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VOL. X. NO. 4U. TIONESTA, PA., MAECH 13, 1878.
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Ohl Merry Koj's Song.
Tho lord loves hit land, and the mi'er bis gold
And the hunter his horse and hi hound,
Tho bishop his port, an 1 the wairior bold
Hih sword and the el'ttion lound ;
And the nailor his lavs,
And the beauty her gla a,
And tho reaper a benny bright sky i
lint give me a cot,
With love for my lo,
And a sparkle of miith iu my eye,
And this ditty I'll sing
With the pride of a king :
" Though the each in my coffers be small,
Tho bent of all wea'th
Is a good alook of health,
With a heart that is thaulful for all."
While tho duke hat his castle, the morn eh bi-
crown,
And the courtier his title and name,
Anl their ladle repoHO cn their couches of
down,
Aud the mintiel It honored with fame,
I will journey through life
Without envy or trifo,
Looking out for its beautiful flowers,
And carry a light
For adversity's night,
And honey to swretun its sours ;
And I'll merrily ring
Ah I march with a nwinj,
Since honesty feartth no fall t
"Tho best of all weauh
Is a good stock of health,
With a heart that is tbsnkful for all."
Lit the lord have his lanJ, aud the tnUer bin
gold,
And the hunter his horso and his hound,
An 1 the bishop bis port, and the warrior bold
Ilia sword and the clarion sound j
And the sailor bis lass,
And the beauty ber glass,
And the reaper bis bonny bright sky j
But with love for my lot,
In a sweet little cot,
And the sparkle of mirth In my eye,
I my ditly w.H sing,
Hpite of penury's sting:
"Though the cah in my ooffers be small.
The best of all wealth
Is a stock of good health,
With a beait is lhaukful for all."
A NIGHT WITH A BEAR.
"Toll ron what, Roxie, I wish futhr
and Jake had some of those hot nut
cakes for their dinner; they didn't cany
nnci f anything, and these are proptr
nice."
Mrs. Beamish set her lift Land upoD
her hip, leaned against the corner of tin
drew-er; and meditatively selected anoth
er nut cake, dough-nut or cruller, as you
may cull them, from the great brown
pan piled up with these daiuties, and
Roxie, who wascur'eJ up in a little heap
ou the crucr of the settle, knitting a
blue woolen, stocking', looked bnghtly
up and said :
"Let me go and carry them some,
mi. Itsiustas warm aucl nice as can
be out ol doors, real springy, and I
know the way to th" wood lot. I'd just
love to go.
"Lot's see ten o'clock," said Mrs.
Beamish, putting the last bit of cuke
into her mouth, and wiping" her fingers
upon he" apron. " It's a matter of lour
miles there by the bridge, Jake says,
though if you cross the ford it takes off
a mile or more, lou d better go round
by the bridge, anyway."
f x" Oh, no, ma; that isn't worth while,
lor pa said only last night that the ice
was strong enough yet to sled over all
the wood he'd been cutting," Baid Roxie,
earnestly, for the additional mile, rather
terrined her.
" Did he? Well, if that's so, it is all
right," replied her mother, in a tone of
relief, and then she tilled a tin pail with
nut-cukes, laid a clean, brown napkin
over them, aud then shut in the cover
and set it on the dresser, saying :
"There, they've got cheese with
them, and you'll reach camp before they
eat their noon lunch. Now, get on your
lcggin's ad thick shoes, and your coat
and cup and mittens, and eat some cakes
before you start, so as not to take theirs
when you get there.
" I wouldn't do that, neither ; not if
I never hud auy," replied Roxie, a little
reseptfully, aud then she pulled her
squirrel-skin cap well over her ears, tied
her prettv scarlet tippet around her
neck, and held up her face for a" good
by kiss. The mother gave it with un
usual fevor. and said, kindly :
" Good-by to you, little girl. Take
good care of yourself, and come safe
home to mother."
" Ye ma. But I may wait aud come
with them, mavu't I ? They'll let me
ride on old Rob, yon know."
" Why, yes, you might as well, I sup
pose, though I'll be lonesome without
you all day, baby. But it would be bet
ter for you to ride home, so stay."
