MORAL AND RELIGIOUS.
Knlor llc XVorlil.
The world and all that in it is con
tributes to your enjoyment if you wil'
it so. The night in yours. It brings
you tired natnre's sweet restorer, balmy
sleep. It often brings you pleasant
dreams—dreams in which you repos
sess and live over the enjoyments of tho
past. Stars and moon throw their light
over your pathway. , Morning breaks
for you, and it is your own fault if you
keep your eyes shut when it is purpling
tho east, and awakening the animal
world to renewed life and activity. The
beauty of the waterfall is yours, al
though the water may not turn your
mill; and the bright green grass is
yours, though tho hay that it makes
may he another's. The bird ; sing for
you. At this season tho robin, the
wren, the thrash, the cuckoo and the
lark are giving daily concerts free to
all. Enjoy yoar family, the companion
ship of vonr friends, and when you are
alone, solitnde is greatly to be enjoyed.
Enjoy your walks—a drive with a good
horse, if yon happen to have one; why
not? Enjoy all innocent pleasures and
amusements—enjoy lifo all that you
can—and be grateful f or your oppor
tunities of enjoyment even if they are
not as plentiful as you wish them to be.
ilrliciou* New* and Notr*.
Ex-Governor Judge Joel Parker, of
New Jersey, has joined tho Presbyterian
church at Freehold.
It appears that thero aro twenty-five
distinct Methodist denominations in tho
world, with a total of 4,030,780 mem- ,
bcrs.
The African Methodist Episcopal i
church claims that it has 387,56(1 mom- !
Ikts and probationers, against 215,000 |
reported in 1879.
Tho First Protestant church in Albu- |
querqnc, Now Mexico, has jnst been j
opened. It is a Congregational society,
the only one of that order in the Terri- i
tory.
A Roman Catholic paper Hays that
had the church retained all her chil
dren thero should now be in tho country
from 20,000,000 to 25,000,000 members
of that church, whereas there aro now 1
less than 7,000,000. It attributes the
great losses to the influence of the pub
lic schools.
The Baptists of South Carolina, ex
clusive of the colored churches, have
639 churches and 55,183 members.
There were 4,298 baptisms last year,
and $40,258 was raised for missions,
education, etc. In several parts of the
State white ministers hold Ministers'
institutes for the l>enefit of colored ;
preachers.
Seventy-nine of the one hundred
Congregational home missionaries in j
Kansas report that they aro serving 137
churches and ninety-seven nut-stations, i
Dnring the last year they organized
fifty-three Sunday-schools and twenty- j
two churches. They report 279 con-1
versions and 352 additions to the
chnrches on confession of faith, and i
420 by letter.
A table on the ratio of ministers to
members in various denominations ]
shows that in the African Methodist
church there is one minister to every j
224 members: Reformed (Dutch)
cbureh, one minister to 147; Presby- I
terian, one to 114; Protectant Episcopal,
one to 100; Congregational, one to 107:
Methodist Episcopal, one to 144. The
average in seventeen denominations is
one to 111.
A Lively Encounter With a Buffalo.
Buffalo hunts out on onr Western
plains aro not always void of excitement
and romanee, as a young gentleman
from Mississippi will testify, who recently
engaged with several others in <>ne of i
these hunts. It so happened that he
had become separated from the rest of
the party, and was hiding behind a sage
bnsh, waiting patiently,to get a shot at
a large herd which seemed to be coming
in bis direction. He had not long
to wait before the excited herd dashed
by and disappeared ornid a cloud of
dust, leaving bch'nd an immense bull
which had been wounded by the gentle
man aforesaid. As soon as tho canse of
his misfortune had been discovered the
animal dashed upon him, giving him
barely time to jump as the infnriated
bnll paused directly over the spot where
he had stood. Things liegan to look
more alarming than interesting, bnt
there was no time to consider the mat
ter, as the animal was again U|ton liim,
and again be had to jump. This ope
ration was repeated four times, he man
aging meanwhilo to get in several shots,
bnt without effect. As he was jumping
for the fifth time to escape the assault,
his foot slipped, tho bull's born passing
through the calf of his leg, completely
severing tho cord and leaving the ad
venturer in a helpless and critical con
dition. The animal came bearing down
npon him for the last time. With
barely strength enough left to raise his
rifle, he fired, and, to his unbounded
relief, managed to lodge a ball in the
animal's brain. Ha waa picked up by
his friends soon after in a senseless
condition.
