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TOWANDA. PA.
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lu the pen of the Widow were Certain to land:
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"Och Misihress McGee, .
Iris 'made of good lumber ttils ruuuln• to rigs,
Wld a fancy petition beiwine our two pigs:`"
"ludade, sure It Is auswered'Wldow McGee,
With the sweetest of smiles upon Larrle O'Dee
"And thin it looks kind o' hard•hearfed and mane
Kaplu'.two friudly pigs so easaidinny near .
Thar whinever one grunt's thin.the other can hear,
And ylt kapo a cruel petition betwane :"
March 1, 101
**Smote Widow llictiee."
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Answered Londe O'Dee, • • -
It ye tale In yer heart we are wane to.the.plgs,
Ain't we inane to ourslives to he r unite two rigs?
Orb it made me heartAcke whin I paped through
the cracks
Of me ehanty, lasht 31arch,' at yez aliwitiOn` yer
aze,
An^ a-bobbin• yer head, an' a-shtoinpin• yer fate,
Wid yer purty white hands jltlat as red as a bale,
A-shphliti in' yer kindlib••irood out lu the sittortn,
Whin one little Ehtinc - it -would kale 119 both
"Now, piggy," said bile,
Larrle's muffin' o' me,
Vt'ld his dilicate, - I.lader allusious.to you ;
So now yez =slit tell me pi:tilt what I musbt do.,
For, If I'm to say yea, shttr the shwill field yer
. shnout ;
But If Inn to ray yez olustd•kape yet nose out
Larrle, fur LI biome to be brlbitt' a pig
ktossiti* a handful of corn in Itshwlg
"Me darllnt the piggy says yes!" answered he..
And that * Was thy courtship of Larry O'Bee.
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May 1,-79.
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VOLUME. XLI.
I r ARIUE OT;EE.
BY W. W. rum*
MEN
corn,
W4llll :"
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A WASTED LIFE.
" Ain't she funny ?" sad Ralph to
Jack,. as '*y stood by the, daintY
cradle - gazing on the tiny pink
Jack assented, but Sarah Anti:
sewing patchwork in the corner, said:
.".Pooh! they're common enough:?'
She wds jealous;. after being the
baby for twelve 'years it was; hard to .
give up herplace. , •
You wouldn't have known that
Ralph and Jack-were twins; for one
was very dark, with black eyes and
hair, the other the reverse, with hair
bO, very . bloride that he went by the
name . of "Towhead " among his
schOolmates, tolis manifest disgust.
They were `commonplace boys
,of
l ,
rav
fourteen with ' t nclencies for good
and e vil, to be developed as ti
went on or (Arc e stance tempted:
Sarall Ann had firey red hair and
fierce black eyes, and what she spe:
cially abhorred-4-freckles.(She wasn't
a pretty child nor an agreeable one.
If the baby had waked. up and seen
her expression, it would have scream-
ad itself into tits, '
The mother Of the interesting I:loi
ns.), was an honeSt, hard-working wo
man with;feeble health, : who foKo,lit
a hard Battle with determined 'will- - ;
the father, a man 'of some ,property,
Was,-as he styled himself, an inventor,
and took great pride in signing WO:
self, " John
. II: JOnes, - Inventnr, 7 .
His,chief object wa . to diseoVer an I
illustiate . . perpetuall'mntion, but i
this, asin - jill otheriTinuN he failed',
They named the baby Edith, and'
she grew_ up the prettiest. thijig you
ever. saw. She had.big brown eyes,
yellow • Owls, a diminutive nose and
dimpled . chin. Her manners were
charining, except . when crossed, but
let one of the big brothers who wor
-shipped. her, or :he . kind father and
mother, say one . word Unpleasing to
her, and a - fearful ,temper lit would
ensue, calmed only by the application
of cold water. . i
The sister, -Sarah Ann, she - hated,
named her worst doll after her and
threw it into the eiStern. - to be fished
out'hy, Tom at the peril or his life,.
It „was' touching to, seethe affection .
the great - , gawky bOys.had for their
little 'sister ; how they- fought her,
,battles, disputed the right to carry
out, .her numerous commands, and
robbed themselves: of their scanty
.pocket money to tiny toys for her.
. Price- the mother tried' to subdue
the stubborn will of her well beloved
child, but instead of obeying her pa
rent's command, - .Miss 'Edith went
out on the roof, and .sat, there on the. Beattie till apologized to and entreat;-
ed to come down. . • -./E •
.-•,....,
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At- ten years she. went to school,
there to torment inoffending teachers
and have her own swept-way. If she
liked 'n lesson She learned it, • if' not
she tore it out• or her bookf.. Arith
metic she hated, but. liked reading,
and would read 'for hours alOud in
the old - barn chamber, lying ein . the
fragrant hay.. • • . .
Sire sang in a clear, sweet,,, natural
voice, and her father bought a piano
for her and she took music lessons.
It was the same in music as in'every
thing else—no teacher could make
her practice or teach-where she would
nut be taught. Sarah Ann coaxed.
the instructress to give her a'• lesson
when wilful, Edith was intractable,
and by natural application s6on mas
tered the rudiments, and with grim.
energy also assailed attlleoiiquered
Richard. son's Method, ezerny's -- eter - - •
cises, etc., so that in a year. or so she
payed -the instrument very well.
It was painful to see the eagerness
with which this. girl of • twenty-two
- took up her sister's despised advant
ages. She was never anything but a
household drudge and seemed to
li rte those who -were, better than her
self.. It might have been different if
theL•mother_ had: loved' her ever so
little, but she never thought of hav
ing any special:regard for
. Ann cer
tainly never _evinced ang,• and' the
girl, hungering • for affection,-. grew
-into a woman hard and cold. , .
