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" Do Ton Remember 1M
you listcnod to their talk, at they (altered
it
in their walk,
In the moonlight on the terrace, he and
she,
You would marvel mnch to hear,
This" Do yon remember, dear!"
Till I almost smiled outright lor sympathy
Remember this or that; remember how they
sat,
Or dnnoed, or talked, or quarreled who
shall say T
It was still the seli-same thing
Old beads threaded on the string
Ol the memories that oame oi yesterday.
Not the yesterday Just done ; but the one that
they begun
When they woke the dreimy shadows up
again;
They forget their silver hair;
They forget the chill night air;
They lorget the years that wrought their
palling pain.
They are back again, I see, in their lovers.
Arcadie,
When the world was young and trusting
speed the tale!
For th heart ol love boats on
When the Are of youth is gone,
And the leaves ol autumn rustle down the
gale.
Rnchctter Democrat.
His Mother's Blessing.
There was the usual crowd at the de
pot. Some hurried hither and thither
with Rachels, bundles, shawls and all
the other paraphernalia of the well
equipped traveler, net excepting the
lunch baskets, which filled the mind of
the beholder with a vague appetite as
his vivid imagination pictured tooth
some repast of cold chicken, tongue,
preserved sweetmeats, pics and the like,
closeted in tlieir dark recesses.
Noticeable among the passengers
which filled the ladies' waiting-room
and overflowed on ihe platform were a
distinguished pair notable anywhere,
but more particularly here in this het
erogeneous masi of human beings.
Sumo strong emotion held them both
with its deep and earnest spell, but in
one the feeling while deeper, was at the
same time under better control. There
are few spectacles more touching than
the appearance of deep feeling with evi
dent effort at strong and continued re
straint. The two persons were n..--ther and
son; the former a widow, clad in the
Bible weedu which mutely ;d sadly
tolrl the story of her bereavement, and
it requin d but little penetration to per
ceive that this was her only son and
that t'"r h''art, sore perhaps from re
cent fclll'etiou, was altogether bound up
in him. Sim was tall, slender and
stately, and on her white brow, touched
here and time by raven tr- sses, min
gled with silver, and in the soft, dark
eyes there slumbered, rather than
shone, that exprns inn of patient resig
nation, ttiat serenity of heart which
comes alone to those for whom affec
tion has hi en sacrificed; those who
have learned in the midst of crushing
sorrow the sublime meaning of those
words: " To suffer and be strong."
Her son was a t-ill. slight and graceful
youth of ahout eighteen summers, with
the same.clear honest eyes, and cheeks
bronzed by the sun, but a forehead
whit? as alabaster, surmounted by a
waving mass of nut-brown curls, which
defi.d the touch of the huifdresser's
pruning peissors, and showed here and
there a rebellious lock, as irrepressible,
alas ! as the owner, the irresolute
curves of whose scarlet lips betrayed
him an easy dupe, to those who cared
to lead him ajtrav.
The preparations grew more hurried
as the hour for starting appro iched.
A middlu-ug-.-d gentleman, portly and
good-natured, made his appearance, and
sefinif out travelers, exclaimed, heartily :
4 How d'ye do, Mrs. Balfour; how are
you, Fred? Are you going on this
train?"
" I am going to try my fortune in
Colorado, Air. Jjawson."
V And your mother?" he said, turning
to her.
' SUe remains here for the present."
" I thought perhaps it would be better
for him toleavo home for awhile, espe
cially as he has an uncle there who has
often ureed me to send him, and has
already pictured a bright future for him
there," f-aid the lady, in clear, sweet
tones, though it was with an effort she
kept back the tears.
"Qaite right," responded Mr. Law
son: " it will make a man of him to de-
pend on himself. I've no doubt it will
be quite lonely for you, madam, for a
whue at least."
" I do not take my own feelings into
consideration, I assure you, sir, else I
would never give my consent. It is only
that 1 feel that there are better oppor.
tumttes in the West lor a young man
who has to make his own fortune, and
there ore surely no openings for him
here. We have tested that pretty
thoroughly, she added, with a sigh.
The presence of a thu d party at this
last interview Detween mother and son
was felt to be a relief, for, when the
heart-strings are about to be shattered,
the untold ngony is inexpressible and
each utterance is felt to be a pang. The
trio beimileJ the time in conversation
on unimportant and trivial topics until
the bell rang, J.hen the pale mother,
clasping her treasure once more in her
embrace, and secretly and without
ostentation niacin? a rjlain sold ring on
his finger, while with trembling lips she
invoked a silent blessing on his young
head, hade him crood-bve and saw the
swifllT-moving train bear him out of
sight.