The Rrird Anions lln Ancients.
The history of the beard in oh ancient
as that of man himself, and since tho
earliest written history in found in tho
East, to that part f tho world must we
go for tho llrst records on tho subject
of pogonology. Among tho Orientals,
whoso customs and manners aro loss
subject to change than those of West
ern nations, tho beard has always been
looked upon as imparting dignity to the
countenance. To the general rule, how
ever, the old Egyptians form un exeep.
tion. According to Herodotus, they
only allowed tho hair of tho head and
tho board to grow during the period f
mourning; at all other times being
carefully shaved. It will be remem
bered that when Joseph was sent for by
Pharaoh ho was obliged to sluvo him
self ; but a curious custom of the
Egyptians was that of sometimes wear
ing a false heard mndo of plaited hair
and of a peculiar form, varying accord
ing to the rank of the wearer. Com
moners wore only allowed small boards,
barely two inches long, while the beard
of a king was of considerable length
and square at tho bottom. Tho beard
of a gad was distinguished by its being
turned up at tho end. lJy this means
tho figures of gods and kings in the
sacred subjects of the temples are easily
dillerentiatod. Tho allegorical con
nection, also, between tho sphinx and
tho monarch is plainly shown ly the
form of tho board. Yet, notwithstand
ing this custom, the Egyptians' abhor
rence of tln boarded Greeks and Asiat
ics was so great that no woman would
on any nccouut allow a bearded man to
kiss her. Ladies are not quite so par
ticular nowadays.
Among the Oriental Jews, and tie-
Arabs, Turks ami Mohammedan triWs
of Central Asia, and of Afiica, the
beard is still regarded as sacred. " l'\
the beard of the Prophet," still remains
the highest and solctnnest oath among
the faithful. Pugonstacher, in an old
treatise) on the subject, says that among
the Turks a long beard W AS held in such
respeet that a man with such an append
ago was deemed incapable of • false
swearing. Hence, when any one had a
weak case in court he looked out for
long bearded witnesses, who, however,
most probably knew nothing whatever
of the matter in dispute. And he
usually won the day, unless his oppon
ent, equally artful, confronted him with
witnesses with superior hirsute adorn
ments. There is a sweet simplicity
ahont this superstition and its jieeuliariy
Turkish application that is eminently
edifying. The Mohammedan priests of
the Indian Archi|>elago, in imitation of
the Arabs, are foml of wearing a Ward,
but the utmost results of their painfully
careful cultivation are a few straggling
and incongrnotis-lookiug hairs, which,
BO far from gaining the desired effect,
only make thorn objects of galling ridi
cule. We may hero note, in contradic
tion to this absurd habit, the custom
pursned by most nations scantly fur
nished with Imiron tho face, of plucking
out, at an early period in li'e, the hirsute
caereseences which no amount of pains
and trouble oonbl ever render respect
able.
As with tho Mohammedans, the heard
was much est emed by the ancient
Greeks and Romans. Wo know how-
Homer speaks of the beards of Nestor
and King Priam. It was, moreover,
considered to be a symbol of wisd mi;
Socrates was dabbed t/<iy/er brtrlnUu*
the Warded master. The latceda-mo
nians, however, do not apj>ear to have
worn the Ward in its integrity, for they
shaved the upper lip. According to
Athenians (Lib, 1,1), tho custom of
sliaving introduced by Alexander
the Great, who ordered tho soldier* to 1
clip their beards before the battle of
Arbela, because a short beard wonbl
offer no advantage to the enemy when
fighting at close quarters. At a later
period the whole Inward was *haven, and
the portraits on Macedonian coin*
generally represent the kings without
beards. Among the ltoma:.i the beard I
was originally worn long and cut or
clipped daring times of mourning.
Pliny (Lib vii. 59) says that one Licinn* 1
M:i nas introduced tensors into Italy
from Hieily in the year 154, P. It. C.,
lieforo whieh date the Roman* did not
eut the hair, and he fnrther mention*
that Hcipio Africann* was the first to
; adopt the custom of shaving every day. I
From this time the wearing of beards
was continued chiefly by philosophers,
priests and soldiers, or in contrast to tho
previous habit, as a sign of mourning.
