Than nature from her Deep In the far recesses The wood bird st-eks aome bower near The stream that threads the grassy glen. And when the sunlight's glint of gold I alls, and the fiercest storm Is o'er. Soft on the olouds that shade the wold Breaks madly not the torrent's roar. The breath of March winds coldly blow, And whirl the leaves 'mid hollows deep j Hid from the sunset's spreading glow, Where rabbits through the winter sleep. And still the woods are boanteons, tho' Tbolr alPjes with gorgeous glint of green Bhine not 'neath skjt?s gemmed by the glow Of stars that orown the summer's sheen. Protected from the northwind dreAr, Beneath the sheltering pine tree's shade. Where birds, swift-wing'il. flit thro' the air, Rose-leaves are blowing in the glade, The lark sings cheerily, his song Is wafted on the winds away, Adown the hills, tho vales along, Where blooms the yellow jasmine's spray. And all along the great gray woods A soft mist lies ; low is the wind. Where Bmoke-wreaths all the valley floods, And sunbeams with the shadows blend. Tho' coldly dawns the morn, the sun At eveutide may brightly glow With warmth, and cast above the run Its beams as long tho shadows grow. Thro' all this radiance flits tho gleam Of flashing wings, AH, hovering near, Tho wood-wren daris abovo the Btroairi, And blue birds warble in the air. Thro' tho sequestor'd woo ls there roams A songster whose refrain is gay ; And, when tho redbreasts Keek their homos, Flies Joyfully with them away ; But soon returns, for well it loves Tho fragrance of the flowery fen, And with the sportive, cooing doves Rings forth its music to iho gleu. This bird, the yellow goldfinch, loves, While perched above tho forest stream, To view, amid the mirror'd groves, His image 'nculh the wavolul's gleam. The radiance of a summer's day He Joveß, and lists tho voice of spring, And e'en above the frosted spray Of winter sweeps his rapid wing. From pine-clad heights of darkest groon, Thro' which wild streams their wanderings spread; To fields bright in their sunny shoon, The woodland's wondrous vistas spread. j The scenery of the distant east, With views of towering mountains rear'd O'er some lone lake with waves at rest, May with its beauty be compared. And there's a magic oh arm that lives In spreading field and forest fair, A love for which Dame Nature gives The humblest creature dwelling there. BARNWELL, 8. O. A FAMOUS INDIAN WAR. A LEAF FROM THE PIONEER HIS TORY OF ILLINOIS. The Thrilling Story of the Conflict Known ' as Black Hawk's War—Defeat, Pursuit, j and Final Capture of tho Wily Chief- I The I'erlls that Reset Our l'loucers. fVERY now and then > some Bturdy young j farmer of tho Mis- J PIOWB up au In- | dian arrow or a torn- I lahuwk, or a 6cnlp- \ hug-knife. To him they seem strange j and uncouth ar ticles, but when they i are laid before the j sire or graudsire, the old eyes brighten, I dulled memories quicken, and veteran hearts go back with these relics past tho battles of the rebellion, past the Mexican | conflicts of 1848, to au era of strife that in their early experience comprised the | greatest event in history—tho famous Black Hawk war. It is just fifty-six years ago that this i celebrated warrior sprung into a noto- j riety that soon became national, and ter- I rorized tho residents of Illinois, Wiscon- i sin, and lowa with a system of warfare j more tierce and stubborn than that of tho Modoos iu the lava beds. It sreius ' strange now, looking over the great chain j 1 (fnfe | j BLACK HAWK. of oities and towns and fertile fields lying between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi liiver, that a half-century since a vagrant savage chief and his un- 1 disciplined hand ul of adherents could , keep a score of posts fifty settlements, •nd the N tioual Government itself in a state of turmoil, d inger, nd alarm, yet such was the oa*e, and theie are many who will road this art cle who will thrill ▼ividly at the ora it depicts, that to them was an actual, living experience, for in Chicago, St. Louis, G 1-na, Aurora, Keo kuk, and in rannv towns alont? the Fox and Rock R vers thero are hundreds who remember Bl i k H wk familiarly—who took part in tbc war which ho waged so relentlessly at ihe po iod mmed Isi*cic HAWK was A very intelligent mm, the son of Maiden, a noted Indian. It was not until I**l, however that he oamo prominently into notice.' At that time comparat vely peaceful relations ox lsled between "he white* and savages. A treaty had been m de