CUlUlHOeil'l CUUNTHI.
BY LOCI EE CBAMDLBB MOtTI.TOS,
Oh, plrftnant land of childhood,
I turn to say good by
To all jour spring thn pathways
That now behind mo lie—
To tho happy sktoo ahovo yon,
Tho roses by the way.
And tho will rcmoniWred placet
Wherein I used t> play.
When on my knee* I tended
Doll rhthtreu still and fair.
And washed their patient fa-*o,
And brushed their golden bsir,
thought they knew and loved me.
Those children on my kne;
Whoa sore aftlirtton found tham
What gnsf ii waa to tuo!
One fell end broke her ankle,
And one put out her ero.
AND one her wicked uncloa
Shot st maliciously,
And left her sedly lying,
The saw dust blooding fast
From her pour wounded body,
Until she died, at last.
hnriod her at nightfall,
Ben ath a lonely troo.
And from her grave a violet
Spiting ui !<• comfort mo.
My dogs, my rata, my pony—
Ah, rhlhllK >i"A land WAS gay
With all three loon oonij anious
I've loft upon tho wij !
Boi that so pleasant country,
With all its ioy and pa n,
Lost in the mist behind IUA,
I cannot And again.
I miss Its verdant woodlands,
The promise of its skioe.
The da)s that dawned upon ma.
Back on# a sweet surprise.
Farewell, oh spring time valltya,
Wherein I used to stray—
A summer world awaits IDS;
It is mo longer May!
NEK IMI THE CUIU S.
Ii Sas the flay before tho circus, and
four small boys sat on tho back stops
dolefully discussing that longed-for bnt
unattainable pl nsnre. They had asked,
teased, iusisted ami implored, but tho
powers that were had vetoed the bill
and the poor little fellows were almost
heart-broken.
" I wish we could do something to
earn tho money to get in," said Johnnv.
"We might drop potatoes for old
Smithy," suggested Davie. lie and
Johnny were the same iff and always
agreed.
"Pooh! lota o* money you'd get!"
sneered another, whom tho boys, for
aome reason known only to themselves,
flailed "Rabbity." His father was chor
ister in the church where Davie's father
was deacon. "Here 'tis after school,"
he oontinned, "and tho circus comes ofl
to-morrow afternoon. Yon wouldn't
have time enough to get the money to
pay my way in,even."
"Ho! You're a healthy onol You
don't s'pose we'd pay tnore'n our own
fare, do yon V" cried Johnny and Davie
together.
"You can pay y'own way," said little
Ted, who always sided with his big
brother Johnny.
"Well," said Rabbity, apologetically.
" I thought yon meant to get rich 'fore
morning an' treat all ycr friends. But
then," he added, with much sanctimony,
*T don't knows I care to go. They're a
iow set to a circus."
"Yoas," said Davie, scornfully, "yo
hoard yer father say that, so you think
it's smart."
" Bet yon'd go quick's wo would, only
give yon the chance," and Johnny know
ingly nodded his closely-sheared head.
"Bet yon'd go quick 'nongh," echoed
Tsd.
"Oh dear! I wish we could go,'
sighed Johnny, returning to the snbjcct
in hand.
"It's too dirt mean't we can't." Davie
was very near crying.
"You aee, times is so hard," said
Johnny, reflectively. "Our folks can't
afford it for the two of ns, an' 'twonldn't
do to lot one go, 'cause t'othcr'd be
sisd."
"Yon ain't goin' 'thont me, Ted de
clared, setting his chin in the palm of a
very dirty little hand.
"Well, that's jnat what I said,"scolded
Johnny. "You See, if they'd only givo
father bigger pay. why, we'd go.""
"Taint that that keeps me," said
Davie, mournfully. "If that was the
reason,'twonldn't be.so hard;" and ho
swallowed his hardships in a big gulp.
"Why don't they let you go, then?"
•ake.l Johnny, in amazement.
"Cause they're so mean they won't!"
"Won't let yon go when they got the
money I" Johnny stood right np on hia
feet. "Well, I gummy I"
"No, they won't. 'Taint ' refine' or
•sthin'. They think I'll get so't I'll
like it. 11l bet I'll ride some o' them
bosses yet, if they don't look ont.
They'd better let me go while I'm little
sa' esn psy for it, sn' then maybe ehen
I'm a man 111 bo tired of it, an' save my
money."
