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The modesty of the red man is not pro
veibinl, and docs not promise to bo. Hed
Cloud, a Sioux chief, believes that it U
better to got a living out of tho white
than to iptarrcl with them. "What we
want," says he, "is white men to plant
our corn, boo it, harvest it and put it
into the barns whirh they build for us.
W. Triors don't work."
A large town is growing up around the
shore of Lake Klsinor, Cal., a sheet of
water wliieh is seven miles long and
three miles wide. A peculiarity of the
town is that the people go from street to
street aim ist entirely by boat. In fart
the principal street of the town is circu
lar and can bo touched by boat at any
po;nt.
The Sail Francisco llt'conl congratu
bit- s the golden state that with TO, DO ,
000 bushels of wheat California will have
an income of at least .' J,ti00.0OO, where
last year it ha I one of ou'y $ 'S, 0110,(101).
"Our barley i rop," says the II r nil, "of
IS, 0.10,0(111 centals will bring in $Hi,nno,
OlM, us against ijgl.nno.im last year. In
tin's-- wo items ; 1 1 . i : i - we will have $7-,
(ioo.outi, where we had in lS"only $17,
000 0011, an increase of over :!', 000, 000,
or in nr!y double that of I.-!, whilvthe
area sown was only a fraction larger.
Despite low pries, s;iy even lower than
ists,-,, the t;iicr f the siiil is iii a much
better condition than h" was a yivr
ago."
Lieutenant Stonoy, wh was sent on'
by I le l"nitcd States Ooyermn m to ex
plore Putnam river, Al a-k i, which was
discovered by him in Is!, has found a
river to Ih" north which the natives say
empties into the Arctic near I'oiut 15ir
row. Tue liver is sup posed to be the
same as the one at the imutli of which
I-iitciiuid IJiy -t:ih'dsu-d lis head
iii liters during his olc i ving expedition.
Along the hanks of this river were Indians
wh i hail never before seen a white in in.
Lieut ii:iii l Stoicy afterwards e ilored
Nuitak river to it . le a d waters, and found
it longer than the Tutu int. II ' intended
starling on a series of i vploralions east
an I north.
Tic 1'iiiladclphia .Ye r computes that
if one colli i see 1,0001110 babies start
on a two and could follow them through
life, this is about what he wmi'd see;
.V arly IVI.iwil of them would drop out
Of the ranks at the end of tic lir-t year.
Twelve months later tie; number would
be still further thinned by the deduction
of .1;i,000. Twenty-two th ms,r.d would
follow at the end of th" third year. Ttiey
would throw up the sponge by twos and
threes until the end of the forty-tilth
year, when it would be found that in the
intervening period something like .itiii,
000 had left the track. Sixty years
would see ;;.", Oi.HI gi ay-heiide 1 men still
cheerfully pegging away. At the end of
eighty years the competitors in this great
"go-as-yoii place" would number nr.ntll,
but they would be getting mon shaky
aid "dot"' each lap. At the end of
ninety live seasons only 'i'i'.' would be
It! I iii tin1 final "ties," while the winner
wo, id lie led into his retiring room, a
solitary wreck, at the ago of ih.
A discussion is going on in Europe
concerning tho distaie c at which largo
olij ctsou the earth's surfae ; may hi
visible. Ivnil M tz;er mentions that h
once saw, with so'ii" difficulty, lv"j.ci
spii kt, in Simatra, when distant 110
English miles; mil he also made i lit
dig Merapi, in .lava, when I Hi) mile
ii way. From the P.. Mur.uri, near Pis
scnti, E. Il;ll has seen Mont lihinc, the
intervening space measuring about 110
miles. J. Starkie (iirduer states that
Mont Biniti! is visible from the I'.. I.in
gard, though distant ahulll three degree.
In Greenland, Mr Wliyinpcr bdiol I a
mountain from which lie was separated
by loO miles; mid from M irseillcs,
Znch saw Mount Cauigon at a distance
of IIS miles. Tin: whole range of the
Swiss Alps has been looked upon by J.
Ilippistcv while 200 mile nwny, while
Sir V. .bines ha allirm-d that the Him
alayas have appeared to view from the
distance of ill miles.
