WHEW THE CHICKENS CROW,
It's well euongt. of winter nights to snaggle
down in bed
An' draw thn homespun klverlldaroundyour
face an' bead,
An' tny an' snonzo till daylight ooraes
n-snenkln' In yonr roo-n
An' take the ago oft o the eoU an' drives
away the gloom;
But when it comes to summertime you'll find
'twill alius pay
To git up bright n' nlrly, when tlio chickens
crows fur day!
It look" fi en'm on' peaceful like, It makes
vni want to shout;
An' In thosky aclnglo mar tlmt hadn't been
put out
K"rps winUn' and n-Ulnkln', llk It trio.l to
flirt with ymi;
An' then the sun emeu f erkin' up, an'
sparkles on the dews
An' If ymi want a tni; t i -lrlv thr l-Ui'
a 'Any,
V'jii Kit up iTiu'lit an' airly, w!w ii tln chick
ens er.iw fur ilay!
Ymi hi-nr tin- ja-ii..ls -;.l!iu" In the oak nn'
'liii'ii irei-".
An' t lir-tli" M'h win er emii" tln e.ml
ii fr -hni' liree.e,
A wiiftiu' .j.iey . ..l- r-" frMi th? tussle on the
Til
Aii' tli' -:i;iliii f;i"i of nature n.a!;e ynii
tl:aiiiful ymi wa li'irn.
!., il - I. 'Hit tli-n it I'ir-ui, mi" tniik".-) y.iu
peart an" nm,
T ' k'iI no iTiiil an' nirly, w Ii ti the 1 j . 1 1
''ii iTmv.i fur ilny!
V hi hi n U w a tin .in" in the i .irn I. it,
..ii- l.y . !.,
A :i in." I. tin :i4 tr.ay ! wh the miK.ln'
Will In' .lull. :
Ai.' V" InwUe ..in tn milk Ym, n whi-tiin'
a- ymi pa"-.
An' turn Vtu in thn u-turc,whie the ,i,.w js
on tiie xra-;
An' ifyou want t,.. ! ru-p-r, you'll tin I 'twill
nil'i p.iy
T j-lt I.rlht an' airly, wnen 1 1 1 chlek
.ii, . i..v- fa- day!
Helen Whitney Clark.
AUDREY'S LOVE STORY,
CC7.y Oop-HYE,
A t: d-
rev.
Atiilrey eft v o
lur hand tj Ned
Norrowuv.
"lion. I - by c,"
she, said. "An.l
y o ti came t h v
whole wry nct'o.s
to see tie ii-uiii !
Think .you."
A lul then s.he
looked nt him. kii
lull rn.l si might nnd handsome, real
izing for thn lir.-t time just how she
felt to Ned Norroway.
"I couldn't have gone without good
bye, Audrey," said Nod. "Yesterday
nnd last night, with all the Granger
about at th picnic, gave mo no
chuuee. Will you think of me now
and then? "
H'l
They snt down under tho grape
vine. "I havo great hopes of this jour
ney," snid Ne.l. "Undo Edward
promises liy and by to take mil into
partnership. He's very wealthy mid
a bachelor; nuice old fellow, Audrey.
You'd liko him."
"Should 1?" nuked Audrey, think
i" ouly that lihe hhould like no one
ovcriiiuch who had teinpted Ned iiway
from lUoomlaud'H blopi s.
"And I'm to board with hini," said
Ned, "and wo t-litil 1 t mi splendidly,
I've no doubt ; uud when I'm junior
partiier "
Just then n whistle sounded. "I
bhall havo to run for it," Kuid Ned,
cutchuig up his portiuunteati. "Well,
good-bye a'ain, Audrey."
A viikuu ilimippointiiient thrilled
Audrey ; bho had thought so much ;
nud ho had said so little. Juct then
he leant towurd her. "Ono ki-is ut
j artiup;," ho said.
Audrey drew bnck. ft'no was no
prudo; sho would havo given her lips
to any friend leaving her, without a
thought of wrong ; but she could not
even let tho ruau she loved kiss her ; it
might bo a betraying ordeal, who
know? Everything or nothing for
Neil Norroway, and he had never ut
tered ono word of love to her.
"liood-bye," sho ssid, and gave him
her hand. And ho took it and went a
little dashed, and junt a littlo wounded.
