Alr-Cns ties.
In the future'! unknown •|iac
Ml have built it mansion lair;
MI nt time* have rained tho walls
.ml have wnlkoil tin' Mintoly holla
Ol o castle in tho air.
Oft a HIIII|III>, care ,-* word
It's founditlion will prepare;
Ami high up towards th skies
Fust the towering columns rise
OI a castle in tho air.
One within a royal court
Sees himself tho scepter bear}
Sees his subjects trophies hi in#,
And acknowledge him their king,
In hi< castle in the air.
And another will divine
For himsell a palace lair;
One ot far more rich design
Than his no ghlxn't dwolliiig fine,
For his castle in the air.
One a shaded lawn will sea,
With n pretty cottage there
Anil acrog his boat I well laid
Bunles at him a certain timid.
In his castle in tho air.
But a disappointment comes,—
And the whirlwind of despair
Quickly hurls it to the ground,
An I uo vestige thou is lound
Of tlio castle in the air.
The Charge of the Hounds.
An Im l<lrut of the i reek War.
A terrible bit of news was carried
from mouth to mouth through tho
region that is now Alabama, at tho
beginning of September, 11-l 1 -- !. The
country was at that time in the inidst
of the second war with lireat Ilritain
and for a long time the Mritish agents
had been trying to persuade the ('reeks
—a powerful nation of half-civilized
but very warlike Indians who lived in
Alabama to join in the war and des
troy the whole settlement in the South
west.
For some time the ('reeks hesitated
and was um i-riaia what they would
do. Hut during tl: -uminer of 1-1:1
they broke out in hostility, and on
the 30th of Augi -t t.o ,r great leader,
Weatherford, or the lied Kagle, as
they ealhsl him, stormed l'ort Minis ,
the strongest fort in the Southwest
He took the i rt by surprise, with a
thousand war: , rs ' • li.nd him. and
after tivt h s . , ! lighting
destroyed it. kdl'.n eiiM hundnsl
men, womi n and eliiMn :i.
This was t nw - ' it t.v'd tie
settlers in the re :; m v n , the Al.t
-' rtina and i ■ 11.1 • • r- ■ aine t r
g> tber. IT W I i, after such a
mas-aer a f..a\ tl .it the Indians
meant to ■:: ye -,f • nienis ind
kill all the white pe .pie without
merev.
In order t • j -*>• t the ~ |vis and
their fain.lies, the settlers built rude'
forts bv setting tin.her- tnlwise in the
ground, and the people hurried to
these pi:u es for -afety. leaving Ho ir
homes to lie burned, tlo ir • r .ps to be
destroyed, and Me .r < attle to 1... killed
or earrifsl otT ;> the Indians, the
settlers hastily go' ' > rher whatever
food they could, and took their
fainilb s into the to ar< -t forts.
Oncol the smallest of thi w stockade
forts was railed "inqttetleld. It stood 1
in w hat is now called larke county. '
Ala., and, as that region was v-rv
thinly settled, there were nut enough
men to make a strong 1- ree for the
defense of the fort. ISi it the 1 rave '
farmers and hunters thought thev i
could hold the place, arid-m tln v t.-nk '
their families there a- qui-kly as they I
could. i
Two familie-. numbering seventeen
person<. found it was not easy to go to
Sin|uetield on the 2d of , ptemh-r,
and so, as tin \ were pretty sure that <
there were no Ind ans in their neigh
borhood. they made up their minds to
stay one more night at a hou e a few i
miles from the fort. I hat night they
wi re attacked, and all 1 t live of them 1
were killed. Thos ■ who got aw ;• v I
carried the newsof what had liapp m-d
to the fort, a . 1 a party was sent out
to bring n tin- I. lies.
The next day all the pen| le in Fort
Sin|iieii'ld went outtobury their dead
friends in a v alley at some little distance
from the fort, and strange as it seems. 1
they took no am.' with them. Believ
ing that there were no Indians mar
the place, they left the gates of the
fortress open, and wi nt out iri a body
without tlp-ir guns.