It was a lovely day in the latter part
of March, and although the ground waa
covered with snow, and the brooks am
rivers were still fast bound in ice, there
was something iu the air that told of
spring Fomethinor that set the sap in
the maple trees mounting through its
million little channels toward the buds.
already beginning to redden for their
blooming, and sent the blood ia little
Roxie's veins dancing upward too, un
til it blossomed in her cheeks and lips
fairer than in any maple tree.
" How pleasant it is to be alive I" said
the little girl aloud, while a squirrel
running up the old oak tree overhead
stonned. aud curlinc hia bushv tail
little higher upon his back, chattered
the same idea in his own language.
R xie stopped to listen and laugh aloud
at which aonud the squirrel frisked
away to his hole, and the little girl,
singing merrily, went, on her way,
crossed the river on the ice, and on the
other bank stopped and looked wist
fully down a aide path leading into the
denser forest away from her direct ryad.
" I really believe the checkerberrics
must have started, it is so springy," she
thought; " I've a mind to go down and
look in what Jake calls ' Bear-berry
Pasture though I told him they were
hot bear-berries, but real checkerber
ries," 8o,Jsaying to herself, Roxie ran a
few steps down the little path, stopped,
stood still for a minute, then slowly
tamed back, saying:
"Ito, I wont, either, lor maybe l
wouldn't get to the camp with the nut-
cakes before noon, and then they would
have eaten all their cheese. 2s o, 1 11 go
right on, and not stay there any time at
all, but come back and get the checker-
berries; besides, mother said she d be
lonesome without me, so I'd bettor not
stay, any way."
Ho Itoxie, nattering herself like many
an older person with the fancv that she
was giving np her selfish pleasure for
that of another, while really she was
carrying out her own fancy, went sing-
ng on ber way, and reached the camp
u-t as her father struck his axe deep
into the log where he meant to leave it
for an hour, and Jake, her handsome
elder brother, took off his cap, pushed
the curls back from fci heated brow, and
shook out the hay and grain before old
Rob, whose whinny had already pro
claimed dinner-time.
" Why, if here isn't sis with a tin ket
tle, and I'll be bound some of ma'am's
cukes iu it !" exclaimed Jake, who had
rather mourned at the said cakes not
being ready before he left home, and
then he caught the little girl up in his
arms, kissed her heartily, and pnt her
on Hod s Dock, whence she slid down,
1 ! . . .
saying gravely:
"Jake, ma says im getting too old
for rough play. I'll be twelve years old
next June."
"All right, old lady; I'll get you a
pair of specs and a new cap or two lor a
birthday present." laughed Jake, un
covering the 4in kettle, while his father
eaid:
" We won t have yon an old woman
before you're a young one, will we, Tib ?
Come, Bit down by me and have some
dinner. You're good to bring us the
nut oakes and get here in such good
season.
The three were very happy and merry
over their dinner, although, Roxie de
clinod to .at anything except out of her
own pocket, and the time passed swittiy
until Mr. Beamish glanced up at the
sun, rose, took his ax out ol the ciett in
the log, and, swinging it over his head,
said :
Come. Jake, uoouing ia over. Get
to work,"
' All right, sir. lou can sit s ill as
long as you like, sis, and by and by I'll
take von home on Rob.
"I'm going now, Jake, said Roxie,
hesitating a little, and finally concluding
not to mention the checkerbemes, lest
her father or brother should object to
her going alone into the wilder part of
the forest. " Ala said she d be lone
some," added she hurriedly, and then
her chocks began to burn as if she had
reahy told a lie instead of suggesting
one.
" Well, you're a right down good girl
to come so far and then to think of ma
instead of yourself, and next day we're
working about home 1 11 give you a good
ride to poy for it.
And Jake kissed hi little sister ten
derly, her father nodded good-by with
some pleasant word oi tnanus, and
Roxie with the empty tin pail in her
hand set out upon her homeward jour
ue v. a little excitement in' her heart as
she thought of her contemplated exclu
sion, a little sting in her conscience as
m it i f . 1
she renectea mat sue naa not oeen quite
honest about any part of it.
Did you ever notice, when a little
troubled and agitated, how quickly you
seemed to pass over the ground, and
how speedily yon arrived at the point
whither you had not fairly decided to
go? .