When Mrs. ew came homo sh
wouderod what mado Audrey's eyes s
red.
Oh, women's lives! how they glido
on, for the most part tangled in tho
mesh of littlo things 1 Tlu ro was ho
parlor to dust, rutllos to Ilute and the
cake to bake ; a bluo bow to bo made
to wear with tho whito dress; hand
kerchiefs to hem; aftt ruootis to bo
spent at friends' houses; friends to
entertain at home ; a book murk to
bo made for tho Uiblo; very important
nothings to bo done trom dawn until
dubk; but through it all one thought
ran a thought bom of maidenhood's
first lore, as bright und pure an I tea
tier as any ever sung by poet, though
she was but a plainly reared country
girl and ho a nobody with a hopeful
Leart gone out to seek his fortune.
Tho time of roses pussed away, and
grupo time came.
omeboJy it was Tom repper
bad had a letter from Neil, who was
very well pleased with Now York.
"He's been to seo everything," said
Tom. 'Wait ; it's quite what I call a
historical :iin 1 of a letter, dreadful
iutercstiu'i want t read it?"
"I wouldn't mind," said Audrey.
Ko Tom gave lu-r tho letter. It was
a sew ing circle ut Mrs. Dove's, nu 1 in
a minute more Aulrey slipped up
into Mrs. Dove's bedroom, and thero
read tho letter. Just such a bright
account of himself and what ho saw as
any intelligent man could havo writ
tea; Lut to Audrey it was a miracle
of genius, and above all, ho wrote it.
I
It brought to bur a soupcoa of bis
person and of his soul. Under the
shade of Mrs. Dove's chinti window
curtains, Audrey kissed that letter as
mother's kiss thoir babies. Then she
came back to the parlor.
"Smart, ain't it?" asked Tom.
"What?" asked Audrey. "Ohlyes
the letter ; very nice." And as she
spoke, sho would have given twenty
dollsrs. or fifty, all she bad in thesav
ings bank money she bad earned by
making pot cheeses for market all
this littlo hoard would Audrey Dew
have given just to have that letter for
her very own.
A week afterward she went to see
Sally Slocuui, and Sally exhibited ber
photograph album. Here was Uncle
Silas and Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, all
in a row, with thoir flvo children, and
Aunt Tnbitha, and
"Oli," criod Audrey, "I didn'tknow
ho had had nny taken."
'Went down to tho store ono day,"
said Sally, "aud there ho was 'burnin'
n dozen. Didn't reckon bow't they
favored him, In: said. This here was
j. ht scorched; I pounced down on it.
I'll hev that, nuyway,' says I."
" Tii-r' !' s'lys he.'what d'ye want of
that?' but 1 kep it Think it liko
him?"
"Whcr. bo's serious," said Audrey.
"I said, 'That's your identical iui
iir;o when you'ro iu church.' And
w hat d'ye think he said 'Keckon I'll
stay hull), thi n.' Lor'! it is tho beat-
in st how peoplo want their cards to
look. "
S'.ie had viewed without envy Sally's
new bonnet; she had never coveted
her link bracelet', but sho broke tho
eighth commaudment when sho
looked at Ned Norrowny's photograph.
I am sorry to say thut sho did not
stop there.
Next day Sally went out to sco her
Cousin l'ringle, nnd about two io tho
afternoon Audrey Dew stepped softly
upon the Slocums' front piazzs,
slipped into tho parlor window, and
had the photograph album in her
pocket in a minute. Sho dared not
take Ned's picture out by itself, her
puilly conscience would bnvo filled
lur with fears of instant detection;
but the theft of tho whole album
would tievir be laid at her door.
"Most singular thing I ever knew,"
said old Mrs. Slocuui, relating her ex
perience t. friends afterward. "Somo
trump ir homebody slipped in nnd
honked Silly's allium. Surched high
nnd low, and couldn't hear nothiu'
nii't; otlercd a reward aud all, and
niv' it up; but about two weeks artor,
In re coincs a I'ltu.ilo for Sally, and
into it a album, bigger and better by
two than her tother was, and on tho
lirst pae,c tho picture of her Uncle Si
las he'sileud, yo know. All tho rest
sho ha'n't never beard nothin' on.