in 1804 with four i rehniug cbi-i's, whereby, for $2,2)0 and a SI,OOO annuity, the Sees and ' boxes coded nil the r lands in Illi. 1 noii to tho State. Subs, qnent treaties in 122 and 1830 confirmed this deal. By tho terms of this tie ty. the Indians were to move west of the Mi sissippl River. The msjont of hem did so, but Black Hawk alleged fraud in tho treaties claimed ignoramn of their details, and determine i to ma nta n the Huoient home pf his race o.u iho ltock River, lie defied the authorities, appealed to the Govern ment, obtained no satisfaction, but finally, in Juue, 1831, signed a treaty, whereby tho whites and his band were to mutually cultivate the lands of the tribe Dear Rock Island. This was the beginning of trouble. The white farmers uprooted the corn of their co-laborers, and the s ivages re'ali ated. Constant rows onsued. Finally Governor Reynolds, General Gaines, and theiniliia moved the tribe to the west bank of the Mississippi. Here the band , killed twenty-eixht Menom'nees who had murdered a Bac warrior. The authorities demanded tho surrender of the assassins. Black Ilawk refused, and with his tribe recrossed tho river near Dixon, attacked the whites, killed eleven of Major Still man's volunteers, and with sixty men started on the gorv trail that hns crim soned tho history or tho early West. The news of the deel ration of open I hostilities spread like wildfire. Thrill ing notes or warning were sounded all over tho State. The Fox River settle- I ments, that at Holdermnn's Grove, Au rora, Galena, the fort at Ottawa, and the settlements on Bureau and Indian Creeks were ordered to prepare to resist attack and massacre. At Indian Creek the peo ple delayed too long. Seventy painted savages surrounded the primitive log cabins and butchered and hor ribly mutilated fifteen whites and carried captives away for lansoni. So j rapidly aid Black Hawk proceed, so deft- 1 THE SCOUTS ON THEIB WAY TO GALENA. ly did he evade pursuit, a force of nearly 3,000 volunteers was or ganizing, the Government hurrying na tional troops to the West, and such men as Abraham Lincoln, Zachnry Taylor and General Scott engaging to defeat the sav ages, the latter wore sweoping unre sisted over unprotected settlements, leaving death and destruction in their wake. At this time a new peril soemed to menace the fort at Chicago and its infant settlements at aurora, Naperville and Fort Beggs. Binck Hawk WHS swiftly approaching the frontier settlements, and the pioneers were living to Fort Dearborn for refuge, although there was scarcely j room there for tiiom. The Poltawat tamies were fr endly, but Colonel Hamilton and Messrs. Caldwell and Eobinson, leading citizens, feared that emissaries of the wily and persua sive Black Hawk might induce them to join in a war. A council was held and Big Foot, a famous chief, and a few Win uebagoos deserted the whites. Fort Payne was built at Naperville, the ut most caution and vigilanco exorcised, and General Scott and nine companies, in cluding a class of West Point cadets, started from tho Eaut for Chicago. They arrived at Detroit, then the great metro politan center of the upper lake country, in Julv, but here the Asiatic cholera at tacked them. They arrived at Fort Dear born dying of the dread scourßo. Ninety soldiers perished, tho garrison was quar antined, the settlers lied, and meantimo Black liawk was scouring the prairies, stealthily descending on isolated settle ments. and defying the State and the Government with his vagrant band of bloodthirsty assassins. Tho fatal duress of Gen. Scott and his soldiers at Fort Dearborn encouraged Blaok Hawk. The settlers were driven fioin Chicago hack to their isolated homos, and although the Winnebagoes and Pottawattamios refused to join Black Hawk, bo managed to gather a sanguinary horde about him, full of courage, though dest tute of discretion. They had been signally victorious in all their forays. Gen. Wliitesido had retreated from a dis astrous defeat ai Stillmnu's Run in an awkward postion. His armv was out of all rations except narohed corn, aud his onemy had retreated to Wisconsin. To pursue him meant victory, but just then tho term of enlistment of the volunteers expired. His soldiers were tire lof war fare and discouraged. The insisted on marching to Ottawa, and there were dis charged the last of May by Gov. Rey nolds. After they had loft Dixon Gen. Atkin son removed to Fort Armstrong. Upon him reemed now 10 rest tho fate of the whites. Ho realized that unless