CHINESE FARMERS.
Curious Modes of Cultivation Among
the Celestials.
The Chinese have been noted as farm
ers for more than four thousand years,
and, since 2,200 years before Christ, the
Emperor lias started the plowing for the
nation. The Festival of Spring Plow
ing is the great event of the Chinese
year. At this time His Majesty, 44 The
Son of Heaven," after fasting and pray
ing in the temple of heaven, makes sacri
fices to the god of agriculture. He comes
from the hall of Intense Thought, out
into the fields surrounding the temple
grounds, and puts his royal long-tinger
nailed hauds upon the rude plow, painted
for the occasion with imperial yellow. !
Princes of the royal blood assist him
while the water buffalo drugs the rude
machine through nine furrows, aud
couriers are sent forth to the farmers
throughout the land to let them kuow
that spring has begun, and that cultiva
tion may commence. At the same time,
all over China, the same ceremony is en
acted by the chief officers of the various
provinces. Every official in Chiua is
called upon to be" a farmer, and the gov
ernors-general, the revenue commission
ers, and the justices of the peace act as
chief plowmen.
The water-buffalo, the most ungainly
species of the cow genus in existence, is
the chief draft-animal of China, aud, at
the opening of spring, a life-sized paper
buffalo is carrieu, on a table, in a grand
processioit, with bands of music anu with
appropriate ceremonies, throughout the j
cities of the empire, in order to announce
to the people that spring has begun. A
day or so later the millions of this great
agricultural people are hard at work, and
the smell of the newly-plowed ground
rises from an area half the size of the
United States.
The greater part of China is cultivated
like a garden, and the people are garden
ers rather thau farmers. The holdings
are very small, ranging in size iu some
districts from one to ten acres, and there
are thousands of families in China who
live off one-acre farms. The people, as
a rule, in the districts of North and South
China, through which I traveled, do not
live on the ground that they cultivate,
but in villages. The men, women and
children go out in the morning to work
and come home at sunset. I spent a week
traveling along the winding Peiho in a
house-boat, through the great pluin of
North China, and 1 sometimes watched
the sun rise, from my front door, on the
water. At this time the fields, as far as
the eye could reach, were spotted with
processions of big-hatted, half-naked,
yellow-faced men, trotting along with
great hoes over their shoulders, and of
not a few bare-headed women, some of
whom had baskets resting above their
Chinese waterfalls. There were few ani
mals to be seen. The fields were not
separated by fences, and the only bound
ary marks were little pieces of granite or
sandstone, about a foot high and six
inches square, set up at the corners of the
fields. The plows in ise were of the
rudest possible description, consisting of
a beam-handle and a snare with a wooden
stem, which was fastened to a sort of rest
at the back. In some cases the share
wus tipped with iron, but I saw no fur
rows more than six inches deep, and in
some places the plow merely scratched
the ground. Chinese farmers measured
the depth of a furrow as the Western
cowboy docs his whiskey or the farmer's
wife measures her cloth—a furrow is so
many fingers deep. One of these plows
costs about two dollars, and the rude
rope harness, which is fastened to the
neck of the buffalo by a wooden bow-like
yoke, cannot be worth more than fifty
cents. The work-clothes of the farmer
are on the same inexpensive order, con
sisting, in some cases, of a hat and a
waist-cloth, which comes as far down as
the knees, leaving the breast, shoulders
and feet bare.
Jinny of these farmers use spades, or
rather the spade-hoe, a long-handled in
strument, with a heavy bludc about four
inches wide, and more than n foot long.
Such harrows as I saw were each made up
of a heavy stick, to which one row of
stout wooden or iron teeth was fustencd,
and attached to tho back of which was a
handle, by which the harrower pressed
the machine into the ground, in much
the same way as our farmer holds his
plow. I did not see the women har
nessed to either plows or harrows, though
such instances are said to be common in
the more poverty-stricken districts of the
interior. There were, however, many
women working in the fields in every
part of China which I visited, and, at
Fuchau, about a thousand miles or more
south of Peking, I saw women hoeing and
spading, whose wages were just two cents
a day. These women were as hardy as
the fish-wives of Paris. They had ear
rings as big around as a tin cup, and their
silver hair-pins were a foot long, and
often a dozen iu number. In the fields
near Canton I saw a score of geese follow
ing a plow held by a bare legged, pig
tailed farmer, and drawn by a mangy
black buffalo, and in every province I
visited I found pigs, chickens, ducks and
geese by the thousands.—[American Agri
culturist.
CATTLE STEAMERS.
Tribulations of the Sailors—Cruel
Treatment of Cattle.
The wretched sailors on board the aver
age cattle steamer suffer but little less
than the brutes that incumber the decks,
and on many vessels it is impossible to
persuade the same crew to ship a second
time. A tramp steamer in the business is
a hell upon the water. Not only does
overloading endanger the ship by making
her top heavy and unmanageable, but it
so blocks and obstructs the deck that the
crew are unable to attend properly to their
duties. So greedy are the agents in their
desire to increase the carrying capacity
of their vessels that they have been known
to raise the lifeboats high nbove the deck
and build stables beneath them. In such
a case what would become of a crew if it
should be necessary to abandon the ship
hurriedly?