Aud who took it, and who sent it, I
dun no, nor nobody."
Nobody knew indeed, snvo one
guilty girl. Cousin Ellen and Aunt
Tabitha, nnd Mr. and Mrs. Johnson
n.nl their offsprings, had smouldered
into ashes between the covers of the
".Vi'" -uly Ned Norroway's face
existed, cut round and pendant in a
tiny frame and glass over Audrey
Dew's foolish littlo heart.
"What's that you'ro a wesrin' on a
chain?" asked Mrs. Dow of Audrey.
"Grandpa Drown' hair, ma," baid
Audrey.
Watching nnd waiting wears one
thin. Audrey was not quite as pretty
as sho had been, if bloom and bright
nos mako nil beauty, as most folk
think they do, and sho was conscious
of this, nnd aware also that her new
best dress was of an unbecoming
color, when, at Christmastnlo it was
known through tho village that Ned
had como down to spend the holidays.
They met at church, and tho rest of
Christmas Day Ned spent with his old
employer's family ; while Audrey lost
her appetite for dinner, aud wished
that sho had never been born. There
was Nathan Trior, to be sure, doing
his best to please her, and her cousin
Tack, from llamptou, trying to cut
him out; but her heart was just us
heavy as lead, aud every smilo was
forced, and every word wrung; from
her lips.
Tho next day Ned called. At the
announcement her heart fluttered;
then sho ran to tho glass. How ugly
sho looked ! Sho went down to greet
him, full of this thought, and gave
hitu a frigid nnd impassive baud, and
sat b lt upright on the remotest chair.
"You'ro not well, I'm afraid, Au
drey," said Ned injudiciously.
"Thank you, Mr. Norroway; I fotl
perfectly well," replied Audrey,
Ned bit his lip.
"l'leasant weather for tho season,"
ho said.
"Yes," said Audrey, "and such a
pleasant Christmas Day t Nathan
Trior spout it with us, aud Cousin
Jack. They are so full of fun, both of
them! I never enjoyed myself so
much."
"l'ra gla l to hear it," said Ned, and
then in came Mrs. Dow, aud Audrey
lapsed into sileuce.
Ned took his departure. Next
evening they met at a littlo party, and
Audrey, longing for Ned s prebonco as
beggar never lougod for bread, t l
her back on him ku 1 coque.'tad . ;U
Nathan Trior. Ned waited on Kuth
Hallow home, and Natlrtn gave bis
escort to wrecked little Audrev! And
then Ned was gone. Tho eity swal
lowed him again. Folks beard that
ho was "getting on.'.' Ir August
came his friend, old Genera) Spradell,
to enliven tho village with bis com
pany. General Spradell called ono evening
on tho Dews, and iu ten minutes
dropped his bomb-shell at Audrey's
feet.
"Wa, there's Norroway gone
auu gc: mnrriod. Vent to bis wed
ding a week ago. That's the paper,
Mis. Audrey gals likes to'rad about
w el Jin's; maS-s thorn think of ther
ownhe! lie! be I"
"Du tell 1 cried Mrs. Dew. "Nil
us
merneui
"1 dou't ace why any ono should be
surprised," said Audrey. "It's the
natural fate of young men."
"So it is," said the Oeneral. "I
mean to try it some of those days my
self."
Audrey took the paper to ber room
and read the notice of the wedding :
"On the 1st of August, Mr. Edward
Norroway to Helen, youngost daugh
ter of Howard Hotspur, En."
Therein, so she believed, lay her
world's end.
"Mother," said Audrey Dew, a week
after this, "you know Miss Koso al
ways has wantod me to ooms to her
and learn millinery. I'd like to go."
"There ain't any need of your pa's
daughter learning a trade," said Mrs.
Dow.
"But I could mako our bonnets, and
savo a good deal," said Audrey; and
finally sho bad ber way.
She only wanted to let ber heart
breakaway from tender, watchful eyes.
Tho farco of cheerfulness could bo
played no longer.
Iu a fortnight Audrey wont to New
York to learn to mako bonnets, Sho
wrote letter ) home to tho effect that
sho was very happy, nnd etitchod in
defatigably, nnd thought, and wept by
stealth, and grew thinner and paler,
and had a littlo oough. In fact, nou
seuso as you may think it, Audrey was
dying of a broken heart.