The frozen meat train is assuming
r at proportions in England. A o irg i
which recently arrived at the li s: India
dorks in London consist -d of over MO,
000 frozen carcasses of mutton in excel
lent condition. This contribution lo
the food supply of London came from
the Falkland Islands, where there mo
now more than ti00,0i)0 sheep. The Lon
don Tim i says: "Tile carcasses brought
over are described us being those of
sheep of prime Canterbury type, well
fleshed, and with no superfluous was o
f ill fat, and they average from sixty to
seventy pounds ciieh. S.l"s have been
1 ffected of portions of the cargo at ovei
51. per pound." The colonist have
hitherto contented themselves with wl at
they could realize from the wool, skins
and tallow t i be obtained fiom the r
sheep, but now, in conscipi Mice of this j
most recent development in refrig rating I
machinery by menus of col I, dry air.thcy
', hi be able to send the r mutton to thu
K iglisli market, not only to their own
advantage, but a(Ro to that of the con
sumers over there; mi 1 there ao pears tn
be every reason to expect that tlu enter
prise which h is been entered into in so
practical in inner will result in a com
plete success.
VOL. IX.
Time nntl I.
Wo nro two travellers, Time nnd I,
Through gay or gloomy weal her
And since lin liaileil me at my birth,
We've always lie II together.
He le I mo Ihioiinh th" land of youth,
lie jo ii in ys on ward eve ,
Ami lielpisl my toiling fool -tops climb
Tie) lulls of right endeavor.
We are two travellers, Time an 1 I,
Through harsh or happy went her . .
I'lisolvo I tl'.e secrets of his soul,
Though we have walked together!
He guards the mysteries of III world,
Life. Heath, lli-eise and Sorrow ;
lie knows so much, so I. Ill" I,
And we must part to-morrow.
II. iniin- in I'oi'fi'.v (ioiiihiii'i'ii.
HIS SECOND WOOING.
Although Farmer Tucker hud long
dreaiii"d of a visit to Ch:iutaiiiii:i, when
he actuaily found huiM'lf at that Meecaof
devout excursionists, early last Augut,
the brawny nun was tempted to doubt
bis own identity. The holiday sif ruiiiid
ings were wholly unlike anything to
which lie was neeii. tinned in his prosy
New Kngland home; the rich, crowded
pr igramnie olTered was in striking con
trust to the doll monotony of farm life.
When t! is -on of toil first entered the Audi
torium, and saw that rustic amphitheatre
crowded with tlnni anils of people listen
ing bp at hh-ss' v to I he full, sweet tones
of the gran I organ, his cramped, selli-h
heart was stiaugcly touched and ex
pande 1. For an instant th" wish crept
in that lie had a-k I .Lille if she would
like to come too. Hut there was not
much tine! for lit s own l!ioii;ht", for
as the iiiu-ic reus 'd a white-haired
speaker arose and was introdin si to the
:;u bence as Mr. .1 din Ii. (i. ugh.
At this iiuiioiineeiii' iil Sunn I Tuck
er's satisfaction was too great to be k' pt
to himself, and he said hilf aloud In his
next m i. lib ir : " Well, now, I am beat
t i think lie t I'm going to hear the man
I've wanted to see for morc'ii twenty
years." The young lady gave an
aniii "d little laugh, but it fell unheeded
upon the iinsophi-ticated speaker, who-e
attention was alieady caught by the
orator.
Mr. (ioiigh commenced bis brief lec
lun' with one of his inimitable descrip
tion. Tne story was of a man w ho ap
plied for a divorce and was advised by
his eminent lawyer to tiy the clTccl of
making love to hi wife ,-is he had done
before marrying her, instead of resorting
to the incisure he had proposed. It in
cluded also an account of a later visit
when the happy husband withdrew his
application, and, fairly dancing with
glee, assiiied the lawyer that his exp "l i
iiient had worked like a charm, that
"Silly had become as amiable and
iilT"ctioiiate a wife as a man could ask to
have."
Mr. CioiigVs representation of the
scene drew forth prolonged applause;
but Samuel Tucker's interest was of too
serious a nature to permit his joining in
tin! laughter. As if unconscious for the
moment, of the multitude about him, he
said in an undertone: "I'd be willing to
take my oath that wouldn't work w ith
.bill-. All I have to say is, that man's
wife was dilb-r -nt from mine; I'd as soon
think of feeding sen up to a mummy us
to begin sparking again with her."
It would seem that this course of
reasoning did not wholly dismiss from
the farmer's uuii l a train of thoughts an 1
possibilities suggested by the lecturer's
story. In every treat of the following
days at sacred service or popular
lecture, in the museum or by the model
of the Holy Land, when listening to a
concert or gazing with throngs upon the
illuminated fleet, the far-away husband
was relentlessly followed by a
vision of bud-worked Jane, look,
ing upon him with reproachful
eyes. At length he ipiieted his
conscience with the determination to
prove that his estimate of his wife was
correct. "When I go back," he said to
himself, "I'll ju-t show the woman some
little attentions, nnd I'll see they won't
have no more effect on her than tin y
would on the old bay mare. Jane's
bound to be sullen and obstinate, an 1 I
suppose I may as well make up my mind
to it."