It was bo with itoxie, and while she
was still considering whether after all
she would go straight home, she was
already at the entrance of the sunny
northern glade where lay tne putcu oi
bright red berries whose faint, whole
some perfume told of their vicinity even
before they could be seen. Throwing
herself upon her kneeB, the little girl
pushed aside the glossy dark-green
leaves, and with a low cry of delight
stoojped down and kissed the clusters
of fragrant berries as they lay fresh and
bright before her. f
" O you dear, darling little things 1
cried she, " Row 1 love to see you
again, and know that all the rest of the
pretty things are coming right along I
Then she began to pluck, and put
them sometimes in her mouth, some
times in her pail, and so long did sbe
lingej: over her pleasant task that the
sun was already in the tops of the pine-
trees, when, returning from a little ex
cursiou into the woods to get a epng
from a " shad-bush, Roxie halted just
within the border of the little glade,
and stood for a moment transfixed with
horror. Beside the pail she had left
brim-full of berries, Bat a bear-cub,
scooping out the treasure with hia paw.
and greedily devouring it, apparently
quite delighted that some one had saved
him the trouble of gathering his iavor-
ite berries for himself.
One moment of dumb terror, and
then a feeling of anger and reckless
courage filled the heart of the woods
man's child, and, darting forward, she
made a snatch at her pail, t the same
time dealing the young robber a sharp
blow over the face and eyes with the
branch of shad-bush in her hand, and
exclaiming :
"You great, horrid thing! livery
single berry is gone now., for I wont eat
them after you. So now 1"
But, so far from being penitent or
frightened, the bear took this interfer
ence, and especially the blow, in very
bad part, and niter a moment of blink
ing astonishment, he ant tip on his
haunches, growled a little, allowed his
teeth, aud intimated very plainly that
uuless that pail of berries was restored
at once there would be trouble for some
one. But thin was not the first bear-cub
thut Roxie had seen, aud her temper
was up as well as the bear's. So, firm
ly grasping the pail, she began to retreat
backward, at first slowly, but as the
bear dropped ou his feet and seemed
inclined to follow her, or rather the pail
of berries, she lost courage, and turn
ing, negan to run, not caring or noting
in what direction, and still mechanically
grasping the pail of berries.
Suddenly, through the close crowding
pines which had bo nearly shut out the
layligut, appeared an open space, and
Roxie hailed it with delight, for it was
the river, and once across the river she
felt as if she would be safe. Even in
the brief glance she threw around as
she burst from the edge of the wood,
she saw that here was neither the bridge
nor the ford which she had crossed in
the morning ; a point altogether strange
and new to her, and, as she judged,
further down the river, since the space
frem shore to shore was considerably
wider. But the bear was close behind,
and neither time nor courage for delib
eration was at hand, and Roxie, after
her moments pause, sprang forward
upon the snowy ice, closely followed by
the clumsy little beast.
At that very moment, a mile further
up stream. Mr. Beamish and his son
Jake were cautiously driving Rob across
the frozen ford, and the old man was
saying :
I'm afraid we'll have to go round by
the bridge after this, Jake. I shouldn t
wonder if the river broke up this very
night. Bee that crack.
" It wouldn t do for Roxie to come
over here alone again," said Jake, prob
iu the ice-orack with his stick.
And Roxie poor little Roxie whom
Jake was so glad to think of as safe at
home, was at that very moment step
piig ovjr a wide crack between two
great masses of ice, and staring forlorn
ly about her, for a little way in advance
appeared another great gap, and the
bear close behind was whimpering with
terror as lie clung to the edge of the
floating mass upon which Roxie had
only just leaped, and which ho had
failed to jump upon. Shaking with cold
aud fright, the little girl staggered for
ward across the ice until at its further
edge she came upon a narrow, swiftly
rolling tide, increasing in width at every
moment - the current of the river sud
denly set free from its winter bondage,
and rapidly dashing away its chains.
Roxie turned back, but the crack that
she had stepped over was already far
too wide for her to uttempt to repass,
and a gentler shaking movement under
her feet told that the block on which
she stood was already in motion, and
that no escape was possible without
more strength and courage than a little
girl could be expected to possess. The
bear had climbed up, and now crouched
timidly to the edge of the ice, moaning
with fear, and seeming to take so little
notice of Roxie, that she forgot all her
far of him, and these two, crouching
upon the rocking and slippery floor of
their strange prison, went floatiug down
the turbulent stream.