It was October, nnd the evenings
wero warm and golden nt homo, and
tho folingo gorgeous iu its briht de
cay. In tho city tho few trees wero
sero nnd somber, and,nll tho gorgeous
nesa was in the shop windows. About
fivo o'clock ono day, when Audrey,
who bad been to Brooklyn, enmo down
towards tho ferryboat, thinking hard
upon a subject which bad tormented
her for a long time Ned Norroway's
photograph. Sho had it still, nnd he
was another woman's property. Sho
was doing wrong; she must destroy it.
Why not toss it into tho river? Her
hand was on the chain, she took a step
forward. Jiibt then, "f.ot mo take
your shopping bag?" said a voico sho
knew She turned her eyes that wny.
There stood thrco persons Ned Nor
roway, a young lady to whom ho had
spoken, nnd an elderly gentleman. Au
drey dared not meet them. Sho turned
toward the boat, not heeding her steps
as sho should have done not noticing
that tho boat had left its moorings.
"Slop !" cried half a dozen voices ; but ,
Audrey had gone too far to stop. In
a second more tho waters had ingulfed
her.
"Don't go, Nel," cried n voting,
sweet voice, aud two bauds clutched
Ned's arm.
"Let me alone," cried Ned fiercely.
shaking tho lingers nway with a jerk.
And there wero two llgures iu tho dark
water instead of one, and Nod s voico
criod in Audrey's car, "I5o calm.
Don t cling to me, and I will save
you.
bho was quito insonsibic, and Ned,
dripping himself, carried ber into a
hoo no bsrd by, and gave ber over to
the go.ad-nstured Irish - landlady, who
soon bad ber warm and conscious of
this world again.
"She's quite herself, sir, said the
woman, coming out to Nod, "and will
see you in a minute. I ve jist brought
ber jewelry and things to you. I cau t
watch ivery wuu in nu' out."
Ned took the glittering handful; a
pin, a little silver portmoiiuaie, nnd a
chain with a framed picture attached.
In a moment more ho gavo a cry. How
sho came by it ho could not guess, but
tho faco that looked at him through
the blurred wet glass was his own.
Half an hour afterward ho was kneel
ing beside Audrey, who reclined in a
great nrm-chair iu tho landlady's best
room.
"Thank Ood I savod you, Audrey,"
ho said. "Li to would have been
worthies! without you, my litthj dar
ling.'
At these words, weak as sho was, Au
drey started to her feet.
"How dare you," she said. "You
havo risked your life for me, I kuow,
but that does nit warrant you in
speaking so. What have I douo to
lend you to insult mo?"
"To insult you, Audrey? God for
bid !"
"Words that a single man may
speak without making a girl angry,
sir, are insults from a married niau,"
said Audrey. "Your wife "
"My what?"
"Your wife would not"
"Stop, Audrey. Listeu to mo.
What do you mean by 'my wife?' I
am not married."
"Not married!" said Audrey. "We
saw it iu the papers Edwin Norro
way to H'tlou Hotspur. I read it
myself, and I saw her with you on tho
dock."
"Edward Norroway is married to
Miss Hotspur," said Ned, "uud you
saw her on tho dock ; but it is my
uuelo who possesses a wife, and tho
lady you noticed is, iu consequence,
my aunt by marriage, nue never
would havo giveti her hand to so poor
a person as tho Nod Norroway now in
your presence.
"Oh. Ned!" cried Audrev.
"So I meant no insult by calling
you my darling, and you don't fool
angry with mo?
"No," said Audrey.
"And I muy call you so again?"
She said nothing. He kissed ber,
this time without asking for it.
"Yes," said Mrs. Dew, a week after,
to some gossip who wautod "to know
all about it," "Nod and Audrey are
engaged."
However, Mrs. Dew kept her girl's
secret in true motherly fashion, and
never told how, bursting into tho
farm bouse all aglow with roses and
dimples. Audrey had bogun ber con
fossion by sayiug :
"Mother, it wasn't our Nod who
was married, aftei' all, but bis uncle,
"Why, who ever thought it was?
know who the General meant," said
Mis. Dew.
"Did you?" cried Audrey, all
ainivzo. yl dida't uatil week ago.