some thing was done speedily the Indian allies would deert to ihe ranks of ihe victori ous Black Hawk. A call for 2,0u re cruits wns iswu-d and Whiioside enlisted in the rank* Ihe e wrh a skirmish near Galena, and tnen 3,000 men from tne plow • were ieady to battle with their enemies. Through spies among neutral tribes Black Hawk kept track of the preparations being made by his foes. At that time a i lhri *iag settlement of Americans was centered about the lead interests of j 'ttiena. Their situation was quite remote, their environment favor- TiiifLi, tt , stealthy attack, and i Black IJawk determined to sweep tho place from existence before the new re cruits came to the field. June 18 he sent some warrior to s'eal horses from Apple River fort Iho thieves were pursued by Captain Stephenson and twelve men. J ho savages retreated with their plunder victorious, after knling three men, und TRB IWDIAK CRERK MASBACBM. Bleok Hftwk, encouraged hie eno~- ce.eee. eelee.ed one % lly of Ms braves ana marciiea again 10 the fort. I It was a small stockade, garrisoned by twenty-five men. bat the Indians were resolutely beaten back, the whites losing only one man. Two intrepid scouts made their way to Galena, whore a detachment of soldiers were sent to the rescue of their environed comrades. The wily Black Hawk, however, retreated. This daring attack aroused renewed foar among the settlements, for the hostiles were represented by numerous widely scattered bands, anu were aug mented largely by tribes friendly as na tions, but whoso renegade element had united with the war party of Indians. They kept the entire Stnto in commotion, and isolated murders nt Holderman's Grove, Blue Mounds, Dixon, Spafford's Creek, and even farther east and south, told that tho whites were menaced in every quarter. The new recruits has tened on the trail of Black Hawk, and a slight skirmish occurred at Kellogg's plantation, during which five whites were Killed and inauy wounded. A large force of soldiers was sent for, but they arrived too late to capture Black Hawk. A rally was made from Fort Homilton a few days later, and at the east fork of the Peca tonica, in a grove, twenty-one daring Wisconsin volunteers came upon Black Hawk's warriors. A desperate battle en suea, and tho entire band of Indians, numbering seventeen, was destroyed, j General Atkinson now meditated a final massed onslaught on Black Hawk i in nis camp. A company of friendly Pottawattamies, led by Chicago men, ac companied him to the east side of tho Rock River, where Black Hawk was sup posed to be. General Alexander. Colouel Dodge, General Pusev and others, with amplo forces, undertook to surround tho encampment on all sides, and the daring j warrior seemod at last to be fairly in tho meshes. Black Hawk, however, antici pated tho movement. He fled, was over taken by General Honry's division at Wisconsin Heights, and lost fifty men, against one on the part of the soldiers, i The Indians were completely panic stricken, and during the night oiuloavor j ed to make it known to their victor thai j HATTIiB Off PKCATONTCA OROVE. they were ready to surrender, but the sol diers did not understand them,* nnd thus Black Hawk's band hastened on to the awful fato that was to signalize their last flight. The wrotched fugitives crossed the Wisconsin, and tied toward the Mis sissippi. All the various detachments of volunteers now hurried on the trail of the savages. At Bad Axo a terrible slaughter ensued for tho Indians, only a srnaM remnant escaping, while the sol diers lost seventeen men. Every effort was made to hedge in Blnck Hawk nnd prevent him from crossing tne Missis sippi. The steamer Enterprise was dis patched up the river to iutercept the refngees, and the Warrior, with a six noundor. joined in the naval ortie It was found tn.vt most or tne fugitives bad swnm to an island in the river, and here Colonel Taylor, with 150 regular troop* and the steamer Warrior, opened fire on them. Every savage was killed except one, who en -sped by swimming tho river. Bin k Hawk, however, wes not umoiia tho slain. He and nearly a hundrod of his b. nd bad lied to Prairie la Crosse, a Winnebago village, where he surrendered himself to the chief in command. Some fifty of his men were sent witlihim to the soldiers, aud Black Hawk was later taken to Jefferson Barracks, just below fcjt Louis, and then to Washington. The Government did not punish him. On the contrary, he was lionized, feted and re turned to his country, becoming