A year had pisssed, and with it had
brought many changes. Surrounded by
the temptations which, in a strange and
dis ant city, are so apt to lead young
feet aitvay. Frederick soon became an
easy prey to more than one vice. His
uncle was immersed in business cares,
and, having no children ot his own, n as
not calculated to scrutinize the actions
of his nephew. Besides, most of his
derelictions from the path of rectitude
took place out of business hours, when
the old man was "sleeping the sleep ol
the last." leaving hu ward to do the
same if be chose. As Fred was for the
most part attentive to his mercantile
duties, and his uncle over-indulgent
(for the former was really a lovable and
DrcDOssessin? vouth). he took it for
granted that all was as well as could be
expected, and if not. why, " bo78 will
te boys, ' ho asserted to himself with
chuckle of amused satisfaction. When
some of his male friends told him that
his nephew was "cutting rather a wide
swath," his good-humored countenance
would cloud up tor a while, and then he
would say : " Oh. he will turn out all
right. Sowing his wild oats, you know.
Blood will tell," and mention o'.her
proverbs which can often be made to
point many inferior jests and strengthen
many a weak argument.
But there was one sentinel that kept
watch and ward over the fatherless boy.
Night and night, while the pale stars
looked down with their solemn, serious
eyes, the anxious mother knelt by her
couch, and the name of the distant,
wayward, but beloved one, was borne
aloft on the pinions of those pure and
holy orisons which enter into the court
of heaven and plead with strange and
unearthly sweetness there.
1 ime passed and the letters which had
at first been regular, affectionate and
satisfactory, were few and brief, and
there was a notable lack of information
about his duties, pursuits and pleasures.
in great contrast to the confidential
communications oi the past. A deep
anxiety took Dossession of her. when
after a long delay she wTote a letter of
inquiry to bis uncle, to which she re
ceived arenlv rather evasive, vet cheer
ful enough for any but the argus-eye of
maternal affection. Deeming herself
perhaps too solicitous and Drone to look
on the dark side of events on account of
past vicissitudes, she waited with what
patience and resignation she could com
mand for further particulars concerning
the success of his business ventures. It
had been her intention when he left her
to join him as soon as circumstances
wonld permit, and now she hastened her
preparations with greater rapidity as
weeks passed and she heard nothing
save a few brief lines informing her that
he was well. As the time of departure
drew near a strange presentiment oi evil
seemed to settle clown upoj iber spirits.
and a deep gloom as of approaching
danger hlled her aching heart
It was night in Denver. In one of
those gilded haunts of vice so numerous
and popular in that Western city, the
sound ot drunken revels could be heard.
The vaning moon shed a soft, mild lus
ter on the almost deserted street, for the
night was far advanced, and the fresher
breeze of approaching morning began
to make itself felt in the atmosphere
without; but within, the fetid fumes of
liquor, tobacco and artificial light, to
gether with the stifling warmth, of
fered a nauseous contract and proved a
sickening pabulum for lungs expanded
and braced by draughts of the purer
evening air oi heaven. And if the con
trast was distinct in this respect, how
much greater, alas! was it, considered
in a mental and moral aspect t Within,
the dice rattled, the glasses clinked, and
rough and burly forms associated, with
besotted and degraded faces, lurked
around the tables and handled the
treacherous ivory, and still more treach
erous fluids with which the wearied
bartender served the frequenters of the
vile and desperate place. From many
i belt gleamed the murderous light of a
hidden stiletto, and the ready pistol was
a necessary adjunct to the "apparel"
which he e, as elsewhere, "proclaimed
the man."
Many nationalities were represented
among them Mexicans, with dark,
tierce faces and sombrero bats; Chinese,
smooth and oily, with outward stupid
ity, concealing deep cunning and arti
fice, and American youths, coarse and
debased by habit, association and lack
of restraining sell-respect.
Amid this mass of human debris, near
one of the card-tables, his face flushed
with intoxication, his hand trembling
with nervous eagerness, and his lorra
ca-elesslv attired, sat Frederick Bal
four. How like a fair flower amid weeds
he looked, in spite of his haggard face,
his reckless air. and his bloodshot eye
The graceful air so natural stiil lingered
in his lithe movements and on the brow
and mouth, once so fondly imprinted
with a mother's parting kiss, dwelt a
Uadowy expression of sadness, as if his
guardian angel, bidding farewell, had
tanned him with her departing pinions
and left the fleeting perfume ot her holy
presenco on bis guilt-stained brow.
rue Dlav was at its height wnen a
uarrel arose among the men ; the in
tense eager looks of the players were ex
changed lor those oi malice, hatred,
murder! In the dark, wicked faces
gleamed a deadly light, as Frederick,
with youthful pertinacity and abandon,
heeded them not, and by continuous
contradictions added luel to the danger
ous name.
He had no more money to stake, and
foiled in their expectations, they made
threats, both loud and deep, and boldly
accused him of fraud and even theft. At
this juncture, the eye of one of his ad'
versaries fell upon the ring which still
adorned his hand and glittered like a
ilismanio guard against evil and de
struction. Its intrinsio value was little
calculated to awaken the cupidity of
any observer, but to a grasping mind
tlie Slm oi goiu, uowever iiisiguiuuttui,
is in use ii k KUipuvuuu,
Stake the ring," the Mexican rough
lv exclaimed.
