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Agrieukural, Implements,
* « T Kramer Wagons,
Carts, "Wheel Barrows, Brammer AVasliiii-- Machines,
New dnd Howard Ranges, Stovcj, Table
. and po&ket.Cutlery, Hanging Lamps, Ma.i
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ly as they are marked very
low. Yoti will find some bis: bargains at
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THE KAI/L'SKAK GIANT.
.HE TRUTH OF THIS a."O2V :A TOrcll_D
; Ji; EV lEK E;..roEj W llii. A\Yj
::c wuica it okk>l>ali.v api'Hab
-.)
I —17,.. Bree.u-A.-aea -ad
1 t.a-orostjd, in the depths of tLo "t .eat
i Ssvenly ruilet. of
Oii/b ai.J a Luddied tieo
cfovrnoJ IslanJ-i. Ovor iu r.>;.li—„ e:tx
iaco ..ti.u wUJ luu'aj, ...1.1 d.iA ii
io .u v.'olio sauJ sLori-a ea...e tlta uiita.iiod
.. a»t» drink of ..i v.aio.a.
"iiOiigliul" WHS tlld u aUo ol l~c il.'di
i 1 ~mil jo luokci Lpi.zi ti.e laT
: ' *' ' " " VfttfiT ... Sfloti®.
v iiL ibo lived
.1. e - 1 ' Jj c w u 1.i....... ael 01 ...
_ . - t,
..i iLw —vitL of tLo viver, ar.d ijllcd
..in of his stores, lie wandered m i„.o
i_u forest ........y —, o„ a
su._ll inland toar tha north pnd cf tla.=
' 0— t«J wtsteiii ij i* iieip aiia iia.'-
J iu\v i"a..l at. cam oi caaaud, t\a.cli dis*
cL... r ioa ,_.v. i.....|jtji .Lo vol;—:i-
o*.iti'. oi J'aal.i Ol iaKca Lu ii.o at,, i«.
'iaia outs u..a ii....oV*'
i.. 1 * * 1 '• ■ v. i..—.. i... .ns a data, L.i.a
the v/uier ar.d raising it mauy feet
tlio lower lake, Lunce the roaring rapidity
, of tLc vato.j tlc..giiated by the lii'iiau..
• Ki.J..=kak," liich lucaos ''scietcher."
f j tko tiorid of tais liiiJiiiktik v.s.i a
i great haid-v.ood Llll, iL'l.ig tov.ui'd tLo
~ky l.Le the dou.o tif ediiico,
j shadows JuV.'li i.l the
; waur of oa its southeobt,
■ .~|jreading of redectuA ic.re.it ore*
the twiiigat su..ace of the silvery lakes to
' the north ai.J west. Ilere for cectuiie.
I out of memory the wild men of these rcg-
I ions Lai.ou tLeir dead. 'ihe great
beeches LaJ oaka had i.evor felt tLe sLi;v
--j i ..ag -_.uke of tae- camp lire or echoed the
j Lwaug Oi' ha-tev's Low; tho v.'hole hiii
i v.-as Saered Crou..J,
Larly in tao fi..e..00n ui Li.ia . c..tieia
u..y oi September, 1705, tvvo caaues, each
• containing a white man aaa two Indians,
| cuUie ap La..e laoaignol aad lanAcA ai ti.u
faot 1.....a L..., ; ' i„e no:ill La..i: c. tLo
1 E-duak_k.
sne wai.e n.e.. Wore x lutely
.ioin France. They l.au com 6 to thL place
ir a Live.pju. at the mouth of the river,
a..A uad ih?io SeL.ired the services cf tho
XaJ.aas, wlio were —id anu iipo.-
iencod guides,"to ihein up the lakes.
The indiaaj ..ere not lung in finding out
that the handsome athletic men whom
they auvod were nut only practised -uau
men, but knj„- more than they t-ld about
tho luoality cho.seu for the hunting groauß.
Fur tLo strangers LaA taeiusalvos selected
tho 4 .laeu to l_nd, directed where tLecamp
sLoalA ba Laiit, and designate the rivers
and iake- »ud po.at land with the i.anies
j by which they were knov/a to the ludiun
people. And tLough tLey enjuyed as keeu
ly ua tLe.r b u.ul.i tho ounteaia
v.'.... the iaoo.:c ~ hieh ...e Indians m ..h
tae.. birch» uod cu*iea wuuiA i;p
juat ..t daydatvu, they op em must uf their
time alone, and often for whole days staid
on the great hill, among the graves under
the fine old trees, as if in search of some
thing.
One day one of ine Indians who saw
them thus rakiug among the drad leaves,
| said; ' Lung ago uhc tiu.o —Indian liud
i em nc-oj vei) fine .-.mall gun—maybe you
findeui notlier."
The men were at uagoi* and lull ui
! naestions about the gun, and learned that
,it had bean picked up Ly au iudian, then
j Chief of the Micmacs, named Alexis, and
that he lived i.t Liverpool Poahowk, uu.v
j called Indian t!aniens. It was a distanjo
1 ol about nine miles, and they at onca set
out for the place.
Far back as traditiuj ran, this spot had
brou a fa/orits dwelling-place lor the rod
men oi Ac..d!a. South of it and swarming
with fish, r_n tho great river to the ocean.