On r aching homo the resolution was
not easily carried out. When Mr.
Tucker planned some gallantry towards
his wife, the very thought made him feel
so iinnatur.il and foolish that postpone
ment resulted ; but the Sabbath olT 'ied
an opportunity so convenient that he im
proved it.
The farm was nearly a mile from the
church, yet Samuel Tucker had for
years been in the habit of driving back
alone after the forenoon service, leaving
his wife to attend the Sabbath school,
and th m walk home as best she could
through mud or du-t. (.rent was Mrs.
Tucker's astonishment, therefore, on the
Sabbath after her husband's return, to
find him waiting for her at the elose of
the Uible service. The fain'"st suspi
cion that he had driven I ck 'o the
chinch for her did not cr is, t good
woman's mind ; she supposed he had
business w ith some of the brethren, mid
was hesitating whether to walk on as
usual or to suggest waiting for him.
when tho farmer called out, "It's ju-t as
cheap to ride as to walk." Silently the
wife took her 6eat in the buggy, and si
lently they drove home, much to the
ITITSPOKO
husband's satisfaction, for it seemed to
him a pro- I' of the woman's dull, uuap
preciative nature. "Sue didn't act
pleased, but was only diiz.'l like, as I
knew she would be,'' he muttered as he
went about ids mid-day "ehoies."
At the nun - time Mr. Tucker was c lu
scious of having performed a most praise
worthy act, and felt so eomfoi table that
he resolved to repeat the experiment.
So on the following Sabbath, Jane again
found her husband in waiting, and as
she mounted the high buggy, ventured
lo utter a half-audible "thank you," nnd
to nsk Samuel if he had been waiting
long. To which Mr. Tucker replied
that he bad just reached the liurcli,
and didn't know but he might find she
had started on foot. Tin reply seemed
to Jane a positive assiirame that her
husband had really returned for the sole
purpose of taking her home, and her
chilled heart glowed with a warmth un
known for years. She longed to tell her
husband how much she appreciated his
trouble, but imagined it would sound
"so foolish" thai she kept her pleasure
to liersi.lf.
The third Sabbath was rainy, and as
she wa-hed the breakfast didies, Mr
Tucker kept thinking: "I wonder if
Samuel menus to come for me this noon;
it would be such it help in the rain; I'm
half a' mind to ask him!" This resolu
tion w as soon st Ib-d, how-'ver, with the
reasoning w hich had silenced many sim
ilar resolves in tin! past ten years. "No,
I won't ask no favors. If he don't think
enough of me to com ', why he needn't."
Although proudly unw illing to seek any
attentions, Jane longed for some demon
stralioii of her husband's love and care.
She had walked home in the rain too of
ten greatly to dread such exposure; but
a week before, the wife had tasted the
j'V i f being considered, and longed for
Mime new and further proof of her com
panion's !llT"Ctiol.
Mrs. Tucker's heart leip-d for joy,
when, at noon, die saw the old m ire's
head from the lecture-room window.
Iiulcd, her hungering heart suddenly
became piite unmanageable, and, en
tering the carriage, poor, melted Jane
sobbed out: "I'm sure it's very good of
you, Siinuel, to come back for me
this rainy day!" and then the tears
flowed so fast that further words were
iinpo.sible.
Completely taken by surprise, Mr.
Tucker exclaimed : "1 declare! I hadn't
no idee you'd care so much about it !''
"I wouldn't inin I the walk," re
sponded the wife, "bill Samuel I'm
so happy to have yen -care enough about
me to come
The strong man was brushing' away a
tear from h:s own cheek now; his tend
erer, better nature was mastering the
)r r 1, selfish spirit which had long pos
sessed him, and with some coughing anil
choking he said : "Jane, I see I've made
an awful botch of our married life; if
you're a mind to forgive me, I'd see if I
can't treat you from to-day as a woman
might to be treated."
This confession was ad too much for
the weeping wife, and she answered
quickly : " You're not a bit more to blanri
than I am; I've been pioii 1 and obstin
ate; but I'll tell you what it is, we'll be
ojn all over again."
The ice was now thoroughly broken,
and that afternoon Farmer Tucker and
his wife had a long talk over the
pa t and the future. And in the even
ing when they were about to start fur
the prayer meeting to be lull in a
neighboring school house, the renewed
husband stooped and kissed his wife,
saying: "Jane, I've been athinkiug
that maiii.-d life ain't so very different
from farming or any other occupation.
