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Astray.
I traveled a forbiddon.road.
Which first appeared so flowery fair
That onward eagerly I strode
Till to my horror and doupalr I
All buds and blossoms blooming there,
All tender boughs and twigs of green
Stood changed to burrs and nettle koen,
Whose angry points my garments tore,
And pricked my h nds 11 they were sore.
Bewildered at the wondrous change, '
That should have warned me from the place,
I kopt my conrso with swifter pace,
And saw u-vol still more strange:
For erne i sprang through the ground
To meot i ot at every bound,
With gash ou gash they made them bleed,
Thon time it was that I should heed 1
JiibI at the moment of my noed,
A shining man stood at my side
Whose luster foil on all around,
And spread a glory far and wide I
" And who art thou ?" I trembling cried.
" Give ear," said ho, "to what I say:
I am the guide of all that stray.
To point them back to virtue's path,
The guardian of thy erring way;
And step by stop in love, not wrath
Those angry flints and briars I strew,
To warn thy foot from wandering so,"
I knolt and kissed his garment's hem,
And crlod:,"Oh, angel sent from heaven I
Hake sharper yet each thorny stom I
Increase the flints to seven times Beven I
I will endure and not complain 1"
lie fled, and I with deep remorse
Turned back from my forbidden course
But, oh, how many weary hours
I travelod o'er tho?o blightod bowers
Bebloomod with all thoir former flowers.
Tlieodore Tilton.
Unlocking the Shackles.
The sun waR just sotting at the clone
of along, hot Jar in Jnoe, when Ernest,
Blank and myself drove our wagons up
tha bank of Red river, on the Indian
Territory side. We were hauling
freight for the United Btates govern
ment, and were on our way to Texas for
a load.
We signaled the ferryman, living on
the Texas Hide, and as soon as he came
over began to cross. The boat was too
small to put over both wagons at once.
bo I crossed first and came back to
assist Ernest.
He had two refractory mules, which
had always to be held in a ferryboat,
and it sometimes took both of us to do
so.
Just as the ferryboat neared the
Chickasaw nation side a large, power
ful horse, but evidently nearly ex
hausted, came into view around a bend
in the road, a double burden on his
back. A young man of noble appear
ance, but looking weary and harassed,
rode in front ; behind a beautiful girl,
nearly white, but with sufficient Indian
blood showing through the clear skin
to add a piquaut charm to the features.
They rode up to the wagon, and the
young man, without dismounting, spoke
to Ernest :
: " Sir, I am a white man, and some
days since had a quarrel with another,
in which, unfortunately, he was acci
dentally shot. I am pursued by his
brothers, who are close behind, and
who have sworn to kill me on sight. I
ask your help to cross the river, if pos
sible, unseen."
" Why do they " began Ernest ; but
the stranger cut him short.
" Time presses, sir; yori must answer
'yes ' or no !' If not I must do the
best I can for myself. I decline to
bhed blood, but if I am too closely pursued-"
and tb gleaming of the blue
eyes finished the sentence.
Ernest tock another look at the open,
manly face, which, whatever might be
written there, showed no trace of orime.
Then he spoke, and fast, for the
trampling of horses' feet rapidly ap
proaching could now be heard:
" I suppose you wish to take the lady
with ycu. Uet into the wagon, and
under a wagon sheet which you will
find there loose. I will hide your horse
.n the bushes."
The young man dismounted, assisted
off the girl who was riding behind him
and did as directed, cowering down in
the bottom of the wagon.
( After depositing tne sheet so as to
' look as if io had only been carelessly
thrown in, Emest led the horse a
strort distance from the road, and, after
having taken off saddle and bridle
turned him loose and returned to his
team,
I had witnessed the scene from the
boat, which by this time had reaohed
the bank, and the wagon drove in. After
giving the ferryman a caution to silence,
Ernest turned to me :
" I may be helping a fugitive from
justice to escape, but I will risk it.
Loose the boat and put off, Beecher 1"
he added to the ferryman.