North of it, flecked with wild fowl, was
tLo majestic Rosiguol. East and wast
wcro vast forests filled with mooso and
caiibou and smaller game. Thus surround
| ed and supported, Lore lived and loved and
died thasa wild forest dwellers, new ntar
ly exterminated.
The old chief was ouuj found and re
ceived his visitors like one who exteuds
rather than accepts patronage.
At first ha stolidly refused to let the
strangers oven see tho small gun. A rich
present at length persuaded him, and l;o
brought from its place of safety a pistlil of
largo caliber, richly inountad in gold and
silver and mother-.a-peari, snch r..s was
carried about the middle of tho seventeenth
century by tho French nobility.
The firearm was in good keeping, and
| evidently highly prized by it.-Tpresent pos
sessor.
TLo Frenchmen offered to Lay it, at the
Indian's own price. '-_ia no soil 'era,"
said the chief. "lie tiad 'etn, —no miue.
Maybe man wit, l„se come some day. tlien
I give 'aiu him —no sell uir., not mine I
fiml "em."
Seeing .hat no persiu.aon oi' money
could chief to part r/iiL the
weapon, the Frenchmen said. "Well, 1
till yoa a atory, than perhaps you -ell n.e
tho gun."
"Maybe," said the Indian, 'I give you
otter sl;iu, if, good.story; but not sell you
gun."
"Ton. know," said one of the men, "for
ty y.-ar.i ago my people, tho French, were
very many in this country— thirty thous
and. In September ol ihat year British men
from Massachusetts, nol soldiers, bat vol
bnteers, commanded by Colonel Winslow,
came here, and by toilh.g lies in the king's
nan.a took most of the people prisoners and
put them onboard vessels and landed them
in atrauge eountrie-., without food or mon
ey, so many of them perished from want.
'"At firand Pre the people were lirat tak
| en, then at Chignecto, aad then at Port
| Royal, home of the people at Port Royal
knew what had been done at Grand
| Pre they held councils. Some wanted to
. g.. ta France iu a ship then in the turbo.-,
others wished to go to the woods and re
main concealed until tho soldier.i had left
and then return.
'•Among thuao who wanted Lo go iu t..e
ship was a young man from Paris, m.nied
Pierre Alanooi:, the youngest son of Count
Albul ..a of France. This young man was au
artist, lie had been in this touutry three
years tnaing sketches and making pictures
of the scenery.
"Alter two years he was ready to return
to France; hat at Graad Pre he made aa
quaiutunce with a young girl whom ho
met at .lie of the village cure. This
girl's name was Pauline. She was tho
child of „ French girl who aad been t ikon
eaptl . a by the Iroquois Indians at a battle
with the ilicma..., uad forced to marry a
j oung tua\ 00. t *—.. tuoe. hen ..ua wao
ten years old her mother died, atd soon
after her father wa* killed in battle. She
hud no home, ..ud wandered back to hei
mother's peoplo, liviog sometimes with
them and with the Micmae In
dians.
"r&uliitt was Joautiful, like tha wild
BUTLKIt PA Fill DAY. AI'KII. SiTISW
ha loved Ler, L_t knew La could tcver '
marry I\..ili3c d;A not understand
„Lc L-. nubility, i—d iuv.A tho aius. [
v. iihoa£ l..aao;ance o* ;hu«^_at.
"A year of talj acqaaintcnauea passed j
l)^.i;. t : the am r Pauline l&J been at:
i\ ;i . ..yal «..Ii bi-r mother's people; ....A
tLi., after&utju ot St ptcinbdr, 175J, v. Ai
tac Ac-diu.;. a..
Alii&Cult V.'u.i i-Lc glii to ii" |
vl:h Lia* in iLe A j tu i uUtt. Li>
Wuv Hid. filiu wuuid £O, I
it.3 air tu> t««..ii r oi »i I
AhJkii arrov.' p t . through i
Lu body and ioll to tLo ground a tow yards |
u.. Umt Tin ~..n - w &l<nd cryJ
Her alarm was not aloue *or the wounded :
artist.. Lut for Ler own She kaeff j
Wu \l ua«j uiaa »a tl.e y j
ao..d w.a ar.ov. witL sadi aoree, and lie was |
tho L-wCd jiaLt, l iu,o ]uit.
The old ctu f had listened indiadreu/.y
Plasquit ha tarii&d his fu.:- .1 little toward
'•iu.j Lat»a, ' iLti i*uLti«UiUU,
• v»*as aow in the oi' the British, us
a liido and ~_,y. Ho h;.d followed the
girl troyeon d eUimti her Cor his
Lceaase her fatlcr v.vs aa 1.uq.i0.-i
aad he aa Iroqnios L.^...
•Tier cry ii.sia..t
from the group of uieu near, and it was
soon found that the arrow v. ,\3 not barbed,
and the wound nut certainly fatal. The
giant had been concealed in tho woods
near by. and as soon as he Sa.v tluit
Lis arrow Lad done its latal wuik.
'•lu tuc .laUlo hoar came tidings l.oa.
the town that tho soldiers were marching
npou iho settlement, -o.d a vessel was at
the entrance of the harbor to prevent
escape by sea.