. -r . i I, . J. 1 3 LI.
ies. me ring." blupiuiv euuoeu uis
companions, who were more inebriated
than himseil and were reauy to greet,
any brutal test with oaths and ap
niause.
reaericK looxeu at uis motuer a Dart
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ing gift and as be impulsively drew it
from his finger, the inscription which
he had once read with such deep emo
tion, met his fevered gazs " God bless
you.
With what a thrill of anguish he read
the words, and the unconscious little
bhining circlet seemed a sad and silent
monitor, pointing bim toward the
scenes of happiness and innocence now
so lar in the distance and from which
his all too willing feet had sadly
straved.
I will not, l cannot." he answered.
hoarsely, aa with pale and averted face
and trembling hands he replaced the
lovinir token on his finger.
" Then, by, I U mafce your'yeuea
the ruffian, and seizing him by the
throat he made a lero.lous lunge with a
RMlpttO.
The names in and around tne saloon
had bv this time gatuereu near, and ex
n foment deen and intense prevailed
No one heeded the tact that a carriage.
with a ladv robed in deep mourning for
its only occupant", uaa nauea near me
hov rushed in and called to
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his companions without: "Balfour's
gettin' cut by Mexican Joe!
At the sound of the name the lady in
the vehicle called to the driver to per
mit her to alight, and trembling with
terror and agonized suspense, she fouid
ber way into the saloon, where a crowd
was rapidly collecting. Witl nervous
HIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14,
haste she threaded ber way into the
room from which the noise of strife pro
ceeded, the gamins making way for her
in silent wonder p.s she advanced. Ann
well they might gaze at her in startled
surprise. Such a race ano presence were
never seen in the purlieus of that region
before save to pass by in a public convey
ance, perhaps, and then as rapidly as
possible, as it to avoid contamination
with the coarser elements of the de
graded resort.
Tall, stately, witn streaming eyes ana
quivering lips, her black robes sweep
ing behind her as she walked, she en
tered and saw her son just as he reeled
from the blow inflicted by the cruel
knife of his vindictive foe. Ris glance,
full of terror, despair and agony in that
dreadful moment, saw and recognized
her, and his bleeding form fell into her
loving, faithful arms with the simul
taneous exclamations "Oh, mother!"
and " My dear Frederick, my precious
boy I" fell on the ears of the astonished
multitude.
A bush of respectful sympathy moved
those rugged hearts as quickly and care
fully they assisted in removing the suf
ferer from the dreadful scene. Speedily
summoning aid, the mother drove to
the hotel with her cherished burden,
once strong and athletic, now weaker
and more frail than herself.
A physician was called in. and to her
great relief the wounds, though danger
ous, were not pronounced fatal. A faint
hope still lingered, and witn care and
watchfulness he might survive. And
need it be added that there would be no
lack of affectionate care, wnen a devoted
mother keeps sleepless vigil beside the
couch of her suffering, yet youthful and
only son.
Reader, would you follow the fortunes
ot Frederick Balfour, go with me to a
great city in the West, where the lap
ping waves of a peaceful ocean caress
the beautiful concave of the Golden
Gate: where, amid the hum of business,
the dreams of the most visionary are
often a bright reality: where the for
tunes, like the far-famed palace of Alad
din, rise in a night and gladden the sur
rounding plains with their splendor at
the rising of the morning sun.
it is the holy sabbath day, and as the
voice of deep-toned bens, calling to
cathedral and chapel, linger faintly on
the air, the throngs ot expectant and de
vout people hasten to the temple ot
worship. In cne of these, the young
minister takes his place behind the pul
pit, and tor a few moments bows his
head in prayer.
In this vast assemblage there is one
whose heart throbs with far deeper and
grander joy than it ever pulsated before
Tbers she sits. Her pale face has bor
rowed from excitement a faint tinge of
youthful bloom: the clear dark eyes are
true and earnest as of vore: and the
slightly curling threads of hair which
touch her placid loreneao so careiessiy
are now auite silvered, yet seeming to
wear heaven's holiest benison nestling
among their waves of snow.
The choir began their solemn anthem,
God is the refuge of his people," and
as the deep, sonorous chords melt and
mingle in the lofty temple, and then
float away to heaven, a solemnity broods
over the hearts and minds ot the eager
and expectant congregation.
The anthem finished, the minister
rises. It is the same Frederick, changed
more, perhaps, from within than with
out, for the frank, earnest eyes are still
there, the scarlet hps, surmounted now
bv a brown mustache, the waving locks
are brushed smoothly back except where
here and there a wayward curl will steal
from its restraint, and hint that boy
hood was scarcely passed, though stern
yet noble manhood, on the brow and in
the heart, now reign supreme.
His voice, deep and musical, enchains
and enrapts the hearers, as, filled with
reverence, fervor and holy enthusiasm,
he leads them in prayer, and points with
unerring distinctness to the snares and
pitfalls of the path once trodden by his
own youthful feet, and with glowing
zeal invites them to a fairer road, where
blossom the flowers of purity and holi
ness, conducting the tired wayfarer to
the reireshing haunts of wisdom, "whose
ways are ways ol pleasantness and all
her paths are peace." Louisville Coiir-
ier-Journil
Stick to it and Succeed.