Ob, mother, I've been so wretched I
and I am so happy now 1"
And in these words she told the
other woman all ber story. New
York News.
Gold Lining la Mats.
I. B. Lake, a representative of the
Walthnm Watch Company in this city,
nays it is a common practico for the
bovs in watch and jowelry factories to
kill rats and burn their bodies to get
the gold from them, and that the
amount thus obtained in tho course of
of a year is considerable. In every
largo plant liko that of the Walthnm
Watch Company many oiled rigs are
usod in burnishing watch cases, nnd
in timo become strongly impregnated
with gold. The boys about the fac
tories are supposed to keep thoso rags
out of reach of tho rats, but they
don't do so. On tho contrary, know
ing the keen nppotito of tho rodents
for everything gresy, tho boys care
lessly lenvo theso rubbing rags lying
about where tho rats can get at them
and eat them. Six months of this
kind of diet fills tho interior mechan
ism of tho rat w ith s gold plating ho
cannot got rid of. It sticks in him
cjosely, and so long as tho supply of
oily rags holds out tho rat sticks to
tho factory. In orJer to mako suro
tho voracious rodents will hivo on jjj- .
Jiicemeht to "gorgo themselves with
gold, sharp boysdrop butter nnd fatty
meats from their luncheons on tho
lloors nnd rub them well into the wood
by shullling their feet on it. At night
tho rats como out nnd nibble tho floor
ing. They dou't care for tho gold in
it, but tho greaso attracts them, aud
in getting nt tho greao they tako it
dressing of gold with it.
Twico a year tho boys bnvo n grand
round up. Hats nro caught by tho
hundreds, nud after being killed nro
put into a crucible and burned. Tho
iutonso beat drives oil nil nuimat nub
stances, lenving the gold in tho shapo
of a button. Tho amount collected iu
this wov depends upon tho number of
rats tho boys cau catch. It is hardly
largo enough to attract nn investment
of capitnl, but it gives tho ingenious
youngsters considerable pocket money
nnd encourages business tactics.
Chicago Tribune.
The l'ersiau Horse.
Persian horses nro to bo admired
nnd liked, says Mrs. liishop in "Jour
neys iu Tersia." Their beauty is a
source of constant enjoyment, and
they are almost invariably gentle aud
locilo. It is in vain to form any reso
lution ngaiust making a pet of ono of
them. My new acquisition, 15oy, in
sists nn being petted, and his enticing
ways ure irresistible. Ho is always
tethered iu front of my tout with a
ropo loug enough to give him consid
erable liberty, nud bo took advantage
of it the very first day to come into
tho tent and make it apparent that ho
wantod me to divide a lemon with
him. Grapes were his preference;
then came cucumbers, bread and
biscuits. Finally be drank milk out
of a soup plate. He comes up to me
and puts down bis bead to have bis
ears rubbed, aud if I do not attend to
him at onoe, or if I ceuso attending
to hi in, be gives me a gentle but ad
monitory thump. I djne outside the
tent, und he is tied to my chair and
waits with wonderful patience for the
odds nnd ends, only occasionally rub
bing his uoso against my face to re
mind mo ho is there. A friendly
simtllo is tho only sound he makes.
Ho does not know how to right, or that
teoth nnd heels aro for any other uses
than eating "and walking. He is
really tho gout lest nnd most docile of
his race. Tho point at which ho draws
tho lino is being ted. Thou ho draws
back, and a mulish look comes into
his sweet eves. Lut ho follows like a
log, and when I walk ho is always
with me. Ho comes when I call him,
stops when I do, accompanies mo
when I loavo tho road in search ol
(lowers, and usually put his hoad
either ou my shoulder or under my
arm. To him I am an embodiment of
molous, cucumbers, grapes, peaches,
biscuits and sugar, with a good deal
of petting and ear-rubbing thrown in.
Some Everjuuy Mistakes.
Current natural history is some
times very amusing. An observant
country boy can givo you more re
liable information in half an hour
than many of tho writers who are
accepted as authority. Two examples
of the fallacies of the latter have been
going the rounds. Ouo wasau article
on the cricket, which was described
as a very dainty insect, with a delicate
appetite. There is in reality but one
that is more voracious, and that is the
cockroach. Tho cricket has a robust
taste for almost anything, especially
fariuacoous matter, and it is very de
structive to clothiug. A housekeeper
had ber luce curtains eaten up, and
tho writer remembers once visiting in
a bouso where the walls bad been
coiled and paperod. Tho paper bung
looso here aud there, duo to . tho
crickets that gnawed through to get
at the paste that had been used by the
paper haulers.
