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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17, 1892. S1.50 PER ANNUM.
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The wealth of the colored population
of Alabama is estimated at $20,000,000.
Out of tho fifty-ono descendants of
tbo King and Queen of Denmark, but
oue, tho Duke of Clarence, is dead.
' According to tho Snn Francisco
Chroniclo tho steady influx of Japanese
into tho United States U not vlowcd with
pleasuro by the working cWscs.
At the beginning of tho presont cen
tury there were in the Unite X States fivo
millionaires. Now there are more than
7000. How many will there be fifty
years hence?
British farmers arc asking their Gov
ernment to take steps to protect tbcm
from tho field-mice, which aro invading
tho country, particularly Scotland, in
great numbers, and devastating the
crops.
Tho San Fraucisco Chronicle avers that
"had any prophet twenty years ago pre
dicted that German beer would take
tho place of French wiuo as tho popular
drink of Paris, ho would havo been re
garded as a candidate foi an insane asy
lum; yet this chango has como to pass."
An clement iu the Southern industrial
situation not to bo lost sight of, the
Washington Star remarks, is the failure
of railroad management to pay. Eleven
companies with a mileage of over a
thousand miles of completed road havo
in less than two years gono into the re
ceivers' hands.,
Tho Atlanta Journal Admits: that tho
rising goner.ition iu the Indian Terri
tory havo reached the front rank in tho
inarch of civilizition, and aro keeping
right up with tho procession. The young
ladies of the fe nalo semiuary at Tale
quah, the Cherokee capital, have arranged
to give a leap ye:ir ball, and the young
men of Eufaula, in the Creek Nation, are
organizing a comet baud.
I. C."Libby, of Burnhum, Mo., who
has largo cattle interests in Montana,
says that if tho far. tiers of Maino would
live iu shacks, a s they do in Montana,
with no furniture to speak of and the
coarsest of food, no Sundays, no boiled
shirts, no top carriages, no pianos or
other urticlcs of luxury, they could uiako
mouoy just as fast as it is inado in tho
West. Mr. Libby thiuks that a year in
Montana would cure a Maine farmer of
grumbling at his native State.
The males aro iu tho majority in tho
United Suites. The Census Bureau has
recontly completed its classification of
tho population by sex aad nativity, and
finds that iu 1800 there were iu the
United States 32,067,880 males aud 30,
554,370 females. In tho decvlo'the in
crease of males was 23.06 percent.,
whilo that of females was 21.02 per
cent. Of tho 62,622,650 inhabitants
enumerated 53,372,703 were born in
the United States. The colored pooplo,
including in that category Chinese,
Japanese, and civilized Indians,numbcred
7,638,360.
In endeavoring to H nd causes for tho
present deplorable condition of affairs
existing injthat portion of Russia com
monly known as "the famine district,"
one almost inevitably concludes, after
even a slight examination, writes W. C.
Edgar iu the Forum, that other and
more weighty ones than that usually
given (the unfavorablo weather of last
year) are at tho bottom of it. The longer
tho investigation is continued, the firmer
grows tho iinprcssiou that fundamentally
tho system of communal ownership of
laud is responsible for the situation.
The "niir" or community has simply ex
hausted itself, and tho thirty years which
have elapsed since the emancipation of
the serfs havo becu more than sutlicieut
to demonstrate that the entire fouudatiou
upon which Russian agriculture is based
is radically weak, aud that the practical
result of holding laud in common, at
least iu Russia, is a complete and utter
failure.
The climato of tho United States is
much the same now that it was a hun
dred years ago, though perhaps a little
milder, for astronomers tell us that the
North Pole is actually moving south
which is good news for tho explorers of
the future and yet tho aborigines of
America lived to a good old ago before
"sanitary woolens" were iuventeJ, or
overcoats had come in stylo. Iu fact, if
we are to believe the historians, they
wore leggins, moccasious aud hunting
shirt of deer skin with the hairy side
turned toward the body, and caps made
of the fur of auimals, aud that was all
they did wear. When these garments
were wet through, for you know mackin
toshes and umbrellas aro the products of
an "etrete civilisation," they were about
as comfortable as uono at all, and when
frozen stilT, as they ofteu were ou a win
ter's morning, "Lo" might as well have
donned sheet-iiou stove pipes instead of
his primitive trousers aud been equally
cowior table.
LOVE'S FLITTING,
When Love Is coming, coming.
Meet him with songs and joy,
Bid him alight and enter,
Flatter and feast the boy;
Crown him with gems and rosea,
Charm him with winning wiles,
Dind him with lovely garlands,
And kisses, and smiles,
When Love is going, going,
Leaving you all alone.
