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Term, '. . . .BO ptrYur.
." "'ertpMom received for a ahortar period
xirratpohdenr tollelted from aB hi
eenritrjr. No nolle will be taken ofa
rtt of the
aaoamous
-"'waiunicaiiODS.
Mexican finances are in an improved ,
condition.
The Italian Government is about to ex-
elude American meat.
Tho
railroads hgfiaulcd ton per
cent
freight tlmn they did last
year.
lha Augusta (On.) Chronicle (Ionics
that there is such a rnco as tlio Scotch-
Irish.
''. Thero aro 7.73 per cent, of tlie peoplo
of Massachusetts who ran neither rend
v nor write.
During, nineteen years 310 amendments
to the Constitution have been introduced.
ut only three have been adopted.
. -1' . '
London papers devoted considcrahl.
paco to the American centennial pro
ceedings, and their tone was ono of re
spect for this country.
Oyster pirating along the. shores of
Mnrylatid and Virginia has at length been
broken up, but it took some hard knocks
mid a great deal of money to do it.
The lion. W. C. P. Breckinridge, of
Kentucky, is to deliver the address at the
dedication of the nat ional monument to
the forefathers at Plymouth, Mass., on
August 1.
.Says the Chicago Sun : Thero aro not
a few sharp and far-seeing business men
wfro 'say that tlio United States ia on the
evo. of the greatest railroad enterprise
ever fcnown. 1
I Hero has been so much sickness in
Vrego County, Kan., that tho Prnhnta
Judge canceled all the druggists' permits
in the county, hoping in that way to mend
the general health.
' Tliree times as much coal as ever be
. fore, was imorted into St. Petersburg
last year, ami a Hnssian Government eom
mitwi! is investigating tho liussian
niincs to find out what ails them.
. America can take in 2,000,000,000
more', coiners, remarks the hospitnblo
Chiengo HeraUl, and find room for nil to
build homes and mako gardens. We
haven't settled a hundredth part of the
country yet.
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the Detroit Free Press asserts t'.int
. Chicago has set itself to absorb enough of
its suburbs to advance to tho third placo
among American municipalities, under
tho next census. Owners of small towns
in Illinois now lako them in at night.
1 Ho people of New York aro discuss
ing tho proposition to hold a World's
Fair in tho Mctropo'is in 1892, the 400th
anniversary of the discovery of America
by Columbus. Many prominent mer
chants of the big city favor the idea.
Tio Canadian Government has given
40,000,000 acres of land to railroads, nnd
is willing to give more, but, states the
New York Uraphic, "emigrants prefer
t inted States Ian.1 and can scarcely be
induced to remain in the Dominion."
England gets most of its ice now from
Nojwuy, Scandinavian competition hav
ing ihuost jrely destroyed tho business
ot snippuig ico from Boston to England,
which was once very profitable. Ico is
sold in 'LbniTbn for froni fifty-eight to
eighty-ouo cents per hundred weight.
' The thirty picked men from the marine
corps, who have been sent over to Paris
to act ns a guard in protecting the Ameri
can exhibit, are said to represent the
flower and prido of the mffrino corps, all
being najivc Americans of good record,'
martial bearing and soldierly deportment,
i A number of important inventions ore
coming out. Ono recently tested is nn
earth which preserves whatever it sur-
ounds for an iudefinito period. Em J
balmiirg can bo done, it is said, as it used
to be. douo in Egypt, and food can bo
kept for years. Tho clay comes cheap.
The doctors are deeply interested in it.
. .Samoa, whu-K is attracting so much, at
tention now, 1- generally regarded as a
savage island, but a largo proportion of
the peoplo aro Christians. A missionary
says: "l would guarantee to take the
first twenty men, women and children
that I should meet with iu Samoa, nud I
would back them in Bible knowledgo
i .against any twenty I should meet in this
country."
U Findlay, Ohio, there are few houses
' to rent", and rents are high. This fact
probably suggested to three young men
of that place the brilliant scheme of get
ting a monopoly of tho rentable houses
and making a handsome "spec" in a
legal way. During January and February
they quietly based all the houses they
could teeuro WJj'n such terms as gave
them full cor J! and the power to sub
let, anti onyiity i advanced the rents
four or fivMullars a month. People had
' "- houses to live hi, so the scheme
Vung houseTrust worked iust as
kimttors exuected it would.
VOL. XXII. NO.
PEGGING AWAY.
Oh I well I rememlwr the clustering face
That in wonderment peered through the
shoemaker's door
When, to sound of his whiRtlo and tap of his
hammer.
Ho often regaled us with bits of his lore;
As often he'd say, with a nod thnt was
knowing.
And a smllo that was bright as the sweet
summer day :
"I tnll you what, lads, there's nothing
worth having
But what you must get It by pegging away.