At this moment, however, a pair of
horses, covered with dust and sweat,
came round the turn in the road, and
their drivers drew rein at the river side.
They were two powerful, evil-looking
fellows, with belts stuck full of revol
vers, and a rifle across the pummel of
each saddle.
The elder-looking one of the two ad
dressed Ernest:
" Ilave you Been anything of a man
and a woman on one horse anywhere
here?" ,
As he spoke his eyes roamed to the
wagon and bheet in it, and both men
dismounted.
" Why, what do you want of them ?"
1 1 'rnent.
" lie has killed a man in the Choctaw
nation, is trying to get away, the
1 1 1 i x
woman wim mm, anu i want to arre&i
him. If yon help him to get away it
will be the worse for you. I believe he
is under that sheet anyhow."
And he stepped on the ferryboat.
The other remained on the bank with
his hand on a pistol, ready to assist his
brother.
The one on the boat approached tho
wagon and was about to raise the sheet,
when Ernest, with his eyes gleuming
dangerously, spoke to him:
" This wagon is in the employ of the
United States government, and no one
but a regularly authorized official can
search it."
The lellow, however, still persisted;
but as he laid his hand on the sheet a
well-directed blow from Ernest floored
him.
The one on the bank started to draw
his revblver, but bofore he could do so
I had him covered. One learns to be
quick with the pistol on the frontier,
vhere a man's life may depend on his
"getting the drop" on ome ruffian.
The ferryman, terrified at the scene
before him, had remained quiet, but
now, at a sign from Ernest, pushed
the boat from tho bank.
Ernest, keeping the prostrate man
covered with his pistol, spoke to the
one left behind.
" I shall take yonr companion with
us as a hostage for your good conduct.
If you shoot after us, he suffers. Re
member I"
We crossed the river without acci
dent, the baffled ruffian on the bank
making the air resound with curse3.
When we reached the Texas side, Ernest
turned to me:
Frank, drive my wagon up the bank
to where yours is, while I see this fel
low back across the river. Beecher,
take your skiff and row him over; he
will hardly hurt you. If he tries, I
will put a bullet through him."
After seeing his captive into tho skiff,
first discharging all his weapons, he
spoke to the now cowed man:
" When you get to the other side,
stand on the bank until the boat re
turns. If you attempt to go into the
bushes.or try any other treachery.I will
shoot yen."
The ferryman put him- across tho
river and returned, and Ernest came
up the bank to where the wagons were.
Meanwhile I had driven up the hill and
relieved the occupants of the wagon
from their uncomfortable covering.
They were nearly smothered, but had
made no movement until all was safe.
The young man jumped to the ground,
and, with a simple grasp of the hand,
and the earnest words, " I thank you
both," assisted his companion out.
Ernest now came up, and to him the
stranger turned:
" I owe you my life, and if ever I enn
in some measure pay so great a debt,
trust me I shall not be wanting."
" I am glad to have been of service to
you," said Ernest, simply. 'I think
you are safe for the night. There is no
other ferry within about twenty miles,
and they will not cross any one alter
night. Red river is too high to swim
over. If you remain with us to-night
we can make the lady a bed in the
wagon, and the rest of us must take the
ground. You can tell us then how you
managed to get into this scrape."
After Borne further discussion it was
arranged, and we went into camp. Sup
per over and the horses staked off, the
young lady retired to one of the wagons,
while the rest of us, at some little dis
tance, reclined on the blankets and
saddles, guarded by our faithful dog.
Nothing could come within a hundred
yards of the camp without his giving us
warning.
Then the stranger, whose name was
nerndon, gave us an aocount of how he
happened to come to the river in such
a plight.
" Some months since I was in the
Chickasaw nation buying up cattlo,
when I became acquainted with a Mr.
Williams, who had married and settled
among the Indians.
" 1 found it convenient to go very
often to his house about, cattle I per
suaded mvself at first, but I soon had
to acknowledge that the attraction was
his daughter Lily, the young lady who
is with me.
