuts the silliest caper.
Another cries, I want to see
A jumbled up variety—
Variety in all things,
A miscellaneous hodge-podge print,
Composed, I only give the hint,
Of multifarious small things.
I want some marriage news, says Miss,
It constitutes my highest bliss,
To hear of weddings plenty ;
For in a time of general rain,
None suffer from a drought 'tis plain—
At least not one in twenty.
I want to hear of death says one—
Of people totally undone,
By losses, fire and fever;
I'd rather have the fall and rise,
Of racoon skin and beaver.
Some signify a secret wish,
For now and then a savory dish
Of politics to suit them ;
But here we rest at perfect ease,
For should they swear the moon was cheese,
We never would dispute them.
Or grave, or humorous, wild or tame,
Lofty or low, 'tis all the same,
Too haughty or too humble ;
And every editorial wight
Has naught to do but what is right,
And lot the•gramblers grumble.
SAVED.
"Miss Violet, will you give this letter
to Mrs. Maltby ?"
I had my hand full of drawing materi
als, but I received the letter and continued
on my way to Mrs. Maltby's (hawing room.
The drawing were little studies I had
made while down at the seaside, where I
bad spent my vacation—made for Mrs.
Maltby—to whom I had been companion
for a year—and Mrs. Maltby had been in
terested in them, saying, "Touch them up
a bit, Violet, and I will get a portfolio for
them and keep them." I usually sat with
her in her dressing-room through the
mornings, and thither I now repaired to
touch up the drawings, while she sat with
her slippered feet on the fender, embroid
ering with purple and crimson wools.
I gave her the letter, and went to a low
seat in the deep bay-window. I sharpened
a pencil, and then happened to glance to_
ward my companion.
Her face was ashy white. Her profile
was turned toward me. In its irregularity
and pallor it looked like a face cut in stone.
But I bad never seen it look so sharp and
deathly.
The letter was clenched in her hand. I
sd brought her bad news.
I was shocked, but silent. I tried to
remember what I knew of her family re
lations. She was a handsome, black-haired
woman of fifty, who had been early widow
ed, and returned to her father's house.—
Her parents were dead. Her mother had
died in her infancy, and she had been the
mistress of Redburn ever since. It was
not long, however, since her father's de
cease. She had never a child. She had
no brothers or sisters whom I had heard
of. I could not surmise what bad hap
pened.
I saw her burn the letter, and then she
rose and left the room.
WIT"
BUSINESS CARDS,
Afterward I guessed whom that commu
nication was from.
A month had passed. They were quiet
and comfortable, but rather monotonous
weeks at Redburn. But though young, I
was less restless than most girls, I was not
unhappy with Mrs. Maltby. Only some
times I wishod for a little change.
It came—a most startling episode.
We bad company to dine--Mrs. Malt..
by's lawyer and personal friend, from New
York. I was dressing her hair, as I some
times did, for she liked my arrangements,
pronouncing them artistic. Suddenly,
without knock or warning, the door was
gong open, and a young man walked in.
I felt Mrs. Maltby start under my hands.
I myself was frightened, the intruder look
ed so bold and reckless.
LEGAL BLANKS,
pAmplui.ETs
lle was very handsome, but he looked
to me to have been traveling long, or to
have come out of some revel. His linen
was soiled, his tang, clustering hair un
brushed, his eyeS bloodshot, yet his ap
pearance was singularly attractive. I had
never before seen so highbred and grace
ful a man.
Mrs. Maltby did not speak to him. He
seated himself before and pp; far from her
however.
"Go on, Violet," she said.
"Certainly. Let the young lady pro
ceed with her task." he said, quickly.—
Übe puoto' gown.
The Editor,
ffitory-gditr.
HUNTINGDON, PA.; WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1873
"What I have to say need not interfere
with her employment. I understand that
she is your companion and confidant,
though I have not had the pleasure of
meeting her before."
The last sentence appeared to have been
quite mechanically spoken, for be had fix
ed his eyes fiercely upon Mrs. Maltby's
face, and seemed to see only her. I went
on pinning up the braids of her hair as T
had been bid, but my hands trembled. I
could not see her ilice ; but I think she
met that look steadily.
"You refused me he said, in a far dif
ferent tone from that in which he had first
spoken—low and concentrated.
"Certainly," she answered.
"Do you want my blood upon your
head !" he exclaimed.
"I washed my hands clear of you long
ago," she answered, composedly.
"Long ago," he repeated, and a wave
of emotion that was inexplicable to me
went over his face. Then ho was silent..
