The dictionary-maker says the hor
net i a " large brown wasp of an x-
tremely pusnacious disposition." Ke
is certainly all that and something
more. Though he usually minds his
own business, he believes that posses
sion is nine points in the law and one
or two to spare. Whoever trespasses
ou his premises stands six chances in
half a dozen to set a blow between the
eyes that he won't forget during the
balance of his natural life. The weapon
he strikes with is always red hot, and
he will hit the spot he aims at as often
a Buffalo Bill.
I'uJer these circumstances, when
you nnd a hornet's nest it is always
safest for you to get behind a tree, and
let the other fellow throw clubs at the
hornets. It is not at all funny to get
stuns yourself, but it is immensely
funny to see another man get stung.
Were I a composer of proverbs, I should
s iy it is better to kiss your sweetheart
than to bare a hornet get up your trow-
sers leg. Personally I should rather
keep schoul and board round than be
stung by hornet.
Some men who are smart in other
respects don't seem to understand how
to manage these representatives of en
touiologv. I have seen men who knew
enough to keep a hotel that couldn't
boss a single hornet.
It Is very trying to a person's verbal
morality to meet In battle and be van
quished by one or several of these in
sects. Should you ever happen to no
tice a man under these circumstances
and he does not say damn, you can
make up your mind that he is a Chris
tian. It was a hornet who, not many years
ago, invented the art of making paper
from wood. All other manufacturers
are infringing on his patent.
Of the paper which he manufactures
he builds his nest or house, the walls
of which are co!Uosed of some half a
dozen thicknesses, with an air space
between, as a protection against cold
and storms. In the centre of the nest
is the nursery, which consistsof several
layers of comb, one above the other,
and all united by columns. These sec
tions of comb often contain hundreds
of cells, from half an inch to an inch in
depth, the open portion being down
ward. At the bottom (or more properly
the top; of each cell a small oval egg is
deposited, which rapidly develops into
a grub, and from the grub into a pale
and feeble looking juvenile hornet.
Food sufficient to supply the young in
sect until it is fully matured is placed
in the cell and tli- door is closed with a
thin wall of paper.
When the youthful Mr. II., thinks
himself able to face a frowning world
he eats his way through the door of his
cell and skips into the Tnited States
ready for business.
Towards the latter part of summer
the inhabitants of a single nest are a
host which no man can number.
At this time they often wander into
or about the house in pursuit of flies,
but from some defect in their evesight
they are just as liable to make a dive at
the head of a nail, or a small, dark ob
ject, as at a pestiferous fly.
It is never safe to fool with a hornet;
for, though he is very small around the
waist and rather clumsy in his move
ments, I never saw anybody of his size
that couid whip him.
Kicked by a Mul-,
Jake Johnson had a mule. There
was nothing remarkable in the fact of
his being the possessor of such an animal
but there wassometlrjg peculiar about
the mule. He, the animal, could kick
higher, hit harder on the slightest pro
vocation, and act uglier than any mule
on record
One morning, riding his proerty to
market, Jake met Jim Boggs, against
whom he had an old but concealed
grudge. He knew Boggs weakness lay
in bragging and betting; therefore he
saluted him accordingly:
'How are you, Jim? Fine n
ing."
"Hearty, squire," replied Jim
"Fine weathvr. Xice mule that you
have. Will he do to bet on r"
"Bet on Guess he will that. I tell
vou, Jim Boggs' he's the best mule in
this country."
"Great smash '. is that so?" ejaculated
Jim.
Solid truth, every word of it. Tell you
confidentially, Jim, I'm taking him
down for betting purposes. I bet he
can kick a fly off from any man without
its hurting him."
"Now, look here, squire," said Jim,
"I am not a betting character, but I'll
bet you something on that myself."
"Jim, there's no use ; don't bet I don't
want to win your money."
"Don't be alarmed squire, I'll take
such bets as them every time."
"Well' if you are determined to bet
I will put up a small stake sav live
dollars "
"All right, spiire, you're my man.
But who'll he kick the fly off? There is
no one here but you and I. You try
it."
"Xo," says Johnson : "I have to be by
the mule's head to order him."
"Oh ! yaas." says Jim. "Then proba
bly I'm the man. Wa'al, I do it; but
you are to In-t ten against mr five, if I
risk it."
"All right," quoth the squire.
"Xow there's a fly ou your shoulder.
Stand still." And Johnson adjusted the
mule.
"Whilst. Jervy,"said he.
The mule raised his heels with such
velocity and force, that Boggs rose in
the air like a bird, and alighted on all
fours in a muddy ditch, bang up agaiust
a rail fence.
Rising
claimed.
in towering rage, he ex-
"Yass. that is smart ! I knew your
darned mule couldn't do it. You had
that all put up. I wouldn't be kicked
like that for forty dollars. You can just
fork over them ere stakes for it any
way."
"Xot so fast, Jim; Jervey did just
what I said he could ; that is, kick a fly
off a man without its hurting him. You
see the mule is not injured by the opera
tion. However, if you are not satified,
we will try it again as often as you
wish."
"The deuce take you," growled Jim.
'-I'd rather have a barn fall on me at
once, than have that critter kick me
again. Keep the stakes, but don't say
anything about it."
And Boggs trudged on in bitterness
of soul, murmuring to himself, "sold by
thunder; and kicked by a mule!"
Wbik Tora Lim u Oct or Obdcb. use Dr.
Jayne's Sanative mis. and you will bring back
Ih.s organ to a nealtUy condition, and get rid
01 am)' dlslresbUig aympuuna.