"Yon may run the swift raeo and be
counted the victor,
And yet you hut get there a step at a time;
And np the steep ladder where Fame keeps
nor laurels,
If you want to got ono you miiRt certainly
ciimo.
The world. It in only a broad piece of leather
We must shape It ourselves to our last as
wo may;
And wo only can do it, my lads, as I toll
you,
By pressing and moulding and pegging
away.
illi! the years have been long, and the shoe
makers vanished:
Adown tho dark road we must Journey
mono;
hud 1 orten think of tho wisdom hid under
His whimsical jost and his fntherlv tone.
And often I'vo proved tho truth of his say
ing,
As misfortune and I together still strav.
That all the best gifts tho world has to offer
It only gives those who keep pegging away.
The Advance.
A DETECTIVE'S LUCK.
If I had tho selection of a corns of do-
tectives I should pick "out men who are
known as lucky. Certain men aro thus
characterized, and the term properly be
longs to them. Certain men are unlucky,
and the terra also properly belongs to them.
i nave worked alongside ofheers who were
118 s'lnT nnl keen as men ever became.
f wviu iierseverinff and Tire ess. v m
Hart tliO Pluck Of a WHIT-inr nnd l,n n.
liancc of a slave, and vet thpv wew
"down on their luck." as the savior
goes; that is, tho big things passed them
by nnd fell into the hands of others. In
detective work ono must havo courage
and judgment. Ho must know human
nature pretty well. Ho must bn f.iirlc
shrewd and sharp. If ho is working a
blind trail the rest must be left to luck.
And tho luck and ill-luck of dnt peri va
life is something wonderful. The luck
we near or everyday. The ill-luck is
suppressed as much as possible. In the
monm of June, 1867, I was spending
lew (lays wan relatives of mine on a farm
near Obcrlin, Ohio. I had been in de
tective business about five years. AV'e cot
no newspapers nt tho farm, and I had not
received a letter for ten days, and had not
nearci inc least bit or news from tho out-
sum worm, wnen uncle and I drove into
me town one dny. On the wav in I imt
OUt Of the Wllirnn imil iw.Lwl ....
ft I i " !.. i u i-opy 01
,r-',"'"' " lying on the
uignway. i ne urst thing I stuv was an
I 'Urn i ri t if .. 1 . j i i
. s iiiuiuii m, i-eru. Indiana,
several days before. An old nmn i,,i
..v- ,um ,,,iiii'u OI n i.irr,,,
........... u. , y. 1,1,1 me slightest clue
u. u.c- mmuerer nai been discovered. No
ono could say whether he was old or
young, white or black, or which wav lie
. - j
ho had cone. It seemed n lwi,,.l.,r,. ....
nnd I felt n bit sorry for the two Chicago
. - " uim:,
" "m ucvu sent ior to wort
the CIISO OUt.
jiioi. call l mat e alter rene hinrr
Oberlin was at the Postoflice. I theS
visited a barbershop, but the two chairs
m-it; ui-cumcu, and l nail to wait n hour
n-u uuiiiui-ij. iiavinnr notnincr to nrrunv
. , I
. , , ct "i j i
. ; ' Kl,v uaruurs over
iu uuims aau men turned my attention
1 .
w "v vu.niu iu iuu ut-uri'SL rnnir I
oegan at 111s reet lirst. He woro No. 8 to Chicago, and ho received a long sen
caiters. ami tlioir w.r :. . I. ..it. n B
.....j ..v. ut,y j,iur; m- a-uiu iw uw crime, intra was a ercat
llenil ThnO ltnil nnnn. 1. - 11, .111. .... C
ir- "jim uwu biacKeued.
i.u.ercre irayeit about tho hot-
luui, hiiu, as l ClUlie to look c oaer T
ruat triey were old nnd threadbare. On
tne lelt leg, which was nearest me. )..
stains. They might have been made by
. . v ,, luc-uuMu, were several
'"'im or acid. ncn tho man sat
up straight after his shave I saw that his
coat was also old, and I looked over to his
hut on tho hook to find it very rusty. The
barbers were not speaking to either of the
men, so that both must be strangers in
mo town, jiiy man had reddish hair,
which ho had had clipped close before I
came in. His neck was sunburned and
dirty, and, after looking him over from
toe to crown, 1 said to mvself :
' This chap h:is all the looks of n
fessional tranui. Th lit Bllif n-oa ... 1. 1 I
pro-
. .. -------I- - 1'iuKauiy
mm, uui, ten to ono no stole those
gaiters. Wonder if he can
enough to pay the barber."
scrapo up
1 he bill was thirty-five ceuts. Tin
man gave mo a furtive look as he mt i
of the chair, and while being brushed he
en in ins pocKets ior change. He had
two ten-cent shinplasters, but as these
were not enough lie half turned from ...
and nsnecl a greenback out of his iiocket
The barber had to no out to phnnm ii
an.l li ...... ... r
... imiu vi as so impatient and ner
vous that he could not stand still. When
the barber returned he had the change f.ir
a iweuiy-doiiar note. He begun to count
u our, uui the Mrunirer muttered his en.,.
fidence that it was all right, nnd renel.e,l
out for the pile nnd crammed it into his
vest pocket, lie was about to go, when
i rose up ami said:
-My mend, l want to havu a few
words with you, if you are not in a bi
iirry.