Ralph and Jack went to sea. corn--
ing hOnie occasionally. They Were
uncouth and•robgh, and though Edith
accepted their preaents, very willing
ly, she took care never to he seer Con
the street with them, fearing4he rid
,icule of hersehnolmates. - • -- .
When she was thirteen her mother
died suddenly. of heart disease, and
Sarah liinitook charge Of thnliouse.
She was foiled in all her attempts to
i subdue Edith, or • to - - teach her to
Imake herself useful. by Jack, who
. always took hii. sister's part.- - ---Ale
.ouncl home so enjoyable that - ha left
IN
-the flea and engaged as a 'tcorkmani
•
in a -mill.
When Edith began to feel that she
was a young lady, she wentlo Bos
ton with her father. Here she met
amold friend of her father's, it musi
cal direetOr_of a concert - troupe. He
was char - tied with her voice, and
offered' her - an engagement in his
-
company. ,
"But," he said, "you must prepare'
for bard work ; your voice has.,to be
cultivated; and there are many things
for you toiearn." -
" Thank "ysiu,? she said, scornfully;
"I see no pressing needof work, and
refuse your oiler." •
She sewed well and embrciidered
very beautifully ; everything she bad
the patience to do seemed to be well
done, but she madelittle or no use
of her apcoMplishments, evembiting
others to do her sewing. 'At this
'time iJack married a. girl in the mill.
Miss Edith- refilled, to notice her
sister-imlaw;und even eatliebrother
the street. Ile haft ; :_ the family
temper .
and, never would forgive her
this indignity. But as long as her
lchoOlmates applauded her spirit,
Edith felt that it was all right.
Ralph was lost- overboard at sea;
and her' father was her only friend ;
for though Sarah Ann- said nothing
to the idle girl, she said to herself:
The time for her punishment will
wine by and •by."
They were poor now, and, in con
junction with her household duties,
Sarah Ann took in sewing and gave
Music lessons.' ;- Edith, submitted to
ba,• supported ; she said -it was "her
right, as Sarah
,Ann had enjoyed
twelve years more' of her - father's
Money thair she had. •
,r The father'sAteattli failed, but his
youngest:daughter .neVer forsook her
. plea4ures to 'spend one hour in
his sick room, and never dimmed the
iitistre of ,her- eyes by_ one night's
pwatching. Slowly the light went .out,
'and early one morning she was called
by - Jack, ()Town wonderfully tender
in time .of .death, to her father'S bed
sido- The poor old man could not
speak, but with feeble strength he
laid`-the hand of,Edith - in that of her
sister's, and gazed fondly* on his
youngest arid deaxest . After his
death : she went to her rootri and cried,
with real sorrow than ever be
fore In her life ; then went to
her dressmaker and ordere,d' a black
dress. •
CMil
After the funeral, at which Edith
refused to ride in the carriage with
JaCk's wife, the mourneri returned
to the silent house, and sat down in
tliedarkened. room from which their
father's body had, just been. carried.
" Did 'he leavei•no will about the
house . and • home ?"• said Edith,
. ..
. . .
eagerly,. , , .
No," . said Mary Ann, " princi
pally because it was not his. ""'lt is
my, own ; - by hard toil and induStry
I_bought_tl!e'mortf.mges and :all there
is iwthe house. You have no home
here."
" Don't say that, Sarah Ann, for
Heaven's-sake ! You won't turn that
child out of doors said the brother.
" Take her yourself, then."
.-i•'..Jack looked 4i, the stout, red-faced
.woman beside him' and - saw a decid
e d negative iii her voice.
" YOu* know I can't. Our house is.
" Bush spoke Edith; imperious
ly ; ': leksh ! for pity's sake. I 'don't
Want your miserable shelter and vul
gar company and I. won't stay here
on any account. I shall, go away
from my home, wrested 'from me by
unfair means •; I—".
She could sPeak .no further,, and
- rushed from the room up to her own
little chamber where, by an, open
Window, she cooled tier heated face
and planned foritlie future. It grew
dark, and. she-Went down to - . supper.
" After all," she said to herself, on
the stairs, - -• "Ann may not mean en
sile. says.", I • •
- The:, pantry doors werenli locked,
I • and ..her sister sat be - the kitchen
. -
window, reading the Bible. . •
" Where is the supper, Ann
" I have eaten mine,'_' said the
. wi•
man, composedly. " see no reason
why. I shoirld provide for you. You,
are twenty years old, and - you ought
to and. shall look out for yourself."
Edith _ looked at the familiar•roOm
and her sister; then a strange feeling
yf Inumbnesseame over her—a • feel
ing as if it were a horrid dream. •
- Ann went on 'reading. :.Tiie„bitter
fend between' the two,• fostered by
injudicious parents, had broken into
open warfare; henceforth they were .
strangers. _ • • • ,
The night was dark . and 'the wind
blowing a•gale i • but the girl, unmind
ful of the , cold,,ruslied, bare-beaded,
from the house. She wenoo one of
old • sehoolmates, but the girl's
mother was very cobs and barely gave
her•-sheiter.
In the*morning. Edith started for
Boston, with only money, enough to
pay her passage. Ann sent her
clothes and what few trinkets she
possessed, and henceforth she was
hoineless. *- • •
In Boston she went through -the'
-varied experiences of_ a poor • girl ;.
but twitlf.:-Ilier was worse ; never
laving applied herself Properly to
any fixed occupation:, she could, not
do it. A piece of work, begun ibeau
tiolly,, was sent to the owner half
or dreadfully botched up.