AGRICULTURE.
PhOTECTLSO CORNFIEt-DS FROM BlBDS,
The crow, the blackbird and the blue
jay are the only birds that molest corn
fields, and this for a period of about two
weeks, starting from the time the crop
is np. To protect the fields against their
depredations many devices are resorted
to, two of which are at least effectual.
the rest doing little or nothing in avert
ing the mischief. 1 he first is the run
ningof- a twine around the field, ele
vated six or eight feet from the ground
on poles; out this requires time and is
somewhat expensive. The other is to
sow corn over the field to feed the hun
err birds. It is not necessary to extend
this sowing over more than a small por
tion or the ground at two or tnren dif
ferent places, on the head-lands. The
depredators would soon discover the
charitable donation and be perfectly
satisfied with the arrangement, leaving
the young plants unharmed. Jn
providing this remedy the ttme spent
would be trilling, and the whole cost
from half to a bushel of corn. But it
should be remembered that the crow
never eats hard corn. If found hard
it is carried off, six to eight grains at a
time, and buried until it becomes soft.
Therefore the corn, before being scat
tered, a portion at a time, should be first
well soaked. w ith this precaution we
think we can promise any cornfield to
be free from the depredations so much
complained of in certain seasons.
Milk, Cheese and Scoar are all arti
cles of prime necessity, and are also
products of agriculture; the first two
are now produced largely by co-opera
tive effort among the farmers, and the
last can be as well, if the cheese facto
ries now organized would add the requi
site machinery lor grating and pressing
the sugar beets, such as is now used
for making cider, and such a pan as is
used for evaporating sorghum juice,
will answer the purpose as well as that
more costly. If the farmers should
raise the sugar beets, the leaves and
pulp of which are good for stock, par
ticularly milch cows, improving the
quality, as well as increasing the quan
tity ot the milk produced, the patrons
of the cheese factory would be bene
fitted pecuniarily, and as cheese is an
article of large export demand and
sugar principally imported, if these
interests were united, as suggested
above, it would benefit the whole coun
try, and the dairy interest in particu
lar. The cost of the necessary appa
ratus is but little and the product large;
it adds another remunerative crop to
those now grown, and as all the mineral
elements are again returned to the soil,
its capacity for larger eroiws is increased
without any extra expense, which en
ables the farmer to carry more stock,
and consequently increase his protlts
from the sale of its products.
Rice for Yocng Chickens. In some
localities it is dillicult to get chicks
through the first two weeks after they
are hatched, for the little complaints of
this early period are often more numer
ous and critical than at any other period
or their lives, heed is the first con
sideration, and pure water a great es
sential for them from first to last. Corn-
meal is the one article of chicken diet
which has been the .main dependence
for generations; but some experiments
with rice last year convinced us that for
young chicks it is equal to anything, if
not superior to every thln else. Broods
fed upon rice alone all lived and grew
finely on a single handful at a feed for
the hen and her brood. An inferior
quality, known to the trade as broken
rice, is just as good for feed; and it
takes so little for a feed that the ex
pense is no greater in the North than
cornmeal, while in the South it is the
cheapest feed known.
Feeding for Milk. The most econ
omical food for milk cows is a mixture
ot bay, meal and bran ; and the most
economical way of feeding these is to
cut the hay, moisten it, and sprinkle
the meal and bran over it. This gives
some trouble, but it pays. From our
own practice, we believe twenty-five
per cent, of the feed is saved. One
bushel of cut hay, and two and a half
quarts of corn meal and bran, mixed in
equal proportions, is a feed for a cow in
good milk. To some cows more of the
meal and bran may be given profitably ;
this must be found by testing the dlflrr-
ent cows. 1 he above feed is for half a
day that is, it is given twice in the
day, making five quarts of the meal and
bmn daily. In addition to the above
feed, a few pounds of dry hay, or some
roots, may be given at noon.
Death to Potato Bcgs. Before
planted potatoes make their appear
ance, cut up a sufficient quantity of old
potatoes, and thoroughly saturate them
with Paris green, and place them on the
hills, not on all the hills, but on enough
to attract the bugs say on every filth
or Bixth hill, some half a dozen pieces
in a place and the bugs will go for
them, and they will as surely die there
if they eat of them, that is, if the pieces
are thoroughly poisoned. Be thorough
in your work and in this way the bugs
can be exterminated. I hope all the
farmers who plant potatoes will take
this precaution to exterminate this
pest. There can be no question as to
its emcacy.
Volcano-Worship In Java.
The Sltimut, or SI'twtHtiin Ilromck,
that is, the blessing or worthipping the
volcano, is a ceremony which the
Javanese hold every year. When we
reached the place, everything bore an
aspect not unlike that of an English
fair. Eatables of all kinds were dis
played upon portable stands, and gayly
dressed groups were parading about.
There were old men and woia-.n who
had come for the last time to pay their
respect to theirsliri ue, and they watched
with delight the gambols of their grand
children, of whom there seemed to be
no end, who were sjiorting around.
Everybody seemed bent on having a
good time. Xear the shore of the sea
were placed a score of mats, on each of
which knelt a young priest, having be
fore him a lot of myrrh, aloes and other
spices, which are sold for oflerings.
At right angles with this row of mats
was another row, with the same num
ber of priests, all kneeling in Arab
fashion, their bodies partly resting on
the calves of their legs. They were
older than the others, perhaps the
patriarchs of their respective villages.