Perseverance is the main thing iu life.
To hold on and iioid out to the end is
the chief matter. If the race could be
won by a spurt, thousands would wear
the blue ribbon; but they are short
winded, and pull up after the first gallop.
They begin wuu nying. and end in
crawling backward. When it comes
to the collar work, many take to jibing,
If the apples do not tall at the hrst
shake of the treo your hasty folks are
too lazy to letch a ladder,, and in too
much of a hurry to wait tin the Iruit is
ripe enough to fall ot itself. The hasty
man is as hot as are at toe onset, and as
cold as ice at the end. He is like the
Irishman's saucepan, which had many
good points about it, out it had no bot
torn. He who cannot bear the burden
and heat of the day is not worth th&
eaic, muuu less ma potatoes.
We ought not to be put out of heart by
difficulties; they are sent on purpose to
try the stun we are made ot, and depend
upon it they do us a world of good.
There s a sound reason why there are
bones in our meat and stones in our land
A world where everything was easy
would be a nursery for babies, but not at
all a lit place for men. Celery is not
sweet till it has felt a frost, and men
don't come to their perfection till dis
appointment has dropped half & hun
dred weight or two on their toes.
Words of Encouragement.
Never be cast down by trifles. If a
spider breaks his web twenty times,
twenty times will he mend it. Make up
your mind to do a thing and you will do
it. rear uui 11 iruuuieo uuuic uuuu yuu.
Keep up your spirits, though the day
may be a dark one.
Troubles never last lorever,
The darkest day will pass away.
If the sun is going down look up to the
stars ; if the earth is dark keep your eye
ou heaven. With God's presence and
liod s promise, a man or cmia may De
cheerful.
Never despair when a log's in the air,
A sunsniny morniug will come without warn,
ing.
Mind what you run after. Never be
content with a bubble that will burst.
or a firewood that will end in smoke and
darkness : but that which you can keep,
and which is worth keeping.
bomething sterling that will stay,
When eold and silver fly away.
Liverpool Mail.
Colorado
mine?,
has many men of rmny
riRM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Early Breakfast for Fowls.
In keening fowls remember that the
morning meal with them is the most
important one of the day. They are
cold and hungry : and for that reason
need some kind of warm, cooked food.
Fowls will eat almost anything if it is
served up right. Boiled potatoes, tur
nips, carrots, anything in the vegetable
line, mixed with cornmeai, oatmeal, or
bran and shorts, seasoned with pepper
and salt, and fed warm, will suit them.
Feed a few handfuls of wheat screen
ings at noon, and at night give them a
liberal feed of some kind of whole
grain.
Sowing ttye Among Corn.
One mode of getting green food for
cattle and sheep in early spring is to
sow rye in corn stubble early enough
to get a good fall growth. What feed
is thus grown is as nutritious as ordi
nary pasture or roots, and costs noth
ing except for seed and cultivating un
der, uealiy the leea costs nothing, for
in sowing the rye many weeds are de
stroyed, a new surface is turned up,
and the weed seeds which sprout perish
in the winter. This alone is ample pay
for labor and seed. There is a further
advantage in having the soil covered
during the winter instead of being
naked, as it otherwise would be. Rye
sown now will give considerable feed
for sheep and cattle this fall, and more
yet in the spring before plowing. This
spring feed is especially valuable for
ewes with lambs after the ground has
settled. As we are likely to lose our
clover, I fear, for a term of years, some
thing must be found to partially take
its piace. Drilled corn and millet may
be substituted as winter lecd, but they
are not available tor late tall or early
spring Correspondence of Country Gen
tleman.
Food for Calves
The cause of calves scouring is a
change in their food too wide and sud
den. Animals but a tew days old
nan bear hut a little chanee in their food
They will be easily killed by a variation
which an adult would bear with ltn
punity. Calves, like infants, are too
often made sick by a change of one
cow's milk for that of another. The
food of calves may be modified almost
indefinitely, but it must be varied
gradually. When they get more age
thev will bear change better. When
taken from the cow, teed first the moth
er's milk warm. The difference be
tween sucking and feeding is change
enough to begin with. In a few days
little SKimmiiK may De suostitutea ior
new milk as a part of its mess, but it
should be warm as the new milk. By
degrees the skimmilk may be increased,
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tirelv droDs out. and no scouring or
other ili effects will follow. In the
same way, whey sweet and warm may
be substituted tor skimmus, or a nttie
well-cooked meal, or what is better, a
little oil-meal may be gradually worked
iu as a substitute for milk and the
change will not be materially felt. If
P. W. C. will bear in mind tint the
essential points in feeding young calves
are warm food and slow changes, he
will not only stop the mortality in his
herd but he can have thrifty animals
growing up on other food than new
milk, by using milk to start with
Sweet whev in moderate quantity
good in connection with grass. It would
bo found an improvement that would
more than Dav cost and trouble to di.
solve a little oil-meal in it. New York
Tribune.