I don't know why, but flout that moment
I pitied him.
He got up and commenced walking the
floor.
"I tell you, Winfred, I must have this
money," he said. "I must have it to night,
to-night," he repeated.
Mrs. Maltby was silent. I caught a
glimpse of her face. Flint was not harder.
"Let me have it, Winfred," he said,
pausing before her, "and I promise you it
shall be the last time."
She made no reply.
"The last time. I mean it, Winfred."
His voice faltered. She did not speak.
"Will you ?"
"No," she replied, with no emotion
whatever.
His face had been working with some
strong, deep feeling. But that monosyl
lable seemed to strike him like a blow. He
stood looking at her, his face still and des
perate.
"I did not think God could make such
a woman as you are," he said, at first.
I felt her shrink beneath the actual hor
ror with which he seemed to regard her.
But she spoke with unalterable composure.
"I told you more than a year ago that
I should pay no more debts of yours, con
tracted at faro, or in any other way," she
said. "I meant it; you know I meant it.
I have given you fair ivarning. I shall
not change."
He did not speak ; his head was drooped
upon his breast; he was deathly pale.
"I have done my duty by you, Guy, you
know that I have," she added.
"Yes, you have been just, but you have
never been merciful," he replied. "Oh,
God He flung up his arms with a bit
ter cry that wrung my heart.
I looked at her. She did not relent or
go to him. He had flung himself into a
chair, and with his head drooped, his arms
folded upon the back, was the most hope
less figure I had ever seen. She rose, for
I had finished her hair, and took a seat
nearer the fire. Her lips were gray, as if
she were cold, but her face was still as in
vincible as flint.
He gave a groan, and started up sudden-
"I am going," be said. "I—" He
met her eye, and asked : "Why did you
not kill me ? I was altogether in your
hands once. You killed her, you will re
member."
A slight flush stained her cheek.
"You would have made her happy, I
suppose, if she had lived," she said sar
castically. But the sting did not seem to
reach him.
"If she had lived ! 0, heaven, if she
had lived ! Winfred Sedley, may God deal
by you as you have dealt by me."
"I am willing," she answered.
He remained not a moment longer.—
Wrapping his cloak about him, he gave
her one look of reproach, and left the
room. I looked wistfully at her; she did
not speak to me, and I, too, went away.
She was ill next day, but on the day
following she appeared much as usual.
Of what I thought and felt, I, of course,
said nothing. The matter was no affair of
mine. I had not understood it. Mrs.
Maltby would make we feel it.. I under
stood that the two were brother and sister;
that the young man was named Guy Sed.
ley ; that he was dissolute and in disgrace;
that Mrs. Maltby had taken care of him
in boyhood, but now ignored the relation
ship. I was in no way allowed to learn
any more.
But on the second night I was awakened
by a light shining into my chamber.
It was something unusual, for the little
clock on the mantle was chiming twelve.
After a moment I slipped out of bed and
glided toward the open door. The long,
embroidered folds of my night-dress trip
ped me, but I made no noise with my bare
feet upon the deep velvet of the . earpet. I
don't know whom I expected to see—cer
tainly not Guy Sedley, kneeling before a
sandal-wood chest, with papers strewn
around him on the floor. A taper, burning
in the silver sconce upon the wall, showed
his face perfectly cool, as he went on
searching for something.
He .oust have come through my room
to reach this apartment, for it had no open
ing but into my chamber. I was aware
that the papers in the chest were valuable
I —that there was money placed there. I
saw that he was robbing his sister.
I saw, too, a dirk knifeon the floor,
close at his side.
I looked at him an instant--even then
I remembered to pity him—then glided
forward, snatched the knife, and leaped
back to the door.
I was mistress of the situation, for I had
come from behind him—done all as in a
flash of light—and as he rose to his feet I
stood with my back to the closed door,
with a calmness that showed it was not
my intention to immediately arouse the I
house. I
With a presence of mind equal to my
own, he put the roll of bills he bad been
searching for into the fob of his waistcoat,
and with a glittering eye regarded me
speculatively. I was petite, and I had not
screamed. I know now that he was not
much afraid of me.
"You have been robbing your sister," I
said, "but if you will put the money back
I will let you go."
His intense attention of me changed
to a look of wonder.
"You, child, arc you not afraid of me ?''
he asked.
"No," I answered truthfully.
"But I watched you in your sleep a mo
ment ago, debating whether it were neces
sary to kill you or not."
"You must have been glad to find that
it was not necessary," I answered.