Before each of them were small packets
containing incense, chins of sandal
wood and the like; and wooden censers
from which arose clouds of aromatic
perfume. Behind each priest knelt or
squatted an umbrella bearer, sheltering
his reverence from the sun. Crowds
stood close by, waiting for the consecra
tion of their oflerings, which consisted
mainly of fruits, baskets of rice, pouitry
cakes, strips of cloth, small coins and
the like. Service at length began.
There were some nioineuts of prayer,
according to a prescribed ritual. Then
the priests sprinkled consecrated water
over the offerings. After another
prayer by the priests, in which many
of the auditors joined, the eldest priest
rose up, followed by the others, and
shouted Ayo'. Ayo'. Brow-lc! 'Forward!
Forward ! to Bromok !' whereupon the
whole mass of people made a tremeu-
dous rush for the volcano, the first one
who gained the ridge counting himself
favored by fortune, and certain of future
good luck. The manifold votive offer
ings were then handed to the priests,
who mumbled a few indistinct words
over them, and pitched them into the
crater. j
SCIENTIFIC.
A description is given of a paper carpet
now made in England, and designed to
imitate parquet flooring, the paper
being printed in patterns to imitate
different woods from photograph, so
that, as it ia stated, the resemblance is
absolutely perfect. The floor Is first
prepared by being made perfectly level,
and the crevices filled op with plaster
of Paris: over the surface, as thus pre
pared, bession Is stretched, and on this,
first, lining paper and then the
patterned paper is pasted, the whole
being finished with a coating of a pe
culiar Kind or varnish, described as
wonderfully hard and wear-resisting,
This kind of carpeting can be kept per
fectly clean with the greatest ease, aud
though the wearot paper carpeting may
be thought problematical, the inventor
states that be has had rooms covered
with it for some sixteen months, with
out showing any appreciable signs of
wear, its appearance, also, Is very
satisfactory to the eye.
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In general it may be said that plants
whose wood endures in wet soils, ex
periencing only a slow alteration, con
tain, in the wood itself, tannin, whether
associated with resinous matters or
otherwise. Among such woods may be
noticed the Quebracho, a tree belong
ing to the family of the Apocineie,
specimens of which were displayed by
various South American States at the
Vienna Exhibition. In Paraguay the
wood of the tree has long been in use
()r dyeing brown shades., though the
employment of the wood as a tanning
and dyeing agent is of more recent
date, it contains a colorable compound
which, under the influence of light and
air, is transformed into an orange yel
low dye, and it is also possible to obtain
from the same wood a very beautiful
yellow coloring compound.
Surgeon Major Crosse Johnston of the
British army has lately made a remark
able report as to the heat of tne body in
different dim at 8. This is pui down in
medical works as being in temperate
climates about 98.4 Fahrenheit, and Dr.
Becker has estimated the increase in
hot climes at 0.5 Fahrenheit to one
degree of increase in the temperature of
the atmosphere. In September, 1876 at
Bellary, where the mean temperature
was S1.7, Dr. Johnston made observa
tions morning and night for a week
upon sixteen healthy men, who had
been residing in India at least three
years, and found that the temperature
ander the arm had a mean of 97.69
only which is lower than the calcula
tion of Dr. Becker, or than the mean
temperature of men in temperate
climates. The experiments were
repeated with the utmost care, and went
to confirm the conclusion that the beat
of the body is lower in tropical than in
temperate climate.
The First UstUe In California.
The first battle in California between
the Americans and Mexicans, in which
blood was spilled, was fought on
the 24th day of June, 1S4C, on the plains
between Petaluma and San Raphael,
between a party of Californians, under
the command of Captain Del la Torre,
eighty-six strong, and a small detach
ment of the Patriot Army, under Lieu
tenant Ford, now Captain Ford, twenty-two
strong. Some days previous to
the battle, Del la Torre crossed the bay
with 70 men, and was joined by a small
party which had been colleeted by Cor
reo and Fadilla on the north side. The
garrison at Sonoma being informed that
three Americans were prisoners in La
Torre's camp, a party of twenty-two,
under Lieutenant Ford, left Sonoma on
the 2:ld. On their arrival at Santa Rosa
Plains, they ascertained from some
prisoners whom they had taken that
La Torre had gone by the Lagones to
wards San Raphael, they followed all
night and came up with the enemy, en
camped for breakfast in the edge of a
plain, bordering on a brushwood of
several acres. Lieutenant Ford, with
several of his men, charged upon them
in such a manner as to draw them to
the edge of the wood, where the re
mainder of his force was stationed ; the
enemy charged so closely that the fire
of our riflemen was very effective.
Having several prisoners to guard, there
were only eighteen men engaged. They
fired only about eighteen or twenty
shots, and, from the best information
we can get, the enemy lost eight killed
and two wounded, while our men were
not touched under a discharge of near
two hundred muskets. The enemy re
tired to a hill about a mile off; our party
then stopped at a corall, in full view,
and changing their tired horses for fresh
ones from the enemy's cavallada, with
the prisoners whom they had rescued,
and those of the enemy whom they had
previously taken, retired to the garrison
at Sonoma. Lieutenant Ford d is played
the most perfect coolness, judgment
and daring bravery. The whole party,
with two or three exceptions, distin
guished themselves for bravery and
discretion.