Household Hints.
The voile of an egg binds the crust
much better than the white. App'7 to
the edges with a brush.
Old potatoes may be freshened up by
plunging them into cold water before
cooking them.
Never wash raisins that are to be used
in sweet dishes. It will mak the pud
ding heavy. To cleau them wipe in
dry towel.
In boiling dumplings of anv kind put
them into the water one at a time. If
they are put in together they will mix
with each other.
Cutlets and steaks may be fried as
well as broiled, but they must be put in
hot butter or lard. The grease is hot
enough when it throws off a blackish
smoke.
There is a greenness in onions and
potatoes that renders tuem bard to
digest. For health's sake put them in
warm water for an hour before cooking.
Fish as Food.
During the last twenty years chemists
and physiologists have been studying
the nutritious value of various foods.
They have advanced so far as to com
pute the relative values oi the common
articles of diet. These have been so ar
ranged in tables that the bread-winner
of the household may see at a glance
what food will give the most nourish
ment to ins lamiiy.
A prominent suoiect ot these studies
has been the common food fishes. At
the recent meeting of the American As
sociation of Science, Professor Atwater,
a chemist, gave some of the results of
these experimental studies.
In 100 pounds ot the nesh ot fresh cod
there are eighty-three pounds of water
and only seventeen pounds of solids. In
the same weight of salmon there are
sixty-six and one-half pounds of water
an.t thirty-three and one-nair pounds ol
solids. The meaning of these figures
is that a family eatin? 100 nnnnrin of
cod would be nourished by one-sixth of
it. while it they ted on the same weight
ot salmon, they would find on6-third
nutritious.
Next in nutritive value to salmon
come fat halibut, shad and whitetish.
Then follow mackerel, bluefish. lean
halibut, striped Dass, flounder and lake
trout. The order in which they are
placed indicates their relative value as
food. Lean beef is less nutritious than
salmon, as it contains seventy-five per
cent, of water and twenty-five per cent,
of solids.
While fish is highly nutritious and
healthy, there is a somewhat exagger
ated notion that it is particularly valu
able for brain lood on account or the
large amount of phosphorus which it
contains. The notion owes some of its
popularity to a remark, alleged to have
been made by the late Professor A;assiz.
When I wish to be very brilliant," he
ii reported as saying, " I eat fish for
dinner."
But Professor Atwater says the notion
is not founded upon fact. While fish is
excellent, i here is no evidence to prove
that the flesh of fish is richer in phos
phorus tuan are other meats. You'hft
Companion.
Traits of character which you seek to
cprjceal you uad better seen tQ reform
A Farmer's Home In China.
A correspondent of the San Francisco
Chronicle in China says: Crossing a
small stream we prepare to enter a
farmhouse for rest and refreshment.
As usual, our first salutation came
from the dogs, who were speedily
quieted by the men. These were Chi
nese settlers who had intermarried with
Mongols, and although the elders re
tained their Chinese traits of counte
nance, the offspring were clearly of a
mixed race. A number of Tan goats were
stretched '.upon the ground sleeping,
having arrived in the morning with a
number of sheep for the market town
of Liang Chu, to the west. The build
ings, in lieu of possessing an inner and
outer wall, consisted only of aquadrang
ular courtyard. On the upper side was
tua uwuinng uuusra, witu itwc
windows. On each side of the door
way the women of the family sat sew
ing and mending clothes. Mules and
ponies were engaged in the open space
threshing out the wheat. This rude
nneration consists of dragging a heavy
stone rouer to witnin a iew inuues ui
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the head of the grain. The grain was
winnowed by men with wooden shovels,
who cattier it no and toss it against the
wind. In the house we saw an old
crone grinding millet and wheat for
tamiiv use in a nonow stone monar,
with n neavv wooaen nestle, me straw
was stacked in heaps at the angle oi tne
yard. Agricultural implements, of a
bygone age, were lying around ; square
harrows, with long iron prongs; plows
with immense shares oi a peculiar
ah ano: the rough carts used lor trans
port Heaps of manure were lying
around for future use when dried. 1 he
dung of the camels, or argol, as it is
called, which is used for fuel, was to be
seen in one of the outhouses. Having
obtained permission to enter the house,
we found ourselves in a square room
The furniture consisted of a round pine
table, with some two-legged stools of
the commonest kind. The picture of
the Buddha hung immediately opposite
the door.
Sleep at Night.
Sunshine is given us for use that we
may require little artificial light. Gas
oil and candles alike vitiate the air,
The fewer hours that are spent in artifi
cial licrht the better: and this suggests
of itself that within reasonable limits the
sooner we go to rest after dark the bet
ter. we require, in the cold season oi
winter, when the nights are long, much
more ol sleep than we do in the summer.