"What's the reason yon don't go,
Babbity?" asked Johnny.
"Well," said Rabbity, slowly, "my
father thinks they are half drunk, and
they cheat and lie, and, if I go, 111
taarn it. He thinks 'tain't proper, and
I guess lie's "bout right, so I don't want I
lo go."
"Pooh! Guess you don't need to
has* how to lie," muttered Johnny, un
dev his breath, at the same time punch
ing Davie.
"S'poae you'd like to go and get bad,"
returned Babbity, who heard the re
"111 risk gettin' bud. Jnst gimme a I
uhuoee to go in. that's all I want."
" Husu's something I picked up mm
iUg home," called Davie's older brother,
auto approached the home with s paper
m his hand. "It tells all abont the
retreat There's Birnnm himself, and
.hsssfii all his homes and things," and he
threw the paper at them and went In.
It was like a match thrown into s heap
ul gunpowder. And the exclamations
red elbow joggings that followed would
have driven any one but a boy crazy.
A* long ea they could see, they pored
•rear ft,now admiring the elephants,and
then squealing in ecsUcy st tne wonder
ful performances of the equestriennes,
tad when it was too dark to read any
axmi thwy chreovcved thai there was to
' a street parade. Then tlmy went in
Moi> f Davie's father.
* Sag. father," eried Davie," wont yon
h*u as to the street parade to morrow
1 morning? It'n (roc, an' wo ran 800 iho
chariot. An' his horses coat no cud of
mouoy I"
After much entreaty tlio boys wore
told that if they would bo good and
ol>ediout they conld go to the street
iwrndo, and they promised unlimited
wisdom and discretion, and withdrew to
tho road, where tliov sat down in a row,
and talked of tho lionn and elephant*
till they hardly darod go home.
Tho next morning Davio was up
bright and early. As soon as breakfast
was over,hia father said: "Now,if i tun
to give yon a pleasure, you must do
something for mo in return. You can
take n basket and pick up the chips in
tho wood-yard, and when that is done
wo will start."
"Can't I do it when I come back?"
"No, you can do it now, or you
needn't go."
Davie resigned himself philosophi
cally, and went out to work with the
biggest basket he could lind nud a
shovel, but tho chip business became
a weariness to the flesh and u vexation
of spirit before it was finished. At last,
however, he ran in to get ready, while
the horse was being harnessed. We
! have already mentioned that Davie's
! l ather wua a deacon. lie was a believer
in tho "here a little and there a little"
! system, and, as tho boys climbed into
tlio buggy, ho saw an opportunity too
precious to bo neglected, to "impress
them with a sense" of—well, their total
depravity as much as anything. Ac
cordingly they were profoundly admon
ished and counseled during tho drive
to the city regarding "the evils of that
form of dissipation known as circus
going.'
"It has a oorrnpting influence on the
manners," said the dejy-on. as loftily as
if addressing a convention of Congre
gational churches. "And it debases the
morals to an unlimited degree. It cre
ates a taste for low nud sordid amuse
ments, which, once formed, can never
be wholly eradicated. 1 intend to hitch
the horse at the upper end of the town,
where he cannot be frightened, and so
injure himself, by the noiso and bustle
of the panulo. An evil tendency cnco
implanted in the mind is like a noxious
weed. It will grow ami spread and
eventually crowd ont all the good.
This street parade will no donbt draw
many who slionld be better employed,
and will cause them to long for the in
tenser excitement of tho circus itself,
thereby causing them to waste money
as well as time. I hope that none of
yon boys will over be tempted to waste
yonr time, energies, and monoy in that
way."
This last was said so pointedly that
tho boys felt that an answer was neces
sary lest ho should turn arouad and
take tbrra all home again. Kabhity
spoke np loudly:
" Yea sir I"
" I'd like to jtis' find money enough
to git into tho big teat," said Ted; at
which Johnny shook him and whis
pered :
" You dry np your gab. He's tellin'
ua not to."
" I ain't doin* to dry up ray gab. Dry
up v'own. He ain't dot nothiu' to say
'bout it, any way."
"Oh shut np! Be still!" whispered
Johnny, in terror. " He'll take tis home
if yon don't look out. You keep still."
" Dess I've dot 's much yite to soy
authin' 's yon 'n* Dave has to We a talk
in' to yerselvea all the time," muttered
Ted, half crying.