DOMESTIC. ;
How to Lat Shisgles. Xot one half
the persons who lay shingles when
making a roof on a building have any
correct ideas in regard to making a roof
that will be absolutely rain-tight during
a driving storm of rain. We have fre
quently seen men shingling who, when
they would meet with a worthiest
shingle, say onoe in laying two or three
courses, would lay this poor shingle
among the good ones saying: "It
only one poor shingle, one shingle can
not make a poor roof." Hut one poor
shingle will make a leaky one. If first-
rate shingles are used and one poor one
Is worked in among every 100, that roof
might as well nave been without any
shingles. If any poor shingles are to
he used, let them be laid together near
the upper part of the roof. The best of
shingles will not make a tight roof if
not properly laid, while the same
shingles would make an excellent roof
If laid as shingles should be.
To Wash Blankets. Have plenty of
warm water, in which you have pre
viously melted about a quarter of
pound of white soap, free from rosin
stiring well until it is a lather, add to
this one teacupful of magical mixture,
stir again, put in four blankets and turn
them around in it for ten minutes,
keeping the boiler on the range, but do
not allow it to boil ; take them out in
clear water and rub them, raise them
in the water slightly blued, wrinz and
snap and shake them until the water is
out of them, then let them get perfectly
ury and press them under damp muslin
It will require two persons to handle
mem.
Dressing fob Lkttcce or Caxnkd
Salmon. Take the yolk of a large egg
beat in a few drops at a time the best
olive oil (using a silver fork), adding
ou tin tne egg begins to thicken ; then
you may put in a teaspoon fu I of oil at a
time, beating constantly, until the eirsrs
have absorbed enough oil to make it as
thick as niusb. Thin airain eraduallv
with a little white wine vinegar to the
consistency oi very tnicK cream; add
one teaspoon ful each of salt and English
mustara itne latter orevlouslv made
into a smooth batter as for table use) :
sharpen to taste with cayenne pepper.
Repotting Plants. If the roots be
come pot-bound, of plants that have
been blossoming all winter in the house,
it will become necessary to repot thein
in the spring, and the best time to do so
will be during the months of April and
May. Or, if you wish, you may put
them out in the ground, trimming them
up, aim tney win soon sprout again,
making nice plants. The branches
trimmed off will make good slips and
nue blooming tan plants lor next
utumn.
Salt for Bedbugs. To get rid of
bedbugs, wash the room and the furni
ture of the room they frequent with salt
water, tilling the cracks with salt, and
you may look in vain for them. Salt
seems inimical to bedbugs, and they
will not trail through It. I think it
preferable to all ointments, and the
buyer requires no certificate as to its
genuineness.
Dr. Nichols, who has made a series
of dietetic experiments on himself, has
arrived at the conclusions that if the
stomach is allowed to rest, any case of
dyspepsia may he cured; that the diet
question was at the root of all diseases;
that pure blood can only be made from
pure food, and if the drink of a nation
were pure and free from stimulating
qualities, and the rood was also pure,
the result would be pure health.
Hurry Pies. Take lieht bread, cut
slices one inch thick and as large as you
wish; cut on the crust; put the slices
n a plate, and spread a layer of fruit.
either preserved or stewed, over them ;
then put a few spoonfuls of cream over,
and navor as you choose. It is nice and
handy for tanners' wives.
Don't do That. ever use soap to
wash hair brushes, lake a piece of soda,
dissolve it in warm water, stand the
brush in it, making sure that the water
only covers the bristles. It will almost
instantly become white and clean. Place
it in the air to dry, with the bristles
downward, and it will be as firm as a
new brush.
Apple Ccstard Pie. Three cupfuls
stewed apples, nearly a cupful of sugar;
six eggs, one quart of milk. Sweeten
the apples well and let cool, mix the
eggs with the apples, season with nut
meg, stirring iu the milk slowly. One
crust.
Short Hair a Badge of Slavery.
Be this as it may, however, the widely
prevalent custom of taking the hair of
the slain, cither with or without a part
of the skin, has nearly everywhere re
sulted in the associations between short
hair and slavery. This association ex
isted among both Greeks aud Romans:
" The slaves had their hair cut short as
a mark of servitude." Ae find it thus
throughout America. " Socially the
slave is despised, his hair is cut short,"
says Bancroft of the Xootkas. " The
privilege of wearing longhair was rigo
rously denied " to Carib slave aud cap
tives, says Edwards. The slavery that
punished criminality was similarly
marked. In Xicarauga "a thief had
his hair cut off, and became a slave to
the person that had been robbed till he
was satisfied." And this badge of sla
very was otherwise inflicted as a pun
ishment. By the Central Americans a
suspected adulterer " was stripped and
his hair was cut (a great digrace)."
One ancient Mexican penalty " was to
have the hair cut at some public place."
And during medi;eval times in Europe
cutting of hair was enacted as a punish
ment. Of course there follows a cor
relative distinction ; long hair became
honorable. If among the Chibehas
the greatest affront that could be put on
a man or a woman was to have their
hair cropped ;" the assimilation to slaves
in appearance was the obvious reason,
the honorableness of long hair being an
implication. "The Itzaex Indians,"
says Fraucourt, " wore their hair as
long as it would grow; indeed, it is a
most difficult thing to bring the Indians
to cut their hair." Long hair is a mark
of distinction among the Tongans, and
none are permitted to wear it but
the principal people. Similarly with
the Xew Caledonians and various others
of the uncivilized, and similarly with
semi-civilized Orientals, ' the Ottoman
princes have their beard shaved off, to
show that they are deiiendant on the
favor of thu reigning emperor." Bv
the Greeks, " in manhood, ....the hair
was worn longer," and " a certain po
litical signiflcancy was attached to the
hair." In northern Europe, too,
among the Franks... .the serfs wore their
hair less long and less carefully dressed
than freemen,'' and the freemen less
long than the nobles : The long hair
of the Frank kings is sacred. ...It is for
them a mark and honorable prerogative
of the royal race." Clothair and Childe
bert, wishing to divide their brother's
kingdom, consulted respecting their
nephews, " whether to cut off their
hair so as to reduce them to the rank of
subjects or to kill them." I may add
the extreme case of the Japanese Mik
ado : " Xeither his hair, beard, nor nails
are ever avowedly cut that his sacred
person may not be mutilated," such
cutting as occurs being done while be
is supposed to sleep. J
HUMOROUS.