Now, I ain't such a fool as to think a
field w ill keep a yielding if I only enrich
it once and plant it -once; I have to go
over the same ground every season; and
here 1 supposed you was n-going to al
ways do as you did when we were a-c-mrting,
without my doing my part at
all."
"If I hadn't changed any, maybe you
would always have been as tender as you
used to be," pleaded the happy wife.
"Perhaps so and perhaps not; but I
don't mean to leave you to try no such
plan. I tell you what it is Jane, I feel
as if we hadn't never been really mar
ried till to-day. It most seems as if we
ought to take a wedding tower." Coa
gruj'ttioitiiU't. 'o Chance fur I he Small ltny.
A new Western invention is a dog
which climbs trees. There is a point
beyond w hich even inventors ought not
to go, ami it seems to us this wretch of
an inventor has crossed that border.
What show ilocs it leave the small boy
in a watermelon patch? What chance ol
refuge is left the "lired-out" lover as he
finds himself fleeing from the hoiue of
his fair one, if even the tree tops afford
him no protection from the mouthful of
organized ivory that pursues him? Yes,
the canine climber must go. Daitrille
lift ne.
lteg.inlles of Cost,
Clerk tto lanph yei ) What shal' I
maik that new lot of black silk at?
Employer Mark the selling price f :i
a yard.
Clerk Put it only co-t $1 a yard.
Employer I don't cure what it rost.
I am selling off regardless of cost. Xeic
York Hun.
CHATHAM CO., X. C.,
IM'CUMAR PI-TS.
Queer Fancies cf Somo Poople
in tlio Metro poli i.
Hugo I)oj.i, Littlo Whito Mice and Alii
g.itoM Owned by Young Ladies.
A New York letter in the Hartford
Crtivu says: lu a wa'K through Tenth
street not lung ago I witnessed a novel
sight which attracted the attention of
more than one passer-by. A handsome
white hound whose sleek coat was so
well cared for that it shone like silver,
walked ilignilicdly on the bidewalk,
w hile on hi back was peri lled a cock
atoo of while plumage, with head and
wing tipped with red and yellow. Near
by stood a handsoiu! man, dressed in
good taste, a little du lidi, perhaps, who
evidently took great pleasure in watch
ing hi two p'ts, si .strangely mated.
The gentleman w is Mr. William Chase,
the celebrate I artist, whose studio is in
the bud ling d 'Voled to artists
mi Tenth sire. I. In this
building was al-o the still uu
oecupie I studio of poor Frank Silva, who
di"d list spring, prominent ns a line
in nine painti r and a brave soldier dur
ing our civil war. His wife now teaches
painting, and i, I believe, doing fairly
well. Every Sunday Mr. Chase is seen
on Fifth avenue w ith his handsome white
dog, w hose silver co, ,r is decorated with
a large white satin bow. Wei k days
yellow or red ribbons are worn, but the
white bow always worn the Ii est day of
the week seems to in ike the dog carry
his head in a different way, just as if he
w i lied to look more like a communicant,
lb' serves a ipiite an advertisement for
his famous master, everyone asking to
whom the haiidsoni" animal belongs, for
while the name of William Chase is
familiar to everyone, he him-elf is not.
Mr. .lanv's liarton hy, who has left
the stage and is now a slock broker, has
a huge in istiff, beside which a Shetland
pony would appeardecidedly diminutive.
Master and dog apparently entertain the
greatest iiff 'ctioii for each other. The
latter would certainly prove a formidable
foe to any one who might attack Mr.