It is said that the captains are opposed
to these risks, but the companies keep
them in subjection with threats of instant
dismissal if they refuse to obey orders.
Common sailors can say nothing. Theirs
is a dog's lot. Ouee sigucd, they are at
the mercy of their employer.
It would fill you with pity, indignation,
shame, to see the loading of a cargo of
cattle. Jlost of the contracts between
shippers and steamship companies pro
vide that the loading shall be done be
tween sunrise and sunset, but the agree
ment is broken nearly every day by one
Company or another. Recently a vessel
was lying at Brooklyn, where she had
been taking on a general cargo, flour,
grain, cotton, etc. At 2 o'clock p. m.
the agent sent word to the shipper that he
was ready for his dcckload of cattle.
Tho day was cold and stormy. At 3
o'clock an old ferry boat, with 175 cattle
on board, left the Communipaw Stock
Yards, and half an hour later lav alongside
the steamer. The rain came down iu tor
rents. a cold stitumi" rain. The hoods of
the old boat had been torn away and the
cattle were without shelter. The agent
was not ready to receive them. Four
o'clock came, and 5 and 0, und still he
was not ready. Darkness set in, and tfre
poor, shivering brutes continued to stahd
therein the pitiless storm. At half-past
9 the great man gave permission for the
cattle to be driven on board. The drive
was a torture. The gangway, owing to
the difference in the level of the decks,
was steep and the rain had made if slip
pery, but after much belaboring and
prodding, and with many a fall and slip
and scramble, the miserable creatures
were forced to ascend it to their prison.
—[Nevy York Tribune.
ORIENTAL JEWELRY.
The Natural Glare of Jewels Subdued
by Inimitable Workmanship.
The reason why the colors in an Orien
tal brooch or bracelet are so perfect is
precisely the reason why an old Oriental
carpet is better than any other. An Asi
atic hates to be dazzled, to be blinded
with glare, to have his eyes hurt and his
brain heated by unsubdued effects of
light. Consequently, though he dyes his
wools in intense colors, having few others,
he so combines them, so mixes them with
black and with that dark cream which
Europe lias never caught the secret of,
that the total result is restful, and the
very idea of glare or of full daylight on
the patterns is entirely absent. It is pre
cisely the same with the Orientul jewels.
Their natural glare is kept down by com
bination and want of polish. The Asiatic
who carved in jade and sunk deep in
scriptions on the sapphire could have face
ted precious stones just as well as the
cutters of Amsterdam, who till lately used
no machinery; hut he did not want to do
it. He wanted subdued effects, and
made of the garnet a carbuncle—which is
a miracle of color without glare—or he
cut off, as in many emeralds we have
seen, a mere corner, so that the beholder,
instead of being bothered with flashing
green in his eyes, should peep at will
into green depths. We do not say he
was altogether right—as regards the dia
mond tye was altogether wrong—but we
may rely on it he knew his business, and
wheu he failed iutended to fail. His in
tense appreciation of turquoiso was due
not only to admiration for its color—
which, after all, can be matched only by
one or two flowers—but to its being the
one gem that, for all its brilliancy of
color, does not flash. To this hour the
high-class Asiatic loves the cat's eye as the
European can never do, because the light
in it gives no pain, but reveals itself
through a sort of dusky shade. The
European has made lovely jewels, and
will make lovelier, but he will never make
the same jewels as the Asiatic, who with
inimitable art will take from gold all its
glitter without diminishing by one iota
the perfection of its shade of color, and
will hand you a bit of enamel in which
the green is as bright as the cmeruld, the
red as fiery as the ruby, and the whole a?
restful to the eye as a piece of turf. The
Oriental jeweller has another merit, too,
and in it lies the secret of a possible
great development in the demand for
European jewellers' work. He always
gave to his jewellers certainty of value.
Ilis gold was gold of unalterable purity,
his silver truly silver of the standard, his
stones the stones they professed to be. his
work paid for at an understood and in
variable rate. Thr consequence was that
he made little, but that the market for
his commoner wares never ceased, jewels
being as much 44 property" as English
sovereigns now are, equally portable,
nearly us capable of concealment, and as
fixed in value. A great noble could fly
from province to province with nothing
but a casket, and not only always remain
rich, but always be able to raise cash at a
few hours' notice. So could a peasant,
though his jewels would only be neck
laces of silver and narrow bracelets of
gold. Any money changer would take
them anywhere in Asia; and even if he
traded on the applicant's necessity, he
would not attack the quality of an arti
cle known to be unimpeachable.—[Lon
don Spectator.
Horseshoes for Luck.
"Never take the horseshoe from the
door" is the advice given in a recently
popular song, which precept is followed
>y the injunction that while there the
bit of iron will surely bring good luck.