But I am!" ho relied
past me without looking nie'in the face.
. . - .----e. i
ilut you U havo to wait just the same.
I want to know who vim ..... "
"There was a back 1
He wheeled and sprang for it, but it was
locked. As he turned ou mo again he
pulled a revolver from his bosom and
leveled it on me, and tired a shot which
went over my head and through th
dow. Beforo ho coul.l fir a iif.uin T lin1
him jammed against the wall, one hand
hold of the weapon and the other on his
throat, and I choked him until he sank
down in a heap. AVho did he turn out
to bet The ludiiuia murderer who had
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t.
TIONESTA,
been dodging about tho country for six
days, nnd who had run the gauntlet of a
hundred officers. It was blood on his
trousers, though we did not havo to
prove it, as he made a full confession. It
was simply my good luck. It was simply
tho ill luck of two Cleveland detectives
wuo reached Obcrlin two hours too late.
About fifteen years ago, while con
nected with the force in Chicago, a
jewelry houso on State street was robbed
of $12,000 worth of jewelry. Aside
from this there was a package of Govern
ment bonds amounting to over $17,000,
which had been deposited in the safo for
security. The robbery was committed
by professional cracksmen, who left their
tools behind but no clue. I was at this
timent Howling Green, Kentucky, nfter a
counterfeiter, nnd I read an account of
tho robbery in a Louisville paper. It
wasn't my job, nnd I didn't give it any
particular thought. I had traced a no
torious counterfeiter down into Ken
tucky and located him nt Bowling Green.
At least, I traced him to that town, but
there I lost the trail for a few days. I
got a falso clue, which led mo down to
Frefiklin, and when I started to return I
took nn accommodation train. It was nt
night, nnd there was but one coach on
tho train, and that contained only five
passengers besides myself. Three of these
were natives, sure enough, whilo the
other two talked about a coal mine in
Tenncsseee, nnd seemed to own land in
that State. I gave them littlo attention,
being three scats in tho rear, nnd was
talking with tho conductor on crenend
matters, when tho two men suddenly be
came interested in something one of them
held in his hand. Their heads were to
gether, and they were evidently deeply
interested, when tho report of a pistol
was heard, followed bv a cry of ngonv
and a yell of alarm. Tho object of their
curiosity was a derringer, and it had ac
cidentally' been discharged, the bullet
entering tho leg of ono of tho men just
nbove the knee. In his pain and fright
tho wounded man sprang up, and turned
fiercely on the other, with the exclama
tion :
'Curse you, but you did thnt on pur
pose I You wanted nil the swag to your
self." The conductor and I were beside them
in a minute. The wounded man fell
back on tho seat, nnd he evidently re
gretted tho break he had made a few sec
onds before, for he said, as we came up:
"Tom, old fellow, I had my own fintrer
on the trigger, nnd pulled it off. You are
not a bit to blitmc."
"But what about the 'swag?' I dc
manded, as I stood over them
"He meant our coal mine," replied the
one called lorn
"Yes; wo are partners in a coal miuc,
auuca uio wounded man.
"Oh I that's it? Well, let's see
what
can be douo for you.
It was a bad wound so bad that
knew his leg would have to come off, as
tne mg bullet Had shattered the bone,
and I suggested to the conductor that he
1 r..-i . . . .
wiiivc as ium nine ns ne dared to llowlllig
ureen, wnero medical attendance could
be had. To mv surmisn the me., nv,l
I . . 1 . .
to 1)0 nut nlF nr. anmn hi. rim..,- ,...,,. ...
nenr n f,ir, .,.;.,- .i.. ....
noetor rnn I.I mnnnm. tl,n .....II
enough, and that the quietness of the
country would be tho best for the patient
This satisfied me that thev were sns,,ie.
ionirchnr.ielepa n,1 T .,.,nn,i ti,
. ii.i,iuiui.u ( iiu nut mil '
n .i , , , ,, . .
i w ii-iiiuve liic one nnn nnmmiirr imrt
to a seat at the rear of the coach, and to
search infti. 'I'hr. mm i.a.i i
the Other the rterrimrr.,. on,l l.f. T
t hrnmr i sr-nreliinrr I 1,,,,.1,1 n
the stolen bonds and jewelry. It was
sheer luck again. Four of our men were
out on the r trn 1 . Imt rloo . .
" ---.-j v va liiou DC.I.-U13,
J hfv wrn ammrtc.l T,r, -c..
j - - I - iiuic uiiuc
wuuo i picKca tnem up in the South.