Key. It is not unusual to see a lady
tiulging along one of the principal
thoroughfare leading by a chain a dog
alum! us laririi us Jul; I f. The small
dog is ipiite out of :,tyle just now. It
seems somewhat luil it'i Ml s to see the
chains which secure t.'i these immense
animals to a dainty hand, for if the dog
were so dispo-ed he could run off w.lh
chain, mistress, ami all. A lady on
Wa-hingtou sipiar : has a marin ict, the
funniest little creature alive, with a very
human expre-sion and a peculiar little
cry, its eyes ready tilling witii tears at
time. It is almost always chattering
with the cold, and has tube snuggled up
in blankets or placed in a basket near
the lire most of the time. It is a great
p -t, fond of its mistress, and runs about
her head and sliou'ders. Ills, however,
somewhat of a nui ance, all endeavors
towards neatness being time thrown
awav,
Mi.s Mary MeC.cllnii. daughter of the
late lion. MeCicllaii, had very peculiar
pets, two white mice, which at times .she
would take to the opera. They ran
around the box at the Academy, often
p. relied on her bare shoulders, and kept
th- an Hence ipiite amused or tlm re
verse. They were only pcrmitt-'d to
run about during the intermission, but
one niuht, just as the prima donna was
in the midst of a pathetic solo, the mice
j i nine out as if to hear, too, and tho eyes
of the audience followed them. Miss
M(':cllaii tried to secure them, but they
became excited nnd ran away over the
cushioned rail of the balcony u itil
caught by all usher and iciiirued to their
ii i-liess, Probably the prima donna to
this day does not understand why her
solo received so little applame that
particular n ght. Young alligators ar;
great pets, and several fashionable young
ladies own whole families of them. There
is a goat living near nie that is a great
favorite of its owner. It is named
'.Mephell I) rscy," but is called "I)orey''
for short. We never speak as we pass
by. I have good reasons for being thus
ii'Jrien lly, ' D.iiscy" himself and a
slippery sidewalk last winter have much
to do with it. There is a dog that lives
next door to me. lie only understand'
French. lie is forever running away,
and his master stands at the front door
shouting "Plon-Plon" (the dog's name),
"venez ii a," till sometimes 1 wish Pion
Plon was off somewhere with his more
or les-, usually less, distinguished name
sake. Put the latest fas'iiouable pets are
bullies. Yes, babies and small children,
who have heretofore been consigned to
th" nursery, are now decorated, I w ill
not say clothed, in the most artistic ces
tinn "s, and serve to enhance the picture
of a pretty and gay mamma. The
human pi 1 1 are no longer considered
nuisances, but are on dress parade when
ever occasion n ipiires. They are not
allowed to conveise at all, but simply
to pose. It is said of Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Piirn 'tt, who has two hand
some boys, iiii .lly dressed like the
princes in old picture, that w henever
the door bell rings they ipiietly strike
an attitude, so that to the guest they
in ike complete the picture of the charm
ing Washington home of their gifted
mother.
OCTOUFJJ IL m.
Lir.ewigo of tho Eye''.
Long almond-diaped eyes, with thieit
skinne I eyelids that cover half the u- ,
p'l, are indicative of genius when they,
are found in conjunction with a brow
which is full over the eyebrows, and
which has one deep perpcndii ulnr line
between the eyebrows. 1 have freipieiit- :
ly noticed this combination in the faces
of distinguished liteiary nu n and artists.
The almond-shaped eye, however, even
without this peculiar form of forehead,
always means a su-ceptible, impression
able nature. Eyes which are large, open
and very transparent, and which sparkle
with a rapid motion under well dt lined
eyelids, denote el 'ganee ill taste, a some,
what susceptible teinp r, and gnat in
terest in the opposite sex. Eyes with
weakly marked eyebrows abovti them,
mi l with thinly growing eyi la-he, which
are completely w ithout any upward curve,
denote a feeble constitution and a in d
nneholy disposition. I);epsunken mid
small blue eyes, under a bony, almost
perpendicular forehead, are indicative of
selli-h and cold-hearted natures. Eyes
which show not only the whole of the
iris, but also sum: of the white both
above and below it, denote a n -tle-s,
uncertain nature, incapable of repo-e or
of concentrated thought on any subj et.
K nind shaped eyes are never .-eeii in the
face of a highly intellectual person, but
they denote a kindly, truthful an 1 inno
cent nature. Eyes which, when m en in
profile, are so protuberant in to run al
most parallel with the profile of th" nose,
show a weak organization of body and
mind. Eyes rat her dice together show
penetration, but eyes close together de
note cunning mid an untiulhfiil disposi
tion. ICyes rath m-far ap irt. are in l c.i -live
of frankness and simplicity of pur
pose an hone't and guileless nature.
When, h iwever, the eyes are very fai
apart, they denote stupidity. Eyes with
sharply defined angle-, sinking at the
corner., show subtlety of mind; th"
sharp r the angle and the more it sink,
the greater the delicacy of perception it
denotes; but when very iniieli develop 'd
it shows also craftiiiest am -muling to de
ceit. Well-opened eyes, with smooth
eyelids and a stea ly and somewhat fix
ed gla , denote sincerity. Line run
ning along th'1 eyelids from side to si le,
and passing out upon the temples, denote
habitual laughter:! cheerful tempera
ment, or. at any rat", one in which the
sense fif fun i strong.
Skeleton L 'lives.