He looked more astonished than before,
but I did not stop to think of that.
"Pat the money back," I said.
"No," he said firmly. "I' will murder
you first."
"2° not do that," said I. "I am your
friend. I was sorry kr you that day."
He did not speak, but a troubled look
disturbed the pale fixedness of his face.
"How much money have you there?"
"One hundred dollars."
"And you need it very much ?"
"Very much," he replied, with a bitter
"Please put it back," I said. "She has
been just to you, I would like to be mer
ciful. I will give you the money."
"You ?"
"I have it—yes--here in my room; let
me show you."
I flung open the door next to my wri
ting-desk, and came back.
'These I will give you freely," I said,
opening the roll. "You said to her that
it should be the last time, and I hope—'
He had taken the bills . into his hand,
looking at them in a kind, unbelieving
way.
"You may hope that you have saved
me." he said in a low voice.
We were silent for a moment.
"You know now that I was sorry for
you," I said, with tears in my eyes.
"Yes," he said gravely. "And I love
you for it."
He put Mrs. Maltby's money back, and
re-arranged the chest. I began to listen
nervously for voices about the house, but
all was. vcity still. He locked the chest,
and gave me the key.
"You know where it is kept ?"
"Yes, in a drawer in her dressing room."
I wonder how he had obtained it. "Hur
ry and getaway."
"There is no danger; I paved the way
carefully. Pure, brave little girl, how
fearless you are for yourself."
He looked at me earnestly as if be wish
ed to carry away a clear memory of my
features, then wrapped his cloak about him,
flung up the sash, and leaped soundlessly
out into the darkness.
I extinguished the taper, and crept
back to bed. I did not hear a sound about
the house until daybreak.
When I arose I saw the dirk-knife glit
tering in the sunshine near my writing
desk, where I had laid it. Then I shud
dered.
At eight o'clock the watchman who was
kept on the grounds was found gagged
and bound, just inside Redburn's entrance.
Yes, Guy Sedley paved his way coolly and
surely.
A year later I was the mistress of Red
burn ; the beautiful house, the spacious
grounds, were all mine. Mrs. Maltby had
died and bequeathed them to me.
On her dying bed she had said :
"Violet, you are my heiress. There is
only one living being who has my blood
in his veins; him I disown." She paused,
and then went on : "You have seen my
brother; I loved him, I was ambitious for
him, but his nstural bent was evil. We
had a cousin Flora, a lovely child, who
was brought up with him. They were en
gaged to be married, but I forbade it. I
revealed to her his dissipation ; I told her
of his debts and deeds of daring. She
loved him, she trusted him ; but she was
delicate and died. He said I killed her."
• She grew pale, even past her dying pal
lor. She went on :
"When I last saw him the officers of
justice were after him ; he was a defaulter,
had stolen money to pay his gambling
debts. He is probably lying in jail now;
but I will have none of him, and I will
never forgive him."
So she died, hard as a flint to the last,
And I was mistress at Redburn.
I was young; I was fond of gayety; I
had now the means at my disposal. Eve
ry summer any home was filled with guests.
In the winter I was in New York, or
abroad. And yet I lived only on the in
terest of the money bestowed upon me.
Three years passed. I had never heard
a word of Guy Sedley, when, one day, the
Broomley's, of New York, who were
coming to visit me, asked leave to bring a
friend; 1 extended the solicited invitation,
and Guy Sedley came.
It was a shock, but he gave no token of
the past. Reclaimed from his errors, he
was so refined and manly that he was the
most distinguished of my guests.
I loved him, but I thought, "He must
hate me, the usurper of his rights. He is
poor because I have his patrimony. I
have no right to Redburn, and I will give
it back to him."
An opportunity came. He was sitting
on the terrace one bright evening. I went
and took a seat near him.
"How lovely this view is !" he exclaim
ed, pointin g toward the distant hills.
"Yes, and you shall wish for your right
no longer, Mr. Sedley. Redburn is yours.
I have no claim to it."
He did not speak, and I went on.
"Your sister was just, and she would
have made you the heir had she lived to
see what you are to-day."
"But it was your mercy and not your
justice, Miss Violet, that saved me.
Violet, I love you, and Iwill take Redburn
with your hand, not else."
I put my hand in his, trusting him,
loving him utterly, and proud, very proud,
to make him the master of Redburn.
'fending tor the dr. Min.
Slander,
BY J. J. G.