As a matter of fart, there was a
large body of Indians not only very j
near them, but actually looking at
theru all the time. The celebrated
Prophet Francis was in command, and
in bis slv way he kept as n nr the fort
aR possible to lock for a g<sl chance
to attack it. MakiDg his men lie j
down and crawl like snakes, he had
reached a jioint only a few hundred
yards from the stockade without
alarming the peoplt; and now while
they stood around the graves of their
friends without arms to defend them,
selves with, a host of their savage
enemies lay looking at them from the
grass and bushes on the hill.
As srtun as lie saw the right moment
had come, Francis sprang up with a
sHViigs war-cry and nt the head of his
warriors made a dash at the gates.
He had seen that the men outside were
unarmed, and his plan was to get to
the gatos before they could reach
them, and thus get all the people of
the place at his mercy in an open Held
and without arms to light with.
The fort people were quick to see
what his purpose was, and the men
hurried forward with all tln ir might
hoping to reach the fort before the
savages could get there. By running
at the top of their speed they did this,
and closed the gates in time to keep
the Indians out. But to their horror
they then saw that their wives and
children were shut out too. I'naUe
to run as fast as the men, they bail
fallen behind, and now the Indians
were between t belli and the gates!
Seeing that he had missed his chance
of getting possession of the fort,
Francis turned upon the women and
children with savage delight in the
thought uf huti In ring these helpless
creaturi s in t lie sight of their husbands,
fathers and brothers.
It was a moment of t- rrur. There
Were in if half • Hough white men in the
fort to master so large a force of
Indians, and if there had been it was
easy to set- that by the time they > ould
get their rilles and go to the rescue it
would be ton late.
At that in. in. Nt the hero of this bit '
of history catne upon the rene. This
was a young man na m I lsaae I laden
lie was a notai le huntsman, who kept
a famous j.u k of hound- tierce
brutes, thori uglily trained to run down
and seize any living thing th it their
master ehoso to chase. The voting
man had l cen out in search of stray
cattle, and ,u-t at the moment when
matters were at their worst, he rode
up to the fort follow,si by his sixty
d-'gs.
Isaac I laden had a cool le ad and a
very daring spirit. He was in the
habit of taking in a situation at a
glaie e, dei iiiing qtiii kly w hat n:i< to
lie done, and then d' ing it at any n-k
that might lie necessary. A< so. nas
he -aw how the women and ■ ire
were pla e.|, he crnd out to his <1 g-.
and at the in i | of the Is b wing p.i k
charged upon the think f the India
Ihe dogs did their work with a -prit
equal to tlo ,r m isfit's. For • .fli to
■ ■ • a r- ! w arri i and drag b in t ■t> ■■
earth was the work of a iimim-nt. and
the w' ije ! .-lv of savages wer< -o-.n
in cottf -.on. Tor a time thev had all
thev could do to defend themselves
again t • ■ uni -k. d-for a auit of tie
i.eree animals. and is 'or. they , mid
beat off the dogs the men of the fort
joined in the att aek. -o tha' t! • w
and children fiad time to make Ucir
way inside the gates,, oh one - f them,
a Mr- I'hillij . having been killed.
I le men, of • onrse. bad to follow
the women closely, as they were t<M,
we ik in numbers t>> r.-k a lattb out
side. If they had done -i,t! • Indians
Would have , m no tie in quickly,
ind then the f,,rt and everybody in it
w. iil ! bav• 1n at thvr mercy, so
they hurried int the fort as - ,n as
the Wi nn-n Were s.afi
But the hero who had av,-d the
people by Ids quickness and courage
was b-ft outside, and li t only *o, but
the avages were U'w.en him and
the fort. He had eharg<d cntirelv
through the war party, and WAS now
beyond th'-ir lui". alone, and with no
chance of help from any quarter.
His hope of saving himself was
very small, indeed; but he bad saved
all those llldple-s VV.liien and ll'tle
children, and lie w.ia a brave enough
fed iw to die willingly. for such ,i pur
pose it - that, if he must. But brave
men d<> no*, give up easily, and young
linden did not mean to die without a
last effort to sav" himself.