Tho fellow who was shot not only lost his
ii'tr mir ma ntn 'i"h rtim.
O uau.a " IW) 1 UV lit Ul VI
ueai oi newspaper talk about my shrewd
ness, but I didn't deserve a word of
nrniae Tl.n xn,. c;,l.,
Tho ripo fruit dropped into mv hands.
Thine-s full tW. w,.r, it,
matter wnat business ho is enrraeed in.
Ono of tho bits of luck which fell to
mo several years ago.and which was much
talked about at tho time, came about in
a very singular wav. I hail heen s.r
down to Augusta, Arkansas, to identify a
mm who nad Deennrrested there. and was
supposed to bo a robber wanted in Chi
cago. He did not prove to bo the man
we hoped ho was, and I was making readv
iu rciuru wnen a resident or the town,
who was an old acquaintance of mine, put
forward a speculation. He had iust mir-
chasod a saw null a few miles down White
jtiver,
nnd he believed there was bii
money to be made iu buying a large tract
of timber continguous to the mill. This
tract was for sale ut a very low figure, but
my friend could not raise the cash. The
result of our talk was that we took a boat.
next morning and were left at tho mill
landing. Whilo he was overseeing some
change of machinery I started out to get
some idea of the value of the timber. The
first thing I knew I was lost in the forest.
and I did just what all other people do
under tho circumstances bended the
wrong way. Instead of going toward the
river, I went away from it. It was in
July, and although tho mosquitoes nearly
devoured me, there was no danger of suf
fering from the inclemency of the weather.
It was about 10 o'clock in tho morning
when I started out. and bv mid-afternoon
I had walked at least ten miles, and knew
that I was entirely bewildered. I couldn't
Keep a staight course for tho creeks and
?uu " ua vas and
n i ... , .
n.o juieai. hu ii
so dense mat there was no
sighting tho sun to guide me. It was
just 5 o'clock in tho afternoon when I
reached a good-sized stream, and the first
thing I saw was an old house boat tied to
the bank. There was sni'oko coming out
of a stovepipe thrust through the roof.
and I congratulated myself that I had
reached shelter and something to eat.
There was a lilauk reaching from boat to
shore, and I ascended it and entered the
cabin unannounced. A white man and a
negro were seated in the rude room, and
a lire had just been kindled iu the cook
stove. There was a door at tho other side
of the boat. It stood wide Ouen. and the
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PA., WEDNESDAY,
Instant the mon caught sight of me both
sprang for the door. In the rush they
bumped into each other nnd both rolled
to the floor. Tho white man was tho
quicker of tho two, nnd while I stood
looking nnd wondering ho scrambled up
and flung himself into the water nnd
swam to the opposite shore.
"Doan't shoot ! For do Lawd's sake
donn't kill me!" yelled the negro, as he
rolled over and over on the floor.
"What docs this mean?" I demanded.
"It means dat I surrenders!" he re
plied. "Very well. Now sit up and tell me
who you are nnd what you are doing
here."
"I had to come along, boss. I didn't
want to, but dcy said dey would dun
kill me."
"Who owns this bont?"
"Why, dat Harding gang, in co'se."
"And what are you doing here?"
"Dun hidin' out, I spose."
I was so stupid that I did not realize
what luck had come to me until the negro
gave it nwny. Then I secured him against
escape and searched the boat, nnd in that
old hulk I found over $0000 worth of dry
goods, clothing, boots nnd shoes. icwelrv.
hordware nnd other stuff, the proceeds of
a uozen biir robberies alonir the river.
There was a gang of four men engaged in
tho work, and the negro wns their cook.
Tho boat was hidden away in a branch of
the White River to wait for a rise of water
to get down the Mississippi, and three of
tho gang were off that day to spot a
country store some seven miles distant.
The negro and I stood gunrd all night,
for I soon found that I could trust him.
but if the fellows returned to the neighbor
hood we did not see them. Next day we
got the boat down to the mill, which was
hardly four miles away, and from thence
she was taken to Clarendon and the goods
returned to their owners.as far as possible.
Tho robbers were all identified by name
nnd person by the negro, and within a
few weeks were cither captured and sent
to prison or run into tho swamp and shot
uown. jseui Xork Sun.
WISE WORDS.
Earnestness is tho path to immortality.
Friendship is the highest decree of
ic-i luunuu iii Bocieiy.
lucre is no better excess in the world
than the excess of gratitude.
Politeness is ns natural to delicate
turcs as perfume is to flowers.
Bring your will to your fate, and suit
your mind to your circumstances.
The surest way to please is to forget
a dvu u iu uiiiiiv uuiy oi tuners.
Shun idleness; it is the rust thnt at
taches itself to the most brilliant metals,
No principle is more noble, as there is
none more holy, than that of a true
obedience.