Successful Hunters.
Two Englishmen recently returned to
St. Petersburg from a successful bear
hunting expedition in Russia, after an
absence of three weeks, during which
they traveled 1,500 versta in sledgea and
150 in snow shoes, through dense tan
gled forosts, over frozen marsh and
lake, the thermometer often standing
below zero. In the course of twelve
days actually devoted to hunting they
killed with spear and gnn no fewer
than twenty-threw Wars of all size*, to
the great satisfaction of the peasants,
who w crop* and live stock suffer heavily
every year from the lavages of these
animals.
The horse-trough is a famous water
ing-phce.
Dr. Carver on Bow* ami Arrows.
"You wo," said Dr. Carver, as ho de
posited a whole ah oat It of bright ly
foathorod arrow* on a table, took off his
umbrageous felt and drew up a chair,
"I must bo shooting something or other
all the time. If it isn't u Winchester
it's a boa- and arrow. Pretty, they are,
but most too fluol Fancy things, these
arrows, for handsome young ladies to
shoot on grass plats at straw targets*
Now an Indian arrow is a good bit
longer—maybe thirty-two inches and
when a Sioux draws it chock up
to the bow it fairly hums when lie
lets it (ly. An Indian arrow has grooves
cut in it behind the barb—that is to
say, tho ones they use in hunting—so
that tho blood can flow; other
wise tho wound would swell and
spoil. Tho lighting arrows are nasty
things. The barb is so put on tho
shaft that when it hits you, the steel,
tho old hoop-iron, stays in the flesh
when yon go to pull out the arrow.
Dear sakes, what ugly wounds 1 have
soon them make ! An Indian hoy he
gins to handle a light bow when lie tod
dles, maybe at four or five years. His
bow is taller than he is. lie shoots at
everything round the camp. When Ir
is twelve he uses sharp arrows. A boy
must bo strung at eighteen t-> ore a
man's bow. Now, a white man who
takes an Indian bow for the I r.t tunc,
has all lie can do to bend it. It needs
some strength but more knack. Tho
bow is made straight. When it is
strung, the cord, when in tension,
almost touches the how. It is
thick, some four and a lulf or live
feet long—that is, their hunting
how—and lias extra stiflues by having
sinews pasted on it. I have seen We
shcasa-has-ka thai is, the long man
and ho was the best of the Ogulalla
.Sioux, kill an antelope with his arrow
at I'J.I measured yards. We-shessa
has-ka was nearly seven feet tall, ami a
good Indian. On horseback, broadside
to a buffalo, I have more than once
known that Indian to sen 1 an t urmw
through a big cow. The arrow hung
out on the other side. Th< low for
horseback arid for war i*a trill" shorter,
ami may be stiller. Vou do not draw
the arrow to the eye, hut catch aim
as I do when shooting from the
hip. That can be ac jnirod only by
long practice. The string is drawn
by tho clutch of the whole lin
gers, though some of the tribes use
the thumb and three fingers. The long
man could shoot an arrow in the air out
of sigiit, and so can I (the doetor
|Kiintod to an arrow buried up to the
feathers in the ceiling of our oflice, his
own js-i-nliar ornamentation of th<
h'nrf%t unil Si>-run sanctuti >. 1 think
that in a couple of months 1 eon Id get
into perfect practice, for I used to hold
my own with any Indian on the plains.
Sometime* after 1 had been shooting
with my Winchester an Indian would
come np and show his l>ow, and tell me
his bow was ' much'— good,' hut then
I used to take his own bow and beat liim
at it.
" To pass away the time when I wa* at
the Brooklyn Driving park, I bought an
English IJOW ami arrows of Ilolborton
and soon gut into tin- trick of it. I hit
blocks of wood thrown into tho air quite
a* often n* I missed tin m. Tin English
bows and arrows arc fancy, but good. I
would rather have an old Sioux one.
made of hickory or ash, hut tin- lioss
bow I ever owned was made by buffalo
ril*. An Indian carries his quiver of
arrows over his right shoulder, so that
ho can get hi* arrows quickly. When
he has discharged one arrow, with the
same motion tliat lie ns# - in pulling the
string he clutches anotln r arrow. If he
shoots ltd yards he has three or four ar
rows in the air all going at tin* same
time. It'* gn at fun shooting at a bird
with a long tail that flies over the
prairie. Knock out hi* tail and his
steering apparatus i i gone. I have
knocked tin- tail ont of many a one. and
so caught him in niy hand* when he
tumbled."— F'irtxi ami Sin in.