Be this as it may, there are certainly
many thousands of people who to-day,
while perhaps not superstitious in other
things, are either believers in the adage,
or else, for the sake of effect, iu orna
mentation employ the horseshoe as an
emblem of good luck by giving it a
prominent place in the household decora
tion. The great fad is to pick up a
horseshoe in the street, and he who is
thus 4 'fortunate" is supposed, according
to superstition, to secure extraordinary
luck as long as the shoe remains in his
possession. But all are not thus favored;
and in order to secure a shoe a visit to
the blacksmith or junkman is found to be
necessary, making it especially profitable
to the latter. A visit paid to a junk-shop
at the West End a few days ago showed
to what an extent, this craze has reached.
Among the odds nnd ends there classified
were exhibited some hundreds of horse
shoes in various conditions.
lii reply us to the final disposition of
the shoes the junkman said: "I um not
in Ihe habit of selling them to black
smiths or foundries, for the reason that I
can make more profit in selling them to
private parties for the purposes of orna
mentation. In that pile there are many
shoes almost new. They are brought to
lue by boys who pick them up in the
street, by my collectors and others. I
sort them over and get, on an average,
10 cents apiece for them, according to
the shoe. Who buys them? Why, from
the nuinbor of people who have patron
ized me I should say almost everybody.
One man to whom I sold a shoe keeps it
in his money drawer and says that it lias
made his business good, but I guess
that his own strict habits have had some
thing to do with it. It is funny how a
superstition will take hold of people.
Rich as well as poor are believers in the
horseshoe. Go into the home of the
former mid you will find the horseshoe in
its place over the door, handsomely
gilded or other otherwise ornamented,
while a visit to the latter will find the
shoe over the door, but in tho sum* con
dition as when purchased. Another
thing übout the horseshoe, according ta
tradition, the shoe must be liung with
the open side up, so that luck will fall
into it from above and find a safe resting
place. Should the shoe be hung open
side down, it will not catch luck as it
falls. So it goes, my particular luek iu
the possession of so many being the
handsome profit which I derive. I
know of a former 'old maid' who had
waited long anil patiently for a husband,
but, up to a certain point, without suc
cess. She bought a shoe one day, hung
it over her door, and to-day is a wife.
Have a shoe?" said the junkman us the
writer turned to go. "Thanks," was
the reply, "I have two hung up at liotno."
—[Boston Herald.
AMAZONS IN ACTION.
The Story of a Fight With Female
Warriors in Dahomey.
A firm of Rouen, France, has received
from a traveler, who is actually at Kot
onon, a letter, containing the following
particulars about the attack by the Daho
iniaus:
During the last few days there had been
about fifteen sharpshooters wounded.
Something was expected, but gradually
the watchfulness had become rather weak.
The consequence was that the sentinels
were fast asleep at 5.80 in the morning
when the Dahoinians advanced in snake
like glidings. They surprised the senti
nels and cut off their heads. In the same
manner the watchman of the battery was
butchered. The artillery quartermaster
endeavored to defend himself, but an
Amazon, a fine girl of 16, stabbed him
with a poniard aud cut his throat. The
same fate happened to a brigadier, and
also to a nou-commisioned officer of ar
tillery.
Meanwhile the alarm had been given.
The Senegalese riflemen arrived on the
run and swept off the first rauks of the
Dahomians. The bold young Amazon was
caught, thrown to the ground, and her
neck cut. At the same moment Governor
Boyatt signaled to the gunboat at anchor
off the battlefield. Immediately a hail
storm of bombs and Hotchkigs balls
rained over the Dahomians, and caused
them to take flight to the underbrush,
leaving from 500 to 600 of their people on
tlie ground.
The amazons still constitute the best part
of the Dahomiau army. This corps of about
2,500 women is mainly recruited from
young girls of the best families in Duho
mev, designated by the caprice of the
King for military service. They live in
barracks like regular soldiers.
One company of the amazon regiment
bears the name of "razor virgins," because
they arc armed with razors nve feet long,
which are terrible weapons in African
fights, and are usejl in time of peace to
decapitate men sentenced to death by the
Dahomian King, who also usee his ama
zons as public executioners. Another
company is named "the big muskets,"
each woman soldier being accc npauied
by a slave, who carries a heavy flint-lock.
The "sure to kill" company is formed of
the best sharpshooters. There arc also
"carbincrs" and "bayonet" companies.
The "arrowbearers" is composed of gjrls
too young yet for actual fighting, but
who are employed as reconuoitering par
ties and in tne ambulance corps. The "el
ephant" compauy is not destined for the
battle-field, but for hunting elephants and
procuring ivory for the royal treasury.
The most daring, agile and athletic girls
are admitted into this compauy, which
might be called the civil or private ser
vice of King Kondo.
Monkey and Bull-dog.
Some species of the monkey fumily are
held sacred by the Hindoos, with the
result that the naturally mischievous i
animals become extremely familiar—so 1
familiar, indeed, as to be really a uuis- I
ance, at least in the eyes of European !
residents. The author of " Thirty-Eight j
Years in India" gives an amusing account j
of au experience of his dog with one of j
these sacred mischief-makers:
" The monkey took up his position \
day after day on the lower branch of a
large mango tree, and there he remained, !
indifferent to all threats and intimida
tion ; and this led to a delicious result.