"There was lelt lor .heui ».o alternative
Lut to flee to the woods. Uy durk they
collected what arm-: they Lud, and as much
pruvi.iion as thoy could carry, and sot out
fur a h.diug-place in the depths of tho
great luresto to tho south of them. Tho
wounded artist was carried on a kind of a
haud-buirow hastily constructed out of
such luateiialo as were ncai at hand.
"Sonic friendly Hicicaca accompanied
them a£ j,ai aes and adilse.-.. 01c..t tu.c
was to leave no trail. 'lhe li.diau- (
know the country well, and led them over
t..0 hard among the rocks and large old
trees, Su that no footprint could bo found;
and no ono was allowed to pluck a leaf or
break a branch.
"By dawn they had inado miles. The
Host night seven more miles, and they
reached a small stream on the south side
of the mountain. II: ;c tht-y prepared tu
camp and keep concealed from tho
soldiers should they attempt to hunt
them out. Tho third day two of the
Indians who Lad gone to the town return- ,
ed with tho news that l'lasquit with some
of the soldiers were about to beat the (
woods iu search of them. From the sol
diers ulone they _u. n..ch fear; they
had already g. . .'"u weary of the cruel work
und would do no moro than reluctantly
obey orders. Hat iho Plasquii had
an i_nemy tu kill, aud a priie to capture,
and he would assuredly find them.
"It was clear that they must cither re
turn to the settlement and give themselves
up, or make a forced march through the
forest to the Atlantic coast, a distance of
about fifty miles; and they decided to make
the march.
"Hut the artist uas now iu the delirium •
of fever and could not be carried. Pauline
and two Micmacs voluntoeicd to rornaiu i
with him and talra their cl..»nccs of cap- '
ing Plasquit.
"The wer.: two canoes at the headwater
of the river, two miles distant. To these
the people helped to carry the sick man,
placed him in one of them, and sume pro
visions in the other. Tho two Indians
were each armed with a tomahawk and
bow and ..rr„v,, and woodman's aso. Tho
only firearms in their possession was an
army pistol, always carried by the artist,
and now stuck in the belt of Pauline's
dress."
"Tough," said the Indian, and this time
turned his face full toward the story-teller.
"For three days they paddled the canoes
south, down tho streams and through the
lakes, till they came to the burying place
at Kaduskak. There they landed und
built a camp near the east shore of the
..tream. Ilere they considered themselves
safe even from Plasquit. They had left no
trail, and ho could not know that they
were not with the people ..ho had maroh
ed across the country.
"The artist was still delirious. For two
weeks they -laid there, unmolested, l'aul
ine earing for the sick man, and the two
ludiaus providing the food and guarding
tho camp.
"One afternoon as they watched, they i
aw a raft of logs floating down the lake j
toward tho Kaduskak. It was far up the
lake, but was slowly approaching the shoro
near their camp, although iLj ..iod Was
blowing up the lufc _.
"A raft on a lake, with no one to propel
it aud going again .t tho w iud, was enough
to put these rod men on their guard. Uno
of them climbed a spruce-tree, aud after
watching for some time until the raft drew
nearer, saw lying flat among tho logs that
were piled along tho sides, the huge body
of Plasquit, and beside him four soldiers
and fivo muskets.
; "Certain that they were discovered, tho
Indians aud Paulino set themselves to
work to defend tho camp. It was useless
to attempt escape.
"Before dark the wind suddenly increas
ed to a furious gale, and raised such a sen
that the raft began to break up, aud its
occupants were forced to cling to the
separate log-! aud allow themselves to drift
before tho wind, which landed them
toward morning ou the southwest shore of
the lake,
"There was lying ia the rapid stroam,
and reaching nearly across if, a largo tree
that had blown down in the gale that
broke up the rait. This tree would form a
bridge for Plasquit and his men to cross.
White men in this situation might have
cut the tree from iU roots and sent it
adrift; licit so the llienincs. From it to the
camp was about three hundred steps,
through trees that were set close together.
All day the Indians and Pauline cut and
twisted withes, aud tied them from treo U>
tree, between this landing place aud tho
camp, about as high as a man's knee from
the ground. Ia and out, in every direction
these wood ropes wore woven, like a net,
always across the way from the treo to tho
camp, but open at the ends so the Indians
could run in between them and strike a
man who would be tripped by going
against them. They were the color of the
trees among which they twined, and could
not Lo anon in the night.
"This done, Pauline,under the directions
of the artist, who had in the ansioty of
the work rallied considerably, drew from
tho pistol the load, picked the liin:, and
carefully leloadcd it with two balls and as
heavy a charge of powder as it wouid safe
ly carry. Then they watched aud waited
! the attach. It came that night.
1 "As tho Indians espeoted, Plasquit ebosa
T :
• ' ■■ L-o ... ..OSS tLi i- ad
ing La n.en. uad waiting on the shore till
ill were at h.s • ile, with a whoop like the
bL.o.e- i-aii Li 'prang.l.utth. t in L.".::J.
ai-loto tho tree., only to fiu<l himself
iLr.r.rn h. ..ai..r.„ cn the ground, and by
;1. »!r.-.o ho got to his feet to see two of his
ix. Hi. i itched with tomahawks.