We do not know who is the author of
these instiuclions, but b lieve they are
worthy of tr.ai: Dissolve thr unices
of washing soda in two pints of water,
boil, and add an oiinc an I a hilf of
si iked ipiieklini". It i 1 lor ten minutes,
settle, and pour off th" clear lbpiid for
use. Bring this to the boil, an I during
ebullition add the leave-. Put i.u the
lid an I boil ab nit an hour, a Id ng w.i'er
occa-ionly to make up for los-. Take
out a leaf and rub it bi t w.-en the lingers
under watei. If the skin and pulp p
urate easily, the leaves ar- re.elv; il not,
boil for some liui' longer. lining
cleaned the skeletons, bleach them in n
solutio i of bleaching p ovler, a i -aspoou-f
1 1 1 to the pint, aiding about a t ible
spoonful of strong vinegar to liberate the
chloiiuc. L t them remain in this for
about ten minutes. Wash in water, and
float them out on pices of paper. N.
P. Take care that the soda solution
touches tho lingers lis littl as pos-iole,
as it may rcinoV" their epidermis a wdl
as that of the leaves. Aaotie r authoiity
says: The skeletons iiiu-t be thoroughly
bleaehe I by exposing theln lo the luiii"
of chlorine gas. 11 t this vapor be
added that of peroxide of hydrogen the
fibres of the leaves am streagt hem
that th"V can be readily arranged - -after
being dried by pressure between fol I of
(issue paper in boiiipiets.
On Hie Pension Lid.
"It is very amusing," sai l a rlerk in
(he I'nib'd States Pension Otiie', "to
look over the lis! of names of old soldiers
on the pension bo k. I mil more than
ever convinced thai there isn't anything
in a name, for here we hive in n: lie
nearly i very great man w ho has c i i
lived. Here at one point is Daniel
Webster, at another ! 'urge Washington,
and fin ther dow n t he list 1 lind Oliver
Cromwell, Julius Ca'sir, John Wesley,
Henry Clay, and even Jeff Davis is on
our list. Then there are the odd name,
such as Ham, C on, Hat, Sugarloot,
and other. One hardly knows what a
variety of names 'hcte is in the world
until he begins to d"al wiih tin in by thu
thousand." h.'iiWm Jmii inil.
Spider Silk.
The female spider i tiero
and large
than the male.
In one Iribe of spiders
the female is I-t 'O times larger than the
male. The spider's thread is composed
ol innumerable small threads or fibre.
One of these small threads has been csti-
mated to be one two-mi.liontli of the
IlllcKiic oi a oao. -v nciciiiiuc i-ah.-m-
mentor once drew out from the body of
a single spider :t Istil yards of thread or
spider silk a length a little short of
throe miles. Silk may be woven of spi-
der's thn a I, and it is more glossy and
brilliant than that of the silk-worm, being
of a golden co'.n . An enthusiastic ento-
mologist secured enough of it for the
weaving
gofa suit of clothes fcr Louin
. E r.-triciit lii rieic.
NO.
! I'ndessl in il Writers of Olden Times.'
' In the days of King John, people had
so littlo id-a of the possibility of tho
' printing press that they were almost
npially ignorant of such a material as
paper lor literary purpose'. Yet it is a
huge mistake, which has not been explod
ed as it ought to be, that reading and
writing were tare accomplishment in the
; 13 h century. Knowledge i f a certain
kind was disseminated far more effi c
tively and far more univei -ally than Is
generally believed. The country par-oil
was expected to be the schoolmaster of
the pari-h, a i l ge,.-,iy was so; and
tie le was hardly a village in England
; during the n ign of Henry 111. in which
'. there were not one or mure persons who
1 could write a clerkly hand, draw up
accounts in Latin, and keep the r--c r Is
of the various petty courts and g ather
! iligs that were continually being he'.l,
sometimes to the auiioyance and gii v Us
vi xationof the rural population. The
prolesfional writers were so numerous
nnd their training so severe, that tle-y
had got lor llicius"vcs piivieges -f a veiy
exceptional kind; the clerk took rank
w ilh the lei evni.au. and the writ- I ol a
book was a most a inu -h esteemed as its
author. The scnploriiim of a gicat
monastery was at miee tii" print ng pi- -s
and the publishing Hi' - . Is w.c lie
place where books wire written and
wlu-nee they i ---in I to the world. With
the tia lilioll.li I i Ins Vl' ie.s of th- o'd; r
moiias!eri s, then- was less ii-in,iu
doubt, to il ITU- and ili-perse I inn to
accumulate bodi, but the c nnpo ing
and multiplication of hooks was always
going on. I'ne sei ipl ori ii i a was a en-al,
writing 'i ll" I. too, and the rule- i f th"
art of writing which were laid down
there wie -o ligi ily and severely ad
hered M tint . tlr day it i mil iblli.-ult-
to ih-cidi al a gl: wiie'lo-r a In -ok
was writien in S'. Adian's or S.