There is a power a hundred times more
powerful than that of bayonets; it is the
power of ideas.
If we had no defects wo should not
take so much pleasure in discovering
muse oi oinors.
e know the value of a fortune when
we have gained it, and that of a friend
when we have lost it.
Those who seek happiness in ostenta
tion nnd dissipation tire like those who
prefer tlte light of a candle to the sjilendor
oi tne sun.
A weapon is anything that can serve to
wound; and sentiments arc perhaps the
most cruel weapons man cau employ to
wound nis lellow man.
Nothing sharpens the arrow of sarcasm
so keenly as the courtesy that polishes it.
No reproach is like that we clothe with a
smile and present with a bow.
A homely man of merit is never re
pulsive. As soon as ho is named his
physique is forgotten ; the mind passes
mrougn it to see the soul.
I hinkers aro as scarce ns cold : but he
whose thought embraces all his sub ects.
who pursues it uninterruptedly nud 'fear
less of consequences, is a diamond of enor
mous size.
Signals Amoncr Primitive Races.
1 A .. J 1 , . , .
iv. imiree uas lately been collecting in
formation as to the use of signals by primi
tive peoples, and the facts he has brought
together are summarized in Science. It
appears that American Indians use rising
smoke to give signals to distant friends.
A small lire is started, and as soon as it
burns fairly well grass and leaves are
heaped on the top of it. Thus a large
olumu of steam and smoke arises. By
covering the lire with a blanket tho In
dians interrupt the rising of the smoko at
regular iutervals, and the successive clouds
arc used for conveying messages.
Recently attention has been called to
the elaborate system of drum signals used
by the Cameroon negroes, by means of
which long messages are sent from vil
lage to village. Explorations in the Congo
msin havo shown that this system urevails
inrougnoiit central Alnea. The Bakuba
use large wooden drums, on which differ.
nt tones are produced bv drumsticks.
Sometimes tho uatives "converse" in this
ay for hours, and from the energy dis-
laved by the drummers, nnd the raniditv
oi uie successive blows, it seemed that the
. ..... . . . . . "
onversation was very animated.
1 he t.alla, south of Abyssinia, have
rums stationed at certain points of the
ruails leading to the neighboring States.
Special watchmen are appointed, who
have to beat the drum on the approach of
enemies. Ceochi, who observes tliis cus
tom, designated it as a "system of tele
graphs. " The same use of drums is found
iu New Guinea. From tho rhythm nud
rapidity of the blows the natives know at
once whether an attack, a death, or a
festival is unnounced. The same tribes
uso columns of suioke or (at night) tires to
convey messages to distant friends. Tho
latter are also used in Australia. Columns
of smoke of different forme are used for
signals by the inhabitants of Cane York
and the neigboriug island.
Iu Victoria hollow trees are filled with
fresh leaves, which are lighted. Tho
signals thus inudo aro understood by
friends. In eastern Australia the move
ments of a traveler are made kuowu by
columns of smoke, und so was tho dis
covery of a whale iu Portland bay.
PUBLICAN.
JUNE 20, 1889.
THE TARANTULA KILLERS.
GIANT MEXICAN WASPS WHOM
THE DEADLY SPIDEB FEARS.
The Spider is Paralyzed by the Wasp'i.
Bting Tho Ilody Server, nn a Store -bonne
for Young AY asps.
A New Yorker says, in the Sun, speak
ing of the remarkable insects known as
tho Mexican wasp : "You'll find that re
markable insect wherever thero are
tarantulas, for i. seems to owe the per
petuation of its kind to tho presence of
that king of spiders. In fact, it is known
by the name of 'tarantula killer' in Texas
and other parts where the big spider has
iU habitnt.
The most pugnacious birds of the air
give the tarantula a wide berth, nnd the
fiercest beasts are content to leave, him
unmolested. In fact, tho tarantula seems
to defy the entire animal kingdom, with
the exception of this giant wasp. The
appearance of a hawk sailing over a
barnyard will not cause a more sudden
or frantic scattering of a brood of
chickens to a place of safety than will the
approacn ot a tarantula killer among a
colony of these spiders. Whether tho
tarantulas can see their enemy a long way
off, or whether they hear the hum of its
wirigs, or smell the dreaded insect, I
don't know, but whenever a tarantula is
seen scampering like mad for his den and
closing down its trap door without delay,
it is ten to one that a tarantula killer will
bs seen sailing along that way a few
seconds later.
"It flies up leisurely, iU reddish-brown
wings spread to their full three-inch
sweep, and contrasting strikingly with its
dead-black legs and body. The hiding
of the tarantula in his den does not worry
the wasp a bit. It lights at the trap doo'r
and has it open as quickly ns the taran
tula can open it himself, and walks
straightway in. The big hairy, deadly
spider has no terrors for the wasp. The
quality of the wasp's sting is shown iu a
startling way by its effect on the taran
tula, for in five seconds after the killer
has entered the spider's den the tarantula
has succumbed to the thrusts of the sting,
and is dragged out by the the wasp as a
butcher would drag a dead pig out of
the pen.