The twilight deepened into dark, the
stars came out bright and cold, and so
far away from human need and woe !
Little Roxie ceused her useless tears,
and kneeling upon the ico pnt her hands
together aud prayed, adding to the
petition 6he had learned at her mother's
knee some simple words of her own
great need.
A yet more piteous whine from the
bear showed his terror as the ice-block
gave a sickening whirl, and crawling
upon his stomach he crept close up to
the little girl, his whole air saying as
plainly as words coulu have spoken :
"Oh, I am so scared little girl, aren't
you? Let u protect each other some
how, or at least, you protect me."
Aud Roxie, with a strange, light
hearted sense of security aud peace re
placing her terror and doubt, let the
i haggy creature creep close to her side,
and nestling down into his thick fur,
warmed her freezing ringers agaiust his
skin, and with a smile upon her lips went
peacefully to sleep.
Hue was awakened by a tremendous
tihock, and a struggle, and a fall into the
water, aud before she cculd see or know
what had happened to her, two strong
arms were round her, aud Bhe was drawn
again upon the ice-cake, and her brother
was bending close above her, and be waa
Baying:
" Oh, Roxie ! are you hurt?"
"No, Jake, I I believe not. Why,
why, what is it all ? Where is this, and
and oh, I know. Oh, Jake, Jake, I
was so frightened t" And, turning sud
denly, she hid her face in her brother's
coat and burst into a passion of tears.
But Jake, with one hurried embrace and
kiss, put her away, saying:
"Wait junt one minute, sis, till we
finish the bear; father will Bhoothim."
"No.no, no!" screamed Roxie, her
tears dried as if by magic. " Don't kill
the bear, father I Jake don't you touch
the bear; he's my friend, aud we were
both so snared last night, and then I
prayed that ho wbuldu't eat me, and he
didn't, and you mustn't hurt him."
"Well, I'm beaf now !" remurkedMr.
Beamish, as with both hauda buried in
the coarse hair by which he bad dragged
the bear to tho surface, for it had gone
under when the lc-cuke had been broken
against tho jam of logs which hud stop
ped it, he looked np at his little daugh
ter's pale face.
" You and the bear made friends, and
said your prayers together, and he can't
bo hurt, you say 7
"Yes, father. Oh, please don't hurt
biin!"
M We might take him home and keep
him chained lip for a sort of a pet, if he
will behave decent, suggested Jake, a
little donbtfnllv.
"Weill I suppose we could," re
plied the father, very slowly and reluc
tantly. " He seems peaceable enough
now."
" And see how good he is to me," said
Roxie. eaarerlv. as she patted the head
of her strange new friend, who blinked
amicably m reply. "Oh, jaue, do go
and get Rob and the sled, and carry him
home, won t yon ?
" Why, yes, if father says so, aud the
critter will let me tie his legs."
The ox-sled was close at hand, for the
father and brother had brought it to the
river before they began their weary
search u and down its banks, not know
ing what mournful burden they might
have to carry home to the almost frantic
mother.
And Bruin, a most intelligent beast,
seemed to understand so well that the
handling and ride were all for his own
good, that he bere the humiliation of
having his legs tied with considerable
eouammity. and in a snort time ae-
velooed bo gentle and gentlemanly
character as to become a valued and
honored member of the family, remain
ing with it for about a year, when, wish
ing, probably, to set up housekeeping
on his own account, he quietly snapped
his chain one day and walked off into the
woods, where he was occasionally seen
for several years, generally near the
checkerberry patch.
Fashion Rotes
Borne of the handsomest imported
bonnets are composed entirely of large
damask roses.
Some muffs have monograms and
crests worked upon them, and others
boquets of flowers. Mnffs are now per
fumed like satchels.
Grecian passementerie made of simple
mohair, in small squares, is tiBed all
over the outer garments and arranged
in Greek designs.
Furs will be sparingly used upon
garments this season. Most garments
will have deep fur cuffs, collars, and
pockets without fur borders'.