a subor dinate chief to Keokuk. He died in 1838, tho last native defender of the soil of the Northwest. — IF. J. Cobb, in Chicago Ledger. . Will Ifou He Carved Down! All persons afflicted with obesity will be interested to hear of the surgi cal operation which has just been per formed at Paris upon M. Hiroguelle, a well known literary ttian, whoso fame as a gourmet is only equaled by that which he lias achieved with his pen. Unable to bring himself to abundon the delights of his native cuisine or to submit to the Spartan diet and severe regimen prescribed by tho "Banting" process, he placed himself in the hands of Drs. Marx and Doinars. The lat- I ter, after putting him under chloro form, raised his cuticle, and cut away i four and three-quarters pounds of his adipose tissue. Tho skin was then I stitched up, and a week later M. Hiro guelle had quite recovered from tho effects of the operation, which is known I as "do graissago," and bids fair to be ! come tho rago among fat men. | NATURE loves truth so well that It | hardly ever admits of flourishing. Con- I ceit, is to nature what paint is to beauty; | it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve. A KECTIFIEK—OF MISTAKES. BY DWJGHT BALDWIN. VE me ten cents' wo rth of crackers jjjjjt ami fifteen cent s' j |{|whillikius! what a - I The scene was a small store half vMpr grocery, half saloon cently annexed dis purchaser of those staple articles of ** diet crackers and cheese—had been stopped short in the midst of his order by a chance glance at the enormous nasal appendage of the proprietor. "You may laugh," remarked the lat ter with a grim smile, "but my nose is my fortune." "As a freak in the dime museums?" "No, sir." "Prospector for gas-wells?" "Not at all." "Certifier of the purity of our hy drant water?" The grocer shook his head. "Manager of an East Indian asa fetida farm ?" "Couldn't be further away." "Not without going on to China, perhaps. Ain't connected with the Stock Yards?" "Certainly not." "Then I give it up. As the ring master in the circus would say to the clown, why is your nose your fortune?" "Because it leads me to mind my own business. There's your crackers and cheese. Twenty-five cents, please." "That's one on you, stranger. Ha, ha, ha!" laughed a bystander, whose "HA, IIA, HA I" nose, though lacking the majestic pro portions, possessed the high, paint-tlie town color of the grocer's own. "Seems like it was. Do you make them three for a quarter, boss ?" "That goes." "Well, your nose and your joke to gether have taken away my appetite; so take back the provisions, please, and circulate the rosy." "Been in the wholesale trade at one time, I guess V" remarked the proprie tor, poiuting to the new-comer's glass, which was tilled to the porcine line. "A rectifier, rather—of mistakes." "Wouldn't care to have you practice your profession here—at the price." "Oh, this is nothing to the way I used to work 'em right after the war, when I turned carpet-bagger, and ran for Sheriff, down in Mississippi." "With pine-top?" "No; good liquor. You see, I'd just come from Kansas, and hadn't much money." "I believe you." "So, when I had an invitation, which was disgustingly seldom, I used to re mark, after I'd drank all but about half a finger, that I'd got a little grain too much water for my whisky, and so get a double-header. See?" "Yes. You wasn't elected, I hope?" "No. After it was over I concluded that I hadn't been running. But I had lots of fun, and it didn't cost anything." "Not for board?" "Not a cent. I'll explain, for the in formation may come handy to you. I arranged with old man Block, who kept the hotel, to board there for $8 a "TA, TA." week and be allowed for tlio time I was away electioneering. Well, after the election was over Block presented a bill for $85." "Which you paid?" laughed the red nosed man with a wink. "Which I rectified. 'l've got an off set,' says I. 'Make it out,' says Block. And I did it. I'd been away, counting every meal, forty-four days, and at $2 a day, which was the regular transient rate of the house, my hill was #BB. 