Oewing failed on this account. * e
Seeing a notice of her musical
ac
quaintance in a paperohe soeght his
-addree . gaii•s. asked hint to. greet .the
favor he once bad asked of hen He'
refused. her coldly. ,'
• Then . she sank loWer and lower
and took opium to give • her 'peace
from- the restless hunger of mind and
body. - - Yet in all this time she made
no honest effort to retrieve hie. for
tunes, and it never entered hit bead
that she was herself to blame or her
troubles. She lived in a *miserable
tenement, and *pawned : her clothes,
day by day. ,Her racevus haggard
and her hair taegled and matted.. .
One afternoon she found a' purse
containing a sum . of money. k_saw
a - poorlyeiressed woman . .d-rqi the
treastire, but with Edith's lost youth
she had. parted with honesty. She
hugged it to libr breast sad hurried
on to her miserable attic. •While she
lay on her wretched bedsteadi wrap
ping tha tbini old quilt about bore
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TOWANDA, BRADFORD TRUBSDA MO fING, 1,011 .:31, 1881.
and shivering with , the bitter cold of
a winter's night, the, moon came.up
and- threw a gleam of light oni her
fiee. It made her think of the time
sh - e had laid •in her little bed at - hOme,
and there watched it coming out from
behind dark clouds, and 'lighting up
the heavens with a glorious silver
light.
She had now sufficient money to
carrylier home. Why not go there,
and claim a share in the house she
still believed to be hers by right ?
In the morning she put her plan
into execution--; bought a' decent
shawl and bonnet, and went to the
quiet little village where she was born.
Once in the town, a strange - feeling
of dread came over her. What would
she do if Ann refused her shelter t
It was late in the afteriioon and the
snow was falling gently: - She stopped
hesititingly for a moment on the
broad piazza before her former home,
and looked in the window.
The,"-room bad been refurnished in
crimson, the Carpet new, and a pretty
paper on the walls.- Tile table was
set for supper, with all the pretty
china, so sacred to the dead mother.
On one side of - the bright fire which
threw cheerful little gleams on the
wall and carpet, even to the lsnow
outside, sat Ann, looking very, neat
in a gray dress with blue'. ribbone,
rather juvenile, yet not unbecoming.
On the other side was Lawyer Blies,
a _short, fat man, very woodenyOn
appearance and apoplectic 'ill com
plexion. He was a widower, and Ithd
been looking lor a partner for the
past five years, Edith smiled bitter
ly. He had been one of her admirers,
and the laughing stock of her girl
friends. She gently opened the out
side door, and with noiseless step
entered the *arm, cheerful room.
" Ann," she said, wAlt a - strong
impulse to throw herself on her
knees, "Ann, dear sister, let me come
home—let me once."
The elder woman rose with a
scornful face.
" Hew dare. yOu _ come here atter
what has passed and your wild' life
in Boston ? HoW, dare you speak to
a virtuous woman{? Yon Shall never
come here. Never ! The house is
mine and everything In it. If you
doubt it, ask Mr. Bliss ; is a law
yer, and he can tell you." ' •
" Why should I get nothing from
my father?" cried Edith,ber eyes now
wild with excitement, her voice thrill
ing with passion. I was his daugh
ter, your sister. :Why have you the
home, my father's- own house, and I
an outcast ?"1* •
Ann turned to the man, who had
remained speechteSs.
" Answer her," :1 said she, impera
tively. "Am I right or Lot ?"
• A silence fell on the groUp, while
the tire threw cheerful red gleams on
the dark faces of the 'sisters and the
perplexed one of the little man.
" Am I, right ?" repeated Ann.
" Yes ; , that is—well—but,. per
haps," he stammered.
"Answer me boldly; you know
the truth—yes or no?" •
" Yes," he id, feebly casting a
piteous glance, at the pbor. trembling
figurebefore him ; at the ' slender,
clenched hands and haggard face.,
Without a word the maddened girl
rushed from the room. The air was
thick With snow, and a chill, cutting
wind blew fiercely round the street
corners. She passed tte happy homes
of her old 'schoolmates, and - taking a
narrow road through drifts of snow,
reiv...hed the house of her brother ;
but there was no light in the window,
and the door was locked. The fami
ly had gone away.
Out in the world alone the desolate
creature stood, homeless and friemk=
less--only two years ago .
.a happy,
careless girl. As she stood on the
doorstep of the deserted house, she
thought of a stable boy who usel tO
take-,care of her horse in her
hood. He had worshipped her, and
stye repaid his affection , with the gra,
ciousness of a young princess.
His home was only a mile or so
out of town, and through thick woods,
it was true,atill she would die if she '
had no shelter. In her lite heretofore
the idea of death had never occurred
,to-ber,_and now the thought was hor
rible. Through drifted snow she
fought her way, dizzy and numb, and
when she had reached the woods she
was well nigh. exhausted. The road
here was deep, and she stumbled and
felt often. The snow had ceased to
fall, and the sky was clearing rapidly.
Ever arii anon the moon shone out
through a rift in the clouds, and
looked with pitiless glance at tbe
helpless being •below. No wonder
the moon is cruel ; she sees so many
-scenes of horror and desolation, crime
and misery, that it is a familiar story:
The' trees loaded With snow move
uneasily in the dying wind. The
evergreens condense shadows on the
white earth 'and rustle their heavy
boughs. The, dense woods are full of
eyrie figures and hideous form, while
over all is!that dead, frightful silence
of a winter's night. No hum of
cricket ,or cheerful pipe of _frog, or
drowsy note of dreiming bird. Over
the snow goes the silent figure, cast-.
ing a fearful glance behind where her,
shadow, lengthened into immense
size, stretches over the glistening*
snow. She remembers' a sleigh ride
she went, on this very road; it was
brighter than this, and how the bells
rang.; she can bear them now.
Before she is aware she is lying
stiff and numb beside a low cedar
tree. Its odor arouses her, and she
tries to rise, but feels a-sharp pain in
all her limbs. After this' she makes
no effort, but lies still and quiet.