There is not a more common, a meaner,
or a more hurtful vice in society than slan
der. Few are wholly free from its commis
sion, few wholly escape its venom. To slan
der and be slandered is the order, or disor
der, of the day. No position, social, politi
cal or ecclesiastical, however high; no at
tainment, however rare or profound; no age,
however venerable; no piety, however fer
vent or consistent, is an adequate protec
tion against the thoughtless or malicious
assaults of slander. A good character is of
the highest value. goad name," says
Solomon, "is more precious than ointment."
Character is what we really are; reputation
is what we are reputed or s , id to be. For
character, but not for reputation, wo are
each responsible. Now, the man who de
spite his natural depravity, the power of
temptation, and the many evil influences
which ever surround him succeeds, by.
God's blessing, in establishing and main
taining a good character, ought to escape
the shafts of slander. But be cannot
wholly escape them. He must be content
with not deserving them. Then let the
shafts fly "thick and fast" as they may,
they cannot essentially harm him. In due
time his integrity will appear, his vindica
tion will come.
Whence proceeds the hateful vice of de
famation? Generally from moral corruption
which is the natural inheritance of every
man. But particularly, it comes of envy, a
selfish dislike of some superiority in an
other—some good in another which we
ourselves do not possess. We don't wish
others to excel us. 'And when they rise
above us, we try to pull them down. But
why not be willing that others excel us, if
they do it fairly ? A very dull, slow, dry
and monotonous world would this be if no
one excelled another ! Did we but "love
our neighbor as ourselves," we would not
envy him any fairly-won superiority. We
would rejoice in his highest possible suc
cess, whether we could equal him or not.
Let us live by the rule, "Do as you would
be done by," then would envy and slander
quickly cease. No one likes to be slan
dered. It is against nature, even when
"saved by grace" to submit cheerfully to
defamation of character. No one likes to
have even his real faults the subject of
free remark, much less does he like to
havehis faults exaggerated. Yet how very
few "do as they would be done by" in this
regard. How savagely do many quite
worthy people "pitch into the character of
their neighbors !" But when they, in turn,
are "pitched into," then they realize the
difference between "skinning and being
skinned."
The evils which flow from slander are
many and great. Loss of confidence, the
ruin of love, the bitterness of contention,
of disunion, of natural and intense dislike;
and sometimes even the bloody fray, the
fatal duel, and open war are the legitimate
offspring of defamation. It corrupts pub
lio morals, vitiates legislation, defeats
justice, and embitters social life. By it
church action is paralyzed, enterprise is
crippled, and the dearest bonds of friend
ship are sundered. It is the hyena of
society, preying upon the living and de
vouring the dead ! Its choicest viands are,
the peace families, of the unity of the
church, the life blood of character. Oh,
what a demon to be detested and shunned!
Oh, what a despicable wretch is the
man or woman whose habit of life is to
create and foster "discord among breth
ren !" God pity us.
A Bee Sting,
The sting of a bee is naturally more vi
olent than that of a wasp, and with some
persons is attended with fatal effects. Two
deaths from such a cause have recently oc
curred. The sting of a bee is barbed at
the end like a fish-hook, and consequently
is always left in the wound; that of the
wasp is pointed, so that it can sting more
than once, but a bee cannot. When a
person is stung by a bee, let the sting be
instantly pulled out, for the longer it re
mains the deeper it will pierce, and the
more poisonous will it become. The sting
is hollow, and the poison flows through it,
which is the cause of the pain and inflam
mation. The extracting of the sting re
quires a steady hand, for if it breaks in the
wound the pain will continue a long time.
When the sting is extracted, suck the
puncture, and thus prevent inflammation.
Spirits of hartshorn, if applied to the
affected part, will more fully complete the
cur:). The poison is acid, and the alkali
will neutralize it. If the hartshorn is not
at hand, saleratus can be wct and laid upon
the place; and soft soap will often ease the
acute pain. On some people the sting of
bees and wasps have little effect, but it
greatly depends on the state of the blood
whether it will prove injurious, and these
simple remedies, if applied at once, will
soon affect a cure.
"BRIDGET, I told you to have my hot
Water the first thing in the morning."
"Shure, sir," replied Bridget, "didn't
I bring it up, and lave it at your room
door last night, so as to have it in time
this mornin'?"
Camp Meeting Talk
A chap down South went to camp
meeting, and gives the following account
of the disjointed conversation he heard
there :
Preaching had not begun, and prome
nading was in progress. We took a con
venient stand and Wed to catch the re
marks of the various couples as they went
slowly by us.