Hellgion of the President*.
Washington and Garfield were the
' only ones who were church member*,
bnt all, one cxreptcd, were men who
revered Christianity. Adams marrind a
minister's daughter, and wa* inclined
to Cnitarianism. Jefferson was not a
lieliever, at least while he was chief
magistrate. Madison's early connec
tions were Presbyterian. Monroe is
said to have favored the Episcopal
cbnrch. John Adam* wa* like
his father. Jackson was a Methodist,
and died in the commnnion o.' that
church. Van Bnren was brought up in
tho Heformed Dutch church, but after
ward inclined to the Kpisco]>al church.
Harrison leaned toward the Methodist
church, and Tyler was an Episcopalian.
Polk was baptized by a Methodist
preacher after his term of office expired,
Taylor was inciiiyd to the Episcopal
communion. Fillmore attended the
Unitarian church, and Franklin Pietoe
waa a member, bnt not a communicant,
of a Congregationalist churoh at Con%
cord. Buchanan was a Presbyterian.
General Grant attends the Methodist
church, and Prosident Garfield is a
memlier of the Church of the Disciple*.
Hitting Bull says he'll " be hanged if
be surrenders."
•LOVE COM Kill EH.
Plfp Krtflicr Amusing Orir*.
A young woman of Springfield, Mass.,
was determined to circumvent a young
man whom she suspected of a desire to
escort her home from t he Baptist church
sociable. The entertainment was held
in the basement, and sho laid a plan to
gain the uudienco-room above by means
of the buck stairs and to escape thence
to tho street, while hor would ho cava
lier was preparing to pouueo upon her
at the basement door. All went well
nntil a false step in the dnrkness sent
hor splashing into the baptistry, which
had remained open since the previous
Sunday.
C'huiles 11. Leigh ton is a young man
of Sea Cliff, and Miss Eva M. Loiek is
a hello of Brooklyn. They were en
gaged to bo married last winter, but
Mr. Brighton, for some cause unknown,
sought to break tho engagement. Miss
Lcifk admitted that it is always u sad
thing to take a love case to court, hut
she did take the case in question there,
as well as tho following letter, which
she had received: "You dear, darling
little sugar plum, you re as sweet as a
lamb about six months old. 1 wish yon
to comn up on May Leave the house
about 2:30. I wish yon would work u
motto ('.Sunshine After the Clouds') for
mother. She says for you to come up,
and I wish you to tell your mother to
l t your come for my sake. I'. S.—
Try to work tlmt motto if you can and
let nx- know if you ran. I*. S. -I will
write to lot you know all about it.
" (.*ll AS,"
When the letter was read in court Mr.
Lcigliton's affection apparently re
turned. 11" at once sent for tho Itev.
Dr. Hall an-1 defendant and plaiutif)
were married.
Fort Branch, Indiana, was excited
when Mr. .la-per Doug la-, a bachelor
and prominent citizen of that town,
brought home u bride. From a confes
sion bv Mr. Douglas it apjx-ar* thnt he
sat by his lonely firi-xido one night, r •
cently, reflecting upon tho lon s of his
youth. Tho old rhyme rami to him :
" Anna lis* gi.in en ■ mi—ion,
• XT t<> the S • ith ' a Kinnrrs ;
N< 11 i a wi'tow, kr<-j huantrrs, ni l
• '■il. hi r i in dinners.
"••harlotto and SU-OJI MM) liattu,
Mary, Jan.-, Loot and Maggn ;
I'onr ar- married an 1 plump, two
Mai-tins an 1 eTgg>,"
He was sad at heart, and liofr.ro he
Went to sleeji that night he mailed to
a Chicago paper an advertisement for a
wife. The most kind response and the
prettiest pic ture came from Htormville,
Miss., and thither Mr. Douglas went
for his lady-love. The courtship lasted
twenty-four hours.
With one of his arrow-i for a goose
quill Cupid ha* written for the San
Francisco papers an account of a nni-pie
wedding that occurred there. A dandr
employe in the United State* mint was
accepted by the madrap daughter of a
respectable citizen for the purpose of re
venge. The wedding honr was fixed for
a Monday evening, and a numlw-r of
guests, all of whom under*torsi the hoax
alx.nt to IK* played, met in good time.