Craving, the fickle tyrant,
Borne newer slave and throne,
Hinder him not, but quickly.
Even though your heart may bleed,
Saddle a horse for his journey,
And bid him God speed 1
Elizabeth Akers, in the Century,
"HEN HAWK'S" ROMANCE.
HY B. L. KKTCHCH.
EN HAWK was
in great spirits.
He had been fair
ly bubbling over
with good humor
for two weeks,
and every day
added to his
cheerfulness.
JM(f -tvniy icq uays
'rnrM more and then
for "the States."
We, of the "L bar," who had known
him for two years, almost, were at a loss
to account for this sudden rise in Hen's
mental temperature, and probably
showed it. Indeed, thero were several
of the boys who hinted that an explana
tion from him would be gratefully re
ceived by his curiosity-beset co-laborers;
but Hen would merely grin a broad,
broad grin, and say nothing. But just
ten days before Thanksgiviug he let the
secret out.
"Boys," said ho, in a muffled voice,
caused by the presence nl a knife-load
of potatoes in his mouth, "I'm goin'
back f th' States!"
Open-eyed astouishmcutall around the
breakfast table.
"That's what, boys. I'm goin' right
after Thanksgivin', tew."
"The dooce, ye sayl Must've lost a
rich r'latiou 'r b'en doin' a little rustliu'
on th' side. Now I think ot 't, they
was some talk 'bout thar bein' some in
side 'sistance t' th' Baldy Stites gang
w'en they honored this hyar vicinity wi'
th r 'tendons last year." volunteered
"Ked" Posey.
Hen, having joined liberally ih the
smiles that followed this remark, went
ou:
"I cast th' insinerations back intuth
th' teeth o' th' red-nosed gent wi' th'
fragrant name. No, sir. Taint neither
oue n'r t'other. Mebbe 'fore I go I'll
tell ye an' mebbe I won't."
Aud Mr. Hawkins again smiled, know
ing that the boys would suffer im
measurably until they knew whence caino
the stake" on which he was Roing
h jme.
Next day, immediately after breakfast,
Hen rode off in the direction of Browns
ville, the nearest town on the west, about
thirty miles away, and we saw nothing
of him until Friday, when he returned,
whistling cheerfully. The boys weto
very keen to know what his errand had
been, for they were sure he had not gone
merely to get a few things from the
grocer's and harnesmakcr'!, but Hen did
not enlighten them.
That' night, however, iu the boss's
room, he. told the story to a select au
dience, consisting of tho boss and the
scribe.
"I b'en kinder holdiu' off, ye see,
'cause a feller no wayscert'n 'bout savin'
'is milk t'll ho gits the pail out fiu un
der the caow; but now, beiu's I've got
it O. K., I may's well tell ye, on'y I
don't want tho boys to knaow.
"Ye see, 'twas this away : 'Bout five
year ago, back in Maine, I c'nclud.'d t'
come out hyar an' grow up wi' the ken
try a hull lot. 'Twan't 'cause I wanted
t' dew ii, but ye see, I sort o' hed tun."
"Ah, yes," observed the boss, dryly,
"I believe the late Mr. Stites began his
brilliant career in somewhat the same
way. Was your difficulty about a horse,
tool"
Hen's laugh over, he proceeded, some
what blushingly
"No, 'twan't that, hardly. But they
wau't no chance thar for a ppor cuss, an'
so I pulled out. Ye see, me'n Molly
Hopkins bed bout made up aour mio's t'
git spliced, an' ev'rythin' was goin' on
smooth's smooth, w'en in steps ol' George
Hopkins an' takes a ban' hisself. Ol'
Hop was a high-toned ol' duck, an' put
on heaps o' airs, cause he was th' best
fixed man iu taown an' hed bu'n S'lect
man an' member of th' Legislater, w'il&
I was on'y a carpenter an' hadn't ary red.
Th' ol' egiot might've saw haow things
was goin' on 1 reckon he did but ho
never let on t'll oue night be come homo
f'm taown an' heered uiu'u Molly talkiu'
in th' settin'-room.
"Then he jes' waded iu brash. Gosh!
how he did go fer mel Went on t'give
me th' dickens fer my 'dacity iu per
sooinin' t' th' hau' o' his, George Hop
kins', darter. 'Th' ideo! I want ye t'
uuderstan', young man,' says he, 'th't I
hev better plans fer her th'n lettin' 'cr
marry a penniless carpenter!' 'N he
went on an' tore arouu' fer awhile thet
style; but I stood my grouu', t'll fin'lly
he says: 'Young mau, when you c'n
show a bank 'count o' ten thaousau' dol
lars, she's your'n, an' not b'fore.' Then
he grins a hull lot, thinkin' haow I'd
hev t' hustle a consid'blu spell 'fore I got
it.