With terrible earnestness her wasted
lite flashes across her mind. She sees
herself from her childhood—loved, '
petted and indulged, her every wish
gratified—and then sees, in sharp
contrast, her own ingratitude and
selfishness, her wicked temper and
idleness. Then her mind-dwells on
'bright memories, when she was an
innocent child ; she can almost see
her mother's face. Something cold
touches her cheek,aud a pair of shiv
ering dark eyes•regard her curiously.
The fox then skulks slowly away.
She is happy to feel fear, and is
glad that something alive is in the
grim old woods. ' •
In these few moments how sincere.
ly ahv repent* of her wasted We i omit
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yap 20GOd ; forgive me !"
Just', then, she_ hem Sleigh bilks,
- ad a belated traveler, now' flounders .
through the tioriv," the, liaise; snug =
gling valiantly. Row plainly 41te ,
sees thentite man's 'fur cap, his
ponderous Scarf ind his white beard;
she, smiles ,at the resemblance to
Santa Claus! As they pass" tier the
intelligent aninud shierand reface his
`delicate earl, annffibg the air unetist
ip The man casts a timorous glance
behind, and applies his whit), little
heeding the significance of the horse's
movement. Edith knows they are
gone; but her voice is „frozen.- She
can make no-sound, when they were
so near, almost within arm's length
She cannot move a muscle, but *his
-pens again, "O. God, forgive me,"
loud enough . for Jlesven to hear. -
Her eyes close and the tired soul
drifts away into the unknown land I
The moon , is full now, and rides over
an - unclouded, starlit heaven, throw
ing a silvery glen& on' thO White,
dead face. For the. wasted life is
ended.
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•We watched a dog for - t wo' hours
and a half the other day. That is,
the first two were hours, and tie half
belonged to another fellow. The
dog was troubled with "phlebotomy.
The flea had gotten on the bottom
end cr his - tail, awl. was staying
there for all he%was worth.
It was a big ilea, and it was scarce
ly possible to tell where the dog-left
off, and where the flea began.
`The dog tried to bite him off, but
th )
he, wasn't long enough i ',the reach.
The tail was about as (Mg as the
dog, but didn't wag at way.
. The dog looked at us . solicitonely,
with's sort of book agent expression l
but we wanted to sE4 the result, and
didn't interfere.
Finally an ides struck the canine,
.and he started down the Street, He
evidently intended to `atake trip
arpund' the; block and see if
could beat his tail. When he a r
rived at the starting point again he
was just a length of the the dog in
advance.
This seemed to puzzle him, and he
took a new track.. He went \ around
the lockagain—this time backward.
Whe be got back to us the -tail was
still ahead. \ It may seem :'queer , to
speak of ri tail as being ahead, brit it
is a fact.' \ -- • •
The flea began to :dine, and the
dog looked as \if he would like to,
too, and would , swear off on beef-
steak, if be could only bait his hook
with that flea.
Another idea ,hit the dog. He
winked at us and walked slowly
down to the railroad track. Ho lay
his tail on the 'track and waited for
a car to come along. He was evi
-dently excited,. for he missed his
deal; and ;placed his bodyr.between
the tracks. The car came along.
The dog Made believe he was asleep,
and winked' again at another dog
who had come up to see the'fun. -
Just as one of the horses triid)on
the dog and sent him to the happy
land of canine, the lien laughed, roll
ed of the - track,. and moved his
boarding-house Co the new dog e k Af
fidavits on application.
An ingenious contemporary gives
the following summary of the differ
ant modes of walking adopted by
those who go to and fro upon the
earth : ,
Observing persons move slowly,
their head's move alternately:frotik,
side to side while they occasionally:
stop and tub around. '
Careful persons lift their feet high
and. place them down slowly ; pick
up some little obstruction mid, place
it down quickly by the side of the
Calculating persons generally walk
with. their hands in their pockets and
their beads slightly inclined.
Modest persons generally step
softly for fear of being observed.
Timid persons often step off the
sidewalk
,on meeting pother, "and
always go around a stone instead of
stepping over it.
Wide-awake persons " toe-out,"
and have a long swing to their arms,
While their hands move about miscel
laneously.
Carelesis persons arc forever stub
bing their toes.
Lazy persons scrape about loosely
with their heels, and attfirst on one
side of the sidewalk and then on the
other. ; •
Very, strong minded persons place
their toes directly in front of them;
and have a kind of stamp movement.
Unstable persons walk last and
slow by turns:=—'
One idea persons toe in. •
Cross persons are apt to knock
theft. knees together.
Good-natured persons sip their
finger and 'thumb together every few
steps.
IMPORTED AND HOME. INDosTpEs.
—The St. James Gaiette says.:
" Many of- ihei_ne* industries have
within the past' ten years, been im
ported from England into the United
States; others are 'of indigenous
growth', The utilization of old shoes
is a profitable business. It has been
discovered that three principal uses
are made of them : first, those not
entirely worn put are patched up and
sold others are . cut in bits, authe
best pieces used - for patching pur-•
poses • while the remainder is con
verted into Jamaica rum. The shoes
are boiled in, pure spirits, and are
allowed to • stand' . for a few weeks,
the result being a superior quality of
Jamaica runi,,which is said to be in
great demand by, druggists who want
a good article. A still, more ingeni
ous business, it is stated,' is carried
on at lioston. A flint in that : city
manufaCtures honey and the honey
comb. I The comb is moulded out of
paraffin wax in good imitation of the
work of the bees. The cells are then
filled With -simple glucose, which-is. .
the sweet principle of corn; And the
compound is exported to the 6 mother
couptry ' as . .be best clover honey,
althtugh itlW s never heard of 'by s .
bee."