A white-haired old gentleman consented
to act a* clergyman, and the eeremonr
wa* |>oriormod in a dim light in the
I>ack parlor. A* the dandy groom turned
j to salute the bride, the latter threw
aw ay a close veil and a blonde wig and
disclosed the feature* and mustache rd
the dandy's fiery rival, a fighting fellow,
who. if necessary, could act the part of
mother-in-law as well as bogus bride.
The guests threw np their hand* and
feigned amazement, and some of the
madcap's fair friend* seemed to faint.
As for the shrxMnsl and angry groom,
he slammed the front door after him in
a rage.
A vonng woman, who i* described a*
"one of the loveliest and most si -com -
plishrd uanghters of ('heyenne," while
riiling through the streets of that lively
| city a few months ago was thrown from
her horwe. A Spanish lad sprang from
the lamp-post against which he had been
leaning and endes\ orcd to prevent the
j accident, bnt the only assistance that
he conhl render was to lift the lady
from the gronnd and bear her into a
neighboring house. Then, sighing for
further sight of the fair one, the yoath
resumed his duty at the lamp-poet. As
for the young woman, sho sustained an
annoying injnry. It was nothing less
than the fracture of one of hor front
teeth. The delicate pearl that flashed
through " lips within w hose rosy lsby.
rinth when sho smiled the son] wa*
lost," was hopelessly crushed. Beauty
in distress appealed to art; the young
woman went to a dentist, who promised
to search high and low for a pearl of the
proper size and brilliancy. The search
was made faithfully, but not until
the dentiat saw a young Spaniard lean
ing against a lamp-post did bo find the
coveted price. The youth gladly sold
one of his teeth for 1100, offering all his
stock in trade at the same terms. The
tooth was submitted to proper treat
ment and the young horsewoman ap
peared at a ball on tho following even
ing apparently none the worse for the
accident. Bnt, with a woman's curios
ity, she would have given her head to
know whence came tho tooth. Time
passed. The Spaniard made a fortunate
purchase of stock with his hundred dol
lars, and not only began to patronize the
tailor, lint indulged in a hank account.
One evening ehaneo threw him
into a select little party, where the
fair rider happened to be present, and
he related his dental adventure. When
ho smiled and ]x)iuted to tho vacant
place in his mouth the young lady gave
a little shriek, llor secret w.;s discov
ered, and now the Cheyenne and Denver
papers announce that the Spaniard will
soon got his tooth hack at the altar.
An Antediluvian .Monster.
There have recently been discovered
in Siberia the bones of an antediluvian
rhinoceros, which may give us an idea
of what kind of people and animals in
habited our globe in ages gone by, and
what sort of winter they had to endure.
This rhinoceros was taller than the
modern beast by some six to seven
feet. It was discovered comfortably
imbedded in the banks of one of the
alllueuts of the Tana river. When the
bank first broke away the whole skele
ton stood there in magnificent propor
tions, a revelation 'if a lost age. Pro
fessors of pal—ontology arc rather
scarce in Siberia, and so it happened
that the river was allowed to wash tin
old monster awav. Its head and one
loot have been rescued, however, and are
now in St. Petersburg. Besides its ■n
jcriotity in si,—, this ancient monster had
the advantage of being clothed in n thick
coat of long hair, which enabled it to
live among icebergs and in a tempera
tare that would have frown the effem
inate Polar bear and made an icicle of
the cunning Arctic fox. There was a
j period when the t/orth of Europe Kug
I land, France and Germany were in
i habited by monstrous heists, birds and
reptiles. The fabulous roe has been
i discovered in New Zealand, a bird
measuring thirty feet from head to
claws. The sea serpent is no fiction.