"She is only an eighth Indian, well
educated, and as to her beauty you can
see for yourselves, one soon began to
look with favor on me, and I asked her
of her father. lie was willing, and we
were engaged.
" But there were three sons of the old
man, by a former marriage with a white
woman, who hated me from tne start.
think they had hoped to get possession
pt Lily's property, but knew, if I married
her, there would be but little chance of
that.- Matters went on, however. I was
too happy to care much for them, al
though they became more unbearable
from day to day. They bore no good
reputation in the county, and I was
warned against them more than once.
" Three days ago the explosion came
I was walking with Lily, when the
youngest of the three met us, and, after
a lew insulting words, accused me oi
dishonorable conduct.
" It was more than I could stand,
and I sprang toward him to strike him
Be attempted to draw a pistol, but I
closed with him and attempted to take
it away. In the struggle the pistol
went off, and he was shot dead.
stood for a moment stunned with hor
ror, when Lily's voice roused me.
" 'Oh, fly, fly ! The others will kill
you when they see you. They will
swear it was no accident I
" Not much of an accident ! 1 saw
the whole thing and he bhall swing for
it,' said a voice behind me.
"I turned, and there stood one of the
other brothers, with leveled rifle bear
ing directly on me. I attemptod to
speak, but he would not allow it.
" March straight to the house, and
if yoa try to get away I'll kill you like
a dog. I would shoot von now, but for
the pleasure of having you hung I'
" My own protestations, Lily s tears
and entreaties, were of no avail, and to
avoid immediate violence I thought it
best to comply.
" On the way to the house we were
joined by the other brother, and, after
a few words in some language unknown
to me, they both hurried me on. The
old man was not at home when we
reached the house, and after another
consultation they chained me securely,
and then made preparations for a jour
ney. "As I gathered from hints pur
posely let drop they intended to take
me to Fort Smith to be tried. I did
not exactly see the object of this, since
if the case was once brought to trial I
could easily be cleared by Lily's evi -dence.
"After sending some of their servants
to bring in the body, they mounted ma
on a horse, tied my hands behind me
and my feet under the horse, and, with
one riding before and the other behind,
we set out.
" Lily begged to be allowed to go,
but they refused. It was. a lonely
country where Mr. Williams lived, no
houe within twenty miles, or she would
have gone for help to stop them.
" The first day s travel passed with
out incident. My captors were taci
turn, saying nothing to me and but lit
tle to each other. At night they loosed
my hands sufficiently to let me eat,
which was a little more than I expected;
but after supper my hands and feet
were securely cnamed, the chain car
ried around a tree and fastened with a
padlock.
" The next morning our journey vas
resumed. We had reached the Kiamatia
mountains, over which we were going
by a bridle-path a wild, desolate re
gion, fit place for a deed of crime. I
began to fear, from the looks and words
which passed fiom one to the other,
that I would never reach Fort Smith.
It would be an easy matter to kill me,
cast my body down into some one of
the ravines which we were constantly
crossing, and invent some plausible ex
cuse for my disappearance.
' As night came on they frequently
stopped and held consultations with
each other, casting the while glances
of mingled hate and triumph op me.
It was easy enough to tell the meaning
of this; but even if I had condescended
to entreaties it would have been of no
avail.
" Let my fate be what it might I
must meet it in silence. Many were
tho thoughts which passed through my
mind on that hurried ride, but it is
needless to dwell on them.
"The night of the second day we
camped on the edge of an old field,
grown over with brown grass. The
same precautions were taken as on the
previous night, and soon my captors
were wrapped in slumber. I knew that
in all probability it was my last night
on earth, and many conflicting emotions
filled my mind, driving away . sleep.
But chiefly I thought of Lily, my prairie
flower, left to the mercy of these rude
men.
"About midnight my meditations
were interrupted by a soft rustle behind
me in the bushes; but before I could
speak or make a motion a voice, whioh
I never expected to hear on earth again,
said, ' Hush I' and in a moment Lily
was beside me.