"But tho strange part of the quick
knocking out of the spider by the wasp
is that while the former will never enjoy
the pleasures of life again, he is not dead.
Tho poison the wasp injects into tlie
tarantula does not kill him, but throws
him into a trance from which he will
never awaken. The tarantula is nctually
embalmed alive, and if the subsequent
processes the wasp has in store for him
prove abortivo ia their working, as they
sometimes do, tho tarantula will remain
in that doad and alive condition ever af
terward. " Sometimes it happens to suit the
tarantula killer, when it does up its spider
in the latter's den, to leave him there to
carry out the rest of the programme, and
usnally it drags the tarantula to some other
part of the country, frequently a mile dis
tant, although tho spider is many times
the wasp's bulk and weight. When the
big wasp has dragged tho spider to the
spot it has selected, it punctures its vic
tim's body at the base of one of its hind
legs, and lays aa" egg deep ia the open
ing. The wasp then digs a hole in the
ground and buries the tarantula. Some
times it hides the spider in a cleft in the
rocks, and plasters the opening thick
with mud. When the egg is hatched in
side the spider the result is n most vora
cious grub, which at once begins to cat
its way out of its storehouse. It is as if
the spider had been kept on ice, nice and
fresh in all its flesh and juices. The wasp's
greedy larva devours everything to the
right and left of it, and nil that is ahead
of it, and when it emerges from the
tarantula's head there is nothing left of
tho spider but its hideous hairy shell.
The grub digs itself out of the spider's
grave, and iu time becomes itself a
tarantula killer, and docs the same act for
a future Bupply of wasps that was done
for it.
"Once in a great while the wash's errr
wm not nutcn, but that doesn't change
the condition of the tarantula. I saw a
tarantula in Texas that was found iu a
mud plastered rock live years ago. A
wasp had dtqiosited its egg iu tho spider's
body, but it had been abortive. It is not
;. A i . , , ... . . . .
known how long the tarantula had lain
in its trance when it was discovered, but
when I saw it-there were no more signs of
decay about it than there are about.
lecping dog or cut. It was full and
plump, its legs limber and flexible, nnd
its eyes bright. All the elements of life
were present, iipparentlv. and vet the
pider was practically us dead us the
proverbial door nail.
"As far as I could leurn and observe iu
southern Texas, the wasp's temper is good,
and it never shows any inclination t; re
sent the preseuce of mau except when it
has an embalmed tarantula iu tow. Then
it will nhow iu displeasure if it is ap
proached too closely, und will mnke
frantic das'aes at nv intruder, onciiing its
red wings us it exhibits the signs of its
anger, us if as a warning. I was told of
a -Mexican who was thing by one of these
wasps ou an occasion of that kind. He
was stung in the m k. Paralysis of one
side ensued and tho victim tinailv ili.l
"These tarantula killers live on cldnr
flowers, the bloom of the wild Virginia
creeper, aud similar flowe.-s. I counted
i ll ..f )... 1 i
u. uiu iii-uiL-uiiuus lasccis on o.n?
clump of elder flowers one day, and you
may always be sure of seeing them iu uuv
of tho Southwestern regions where elder
or Virginia creeper abound. The taran
tula killer is a good two inc hes aud a half
long, und he is as handsome as he is ter
rible.
The Joneses aro ut t"-ie head of the
Euglish clergy list with l.W representa
tives, while the Sn:it!is follow with
After them coiucs tjo Williainses
2'J5 und tho Kvunses with 104. ''t.
Smiths make such an unexpected show
ing because of there being almost none iu
Wales.
Protestant missions are found In but
two of the republics of Ceutrul America
--Nicuragua and Guatemala.
S1.50 PER ANNUM.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
TO BnOIT. A BEEFSTEAK.
Have the steak cut an inch and a half
thick. Lay it on a double broiler over a
clear fire and let it become seared on both
sides, to prevent tho escape of the juice j
then turn it constantly for ten or twelve
minutes. Do not season until it is put on
tho hot platter. New Tori 7"w.
C0I.D SLAW.
Cut the cabbogc fine, and season it with
salt and pepper. Put it in an earthen
ware bowl. Bub together a teaspoouful
of flour, and butter tlie size of a walnut ;
pour over it two tablespoonfuls of boil
ing water, and stir smoothly on the stove ;
put it on the back of the stove, where it
will keep hot but not boil, and add two
tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Bent light the
yolks of two eggs, a teaspoonful of sugar,
half a teaspoonful of mustard, and two
tablespoonfuls of cream. Mix this wit
the hot mixture; replace on the stove,
stirring well; let it come to aboil, and
pour whilo hot over the cabbage.
Prairie Farmer.