"Wa-al, me'n Molly talked it over a
lot, 'u finally concluded th't I'd hev t'
go summers else, ef I ever got fore
handed; so, one day, we sajs good-bye,
daown in the medder lot, an' I pulled
out fer Califoruy.
"Sence then I've be'n knockin' 'round
all over the th' kentry, tryiu' ouu thing
'n 'uother. Purty hard luck, most o' th'
time, tew but jes' 'fore 1 come hyar, I
located a claim, me'u 'uother feller, over
in Colorado, au' worked it some. It
didn't ptu out none, so we hed t' try
om'thin' else, au' hyar I come, leavin'
Peters t' keep up work on th' claim, him
bavin' ft job clus by, Wa-al, th' oifer
day, Petors he sold aout tew a Boston
comp'ny fer twenty-fivo thaousanV-au'
my half s what I went t Braownsville fer.
That's all."
Hon filled bis pipe, said "Good night,"
and went out, whistling softly.
"By Jovel" said tho boss, "to hear
him tell It, in that easy way of his, with
the cowboy lingo and the occasional
Yankee twang, you'd think it a very
common-place affair. I don't know
what you think of it, but I think It de
cidedly romantic, ani I'm glad it's turn
ing out so well. Hen's an honest chap,
and deserves all the luck in the world.
The girl must be a plucky one, too.
Hum! hum!" And the boss looked at
the ceiling and blew smoke rings in a
pensive way he sometimes bid.
There wasn't a man on tho ranch who
didn't hate to see Hon go, and who
wasn't honestly glad at his god fortune.
Even the misauthropic Posey evinced
not a little regret as lie said good-by to
him, when, the morning after Thanks
giving, Hen sat on his bronco all ready
to start for Jersey, the railroad town to
the east of us.
It was a beautiful morning, almost
like spring, and Ifen couldn't have
wished tor a better day to start on. The
last good-by said, he straightened up,
snillcd the coo! breeze, looked to see that
everything waas all right, and with an
"Adios, boys," was oil, waving his hand
in acknowledgment of the rousing cheer
we gave him as he reached the top of the
bill across the creek.
Jersey was only twenty odd miles
away, and Hen expected to arrive there
at noon, in time to get his diuner, dis
pose of his bronco and make the 2
o'clock train East. There was plenty of
time, bo he let his horse take its own
gait, and gave himself up to his
thoughts.
Going home I Hornet How sweet
the word sounded 1 Five years only
five, but they seemed twice aa many, lie
wondered how he had ever managed to
live through them. The first two had
not been so hard. He had been full of
hope and vigor and had told himself it
was only a little wlnle only a littlo
whilo. Then when tho reward for all
his toil seemed to be no less distant than
at first, it was hard. Sometimes he had
thought ho would give it up and go
home to confess himself beaten; then the
picture of the little brown eyed girl who
had .cried so hard tuatday intlie meadow
lot the little girl who, through her
tears, had told him to be brave (.nd pa
tient and all would be well would come
before him and he would set his teeth
hard aud "pitch" in again. Maybe it
had soured him a bit. He wondered if
sometimes he had not been rather unso
ciable, and rather poor company for his
companions, aud concluded he had.
His thoughts turned again to Molly,
How pretty and sad she had looked with
the tears on her piuk cheeks that day
(for somohow be couldn't for the life of
him think of her except as she looked
when he saw her last). He remembered
bow conscious be had been that she was
watching him' as he went down the road,
and how he dared not look back for fear
his courage would give out. And just to
think! Only a few days more, and
"Hullo! Wa al, I'll be teetotally dog
gonod 1"
The wind bad shifted around into the
north; dull gray clouds bid the blue and
gold that had made the early day so fair;
two or three flakes of snow were visible
now and then. It was one of these
striking Hen on tho cheek that caused
him to rein up his horse so suddenly and
make the above inelegant remark.
Not a living creature was in sight on
all the broad plain. lieu and his horse
were as much alone as if they had been
on the open sea. Human habitation, be
tween the "L bar" and Jersey, thero
were none. Hen dismounted aud laid
his ear to the ground, and listened in
tently for a few seconds. Yes there it
was that dull, whispering, indistinct
roar, which the plainsman knows and
fears tlioyoicc of the coming blizzard.
The horse heard it, or felt it, and turned
his head toward his master, whiunying
softly.
"Yes, ol' boy, it's comiu' oil right
'uougb." said Hen, as he rose from the
ground, "an' me'n you's got t' hustle a
hull lot, Mister Pokey, L';t 'cr slide, ol'
chap! I reckon we c'n make it."