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A-I u Animas, C 01.,; litte;-nr re. .
cent date saya: ThnreSon of country
fr,out Dodge Las Animas
crossed by the Atchison,. Topeka and
Sante FeMailrosid,n distance 0f.175
Miles; IS' a great cattle graveyard.
The road runs along tie , north bank
of the Arkansas from Dodge tie Gra
nada, the first statioti hi Colorado,
where it crosses:-to the' north - side.
It is in sight 'of the river nearly all'
the time, and-. from the cat windows
min be seen thousands! of dead.cattle.
Many are lying close to' thetrack,
but back as far 'as the eye can reach
the plains and ; elevations are strewn
with carcasses; thus belying the
stories told by not a few: that the
only cattle that have;. died are those
which have been killed by the eara.
To be Sure 'Many have gone that way;
bUt only a small ' proportioti'of • the
whole ' As I have - heretofore ex-
plained, the cattle belonging on the
thenorthern ranges • have drifted in
upen the Arkaksas, where they have
been Stopped by'thousands and per.'
ished from the combined effects of
cold, hunger and thiist.', Thousands
were in sight as we
. pasaed, and, as
many of the herds were close to the
track, [was enabled to Ke their con
dition, They were scattered about,
trying to piek up a little nouishment
.from the ground. which is now bare
in places, but with indifferent sticcess.
Some are in ' better condition than
others, but a great majority of those,
encountered along the route are nosh =
ing but living skeletons that' sway
anti stagger with weakness when they
walk. Their ribs; stick out• like bar
rel hoops; and some of the dead ones
that have been skinned show scarcely
meat enough to make a plate of soup
from
The men who are empki,ying their,
time traveling about gathering up
the hides would save money driving
the living cattle into the vats and
picking out the *melt afterward,
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pei and it is *to
be 75 per cent. Fully 30 per cent.
ave died already and when the
eel fly " comes to worry what are
le the death list will be increased
eno ously.
there are dead cattle for the en
tirkiistance between Dodge City and
Las Animas, but for miles together
they literally cover the - praries and
line the banks of the Arkansas, which
here oozes sluggishly along under a
rotten blanket of ice through an un
sightly gap in the naked face of
nature. The banks - are seldom more
than three feet high, and from the
Kansas line east it has never been
knotrn to - overflow, while in the late
summer its bed is dry as-the Sahara.
A more dreary spectacle cannot be
imagined than a trip across the
country affords the tourist at this
season of the year. It is a scene of
death and desolation.. It is bad
enough in summer, but infinitely
worse in winter. There. are more
dead animals in sight within a few
miles on either side of .Lakin, a eta
tit:on-midway between Dodge City and
Las Animas, than any other spot,
and inquiry at that point developed
the fact that at least forty-five thou
sand - cattle had been crowded in
around the,town during the preva
lence of the storm two weeks ago. '
A few thousands had been 'dives
across on the ice, which was:' then
quite strong, and hurried the
sand hilia to more hospitable pastures
on the Cimaron and itetributaries;
:but the larger iier cent. lingered on
the north side, and their guant frames
ornament, the landscape for miles
Forepaugh's- Prize Beauty.(
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'The news that Forepaugh had dhot
sen from among several thousand
photographs of beautiful Americni
women that of Miss Annie Pauline
Scott, of Monongahela 'City, Pa., as
being the nearest approach to ideal
perfection in' form and feature, bas
seined a buzz of excitement. The
offer of Mr. Forepiugh, it will
-be remembered, was $lO,OOO torthe
most beautiful woman in Amertea,
and it was his design that she shOuld
reign as queen of beautf in his trav
eling circus. A description is not
amiss. (Miss Scott pomesses .a form
till and shapely. It is not the, airy,
fleecy, filmy, ethereal nothing that
Olive Logan : ascribes to Sara Bern
bardt, but a realistic, tangible form.
Her shoulders are rounded; her
bosom is, full, and ,uqdulating, and ,
her waist symtnet, filling her
bodice nicely, and seeming' superla
tively 'fiuggable. Were Hiram Pow
rers again selecting his triodel ,for` the
American masterpiece of 'art, " The
Greek Slitie," he 'could travel. all
over the territory and find no better
ford than Miss Scotts. In carriage
she is at once easy and graceful. Her
face in some respects'reminds one of
the late Adelaide Neilson; it is fhir
as- the Ithei, and the cheeks are
tinged with a ( delicate pearly 'pink.
Her features are -.strikingly_ regular
and classical, and of the Greciaw,
type, save, perhaps, the nose,(wkich
curves sligistlyfrom the aquiline and -
verges. (~ u pon .is '•tennwl the
American feminine nose. ',Her lips
are full and expressive, of is bright
vermillion tinge and when severed by _I ,
a ma:. reveal a ikiuble row.cif
that are .typical in.,tbetr regularity,
and' dazieling whiteneas. Her eyes
are large. and , full o f a dark brown
buler. With varying emotions-then
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clouds, too, if kir no other reason
than they are so soft and' shadowy.
Her are most. delicately
curved, and her long, sweeping, eye
lashes add -intensity and at tidies a
half-melancholy languor to , the orbs
over which they keep sentinel. Her
hair, Which is long, wavy awl shun
dant,.is of a glossy 'black,. and pos
sesses that silky texture which is of
such pleasant contrast to the usual
deild ebony we often meet. One can
not loiik st such hair, and see the
'goldeti sunshine rippling through it,
like lftries .playing at "bo-peep,"
without recalling by. a eing.luar asso
elation of ideas, Lizzie Hexan, the
child of Dicken s fancy. Altogether,
Miss Scott is an ideal picture of fair
femininity, gifted with' glowing
charms, and robust. An artist for
one of the eastern illustrated-papers
visited that place a day or two ago,
and made a sketch of the young
beauty fromlife. Miss Scott is the
nie4 of John Ryan, - a coal 'miner;
and' they abide in a .rather
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7.1- upv, , in
e Eastern States, $113,163,1 83, per
capita,.s62.lB ; in the Middle States,
$377,468,232, per capita, $76.52; in
the Southern States, $59,964,171, per
per capita, $55.86 ; in the Western
States, $118,751,327, per "capita,
$32.28. The rates of interest range
from 3.t0 12 per cent. per annum.