"Yes indeed, (two girls talking, of
course) and my brother Tom says that
Henry Soker brags about the many times
he has kissed her right in the mouth and
she never slaps him when nobody is by,
and I am sure I should die if people was
to talk of me as they do of her—"
"Corn is up again, you know, that I
shall make at least six hundred barrels if
I make a peck, and consequently—"
"What a spectacle this is to be suaw.
Chaw. rah wondawh, if the people—
doffed pasty gal, ain't she—build theyah
own tents ow hiwah men to, do it fowah
'em. Must he a great bosh to—"
"Be married in six weeks from last
Tuesday. I beard ma talking about it,
but you musn't mention it for the world;
it is a great secret—"
"Really now, and she's as ugly a—"
"The finest sow you ever saw, sir. Pure
Berkshire, and has nine splendid pigs. It
was the best trade I ever made, and I
would not take thirty dollars for—"
"Scolloped petticoats ! only look, Amy !
Nine flounces and hoops in the bargain.
Oh, how I should love to—"
"Go to the picnic on Thursday Oh,
thank you. You don't know how I would
like to be present, sir, I am so fond of the
exhilarating dance, but father says—"
"I am truly gratified, my dear young
friend, to learn that you are deeply im
pressed with the necessity of immediate re
pentance. I shall this very day--"
"Ten yards of gimp for the bosom, and
maroon velvet binding far the neck and
sleeves, and oh, Emily-----"
'The finest baby you ever saw—black
eyes and large limbs, six weeks old and
weighs—"
"Sixty-one and a quarter to the bushel.
None better in the country. Free from
garliek and eockrel. 1 hold it at—"
"Stillopolis next Saturday. Both
Botherstedes, the former Congressman,
will speak, as he says—"
"Ah, Mr. Pepper, you flatter me so
just look how horridly Kate Wilmot is
dressed. She will wear yellow, though it
makes her look like—"
"Fever and agy, I believe. They have
all been laid up with it, and now the
poor man's got—"
"The sweetest bonnet I ever saw.
Where did you get it? I must recommend
my sister to your—"
"Watermelon patch. Stole every darned
one. Some of 'em about half ripe. I swow
I will shoot them if they don't—"
"Go to the White Sulphur, it is the
best in the whole world, ma'am. I've
seen some of the most wonderful effects of
the water. Tom Irolacust was cured of—"
"Twenty-five pounds of butter a week.
And always get a quarter a pound, and
sometimes—"
"Four eggs, two handsful of flour, a bit
of yeast, half a tin cup full of molasses,
and it makes—"
"The best manure I ever used, sir.
Vastly superior to guano or super phos
phate. Two hundred and fifty pounds to
the acre raised me—"
"The handsomest woman on the ground.
I can see nono equal to her, except Mrs.
Mary B—, and she's got—"
"Spavined, and there's a speck in her
eye that is bound to—"
"That beautiful girl in black over there.
I never saw her but onee before, and that
was at—"
"Mr. Maggin's failure, sir, and he had
taken to drink awfully, and only last week
had—"
"His head under my arm, and was
plugging him in the month, when he got
my finger—"
Between the 10th and 15th of Septem
ber I will get my wheat to market, and it
will bring—"
His gray hairs in sorrow to the grave.
Oh ! it is awful to think bow—"
"Close she hangs to his arm. She
ought to be ashamed of herself, and never
saw him until—"
"William was born twenty-five years
ago last April. lam an old woman now,
and these gray hairs make nte—"
"Toot, toot, preaching will now com
mence," said the presiding elder, and we
heard so more.
Man's Insignificance
As the trials of life thicken, and the
dreams of other days fade one by one into
the deep vista of disappointed hope, the
heart grows weary of the struggle, and we
begin to realize our insignificance. Those
who have climbed to the pinnacle of fame
or revel in luxury and wealth, go to the
grave at last with the poor mendicant who
bogs by the wayside, and, like him, are
soon forgotten. Generation after genera
tion, says an eloquent writer, have felt as
we feel, and their fellows were as active in
life as ours are now. They passed away
as a vapor, while nature wore the same as
pect of beauty as when the Creator com
manded her to be. And so it shall be when
we are gone. The heavens will be as bright
over our grave. as they are new around
our path. The world will have the same
attractions for offspring yet unborn that it
had once for ourselves, and that• it has now
for our children.
A ravENui assessor in Ohio, asking
the usual questions, inquired: "Did
your wife have any income last year ?"
"Yes, sir," replied the assessed, "both
girls."
NO. 25.