'You owe me #!!,' says I." "And what did Block say?" " 'Great Jerusalem!"' "And how did you settle it?" "I threw off the $3, Block treated to the whisky, and Ave called it square. Oh! I'm a great rectifier." "And you left, then?" sneered tho grocer. "Yes; and that reminds mo that I must be going now. Ta! tn!" "Hold on! You owe me a quarter!" "What for?" "Three drinks." "But I traded the crackers and cheese for tlieui." "But you didn't pay for them, eith er." "Well, I should say not! I didn't eat vour old crackers and cheese. There they are noiv. It's as much as I can do to rectify my OAVII mistakes, without looking after yours." The grocer bIeAV a blast upon his sonorous proboscis that would have startled a war-horse, and wiped his eyes upon the corner of a coffee sack. When he looked again the "rectifier" had disappeared from tlio place.—Chi cago Ledger. LEI to-morrow take care of itself, and you will find that it will let yon take caro of yourself when it gets hero. SAILORS ought to l>o Avell acquaint ed with tho deckalogue. PRACTICAL SCIENCE. THE CAKE AND MANAGEMENT OF SMALL CHILDREN. a Subject ill Which Every Mother Is In terested-Food and Clothing for Infant* —Some Barbarous Cimtoins Begotten of Ignorance Wise Words from an Old Physician. BY PROF. J. F. ELSOM. It has been wisely said, and with much truth, too, that "the primary requisite to happy households and contented families is the proper care and management of infants," in fact, the future destiny of the entire human race, for weal or woe, depends largely an the manner in which infants are cared for and the principles propa gated us the intellectual faculties are developed, and the few remarks I shall make hearing on this subject shall he shorn of all ambiguity of expression, and made applicable to universal ap plication, not to suit a few isolated cases. All who have arrived at maturity will recollect the painful, perhaps in jurious, not to say cruel, scenes wit nessed in families representing all the walks of life, from the humble cottago of the artisan to the palatial home of the nabob; hence it is but reasonable to suppose that all classes and condi tions of mankind have a' 4, interest, par amount to all others, in the welfare and comfort, both now and in after life, of the wee thing that is to either honor or disgrace us in the days that are to come. The Proper Food for Infant*. At the very outset of the child's ca reer food and raiment are the princi pal, in fact the only, things to be at tended to. I trust the rvomen of the land who read this will unite with me in saying that, if possible, the former should be administered in the proper manner as prescribed by nature; but, where it happens, by some accident, to be impracticable, which, by the way, is indeed seldom, oow's milk diluted by water till of the same oonsistencv a* the mother's, as the physicians should determine by analysis, and should never be mixed with BUgar or flour, for we deviate from uatuve's edicts by tampering with the milk. The milk should be freshly drawn at least once in every eight hours, always feeding to the child at the temperature when first drawn from the cow. With a long and preeminently successful practice, I have seen some of the healthiest of children reared in this manner, without once tasting of any thing else for the first year, and have known cases whore it "was continued as the sole food for a year and a half. Danger in the Wet-Nurse. The foregoing method is far prefer able to wet nurses, as there is hazard of imbibing ill-humors, disease,etc., from a woman whose temper aud constitution must bo very imperfectly known; here a mother's close inspection is very nec essary, it being almost impossible to make the lower class of people, from which tiie nurse supply is drawn, and who, generally speaking, are employed to care for children, believe the utility of this uncommon method, and, conse quently, unless the most prudent pre cautions are taken to enforce the obedience to these orders, it will bo useless to issue them. Clolliing tlio Lilt's Tuts. The clothing of infants should be warm. If born in summer should not he lessened until after the return of hot weather the ensuing year; if born in the winter the clothes may be les sened in June following, provided the weather bo seasonable, and great care should be taken to abato the warmth of their clothing BO gradually that the difference may not bo perceptible to them. After this is reduced to a proper standard no alterations should ho made to keep pace with a changing atmos phere, but an exact uniformity in the warmth of their habit preserved tliron gh all the seasons of the year, the utility of which is practically demonstrated by every experiment. Barharoii* Custom of Swathing. Many prudent alterations have been made of late years in the first dress of infants, though mauy more are yet needed. The barbarous custom oi swathing is not yet