Blowing a lotul blast upon bis bunt
ing horn to i all bis remaining dogs
around him. lie drew his pistols one
in each hand and plunged spurs into
bis bur es flanks. In • pite of the num
bers against him, he broke through the
mass of avages, !ut the gallant horse
tbat Imp, him fi 11 ib ad as he cle.irfsl
the Indian ranks. Ila lt-n had fired tioth
his pistols, and had no time to lu.nl
lhein again, lie was practically un
arm,s| now, and the distance lie still
had to go before reaching the gales
wis considerable. His chance of
• ape seemed smaller than ever, but
lie mickly sprang from the saddle, and
rat with all his might, hotly pursued
and under a terrific tire from the rifles
of the savages. The gate was held a
little way often for hint to pass, and
when lie entered the fort Ids nearest
pursuers were so rlose at his heels
that there was barely time for the men
to shut the gate in their •face*.
Htrangely enough, the brave young
fellow was not hurt in any way. Five
bullets had passed through his clothes,
but his skin was not broken. The
Indians retired baffled.
In New York city 100,000 children
earn their own living.
AHOMKS 01 CItIIt'IFIXION.
fauarfl 1 lir llmlh r Than IVllllr't
111 llir lllooily I run
All civilized communities demand
that a lifi! to he sacrillcod ahull ho
sacrificed wiflly ami without needless
pain. True, various nations have dif
ferent opinions us to how this may he
best ai i-oinplishisl; hut American and
F.ugllsh governments have decided
that hanging is the most merciful.
As compured with the Spanish instru
ment of death tlie garrote it is
questionable whether or not hanging
is tho most merciful. A bungling ex
ecutioner may in either ease eauao un
necessary tortures. With these sub
jects, however, tins paper has nothing
to di. The writer desires simply to
set forth the \arious iiiisies of crucifix
ion as adopted by the am ients, and to
show what terrible sufferings the
wretched malefactor had to undergo IN*.
fore death came to Ids relief. Hours
and days of unmitigated torture ; a
thirst which was unquenchable ; a pr<r
longed suffocation ; a horrible gapping
for breath, intensified only by a mo
ments respite ; the I>ites of the vultures
of the air, and the tings and burrow
ing-i of insects; the burning of the
rays of the tiooml y s in, and the cold,
clammy dew sat midnight tell us, in
aw ful language, of that •iim o . from
a repetition of which the present day
is happily deliver'*!. In eomparison.
our present ajit d punishnv-nt are
most in- r- fnl, and the vindication of
justice mi. t humane.
The lies', primitive form seems b
haveb.cn an upright tree, to which
the vi dm vv.u ether Imlllld or nailed-
In b/r.i \i, 11, it is ordered that
"Wh -v, r i ill alter his word, let
f: iii • r he pulb-d down from Ins home,
ami, being i-t up, let him be hang*' I
tin 11, and lei. |os h .use IN* ma lea
dunghill for this." Titus had no time
to add a hnri/otita! Is-am when 'Tti< i"
fx in;* *.<■ .11 w-. a day f or months. II"
-imply drove i i • !•* into the ground,
t*i whi' h the rim was l.ishisl, and
he w ,i> left to die
• * were generally punislie<l by
hav mg a "fun-.i" . f rk . slipped • •. >-r
tlu-.r ik-iks, to whi'h their arms in rs
tie . uid tins w a 1. .t-1 t" (!,<• top of
a [ ■ le, and -> nr. I tlu-re 1 y a rojlib
. ■
dent suggc •• I'h'-i 're nri ' i r-'-s.
t • ave t . i i. b*.iig • ,->re a ' tie.
It was i.- al t-. nul the han !-. hut
bin i the fei i It i< err. ri- HI- to U]*-
p. • • that a - ngle spike -<* urnd loth
feet to the er>>--. on., foot in front of
tie other. \ spike Was dn. en
tlifoilgb each foot, ..lio'tiliics to a sup
[ rt ■ \e.| on the er *_nt b< re ath tho
pi.ir.far irf.i- ■ ..f t: • f.t. Additi> n
al ' ruejty w.l -• in* S pr.e ti<-d by
th< '. . tun Wing ■*- tt**l on a *pike "r
"born" i.his'in Martyr . though at
times ape •• of W'*.l i|. o pla*s'
that he might rest ..ii it
The naii b d l.y intense le at. soot
pr*lu< - a gangr< ne. Mthongh thecal
prit writhed in agony for sometime
it is doubtful whether any long en
t.li i* I activity of tie- 1 ysly could W
maintain'*!. The weight of the in
t< fines, gravitating downward, pro
'bleed intussusception. 'I he ii r■ Illation
wasiui] led. the vi< era pressing n
the V.IIS. The lungs could not W
emptied. In <ts got into yea
n<>se, ears an 1 wound*. At nightfall
the I lies of the legs of tho*f still IIV
ing were broken, o-tensibly t<> hasten
iba'h. but in reality to gratify the
spectator*, who were l>.*-<>ming sabs I.