• Ho sprang buck to the bank, seized hi
.... ,4.e."ahd fired oi._ ... the Indians as
_ dt. . ..j 0 ' his tomahawk into the head
of the • ldiers. Tbe Indian fell. ;
but ..t the s-aie time the remaining soldier
Was killed by the other Indian.
■ A n ain Plasquit seized his hatchet, anil I
raited ttgsinst the network. It gave way
Imsijio Li great strength as if the withes
were threads of tow. The surviving Indian
feared to attack him, and in a moment he j
was at the last rope next the camp.
Tboro Paulino met him, with the pistol
ia her right hand. The withe gave way as
had the others, and with a yell of triumph ,
he 14, rang forward and clasped the girl in '
his giant uru.B, and the same instant fell to :
the ground with two bullets through his
heart. Paulino following the artist's in
ht...j £red when the muzzle of the j
pistol w;..-, almost against his brea.-t.
■ T... tightened around her a. r death
louvuLlM tho great muscular frame, and '
she fell to the eanh with him. When tLe j
Indian . ittuo to bor rescue he ft.and ber |
pale —.d t..!J and e .vered with bl. ..d, uuJ :
he supposed hor ,:e,.d.
•'The as ; e-i. . ..lid terror of tho light had |
stupefied tbt. artist, and he lay all through ,
the night unconscious. When he came |
out of the -tupor at daydawn, his quick ear
caught the sound of Pauline's voice, j
Thoughtless of his condition he rose and j
walked to tie place where she lay, locked j
fast in the dc-..d giant's anus. She bad but '
fainted wiih the fright of her situation and !
the deed she done, and for three hours hud ;
lain in that condition.
'■The Indian bad fallen asleep, but |
Wakened and hastened to the spot, and
togeiher thi-y sought to extricate the girl
from the dead embrace. Their united
strength tfas not enough to bend the giant j
aims nov.* stiifencd in death, and they were ,
forced to break them with a hatchet. I
Paulino wa.> unhurt.
The Indian buried his companion, and
secured the guns of the soldiers, aud their
ammunition. Then taking the largest
Canoe, be aud Pauline placed the French
man <>u the bo^u, jo, and taking their
positions, each with a paddle, at either
cud, they .. tailed oil' down the great lake. 1
toward tbe river that ran to the sea.
"At that time there was no settlement
at thi> place, but thev found there a vessel 1
nearly ready to sail for France, loaded j
With lish, aud valuable skins purchased!
from the Indians.
"From the night of the fight at Kadus
kak, the young artist had been constantly
growing stronger,and had by this time near
ly got back bis usual strength. Among those
who were to take passage in the ship was
a missionary priest who had been out for
some years with the Micmacs aud was now
about to return to France. Pierre Alen
eon's proud family had now 110 weight
when pat in the balance against the giri's
love and bravery in risking life and honor
f..r hi sake, lie asked her to marry him.
and tho situie day the missionary priest
mado them man and wife.
"When they the u.„ve aUa faithful
Uicmac good-by, and gathered up the few
things they wished to take with them, they
then for the first' time missed the pistol
with which Pauline shot the giant. The
loss of it was a great grief to the artist, for
the weapon was of great vale. It had
beeu made by a _..de....i gunsmith aud
the stock was inlaid with gold and silver."
"Cough!" repeated the Indian.
"Noithor of them had seeu it after tbe
shooting. There was no tiu.o t;> make
search, uu.i they sailed for Franco without
it aud ueyer came back. But two of their
sous eulllc. Ve are the children of Pauline
and Pioric Alencon. We will give you
great piice for lh:s pistol. It is the one
uur mother killed tbe giaut l'lasquit with."
"Your father alivet'' ...deed the old In
diau.
"Our lathe" u;ed three yea.
"Your mother a.i ,d"
"She was when we left Franco.'
The old chief h.iuiiad t_j _,i.itul to the
rr.an who to.d tbu. >U..y. "Y._ U'ue ii
to France," he said, ' give it your mother —
tell hw-.- I keep it-fo. owner—owner ..e..d,
nc.v her-—good-by."
No persuasions could biu, i..ke
anything in ...id the strangers were
obliged to leave without regarding this
old kin;; cf the forest for hlj _iolld ad
herence to do right.
About ten years ago there went from
Milton in Q.CVjnty, up the iiu. to
Indian Gardens,^.party 01 gentlemen on a
huntiug tramp. Among tho party was a
pitiless . ol'r. Weati i College, who wisli
ed to get a skeleton of a male Ai.emaC In
dian. He and two others of tho party con
cluded to rob t'uo barying-ground at Ka
duskak. They opened a very long mound,
and found complete a ma-.iva s.roleton,
with the boats o:' both arms broken.
An old Miomae named Cobleale Glode
(who has siueo died) was asked about this
giant skeleton. ".lTough r " said he, "Plas
quit"' and told the story substantially as
told here; hu aaii.be w.._ told it by the old
Chief Alexis.