"I have already mentioned Toby, my
unparalleled bull-dog. When the nuis
ance of these sacred monkeys began to be
annoying, Toby interested himself in
making occasional raids upon the in
truders, but with little effect, and he
seemed quite distressed by his failures.
44 One day I was standing with the dog
by my side when he observed our defiant
old friend take his seat as usual on the
branch. As he allowed his tail to hang
down it struck me, aud I verily believe
it struck Toby also, that, although his
body was out of reach, his tail might be j
grabbed.
44 1 spoke in a low tone to Toby; he I
seemed to understand, crouched, and '
very gradually approached the tree, i
The monkey remained immovable and :
apparently unconcerned, and the tail |
continued to hang temptingly down.
4 4 Suddenly Toby made a rush for the
tail. Everything bespoke a triumph
long delayed.
44 Alas! alas! The venerable monkey
never moved, but as Toby's open mouth
turned upward to seize at least the tail,
he quietly, but at the proper moment,
lifted it up with his left hand, as a !
gentleman would raise his coat-tail to |
enjoy the fire, and, stooping slightly for-1
ward, gave Toby a pleasant box on the j
ear with his right hand, looking at him I
as he passed with calm and satirical in-1
difference.
44 More amusing still was the fact that
after this rehearsal the experiment was
repeated more than once. I can still
vividly recall the calm, philosophical
indifference of the monkey, the calcu
lating advance of the impassioned and
yet bulfied Toby, the repeated rush, the
quiet elevation of the tail, and the in
sulting put on the gasping cheek."
Happy Men.
The old Persians, who had many authors
of singular penetration, gave the world
the following proverb:
"There are two men in the world who
are perfectly happy; two men wlios.
minds may be at rest. The first is the
wholly ignorant man, who is happy
because he thinks that he knows every
thing.
"The second is the really learned man,
who is happy because he knows that
thero will always be something for him
to learn."
This proverb suggests certain maxims
which were the favorites of a Massachus
etts clergyman, now dead, and which
were as follows:
"When a man knows not and knows
not that he knows not, he is a fool; shun
him.
44 When a man knows not and knows
that he knows not, lie is simple; teach
him.
4 'When a man knows and knows not
that he knows, he is asleep; wake him.
"When a man knows and knows that
he knows, he is wise; follow him."
Drinkers of Alcohol.
Did you ever see an alcohol drinker?
Not a man who drinks whiskey with al
cohol in its makeup, but a man who
drinks the straight fluid without a drop
of water to cool his case-hardened throat.
There are men in Kausas City who driuk
pure alcohol every day of their lives.
They reach a trembling hand for it when
they open their eyes in the morning, and
the last gulp at night carried to a fiery
stomach more fuel. These characters are
few. As compared with the whiskey
drinker the man who driuks alcohol is
something awful. It does not matter if
the whiskey drinker indulges to excess—
let him be the worst sot upon the oarth
and the moderate alcohol drinker will
surpass him in genuine depravity.
The eyes of the man who has used al
cohol as a beverage for a year start from
their sockets, all bloodshot and revolting,
a perpetual leer is upon his face, his com
plexion is blue and red by turns, hpihole
frame quivers, and all sense of moral duty
is away from him. The ordinary drunk
ard is not to be compared with tbs alco
holic slave. The im-mer has oh more
than one occasion been redeemed; but
who can point out the drinker of straight
alcohol who has lived to become a man
again? Of the alcohol drinkers in Kan
sas City none is more conspicuous than an
old fiddler, without any name in partic
ular, who frequents the hotels, saloons,
and public corners. This old man never
wears a shirt. He keeps his tuttered coat
buttoned. He unbuttons his coat occa
sionally to take from its inside pocket a
fiask of pure, white Alcohol. The old
man holds the bottle in his hands for a
moment, raises it to his bearded face with
an unsteady hand, and before he lowers
his head and replaces the fiask in his j
coat, the fiery fluid, in a dose that would j
kill an ordinary man, has gone to hie
stomach. A grimace—that is all. The
old fellow never thinks of drinking wuter
before or after these alcoholic draughts.
-•-[Kansas City Times.
WORKING IN HIS SLEEP. I
A Peculiarity of the Lata United I
States Senator Beck. ; 1
"It was overwork that had much to do 1
with Senator Beck's death," says a writer
in the New York World. "His mind |
was the best example of perpetual motion j
that ever had a place inside a human i
skull. It worked even iu his sleep; and '
one day when the subject of brain-work
was being discussed by a party of sena- j
tors in one of the cloak-rooms Senator .