E linund's abbey. Sometime a- luiny
as g I w i .lei s were employed all mi' ' and
besides tll"se III' re wi fe oce a -i'-liaily
supermini' -raii"--. who were prof- ' i.eial
H'l-ibes, and who were paid fu their
services; bio nothing short of perlcct
penmanship, such trained skdl, fur in
stance, as w ml I no v be reipiired of an
engraver, would iptalify a copyi-t t I . . K
pint in the linisiie I work which the
copying of imp a taut books reipiin-il. -Q.,'
I., hf- A'..-,',,'.
Am (liter Hunting a Man.
A hunt'-i ought to under t and hi- Ini-i-ne-s
an 1 lie ready for any danger; but
some men !o-e I V-:r pro-one of mind and
courage, and are hunted by I heir game.
The following story is told by th" t! ,lla
lin i Mo. I l a '':
Mr. Wi.liam Pre wilt, while out hunt
ing rablets in Daviess county, found
several huge ott'-rs.one of which he s,-t.
Thinking the animal was d- a i, he ap
pro ii lied V' ry in ar, w hen, to li s sin pi i-e,
it Hi-id" a lui i"iis attack. Mr. P. imiuo
diali I; Il d,i los- ly pursued Icy the infuri
ated annua1. A wry low rail fence was
i lo e at hind, and i ur ft. end sprang
uiinl'iy ovi r; but npuliy nimble wa. the
ottir, which, as Mr. P. went over the
fence, went through, o ir now very
iiiueh frightened Iriend, seeing his ,
on the -ame side of the fern sprang
niiub'v b.n-k. 'I his game was kept ii
for sum time, until, completely exhaust,
ed, Mr. P. in. nil- several frantic h aps,
and finding the animal just assiug
thioiijh the feme. In
irr.isiioil it bv Hi'' tad,
di-spi ranou,
1 catching
log through another
hailsted to the ground
rack, sink
Tim shin ks
cries of Mr. l'l'iw.tl tor Help, llllllgleu j
with the enraged snarls and lighting ol ,
the annual, wore heard at the la in, m-ar- j
ly a mil" distant, and lie w is soon re- j
In V'd from his awkward situation, but
j so cxlmu-ted and i nf ebl, d by the Irlglit
that it w a some t
walk siillieienlly t" go
befole he
ollld
!l. lb h"
Ailillei..l quinine.
es-wdi H "III, "f
has dlscov. led the
111
Ins
I mi. fields, b as dlscov. red the sl,lllioal
i or art fr
wliieh tl
nl mode of making iplinme
price of that drug will be
hv
, duel -1 to si ne tiling Hko I! I. ! or on-
1 Tie- iinpoitanceof th s di-coverv, which.
I wa made two or three Weeks 'IgC
! through the an dent i! In
' die lie b '1:1-', is rendered
j the fact III it wnile bitheito
' depi ndi g for our ipiinine e
' vat ion of the e.nchoiia tn e,
J bin k only about t w o per coi
akillg of ii
gr'ab-r by
re haw Icon
I the I ll'ti-
from w liosi
t. ol good
tpiiicne call be extracted. (IS per cent.
! being valueless, th - drug can now In
' inaiiul'actur d without limit by a very
i simple process from an art icle which can
alwav- be gol in abundance ill any put
j ol the world. A I'-w day ago Di . liew-
i tl submiit d a sample of his prepai at ion
i to Messi-.. Howard A S mis, ouiiiineui.au-
; S.I at ford, who have ex.e,se.
mii prise at the result of their anal'
the sample being i ipial to the best ipn
best
I nine in the market. The
discovert
about to communicate with the govern-
j bo nnniia'ly spend in India alone
i ,t i'C,ii,U0O in tie- cultivation ol tlio.
j t.jdioiia tree.- - .."o'i I ',
j - -
I Submarine NiivlK.itiiin.
j "Th s is a wonderful age. Just think
of that ul in inn" boat going under tlu
water and slaying uiulr for half ar
, hour.'
i "That's nothing. The Oregon wem
; i'i-T t''' w''"'r 'nonius ago, au-i . .
is there yet." Silt inyn
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'i'hfi Woods.
Alone th" forest depths I roam,
In niie.ent, mythic mood, anil find
Some imim it ing soul enshrined
lieiie.ath each leafy, sylvuu dome.