" Then, with her arms around me, her
lips close to my ear, she told that she
had overheard her brothers talk of kill
ing me on the way, being afraid to do
so at home; had caught two of her own
horses (the best in the country) and had
followed with the hope oi rescumg me
"She had a key which she thought
would open the padlock fastening
the chain that held me. The padlock
was one of the spring kind, with the
keyhole, a simple sup, at the bottom
The key is a plain, flat bar, with various
indentations in it to lit the wards of the
lock, and by simply pressing on it the
loct flie. open.
"Lily tried the key, but it would not
fit. As I could see by the moonlight,
an expression of dismay flitted over her
face and she pressed her hands to her
head as if to think. As for me, I had
so long given up all hope of life that I
sat in silenoe, awaiting what she would
do, unable to oner any suggestions.
"Then, with the murmured words,
' It may do I she left me for a moment,
going into the old field. Then she re
turned, bringing a handful of the
broom-grass with her. Selecting a twig
of thistle of just sufficient diameter to
fill the slit in the bottom of the lock,
sho thrust it perpendicularly as far as
it would go, broke it off a quarter of
an inch from the lock, bhe did this
with other straws, until the whole key
hole was full, breaking them off evenly
only on the outside, though, of course,
the inside ends fitted into the wards of
the lock. Then she pressed on all the
ends and the lock new open.
" So ouietlv that not a link rattled
Lily unwound the chain, and I was once
more free. We started for the horses,
but unfortunately had gone but a few
feet when I stepped on a dry stick,
whioh broke with a loud crack. Lily's
brothers were light sleepers and they
awoke immediately. Not seeing mo,
they rushed hither and thither in search,
and just as we reached the horses one
of them caught a glimpse of us and fired.
Tho ball struck Lily's horse and killed
it. n a moment I had eeated her be
hind me, and, conoealment being no
longer possible, rode away at full
speed.
" They saddled and came nara aner
us. We kept our distance; out on ao
count of the double burden which our
horse carried were never able to get
far out of hearing, while they followed
with a persistence worthy of a better
cauee. Not caring to stop in ine In
dian Territory among the Chickasaw
nation, I rode for the river, which I
fortunately reached just in time to meet
you and baffle them. Our horse, good
as he was, was nearly exhausted, and
could not have carried us much
further. Thanks to you, I hope we are
safe now."
The story was ended and we were
soon asleep. In the morning we took
Herndon and Miss Lily to the rauroaa,
where they took the train for Fort
Smith.
We received a letter from him after
ward. He stood his trial, came out
clear, and married Miss Lily. The
Williams boys were soon afterward both
killed in a drunken frolio ending in a
fight.
Indian Mound Builders.
We are not, moreover, without testi
mony to the fact that the present Indian
tribes did build mounds. Lewis and
Clark mention the custom among the
Omahas, saying that "one of their
great chiefs was buried on a hill, and a
mound twelve feet in diameter and six
feet in height erected over him." Ber
tram states that the Choctaws covered
the pyramid of coffins taken frcm the
bone-house with earth, thus raising a
conical hill or mound. Tomochichi
pointed out to General Oglethorpe a
large conical mound near Savannah,
in which he said the Yaniacraw
chief was interred, who had, many
years before, entertained a great white
man with a red beard, who entered
the Savannah river in a large vessel,
and in his barge came up to the Yani
acraw bluff. Featherstonhaugh, in his
" Travels,'" speaks of the custom among
the Osages, referring to a mound built
over the body of a chief, called Jean
Defoo by the French, who unexpectedly
died while his warriors were absent on
a hunting expedition. Upon their re
turn they heaped a mound over his re
mains, enlarging it at intervals for a
long period, until it reached its present
height. Bradford says that many of
the tumuli formed of earth, and oc
casionally of stones, are of Indian
origin. They are generally sepulchral
mounds either the general cemetery
of a village or tribe, funeral monu,
ments over the graves of the illustri
ous chiefs, or upon a battlefield-
commemorating the event and en
tombing the fallen, or the result of a
custom, prevalent among some of the
tribes, of collecting at stated intervals
the bones of the dead, and interring
them' in a common repository. A mound
of tho latter description was formerly
situated on the low grounds of the
Rivanna river, in Virginia, opposite the
site of an old Indian village (Jefferson's
" Notes of Virginia," pp. 100, 103). It
was forty feet in diameter and twelve
feet in "height, of a spheroidal form,
and surrounded by a trench, whence
the earth employed in its erection
had been excavated. The cir
cumstances attending the cus
tom alluded to were the great
number of skeletons, their confused
position, their situation in distinct
ttrata, exhibiting different stages of de
composition, and the appearance of
bones of infants. A mound of similiar
character, and constructed in layers or
strata at successive periods, existed
near the south branch of the Shenan
doah, in the same State. A tumulus of
stones, in New York State, is said to
have marked the grave of a distin
guished worrior. " Beck's Gazetteer"
states that "a mound of the largest
dimensions has been thrown up, within
a few years in Illinois, over the remains
of an eminent chief. Profesor N. H.