" Well, we won't. Well keep still,
won't we Dave? " said Johnny, willing
to do anything to keep Ted's contrary
little tongne quiet.
Tho sermon wss resumed again, and
Dave and Johnny, who sat on the l*K'k
scot with Ted lietween them, nudged
each other occasionally, and tried to
smother their giggling at themight of
Babbity, who sat on the front seat luv
side the deacon, and listened atteutivel v,
apparently drinking in every wort! ;
whicli #o encouraged the speaker that
bis discourse soon liegAti to aonnd like
some of the columns of " words of four
syllshles" in Webster's old spelling
book.
But the drive was not !ong. and, one#
ont of the buggy, tho boys gavo their
whole attention to the sight-seeing, and
tho admonitions they had received had
the fate of the seeds which once fell by
the wsyside. The deacon had his hands
full when the " panoramic pageant" ap
peared. The three older boys forgot
all their promises, and wormed their
way through the crowd that made the
street almost impassable to the curb
stone, where they stood "rapt in aston
ishment," as the old anthem has it. Ted
conhl not follow, his hand being firmly
held by the deacon, who vainly tried to
Attract the attention of the boys, of
whom he now and then caught a
glimpse.
"If ever I get those boys homo*—
said the deacon, vengefnllv.
Bnt there seemed to lie a possibility
that ho would not get them home, for,
when the last chariot passed, the boys
started with tho crowd, and the staid
deacon had to trot along, too, whether
lie would or not, with Ted in his arms.
The day was very warm, and Ted was
heavy, and the deacon had not taken oil
ilia tlannela, and he felt like ignoring
hia position, dropping hia oratorv, and
indulging in a sulphuric oath. To tell
the truth he did say "Godfrey" with
considerable emphasis.
Hnddenly he ean-e upon his party
talking with an acquaintance. Bnt he
was Ux> breathless to say anything, and,
lietween the crowd and the determined
boya, be found himself hurrying toward
the great white tents at tho other end
of the town. It was useless to resist
so he gavo up the contest and soon be
came almost as eager to go on as the
IMJ* themselves. There were the n mal
scenes on the circns ground—the shout
ing agents, tne flaming show bills, the
time-worn " accidental escape" of the
"wild man," and the mvulrriona sounds
from tho tenta, which the laiya wera
•ositive were caused by tho wild mU
mala rushing around loose; ami this
and tho presence of tho blue coated
gentry in the crowd rendered then
qnito manageable, so that in the course
of time the deacon was able to start on
the return trip.
If the deacon had talked ad the way
into town, the lioys made up hwt time
on the way home; ami, more than that.
thoy all talked at onco, and ho could
hardly hear hia own voice when he
Hpokii hi tho horse. Ho they were left
to themselves, except that onco, when
they wore bemoaning their lock of
J funds, ho said impressively: " Have
your money, boys, against tho time of
need. Unco lost you never can got it
again." No ono noticed this remark
except Tod, and it was so simnly word
ed that ho understood it, anil accord
j ingly, wlu-n they were passing tho vil
: luge store, ho insisted on going in.
Presently ho came back to tho buggy
with u stick of candy in each hand, and
another in his month. Tho last ho di
vided between the other hoys.
" What do you spend your money for,
so near home? " asked the deacon.
" For candy."
The query was repeated with " wh/"
j substituting " what."
"Oh I" said Ted, scrambling np on
I tho seat. " 'Causo you tol' us to look
: out not lose it, an' I hud one a' them
J nasty little tli'eecent thing*, nn' 1 was
'fraid I'd lose him, *o I spent him an'
dot all this candy. Want some? "
Perhaps tho deacon was not thor
' oughly satisfied with the result hia
counsels, but ho made no sign.
About 10 o'clock that sani'- evening s
man,'who looked much like the deacon,
might have been soon leaving the city.
{ As lie was passing tlie last str< et lamp,
a vehicle, going in tho same direction,
I nlAckenod up and n voice called, " Hallo,
deacon I Is tliis you ? Won't you
ride? "
" Why, good evening?" returned tho
! addressed, recognizing the chorister of
j his church. " Yes, very glad to ride,
i My lioro was pretty tired, no I
in to-night. How do you do? "
" First-rate. Heems to me you're out
1 late to-night. Must have lieeu to tho
I circus, lia! ha! lis!"