Yet thought returns, anil soon revolow
A ;ain with analytic skill,
And luni ks how inborn fancies (111
The car h with schemes that time dissolves.
S i m 'ne is pas', or present life
Along lii.i verihiiil avenues,
A fancy mystic dreams pur-ne",
Ir fii' t with solid themes is rife.
Hut thus evoked by leaf and tree,
.My i iiuteiiiplations still iiniiir
lo I the forest seenu inspire.
Or do tin' wi o Is breath into me ;
i .e. .' in (o.s'iiii .oiireof.
ill Moicors.
A man of metal Tue stove dealer.
There is usually a cold snap xvhen an
icicle falls.
Is a train)) idle when he labors under
an impression?
A black eye is a sign of beauty in one
sex, of a collision in th" other.
Speaking of fanning, nobody ever
le ard of a le ii complaining of a ffcer
Clop.
"There's very little change in men's
t ii.'i . is this fall," remarked a tailor as
he tailed to coiled a bill.
"Thus who use our goods arc very
much altaclnd to them," is what a
poious plaster company advertises.
An article is going the rounds of the
pre, In-aded "How to Man ago a Wife."
Of ciise the writer wa a single man.
A I. I Angeles i C.i'.) la ly, -10 years of
age, i selling vi g- table to e Incite her
self in iiim si . sin.- is determined not to
he beet.
Si : in L in-s and his young wife had just
completed their first ipiarrel. "1 wish I
w is dea l," she subbed. "I wish I was
too." lie bliibb-red. "Then I don't wish
I wa," and the war continued.
A farm journal gives instructions for
' Shoeing a Kicking Mule." A better
and safer way i to hand the mule over
to a blacksmith nnd then climb a tree
and stay there until the job is finished.
An old parish clerk was courteously
thanking a church dignitary for kindly
taking on emergency a village servire;
"A poorer preacher would have done
ua, s.r," he said, "if wo only knew
where to find him."
How Screws are Made.
Screws were little known or used be
fore 1 :, being rudely made by hand
with imperfect tools. The head was
forg. d or swedgi-d up by a blacksmith,
and tic thread and nick were formed by
the use of hand-dies and files. In 18ll'
American ingenuity was directed to the
subject, and the old tools were worked
in machines w hich gave them their proper
motion. The s wedge hammer became
the heading machine, receiving the
cud of a coil of wire and
regularly curing the reipiired length fur
a blank, which then, b a blow, had onu
end i f the wire, "set up" to form the
head, the operation continuing automati
cally t.ll the entire wire was cut up into
b'auks. These blanks were thus bandied
individually, and passed to machines, the
lii'si for .shaving the head, the second for
niiking. and the last for cutting the
thread, lu ls-40 a further revolution was
effected in this manufacture bv tho uso
,,!' m iohine-that wore entirely automatic.
I Hv this system the blanks were sunnlied
i in mass by the operator, the machino
'' j separating and handling each blank re
spectively, a the nature of the operation
demanded. Th" head were turned and
nicked by automatic mechanism, and then
droppi 1 into a machine, which tinned
and out the threads on the shanks, pass-
; ing out tic complete screws with Wonder.
lui rapidity. The lir-t inventor of this
I machinery was general Thomas W. Ilnr-
vey of Vermont. Later inventors added
I improvements, increasing the perfection
I of the operation and its product. Among
i (hose was t he giiifct point, the invent ion
j of Thomas J. Sloan. This s ight im
provement so increase 1 the useliilness ol
screws that tlenr in tnul'aeture immedi
ately became a profitable an I important
iudii-try. Many modifications of tho
common screw have been invented,
adapt ing il (o a wide range of uses in
the various manufactures of machines,
articles of us.? and ornament, etc. Thn
daily product ion of the various screws
in u-e in tin- world is estimated to re
ipiire the consumption of 5H0 tons ol
iron. littsi - Use mi.
! Lifling Exlrnoriliiiarr.
One of the first things that attract the
I attention of visitors to Foster's crane,
l near Pairehild, Wis,, is the famous
"steam skidder," the only one in the
! Stale. It is a great sight, to witness two
I or three huge logs being dragged, from
I a distance of thirty-five rods, over brush,
! fallen trees, stumps, etc., as if they weru
I stj,.ks. nnd dimmed on ton of a
I huge pile alongside of the track. And
to do all this requires only one man to
I manipulate the levers on the steam cu
, giue and one way off where the logs lin
' to put tho chain around them. The
, moment the chain is put around them
off they go, the forward end somewhat
elevated and the rear end dragging orer
! any obstruction in tho way. Sometimes
the whole load makes a leap of several
; rods without touching the giound.