BATJCES.
The simplest sauce for meats, fish and
vegetables is made from water, molted
butter nnd flour, seasoned with salt and
pepper. Great care and exactness are re
quired in making sauces. The flour must
be corked in the butter, and tho hot
water added gradually. A good rule is,
ono pint of hot water, one-half cup of
butter, two tablespoonfuls flour, salt and
pepper, for the water, milk may
suosuiuiea, wmcn gives white sauce
eggs, parsley, lemon, mustard, oysters and
celery may be added, each giving a name
to the sauce. Mint sauce is made from
the tender leaves of mint, chopped fine
and soaked an hour iu sweetened vinegar
one cup cnopped mint, one-fourth cu
sugar, one-half cup of vinegar. Jktr
Free Press.
OLD PASniOSBD YANKEE BREAD.
Sift two pounds of best flour on bread
trnv. Make a hollow placo in the centre
ana drop in a piece of lard the size of
tablespoon. Dissolve one yeast enko in
little wann water and put that in with
tlie lard and one teaspoonful of salt and
half a teacup of sugar. Then mix it with
lukewarm water until It is thick and tur
it out on your molding board and mold
it till it shines and does not stick to the
board. You cannot mold it too much
Then put it back on tho tray. Cover i
with a cloth not very heavy and put it I
a warm place till morning. When it be
comes very light put it on tho board
again and mold it down till it is solid
Set it in a warm place, and as soon ns it
rises nicely mold it ngaiu nud put it in
buttered pans ami bake Immediately
This takes a little time, but you hay
good bread.
BOAST SPRING LAMB, SUNT BATJCE.
Lamb is now reasonable enough in
price to be served twice a week. Small
families will find it profitable to buv a It
and loiu; the leg to be roasted and the
loin cut up and served ns chops, or the
loin may be roasted nnd cutlets mndo ol
the leg. Lamb requires salt, pepper und
the best of butter added beforo roasting,
The butter may be rolled in little balls ot
cakes, then dredged with flour. The
roast should be nicely browned on tho
outsuio. Mint 6auce is easily made.
Chop up throe or four sprigs of mint, add
it to a gilt or vinegar, add also half
leuapoiiuiui oi sugar. Mint sauoo may
lie made in large quantities nnd bottled
for use. The ;common spearmint is the
kind of mint mostly used iu sauces, and is
supposed to be the mint spoken of iu the
isew lestnraent: pennyroyal and pepper
mint are members of the same family
Kea York Sun.
cniciiEN pie.
Cut the chicken in pieces, unjoliiting
uiiu cutting the back Into four parts
Wash thoroughly and placo over i
moderate tire, covering with cold water
ana adding pepper and salt. Boil until
tender, when the chicken can be removed
Adda little thickening stirred with flour
and water nnd boiled iu tho liuuor for a
gravy. Add a little butter if desired.
ior the crust make a light dough, s for
baking powder biscuit, by rubbing butter
two-thirds the size of an egg into threo
cups of flour, three teaspoons of bakiug
powder, a pinch of salt, mixing with sweet
milk suthciently stiff to roll out. Place
your chicken in your baking pan, which
should hold ut least threo quarts. Cut a
narrow strip of tho dough uud place
around the top edge. Add enough of the
gravy to make tho pie moist. Cover the pie
with the balance of the dough, cutting a
long slit iu tho center, and ressing the
outer edges securely together. Keep inn
moderate oven from half to three quarters
of an hour, or until it has boiled nn and
the crust is done. Serve from the pan in
which it is cooked.
norsMioi.D MINTS.
Drain pipes and a! :es that are sour
or impure, may be cleaned with lime wa
ter or curbolic add.
To keep eggs cool is a help in making
frosting. Set them in the refrigerator
after separating whites and yolks; they
will beat iu half tlie time.
To clean windows, wash them first with
tepid water and a sponge; then dry them
with old linen, und rub them clean; nol-
ish them with a newspaper.
If you wish to keep a sharp knife don't
put it iu hot grease; stir your pi it aloes
while frying, or turn meat, with u fork or
old case knife kept ou purpose.
A pasto for cleaning brass may bo
made by mixing one part oxalic acid and
six parts of rotten stone with equal parts
of tram oil and spirits of turpentine.
Corks cut thin and stewed in grease
and placed iu their way, or dried sponge
iu small pieces fried iu grease, or dipped
in honey and laid iu their haunts, will re
move rats.
Thick brown paper should be laid
uudor carpets, if tho patVnt lining is not
to be had. It saves wear and prevents
the inroad of moths, which, however, will
seldom give trouble if Halt is sprinkled
wound the edges wutu the cuipct is laid.
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IN NATURE'S SOLITUDES.
Within the hollow of the hills
The silent river flows,
Its listless water softly thrills ,'
The flnR that In it grows;
Beyoud Its sloping banks, where bloom
Red lilies, crimsorr died,
The low pines cast their fragrant gloom
Alongthe mountain side.