On the longest day in the year seven
hours of sleep are sufficient for most men
and women who are not in the prime of
life. On the shortest day nine hours of
sleep is not over much, and for those
who are weak ten or twelve hours may
be taken with real advantage. In win
ter children should always have ten or
twelve hours of sleep. It is not idleness
to indulge to that extent, but an actual
saving, a storing up of invigorated ex
istence for the future. Such rest can
only be obtained by going to bed very
early, say at half-past eight or nine
o'clock. It is wrong as it ever can be
that our legislators should often be sit
ting up, as we know they do time after
lime, in the dead of night, tn ing against
life to legislate for life. It is most foolish
that public writers, who hold so many
responsibilities in their bands, should bo
called upon to exercise their craft at a
time when all their nature is calling out
to them, " Rest, rest, rest!" There are
many who will disagree with me in say
ing these things, but nature is ou;my
side. In every man, woman and child
tli- re is, at or nbout the early time I
h ve Tnamed, a persistent, periolical
desire for slefip, which steal on defrr
tuinately, which, taken at the flood,
leads to .i good sound night's rest, and
which, resisted, never duly returns, but
is replaced bv a surreptitious sleep,
broken by wearying dreams, restless
limbs, and but i.artial restoration ot
vital pawer. Work with the sun as far
as possible. Chicago Lal'jer.
Adventures of an Aeronaut.
The St. Petersburg llerahl contains
the particulars of tne adventures of the
Kussian aeronaut Kudolpb. who as
cended by a balloon, and had been sev
eral days reported missing. "1 he day
selected lor the night wa3 not a good
one. the wind being strong and bolster
ous. My companion was Professor
Baranovskv. of the Meteorological ob
servatory. On entering the car, 1 sang
out to the twelve sailors holding it, to
let it go. As the men dropped the ropes
a sudden gust of wind struck the balloon
and dashed it against some neighboring
trees, the branches or which tore a hole
in the silk before it had time to rise. I
threw out ballast, but to no purpose,
The car drifted along the ground till it
approached a lake, when I begged the
professor to leave it with his instru
nients. The sailors running up just
then, seized hold of the ropes, and en
abled Baranovsky to get out. i.ney
begged me earnestly to do the same, on
account oi tne uangerous conauion oi
the balloon, but I refused. The pro
fessor being clear of the car, 1 shouted
to them to ' let go.' All obeyed the
summons except one mar. who was
carried several feet into the air.
and dropped amid a general roar of
laughter. After this the balloon sailed
aiong tolerably well, and flew for fifty
minutes through the air. when, the gas
being exhausted, it fell near the village
of Rootchi. In a very lew minutes it
was surrounded by men and women,
who proceeded to tear it to pieces and
appropriate all the articles in the car.
including a fifteen-guinea binocular
glass, forgotten by Professor Baranov-
sky. In all probability I should also
have experienced rough usage, but for
the opportune arrival of a colonel of the
imperial guards and two soldiers from a
neighboring chateau, r or a lew min
utes the peasants refused to release me,
and defied the colonel, but his deter
mined attitude tnd threats to send for
more soldiers, coupled with a few
rubles to buy them a drink, induced
them to relinquish me, though not my
property, me colonel very kinuiy toon
me home, and afterward put me into his
carriage with the balloon, and giving
me two soldiers to protect me, sent me
ou to the railway station."
A recent work on the flag of the United
States, giving its origin and history.
shows that the stars and stripes are one
of the oldest national symbols now in
use. the present flag of Great Britain
dating Iron 1 1801, the Spanish flag from
1-85. the French from 1791, the Portu
guese dom 1830, the Italian from 1818
and the German from 1876. Tbe United
Sates flag in its prrsenfj form was
adopted. In 1777.
1880.
TIM ELI TOPICS.
The Fhien'Ma American says that
on war nmn. freqft C leese. wnein
jrits, bominy, juicy meats, are mc
bods to make flesh. Almost any
s i ----- - .'
woman will sret Diumo on oruwu
VirOBil und vhraton irritS. or Oa
meal eaten twice a day with plenty
of meat and vegetables at breaK-
fast and a supper of brown biscuits,
with sweetmeats, cheese and cream, or
iviffpA drunk with nlentv of SUgar and
(mum. It in not necessary to eat largely
if the appetite does not call for it, but
the food must be tempting, and if hun-
nr la kpon nun who would be plump
and spirited SUOUIO not oe airaiu iu in-
- w it m t i s.r.l IaaJ
. .. . . , L. -1-!J1. 1-
duige it. unreusuing, aistasteiui iwu,
will not nourish and stimulate like
what is niauant and savory and changed
In variety day by day.