The small, embroidered kerchiefs of
crepe de chene are the choice to protect
the throat, instead of scarfs, and silk
handkerchiefs seem so long.
"Painted jewelry on silk is also
a io!her of the season's fancies, the ear
rings and pendants being exqifisitely
deoorated with flower designs done by
hand.
The nlser is not the ungainly belted
garment that first came under the name,
but more of a polonaise, with plain
skirt and no trimming, relieved only
with buttons of black pearl.
Iu trimmings for rich wraps the novel
ty is the border of ostrich down, not as
formerly glued on the cloth, but woven
into it by a new process kept secret by
the Parisian manufacturers, and which
renders the feather band very lasting
Japanese fans, wide spread, are fas
tened above the chamber doors or
windows, to give a touch of brilliant
color to the room. Those costing from
three to ten cents each are quite good
enough. They are secured with brass
headed tacks.
Dragou, moss, olive, lizard, myrtle,
sea-foam. nile. salad, bottle, bronze and
hunter's green are various ahades of
this one color, now the favorite fashion.
The pea green and apple green, known
to the last generation, are never men
tioned. Real Roman beads are much usd for
evening wear, and colored Roman beads
as well. Mother-of-pearl and natural
pearl combined with Roman pearl beads
form effective earrings ana pins, auu are
onite iu demand : the natural pnui is
cut into cameos.
Suicide and Hard Tluieti.
Plenty of suicides are still reported,
says a New York correspondent. Many
of the victims are persons who were of
no account in the world, but ujW and
then we hear of the suicide of a man or
womau who promised well and who
might have done well. Failure to find
work is frequently the cause of the act
on the male side, but not always.
Domestic trouble usually leads to it
among women. A few days ago a
Spaniard, a man of good family connec
tions aud fair personal accomplishments,
committed suicide in his boarding house.
He had made a living by singing in
opera, but latterly this resource failed
him, and as his prospects in life were
growing dark he closed accounts with
the world by leaving it. One of his
fellow boarders testified before the
coroaer that the Spaniard had frequent
ly expressed a horror of work and said
it would be more honorable to die. But
most of those who take the lust desper
ate leap do so because they cannot, or
fancy they cannot, find means to live.
New York swarms with men of fair ca
pacity who cannot get employment of
any sort As a rule, such men fare
worse than men of a coarser fibre, be
cause they are disqualified for taking
hold of the odd jobs that men of the
rougher class occasionally pick up. It
would be almost suicidal for a stranger
to come to New York expecting to find
m uituation.
Napoleon believed that whoever pos
bfihHc! Constantinople could govern the
world.
FARM, OVRDEV ASD UOUSKHOI.D.
Farm Notes.
The best method of testing the vital
ity of feeds is to place a few upon a
piece of flannel aud keep the cloth
moistened with water nud in n warm
tilncp. Tim proportion of these which
sprout and the time required can then
be easily noted,
The following remedy for constipa
tion in cattle Is given i Feed no dry
fodder J but instead cut the fodder, wet
it thoroughly, and sprinkle some wheat
bran and a handful of salt upon it. If
this is not effective add half a pint of
linseed oil or a quart of liuscfd cake
meal to the feed twice a week.
Brain work and that of the clearest
kind comes into profitable play quite ad
well on the farm ns anywhere else.
Look ahead, get a just View of the
position ; have ploughing, sowing,
harvesting and selling all done at the
proper time. Never nnrry, but always
drive work ahead. Know m the evening
what you intend to do the next day.
Have your rainy day and your clear day
occupation designed beforehand. Al
ways bring into requisition the full
means for compassing the desired ends.
In short, ftndy and understand your
business, and yon will enjoy it and
thrive on it Cincinnati Gazette.
It is economy to feed your working
stock, cattle, horses or mules, with a
liberal hand. Do not expect to get
first-class work from them unless you
do. Many men pamper a trotter or
some fancy animal, which often is of no
earthly use to its owner or anybody else,
and let their teams go hungry. It
seems the rule of some men to get as
much work as possible out of their
teams at the least possible expense.
This is right in theory, but it is in re
ducing to practice that the grave mis
take is made. The cheapest work is
done with the best-cared for team. Son
of the Soil.