Another story was of tho marvelous
self-control of a inu who discovered
that a black snake had concealed itself
in tho pocket of bis coat, which bo
bad thrown aside in the field aud
donned again, very stupidly, without
discovering tho reptile. This of itself
was surprising, as it is generally from
four to five feet in leugtb, and weighs
several pounds. The black snake of
the Northern Middle States is as harm
loss as the toad, and, moreover, is ex
tremely cowardly. Its greatest fault
is its destructivenessof youug birds
the broods of those species which nest
in low shrubs or upon the ground.
But a man might carry one in each
pocket, and come to no harm, if bis
pookets were' large enough, and if be
did not have the inherent animosity
of mankind toward reptiles. Chicago
later-Ocean,
JAPANESE FRUITS.
THE MOST PROMFIC SOt'lSCK OV
POPULAR NKW VARIKTIKS.
An Extensive Interchange of Vege
table Products Oolnat on Detweru
This Country and the Land
of the Mikado.
I yUE United States Department
I , of Agriculture has recently
1 1 aoquired a collection of
?" Japanese fruits counter
feits, that is to say, executed most ar
tistically by the Professor of Horti
culture in the University of Tokio.
This gentleman, whoso name is Kizo
Tamari, was educated in this country.
The models servo to illustrate the ex
tensive interchange of tuch vegetable
products that bas been going on dur
ing the last few years between the
United States and the Empire of tho
Mikado. Many of tho finest varieties
now on our market bnvo been obtained
from there, while not a few American
fruits are being cultivated largely in
the land of tho rising sun. For ex
ample, Japan has no apples that are
good for anything; but apples from
New England are being grown in such
quantities on the Island of Yezo- tho
northernmost of the Japanese group
as to have become an important com
mercial article.
Tho climates of, Japan and tho
United States nro much alike, and nny
plant native to ono country seoms to
thrivo in tho other astonishingly.
From our point of view, just now that
far Asiatic archipelngo is tho most
prolifio sourcoof profitable new typos
of fruits, as well as of hardy ornamen
tal plants. In lS.'.l two naturalists
named Williams and Morrow, who ac
companied Commodore Terry's ex
pedition, secured and brought back
with them many Japanese plants;
while others wero collected subse
quently by Chnrlc Wright, who made
tho trip with Commodore llodgors in
1853. These collections wero submit
ted for study to Trofessnr A,sa Gray,
the famous botanist. Ho was much
struck with tho similarity between tho
flora of Japnn and that of tho Alle
gheny region of North America. The
theory on tho subject wticb be then
published is accepted to-day as tho
trno one.
During tho great glacial epoch tho
northern part of (this continent was
covered by a sheet of ieo which ex
tended as far to tho south ns Philadel
phia and St. Louis. When this sheet
was withdrawn, the so-called fluvial
period supervened, during which tho
climate was much warmer than it is at
present. Tho sea was .101) foct above
its present level, and the rivers were
vastly larger than they are now. Ele
phants and rhinoceroses roamed over
Canada and as far as the chores of the
Arctio Ocean, while mastodons, buf
faloes, lions, elks and horses inhabited
high latitudes. Alaska and Northeast
Asia were connected by land, and the
Siberian elephant wandered from one
continent to the other. At the same
time the plant life of the two hemi
spheres bncame intermingled.
Meanwhile the terrace epoph came
slowly on. The Arctic lands were ele
vated, the waters rocedod and the tem
perature fell. Tbo age during which
Greenland had a semi-tropical flora,
when, as has been said, an Eden'might
have been plautod iu Spitsbergen
vanished and the earth approached its
present condition. The vegetation of
all sorts was driven southward
through Asia and America. The
plants, pushed down from tho North
on all sides of tho globe, held ou in
similar climates; beuco the corre
spondence between those of Jap in of
to-day and their congeners in this
part of the world.