Professor Owen constructed, on a re
liable scientific basis, a reptile that
! would measure some sixty feet in
! length. A great portion of the ivory
i used to day is the product of an extinct
j sj>ecies buried in Northern Asia, which
the Hilx-riari "resurrectionist*" sell
!to P.ussian tra<l< rs. Then- lived,
' these giants in the age of silence,
j twilight and snow. In Australia a
huge marsupial was living, < unparcd to
which the kangaroo is a rat ; it hopped
alout the country in the company of
- wombats us lar ; — as a Ik ar, and these
j monsters found their enemy and con
quer r in a huge monster, the pouched
; lion. Gigantic hcibiverous dragons,
- double tusked reptiles, crawled leisurely
| id'Uig the rich pasture lands of South
Africa. Life was long in those days,
i there was no need for the leasts to
i hurry themselves, they roamed over
whole continent in search of food
; Our age of smslh r physical dcvclop
j ment-s, but of more enlightened intel-
loot, ha.* gathered the scattered bones
of these monster* atnl r< stored thorn to
thoir pristine shape and assigned thorn
their place in history. Th Jlar.
A ilotra Waterspout* in One Itay.
A gentleman who recently arrived in
Sew York in the sb-amer Aloo ha* the
! following atory to tell : At aboti 1
half-past 2 oYlook one afternoon Cap
tain William*- and a number of the
i officer*, crew an<l pasM-nger* wcreaston-
i*lied I>y the appearance of a waterspout.
' I have seen this remarkaide phetiomonon
before, but never on aacli a gigantic
1 scale. The first oneweaaw wa about six
miles away. A stream of wat r accrued
| to rise from the level of the ocean, and
at the same time another stream de
scended from the h<venaand depended
' from a dark raincloud like a great icicle.
| The t*> streams met about midway
lictween sky and water, and then legnn
I to move rapi lly to the eastward. The
base of the waterspout appeared to le
nearly a quarter of a mile wide, and
. then it tajerod toward the middle into an
almost imperceptible line. Suddenly it
- broke, and there was a mighty heaving
j and tumbling abont of the waters in the
j vicinity. We saw twelve spouta that
i afternoon during some heavy rain
squalls. At one time I aw four of them
at once. They looked like the lofty
spires of a cathedral. Through our
i glasses wo could see that the toj>s of the
! spouta were lost in the clouds. It ia a
scientific fact that the discharge of a
cannon in the ncighlwrhood will al
ways cause these water columns to
hrrak. The paaaeogars insisted that
the discharge of a pistol would
create sufficient vibration in the air to
destroy a spout which was a mile away.
1 loaded my revolver and fired twice at
the spout. At the second shot it broke.
II don't know whether it was the result
| of the firing or not, but at least it is a
remarkable coincidence. Kvcry time a
spout burst, the top pert of it cowed
to vanish into vapor, but the under
part would rook the sea for mi lew, ami
our vessel experienced the violent of.
fects. In fact, all that afternoon the
water waa disturlwd. Several time* it
was thought we would have to change
our course, bnt the spouts did not ap
proach too near for safety.
The V iterant.
I I'"I Tl'l<-UMI. 1,1, III.' IH*
$! vi-r will,< u , |( 'iiijittcrx wit I/, tnn. " _
In tie- whit. (Itfcwii I hear tii'' village r.himtn,
111 tbo <•/>!,) ilunk it# X|>:irklillg light* I IMA.
I In- .i. ,r- r . i:\itm' |to m ttr*UwO
1 lISVt tho w,l*, - of th- ICCMI they HUM
\\ tin (l v tlu-ir 'l'wim nii'l mi'ing, only s*y,
yonder strolling vsgreat l.y the way."
I In- .|tiiveritig Jims ol morning mi* that lim
Atxwe III' hollow, where at .von tide
By it,. ►) ,w, .I..**!*!, #tr.mn th.hyle cries
111. duning j,.*,1 wh/f wu-r-n|ii<li-n, gist*
Throwing "'hi shadows jj„. r<l( .fc v | MV |^
I'l" Indian l**"h gay tuft* of tin,,,,,,,
filml. lili. golbn as tlx Inwrt i.f .lay
Are nil my own tli< vagrant hy tie way.
Ijke a gr> :it flower fallen !■[,, iee, n
\ll tie wi'l' i .mniry stirl.-** h<* and *UII
Only the nobbing wave thai < no arel cmoa,
Only tlio panting of th> water-mill
'lull tile drifting who of a [wain.
Dying a av into the elntiile rma <•!:.
If mi: ' I ait an I altimle r with the dJ.
Oul> a siioliiag .* grant by the way. g.jjl
Into that mysti ■ world we never aee, yjnvor. j
liter tie wle at fl' I'U ati'i tie marsh.* cold,
1 'tiding ii'T hand. tin- day g.ew placidly,
1/ aung le Inn.l h. t :■ f r loti gift of gold.