Beck is said to have told the following I
story concerning a peculiarity of his brain
which he said he believed had done him
a great deal of harm during his life. He
said:
" T first noticed it when I was a boy (
going to school in Scotland. I had a 1
strict old preacher for a tutor, and, with
a number of other boys, went to the par-1
sonage to be educated. One night I was
very sleepy and still had a long Latin les
son to get off. I tried hard to learn it,
but before I was aware of il I was doz
ing. At length I read the lesson through
in a half dreaming condition, and, with
the Latin all in a jumble in my head, I
went to sleep. I awoke the next morn
ing with my head perfectly clear, and,
strange to say, all the ambiguities in my
difficult lesson were made plain, and I
read the lesson without a balk. The
same thing happened a second time, and
I again found tnat when I went to sleep
with a confused idea of my lesson, learn- !
ing it while half dozing, I awoke with !
all the knotty points unravelled. It bo- 1
came my custom after that to read my
tusks over just before going to bed, aua
I never failed to have them iu the morn
ing. My strict old tutor saw that I never
studied, and he thought one of the other
boys must be helping me. At length he
gave me a page of Livy to translate and
told me if I did not have it for him the
next morning he would flog me. He
then forbade any of the hoys to go near
me, and watched my actions. I read tha
lines as usual that night before I went to
sleep, and the next day I had them as pst
as you please. He never bothered me
after that. Well, the year passed and I
found my faculty still clinging to me tiu
I began to put too much faith in It and
depended almost entirely on my myste
rious helper. I found it grow weaker as
1 grew older, and, though I have such
spells sometimes now, they are not fre
j (juent. While in them I seem to see the
! lines and words of the subject I am stud
| ying before my mind's eye, and without
knowing the process, I work out the
problem, I remember that a phrenolo
gist examined the heads of my family
some time ago, and they then wanted me
to have my head put in hie hauds. Fin
ally, more to oblige them than anything
else, I consented. The man said he
j would examine my head and give me a
j chart of it for $5, or he would tell me my
main characteristics for I told him
worth was enough. He then felt all
j over my cranium and said that I would
j have made a good spiritual medium, and
j he told me that my mind was capable of
I working separate from my body, and that
I solved problems in my sleep. I gave
the man $5 for his knowledge, and nave |
had more faith iu phrenology since then
I than ever before.'"
Feathered Pirates,
A pair of robins, as has been theix j
j custom for several years past, recently
: commenced building their summer hoo}s
j in an elm tree on the sidewalk in front of
i my house, and the work went bravely j
i on, with Song and rapid flutter of wings.
Suddenly the songs ceased and work on
j the nest stopped. But it was not len i
. alone, for a band of miserable sparrows j
' attacked it, and, if possible, were mors
active in its destruction than the robins
had been in its construction.
A few days later the robins began an- i
other nest in a tall maple tree near by.
and the work was pushed rapidly. But
a few days since it was evident that some- j
thing was wrong again. There was a
great outcry on the part of the robing |
and an unmusical chatter by pugnacious
sparrows. The latter were again victor- j
ions, and at once proceeded to demolish
the nearly finished nest, which work they j
| soon completed, strings, grass, feather*, i
etc., being scattered promiscuously |
about. This was not all, nor the worst |
for the male robin was seen hanging by
a cord fastened to its neck and one wing,
dead, and not ten feel from the pla?c '
whore the nest had been. The sight at- '
tracted the attention of passers by, but it;
was so high that none cared to ascend
the tree to get the bird.
Being anxious to know the facts as to
the reason of the bird's death, I splicej
mv stiff trolling rod, with a knife ab
tached to the tip, to a long pike pole, and '
with the help of a ladder and the assist j
uuce of a neighbor I succeeded in cutting
the string above the bird.
An examination showed that a string. I
common wrapping twine, was pasWq j
through the wing quills, around tM!
neck, and knotted so tightly thatoonsid
erable patience was required to remove
i it, so that death must have bseu socA
| clYccted.
I The male being dead aud the nest de
j strayed, the female lias departed, so that
j we are no longer favored with their sweet
! morning and evening songs.
I The question now is: "Who killed
! cock robin?" Was it suioide from re
peated defeat*, or was he acoidently
caught in the string? Or was it pre
meditated murder on the part of piratical
sparrows?—[Forest and Stream.
PBOPLB living in the southern part of
tht CQunty, near San Andreas station, on
the railroad to Watsonville. Cab, were.
: astounded one day recently by a shower
| of worms during * light rain. The worms
j resembled grub worms, and were about
an inch ana a half long, white in color,
and had red tyes. Koa* who found them
1 ever saw the llks before.
A Homely Virtue.
Cora, when she married Frank Boyce,
was earnest in her anxiety to please
the family, aud to win their love She
was an orphan and alone. His mother,
she felt, must love her as a child, and
his sisters take her in as one of them
selves, or she would not be happy.
She bought her gowns of the color
which Frank said they preferred; she
practiced her songs with fresh zeal
upon hearing they were fond of music.
She was an affectionate, generous girl,
and eager for love.
But when the wedding was over, and
Frank and his wife arrived at his
mother's house, there was a look of dis
may in the eyes of her new relatives
which they could not conceal.
They tried to meet her appealing
glances with a cordial welcome, but
they could not be blind to the tear in her j
dress which was pinned together, or to I
the grease spots on her elegant cloak.
When she came down that evening
I in her bridal dress to meet their friends,
! her face was bedaubed with white pow- 1
I tier, and the skirts that peeped from
beneath the satin gown were soiled.