universally ex ploded, many old mid wives still insist upon it, and others somewhat loss in jurious generally retained. Among these I will mention the absurd custom of dividing infants' garments into n multiplicity of pieces, which not only prolong the uneasy sensations, whion to them always accompany dressing, but by the unequal pressure of differ ent bandages, their shape is often destroyed or injured, and even their subsequent health impaired. The en tire wardrobe of an infant should never consist of over three pieces, there should ho a shirt, a robe and a cap: the two last should be quilted of suffi cieut thickness to provide the neces sary warmth; the cap should he fasten ed by a band of soft linen under the chin, sewed on one side and buttoned on the other, il a knot is thought necessary for a girl baby, this should he first sewed 011 to the cap; the robe and shirt should bo mado open in front; the sleeves put into each other, that both may bo put on together, and must be wide enough iu the back to prevent any difficulty in getting the last arm through; it should lap over on the breast, and be fastened by flat but tons (pins are an abhorrence), placed at different distances, to make the robe more or less tight, a method fai preferable to strings, as being much the quickest. Making Tlio'r Toilet*. By this method the whole husinesi of dressing, evidontly a most disagree able operation to infants, and with which it has been customary to tor ment them for two hours at a time, may be done in two minutes, and in a manner so easy to themselves as scarcely to occasion a cry, of itself n matter of much greater consequence than generally thought. When they are coated, that may bo managed as expeditiously, and with as much ease, by tacking the skirts and robo to the stays, which, instead of lacing, should be buttoned on ; loose plaits may hang from the top of tho robe, and fall over these buttons iu such a manner as to make a much prettier dress than now generally seen; and this, continued for the lirst two or tliree years, would not only contribute muoh to tho regularity of their growth, but also to the sweet ness of their temper, whioh early teasing is too apt to sour. An Old CuHtom Denounced. The infamous ciißtom of bundling up infants in a parcel of clothes, intended to receive and retain ail the evacua tions of nature, and by wliioli cue uxtuu is HO confined as not to have free mo tion of its lower limbs, very probably had its origin as much from laziness as ignorance; for certain it is that a child properly attended may, within a month after its birth, be HO managed as to make such a precaution unnecessary. Instinct, in the first stage of the in fant s life, is much the name in the human species as in the brute creation; all know how this matter is managed by the latter; their young know it also and always wait thedireotions given by the mother, who is too attentive to neg lect the proper seasons. In the same manner children may immediately be taught by certain signs, and by this means made to be perfectly cleanly from the very outset. Those who have been habituated to such a method, if by chance left too long, will indicate their wants in a most expressive man ner, and repeat that indication until they are attended to. From this it is evident that any inconveniences of this sort may be prevented by proper management, without having recourse to a method as injurious as it is lazy and offensive. One Example of Muny. I have known instances where a dis trict school teacher in New York State, where children of school age, at that time four years, would be sent to school wearing these diabolical nap kins, would wear them, together with their evaouations, all day long, with no change whatever. Whether the mother changed at once on arrival homo I do not know, but this I do know, many of them needed to be changed when school opened at nine o'clock in the morning! Think of the start in school life with this habit and such a record. There is no more need for this auxiliary garment than there is for one fastened securely around the mouth during the teething period. The End or the World Calculated. A French statistician who has been studying the military and other records with a view of determining the height of men at different periods,.says the Phil adelphia Times , has readied some won derful results. A Frenchman is natur ally an artist, even in iigures. A German or an American might content himself with a dry arithmetical com pilation, but