The highest rates of interest prevail
in the W stern and Southern
States. Nol New England State, and
only one of the Middle States; Penn
sylvania, pays a higher rate than 7
per cent. The only Western State
whose cif l eS find towns do not pay
as high a rate as 10 per cent. is Ohio.
Virginia flity, Nevada, pays 12 per
cent on its bonded indebtedness.
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TilE Western' papers are Much
pleased at the prospect of a cheaper
and, more direct outlet for their grain
than by way of Chicago and New
fork. • The recent trips of a tow
boat from St. Louis to New Orleans
is noted, in which 700 car-loads of
grain were .taken in. barges to the
latter city to _be shipped to foreign
markets. The round] trip. ou the 4111s
sisEiippi was made in tweuty days;
the expense was . $4OOO, and the net
profits are not far from $20,000. This
achievenierit causes ,much solicitude
in Chicago and New York, and the
danger4o the grain market of these
cities so far from being threatening
has come to be very
,real. A cheap
and more direct !water route to New
Orleans also means a cheaper and
quicker route to Liverpool and other
foreign markets. h also means bet
ter prices to , the W‘stern grain pro
ducers and it needs but this to secure
permanenay to the grain trade of St.
Louis and New Orleans. A diversion'
of a considerable pi4tion of the grain
trade in that direction will solve .the
problem of clipap freight rates on ,
trunk lines, and may give us cheaper
bread. l Thin far magnificent crops
have benefitted. only the carriers
However bonntifolly the earth yields
of her store, 50,000,000 bushels of
grain has no more elfeist on the price
of flour in the East than 20,000,000
bushels has.
SPARROWS ON A SPREE. - The
Kingston (N.. Y.), Freeman tells a
curious story 'of an ornithological
jamboree which took 'due there a
day or two ago. A local entomolo
gist having on his hands several bat
tles of insects preserved in spirits
for which he . had no further use
emptied them upon , the ash-heap in
his baCk yard. No sooner had he
emptied the bugs than the sparrows
litall over the heap in a perfect cloud,
swallowed the bugs, and in about ten
minutekirere ,drunk—rdrunk as men
get--=and.' cut up the name idiotic
caper". They fought in free fights
of half a dozen, a dozen and in fifties
an suddenly half of one party would
break of nom their fight and dash
into some of the other fracases:. Al-
Most all the nests were pulled down
arid the whole colony was in a state
of anarchy and the direst confusion.
The whole drunk was over in half an
hour, but that short time, served to
allow the cats to slaughter over fifty
of the sparrows, whose combative
qualities and forgetfulness. had
breuglit,them too near the g . round..
Not a sparrow has been seen in that
neighborhood, since.
L
DALLAS WILDER, a sawyer 'in. VII>
la, Wisconsin, on the 22nd instant,
had his hsad,on the feed lever of a
buzz saw when his attention Was at
tracted\ to another part of the mill
by a man calling his name. As be
turned bit; bead to see what was
*anted the saw cut the thumb of his
hand off. The unfortunate man
then must have fallen toward the
saw, for, to the horror of the others
in the milt; his left arm was instiint
lytaken off at the shbulder, and his'
head Severed from - his- body. The
deadly .saw continued its horrible
work,, cutting the rightirm off aid
cutting the body in thousands of
pieces, producing instant deaib.
This was all the work of a second.
The horror stricken men in. the mill
did not have time to reach, him; be:
fore the horrible work was &mom- .
plished. Wilder's remains, were scat
tered over.the prekises in the shape
'of hninan ZaWdust
Iris the OVAhid stove tbi►t gives out the
'Best hest *OA it is geste•fulli , •
$l.OO per Annum In Advandi.
The Borrowed Baby.
"Please ma'ma, I've come to bor
row the baby ? "
• The 'speaker was -a rosy cheeked
girl who lived with the family across
the way. It was a regular nuisance,
this lending the baby all the time.
She did not seem to belong to - us
at all, any more: L suppose we
were all a little' jealous, because she
really'did love these new people'so
much, and they took so:, - much, pains
little cunning
;a; and I must
idicious,
never
to make her
ke cold. SO,
I rolled little
her good-by,
part as a bon
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gone again be
could be.
get a baby of
•aya be borrow
_ :ossly. "They
could
_go over to_ the asylum. and
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take their pick of babies." -
" But not like ours, John," I said
quickly.
" Well, no, of course not; but I
'don't propose to have strangetvi going
halves with our baby. 13esides
won't have them teaching tigit child
any. more nonsense of the. religious
sort, and they may as well•know it;
when they bring her back this time
you may as well settle it up once for
all!"
I forgot to say John and I were
both free thinkers, and did not go to
;church or subscribe-to any of the re
ligious beliefs to which we had been
educated. We had. both graduated
in a brilliant intellectual school;
utterly devoid of the foolish super
- stitions of any religious faith, and•
we intended tolbi ing up our children in
the same'severely moral atmosphere:
It did not once occur to us that ours
was * the strength of youth and pre
sumpLion, or that ourignorance could
pUll down in a day what knowledge '
had been a thousand years building.
We felt we were sufficient to our
selves and our child. .