I math generally rculted fmui
gangrene of w..urel*, displacement of
\is era. regiirgitati.-n >f hl"<l through
the valves of the heart and lung*
"In many case* death was accelerated
by hunger and thirst, the vicissitude
of heat and cold, or the attacks of
ravenous birds and Wasts, and in
otheis designedly a celerated hy hum
ing. stoning, suffocation, breaking the
hones or piercing the vital organs."
According to origen. Timothetis and
Maura, a married pair who sufferi*l
aiioiit the year J*i>, under Diocletian,
remained for nine days and nights on
the cross, exhorting each ether, and
expired on the tenth day. By order of
the F.mperor Maximilian in the year
'".'7. seven Christians at Saniosata
were subjected to long anl varied tor
tures ; three of them were taken down
from the rr s while yet alive, and
emperor, hearing of this, ordered huge
nails to lie driven Into their hands.
We may hold a man amenable to
reason for the choice of his daily craft
or profession. It is not an excuse any
longer for his deeds that they are the
custom of his trade. What business
has he with an evil trade? Has he
not a calling In his character.
Well it Is known that ambition can
erocp as well as soar. The pride of no
person in a nourishing condition is
more Justly to tie dreaded than that of
him who is mean and cringing under
a doubtful and unprosperous fortune.
' TOPICS OF THE I)AV.
.
The king of Siam bents the brokers
in t r adc dollar speculation. Me is buy
them at ninety in Singapore arid mak
ing each dollar into two Siamese tieals,
which pass at sixty cents ouch.
The temperance crusaders of Hcr
niaiiy have abandoned the idea of tee.
tot.aiism, ami while they are lighting
for reform they would limit the tier
mans to lager beer and Hhino wine.
A prominent Herman Informs us that
ten glasses of Rhine wine and thirty
live glasses of beer will have compar
atively the same effect as eight drinks
of whisky.
The Western cattle drive this year
is i tiiuated at bbO.rxiO head, against
last year. About .7T.000 head
have be. II dr ven to the I'nion Pacific,
The cattle are in good condition, fully
up to the standard of former years,
and are mostly one, two and three
years old. Very few being beef rat'le.
The drive to Nebraska would have
liei-n largest had it not been for the
drouth making a scarcity of gra -
aloiig the road.
The Herman army i- the ino*t per
fect military ma< bine in existence
I aeli corps is i nstrii' t' dsoa* to form
in itself a complete little army that j
. i without convenience bent int
■
tin"- detached from the main body.!
I luring peace every thing 1- k- pt ready
for mobil /ation in <-i e of war. It 1
the deep-*-for n bili/ation were to b<
vx ir• * I tieday fr in 1 rim, tie- wh le
be Id would I i ready m a few li -ur- to |
march.
I', ria. 111., ha- only -IP/ibb inhabi
t c.t . but there )• (>ne r< j ■ ft in wh eh
it is tie- bigg* t' itv in thi land. 11" r<
is no tb'-r fi m which tin govern
merit rccc.vi • so large an aiiioi nt of
internal revenue. Thirteen immense |
distill* ries imik' this the <enter • (
whiskey n anufacture. The tax i*
ninety *ents a gallon. T In- larg'-st
di-tillery - under i.ntr.et to send
• v ry drop of its | r-*l .< t to l'r r
to t- u-'*l in the nativo win* • of that
vine-clad country.