Anecdote of Liscoln. "One day,"
said Mr. Lincoln, "when I first came
here, I got into a fit of musing in my
room, and stood resting my elbows on
the bureau. Looking into the glass it
struck me what an awfully ugly man I
was. The fact grew on me, and I made
up my mind that I must be the ugliest
man in the world. It so maddened me
that I resolved, should I ever see an
uglier, I would shoot him at sight.
Not long after tnis Andy (naming
a lawyer present) "came to town, and
the first time 1 saw him I said to myself,
'There's the man.' I went home, took
down my gun, and prowled round the
streets waiting for him. He soon came
along. 'Halt, Andy,' said I, pointing
my gun at him. 'Say your prayers, for
I'm going to shoot you.'
"Why. Mr. Lincoln, what's the
matter? what have I done?'
" 'Weil, 1 made an oath that if I ever
saw a man uglier than I am, I'd shoot
him on the spot. You are uglier, sure
so make ready to die.'
'"Mr. Lincoln, do you really think
I'm uglier than you?
"'Yes.
" 'Well, Mr. Lincoln.' replied Andy
deliberately, and looking me squarely
in the face, 'if I am any uglier, jtre
aaayr"
A Rosr Future. They were in the
bell tower of the city hall recently, and
she leaned her yellow-haired head on
his agricultural shoulder and listened
to the mighty "tick! tick! tick!" of
the bin clock.
"We don't want such a big clock as
that, do we darling?" she whispered
"Xo, my little daisy," he answered
as he hugged her a little closer; "1 kin
buy a clock for two dollars which'U
run three days to this clock's two. I've
got her picked out already !"
"We'll be very, very happy," she
sighed.
"You bet we will! I've figured it
right down fine, and I believe we can
live on twelve eggs, one ixiund of sugar,
ten pounds of flour and one pound of
butter.
"And you'll bave a bank account?
she pleaded.
"I will, even if I have to buy
second-hand one!"
"And will we keep a coachman?"
"Yes."
"And have a piano?"
"Yes, darling."
"And I can bave some square pillows
with shams on them? "
"Yes, my tulip yes! We'll sham
every durnedthing from cellar to garret,
have the front door painted blue, and
but less go n look at some second
hand cook stoves !"
Unnumbered Progeny. A Massa
chusetts exchange is responsible for
story of a father who, feeling aggrieved
that his son did not pass an examination
for promotion from a primary to an
intermediate school, called umii the
committee for explanation, bringing
the boy with him. The father said he
wanted to know how it nappened that
Charles did not pass. Hie committee
niormed him that there was no such
boy as Charlie G examined.
"Ot course he was. and here is the
bor to sneak for himself. How is it.
Charlie?"
The boy meekly replied. "My name
Is not Charlie."
"It isn't Charlie? What is it then?"
"I am Frank," said the boy.
"So you are," apologized the father,
l thought it was Charlie. 1 have so
many 1 can hardly tell one boy from
anotner."
The puzzled papa received the desired
information, and then took "Frank"
home, probably to take account of stock.
A bailie of Glasgow was noted for
the simplicity of his manners on the
bench. A youth was charged before
him with abstracting a handkerchief
from a gentleman's pocket. The indict
ment being read, the bailie, addressing
the prisoner, remarket, "I hae nae doot
ye did the deed, for 1 had a hankerchief
ta en oot o' my ain pouch this vera
week." I lie same magisterial logican
wis on another occasion seated on the
bench, when a case of serious assault
was brought forward by the public
prosecutor. Struck by the powerful
phraseology of the indictment, the bailie
proceeded to say, "lor tin malicious
crime ye are fined half a guinea."
"What's your occupation. Bub?',
asked a visitor at the Capitol of a bright
boy whom he met in the Corridor.
The boy happened to be a page in the
House.
"1 am running for Congress, sir," he
replied.
Said a young doctor to a lady patient :
You must take exercise for your
health, my dear." "All right," said
she; I'll jump at the first oflVr." They
were married about six mouths after
wards. A favorite age among Congressmen
mile-age.
Aa Apuallins; MUtake.
Charles Bjillentine, in his progress up
Monroe aveutie, jut covered a twenty
foot sidewalk. Some people asserted
that he was notdruuk, but only waiting
waiting for a civil engineer to survey
him a direct route. Others ortered to
bet an old wagon against a pair of over
shoes, that the man had always walked
that way from his birth, in order to
receive the full benefits of any and
every sidewalk. It was left to Charles
himself to decide the uuerv. He
suddenly halted, pitched forward, and
as he stood face to face with a very thin
man who carried a very thick cane and
was out to air his consumption, he called
out :
'Wishernierry Chrizmus. Whaz you
git in y'r shocking laas nize?"
"Christina- stocking last night !"
exclaimed the astonished individual.