From Japan we have obtained our
finest varieties of plums, nnd those
are planted all over tho eastern part
of tho tutted States from Connecticut
to norma. mo Japanese liuve a
huge white clingstone peach, which,
though it does not lock ut all like any
of our varieties, is extremely delic
ious. They got it from China, how
ever. This is to-day the leading
market peach of Georgia. Some years
ago Dr. o. 11. Kumpn, of Marshall
ville, Ga., planted about 10,000 of the
stones, from which he got as many
seedling trees, rrom the lot be chose
two that bore the finest fruit, event
ually discarding one of them. The
other was the parent of the Elberta
variety, which bas since become fa
mous. Dr. Rumpb bas already sold
S'10,0U0 worth of these peaches, bun
dreds of car loads of which will be
shipped out of Georgia this season.
Another Japanese peach, also origi
nally from China, is the Peento. It is
cultivated to a considerable extent iu
Florida, but blooms top early for a
higher latitude. Two or three bright
davs ut any time iu winter will bring
out tho blossoms. Some of the trees
have been planted in Maryland, but.
for the reason mentioned, they never
bear fruit. Sneaking of plums, the
Japanese grow certain varieties for
the blossoms alone. A hey are ex
trumely fond of spring flowers, aud
festivals are held annually to celebrate
the blossomiug of the plum and the
cherry. Tho fruit of those blossom-
producing varieties is aorid and
of small aocount. Plums in general
in Japan are not valued for eating
fresh ; they are picked green usually
and pickled.
All of our cultivated persimmons
eome from Japan. Recently horticul
turists in Missouri, Illinois and In
diana have been trying to do something
with native American varieties, but
none of the latter approaches in size
those of the Orient, and as yet they
out no figure commercially.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir
to the throne of Austria, who recent
ly made a trip around the world, bas
published bis diary at the request of
many of his people.
Womlrn-I.eggrq' PeilcstrlanNm.
Nogent-sur-Msrne, a city not bin,,
erlo colebrsted as a sporting centr
has rendered itsel famous by insn
rating a series of running contests f0f
wooden-legged athletes. Not long
in response to a general invitation,
fewer than sixty-seven individual wk,
had lost either a leg or a thigh
peted for a nnmbor of prizes, the
tsuce to be covered amounting ,J
every rase to 200 metres. The ent-r-prising
cripples were divided jtl
cuissards ami jamhards, and, conlrnry
to what might have been expect
the "grand champion" turned n.'
among the former class. M. Uonij,,
whose thigh had to be amputate I )n
1887 In consequence of an nc?i.I.tt
succeeded in getting over the euur
(about 220 yards) in the very renmrk
able time ol thirty seconds; where.
M. FJorant, the most speedy jam'mr l
took thirty-six seconds, aud m.'
moreover, easily defeated by the h.,.'.
ond and third cuissurds, as well im l,y
the champion. There was nlsn a rv
for junior, but the youngsters t-M,
to approach the veterans, tho winner'
timo being thirty-five seconds. T!n
proceedings ended with a course ,le
consolation, which was sarriod o!Y
thirty-threo seconds by M. Mnti-ut.
but whether this gentleman w t, ,
cuissnrd or a jambard is not sua i.
Altogether tho meeting, or mat. !i a,
oiir French friends c.illod it, m, ,
great success, nllording endless i-.
light to both competitors and si,, rt,.
tors. If a similar show wero to be j.
panized in this country it w n;j
doubtless bo productive of a lare M1:a
in gate money, w hich mi -lit be ,'i...
voted to some charitv connected
athletics, or, botter still, bo al l. Iu
tho Hospital Sunday Fund. The Li
cet.
The Power ol the .laws.
Dv means of a spring instru-.ii -t
providsd with a registering device i(
G. . ulack took records of l.V) "1 it,
.1 : nr . w .i
oi uiucreut persons. ji iiiese,
have been preserved ns clmractiri-t:':
of tho ordinary man, woman, vI
child. Tho smallest pressure ree,r.ii
was thirty pounds by a little irirl m.v. j
vears old. lhis was with tho iin",- c.