" Well, to tell the truth, I had a ticket
given me, aud I—felt kind of obliged to
i n*o it. Had a little bnainess in town
, and had to romo in. But, to Imi honest
! —it isn't a* had as I thought. I wish
you'd lieen there. Those horsca aro
worth neaing."
"Well," said tho chorister, rather
sheepishly, "Icamo in to aeeab-iiit those
; liymn-booka, ym know, and 1 had two
i or three errands, and well, I had a lit-
I tie time, and I met aome parties who
i were going iuto tho show, and I
| went slung with 'em. Never went l>c
fore—didn't know what a eircus was;
but, as yon say, those horses are worth
; seeing Those women hail 'em under
, pretty nice control."
"I was quit# surprised to find those-
j at —bareback nders dressed. I liad
!an ides thst—' bareback' referred to—
the -er riders, rather than the homes."
Then followed a loug discussion of
j the merits of the different pcrfi>rmcrs,
i whose names were pronounced as glihly
j as Barnnm himself could have done.
When it leaked out the next dsr, as
of course it did, that those two "pillars"
liad lieen to the circus, there wo* a
council among tho Ixit*. And Dario
said, with a gentleness that betokened
a perfect hurricane;
"You ran liet ono thing, fellers. 801 l
take me to the next one! "
Then he shut his lip* together, and
they couldn't get another word from
him.
A Tale of Fashionable Lift.
The night was stormv and dark -the
wind most awfully hfew; even the
] tramps, who snore sweetly in Madison
I Park till the hands of the clock early
morning do mark, hy midnight were
frozen qnite through.
From a house on the Fifth avenue
(wherein MrGimus did dwell), from 10
in the eve till 4 in tho morn—from the
darkness of night till the bright*--** cf
dawn did the sounds of gsy rsvelry
swell.
McGinnis m -giving s hop on hi*
charming daughter's birthday; frotn 10
in the eve till 4 was no stop of tho whirl
of the dance, of tho wine's ttz and pop;
McGinnis was able to pay.
The belles were lovely and fair, with
their robe* so costly and bright; but,
had they spit-curls or lungs in their
hair, not s maid in the room hail the
conquering sir A Bella McGinnia thai
night.
Hho had bet a rather large atake ten
laps of tlie gay giddy dance in each
quarter-hour that night she would make,
and a different Ix-an for each ten ahe
would take in order to lesson her
chance.
Her eyes were as bright as the day,
and constantly peering around; as
round in the waltz her body would sway
she'd look st the men in s languishing
way until the next partner was found.
Hho counted nn laps with her feet,
most honest and true was her score;
hut, as 4 o' tho clock was struck by the
l>ell, she turned her last lap and sud
denly fell fell all in a heap on the
! floor.
Alas for the gambler who gains! To
her bed the maiden they bore. And
now she is full of weakness and pains,
and rheumatic joint* and varicose veins.
Hlioll never make laps any more.—
Puck.
American (ompetlllon in China.
In his report on the trade of Shanghai
for the year 1877, Consul Davenport
directs attention to the rapid increase 1
in the imports of cotton piece goods I
from America. The growth is shown in
tlie following table:
1*74. t7. 1*. iwn. 1
_ B-tlf. Iki'rt. tta*—. ttalM). j
frill* t,*tD B.MI d.UM !(t ;)2
KWiln* t.l t.MQ 4r. 14 l
'•'* nil. all. Vft -
The great increase in 1877 is all the
more striking iM-catise it has taken place
concurrently with a considerable dimi
nution in the imp-ort o' the same fabrics
of British origin. Tho American has
to some extent taken the place of tho ,
English artic'.e, and of this Mr. Daven
port suggest* two explanations. It is
popularly supposed, he saya, to be due
to the purity of the American goods,
but some hold the opinion thst the New
England manufacturers have boon push
ing off their stocks of oottou beoanso
they have not lieen able to find a market
for them in America. As to the sn|>-
rior purity of the American products
there appears to be no question.—Lon
don EcononiiHl.
TIIK NOKIUIMSK.IOLII EXPEDITION.
Through thn Arctlr U> lii'lU A (ileal U
agmyhlral Problem mrfvidi
Oho of the GREATEST geographical
problems of the lost four centuries, Bay*
the Chicago Journal, hiw at length
been solved. Even before Columbus
! set out to reach India by auiling west
-1 ward, the thought of discovering u pass
i ago around Europe and Amu, by nailing
to the north and eaat, hail iuspired rnoro
j than one navigator to make attempt* in
I thin direction.