this artist carries his sta tistics into the realm of history and of poetry, and even of prophecy. He has not only solved some perplexing prob lems in regard to the past of the human race, but also is enabled to calculate its future and to determine the exact period when man will disappear from the earth. The recorded facts extend over noarlj three centuries. It is found that in IGIO the average height of man in Europe was 1.75 metres, or say 5 feet 9 inches. In 1790 it was 5 feet G inches. In 1820 it was 5 feet 5 inches and a fraction. At the present time it is 5 feet 8 inches and three-quarters. It is easy to deduce from these figures a rate of regular aud gradual de cline iu human stature, aud thon to apply this, working backward and for ward, to the past and to the future. By this calculation it is determined that the stature of the first men at tained the surprising average of 1G feet 9 inches. Truly there were giants on the earth in tb.ise days. The race had already deteriorated in the days of Og, and Goliath was quite a degen erate offspring of the giants. Coming down to later times we find that at the beginning of our era the average height of man was 9 feet, and in the time of Charlemagne it was 8 feet 8 inches, a fact quite sufficient to account for the heroic deeds of the Paladins. But the most astonishing result of this scientific study comes from the application of the same inexorable law of diminution to the future. The cal culation shows that by the year 4000 A. I)., tho stature of the average man will be reduced to fifteen inches. At that epoch there will be only Lilipu tians on the earth. And the conclu sion of tho learned statistician is irresistible, that "the end of the world will certainly arrive, for the inhabit ants will have become so small that they will finally disappear"—"finish by disappearing," as tho French idiom expresses it—"from the terrestrial clobe." _____ Traveling Etiquette. Is there a sleeping-car etiquette, ai well as laws of good-breeding for other quarters ? The writer, on a recent trip from Aslieyille, N. 0., to Washington, had occasion to consider this inquiry. A family, evidently of means and so cial standing, consisting of six persons —four women, young and old, and two men—monopolized the services of tho sleeping-car porter and of tho person in charge of the buffet car, so that no one could get a meal. They were noisy un til a late hour of the night, so that no one could sleep, and they were so ob livious of t lie dictates of common de cency as not even to thank a gentleman who had given up a lower berth to one of the ladies. These people were purse-proud, vul gar, and offensive, yet no one con ductor or other person, rebuked them. It was a relief to reach Washington aud be free from the forced and disa greeable association. It is evident that there are lots of sncli arrogant and ill-bred parties trav eling over the land, aud it would serve them right if passengers should some time combine aud make it "hot" for them. The railway employes seem to bo afraid of them, and they appear to ig nore the existence of tlio rest of the world. They deserve punishment for their rude and seltish behavior, and rarely get it.— Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. Bogs n Protection. A dog in tho house at night is a pro tection against fire as well as robbers. The animal is always on the alert to warn his master and family of any thing that may appear to be wrong. If anything like flames or smoke excite his attention ho will at once begin barking. The very smell of tire will start him to giving a loud alarm. No body knows better than he the danger of burning. He is always on the watch as he lies outside his master's door, for the safety of the household, and quick to give alarm. Food for Silk-Worms. The leaves of white mulberry trees give the best food for silk-worms. Trees which are three years old should give about seven pounds of leaves apiece. They should be set out as soon as the frost is thoroughly out of tlie ground. An ouivco of Hilk-worms will consume during their life about 1,500 pounds of leaves. The consump tion at tho beginning is very small, but becomes quite largo toward tho end of their existence.