Nearly a century has Lapsed since the
old Sagomo heard the story from the
Frenchmen, and the lumberman's axo ..rid
tho scathing fires have denuded tho islands
and forests along tho shores of Posignol.
liut the breeze still dimples it. snj-f;u'e,.afd
tho little waves stiii fret its sandy shores;
tho hills still mirror themselves in its deep,
quiet bays, and tho wild fowl still dip over
it's moonlit breast. . s
GRACE BE ax McLeod.
StaUstics Soured Him.
Head of Family—l'm discouraged and
tired of life.
Friend—Why so despondent;
"Statistics."
"Statistic*?'! - '
"Yes; they say that five hours a day. is
enough to supply each member, tho com
munity with a living, provided the work be
"equally shared by all."
"Weir."' . 1
"Well, I'm the only one iu l.vc in my
family that labors. So, if the statistics
are true, to support the crowd I've got to
wuik du;.
lifct. Qualified Io Judgo.
A t use came-np: in the court over whieli
Judge'Erill presides ln'St. Paul, in v.fileli
a big was a witness Shu
testified that she had whipi>ed her little
boy very, severely, and as she wt ut on
with the storyj)f the exceedingly still' beat
ing she had administered, the Judge's
clear brow grew a little darker, and he in
terrupted her to a >U if it had been necessa
ry to chastiso the boy so severely. The*
colored lady looked astonished at the
que.itiou. Gazing intently at the Court,
sho inquiredi--H .
"Jedgo, was you de. father of ..
wuthlosß mulatter boy?"
"No, n£>," said the hastily.
• Then, Jo^ge t you don't know.nutlin
bout Je case.'. ,
dog has Lis day. TLo u. b lib,
however, are still re.erved for cat*.
(Ine.»r UaLies.
Fannie 11. Wsrd writing from Bogota,
the capital the United Stote. -ft ..Ken-
Uia, South Ann rica, saye;
The more superstitious of tho people
have a horror of all religions >ave their
own. A furmer missionary in Colombia
relates how a poor woman came to him
one day. weeping and evidently driven to
desperation by the pan ft* of hunger, bring
ing her baby in her arms, which she oiler
ed to s*U to hiin "for the service of the
devil," she fully believing that the mission
of the Presbyterians was to gather in souls
to his Satanic Majesty.
The maternal instinct is by no mean -
wanting; but among the more degraded
the women have so many children and are
so habitually hungry ai.d hopeless that it
is no wonder human instincts nearly die
ont of them. In same cases infants are
utterly neglected and left to shift for them- j
selves soon as able to walk, to live or die,
•'assi I>ios qnerie" (as God wills), as their
parents would piously remark if question
ed on the subject. An American gentle
man tells me that he was riding one day
in tl.e suburbs when his horse accidentally j
ran over and killed a child that was lying
asleep iu the road, its dirty and naked !
brown body completely hidden in the j
sand, of course he was stricken with hor
ror and remorse, and hunting up the moth
er, gave her all the money he happened to ;
have with him (amounting to aOuui S4O). j
to a-suagc her grief. A few days later. ,
riding along the same road, he saw ahead j
of him another child squatted in the .and
in precisely the spot where the other was |
killed. Dismounting to investigate, he ;
discovered that the little thing could not
get out of the way, being securely fastened
in a dat basket. He did not run over any j
more babies.
Throughout all Spanish-America the .
death of a child seems to be a matter of re j
joicing rather than of sorrow—the idea be j
ing that the little one, not having arrived
at years of discretion, must be without sin.
and therefore in no danger of the torments i
of purgatory; whereas, had it been permit- i
tpd to live longer '-quion ~abu" (who
knows) what might have beeu its eternal
laturef The small corpse is spoken of by
all as otra angelita. "another ...Lie angel."
It is decorated gaily with birds' wings,
flowers and bits of gaudy paper, kept in
the house as long as possible, ofieu a great
deal too long; and its interment is celebrat
ed by lively music, followed by a feast by
all concern-.d.
Why Farms Run Down.
The farm is the foundation of all other
callings which trace their roots back to the
soil, and the farmer is the basis of all na
tional strength. The dweller in the city
may in the hour of danger take worldly
wealth and flee, or, if his wealth is in
buildings, may have them destroyed in an
hour. Not so with tho farmer. If he
leaves his farm ho leaves all. The build
ings are the minor part of his wealth.
National instinct compels him to light for
his home and country, although men in
all other callings may run away. Ilis call
ing is the base of all progress and prosper
ity, anil he should, from the fact of his
position, stand at the head intellectually,
socially and politically under a free gov
ernment like ours. It i« the man that
honors the calling, and not the calling that
honors the man. The farmer must occupy
the position .which be qualilices himself to
fill, and he cannot reasonably expect to
occupy any higher one. All depends upon
himself. In a recent lecture Professor
Brewer, of Yale College, well illustrated
this idea by a case which came under his
own observation. A man bought a farm
for S2O an acre. He so improved it that in
a few years he was offered !f3OO an acre for
it. At his death it sold for $250 an acre.
Iu a few years the purchaser sold it for
flu.. ..ii acre to a man who finally disposed
of it for sl2 an acre. Here it was plainly
the men aud not the farm that determined
the value. It is so in all cases. Although
there is a difference in farms owing to
location and tho nature of the soil, yet
there is a wider difference in the men who
run them, and the laggards must ere long
j drop out in accordance with the law of the
I survival of the fittest.