While jubilant Americana were cclo-
I brating tho Fourth of July, 1878, Prof.
: Nordcmikjold weighed anchor ut
I Oothenbnrg, and act forth to reach
Hchring HtruitH, and finally India, by
| nailing through the Arctic. Tho dis
| patch from Yatntak, received from Ht.
Petersburg lust week, assures uh that
| the Yoga, with the expedition all in
j good health, had then arrived in Behr
ing strait*, and that after a brief stay
Prof. Nordenskjohl would sail for Japan,
China and India, and return to Europe
J via tho Suez canal.
Homo of tho most thrilling narratives
in tho history of maritime adventure
j record tho struggles of Prof. Nor
i donskjold's predecessor* in attempts to
find this passage. Many of them per
! Misted in their daring endeavors.
There is evidence that as early as 820
| of our era, a Ik>l<l Norway navigator
! named Odder sailed around tho North
I Capo of Europe and csntw ard as far as
| tho mouth of the River Kola. Tho last
! great expedition planned by Sebastian
Cabot, after ho hail skirted North and
South America in two vain attempts to
fiud a passage to tho East Indies, was
| one directed to the same object bv cir
; oumnavigating Europe and Asia. He
I was too old to accompany tho expedi
! lion, but it act forth, unX ended in dis
a#t-r.
Kir Hugh Willonghby and I'.idiard
Chancellor, under tho außpioe* of the
Muscovy Company, of London, in 1853,
sailed no further than Nora Zembla.
! Willonghby's vobbol was lost with all on
board. Chancellor and his vessel barely
escaped back to Europe.
In 1 nVi the same company dispatched
Stephen Burroughs, who pushed east
ward to the Kara sea, lying ca.it of Nova
Zembla.
Three T< yw-la wi re sent out by the
Dutch in l.V.'t. one of which crossed the
Kara se n to the mouth of the great Si
berian river Obi.
In the I'jtter part of the sixteenth
| century Russian navigator* explored
the northern coast of Russia
and Asia, sailing from Archangel to the
Obi rivi r, and tlicnco < iu-tnr 1 to tho
river Yeneaei. It was not until lfi3o
tliat a party re-ached the month of the
1/eua. and then not by sea, but by
aledgi s overland. By similar moans
the- river Kolima was ranched in 1044.
Then the spirit of discovery alum
: Ik-re-el until it revived under Peter the
(treat. Under this energetic sovereign
the celebrated Dane, Vila* lb bring.
| entered the Russian service. He made
j several Arctic voysge* with but trifling
I results, but in 17'Z* he lx-gan an over
i land survey of tho northeast coast of
I Siberia, in which ho penetrated Ut tlie
oastom extremity of Asia, lhist cajx-,
anel looked eastward over the broad
, straits that now hear his name.
Through such roe-nr.* as these the
! trenenU outline of the Arctic shores of
j Europe and Asia I" came tnh rably wr 11
known to geographers Im fore Nordens
kjold set ont, but no voyager had ever
sailed the length of this entire coast,
| and many ilislm lieved that such a font
■ was j-oseiblr. until now the triumph of
I this renowned scientist and navigator
' puts an etui to doubt and rankv him
with the immortal Columbus and Vaaco
do Damn.
In June, 1*75, I'rof. Nordenskjohl,
under the an tees of that enterprising
n< reliant. Oscar Dickson, of Gothcn
; burg, made an exploring and trading
voyage to the mouth of the Yeneaei.
Hnrli were the result* of this able navi
gator's previous exfM-rience and study
<f tho seasons ami currents of thi-ce
sea*. that he astonished all Europe by
making the voyage from North eajie to
| Nova Zembla in aix days: lialt<-<1 to
make three exploration* of the interior
of that island; crossed the dreadful B<-a
of Kara with conijsArutive ease, and an
, ckorcd in the month of the Yeneaei
Ang. 15. On the return his vessel made
tho voyage from that distant, hyper
lKrran river to Hammeriest, Norway, in
only ten day*.
Again, in 187 ft, leaving Tromaoe on
: the 25th of July, he reached Nova
1 Zembla in less than fire days, and, af
tor ftome delay in the Karnsea, anchored
at the mouth of the Yeneaei on the an
niversary of the day he had row bed
: there in the year before; this time only
twenty days from Tromsoe. He dis
posed of his cargo at a fair profit, and,
after eighteen days in harbor, returned
to Hammerfcet within acven weeks of
hit setting forth.