High peaks beyond them gleam with snow.
Above the rocky line
Where ritless winds forever blow,
Anil sapless mosses shine;
But here, whore grasses slowly bend
Before the whispering breeze,
From clover tuf ts to daisies, wend
Tho pollen-dusted bees.
The birds In yonder maple sing
In low, entrancing notes.
While jxrised aloft on tireless wing,
A watchful eagle floats;
And higher still, in purple deeps
Of sunlit, summer sky,
Like windless sails whero ocean sleeps.
The white ciwuds moveless lie.
No sign of Unman life Is seen,
And save for bird and bee,
And whisper of the grosses green
Wherewith the wind is free,
There is no sound, and all the place
Is full of peaceful rest,
And that supremo, effaceful grace.
Which says, "God knoweth best."
Yet man will win this listless stream
Sometime to do his will,
And golden harvest sheaves will gleam,
Along yon sloping hill;
And orchard trees, with blossoms sweet,
Will hear low-spoken words,
What time young folk, with lingering feet
List to the mating birds.
T. S. Collier, in Youth's C'ompaniop
II OI Oil OF THE DAY.
Lays of spring Fresh eggs.
A bouncing baby A rubber doll.
A stern necessity A boat's tiller.
Motto for a cooper "Hoop it tub."
Threo of a kind A cow nnd two
calves.
Iu their journey through life many take
the bridal path.
It is not imperative that an omnibus
bill should have a rider.
Tho stock farmer is a man of good
breeding. Merchant Traveler.
Employers who would keep upon their
feet must not allow their hands to be
idle.
Bill Tell's boy is remembered in history
because he had an arrow escape. Texas
SiJ'tings.
If nono but bakers played tho game of
baseball one might readily account for
the mulliii'.
Would it be the proper thing to speak
of a literary contest as a "skull race?"
The Ocean.
"Better late than never" is hardly a
suitable motto for tho man who travels
much by rail.
Tho literary reviewer can blow up a
magazine with entire personal safety.
Merchant Traveler.
Somo merchants appear to get along
swimmingly while others cau scarcely
keep, themselves ufloat.
If you should meet a lion, either hit
him hard or run; don't stop to stick pins
in him. Atchison Glotie.
It docs not augur well for tho success
of a social gathering to have many bores
in it. fttltimore American.
When n good dog points to came tho
hunter's gnu is expected to speak to tho
point. Atw Orleans ISeayune.
A youth thought it would be fun
To fool with iui unloaded gun.
All friends are invited.
Merchant lYaveler.
Copper tips keep shoes from beiug run
out nt the toes, and men from being run
in at the station house. Mail and Ex
press.
AVe would like to know if a house-
painter by any license of speech can bo
called a huc-er of wood. Binghamtvn
Jicjvbliean.
Doubtless no true soldier would con
sent to uct as a fence; aud, yet, such a
one has often been known to do picket
duty. Detroit Free JVess.
When a woman steps out on tho back
porch with her arms rolled up in her
apron it is n sign to her neighbor that sho
las something to toll her. Atchison
A clergyman's prescription to young
men who desire to get on in tho world is
o "mix brains with self-denial." That's
good doctrine for those who havo tlie
brains to siui t with.
It seems us If the proper thing to do.
upon discovering tho ujiiirouch of a
yclone, would be to secrete one's self in
cellar and wait fur the affair to blow
oyer. Detroit Free 1'nsa.
Jtldgv "At first vim stole ti(). nnd
then ufterward c'40. Arc you never un
it to do better?" Criminal "Why,
our lloiinr. I .till l.i.ti.. ili.il .in.., I...
"FtuMwIi' DluetU r.
Bronson "Why, I thought you knew
munis?" Ilarkius "1 do." Bronson
Well, you didn't bow as wo passed him
moment ago." Ilarkius "Bcc-auso 1
nowu him too well." lurjer's Uinir.
Highwayman "Hold up your hands!"
cticstiian '-.lv dear sir. ' J have ust
turned from Oklahoma." "The deuce
you have! Well, you can get a good freo
lunch on the next block. Good even
ing." Lincoln Journal.
Judge "You are charged with run
ning a game of chance. What have you
tos.iyf" Accused "It was not a game
of ciiauce, your Donor. No outsiders
had the slightest possible cliaueo of win
liing." Omau UWIJ.
Miss Silly (to her lover) "You had
better be careful when you come up to
the house now, Charlie. Father has got
a big dog." Charlie "When did beget
himi" "Yesterday. Ho bought bini of
Miss Flirty's father." "Oh, that dog,
hey? 1 ain't afraid of him; he hasu't any
teeth." LouiscilU Post.
The native church in Sitka, Alaska,
uow numbers about 3(10 eoiuiuuiiiiauts.
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