Only twelve miles or so, aud yet Hen
knew that the blizzard might overtake
him before he had traveled four. Hu
urged his horse faster, knowing the faith
ful animal could easily stand the work.
It was growing rapidly colder, and the
few flakes of snow wero being followed
by countless thousands. The wind w.is
increasing iu velocity, and Hen, bend
ing low ower his horse's neck, could
hear the vicious "swish swish 1" of the
snow as it' was hurled throug'.i the grass
aud along the ground. Very soon it was
impossible to see more than a huadred
yards or so ahead, but lieu knew the
guneral direction, aud for safety's sake
was heading for tho stage road leading
iuto Jersey from the southwest.
On and ou they went, Pokey, alive to
the situation, pounding along at his top
traveling speed, steady as a clock. On
and on came the storm, covering horse
and rider with snow as flue as 11 our,
until they looked like ghosts. lieu,
leaning back to get his overcoat, lost tin
direction, but ho had full faith in Pokey,
and knew that the littlo animal would do
better without any piloting.
How cold it was! Hen's bauds and
toes were like lumps of ice worse, they
had hardly any feeling left in them. His
ear and check on the side exposed to the
storm, were getting nipped. Well, he
would soon strike tiiu stage road, aud
theo, if he had not miscalculated, there
would be only five or six miles "
Great Scott!"
For Pokey had given a sudden high
leap and stood still, pantiug. Almost
under his feet luy a auoivcovere 1 ob
ject, with a strange look about it. Hen
leaned down froiu tin) saddle an 1 turned
it over. It was a dead mm, holding
tight, iu the still right haud, a whip such
as stage-drivers use.
"Stage-driver, deader'n Tom Jeffer
son. Drunk, likely, an' fell ol; poor
cusal" But there was uo tiwu tu slop
and investigate. In anothor second
Pokey was turned to the left and pound
ing along up the stage road.
A dark object loomed up suddenly as
they shot past, and a sudden chill tent
tho sluggish blood coursing through
Hen s veins. Ho baited and turned
Pokey's unwilling head on the back
course.
Suro enough, it was tho stage: but
there wero no horses attached. Hen
felt around aud reached the door-handle.
A cry a child's cry came from within.
Hen tied Pokey firmly to a wheel, found
the door again, and entered.
"Thank Godl"
It was a woman's voice, aud Hen al
most fainted to think that its owner
should be in such a terrible predicament.
"Oh, sir, have you come to take us
away? The driver fell oil, I think, and
the horses bioko loose, somehow, and
we re almost frozen.
Hen could see her now. It was a
young, good-looking woman, and sue
held, tight clasped to her breast, a clnld
about three years old. Neither was clad
for such awful weather.
Hen's heart stood still for a momeut.
If that woman and child regained hero
it was almost certain death. It might
be days before help could reach him, ami
even if aid could come to them to-mor
row, they would havo frozen, mean
while. On the other hand
"Can you ride, missis?"
"Yes, indeed."
"Wal, come, then, quick!"
In another minute
"Hide straddle so. Naow, hold th'
kid 'n let th' hoss take 'is own road.
Min", naow !''
"But what are you going to "
Hen was fastening the driver's robes
about her.
"I'm all right. Naow, hang on an'
keep holt o' th' kid. Go on Pokey I
Good-by, missus I '
He was alone on the prairie iu a de
serted stage coach, with the storm howl
ing about him, and his thoughts were of
other things for a long time before he
remembered that all his money was in
his saddle-bags.
"Wa-al, chances is purty nigh agin
my ever needin' it," he muttered, in his
quaint way. "Taint like t hed a stove
an' a hull lot o' grub. She'll save it fur
me, likely, auyhaow."
It was two days later that the stage,
coming down from Jersey with several
Samaritans aboard, found him. It was
two weeks and more before he came to
himself in the hotel where he had had
every possible attention. He was, as he
himself remarked, "Glad to be alive, an'
fin' I hedn't los' no ban's n'r feet."-
But the woman and child had gone
they had left Jersey the very day thiit
Hen's halt dead form was brought iu
by the relief party and with them went
Hen's money; for the saddlebags had
been taken to the woman's room by the
hostler, and no one else had had posses
sion of them, besides which, much to
tho landlord's surprise, she had paid ber
bill with a $100 greenback when she
left. Hen's money had been mostly in
bills of that denomination.
Hen "kept a stiff upper lip" and said
little, when he got back to the ranch,
which he did in a shott time mucli to
our surprise.
" Twas all on 'caount o' them blaino
saddlebag," said he. "Ef I'd let new
fangled notious alone, an' carried th'
stuff an' other things iu my clo'e3, I'd
ben all right." San Fraicisco Examiuer.