Fx Potina-ti r r ''-n'-raH re.wll ,- a
warm adv i a'< f tie j t;tJ telegraph
system. He say- tha' the guv eminent
•a; every mar 1 lilding a telegraph
lire from M ashr gton !•• Boston at the
time the Western I'ni n eompany r*
fuse*! to leak*- favorabh- rate* for the
tram ni- .-m •■( weather reports. lb
think* that if the lili'- ha 1 teen liUlit
It would have prepar**l the way b r
ext' n ling the wir--* all ov* r the < •'tm
try. .ml postal telegraphy would to
day Is- an a* <• lupbshe*! fiu t.
iH-fis tive heiririg is growing more
prevalent in tin- l"nit*l *tat<-*. s.
says Dr. \t n It ]>r*nti in chil
dren at first tie- apjH-.iranr*- • f stupid
ity ami then the reality. They do not
hear - itid* distinctly, and. of < una-,
they eann<t !*•*.gnate sound* ao urate
lr Defects in the t- *th are a gr*at
• ails*- of this lamentable calamity in
tic young, and thi* is . fr -h r< .i-on
f.r avoiding qua* k applications of so
called dentist* and k<*-pingt> pure
H* ap and water in cleaning the teeth.
since I*ol unknown jr ..ns have
paid #1*v159.01 iibothe t nit*l Mate*
treasury to quiet their conscicn*•*■*.
Hie largest revenue fr<>in this soiirc j
in any one year was in IW*. when tho
Contribution to the conscience fund
amounted to #J'.r,i:..Vl l. 11l I*7 !#J i,*
RbJ.77 w added to the fund; in l*o7.
op, in lb''i, |17,40T21. ami in
1 *7*. $ 1 J.t'l 1. 11. La*t year the con.
trihutiunii reached only #7KHI.IP, and
this year the total will probably IN*
1* s* than that unless aouiebtsly cones
to tin' fmrit with a big sum.
Mason Long is <>ne of the t''mjNr
ance pn-aebers >f the Went. He trav
els through Indiana and nhioin a
wagon drawn hy a span of handsome
hnrsi-s, like tooth |>ow<ler venders,and
Is accompanied by fmir singing stu
dents, two from Obetiin and twr> from
Delaware college. At night the wagon
is lightrsl up with torches an*l he ha
rangues the listening multitudes in the
o|en air after the singing lias brought
them together, lietellsthat six years
ngo he was a reprobate, but a
little girl persumlnl him to sign the
pledge. anl since then lie has leen a
l.appy man. His vocabulary Is limiL
ed. but he has powerful lungs and in
terests large audiences.
#
The planting of trees along the pub
lic roads of France Is considered
worthy of statistical mention. At
present the total length of public
mads of France Is 111,750 miles, of
Which 7,250 are borderisl with trees,
while 4500 are at present tn-ing plant
ed. On the remaining 7000 miles the
nature of the soil does not permit of
plantations. The number of trees al
ready planted amounts to 2,678,003,
consisting principally of elm, poplar,
acacia, plane, ash, sycamore ami lime
trees. Strangers traveling in France
could almost, find out in what depart
ment of tho country they are hy notic
ing the different kindH of trees planted
along the highroad.
The whole number of Indians at
school, exclusive of the live civilized
tribes, was, during the pa t year, bj]j,
of whom 4112 were at the boarding
H !lI>OIS, ami dW.t attended reservation
•lay schools. \\ Idle the commissioner
of Indian affairs justly values the in
<lu trial schools at Hampton, t'arli-le
and Forest Hrove, h<- a-igns an iin"
portant plaei* to the reservation S.-II<NJIS,
<'specially the boarding S'IKKIIS, and
•b-sires tliat they should b*- inerea-'-<l
in number ami eflieieney. Nine new
boarding school* ut tins class war*- my
copied 'luring tin j.ast year. Two
more industrial training 'Tools are
alsiut to be open'sl, "re- at rien. ;i, Ne
braska, the other in tin- Indian t< rri
t' ry. Much credit j* due to the ** i<-
ty of Friends for the improvement'
whi' h tin- new policy o| the govern
ment has m.vle possii le.