The baby came home. She was
nearly three mrs - old, but, after all,
only a baby, and4.l. I to'okiherfrom
the girl I said : ,
"We won't be Able , to lend the
baby any more, Mary, her papa and
I both think it isn't a good• plan, and
we can not possibly do Without her;
the house is too lonely. TOI your mis
tress so, with my compliments."
" I'm sorry, ma'am," wed the . girl,
"because we all loves little Dudu so
much, and she's real sweet. She can
sing 'Jesus Loves Me' all through,
and not miss a word."
"Superstition !" I exclaimed angri
ly. " Tell your mistress for me that
1 do not wish my child to learn those
senseless hynins. .I do not believe in
them, nor do I intend that she shall."
" be-l-ie-ve them 1" gasPed
the girl. " Why, you ain't a heath
en, be you ?" t '
I dismissed- her curtly, and when
John came home told him the tiles
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sage I had sent.
"That. is right, little woman ! I
guess we know enough to take. care
of this little blossom. Heyove Wil
lie Wiukie, don't we.?"
Somehow just then an old forgot
ten text flashed into my mind, "My.
grace is sufficient for thee," and •it
ran up and .down the garret of my
thought all that evening. When I
pat Dudu to bed I -noticed that her
hands were hot, and her eyes seemed
heavy. There was lots of diphtheria
in the place, but she had ,not been
exposed to it in any possible manner,
our neighbors .Iwho borrowed the
baby being as afraid of it as we were,
for that, was why no baby was in
their home. •
Oh, that dreadful' time! I cannot
recall it now—the days-lhardly more
than a day—of anguish ; the awful
suffering and the end, the parched
lips and the fever-bright eyes—the
awful realism of death, and not one
hopeone word Of- cOmfort, only the
cruel, dreary, unlighted grave that
yawned for our darling!
Jiiit at the last' there was a mo
ment's peace. It was not on us"that
her last, look,fell. We turned toliee
who or what she saw; and there stood
our neighbor over Itbe way, whom
she at least, sweet darling, had loVed
as herself, and "then she lifted the
weary little hands, and a glad look
recognition was in the wan face,,arlii
we all heard - the words as they feltl4 -
awful distinctness from the • baby
"Deals kmes me-411s I know.
• Yes, they sang it at her funeral,
for we buried her- with no peathen
rites, and some good man prefaced
a few consoling words with the text,
"My grsce -is sufficient for thee;' ,
but, oh ! the tender melody of the
child voices that sang above her : .
" Jena loves me this•ll know
rot: the Bible tells me so, .
Little ones to him belong
We are weak, but He ts strong
And .when.it was allover, and only,
the memory remained of so much
beauty and sweetness, and our hearts
were going back to the dust and
ashes of unbelief, our good neighbor
came like an. evangelist, and.giving
as of her own brave strength, gained
at the foot of the cross, said, wisely :
"Be content. Gliad has only bor
rowed the baby l"—M. Quad.
A Cumous SPRING.-In Licoln
county,. Nevada, there is a spring of
ice-cold watt*" that bubbles.up over a
rock arid disappears on the other .
side, and no one has .been able to
find where the water' goes. At an-
other 'idiot in the same county a
large spring,abstit twenty feet Square,
that, is apparently only some eigh
teen inches deep, with a sandy bot
tom.: The Sand can be plainly seen
but on looking 'closer it is perceivej
that this sand is in a perpetual' state
of unrest, _ and no bottom has ever
been found. It is said that a team
titer, on yeaphing this spring one day,
deceived by Its apparent shallowness,
concluded tesoak one of-his wagon
; wheels, to cure the looseness of Its .
tire. Retook it off and rolled it into
the, as he thought; Shallow water,
He never laid hie eyes oa that wagon
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XLelOl4 She 41Mi may Mtn-
MA keit the maim Umbels "is,
„ ~,o*./141eit gal l•
0 liege, bietvitakil
Two wedded Theo tie portal stopS ;
The bilis isabe . I-
The sir woo WS so !owatogWtago,
Witte potaio aitiho pathway woript,
' 0 poliwoiwl toWo :
0 fonder %Ida!
Two faises o'er a cmdlabeat;
Two bands above obi bead were biked ;
Thew pressed esib other utile they rooted ;
These watched a Ilfe that brain* end,
0 edema boy 1 '
0 bidden pow& j,,
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Two pinatathir erode% Tee
The ' feti *hell *es;
On beide that roe; by shyer 4egteee
Like buds goo the illy spini. • •
kg-O patient We •
0 tender Write
The tiro still sat together there
The red light shone about their ksees,
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But &Übe heads by slow degrees
Hal gone sudjet the Wooly talr.
-- 0 voyage fast
04anithed test •
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The red light shone about the door
And roadeebe aace -between thew uttle
They drew. their ehaln up s4e by Ade.
Their pale cheeks joined, and laid onee more
•O memories
0 pale Mit is ,"
FLASHES OF FASHION.
PLAIDS are OM in fashion.
SPANISHIace has lost DODO of its popu
larity. j • • : .
SATIN eurah if to be the favorite silk of
the season: , •
' Lacs mite will be as popular as they
were last year. • _
FLowzo and feathers are nainglcd in
bonnet - trimmings.
ALL neck arrangements of lace and
muslin are ashionable.--
NEW spring straw bonnets are shown
in color!" to match costumes.
Lsrnr.s who used to wear live and = a
half kid gloves now ask for sizes. ,
LIRLY-THIMAD gloves will. supersede
kid with the approach,of warm weather.
Stemma lace, Waded with teal gold, is
among the newest gilt-edged fancies.
DEEP CUIrS of lace or of linen 'trimmed
with lace are again worn outside of tight
sleeves*. -
Flounien Swiss musline aisd embroider
ed French organdies will be much worn
this summer.