Expensive Chessmen.
The New York Home Journal describes
a remarkable set of chessmen that have
jus) been finished by a down East me
chanic. Tho pieces are made of silver
aud bronze, aud tho period of costume
ami equipment is A. D. 1194, all the
characters being historical and contem
porary, and strictly accuruta in every do
tail of heraldic blazonry and costume.
The kn'.ghts aro iu chain mail armor,
with 'shield, ax, sword and dagger.
Their fur coats have each the individual
blazon of the wearer. The queens wear
royal robes and carry scepters. The
bishops nre in church vestments aud
carry cross and crozier. The pawns are
men at-arms in a kneeling posture, with
spear, bilihook and knife. The white
men are English, the black French. Tho
English King and Oieen are Richard I.
and bis Berengaria. The bishops aro
Herbert Walter, Archbishop of Canter
bury, and William Longchiimps, Bishop
of Ely; and tho knights are the Earl of
Salisbury and the Baron of Worcester.
The castle is Anglo-Norman, and is a
perfectly accurate representation of
feu lal architecture. The French King
ami Queen aro Philip and Ingeborg, his
Dauisli spouse, the bishops being Du
Dreux and Do Sully, of Beiuvais and
Paris. The kuightsuro also well-kuown
men of the twelfth century, ami tho
castle is Franco-Norman. Tho set has
taken upwards of six years to uiako.
How Ha Handled Rattlesnake.
Dr. Wing, tho Chiuese corn doctor, is
purchasing all the live rattlesnakes ho
eau obtaiu, which hu uses to make med
icines. Au Indian brought him ouu last
Saturday iu a tightly secured can. The
doctor had a forked stick aud as soon as
his suiikeship was released he was held
iu such a manner with the stick thai .he
could rot bite; then Wing took him iu
his left hand holding him firmly about
au inch back of the head aud then pro
ceeded to sew the suake's mouth up. Ho
then placed it in a bottle containing
alcohol aud expressed himself thusly:
"Heap good; alio samo two tree day
Klcelu cure!'1 Alturas (Cal.) Herald.
Curious Chinese .Medicines.
The Chinese medical writers recom
mend such remedies as ligcr bones,
brur's gall, ground blood, Iree bugs,
fossil crabs, fowls' gizzards, elephant
blood, "insects of linn: smells," dew
falling Iu the dark ot the iiiiou, row
hair, ground bones ot cow's knee, Job's
tears, snake skins, ground rhiuoceuM
bom, hedgehog skin and claws, dried
silk worms, aud mai.y other remedies
equally as absurd and loolish. St. Luui
itt-public,
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
There are only two works in Austria
making cast or rolled-plate glass.
It is proposed attempting to stamp out
tuberculosis in cattle in Denmark by
vaccination.
A gas engine has been mado in Eng
land 'that runs at tho rate of 540 revolu
tions a minute.
Tho results obtained from using sul
phate of copper dressing to prevent the
growth of tho fungus on potatoes are
decidedly satisfactory.
The more rapidly an animal is fattened
the less quantity of food is necessary to
sustain its vitality, so that liberal ot
abundant feeding is the most econom
ical. The oil fuel used iu p. copper-smelting
works at Kcdabcg in the Caucasus is
pumped to an elevation of 32S feet
through fifteen miles of four-inch steel
pipe.
Above the length of nineteen or twen
ty feet, snakes in the Phillipine Islands
increase greatly iu bulk for every foot of
length, so that a snake nineteen feet long
looks small beside one twenty-two feet
long.
In order to keep sea porgies through
the s u miner, the fishermen of Hhodo
Island havo nets so arranged that thu
passing schools are led up into salt-water
ponds and the channels connecting witli
the ocean are closed.
In one of tho Comstock mines a new
water-wheel is to be placed which is to
run 1150 revolutions a minute, and have
a speed at its periphery of 10,805 feet
per minute. A greater head of water
thau hs ever before been applied to a
wheel will be used.
Plans are being examined for tho con
struction of a railroad across the main
c'naiu of the Caucasus Mountains. Thu
line will have a length of 100 miles, and
will present great engineering difficulties.
There are to bo two tunnels, one four
and a third aud the other six and three
quarters miles long.
Pear growers are complaining of tho
depredations of a small suctorial iuscct,
somewhat resembling iu size nnd in its
transparent, steep-sloping wings the typ
ical plant louse, but it is readily dis
tinguished from that in its being a
jumping insect, whence it has received
the name P&ylla, meaning iu Greek a
flee.
The mysterious subject of hynuotic
influence has been agitating society iu
Calcutta, Iudia. A young Government
clerk made several attempts recently to
get married to the girl of his choice, but
each time he was mysteriously overcome
at the altar and thrown into a trance of
stupor. He has made no less thau six
attempts, failing each time.