Emboldened by success, he applied
I to King Oscar, of Sweden and Norway,
himself one of the greatest geographer
of the age, fr assistance to make a
more extended voyage. The King and
, Mr. Alexander HihiriakofT contributed
j £B,OOO, to which hia old patron, Mr.
! Dickson, added £12,000, and, on July
I 4, 1878, the gallant explorer turned his
1 prow into the fierce face of the Arctic,
to win, if possible, for this nineteenth
century the honor sought in vain hr
the centuries gone by. This time lie
was provided with s steam whaling ves
sel, the Vegm, and accompanied by a
large sUfi' of navy and scientific officers
detached from the service of various
European countries, all eager to have a
share in tho dincoverioe of this remark
able Captain. They left Tromsoe July
25; reached the Ycnoeoi Aug. 6; rested
there three days, then boldly ventured
around the dreaded North wipe of Asia,
never rounded hy sailing craft before,
and cniue to anchor in the mouth of the
far off Lena on Aug. 27. The good
news filled the heart of evory geogra
pher in all lands with rejoicings, and con
gratulations to King Oscar and Mr.
Dickson poured in from every eonrt
and scientific academy in Europe and
America.
After Sept. 25 nothing waa heard
from tho \ ega, until in January word
came from Yakutsk that she was caught
in tho ice only forty miles east of East
cape. Hinoo then all has been anxious
silence, which had begun to vield to
sad forebodings of disaster. Mr. Ben
nett, of tho New York //era/d, volun
teered to send hi* famous vessel, tic-
Jennnetto, in search of Nordenskjohl,
and sho waa übotit to Htart from San
l'rancisoo when the good tidings came
which relieves the world of all anxiety.
If this age is not wonder-hardened,
I Prof. Nordenskjohl will be welcomed
back to Europe with such marks of lion*
[ or as have been accorded to no other
I discoverer of this era, not even tho he
roic Stanley.
■ ■ ■
1111 l Aip on Dogs.
j I knew that Harris had got hold of
i some sheep meat somewhere, for he had
' another violent pnrsoraph against dogs
the next morning. I can always tell
: when ho lias had mutton for dinner. It
; f-i-ms to affect his head, though I never
! did consider him mutton-headed. He
iin too dogmatic for that. 1)1-1 Rows is
; dead, my loving and tructiug friend, the
| defender of my children, the protector
• of mv household in the dark and silent
| watches of tho night. For thirteen
years he has been fond and faithful, and
; now we feel like one of the family is
d'-ud. Bows was the host judge of
1 human nnture I ever saw. He knew an
| honest man and a gentl-man by in
: stiuct. He never frightem-d a women
|or a child he never went baring down
the front wall, after ;ugd.Jy, but the
j very looks of him wonM mighty nigh
skier a nigger to death. When they
: had come to our 1 -iw thiy begun to
holler "bcllu" a quarter of a nnle off.
j Rows loved to akeer 'em, he did. He
i had character, and emotions. Having
| no tail to wag (for he was not curtailed*
he did the bet tlrnt he could and
I wagged where it ought to be. Bows was
| a dark brindle. H<- was a dog of an
! oustor*. His father's nime was Khy
liK-k, and Ins grandfather's name was
I Hln riff. Tin y wtru all honorable dogs.
I nt-Tor know him to run np and down
j a nabor's palings after th- dog on tlie
1 other side. He was above it bat he
, never dodgi d a r-wjKJUfibilit v. ll<- has
como in violent p'-inu:i contact with
other dogs a thou and times, more or
: h-M-. and was never the bottom dog in
! the fight And, then, vluit an honest
voire ho had. His l.nrkni* not on the
C, lit v. as u dei p. short basso pro
i fulido. We have buried him on the
hiow of the liiil where he used to ait
srul wsti li for tramp* and straggler*.
Slowly and sadly wo laid liim d -wu.
i Talk ai> --t Tour sheep I wouldn't have
given him for a whole flock. SI:- --pare
I to cat and wear, but Bows a friend.
; It's like comparing appetite with i rno
i tion ihe animal with the spiritual.