Using her molars, tho same chil l
crted a force of sixtv-live lMenU
iuo nigiicsi recorti was ma'te it
ri . . , ,
physician of thirty-live. The i::tn.
ment used only registered 2 ni p :i:.l.
aud he simply closed it together
out apparent effort. There wis u
method of determining how fur h ve
27t pounds he could havo gone. Ti.ii
test was made with the molar-. S,r-
oral imramti nvma1,i I a for.n ,.f ! Ii
pounds with the incisors nnd 2 1 ti : : L
tho molars. Dr. Dlack found thit it
tho habitual chewing of foo l tui.'ii
more force is exerted than is taw-i-sary.
Iu chewing a piece of le.f
steak, the crushing point of which
from fnrtv In Inrlv-nvA nnnn.Is. frni
sixty to eighty pounds stress was tt
t'.ially employed at eaoh thrust of the
tnnflv Tlirt nrinninul artirtlftu tJ fu.l
bOBieii uuu vt ubuiuj jiuiuta n, luuiw
Steak, forty to forty-five ponnJi;
,.,! i. 1 . :.i. .. l .v,...
mutton chops, thirty-flvo to forty
pounds; broiled bam, forty-five to
sixty pounds; roast beef, fortv-tiveto
sixty pounds ; pork chops, twoatrl!
twenty-five pounds ; aud tho choicer
parts of cold boiled beef tongue, thre
to five pounds. Tho toucher parts
beef and mutton, required n cribhn:
force of ninety pounds iu souiii
stances. Literary Digest.
Tho Iliielcrloloy of I'lothe.
Doctor Soitz, of Munich, n tin
British Modio li Journal, says tin;
examining a worsted stocsr.i n-
fouud 'JjlJ colonies of bacilli, whw
a cotton sock thero were 7TJ. !.-
these articles had been wort:, kit n
information is vouelmfo I as t t'j;
personal hahits of tho wearer. TLirty
three colonies were fotiu I on n
twenty ou a piece of woolen stuiT, aa:
nine on a pieea of cloth. Lae
theso articles ha 1 been worn. On
pieco of cloth from a garment wb::.
na.i been worn a wees xuertf :
twenty-three colonies. Of the m'.cr.-
nr mninmii found on articles of Cit
ing, relatively few wero capable
causing disease ; the pathogeni;
ni.ia iviia alnt nut wifKrtitf T I'rlltlO.
staphylococci In one case, lnwur.
uoctor neuz louna typnoi i nscua
ItlUICD ui tiuiu.uy AftVtlt .n...t'
io iweniy-seven uays auu mu umj -.
1 ... -II ln.,11.1
- ... a T
unjrn nitri tuny un i'ddu " " '
antnrax oaciiius louua in ciuiii-i
still virulfpt after a year. The t
crooe ol erysipelas, on the otu.'r u1-
could not be found after cik'iw
hours, nor the cholera vihii' '!'
three davs. Dr. Soitz stu In; l
special care tho question whether
tuberculous subjects who sweat
fusely the bacillus was ouveyei'
tho perspiration to u pioiw of iiy
woru for some timo next tiw J
tha chest. Tho inoculation "f
guinea-pigs, however, gave ue0'it-
results.
rink nitw.
T T Tfc TT . 1 . 1..I 1,. Iill
yr. u. x . uaie. ui vunrn e' -
bis possession a iiaokairo of tiu11
itnlnAtklrt imwilnr. Mia litrttiirv of 4
in very luierunuuK. 11 is tun
? i-"v" i""""". " . ....
ana urounn v lunei i, oi., i" -.
x . i. yuiu'is, ui tt miioi.i, --- ,
ii io uiui, mus (loscrioes im
rniAi'alnrni "r.aut SnnililV 11 CI""'
up aud the clouds bad a pink c5
l...... A !.-. T .v-Alnlr lit. I'llHI-M
tho north became very dens8'
dark mul. aua at ti o ciock u
darn to rea.i. i nave secu -
Htrance sKies nere. out iiim. -
. . 1 . .1. ... u
most Ktrmia'A- It liftLrilll w
about H o'clock, and in tue u"-
there was one and a half iuoue -
rretlipr r ft lift f.innli of tuft DOUU"
verv Dink, and when tho snow
lt lett a cost or slime on iu"
i i 1 1. i- ..ink
and uoarus, anu our wan i v a(
to-day." The powder is hehe')
be of volcanic origin. San Fr"".
Chronicle. - ' I