A wealthv French gentleman, owning
an estate at uonesse, near irans, um iui
. . . r . . n . 1. r-
some time nnst devoted his time, money
and attention to soothing the declining
years ot superannuated beasts and birds
by accommodating them with co intert
able residences in his spacious park. He
has Aire n.ri v no ected a strange assem-
hWn of vpnfrnh1n creatures, dulv pro
vided with authenticated records of
their respective ages and careers. The
patriarch ot this quaint community is a
grizzled old mule, just entering his
eeventv-third vear. between whom and
an obese goose of thirty-seven an affec
tionate intimacy subsists. Mother
Goose is beset by infirmities. Her legs
are so distorted that sue cannot wan am
straight, and her we bed feet are studded
with huce wart?, which sometimes dis
turb her tpmner: but. on the whole, she
is cheerful, and even Bprightly, for one
of her years. Among the companion-
of this oddly-assorted pair of friends are
a cow of thirty-six summers and a hog
who will never see his twenty-seventh
birthday again. In an aviary overlook
ing the park feebly pipe and twitter a
bullfinch of eight and-twentv. and a
sparrow hatched in the year 1819.
Far out in the Atlantic, 181 miles very
nearly due west of St. Kilda, and 290
miles from the nearest point of the
mainland of Scotland, there is a granite
stack which rises to a height of seventy
feet above the sea, and at a distanco has
been mistaken for a vessel under sail,
The upper part is inhabited by vast
number!? of sea fowl. The name of the
stack is Rockall. The great sandbank
I from which it rises abounds with cod
For nearly two years a man, through
the columns of the London spectator,
has been calling the attention ot various
scientific societies and individuals to
the suitability of Rockall for a meteoro
logical station, and has been offering.
under certain conditions, to reside there
alone for a twelvemonth, and take a
series of observations. With a founda
tion of seventy feet above the sea, or
even less, he Bays, there would be no
difficulty of fixing a house upon Rockall
which would laugh at the wind and
spray. One chamber would do, and it
could be made of stout timber locked to
ringbolts, or to be built of concrete. If
connected bv telegraph to the mainland.
ttockall would, this person thinks, be
an agreeable residence ; and even in its
isolated slate it would be endurable
enough if the occupant were cheered by
the reflection that he was a pioneer in
a noble cause. A little money would be
well spent in trying to make storm
warnings more reliable than they have
been of late. Besides meteorological
observations, an observer posted on
Rjckall might, if properly instructed, be
able to throw a little light on oceanic
circulation, temperature, etc.
A letter from St. Michael, the largest
of the Azores, says that two British
steamers have been wrecked in the har
bor during a hurricane. It must strike
persons unacquainted with those islands
as very, strange that vessels should be
wrecked while in the harbor; but good
harbors the group has always lacked
Their want is one of the greatest draw
backs to the prosperity ot the Azores
The only tolerable port is Angra. capi
tal of the islands, on the south side ol
Terceira, and even that ffers little pro
tection save in fine weather. They are
of volcanic origin, and subject to most
extraordinary convulsions ot nature,
Eruptions, hurricanes, water-spouts,
carthauakep. cyclones and the like are
so common that the natives think little
of them. In 1591, an earthquake, which
continued twelve days, destroyed the
town of Villa Franca on St. Michael.
In-1808, a volcano suddenly arose on St,
George to the height of 3.500 feet.
burned furiously for a week, poured out
a flood of lava, overflowing the whole
island, and then became extinct. Three
years later the crater of a volcano was
abruptly thrust 300 leet above the sea,
and, after emitting quantities of cinders,
stones and lava, slowly disappeared.
Immense rocks and volcanic islands
have been repeatedly pushed up from
the bottom of the ocean, and after a
time submerged. The Azores do not
appeal to the imagination of persons
fond o quiet life and tranquillity in na
ture. But their climate is delightful;
the soil is very fertile, bringing every
vegetable product to perfection; they
are covered with corn held 8, vineyards,
groves of lemons, and orchards, and the
peculiar archipelago is much enjoyed by
such foreigners as do not object to an
ocoasioral tornado, eruption, water
spout or earthquake. To Americans,
who relish variety and excitement ot
any kind, tho Azores are usually very
attractive.
Cnltirating Ants.
Manv of the leading orchard proprie
tors in Noithern Italy and Southern
Germany are cultivators of the common
black ant. which insect they uoio in
high esteem as the fruit-grower's best
friend. They establish ant hilU in
their orchards, and leave the police ser
vice of their fruit trees entirely to the
tinv colonists, which pass all their time
ia climbing uo the stems of the fruit
trees, cleansing their boughs and leaves
of malefactors, mature as well as em
brvotio. and descending laden witu
spoils to the ground, where they com
fortably consume or prudently store
away their booty. They never meddle
with sound fruit, but only invade such
apples, pears and plums as have already
been penetrated by the canker, which
they remorselessly pursue to its fast-
ceses within the vtr heart of the fruit
Wo where are the apple or pear trees so
free from blight and destructive insects
as in the immediate neighDorhood ot a
large ant hill five or six years old. The
favorite food ot ants would appear to be
the larvse and pups) of those creatures
which spend the whole ot their brief
existences in devouring the tender
shooU and juvenile haves of fruit trees,
NO 34.
The Golden Sunset.
The golden sea its mirror spreads
Beneath the golden skies,
And but a narrow strip between
Of land and shadow lies.