Paper manufacture is one of the lead
ing industries of Corea. Besides its use
for writing paper, it is employed in a
great diversity of ways, such as string,
nnd in tho making of lanterns, hats,
shoe soles, coats aud boxes. It is made
from tho bush of the mulberry order,
which is indigenous, growing iu many
parts of the island, but thriving best iu
the moist, warm climate of tho South.
In walking to tho Central Park, Nen
York City, one day a Boston natuiulisl
was surprised by eomo of the trees,
shrubs and flowers he saw there. Ih
gays he found even sugar maples, Norway
maples and swamp maple". He found
moss pinks, Asiatic magnolias, lilacs,
the forsythia, tho cornelian cherry, and
other charming things that aro familiar
to Now Yorkers who stroll through the
park.
Who would think that science could
devise an apparatus or instrument for
counting the number of dust motes that
stance in a bar of suulight? No oue
would imagine that such uu unheard of
feat could be carried out with any de
gree of accuracy, but, if we are to believe
official reports, that and much more has
recently been accomplished by the mi
croscopists. At the Ben Nevis Observa
tory, Scotland, au attempt has been made
to determine the relative purity of tho
atmosphere.
Animal Hlsrtom.
We are all familiar enough with ex
amples of intelligence in cats and dogs,
but of these stories we do uot easily tire.
Here are some facts from a corre
spondent -
In moving to a new place of residence
we found on the premises a lurgo cat
which had bceu left there by a former
occupant. She was not of the real
domestic kiud, but lived principally iu
the burn, occasionally venturing into the
house to obtaiu her food. Ou one
occasion, much to tho surprise of my
wife, she camu up to her und mewed
several times, turning each time toward
the door leading to tho barn. This she
repeated uutit Mrs. N. was induced by
curiosity to follow her, when she led the
way to a barrel half full of straw, up the
tide of which she climbed, ull thu time
mewing aud looking at my wife, and
there were fivo kittens, cold and dead.
Mrs. N. remarked; "They are cold and
dead, pussy," aud the cat went away
satisfied.
She would sometimes scratch the
children, and we were fearful she would
seriously injure them, aud oue day I said
in her presence that "I would shoot
her." She was mission for about six
weeks, and of course I had then "got oil
the notion." Forest aud Stream.
Their Beloved Quill Pens.
Although the English steel pens are
as good as any iu thu world, thu use of
the quill peu is still cxteusivc through
out the British Islands. Everywhere iu
the hotels you will see quill pens lying
on the tables in the public rooms, und a
plentiful supply of quills from which
others may be made whenever then- is a
demand for them. A quill pen is so
troublesome to make, mid generally so
unsatisfactory when it is mude, that it is
impossible lo understand why the Eng
lish Bhould prefer them to tho admir
able steel peus which are sent from
Great Britain all over the world. New
York Journal,
AN KNliUSIl SWANNERY.
THR SWAN PARADISE IN THE
l.AJOON AT ABBOTSBUaY.
,n iiciont. Haunt fop Thousand, of
I In Ciraocliit llird, t'lerceneea
nl Nctlnn Swan,.
A LONDON paper (tho Specta
tor) calls tho Fleet, tho straight
lagoon which runs for nine
q 'miles from tho Isle of Portland
to Abbotsbury, behind the barrier of
Ohedl Beach, "the swan paradise," and
add:
The nine straight aailns of water be
low is only the playground of the birds;
but in spring this is forsaken, except by
a few pairs that nest on the inner side
of Chesil Beach; and the rich nnd
sheltered mead which fringes Abbot
Imry Brook is white with the graceful
forms of a thousand nesting swans. In
this their ancient haunt, so ancient that
although the hills behind are crowned
with t lie ruins of votive chapels and an
cient monasteries, the swans may claim
for their established home an equal if
not greater antiquity all tho favorite
sites were last week already occupied by
the jealous and watchful birds, each
keenly resentful of intrusion on ils ter
ritory, vet in BUeli close proximity to its
neighbors that a space of ten or twelve
feet at most divided it from ground in
"separate aud ho'tilu occupation."