The timber culture a< t, intruded to
promote the ' ultivaton of fori -ts •,
'ln- tr'-'-less plains, is not a sic■<••
1 Traveler* across tlu- continent, who
have I, !i the feelde beginnings of tree
culture here and tin re, may rot know
why the experiments made have lm-n
so little eie iair.iging. It -'-ems that
tlie act is exad< i in away to put
Money into the j ur • - of indi . . ~d
vvitliout any return. Adv-nt :;<rs
take uj> land und'-r ' i* a t ' ii' ondi
i tlcrx '1 planting and I' ltiva'ing so
i many tr-<* p<-r acre on a few acres;
they j lant re- tree., but, after a time,
sell out, oft'-n getting a bandsoiii' b -
nus, to per on* w f.o w.n to I'* at' un
i r the loin' -l ad t |he fact si-cm#
to be that a great deal I the plilllC
land ha- nt n turi •r, .ghto enable
t!.. to grow at all. a-.d th.-a. tTe .Id
• bmit'Tt" land- I til l'- fortreo
ulture • r rej • o- d altogether.
Newcomer* in th' < ity of M'xi<o
tr<- surpr.osi o- finding • u ariv- f
tie- <on v ni'-nn * • 'totnon to large
?i sat la inc. .'ha lie telr-p - ■lie.
theiT's ti light, aj-la • force and an
xi'il'-nt -tr'ci ■ar service. The elec
tro ! ght ari ' ii the t j. . f Ron r ls
, running up fi -m tie ga* lamp j-o-t*
Fhe p 1, • ~r- far nor a !;<-rly than
'le regular army "Plhe < untry. They
war a blm flannel si. t, the r 'oat
itt'-md up. and t },* reap h.t- a ">v
"ring f white, wh 1 . with the stand
ing linen c-dlar. is alway imm.v u!.t<
In their 1 • Its on i )"■ al<- they > arry a
I'll and II the other al.tlg" revolver.
If one Wi-h'- to s.a ] lie man he
ha* < nlv to go p. the nearest "'rn' r.
ind he will ."A find him standing
there, for ! • b.i-i I*at to walk over.
Ihe J at vvhn h -tru t cars go is
ist n: i.ing. They dash a! rig a* fast
! as mules 'an {ulltli'iu. and a- they
i] ] ro.eTi a ' orncr the driver gives a
loud toot on a 1" rn tor ttn- purpose of
w .uioiig l" •ph at tin- ir< -s.ng to g-t
! out "f the w ,IV.
:
Surprise! I' dlr-eni in.
Sfr. Hi."lst •,e re ently had a disa
greeable c\]iericnc with a jsiliee oth
or who tru*l to artest him. The
]x'!i<" force at Hawarden r.rstle had
Iss-n radttoad bofora ihe premier ar
rived there, and the .Scotland Yard
authoriti'- sent one of th' ir most
cv]*ei i<* ii*l deb lives there, where
he t'sik up private quarters. Shortly
after midnight the tirst day of hi#
arrival he heard soft footstep# in
front of the castle, and, after listen
ing some time, satisfied himself that
it was an Intruder. Having pre
pared hiim-clf for a tierce st niggle
with a conspirator or a dynamite
plotter or something of t'nat sort, the
gallant Video, rushed out on his un
suspecting prev, but was surprised to
find that no resist nice at all was
offered him. He wis more surprised,
however, when, holding his lantern
to the face of the midnight prowler,
he discovered that he had (Hmnoed
ujM.n the pre nier himself, who was
just on the point of railing for help, j
t'hlsese ln*le.
A most impressive ceremony 1# per
formed every evening at nboat half
past seven o'clock outside the < hung
t'ang's Yamen, says a pajar puldislmi
in Canton, China. Two persons stand
in the doorway, facing an awe-struck
and admiring audience, and slowly,
solemnly, raise to their mouths two re.
markahly long, strivight horns. Then
they blow. The effect is Indescritiahle. (
A drum Is kept hard at work mean
while. and the performer* could not be
more Impressive in their demeanor if
an execution were going on. It is like .
the sort of music that Wagner might
lie supposed to writ* descriptive of a
funeral of devils. In a word, it is only
one step removed from the sublime.
CHII.IHIKVN (OHM!*.
The .ortll.
The gorillas are the terror of Africa.