Joseph Ramsey, of North Egremont,
Mass., has discovered a rule for guess
ing the weight of hogs. He Bays;
" Multiply the length in inches from
the point of the shoulder to the root of
tho tail by the number ef inches girth
just back of the shoulder, and reduce
the product to square feet. Multiply
the result by twenty-two, the number
of pounds weight of one square foot of
pork. The product will give nearly the
6xact dressed weight." By this rnle he
lately guessed within a half pound of a
hog dressing rive hundred and seventy
pounds.
Krrlples.
Beef Houp. Take" four pounds of
fresh beef, or, what is better and more
economical, a nice beef shank or " soup
boue;" put it into four or five quarts of
water; salt it and let it boil slowly five
or six hours; skim well; half an hour be
fore you wish to take it uplput it in a
cup partly full of rice, a t-mull quimity
of potatoes, carrots, onions and celery,
cut in small pieces.
Fine Sponge Cake. To the yolks of
six eggs, well beaten, a id three-quarters
of a pound of powdered white su
gar, juice of one lemon, half pound of
flour, having iu it, well mixed, one
teuspoouf nl of soda aud two cream of
tartar, aud then add the whites of six
eggs, well beaten.
Sauce Piquant. To two ounces o
melted butter add a small onion, chop
ped fiue; stir, and when nearly fried
add a spoonful of flour, and when
browning add half a pint of broth, salt,
pepper, a pickled encumber chopped,
four stalks chopped parsley, and mus
tard. Boil gently about ten minutes,
add one teaspoouful vinegar, give one
boil, aud serve.
Plain Lemon Pie. Slice one lemon
as thin as possible iu little slices not
more than half across the lemon; put iu
one cup of sugar, two-thirds cup of
water, one tablespoonful of fluiir; put
your flour, sugar and water together,
aud place your lemon all around on your
crust beforo putting the liquid in; then
wet the edge of the crust and turn under
the top crust, and pinch tightly together
to prevent the juice rnnniugont.
Bakeu'h Gkaham Bhkad. Make a
sponge as for white bread with wheat
flour, say oue square of compressed
yeast to two quarts of water; when
light, make np the dough with Graham
rlour and one-half a teaciipful molasaes;
let stand to rise aguii. ; then mate up the
loaves with the hand, and when light
bake.
Maw to .llmnaae liwl MucceMl'ally.
The Butter, Cheese and Egg Reporter
thus tells how a Mr. Benton, who keeps
eleven different kinds of fowls and is
very successful in their management,
cares for and protects his hens : Mr.
Bentou, found weak lye and wood asheB
an effectual remedy for the canker.
The doctors recommend chlorate of
potash. Ashes are also excellent for the
hens to wallow in and he kept a box in
each coop for that purpose. This
effectually keeps off lice. The flowers
of sulphur sprinkled in the nest of set
ting hens is excellent. Mr. Benton's
principal feed is Indian corn, which is
kept constantly in reach of his hef-""1
means of lioxes in the partitions,!
i i. . l.i..
serving for two coops. Water iu a hiau
set under a nail keg with a hole cut in
the aide serves for watering. The nests
are in a long box along the ends of the
coops. The hena enter through holes
and are then iu comparative daiknesa.
Lids on the outside give aoeeta to the
nest. Mr. Benton thinks Indian corn
the best grain for hens because of its
heating nature. Iu addition he feeds
scraps from the table, butchers' refuse
and greei (duff. Corn and fat will at
oncost hcu to laying
"0 rilgrlm, CemoH the Sight So Fasti"
0 Pilgrim, comet the night so fast ?
Let not the dark thy heart appall,
Though loom the shadows vague nJ vstt.
For Love shall save us all.
There Is no hope but this to ste
Through tesrs that gather fat and full :
Too gret to perinh Love munt be,
And Love shall save n si'.
Have patience with onr loss and pain.
Our troubled np( of days o small ;
We shall not stretch ouf arms in vain,
For Love shall save us alL
O Pilgrim, but a moment wait, ". ; '
And we thall hear onr darlings call
Beyond Death's mute and awful gate,
And Love shall rave us all.
Celia Tharter in .Stri'mer.
Items of Interest.
Riches that have wings Gold eagles.
" Papa," said a little girl, " give me
ride on your knee, won't you ?" no toot
the little gallop at once.