Near the mouth fit a small stream which
enters the Fleet below a close and ex
tensive ocd of reed, now cut. down nnd
stored for the use of the birds when
building, lies the grouud most coveted
by the swans. 1 here, between two hun
dred and three hundred nests, or
sites for nests, were occupied on
a space of two acre9 at most. So anxious
ure the birds to secure u place on tnis
favorite spot that they remain sitting
constantly ou the place when occupied,
iu order to maintain their rights against
intruders, and there collect with their
long necks every morsel of reed nnd
grass within reach to form a platform
for the eggs. At tins time the swanhcrd
visits them constantly, and scatters bun
dies of dried reed from tho stacks, which
are eagerly gathered in by the swans and
piled round and beneath them as they
sit. These additions to tno nest go on
continually; and as the cock-swan takes
his shure.or even more thau his share, of
the duties of sitting upon the eggs, one
of the pair is always at liberty to collect
fresh material. This is maiuly piled in
a kind of wall round tho nest, the Iu
terior being already finished, and often
partly felted with a lining of swansdown
from the birds' breasis.
To the visitor who, under the guid
ance of the swanhcrd, walks on the nar
row grasspaths which wind amid the
labyrinth of nests, the colony recall
visions of visits to the islaud homes o
the great petrels or giant albatrosses iu
distant oceans. Many of the swans havo
built their nests so that they even en
croach upon the paths; and each of the
great birds as ho passes throws Hack it
snake-like head, and with raised crest
hisses fiercely and rattles the pinions of
its wings, or even leaves the nest, am
with every feather quivering with excite
ment, makes as though it would drive
the intruder from tho sanctuary. But
the presence of the swanherd generally
reassures tlio Dims, inougn tne nissiu
rises and falls as if from the throats of a
thousand angry snakes. Iu view of the
natural jealously and lierceuess of swans
in the breeding season, the comparative
gentleness of tho Abbotsbury birds, is
somewhat remarkable. On the rivers
and broads of Norfolk each pair claim
and secure a largo stretch of water for
their solo use, nnd constant and some
times fatal fights take place if the re
served territory is invaded by another
pair. There, also, the swans will occa
sionally attack not only strangers
but tho swanherds themselves, who
mviiiLr to the extent of the
stream and dykes along which the
swans nest, are, of course, less wel
known to the birds than are tho keepers
nt Abbotsbury. Mr. Stevenson was tol
by John Trott, a inaishiuaii of Stirling
limn, that lie was "attacked by an oli
male swau as ho was examining the egg!
in a ne.-t, to which, being a boggy place,
lie had crawled on his hands mid knees
The swan, coming up behind him un
perceived, struck him so violently ou
the back tint lie had dilhculty in regain
ing his boat, where hu laid for some
time iu great pain, mid though he nun
aged at length to pull home, he was
conlined to his lied for more than a
week." Another marshman was struck
r.n the thigh in the same manlier, and
described the force ol I lie blow anil the
pain occasioned by it as something ill
credible. The Abbotsbury swaus,
though not pinioned like the Norfolk
bilds, and leading a life ot freedom ou
the veige of the sea. seen to know by
instinct that the protection and safety
which they obtaiu at Abbot-dniry uro
more than enough to compensate them
for the loss of the free loin and inde
pendence which uu isolated nesting
place might give; and with the excep
tion of iilioul twenty pairs, they congre
gate us has been described, ubaudouing
not only their natural instinct for isola
tion, but also much of the combat iveness
with which this instinct is accompanied.
Fights between the cork -swans do occur.
But the swaiilicrd soon restores peace.
One liue old bird which bad quarrelled
with both of its neighbors was inado
happy by a semicircle of tamarisk boughs
stuck in the earth around its uesl, and
so clearly defiuiug its territory.
A Slrmu'e Pet.
Mrs. King, .laughter of C. II.
Jackson, who recently came from her
home in Cooper County, says the Clin
ton (Mo.) Democrat, bioirght with ber
a young oiler about seven weeks old.
The floods washed it out of ils ne-t oc
tho bunk ot the 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 j lOv-r. It is
about a foot and a half Ion.', a id prom
ises lo become u nat pet. Mr. Jack
son's little son. Arch, had it oj exhibi
tion on the street this morning, and at.
traded almost as much at'ention as au
Italian with a uiuui.ey aud baud orgau.
DON'T OBOWL.
Don't growl
For easier 'tis you'll find,
To make your mind to weather ,
Than weather to your mind.
Don't growl ...........
l).Mlt iiii:b"i iiiw,
And show your lack of wit,
For, like a lioot, a sermon hurts 1
The closer it doth fit.
Don't growl ..a..i..
For in your neighbor's view,
His neighbor is not faultless,
That neighlor being you.
lloston Herald.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
If you cannot lick a man be leuicut
with his faulty Texas Sif'.ingv
Handcuffs might appropriately bo
called snd-irons. Lowell Courier.
Stealing away from bad company is
justifiable larceny. Binghamton L-ader.
The man who wants to live iu clover
need only buy a lawn-mower. Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
That's where the shoe hurts," as tho
bridegroom muttered, rubbing the back
of his head. Truth.