She Cared Him of Chewing.
"Alj- husband doesn't chew any more
tobacco," said a newly married lady to a
party of friends, "or at least, doesn't where
I can see him."
"How did you stop him?'" they all ask
ed.
"The morning att.. we were ...amud,"
began the iady, ''and he and I woro sit
ting on the frai.i poroh, I noticed he was
ill at ease, and finally I asked him what
was the nutter with him.
" 'My darling,' he said, taking my
hands, 'there is something I should have
told you before we were married.'
" 'What is it I gasped, as the vision of
another woman swept over me?'
" 'Love,' he answered, 'l'm an inveter
ate tobacco chcwer. Can you—will you—
forgive me?"
"As he liiiinhed, I slipped my hands
from his, mid. drawing out a box of snuff
and a brush, I said:
" 'Oh, John, I'm so glad you spoke of it,
far I'm nearly crazy for a dip.'
",iL ii.cc waa a picture, I can tell you,
and in less than three minutes we had en
tered into a solemn compact to forever ab
stain' from the weed.
" 'And did you really use snuff before
.you were married.' asked one of the la
dies.
" 'No,' answered the wife; 'bat I was
fixed for John.'"
Astor Searches for a Dime.
The following story illustrating the As
tor philosophy in money matters is told of
the late John Jacob Astor by the man
who was the other actor in the scene. "1
went to Mr. Ant or," he said, "with a busi
nesa proposition which demanded an in
vestment of SIOO,OOO on his part. "While
listening to the plan he kept groping and
feeling about on the floor for something
he seemed so have dropped. When 1 had
finished he said readily: "All right; go on
with the affair; I'll furnish tho money."
At that iustant a man entered to tell him
that one ol his buildings had just burned
down.
" 'That happens nearly every day.' he
said, with the utmost unconcern, and went
on feeling about with great caro for that
something on the carpet.
"I finally asked him what he had drop
ped.
" 'Why,' he said, raising bis head and
looking as woebegone as a small boy, 'I
dropped ten cents here a few moments ago
and 1 can't find it. If a man's buildings
hurt; down, they are gone and ho can't
help it and he is bound to let them go.
Cut a man who deliberately throws away
ten ocuts because he won't take the trou
ble to find ihcu» is not to be forgiven.
—A Wisconsin man bought a pickerel
hat weighed la pounds the other day.
jThe pickerel had swallow ed a bass that
would weigh two or three pounds, and
when he dressed the has* ho was rewarded
by finding two good sized perch in him
that he bad * wallowed, so hi- actually
bought four fish instead of one as ho sup
posed.
The Appointment of Post
masters.
\V, Lave in the t'nited States
i<..stoliice<> against .".STO for last year, anil
the n mber is evpry year steadily increas
ing.
It is suggested that, with the exception
of the incumbent.-of the tirst-class offices,
all these postmasters be appointed by the
people of the district- in which the post
offices are located. Let there b« a day on
which no other matter shall be considered
or voted on, when all voters, irrespective
of party, shall l>y vote designate someone
as their postmaster, and then let the com
mission of each person be issued by the
government—the government, as now. fix
ing the bonds to be given, and having the
full right of inspection and of dismissing
the postmaster for competent reason.
Some of the reasons for snch a change are
as follows:
1. It is democratic. *
2. It will restrict and diminish the im
mense and steadily increasing patronage of
of the general government, which is grow
ing to be dangerous.
" It will be likely to give us the best
postmasters, for the people of each district
w ill best know who are the nios' capable
and reliable men.
4. It will give our public officials—Pre
i dents. Senators and Kepresentatives—
time to attend to 'heir proper busines ,
where now two-thirds of their time is
taken up by the calls and solicitations of
men and their friends seeking for office.
Other reasons might be given for the pro
posed change. Cut these are enough to
commend it to the consideration of the
public, for in the end public sentiment is
likely to control such matters and lead to
wise conclusions. As Talleyrand once said:
"There is one body that is wiser than any
body, and that is everybody." To every
body the subject is suggested for thought
and consideration.—five /•<■«.«•*.
.The Usual Victc ry.
• Now I know exactly what I want for
my new dr ss." said Miss Shopper, a.-* she
went into one of Detroit's great dry goods
••emporiums" the oth.-r day. "I've looked
around for three or four days and I've fully
decided on a combination suit of gray and
maroon, and I shall get it and I shall not
pay more than forty dollars for it."
"Something in gray and maroon, did you
say?" said the salesduchess in attendance.
"Gray and maroon. Is it for yourself, may
I ask? Yes. Well, now, let me see; you
would want—oh, let me show you this tan
and pal tern. lu quite new, and I
really think it would be more becoming to
you than gray and maroon. Those shades
arc not being worn at all now, while alt
shad. , of tan and green are worn a great
deal, and you've no i.K a how stylinhly they
make up. They're just lovely. A friend
of mine has one that's beautiful. There,
now, notice how nicely the two shades
blend as I hold them np. Kver and ever
so much prettier than the gray and maroon.