I/i! tie- full rimoti, fat m tie dinky air, jffSß
Luke a wliite )< wel m a luaeleu'a hair *ggi)
Hhivi-ra light barlet Oirough wood and orchard
spray, JJ
.Vnd over me, a vagrant by tie way.
Flagrant a- musk a blowm. I plum tree II tags
ov< i the barn-yard rail* its milky bouglia.
Hp tie oi l gateway long wild tee iw heat cluvg*.
In the barn's shadow b>- tie trareiml com
Tie hr 'ad, low door swing* upon to invito
I le wanderer l" ,t r< fug. from lie night,
And nus>nb< IM Mij.jntig through VIEW UM
hay
Fall over me lie vagrant by the way,
Hood-teh and ebb it mailer* ant to me;
Hotueh --I roam, but ever | < ae< full).
• inly tie mighty Won! ebuv. iati sue
Over, beyond all wrong aiel m> ,t< ry.
The Holy ('hil l witliin tie manger b,rn
1 tie wander. r m th. by way* will not Mora,
AMI tie great TUW.T unto whom 1 pray
Will not foraake ihe vagrant by the way. J/'IU"
J/'IU" H'/ilhuy. in (jt'iml (innpitMjf.
I'tM.FM I'ARAfillAl'HS,
<ioe* l.y water-—A toper.
A paired stock-kings—f ion hi and Van
i .lerbilt.
Home of the country schoolboy* call
• the schoolhanse* tanneries.
" That's a fur gone conclusion," as tit*
fox Haul when he lost his tail in a trap.
"Love lightens labor," a* the man
said when be saw his wife doing hia
' work for hitn.
A \Vowt rn pajx-r reports the birth of
,i male child with wings. Probably
' nature intended him for n bank cashier.
An exchange has discovered that " L.
i S." printed after the signatures on the
blanks of legal documents means, " Link
the seal."
l'rorcrhial l'biloaophy—One hair ia
the hash will cause more lianl feeling*
than seven illuminated mottoes on the
wall can overcome,
i An Indiann man lost fifteen steers by
i lightning the other day. What this
country needs is a new breed of cattln
lorn with lightning rods instead of
' horns.
'i lie fentale trajw/e jierformers in tb*
circus, who go through their calistlioo
icw at the top of the tent, are fine
examples of the higher education of
women.
He was aliout four year* old, but be
was a hopeful youth. " I'apa have you
done anything downtown that you think
1 ought to whip you for if 1 were as big
as yon are ?"
A good-natured traveler fell asleep in
a train and was carried Iwyond hia iltw
tination. " Pretty good joke, ian't it?"
! said a fellow passenger. "Yes, but*
little two far fetched," was the rejoind*-.
A Cincinnati man disap]>earcd al
; seven detective* couldn't find him in
nine weeks. Hut a shrewd p<>l:tw*an
! got the mayor to apjxiint the man k>
office, and two hours later he came in on
\ the run to be sworn in.
" How tilings do glow this weather,**
said the deacon *o Biothcr Atnaa.
, " Yea, titer do," replied the brother.
"Last night I board you say you caught
forty fish, and this morning I hoard yow
toll Mr. Hinith it wa one hundred and
fifty."
A little boy who was to paaa the after
noon with the doctor's little daughter
was given two pieces of candy. When
he returned, his mother inquired if he
gave the larger piece to the little girL
I "No, mother, 1 didn't. You told mm
to give the biggest piece to the company,
and I wa* the company over there."
llHtory of the Potato.
The potato ia a native of tha new
world, and took it* name from the
Indian word fsi/o/.u, which was subea
quontly called by the different nation*
ja* follow* : English, potato; Spanish,
batatta; French, palate; Italian, patata;
Portuguese, batata; Spanish Aiuerioa,
l)a*. The |>otato was first found in spon
taneous aimndance in latitude thirty,
five degrees south, in bVO. The fomer
Indians of MinoesoU used large quanti
ties of the wild potato, which formerly,
and we suppose now, abound* in differ*
ent parte of the Htate. The French
called this wild root or tuber ; aaiaaa de
terra The Dakota name waa umda, or
tam,in. When properly cooked aad
prepared it waa palatable, aa we know
from experience.