: Rut I am done now. Let Harris pre**
lon his dog law. I've got notLin agin
j sheep in fact. I like'em. Ever since
: Marv hail a little lamb I've thought
j kimfly of sheep, and I am |crfcctjT
willin* to a law that will i xterminatej'nll
| In tin* and stick-egg pups and yailer
i dog*, and bench-leg flees. They are a
■ reflection on Bowses memory.- A I c.lifa
Constitution.
Transfusion of Sheep's Blood.
At Ht. Luke's Hospital. Friday even
j ing, an operation was performed in the
- presence of several surgeons and inter*
: eftcd witnesses njon William Boeckler,
s young man who has been sick for a
i week with severe hemorrhage*, which
! gives every promise of saving his life
I and effecting bis complete ri * tors ti on
to health. The )>otii tit hail been suffer
ing with daily hemorrhages which re
duced him from a strong and vigorous
roan in less than week to so emaciated
s condition that utiles* something was
promptly done his deslh would havs
] resulted in s few hours at the farthest.
| He was so weak thst the usual remedies
' utterly failed to stop the bleeding
' caused by ipiiusy. Dr. Dedolph, who
| was in attendance, after the failure of
all other attempt* to save his patient,
decided to attempt the transfusion of
i blood into Bookler'a system taken
from a sheep. Friday evening Drs.
; Dedolph, Stone, Hlamm and McDonald
met at St. Luke's Hospital, and per
formed the ex|ieriment. The aick man
looked like wax, and be was so weak as
to be hardly conscious. A live sheep
was brought in, aud, when all was ready,
a tnln- was inserted into the asrotid ar
tery in the animal's neck, and then into
s prominent vein in the sick man's right
arm. The blood spurted through tlie
in closure, and was permitted to con
tinue till Boeckler commenced to
breathe short and fast. Then the tube
was removed. All of the while the pa
tient's condition was carefully watched,
ami it is estimated that alsiut six ounce*
of the blood of the sheep passed into
his arm. Ho soon after commenced to
revive, and last evening, st a late hour,
was feeling much !x?ttor. Tho physi
cians ree no reason why ho ahould not
completely recover. The operation is
niiusnal, but is not regarded as a rc
markablr-delicate one. It is the first of
the kind jierformod in the State, and
nrobably tho first west of Chicago, a*
far a* any reoord ia to bo found.—BL
Paul Pioneer I're**.
High-Priced Trotters.
The Irst man In this eonni'7 to pay
an excessively fancy price for 4 troMer
wa* Mr. Koliert Bonner, who gavo Mr.
(leorge Alley #I6,DtW for Doxter. Mr.
Bonner afterward gavs S'I3,OUO for
Coolt-y, $15,000 for Pocahontas, 120,000
for Hurtle, and #15,000 for Orafton.
Largo as thru* sums aggregate, they
have lieen exceeded by Mr. Henry jJ.
Hraith, who has paid more money for
trotters than any man living. He paid
for Lady Thorn, #30,000; for Goldsmith
Maid, #35,000; for Lucy, #25,000; for
Jay Oonld. #35,000. Gould lie bought I
of Fiak, George Hall and Jay Gonld.
They owned the horse, having bought
him from s New Bedford party when
hia name was Judge Rrigham. Tattler
he bought of A. J. Alexander for #l7,- i
000; Gen. Knox he paid #IO,OOO for;
Rosalind cost him #13,000; Socrates,
#20,000; Idol, #7,500; Western Girl,
#1,000; Martha Nutwood, #1,500. Daisy '
Burn* he traded Harry Harley for with
Commodore Vanderbilt; ahe stood him
in #3,500. What does all that foot np?
#2o4,sooexactly. Goldsmith Maid waa
on the go, in the cars, for thirteen yestra,
from one end of the country to the
other, traveling over 100,000 miles, al- ,
ways taking her regular rest on the
ears as if in bor box stall She has
netted to her owner over #75,000, after
paying all her expenses and giving
Bndd Doble one-half.
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TITU AMI POINT.
A LAt.T np-town, joking about her
nose. said: "I I h.l nothing to do with
kbaping it. It wan a birthday prai nt."
Tji r. injurious effects of "forty-rod
whisky" we presume in allrihutable to
the fad that forty roda make one rude.
Ti;r. end mini <.f a negro-minstrel
company call* nimielf the Napoleon of
the trouj <■ Ixcioiae be in the bony part.