CHEVOIT ulstera take the:form'of loose
Mother Hubbard cloaks, with large
square elbow kilieves.
NEw Lisle-thread and silk gloves have
'lung, loose, buttonless wrists reaching ,
half way to the elbow. •
THE high Bleated fraises about theneck
'and shoulders of summer 'mantles give
them a very.dressylook." . •
• licouiscrr sleeves, puffed and
at the shoulders, are to be -worn. They
are becoming to slight figures, but stout
women should avoid them.
NEW linen collars are straight bands -
like those worn by clergymen, but are
made to lap in front, finished with a
curve and fastened by a gold button.
BPAMBII lace in, the _best varieties in
silk, band run, will be a favorite lace in
white as well as black: Coquettish tiding
and mantles are shown which are to be
knotted over the corsage and caught by a
bunch of crimson roses.
• Tan newest Imbue are no longer simply
folded neckerchiefs, but are very elabo
rate, having a box pleated ruff, with rev
ers down the front. The revers are notch
ed in. Directuire style and edged with two
gathered rows of lace.
Tan latest novelty in wraps is a cloak
shaped like a domino, with the fullness
shirred in at the neck to for& a yoke.
This cloak is made of brocaded satin or
velvet lined with plush ur quilted satiu, r
has elbow sleeves, clings around the
skirts near the bottom of the dress, bags -
around the waist. makes an ugly bulge
in the back and is trimmed with • radii -
bands of heavy, long pile fur, generally ;
black fox, ' black ha ir, beaver, lynx, or
monkey. This cloak Is much admired,
its beauty, like, that of the Scotchman's
terrier, being on account of 12 ugliness.
TothErres adapted from the. types of
the sixteenth century are greatly admir
ed. It is to the severity of shape and (a
eon of these that we owe the elaborate
materials, so fisbionable, which. they are
constituted to show to so great advan
tage ; and certainly nothing can be more -
elegant than the bodies and trains of rich
velvets or brocades opening over satin on
damask tabliers. Old lace is displayed to
'-the greatest advantage in the ornamenta
tion of such dresses,.something being put,
on quite plainly down each aide of the ;
tablier front, turning back 'on and edging
the train.
ALL the new satins are soft and sui plei,
—nothing like , the old and brilliant Lyons -
satin of our grandmothers, which held it-.
self straight and lasted an interminable
time. - The satins now made at Lyons are
called" Duchease. Mervilleaux and Su-
rah, and will be extensively worn during
the spring and early summer • they... Jul,
light in texture, drape well and sombine •
satisfactorily with cashmere and other ,
flue woolen materials.: Black--Spanish
lace is extensively used for trimming : 4
taese satins, and dresses made entirely of
Spanish lace and mounted on colored and
black satin 'are likely to be popular as the
year-advances.
Fun, Fact and. Facetim.
Wit sv's the difference, tell trol,
Twist a cyclone aid a mule" : •
,And the maiden weaned sne murmured • .
. " such csainadrunis were toil cruel."
This," said be, ”ls the solution: •
Quite carnet, detr; yon will And ,
••1 . .. One drives everythlt.; before It; .
One hearty, at all behind 1t.•% . •
EdisonAocik out his three hundred
and first patent a few daysligo:_ _
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IT is'semarkable how physicians love
inusic:3pne hardly ever comes without.
briogifig,a violin.
14i 4- r 1 c Mail : The only remedy for
lady.orgiott stature is to get spliced as
soon aw-poss4lle.
• A oawrutmartobjeeted the other, even
ing toplaying cards with s lady, because,
he-r,said, she had such s winning way
about-her. i • -
"Is woman's highest sphere of duty at
the cradle or at the ballot-boa?" Frank
Dundore sap it dependis upon, which she
can fill the better. -
" I's afraid that bed 'stet long enough - -
for- yon," said a landlord to a sevren-foot
guest. "Never mind," he replied,"l'll
add two more feet to it when I get in."
TOU3O lady wtio didn't admire the
custom in. vogue among her sisters of
writing a letter, and then cross-writing it
to illegibility, aid she would' prefer her -
epistle "without-an overakirt.".
A iti:w years 10100, st the celebration of
our National Anniversary, a poor peddler
who was preseni, bei called upon for a
toast, offered the f : "Here's
health tO poverty ; it sticks to man when'
all his feieuds forsake him." .
A PINCINIL&TI man found a roimh-look
ing,individeal in his cellar. " Who are
'you?" be demanded. "The gas man
come to takethe meter," was the reply.
"Great heaven 1" cried the - householder.
"1 hoped,you were only •if
...""Pike President wears a-V al: beard and
mustache, and inclines to baldness ; Sec
retaries Blaine and Hunt are gray-haired;
Mr. MaiNeagh parts his hair - in the mid-.
die and has a handsome mustache ,• and
Secret-1p? Lincolniuut a fine short beard
slightly parted. -
A wax will eat soggy biscuits twice a
week without complaint when his girl in
vites' him out totes; 'but when the girl
becomes his wife, if there. is the faintest
suspicion of saleratus ii them the neigh
bors will think a ward mitmention is be's,
tug held near by, by the racket be makes. •
A- mow memory is *eery inceasenient
thing. So a man found it who lately call
ed on a friend, and in the course of the
:c,onversation_ asked him how his good
father was. "He is dead; did you not
know it?” answered tbefriwed.• "Indeed!
I am distressed, to bear it," said the Tiii-
I tor, " I : -had no ides of it ;" and be pro.
ceed to' express' his symiS A year
afterbe called again and ally ask
ed :.. Wow is yew wepd etr' The
clever reply was, "lital dila"
—Gorge RIM.
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