I shouldn't want .hi. u'-jlkulus at all if I
were getting a new dress. And this pat
tern is only #*>->. We've never sold such
goods under $75 befure. These arc all im
ported patterns, you know. If I were yon,
now. I'd—"
This goes on for a quarter of nil hour and
results in a complete victory for the sales
lady, poor Mi s Shopper coming away with
a kind of shame faced feeling for ever hav
ing thought of wearing such a thing as a
gray and maroon gown.
An Indian Fights With a Be a.
One day last week an Indian made an
excursion to a mountain near Chevantzie
urm. S'ato of Miehoacan. in Mexico, to
look after some fuel for hid hut. While
cutting up a dry oak he suddenly felt a
bite on the calf of his leg, given in the
fraction of a second. A moment later he
felt coiling around his body the terrible
fold of a boa constrictor. Instinctively he
leaned his head over toward the wounded
leg aud was almost fascinated by the glare
of two bright basilisk eyes, that gleamed
like fiery coals in the head of the serpent.
Quicker than a tlash the Indian ducked
his head and caught the neck of the reptile
between his jaws, sinking his teeth in the
quivering flesh and clinging to it with the
desperation of the dying. The huge ser
pent lashed his tail and tried to twist its
head in order to bury its fangs in the In
dian. but the latter Jung on and began to
chew away at the neck of the boa, which
is the thinntwt aud most delicate part of
the snake's anatomy. After chewing for a
lons time the Indian succeeded in behead
ing his antagonist, the folds dropped from
around his body and the Indian was free.
—New Mexico Xcics.
The Spring Robin.
"Seen any robins around yet?" he in
quired as they met in the corridor of the
postoffice.
The other looked at him with injured
dignity for half a minute, and then beckon
ed him out of the crowd and said:
"What about robins?"
"Why, robins —birds?"
"Yes, I know that there is a bird called
a robin. What of it?"
"I asked if you had seen any this
spring."
"Suppose I had?"
"Why, nothing, only robins come in the
spring "
"Yes, I bfclieTe they do. Hid you want
tLuui to wiyt and come in the fall?"
"Well, I—I—"
here, my friond," said the other a?
he Ud a Laud on his shoulder, "let all
birds alone, robins included. They are all
right. Let spring alone. It is all right.
Just keep right on attending to your bus
iness and let other things attend to theirs.
Good day, sir!
A Tip for Tooth Doctors -
Here id a obauce for dentists. I)r.
Chester, a medical missionary and a broth
er-in-law of Bishop Whittaker of Philadel
phia, says:
"T.:are ia a Lii, chance in Madras and
Bombay for a number of bright, skilled
American dentists. Madras is a city of
300,(Kit) population and has not a single
American dentist there. I know people
who travel from there to Bombay nearly
1,000 miles, in order to have a tooth filled.
Tbero is oi.lv one good dentist in Bombay,
and he refuses to fill teeth with gold, us
ing a sort of cement that is not lasting. He
charges j7.00 for pulling a tooth. A few
good American dentists could go over
there now and at once step into a good
business.
An Elephant's Venerable Age.
The journals of Ceylon have recently
mentioned the death of an elephant that
was well known on the island, aud has
beou seen by several generations of Eng
lishmen. lie was called Sello, and has
belonged to the of the kings of Kaudv.
lie was one of the hundred elephants tak
en by the LnglM) C.overnuient iu 1813,
when the Kandyan dynast; was over
thrown. At this epoch the elephant was
said to b* 15 years old. If this is correct,
he died a natural death at the age of
years.— Boston Budget.
Tailors say tuat the last man is gen
erally pretty slow about paying up.
AGRICULTURAL.
OYF.RTAXKD FARII-
Senator Brown made a significant -aij
meni beiore the Revenue lon.inis . .1 ia
-i "ion at llarrisburg when hp doi'.ar(.d
, that '-ill thf last fifteen years fari„ laud
had in this State depreciated 50 pes
If tin- farmers iu his section were
1 .1 to settle up on the l>t of April full/
our fourth would be bankru, t. Cn icr
raos; favorable circumstances the lai
J will have no money to spare re
ceipt* .ml outlay." The farmers are just
ir clamorous for a bill that will equalize
taxation and therein restit the relief they
• 'k. Colonel Piollet told the Commission
: it the fanning interest iu Pennsylvania
- the verge of ruin ard his plea was f. r
.1 constitutional method of taxation. He
| 111 de this point:
"The whole expense of the State Gov
ernment is $41,000,000. Of this $32,000.-
* is derived from tax on real estate. The
average tax on real estate is 18 mills. The
j best paying property among the farmers is
j not more than 3 mills. The majority ol'
I farmers are unable to pay for their labor
: and subsistence of their families."
Colonel Piollet said lie was willing to be
taxed for everything be owued, an! h.-
wanted every other man to stand his .- .ad
just th.- same. At the same time if Lch;. 1
a mortgage on bis property he wanted ;iti
abatement for that mortgage, becau. t .e
•lid nor own the property mortgaged. K
'irged that the Auditor General bo ai <
: i..: d t. pat a rate on all corporations suit
| cie-.it to raise a sum equal to the c> : •<.'
supporting the public schools,public ch..,i
ties, pity the public debt and the expente
ot the Judiciary, Legislative, ami I. v. 1
tive Departments of the StatJ. T!., .
would equalize taxation, In his opiui..
the corporations would then pay abou. 11 >
same rate that the owners of real cs'.a .
pay now. lie did not think there was ai.j
reason why manufacturing inatituti:
should be exempt from taxation.