In the gorilla country no lion will
live. They are man-eaters, an'l kill
them for tlm love of it, leaving the
body, never eating it. When they spy
a negro, they coine <lown from a tree
hit him on the head with a club, which
they wield with their hind daw, or
carry him uji into the tree, there to
murder him. Their strength is |so
great that they will bend the barrel of
a rille. Only one live one wa ever
brought to Kngland, and that noon
died. Several have been shot, but
they are tough customers, and the
natives dread them more than any
animal of the African forests. The
gorilla makes a last like a hammock,
and swings in the trees. The gorilla
is a sworn enemy of the elephant,
because eaeh derives subsidence from
the same source. When he MM* an
elephant pulling down and wrenching
oil the branches of a favorite tree, the
gorilla steals among the Isiughs. strikes
the sensitive probo-c.s . f the elephant
a terrible blow with his ejub, and
drives off the clumsy and startled
giant, shrilly trumj • ting Ins pain and
rage through the jungl<-a of the forest.
—' ItUT' h at Wotk.
How fh' ) Vfftcfe Out.
"1 don't know," said Margaret, "how
we-ball make out. but we ■ an't let
the child starve." .Margaret, was the
house-mother in a (iertnan home,
where ne ru v w ;LS O aio., and plain
f• -1 was nt plenty
A stranger ha I come along the
street, and st■ j.j <- l at the d *or. and
asked if h< luiglit hat' t ne supjs*r
with the fan h He wa- watching
the yell- w-lia r <1 i.r; • g . 1 v. ho follow
ed Marg-ir-' ..r< r. 1. which made her
sja ai: the entence witii winch this
stop. ■. mmen <*.
"Then she i-n't your own child?''
a-i •<! tii> <tra:.gi r.
"No - " Ma'g.ir-.\; laired that she
was the child o| a |M> ■; n< libber w lio
di-'I af< w we. ,s .( re, hating no
thing /or the Jitti- g rl. and no friends
f r tier to go t Xi they had t" take
her in.
"And can't y< i manage to keep
h<r tin 'ranger .t-1 • I. " Viel have
r n. of j. ur wn, I - ;;•• - '
"< lb. <b ar. y. an 1 she laughed
over hi- ~'.ri s?akc- Noiu ol their
c wn' Why, tie re were ten .n all.
When -upper uas ready, th y ,J
tr. ;ci in. What a little army of
tie in! and how clean their little faces
wer. ' their hair neatly c nbed, and
tie r pat--he ■! and w r:i <ltb. ■1 ■■ king
as though > ich of them had leen as
' ar* (ill as j"is-ib)e. At the mip)>cr
table, each ■/ t 'in 1 'king out for
tirctchen. S'JI ha 1 the largest }>otat",
carefully peeled ly Margaret, the
mother's name-child; Me! la r. the
father's namesake, put a hit of butter
on it. though he ate none on his own
The stranger -a" ah this and a great
deal He re, though In MM mod t" le
talking w ,th the lather and n 'ther.
The next day a - .M.-r in military
dn-ss rode up t" the h"iic, an.l asked
for the house-mot her. an'l gave her a
gnat, solemn-1 -oking litter which
made her tremble as she broke the
seal. (h. what do you thins that let
ter said- Why, that the man who hail
taken supper with them the night lie
fore was so pleas,,) with the ten chil
dren. and with <>rct' hen besides, that
he ihs ided to make thein ea ha present
of 81<*', which would le paid to thetn
each year while ther lived! One thou
sand and one hundred dollars each
xi ar because a strange man Us k sup
jx r with them, was pleased with their
kindness to him. and their unselfish
care of the orphan (irstchoal That
sounds like a "make-up" story. doesn't
it '* And yet it is trua The letter
was signed. Joseph. Emperor of Aus
tria And he was the stranger who
had oaten potatoes with tlieaa the
night before.
Potato disease.
According to Jensen, the potato dis
ease, which is ran stsl hy a fungus, at
tacks llrst the tops, and Is conveyed te
the tulers hy means of spores washed
into the soil by rain, lis, therefore,
proposes to prevent this hy running a
plow lwtween the rows, so as to throw
up a furrow upon the top of the hills,
while at the same time the tops are
heat over so as to hang above the
nriglitmring furrow. This should be
done at least as -#on as the disease
shows itself on the top*, usually by the
middle of August In this way the
washing of the spore* into the hill is
preventcsl. Furthermore, the pUtoes J
should not lie dug for at least two or 1
three weeks after the tops are entirely
wilted, to avoid infection from the
latter. Field experiments with this
method are said to have gives very
favorable results.
in Savaaaah an income of over |BOO
per annum la subject to a city tax.