Winched.
The Ohristian Almanac for 1882 gives
the following statistics of the Evan
gelical association : Whole number of
members 113,871, being an increase
over last year of 1,674 ; newly convert
ed, 10,469, a decrease of 2,043 from last
year ; adults baptized, i,6Za ; children
baptized, 7,828 ; itinerant preachers,
912 ; local preachers, 611 ; number of
churches, 1,534 ; parsonages, 456 ;
value of church propeity, $3,782,295 ;
Sunday-schools, 2,01(5 ; catechumens,
8,632. Sunday-school echolars, 127,
557 ; total of contributions, 8100,820.47.
How the Indian Jockey Won.
The first horse-race in this country
occurred just twenty-five years ago be
tween a white man named E. Kuhn and
an Indian belonging to the numerous
camps of red men in this county. Kuhn
put up twenty-five dollars in gold, and
if Mr. Indian would cover it he would
let his horse run. This was arranged,
and three hundred and fifty yards
agreed upon as the distance. A naked
savage was then bound to a pony, with
each wrist encircled with rattle-boxes
of ingenious device. Everything being
in readiness, word was given and away
they went, the Indian in the lead.
When they had passed about half the
distance Kuhn thought he would show
now easily he could pass. As Kuhn
urged his horse alongside the savage
let forth an unearthly yell, and at the
same time flourishing whip and rattles
in the eve of the white man's horse,
caubing the affrighted animal to wheel
and run in the opposite direction, leav
ing to the savage a free field and no
favor. Ringgold (Lura) Register,
Statistics show that women commit
suicide inobt frequently ou Sunday.
A Norwegian Table.
The Norwegians, writes a corre
spondent, are not epicures, not even
what might be termed good livers.
They have but little variety on their
tables ; the food is not always of good
quality ; and even if the original ma
terial is good, it is pretty certain to be
spoiled in the cooking. The Norwegian
manner of preparing and dressing
victuals I must emphasize as especially
bad. Fish and potatoes may be called
the staple diet of the whole country.
A cup of coffee is usually taken upon
rising in the morning. Then at about
9 o'clock comes breakfast. This meal
is usually preceded by aTery small glass
of brandy, flavored with caraway seeds.
Upon the table are many small
dishes of cold ham, tongue, sausage,
anchovies, sardines and several kinds of
cheese. Sometimes these dishes aro
served upon a sideboard, to which
periodical visits from the table are
made. Then some warm fish and pota
toes are brought in. These aie raven
eusly attacked, and next the cold
dishes are apt to be pounced upon
again, and the most outrageous dietical
crimes are unblushingly perpetrated
Beefsteaks and mutton chops are rarely
seen. Dinner is usually served at
2 o'clock. It consists of soup, fish,
meat and pudding ; thero is rarely any
fruit bnt a kind of pickled currant,
which is eaten with the meat. Good
beer and claret, -which is rarely good,
are the popular drinks.