Tit-Bits Taken on the Fly.
New England is complainingof the want
of rain
Vienna contains fully 45,000 Israelites,
with 22 places of worship.
An educated. Englishman says England
does not possess six orators, while America
is a nation of orator..
A Greensburg, Ind , dog found a wallet
in the street, that contained $B3O, and
took it home to his master.
On Saturday last Osage Indians attacked
some herdsman in Kansas, and killed and
scalped a man named Chambers.
The reports which have gained circula
tion that the cholera prevails in St. Louis,
are pronounced entirely untrue.
A child with a frog's head is the latest
reported Darwinian phenomenon. It was
born in Washington county, Vt.
Plain white note paper, very thick and
heavy, with a crest in black outline, is now
declared to be the proper thing.
A ghost in Springfield, 111., has a pro
pensity for continually ringing bells for
servants, but never gives any orders.
By the ft,lling of a new frame house at
Keyport, N J., on Wednesday, two no
groes were killed and five others wounded.
The convicts of the New Jersey State
prison have refused to work for the con
tractors until good food is furnished them.
A recent French writer divides the sea
sons in London into three equal parts—
four months of winter, four of fog, four of
rain.
A western paper speaks of a new paper
mill which "will be made of brick 175 feet
long." They grow immense brinks out
there.
The Military Gazette of St. Petersburg,
announces that an order has been given to
American firms for 300,000 rifles of a new
model.
Pittsburgh merchants have combined to
test the validity of the city ordinance for
bidding them to extend their signs over
the sidewalks.
A Davenport editor who went out for a
day's sport with a gun and rod, shot a
forty-five dollar cow and caught an old
hat with a stone in it.
Senator Morton's health has greatly im
proved at the Hot Springs in Arkansas,
and he is about starting on his return to
his home in Indiana.
The Secretary of the Navy will institute
an investigation to ascertain, if possible,
the truth about the wreck of the Polaris,
and the death of Captain Hall.
A Kansas paper asks its readers why
they will pay five cents a half pint for pea
nuts, when they can make money by rais
ing them at fifty cents a bushel.
Au old woman at Liverpool, Ohio, 'Did
not want 'em to take any trouble after she
was dead, but if it was just the same she'd
like to be buried with her spectacles on."
A Prince Edward Island letter of May
30 states that the document of annexation
of that island to the New Dominion now
only needs the signature of Queen Victo
ria.
One of the queer featares of the Eng
lish coal statistics is the statement that an
additional ton of coal has to be mined each
year for every person added to the popu
lation.
The ornaments of the Hindoo women
are estimated to be worth $500,0000.00.
Children that wear nothing else wear or
naments; and all the girls and women wear
nose rings.
A Portsmouth man contracted - to build
a barn for a specified sum and all the eider
he could drink. It took him five months
to build the barn, and he drank four bar
rels of cider.
The Boston Transcript says that persons
who send poetry to the newspapers should
always retain copies. If most of them
would retain the originals perhaps it would
be just as well.
The Legislature of Michigan has ap
pointed a board of fish commissioners and
'given them $15,000 for the next ten years
for the purpose of making experiments in
the artificial propagation of fish.
A boarding-house fiend tells the story
that in a resent thunder-storm the warring
of the elements was so awe-inspiring that
the hair in a dish of butter in the pantry
turned completely white during the nigh t
The estimated cost of Chicago's new
Grand Pacific Hotel was $1,000,000. The
actual cost was $1,000,857.94. There are
59 flights of stair's, 38 miles of wire, 999
windows, and 1,070 doors in the building.
A young man who prided himself on
his mental qualifications, once, speaking of
the advantages of these, remarked, "What
is better than a good education ?" "Com
mon sense, yon fool, you," quickly res
ponded one of his hearers.
A dealer is artificial eyes, who thought
to find a handsome business opening in the
far west, has been utterly ruined, it is said,
by a competitor who has devised a process
of hardening and preserving the unclaimed
natural optics which are swept out of the
different bar-rooms every morning
A singular epidemic broke out in a
Kansas town last week. Every wife in the
town was suddenly attacked by an irresis
tible desire to present her husband with a
nice little dressing case, with shaving ma
terials complete. An attractive young wo
man had opened a barber shop in the vil
lage.
A Texas paper tells of a man who
brought in for shipment to St. Louis SOO
wolf pelts. He kills the wolves by putting
strychnine in the carcasses of animals kill
ed for the purpose and left on the prairies-
It often occurs that he finds as many as
forty dead wolves about one of these car
casses.