— Rural New- Yorker. LITTLE JOE'S ( It A OLE, BY IRA C. EDWARDB. Ycr meon ifc all rite, Mr. Preechir, An' I thank yor fur what ye have sod; An' I s'pose you air right, but a creatur Can't tunilo when his heart is like led. Yer say tho Lord knows what he's doin', An' maybe ho dots, but it's quare Thet he'd bring to our home grief 'n ruin By robbin' that crib over thar. Yer say little Joe la with Jesus, Tiiat it's wicked 'n rash to robel, I An' I know that yer say jist t' ease ns That lie mite a-growed up jist for hell, for words don't give much consorlashun, £CM .NJ Tho* yer meon it ter lighten our woo But yer can't lift thin black deserlashuu As long as the boy hester go. 1 thank yer fer comin' ter Bee us, But we can't see tho thing in your way; An' yer don't say a word that'll free us From tho grief that is on us to-day. Es fur mo, I ken baro up agin it, 'Coz I am a man, tuff 'n strong, But jist look at Jinny a minit, An' say if yor think she'll last long. Her poor heart is br'akin' with sorrer, She hos sot thero all day n all nite, An'Bho won't come away, coz to-morrer Hbe knows he'll be put out o' sight. I've tried to pick up all his trinkets, His stockin s n shoos n his bib, An' hide 'em away iu the closets, But I can't find a placj fur the crib. I don't see no good iu yer talkin', Nor see what's the use fer tor pray, When all that is left o' the baby la only a lump o' cold clay. He's dead, sir; but God uovor dono it, Ho wouldn't go back on us so ; If we've sinned wo must a' boguu it By worshipin* poor little Joe. If yer can't chirk up little Jinny, An'git her away from her dead, An' start tho hot tears from her eyelids, What's almost burnt out o' her hod; If ycr only cood git her to cryiu' 'Twould help her to baro it, tha say, But I don't think 'twill help her a bit, sir, Jist now if a hundred would pray. Now, stop sir I sho are not rebellious, —.\r—jgO h.iTri_i Jora. CSQPLE. That kind o' harrangin' won't do; Che's alius been meek n forgivln', An' God knows her better than you. An' if yer would do most to help us, Don't stop fur topreeoh or trr pray, But jist make a snook kinder quiet NT lake little Joe's p-nfflo > av. Where Families Constitute Large Annies. Tho King of Whydah's wives were objeots of special care to himself, and of enforced veneration to his people, says a writer well versed in African affairs. The favorite ones lived in a palace with him; the others were ac commodated in adjoining buildings. No mon were employed in tho royal house hold, and the King was served solely by his wives. When visitors came to see tho King he received them nlone, taking good care that his wives were out of sight. It was, indeed, held a sacrilege to so much as look at any of these royal spouses. When repairs, which could not be dono by them, were needed in tho palace, they migrated from tho affcoted portion, and the plumbers and glaziers coming in had to keep on shouting out the whole time they were at work, in case any of the wives not acquainted with tho faot of their presence, should happen to pass that way. When the King's wives set out to work in the plantations, which they did every morning in batches erf three to four hundred at a time, they used to cry "stand clear," as thej went, and any men who were in their path prostrated themselves and did not dare to raise their eyes till they had passed. On account of the awe in which his wives were held, tho King found them very useful and executive to carry out his commands. If any person was found guilty of a crime the King sent a detachment of his wives round to tho man's house in order to strip it of its goods and pull it down. This was usu ally very soon effected, for on the ap proach of tho King's wives tho man was unable to remain and defend his property. When eaoh man was so well supplied with wives, it was but natural that his children should he proportionately nu merous. It is said that one man with his sons and grandsons rose and de feated a powerful enemy, who was com ing against the King. The family numbered 2,000 persons. Understood the Case. Mrs. Lakeside—"l wish to get a di vorce from my husband for outrageous cruelty, inhumanity, brutality, non support " Chicago Lawyer—"l must have SSO retaining fee first, madam." "But I haven't got it. I spent the Inst SSO my husband gave mo for this bonnet this very morning." "Wou't he give you any more?" "Not for several days, anyhow." "Well, perhaps the gentleman you wish to marry will lend it to you."— New York Weekly. AN exchange speaks of water in which no fish can live, and yet the citi zens of a town nearby are compelled to arink it. Well, fish can't live on whisky, either, but a great many per sons drink it without either compul sion or water,
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