W'hat is the difference between a
hungry man and a glutton ? One longs
t eat, the other eats too long.
"Will you name the boneB of the
head ?" " I've got 'em all iu my head,
Professor, but I can't give them."
A young lady was undecided whether
to accept the addresses of James or J ohn
James gave her a ?ealskin sacque, and
she immediately gave t2? sack to John.
Says General Le Due,
We shall never have luck
To get rid of the national pucker and debt,
Till we grow our own tea
And coffee, and the
Nou-astringent Japanese persimmou you bet.
The United States has 6bl head of cat
tle to every 1,000 population, Denmark
C87 hood, Norway 5U, Sweden 482, Hol
land 895. Switzerland 388. Germany 384,
Austro-Hungary 354, France 325, Russia
325 and Great Britain 300.
The Congressional Directory shows
that out of 309 members of Congress
only 193 are natives of the States which
they represent. Only one State (North .
Carolina) is represented entirely by
native born citizens, while the delega
tions of ten States do not contain a single
native,
The following is a San Fiaucisco ad
vertisement: " Correspondence is solic
ited from bearded ladies, Circassians, or
other female curiosities, who, in return
for a true heart aud a devoted husband,
would travel during the summer months
and allow him to take the money at the
door."
Matrimony among deaf mutes has its
disadvantages as well as its sweets at
least so thinks the husband iu Lafayette,
Ind., who, returning home late, found
his door locked against him. No amount
of pounding was loud enough to arouse
his sleeping spouse, aud he was forced
to smash a window and crawl into his
dwelling.
Three tazi dogs, the greyhounds of
central Asia, have been brought to the
Zoological Garden at Paris. They are
the first ever Hcen in Europe and are dis
tinguished by the extraordinary length
of their head, their ears, long, pendant
aud silky, like thone of the spaniel, and
their hairy legs aud fee, which look like
those of s'huggy poodles.
The following "death notice " is trans
lated literally from a Zurich newspaper :
"I commuulcalc to all my friends and
acquaintances the sad news that at three
p. m. to-morrow I shall incinerate, ac
cording to all rules of art, my late
mother-in-law, who has fallen asleep
with faith in her Lord. The funeral
urn will be placed near the furnace. The
profoundly alllictcd son-in-law, Bran-liolf-Lichtier."
Mark Twain, in his January Atlantic
article, pronounces ou inJia rubber tree
which ho saw iu Bermuda, a fraudulent
arrangement, because its branches bore
neither shoes, suspenders, nor any oiuer
india rubber fruit of that description.
He also saw a mahogany tree which he
doesn't call a fraud, therefore, we infer,
thut its brauches were loaded down with
pianos, bureaus, cabinet, centre tables,
and other mahogany fruit of a imeful
kind. Xorrititoivn JJeraUl.
Dr. Hildebrandt, the African explorer,
has been describing his travels to the
Berlin Geogiaphical Society. He was
obliged to be very adroit ami ingenious
in dealing with the natives. Among the
Hataitas he was regarded as a magician,
and was forced to prououuee incantations
on the unfruitful fields. For this pur
pose, at his request, specimens of all
the plants and animals in the vicinity
were gathered by the tribe, and after
having Bcrveil as a " fetish," were care
fully packet! away in the collections.
On another occasion ho waa attacked by
several hundred natives, who beat a
hasty retreat when the explorer advanced
toward them armed with u photographio
camera.
Dr. Cones, the naturalist of the Hay
den Survey, does not seem to cure fur
company. Ou the door of his office, iu
Washington, is the inscription: "nuu"
to Visitors Blessings brighten as they
.rf--".! l,i. fllrrli." un.l t.IlM WIllIS
are
"Uuug with such mottoes as these: 1
enut OHmon." " He who robs me of my
time confers the charm of hia personal
presence at the expense of bcience.
" Freedom from interruption confers a
peace of mind that religiou cannot
triva " "Brevitvis the bou! of Wit in
visiting," "The simple fact of a door
v...m . -tuln miffsrestiveuesa." It ia said
th.it th rtollectiou is so antique
thut
people often stay over a train to
li,aJ;,nd him. But one inter-
under such tirpmstaiiees wouH
to be qmto aulif