Cora Boyce never overcame the un
tidy habits of her youth. All her warm
affections, her beauty, her gay wit, ,
could not win the respect of her new "
kinsfolk for a woman who came to
breakfast in curl-papers and a dirty 1
wrapper. Her husband, who had seen '
her before marriage only in the draw
| ing-room, was shocked, distressed, and
jat last out of patience with her sloven- *
i liness. E
j She is an old woman now, and has
; married children, but she nevor has
been able to understand why the love
| which she has given so generously to ~
those dear to her never has been repaid i
jin kind, nor why her children are ■
ashamed when she meets their friends.
| She has undoubtedly made many
efforts to change her personal habits
in this regard, but such habits, when
Dnce firmly established by an untidy
| childhood and youth, are almost incur
able in manhood and womanhood,
i She does not know, perhaps even
now, that she lacks that homely qual
ity of which Strebling says, "It is a
1 necessary virtue, the presence of which
we do not notice in a woman, though
its absence drives us mad."
i Cleanliness assuredly conies next to
godliness in winning respect for man !
or woman.
The memory of good Sir "Walter is !
more sweet and wholesome in the •
hearts of all men when they read of his j
scrupulous personal nicety, and who I
floes not love Charles Lamb better for ' |
hearing that he "always looked as if lie | |
had just come from the bath?"—
Youth's Companion. | ,
Tact in Managing the lloys.
A quaint story is told about Master ,
Tommy Anderson, an old-time peda
gogue. Once lie taught a school in
Farmington,where the bovs had driven
out several teachers He found that
the chief conspirator was a good-look- r
ing grown-up girl, saucy and proud.
The schoolmaster wore his hair in a (
cue, as was the fashion in those days. ; <
When he was "doing a sum," with liis
head down, she tossed his cue back
and forth as if it were a toy, much to
the amusement of the scholars. Uncle
Tommy said nothing but kept up quite
a thinking. He knew if lie called out
the guilty girl and punished her, the
big boys would rise and carry him out.
So he adopted unusual tactics in con
ducting his campaign. He found a lot
of long hair hanging up in a barn.
From this lie selected and smoothed
out a bunch resembling a cue, and
tied it up nicely with a ribbon. Taking
, this to the school-room early the next
morning, he suspended it from the
peg where the girl always hung her
( cloak and hood; then he commenced to
set copies as usual. When she came
in and spied the curious contrivance
she looked surprised and puzzled.
Quoth Master Tommy, in a mild tone
i of voice:
i 1 "Mis", I have brought that bunch
of hair for you to use as a plaything
i instead of my cue."
I j The proud-spirited girl was humilia
ted before the whole school, and could
not help crying. Uncle Tommy had
won the victory by stratagem rather
; than by force of arms, and had no fur-
I ther difficulty with his scholars.—
! Farminaton (Me.) Chronicle.
now iu tnoose a novei.
"I siient a whole hour to-day at the
Public Library trying to choose a
I novel. It's such a nuisance."
I "Oh, I think it easy enough. I just
j look at the last chapter. If I find
rain softly and sadly dropping over one
or two lonely graves, I don't take it,
j but if the morning sun is glimmering
| over bridal robes of white satin, I get
j it marked at once."— Toronto Grip.
To DIHPOI Colds,
I Headaches and Fevers, to cleanse the system
; effectually, yet gently, when costive or bilious,
: or when the blood is impure or sluggish, to
permanently cure habitual constipation, to
awaken the kidneys and liver to a healthy ac
j tivity, without irritating or weakening thein,
■ use Hyrup of Figs.
The present is the time in which to live and
'to work, iho past iu & recollection and the
I future a phantasy.
J FITS stopped free by Da. KLINE'S GIIKAI !
NKHVK KESTOKKIL NO Fits after first day F ,
| use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and S2 trial
bottle free. Dr. Kline, W1 Arch St., I lula., 1 a
i The construction of a tunuelnround Niagara
Falls, to Utilise itu water power, is soon to be
I carried out.
I M. L. Thompson & Co., Druggists, Con
dersport, Da., say Hull's Catarrh Cure w the
I I best and only sure cure for catarrh they ever ;
j sold. Druggists sell it, 75c.
N i man iu bom into this world whose work j
is not born with liitn.
. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac j
j Thompson's Eye Water. Diugidsts sell 25c.
j per bottle.
Let us he cont- nt in work to do the tiling
I we can, wnl not presume to fret because it's
little. r 21-
| You Need it Now
To impart strength aud to give a feeling of healtn
and vigor throughout the system, there is nothing
equal to Hood s Sarsaparllla. It seems peculiarly
I adapted to overcome that tired feellug caused by
j change of seanou, climate or life, and while it tones
and sustains tho system It purifies and reuovntcfi
j the blood. We earnestly urge the large army of
I clerks, book-keepers, school teachers, housewives,
I operatives and all others who havo been closely con-
I Sued during the winter and who need a good spring
I medicine to try Hood's SarsapariliA note. It will
I do you good.