'Sir! you must be drunk !"
Ish zhis Xew Years?" vacantly
asked Mr. Ballentine.
"Git out! You are growing drunker
all the time!"
Mus' be Forze July then 'rah for
St. Pacrick Wash'tun!"
Charles was taken into custody. Even
policeman with red hair could no
longer doubt that It was time for the
law to step ia aud freeze the stranger's
itals with terror.
'"Mr. Ballentine, have vou got the
kinks out of your tangled brain yet?"
asked the court as the man sheepishly
stood before the bar.
"I don't believe it's April Fool Dav,"
evasively replied the prisoner."
The remnants of that drunk still
hang by you," sighed the court, "Xow
that I look into your eyes I see that you
are only three-quarters drunk. While
you seem to be a peaceful sort of a man,
observe that you need washing aud
combing and scouring up for the spring
trade. I can either hire Brother Gard
ner to whitewash your legs and kalsom-
ine the rest of your body, or send you
up for thirty days. 1 guess I'll elevate
vou.'
"I wouldn't do that by you!" pro
tested the man.
I know you wouldn't. You'd let
me go forth to fall into the river and be
come a parboiled cadaver. My respect
for you induces me to ask thai you step
into the corridor, take a seat on a nail
keg and keep your toes turned in till
the police barouche canters up and calls
for your check."
"That's the meanest trick ever served
on me !" sighed Charles as the back of
his head appeared to the audience like
a rutabaga stuck full of wheat straws.
YOUTHS' COLUMy.
Tieo Brave Boys. la certain village
la Hungary lived a poor widow. She
was very ill. and in want of firewood.
so she sent her two children out into
the fore-t with a barrow. One of these
boys was 10, the other 8 years old. It
was winter, and the ground was deeply
covered with snow.
As they were on the way with their
barrow, they came to a church.
"Janko," said the youger, "I feel
very strange. It seems to me as if some
misfortune would happen to us to-day
Let us go into the church before we go
further."
His brother said, "I am quite wil
ing."
So they left the barrow at the church
door, went in, knelt down, and prayed
Then they went on farther, feeling
cheerful and of good courage, although
thev often fell down in the snow.
They found plenty of wood, and, while
they were busy gathering it op
and binding it fast upon the barrow.
ihey saw two wolves in the distance
running straight upon them. What
could the poor children do now?
To run away from the wolves was per
fectly impossible- There was not i
tree near in to which they could have
climbed, for round there was only low
brush-wood. Even if there had been a
tree ever so high it would not have
helped them, for the wolves would have
kept watch be ow, aud they would have
starved to death !
What did they do. then. In their dis
tress? The eldest, a brave determined
boy, made the little one lie down on the
ground; then he covered him with the
barrow, threw as much wood as he
could upon if, and called to him:
"Do not move. I am not afraid."
"Oh, Janko!" said the younger one
crying. "If we should perish, our
mother will die of grief."
The little fellow remained under the
barrow and the dry wood : the elder
stood up before him, holding his ax,
When one wolf, which had run the
fastest, came up. he dealt him such a
blow on the neck that he fell to the
ground dead.
At this moment the other wolf seized
him bv the arm and threw him to the
ground. In terrible pain and fear, he
seized the monster with both bands Dy
the throat, and held hisopen jaws away
from him without screaming, how
ever, for he did not wlsn his brother to
come out and show himself to the wolf,
and so risk his life. But a terrible fear
came over the younger boy in his hid
ing place.
ile threw off from him the barrow
and wood, seized the ax, which had
fallen on the ground, and smote the
wolf on his back several times with all
his miht. The beast now turned upon
bis enemy, whom he would undoubted
ly have lorn to pieces, had not the
other boy sprung up. quick as lightning
and struck the wolf in the head with
his ax, so that he at once fell down
dead.
Thus the two boys, overcame two
ravenous beasts without receiving
themselves ai y dangerous wounds.
Then they knelt down and thanked
God for their wonderful preservation,
and then returned home rejoicing, with
the wood in their barrow.
When they got home they told their
mother what had taken place. She was
amazed at the bravery of the boys, and
blessed God for giving them the
victory.
1 hey brought home the carcasses of
the wolves ou the barrow, and showed
them to all the people in the village,
and the boys ever after were considered
the heroes of the place.
The Srory that Wouldn't be Told. "Do
tell me one more story; just one more !"
said the little boy.
It certainly was getting late. The
fire lighted the room, the shadows
danced in the corners. Down in the
kitchen they were hurrying with the
dinner, and in a moment nurse would
co me in to take the boy to bed. But all
made him want to stay. lie was very
comfortable in his mamma's lap, and
he was in no haste to go upstairs to
Maggie and the nursery.
lhen his mamma kissed him right on
the tip of his little nose, and said :
"But you most go to bed sometime."
"Please, mamma dear," he said
pushing his curly head almost under her
arm, "just one little story."
"Just one: iou can choose it, but
mind, a little one!"
'You know what one I want. Of
course about the giant Tancankeroare
ous, and how he stole the slipper of the
princess for a snuff-box, and how the
1 rinceLiniberlocks climbed up a cherry
tree into the giant's room. That is the
story I like!"
"And it must be the 'amen storv to
night. Well: Once upon a time the
Princess Thlstleblossoin stood on one
foot, while "
"Xo, no," Interrupted The Story,
you need not tell mk! Tell some other
tory. I am tired of being said over
and over. Every night, as soon as your
bed-time conies, and you are so sleepy
that you don't want to go to bed. vou
ask for me, and I have to be told. 1 am
sick of it and 1 want to rest."