The eloud-like rocks, the rock-like clouds,
Dissolved in glory, flot;
And midway of the radiant flood
Hangs silently the boat.
The sea is but another sky,
The skv a sea as well;
And whioh is earth and which the heavens,
Tne eye can scarcely tell.
So when for its life's evening hour,
Soft passing shall descend,
May glory born ol earth and heaven
The earth and heavens blena.
Flooded with peaoe the spirit float,
With silent rapture glow,
Till where earth ends and heavens begins
The soul shall scarcely know!
Samuel LongMow.
IIDMOROr?.
Land agitation An earthquake.
A lying institution The lodging
house.
Doing their duty at the poles Hop
pickers.
There's many a slipper 'twixt motuer
and son.
Misers generally die of lightness in
the chest.
You can't make plaid socks of a
Bailor's yarns.
Slinnera are now made so thin-soied
that children are spoiling.
Tim fisherman's wages may be called
net proceeds. Rome Senttnel.
Tin fair is alwavs well attended, es
pecially if it be of the feminine gender.
Whv does a hangman never read the
papers P Because he is a nooseman al
ready.
" I don't care a snap tor you," as the
trigger said to the empty gun. Jxw
York Hews.
A young lady must be pretty far gone
when she can't get a step lather.
Meriden Recorder.
"Tn fih sinfl-f" asks an exchange.
Certainly, and many of them have been
known to reach the high sea.
The mosquito has six legs and only
one mouth. Let us then be thanktul
that if it does bite it doesn't kick.
When a man and woman are made
one it is usually the man. Sometimes
the fig-lit is long and severe, however.
" Why do we weep P" asks an amateur
Bftnt. S t down on a carnct tacK or eat
a last year's onion and you'll find out.
The voung woman who married a
man employed in a bank applied for a
divorce when she discovered that it was
a sand bank.
It is hard to decide which season of
tha year is the least expensive. Ihe
plumber always commences when the
ice man leaves off.
People are odd about some things.
Those who won't even allow a dog to
look into the dining-room will nave
catsup on the table.
It is said that we spend more for to
bacco than for bread. This seems a lit
tle hard to believe, when every one ap
pears to depend on his lriends tor the
former.
Savs the Philadelphia BulUlin: An
editor out West was iu prison ior libel
ing a justice ot the peace, and when ue
departed the jailer asked him to give the
prison u puu.
There's a girl in Kansas only nineteen
vears old who can knock a squirrel out
of the tallest tree with her rille, ride a
kicking mustaug. help " round up " a
herd ot cattle and ride aown a jacK
rabbit, and yet, the local paper states in
a tone ot surprise and no little anxiety,
"she is not married."
In a Whale's Moulli.
A Nantucket correspondent of the In
dianapolU Jcurwtl tells this story : Here
I met Captain Wood, who had been in a
whale's mouth. After edging carefully
toward the mattpr, a friend induced him
to tell ahout it probably for the ten
thousandth time.
"Yes, I was standing iu the bow of
tho boat, with the iron in my hand."
-aid he, " looking around for his maj
esty, for 1 thought wo had given him t is
death-blow. Suddenly up be came right
ahead ot me, and he struck the boat un
derneath with his prolonged lower jaw,
knocking it out from under me, and I
feh straight over into his mouth."
" Wuat did you think tuenr- asueu a
listener, as the captain paused.
Thought 1 was a goner," answered
the captain, " especially when he slurs
his mouth on me. But he was fortu
nately in the agonies of death, too wor
ried to think of me, and after giving me
one savage crunch, he blowed me our of
his mouth, covered witn dioou. i at
once struck out for the boat. "
And wren they picked him up they
thought he wis killed," said another
captain; "though after a good while,
he recovered, with the ugly wounds
that you see." There was a scar some
inches long across Captain Wood's scalp,
and a great lump on his side was visible
under his coat.
"Whatdid you think when you were
in bis mouth, and knew where you
wereP" asked another bystander.
" Thought he'd yield about eight bar
rel," said Captain Wood, turning over
bis quid and calmly hi lag at the uoxoi
sawdust.
An Astonished Farmer.
A farmer who had been to market in
Philadelphia fell asleep while he was
driving home. His horses knew the
road, and traveled eaieiy until tuey
reached the railroad crossing at Belfry.
A train was approaching, and although
tie engineer, who saw tbe market
wagon, blew his whistle, applied tho
brake and rang his ben. be was unable
either to stop the train or to arouse the
sleeping larmer. The horses were al
ready across tne tract: when tne col
lision occurred, the cowcatcher oi toe
engine striking the wagon, tearing off
the running gear and throwing the hind
axle and wheels about thirty feet to the
side of the road. One wheel was
wrecked, while the i ther was not in
jured. The wagon was turned upside
down, and the horses, breaking loose,
ran a considerable distance oeiore they
were caught. Ihe farmer awoke. Ue
was thrown out but much injured. As
he gathered himself up and stared iu
bewilderment at the wrccs, his firstr
exclamation wa. " What mashed that
wagon up that way?"