••Every spring for years 1 have made it a practice
to take from three to Ave bottles of Hood's Sarsapa
rllla, because I know It purines the blood and thor
oughly cleanses the system of all Impurities. That
' languid feeling, sometimes called 'spring fovcr,' will
j never visit the system that has been properly cared
for by this never-falling remedy."—W. H. LAW
' A&NcK, Editor Agricultural Epltomlst, Indianapolis.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
- Bold by nil druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared only
by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
I „ 100 Pow One Dollar
Oar Hannah Jane*
*?" r , Hannah Jane was thin and weak,
And ashy white her lip and cheek,
•• We ' ho "f ht nod thought with pain.
mustToee our Hannah Jane.''^^
ith chauge of doctors, change of air.
AnVf healing everywhere.
Dr Pie roe's VI v i" * * s2°* ™ new
medicine for f* only
fully carried out for many yeara. faith
Dr. Pierce's cleanse t**d regular*
stomach, bowels and system genenUfy oiw.
dose; purely ve-getable. rt
Canada propose-i to nlaco a duty on foreign
books and pictures, and the London
papers are protesting.
Dr. Tobias's Venetian Horse Unlment.
I This invaluable remedy has only to be used
to be appreciated.
It is warranted superior to any other article,
or no pay.
In pint bottlee at 90cents.
For the cure of lamenees, sprains, galls,
slipping, stifle, scratches, cuts, bruises, over
beating, wind galls, splints, colic, sore
throat, nail in tho foot, etc., etc.
All who own or employ horses are assured j
that this Liniment will do all and more than !
is stated in curing the above namod com
plaints.
Upwards of forty years it has never failed
to give perfect satisfaction in a single in
stance.
Try it and be convinced*
If your druggist or store-keeper does not
keep our goods, send to us and we will forward
promptly.
Depot 40 Murray St., New York.
The population of Brooklyn is estimated at
850,612, an increase of 282,023, or very nearly
50 per cent. Bince 1880.
We recommend "Tansill's Punch" Cigar.
Let friendship creep gently to a height; if it
rush to it, it may soou run itself out or
breath.
SURE jJlll® CURE.
CURES PERMANENTLY
RHEUMATISM.
The Cripple. The Cure.
Lowell, Mass., July 9,1887.
The boy Orrin Robinson, a poor cripple on
crutches, who wns cured by St. Jacobs Oil of
rheumatism in 1881, is well; the cure hos re
mained permanent. He is now at work every
day at manual labor. G EO. C. OSGOOD, M. D.
AT DRUGGISTS AND Dkalerb.
THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. Baltimore. Ml.
ELYS CATA RRH
Cmi Balipgll
.js-ES, liKfeta 1 ®!
Allay* Pain anil ' FHAYFEVERVS GA I
Inflammation, W/X <?
Heals the 8 ires,
Hesiores the nfl
Menses of Taste
and Smell.
THY THE CURE R
A particle is applied into each nostril and Is agree*,
tile. Price6octs. at druggists; by mail, registered.
6(i ets. ELY BUGS., 5 Warren Street. New York
Bermuda Bottled.\
"You must go to llermmla. If j
you do not I will not be rouousi- )
hie lor the consequences." " But, )
doctor, I can afford neither the )
time nor the money." " Hell, If j
that Is Impossible, try
SCOTT'S!
I Fmulsioh 1
OF PURE NORWECIAN j
COD LIVER OIL.
I sometimes call It Bermuda Bot- i
tied, and many eases of
CONSUMPTION,
Bronchitis, Cough
or Severe Cold
I have CURED with it; and the {
advantage Is that the most sensi- [
tlve stomach ran take It. Another {
thing which commends It Is the
HtlmiilatliiK properties of the lly- {
popliosphltes which It contains, j
You w-11l find It for sale at your j
Druggist's but see you get the (
original NCOTT'S EMULSION/' j
nnillll HAIIIT. Only Certain and
IIHIIIM easy CI It F. In the World Ir.
Wl lUITi j. L. M EI'HSNH. Lebanon,o
Fi E N SIO N
'Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
Late Principal Examiner U. B Pension Bureau.
3 yrs in last war, 15 AtUudicallug claims, att v since.
[I THE *oMDElroL|^ ( o°,'e.^jja P
LuBURG\ CHAIR.Im^
NI T up
vkolr*a* jqtiory }>no**,i ° *?A'L FRFF
and ship goods to he ft j I /ffiSHV niTici in, i m
paid for on delivery. (Hi W rS i/aV "
lagu®. A omtgoodtdmirtA. DEUTIBL
L4IJHJKU MFG. CO.. 146 N. nth It.