Upon rising from the table, it is eti
quette to say something (in Norsk? of
course) to the effect that you have made
a good meal how often a gastronomic
penury I bowing at the same time
right and left, and to your vis-a-vis.
This recalls the pretty and graceful
table benediction: "Gesegnete Mahl-
zeit," (may the meal be blessed to you,)
which one hears all over Uermany.
Supper is ready at 8 or 9. Like breakfast,
it is begun with a small glass of aquavita,
followed generally with beer, but some
times with tea. The supper-table re
sembles the breakfast-table, except in
the species of the genus cheese. Thus
I have frequently seen six varieties of
coagulated curd on the table at the
same time, one or two of them being
quite good, but several native kinds
rank and more distasteful to an Ameri
can palate than the reindeer cheese of
the Laplanders. The gentlemen take a
glass of hot toddy before retiring for
the night, ,
The Strength of Plain Statement.
The first valuable power in a reason
able mind, one would say, was the power
of plain statement, or the power to re
ceive things as they befall, and to
transfer the picture of them to another
mind unaltered. 'Tis a good rule of
rhetoric which Schlegel gives: " In
good prose every word is underscored;
which, I suppose, means never itali
cize.
Spartans, stoics, heroes, saints and
gods use .a short and positive speech.
They are never off thoir centers. As
soon as they swell and paint and find
truth not enough for them, softening of
the brain has already begun.
It seems as if inflation were a disease
incident to too much use of words, and
the remedy lay in recourse to things.
I am daily struck with the forcible un
derstatement of people who have no
literary habit. The low expression is
strong and agreeable. The citizen
dwells in delusions. His dress and
draperies, house and stables, occupy
him. The poor countryman, having no
circumstances of carpets, coaches, din
ners, wine and dancing in his head to
confuse him, is able to look straight at
you, without refraction or prismatio
glories, and he sees whether you see
straight also or whether your head is
addled by this mixture of wines.
The common people diminish: "a
cold snap;" "it rains easy;" "good hay
ing weather." When a farmer means
to tell you that he is doing well with
his farm, he says: "I don't work as
hard as I did, and don't mean to."
When he wishes to condemn any treat
ment of soils or of stock, he says, " It
won't do any good." Under the Cat
skill mountains the boy in the steam
boat said: 'Come up here, Tony; it
lookaprettf out-of-doors." R.W. Em
erson, in the Century.
Several cases of atrocious poisoning
in England of late have attracted much
attention. A London physician has
written a letter to one of the papers, in
which he 6ays: " Being in conversation
with an eminent London physician and
with an eminent provincial physician, I
chanced to relate an attempt at domes
tio poisoning which had come under
my notice in course of my practice. The
provincial physician related a similar
one, the London phytioian another,
lie then added: 'Here are we three,
each with such a oase, and probably
with more than one in our experience.
Estimating that there are 18,000 medi
cal practitioners in Great Britain, I be
lieve that 12,000 of them could tell
ta'es of the same kind. How many in
stances are there which escape detec
tion?" It is not a niitted by most com
mentators on this curious intimation
that there is any such prevalence of
poisoning as these figuies would seem
to indicate. Nevertheless, cases of at
tempted poisoning are not infrequent.
There seems to be no safeguard against
them. For in England, at all events,
the regulations against the improper
sale of poisons are very strict.
The government of Jamaica offers
special inducements for the cultivation
of Peruvian cinchona trees qu the
island. The soil and climate are said
to be very favorable.
Iron-81lTer Gold.
THREE BULKS.
What is the Iron Ruls ?
The rule of savage men:
If evil is done unto too.
Evil do thou again.
That is the Iron Bale.
What is the Silver Bolt T
The role of worldly men:
If good yonr neighbor doe to you
Do good to him again.
That is the 611 ver Bule.
What is the Golden Bule ?
The rule of righteous men:
If evil is done onto yon,
Return thou good again.
This is the Golden Bale.
Tht Children's Hour.