A ima iT np-town boy lately inform' i
bin prnlnitHi; -r that Ire didn't like to
i hear him joke—"it's bud iu-ag'-," be ex
pluiner).
A C*ur< -I* politician says that the
1 pjtb of rectitude Lua lxx-n traveled so
little in th t Hlate. of late years, that it
iias all run to grass.
"Mv aon," said an old lady, "how
1 must Jonah have felt when the whale
swallow d him?" "Down in the mouth,"
! was the young bopcful'B reply.
I "\V< man is a delusion, madame," ex-
I claimed a crtmty old lachelorto a witty
' young la<ly. "And roan in always hug
ging some delusion or other," was tfcs
1 quick retort.
A Nau kaMst claims to hare discov
ered that erowa, while in flocks, hare
regularly organized court#, in which
they ait around and try offenders a
•ort of crow liar.
JfANrrn: —"Ma, arc yon going to
give nrc-another piece of pie?" Ma -
"What do you want to know for?"
Joanctt'- -"lb cause if you aiu't, I want
to cat tbir. niece slowly." •
A timin lir.ktonian has married a Ldy
whose weight verges closely on ttW
j pounds. "My <bar," aaid he to her
"shall I help yon over the fence?"
"Ho." say* alio to him, "help the fence."
A LITTIX Waterloo Bnnday-aehool
mias was asked by her teacher, "What
must people do in order to go to heav
en?" "Die, I suppose," replied tlie
j little one. The teacher did not quea
i lion her any further.
Till? gift-cl romo buaincsa lags, and
| It is now possible to purchase a pound
ot t"* in eorae localitiea without being
obliged to invest ft *-'7| for a frame to
encircle the artistic production ao
emiliugly handed you by the dealer.
A COIiRBSpi'KDKJTT of the Bt. Louis
Globe Democrat tella Una story: "An
Irishman, upon his arrival in the United
Btntoa, noting the great number of mil
itary titles, exclaimed. 'Wiut a divil of
a battle has been fought near hen-,
where all the private* were kilt'"
i Titr pretty girl that all men seek i
j a combination of rare and precious
atone#. Her lipa are rubies, her torth
pearls, diamonds must flaah from her
eyes, bright and sparkling genua must
fall from her lips, while her pocket
must fairly groan with it* pile of rocks.
"Have you given electricity a trial
for your complaint, madam?" asked the
i minister a# he took tea with the old
j lady. "ElectricityP aaid ahe. "Well,
j yes, I reckon I haa. I was struck by
, lightning last summer and hove ont of
I the window, but it didn't seem to do me
qo sort of good."
Tnlee Resurrected.
A Han Francisco correspondent
writes: The tips and downs of miutng
toans sere well illustrated last week.
Long juris ago liodic had its tips an 1
then its down. It was buried,and even
Beeond Ads entistadid not believe if it*
resurrection. About three year* ag i
I the Hodiu mine was rcpmapcctcd. ai.{ "
I a show of sent the stock a-kitiug
I vod reaurtt .dcd the turn. It was litei--
ab/ Iron: sgain, and Solomon's Tempi.-,
in sll it hiry disilayed no such brill
iance by niglit * tue gorgeoiu
gauiVhng-shum Cfx? groggeries, open as
day to public gats. "Four bit* a
ilriak,' and "Here ia a handful of nug
get* 1 il Inst on that game, either wav
you del 11 please. If that don't suit, pat
for the drinks or fight" Oh. it was
jolly! In n brief year the mine petered
out, and ailenee reigned in Bodie hall*.
Only ghostly sobs from spirit-laud#
were Irornc on the miduight air fm-u
lira; ned gambler* whose stork 1 oases
drove them to #ni<ud<i. Now. again.
Gabriel's trump proclaim* salvation
strike* of gold, and sounds the call to
resurrection. Behold! Bodie, that was
(load, is ohvo again, lu highways ar.-
all uhuxj: as of yore, and the old familiar
sound* com ii laok -I bet, vou bet, he
l*ela. 1 lodic, stock take* a sn.hlen bonud
from to #lO, ond from tlie priest to
the shoe-black, from aged women to
young imiiibus -all Uio world ruahaa
blindly into the gamble I
A Uroßrg (Iowa) pickling ewtnhhkh
mit ulverlia s lor idUJIMXI heads of
rnbhsge, ami the New London Tele^t*••>-*
says: "Go West, young man, go Wwt*