"But I want vou," said the boy. "I
ike you best of all my stories. 1 like
that part where the giant comes in and
calls out '1'ortek!' in such a loud voice
that the gate shakes all the bolts loose."
"1 suppose you do like it," said The
Mory; "anybody would. lama very
good story, and very lit to be told last,
although 1 cannot see why that is any
rt-Ason for calling me the 'amen story.'
That is foolish, think! But at anv
rate, that is no reason for telling me
every night. Let your mamma It'll you
Cock Kubin, or Jack the Giant Killer.
1 hey are plenty good enough.
1 Uon t want them," said the little
boy, beginning to cry ; "1 went you ! I
wont go to sleep all night if mamma
don't tell you."
' dont care!" said The Storv; "you
needn't cry for me. I've made up my
mind. You wont hear me to-night.
That's as sure as your name is Paul."
And it was just as The Story said.
there was no use in the boy's crying.
for off went The Story, and it was not
told that night; but it is my private
opinion that the boy did go to sleep
alter all.
A Pen Fictur.
A few months, or even weeks, since, bet
pallid countenance waa the very type of rnddy
health the dnlight of the achool and tha
pride ot the household. She was always wel
come wherever duty or pleasure led her. Dili
gent, punctual and exemplary in the class
room, obedient and loving at home, she won
tha hearts of all But alas ! those glowing
cheeks and hps are now blanched by consump
tion. The voice once so enchanting in laugh
and song ia feeble, hurky and broken by a
hollow couth. Let us approach her couch and
gently take her bloodless hand in our own.
Do not ah adder because of its feeble, passion-
i grasp, lne band onoe so warm and
plump shows its briny outlines, while the cords
and tortuous veiiia are plainly mapped upon
its surface. The pulse that bounded with re
pletion, imparting beautv. vivaeitv. health and
strength to the system, ia delicate to the
touch. The enervated heart feebly propels
the thin, scanty blood. Must we lose her
while yet so young and so fair ? No. There
is relief. But something more ia required
than the observance of hygienic rules, for en
feebled nature calls for aid and she must have
it. Administer this pleasant medicine. It ia
invigorating. It allays the irritable cough,
improves the appetite and digestion, and send
besJthv tingle tnrongn ner wnoie neing.
The blood ia enriched, nervous power in
creased, and 'he heart bounds with a new im
pulse. Her face brightens the blood ia re
turning, her voice ia clearer, and her reqnesta
are no longer delivered in that peevish, fretful
tone o deadening to empathy. Her step is
still faltering, but strength is rapidly return
ing. Let na take her out in the warm, life
giving sunshine. In a few weeks she will go
without our aid and be able to join her wo
panina in their pleasant pastimes, and feel
ner whole being "warmed and expanded into
perfect hfe." Tha change ia so great that we
think she ia sweeter and nobler than aver be
fore. And the medicine which has wrongbt
thia transformation, we look upon aa a bless
ing to humanity, for there are other loved
ones to be rescued from the grasp of the in-
iidiona destroyer. Dr. mere s Golden Medi
cal Discovery baa raised net; It will
others.
afrsterious Moanda In Mlnsourt.
Excitement prevails at Warrensbnrg,
Mo., over the discovery of the remains
and relics or some of the aucient monnd
builders. Several crypts or vaults
walled in with dressed limestone have
been opened upon the bluffs of Black
water river, about two miles from town,
in which are found specimens of pot
tery, stone pipes, and various imple
ments whose use is not known. Twenty-four
skulls were taken out recently,
all of which are so frail, howeyer, as to
be difficult of removal. The same is
true of the pottery, which is evidently
of a very ancient type, and upon some
of which are unintelligible inscriptions.
The students of the normal school are
intensely excited, and a large number
of them are now at the mounds, con
stantly discovering something of inter
est. Their eagerness interleres with
the care necessary to the preservation
of the articles disinterred. The vaults
so far explored are about ten feet square
and six feet high. There are a large
number of these mounds on the banks
of the Blackwater, at that place, some
of them covered with very large trees.
Tb Coanmoai Enemy.
lo order to make headway againat the com
mon enemy, Iiinease. it ia necenwary to oppose
him with persistent e. It very frequently hap
pens that a remedy perfectly adequite to the
necessities of the case, ir persisted in. in con
dxmnrd and thrown aside because a few d aes
of it do not enre a maladv. liow unreasona
ble and uoiust would such a judgment be
Karding liostetter's Stomach Bitters, one of
the most popnlar and bignly sanctioned rned
i ctues of the day. a potent inviuorant and an
luvanablv successful remedy for constipation,
dyspepsia, liver complaint, incipient rhenma
tism and gout, inactiv ty and weakness of Vta
kidueva aud bladder, and for the inrinnitiea
incident to the decline of life. No fact ia bet
ter established than the above, vet in order to
experience its truth, those afflicted with ob
stinate forma of disease should give this be
nignant curative a patient tr.ai. If they do.
fiey may rely upon decisive curative results.
The TtFAenn after taktnsr powerful etimn-
IanU. permanentlT injures the numan system.
Scheuck a Seaweed Tonic ia mild in its action
yet powerful in effect, and will rapidly
strengthen and build np tne enervated organs.
It does not produce auv artificial excitement.
followed by a atata of lethargy. Its benehta
ire nenuaneiit. for dyspepsia and debility it
ia invaluable.
For sale by all druggists.