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HUMOR OF THE DAY.
TO A. FEB BOH BN0BIH3.
Yon, who the world in a tumult keep
With open month whene'er yon sleep,
In mercy some at neraent make.
And keep it shut when you're awake.
New York Hour,
As a voung shaver of five or six years
was jading at school one day, he came
upon the passage, "Keep thy tongue
from evil and thy lips from guile."
Master Hopeful drawled out, "Keep
thy tongue from evil and thy
lips from girls."
Little Freddie, when visiting a neigh
bor's house, was offered a piece of bread
and butter, whioh hp accepted, but
without any show of gratitude. "What
do you say, Freddie ?" hinted the lady,
expecting him to say "Thank you."
"I say it ain't cake," was tho re
sponse. "Mr. Brown, do you eat mush?"
asked a four-year-old fiend of his sister's
beau. "Why, Johnnie?" responded
Mr. Brown. "'Cos sister says she
wishes yoa wouldn't talk like you had
a mouthful of mush." Sister faints and
Brown remembers that he has an en
gagement in Australia. Keokuk Gate
Citv.
A small-sized office boy hung a ther
mometer out in front of the Prsn
office on Tuesday to " see how it would
go down." When he went out to look
for it in five minutes he found that it
had gone down to Burling slip and was
still going. A newsboy had taken it in
charge. New York Press.
Some surgeons demand almost as muoh
to remove a cataract as Niagara haokmon
charge to show you one. News. Well,
if the cataract removed by the surgeoi
is as large as the one shown you by the
Niagara hackmen, his charge is not tny
too steep. And, besides, you might
not be able to see the one if the other
was not removed. Noistmon Herald,
liETTEB LANuCaGE.
The farmer feeds the bleating o u,
The sailor sailB the c o,
The gardener plants the p p, he does,
The printer takes his e e.
The owl looks very y y
At everything he z z,
The schoolboy dots his i 1
And crosses all his 1 1.
A Racine county farmer had 250 bush
els of oats stolen from his barn, and he
is offended. When it gets so a farmer
has got to have a burglar-proof safe to
keep his oats and wheat in, the profit
on farming will be small. There
should be a senatorial courtesy among
farmers to such an extent that a bin of
oats or a straw stack is safe enough
without being stored in a vault. Peck's
Sun.
HEALTH HIXTS.
Educate the stomach. When it is
once accustomed to simple food, vo
racious appetite, distress and disease
will disappear. t
There are no two substances known
that can furnish better sustenance to
the body and brain than whole wheat,
unleavened bread acd cow's milk.
On matters of life pertaining to health,
there is at present no cosoience with
the people, but there should be one,
and you and I ought to help create it.
A five minutes' nap is often better
than a hour's sleep, because yoa do not
wake up with that half-dead feeling
which some people complain of when
we urge them to rest, and the sleepless
ness is gone.
Whooping cough has been success
fully treated by turpentine vapor. The
theory was discovered by allowing a
child, sick with the disease, to sleep in
a room freshly painted, when a notice
abls improvement took place.
Seven rules by which to got well and
keep well: 1. Keep the head cool. 2.
Keep the skin cool. 3. Keep the feet
warm and dry. 4. Keep bowels open.
There is no such provokative cause to
disease as constipation. 6. Rest regu
larly and profoundly. Empty the brain
at night of all the day's proceedings.
Train the will to help to do this. 6.
Be careful in the choice of associates.
Do not be demagnatizad or vampired
by people. 7. Go to bed and get
up at regular hours, thus cultivat
ing the habit of sleep. Invalids need
to be reconstitutionalized. Genius and
intelligence should be locked up and
laid away while the process of recon
struction is going on. No human being
can get well in defiance of God's law.
The custom of employing artists to
paint the outside of houses with artistic
designs, which formerly prevailed not
onlv in the south of Europe, but also
largely in Germany, has lately been re
vived in Munich. Two houses recently
treated iu this manner are exciting
much admiration from the beauty of
their decoration.