™ PAINLESS, f £ 1- R—
i3W~ WORTH A GUINEA A BOX.'*® >
For BILIOUS & NERVOUS DISORDERS
Such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach, Fullness and Swelling after Meals, (
Dizziness, and Drowsiness, Cold Chills, Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetite, (
Shortness of Breath, Costiveness, Scurvy, Blotches on the Skin, Disturbed c
Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and all Nervous and Trembling Sensations, &c. /
THE FIRST DOSE WILL GIVE RELIEF IN TWENTY MINUTES. /
BEECHAMS PILLS TAKEN AS DIRECTED RESTORE SEHALES TO COMPLETE HEALTH. )
For Sick Headache, Weak Stomach, Impaired <
Digestion, Constipation, Disordered Liver, etc,, )
they ACT LIKE MAOIC, Strengthening the muscular System, teetering long Ir Com- Y
ptexion, bringing buck tbo keen edge of appetite, anil arouelng with the ROSEBUD Oh t
HEALTH tbo whole physical energy ot tbo human trame. One of thebej' gnnriuilnue /
to the Nervous and Debilitated Is that BEECHAM'S PILLS HAVE THE LARGEST SALE OF )
ANY PROPRIETARY MEDICINE IN THE WORLD. , .. K „„ >
Prepared only by THUS BLECHAM, at. Ilel en. • (
Solrl b,, TTruggtsle generally. B. F, ALLEN CO.. 365 end'3B7 Canal J
S BVEciTAMVwM ; s'<>riß}^
EVERT WATERPROOF COLLAR OR CUFF
THAT CAN BE RELIED ON
BE UP ivot to Split!
TO Not to Discolor!
THE MARK " „„„„
BEARS THIS MARK.
NEEDS NO LAUNDERING. CAN BE WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT.
THE ONLY LINEN-LINED WATERPROOF
COLLAR IN THE MARKET.
"Oh, So Tired I"
is the cry
of thousands
every Spring.
For that Tired Feelillg
take
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
and recover
Health and Vigor.
It Makes
i the Weak Strong.
Prepared by
Dr, j. c. Ayer & Co.,
Lowell. Mass.
W ANTED—lteluble men to sell Nursery Stock. 1
vv call or traveling I i.(liiekny('o. , Syracuse, Vi.'.
UOMF MTI'DV. Book-kMptng,Bastae*Vonai
ll umc Penmanship, Arithmetic. short-Hand,etc.
■ ■ thoroughly taught by MAIL. Circulars fres
| Bryant'* <" l ac. 457 Molti .•>.. Lhiflolo. N. Y
:SOLDIERSh!§§s
McCormick 4 Bona. Washington. D. C . 4 Cincinnati, a
HOCKWOOD'H PORTRAITS.
A carte de vislte, tlntyfA or daguerreotype can be
copied to a life sine portrait for
TEN DO I. L A Its
Send for circular. 17 Union Suuare, N. Y.
FRAZERg^fM
BKSTJN THE WORLD U R L HO C
IF* Qet the Ueuulne. Sold Ererrwhero.
DCWQIfIMC w tHthm
rcWOIUWJ gjs
'* WAWIiINOTON. U. fa
tufeiaai'i'i.ni'i.dh
CURES WHERE AIL ELSE FAILS. BT
Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Use R1
in time. Hold by druggists. Hi
MMfiMHrtl-kiMrßgl
/ TON SCALES \ / OF \
S6O [BINGHAMTON]
V Beam Box Tare Beam / N. Y. *./
V ALL SUM % / 0 &y
l.r
ARB THE OLDEST FAMILY STANDARD.
A Purely Vegetable Compound, without
mercury or other injurious mineral. Safe
and sure always. For sale by all Druggists.
Full printed directions for using with each
package. Dr. Schenck'a new book on The
J Lungs, Liver and Stomach SENT FREE. Ad
; dress Dr. J. H. Schenck & Son, Philadelphia
' GRATEFUL—COMFORriNa.
EPPS'S COCOA
BREAKFAST.
"By . thorough ku >wloilge of tin- uaiaral law.
which govern tb • operation, of digestion Mil nutrt-
Hon. and >y acaiorui application of the tine properj
ties of well-seleetod Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided
jur breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured bev
erage which mav save us many heavy doctors bills.
It Is by the Judicious use of such articles of diet
that a constitution may be gra tually built up until
strong enough to resist every tendency to disease.
Hundreds of subtle maladies ar-' floating around us
ready to attack wherever then- Is a weak iKilnt
We may escape manv u fatal shaft by keeping our
selves well forttfled with pure blood and a properly
nourished frame."— I "Clrit Sri trice Gaxette,
Made simply with boiling water or mlUt. SoM
only in half-p -und tins by Grocers, tbus.
JA.MKS EFP9 A- CD., Homoeopathic Chemlstt,
t>ot.AND.
W. L. DOUGLAS
O QUHP AND $2 SHOE
. 90 OnUtforCENTLEMEN
Aud Other Advertised Specialties Are the
Best in tho World.
None genuine unless nuiiu- and prieo ore stamped
on bottom. SOLD EVERYWHERE. If your dealer
will not supply you. send postal for Inst ru-tions bow
U> buy direct from factory without extra charge.
W. L. DOUtiLAH. Brockton. Mass.
B 1 preserve ftnc tuiiyew
dorse Big <4 ft* the only
W specific for Die certain core
\ TO ft of this disease.
i#i Ml Q. H. I NORA H AM. M. D.,
gjftj qmHrtetw- Amsterdam, N. Y.
cfl tirs fcy Um We have sold Big G tor
Calm.... rxlAAl (V many years, and It has
.iT.n lh, i.,it of Hilt-
faction.
Ohio. VC D. R. DTCHE A CO.,
Chicago, ih.
I fI.OO. Bold by Druggiita.