"I think that is unconstitutional, m.>
self," ro marked. Auditor General lit
Ca i.aut.
"I'll bring a suit if you'll swear to '
said Colonel Piollet.
• I'll testify to that in court." replied th
Auditor General.
Continuing, Colonel Piollet said he k:
of a manufacturing company paying a lii
idend of 12 per cent, and it was not In .
while the farmers nre unable to pay t
way.—Williamsport Gazette.
TnE COW DOCTOR.
Of ail the calamities to the cow _;a .
that to be most strenuously avoided is tli
quack cow doctor. Almost every 1«v.
bus ( lie. and the amount of damage tli
they aggregate during tho year won!!
alarming if footed up in round numb..
We eau look back to our youthful days 1
the farm and recount numerous cvideui
of the stupidity and unpardonable i:: :
ranee of these self-constituted practitio;,
on the brute animals in the neighboring
Boring the horn and inserting turpciii.::.
splitting the tail to the bone, and tyim,
up in salt and ashes; choking down >a.
partly decayed fish and soft soap vri
amoug tlji? universal treatments. And,
most cases, not being sure what treatiiu
would apply to the particular case, all t:.-
butchering and dosing would be admin.'
•tered to make sure of using the proper 01
If the original trouble didn't kill the u
mai the treatment usually did. aud tin
that survived the treatment were bet:
dead-their usefulness was a thing of t'.
past. Less harmful, if no more sensii i
was the practice of charming aw.
stomach cramps lrom young calves,
standing over them and making t
"worm knot'' nine times, with aCL
each time striking the calf nine times «
the string. It will sound incredibb >
many, but the men are yet living v '
practiced these cruelties aud milder
surdities on the brute animals before •
somewhat skeptical faith in their virti
when yet but a youthful bare-footed boy.
If there be any use for a shotgun or
cross dog on the farm it should be ntili: ■
to keep the' quack cow doctor off 1 .
premises—the lightning rod man i
calamity second to him. — Oranyr Cot
Fanner.
The Orange in Pennsylvania lias fur a
number of years been trying to
the farmer to see that they are unjustly
burdened with taxation. The total van:,
tion of real estate in this State is in n..
numbers about $2,000,000,000, which j'.ij .-i
a tax of about $34.000.0(H), or about 1"
mills on the dollar. The total Taluati .
of other property than real estate is ; .
in round numbers about $2,500,000,000. ou
which a tax is collected of $7,500,000,
3 mills on the dollar. Under this systi n
of unequal burdens real estate is depreciat
ing in value, while corporate properly '.i
not only holding its own but is increasing
in value. It is little wonder that num
bers of farmers are unoccupied. The
day is not far distant, unless there is soine
thing done to relieve the farmers, w hen
farms will be abandoned as they are in the
Xew Kngland States.
Due of the crying evils of the day ii our
present system of taxation. Two men
have farms side by side of equal value
The one owns his farm free and clear, '.li •
other lias his mortgaged for three-four lis
of its value. In other words the one
is worth just three times that of the tu!:< \
w'.iile they are equally taxed. Such a
tern is nothing but legalized robbery ' y
add to the injustice in most cases the i :iu
who owns the mortgage, a third ] . .ty,
pay ano tasos at all. Such a law utd
not be allowed to remain on the ..;!e
books another year. I?ut it will r. a:
there unless farmers make a deter..rut".
elf.»rt to send men to the next State i..-p. ■
lature who are interested in agriei :i;;a.
pursuits and who will make a special CIIK.L
to have a just, fair and equitablo tax law
enacted. —Fanners' Friend.
Don't neglect to make a hot-b< aid
start the cabbage, tomatoes, celev. p. ;■
pers, cauliflower and flowers early,
seedsmen catalogues and the farm
tell how to make the hot bed; the
sash on the house windows will
splendid hot bed sash, and coniuiov.
will teach you the rest.
Figures Will Lie.
George "Williams was bookkeepi i :■ a
Wisconsin lumber linn emptying ninety
men the year round. On pay da\ ».u.h
man's name was put down with the amount
of his w ages set opposite, and one of tlie
tirm added up the figures, or assumed to
do so. For seven years the bookkeeper
added SIOO extra to the footing. ;.:.d Ilia
game might not have been discovi r d yet
but fir a school boy 10 years old, v ;.c
--cidentally run over the figures om Jar.
Public squares arc a great Ucscng to
the i-i».!iinuntty. We can say the '.tno 1W
I>r. Hull's Baby Syrup; it is the b. -t rerao
dy for the cure of all diseases bab.. hood
has to encounter. Price only 25 c.
If your bowels are costive take FI CIJ;C UI
Laxador, we know of no better ir "li. .ie.
Price 23 e.
—lf putting a duty on windmills is gains
i . oncourage the cyclone industry wo
"agin it."
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