It isn't so much by industry wo thrivo
as by the favor of thosu who will pay for
the fruits of it. 1 ruth.
How docs vour new errand-boy go,
Johnson?" "Tho long way.uppaiciitly,
every time." New York Truth. .
It is the man who has to live on corn
bread at homo who finds the most fault
with the pie when he travels. Uam's
Horn.
Ho "What, besides the date, do
they usually put in engagement rings."
She (poiutcdly) "Fingers." Town
Topic?.
Duck is to bo a favorito wear tliii
season, both for ladies and for gentle
men who are iu the swim. LowUl
Courier.
Thero nre people who think their
neighbors' houses nee 1 painting becauso
they do not wash their own windows.
Ham's Horn.
Thero is nothing in the world more
aggravating to a man with a secret than
to meet people who have no curiosity.
Atchison Globe.
lie "Is it true that you nre engaged
to Mr. Bartow!" She "I don't know;
the society papers haven't announced it
yet." New York Herald.
"What is a dark lior.se, papa?" asked
Freddy Gaswell. "Dark horses aro
nightmares of thu leaders, Freddy," re
plied his papa. Pittsburg Chrouiclc
Telegraph.
Drawing-Boom Innnitics ; S'ic
"No, don't sit there, Mr. Splos'uer
that's my ugly side!" He (wishing to
please) "Well :i really I don't sco
any difference I" Punch.
"Does time fly ns fast as before you
were married and were merely engaged?''
"Does it? One grocery bill doth tread
upon another's heels, so fast they fol
low." Indianapolis Journal.
There is no question of the value of
advertising, but still it doesn't justify a
young man carrying mi umbrella iu such
u way as is most likely to catch the eyo
of the public. Philadelphia Ti nei.
Dicks "Sco those two ladies over
there. They seem to be en joying tlioiu
selves hugely." Wicks "Ves; I won
der which of their dear friends they uro
picking to pieces." Huston Transcript.
"Hawkins is very fond ol his horse,
isn't he!" "Why, no, he hates him."
"That's queer. 1 saw him riding in tho
park the other day, mid ho had his arms
about the autui il's neck." Harper's Hi
zar. Key nan) "He called mo n c o.vird, a
bully and a liar; would you advise mo
to tight him?" Axletree "I don't sec
what else you can do; you would prob
ably lose a suit for slander." New Voi i
Herald.
About tho Count: Sister Ethel (who
likes him) "Well, anyway, he is a pol
ished gentleman." Brother Jack (who
does not) "Polished ennu;h, but tho
shine is all ou his clothes." Harvard
Lampoon.
"You ure a kinsman of the host, aro
you not" asked one of llie guestv.
"Ves," said tho poor relation near tho
foot of the table, bitterly. "I am his
cousin fourteen seals remove I." Chi
cago Tribuue.
Frieud "What did lie fay to yoil
when he proposed to you;" Miss II x
"lie said life v. it bout me meant not lung."
Friend "He was sincere iu that. That's)
just what his possessions mu iiiiil to."
New York Press.
Chappie "Once I was iu a tcrwiblo
storm at sea. The waves swoilcd moun
tain high." Miss l'inkcrly "Dear ine!
Weren't you afraid."' Cliuppic--"No,
indeed. 1 was wiv.l h'vavc. .My sister
was with tie." New York Herald.
"Paw, is an islet
a
littlo island''
"Yes, Auitximainder.'
let is a little chap." "!
Aud if you try any m i
kind I will warm v
" 1'heii a chap
, Vnaxiuiaindrr.
mulcts ol thai,
ja.'klct with :i
u twiglet from the
oaklet." Brooklyn,
Eagle.
Mrs. Prye "Dear nic, Mrs. Blunt,
how is it you continue to hold your ago
so well? I declare you look as young as,
you did twenty years ago." Mis. llniuu
"I don't know, unless it is thai 1 is-,
cape a great deal id care by attending tir
nobody's business but my owe." Mrs.
Prye "Yes, that may lo it; but, p.ms
thing! you can't lind much pUac.ire i:
living, can you!" lioslmi Transcript.
" There seems to be no day or no 1i.mii
of the day that you are mil after that
measly littlo bill ot yours," i-Mdaiuie.lt
liaglcy wraliilully to a iuai who had just
ciitrli d his ollicij. ! am glad to .-eo.
jou acknowledge a here. lilrr,'' said tuir
man with a sad s ei' , as lie sc. .In vu
wearily. "Hut ou aie wrong this tn.to
1 a ii not ul'ler that bill t.i day."1
"Noli" said liagley, looking upwitUi
his old cheeriness. "What is it t..c.if
"The money." Boitou Fust,