Mothers, Homer. Alwtbera.
Dent fad to procure MB9. WINHLOW8
dOOIHINO SYRUP tor all diseases of teeth
ing in children. It relieves the child from
pain, cores wind eolio, regulate the bowels,
and by giving relief and health to the child.
gives rest to the mother
A Turnkey Made Happy.
Mark Hamilton. Turnkey at Fifth District
Police Mtatiou. Philadelphia, says : "Having
suffered with Rheumatism for hve years, find
ing no relief from remedies or physicians, dis
gusted with medicine, aud despairing or being
cured. 1 tried Us. Hebxdox s ur?sr.T s OUT.
and was entirely cured by a single bottle, and
feel as well as ever I did In my life.' hold by
ail Philadelphia druggists.
Reliable Dry Uoods House.
If vou want Silks, Black Goods, Dress Goods
or Dry Goods of anv kind, below market prices.
and bave the advantage of all the great trade
sales, and of losses made by importers, send
vour orders or wnte lor samples to c
Dewees, 7'25 Chestuut street, Philadelphia.
Une price to au, and that the lowest.
nitr.w. rSKWajov celkkt at CH AHO
Vlfclfi, PIL.IJS are prepared prvly to curt Sick
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mrvanv ca. Price awe., sortam In-. S.M bv al
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Tne Great Spring Medlclne
la Hoofland'a German bitten. It tones tb
stomach aud ansista DiKeation. It areuses the
Liver to healthy action, and regulates the
bowels. It purines the Blood, and givea vigor
and strength to the whole system, dispelling
all Dyvpepuo symptoms, with its loss of appe
tite, mck tieaaac-ne, languor and depression.
It infuses new hfe and energy into the whole
being. All suffering from deranged diuestioa
at this tune should take HootUnd's German
Bitters, They are sold bv all Druggists.
Johnston, Holloway Jc Co, COi Arch alreet,
Philadelphia.
Rhenmatitm Quickly Cored.
'Durang's Rheumatic Re rued v." the great
Internal Mrlicine, will p ositively cure any case
of rheumatism "n the face of the earth. Price
tl a bottle, sii bottles ti So d by all Drug
gists. Send for eirrular to Uelpenstiue &
Beniley, Druggists. Washington. D. C
VEGETINE
REPORTS FROM OHIO.
SriSGnm, O., Feb. XS, 1S7T.
If R. H. R Sncvixs :
I have sold tn v. gt-tlne forseveral yesr. and
from personal knowledge or mv cusuiniers v, bo
h ve boughl II. I do cheerfully recommend it
lor the cumpiainrs for which it larecouunendid.
Kespeciimiy,
J. J. BkOWX,
Druggist and Asuthecary.
VEGETINE.
Kidney Complaints.
Aiao. O , Jan. t ISTf.
Pa. H R. STVvxrts. Bos ou, Hxsa.
I"..r &rMy wile uei y. ur Vegr-ttne for
Kidoey t'oiuplulnt and UenTal Debility, aud
b is lound gre.it rvK-f from it, so mucu so that
sue likes lu keep It on hand asabenenc al toulj.
TiioMAS H. U4MIDWIN,
West Market street.
I am personally acquainted with Thomas H.
Tl. tioodwin. tsq. who Is aa old aud U.tfaly
ret. pei led c.tuen o( Akron,
lours Kespecuu ly.
A. X. AHMvrsosa, Druggist.
VEGETINE.
Kidney Complaints.
Cincikmati, O., March IT, 18TT.
Ma. H. R. Stvviss:
iwr Ate.-1 have been a great sutTeirr from
Kidney complaint, and atler the u.-n(a'ew
borne o Vegetine I nnd myself entirely cured.
I guned -Ixleen pouuds In nh while taking
the Veeiliie. I wilt ci.et.Tf.117 recommend IU
koure Truly,
W.T. ARCHER.
fro. est btxth street.
VEGETINE.
Kidney Complaints.
CixccoiiTI, 0 March It, 1S7T
H. R. Stitinh. Esq.:
l or Stei have used your Vegetlne forsume
time, and can irulhiuii say It has i eeii a great
ben. ni louie. and to iho-e suffering noiiidi
eaM of Uie Kl ueys I cbeerfuilv recommend ;u
KespecUully,
O. H. SMITH.
Attested to by K. B. Asbrleld. Druggist, cor
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VEGETINE.
Kidney Complaints.
PtAeaflfsoftb Kldnevs. Bladder, e are l
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ruubt f1i!t rH.-lni ami UaHeruUM disraseift that
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wont) !r rieauslii; a,nl purify in if tbe bloud.
ihervby cau-sin a ueaiUiy ma:Uuu u ail tJUe or
gan of liie taxly.
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714 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia.
Tb frtlTwtTta I a flat nt fh di-rtmi rrada af qr
food, with prw-a anoi-d. whu-b baa b-"tj
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Compound
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Treatment
What is Compound Oxygen?
It la a ontnbmatloa of Oxyirra and Kitrnuvii. aa
gaartioM tm autaVr at ncaar t 'AW wtiul tlmnermt.
ow does it cure?
yatrtn tha ttrrm of rarhon whi h mrrmudn4nt
IN COMKEijUKMCtt OT IXVKarFVT KtrR. TIOM.
In ConsuniDtion.V'',.,.Ti2'
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Catarrh and Bronchitis
often radically cured.
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All Nervous Disorders 2rZ
A wwmiieUimm0 aajfw w uf Compound Oxygen.
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