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II. A. J.OIS'DOIN,
EDITOR AM) PHOPKIKTOH.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION,
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Life nml Dentil.
Coin)- room i i every sky
N't) ilny will hst foreier,
A i l r ft. Is lh.it lieiucst lie,
'J'lio hull. I i f tini! ii ill sever.
N fl .Wi r ch i nul I'lorm,
N.) lovir.g- Death outvying -Tin'
voice uf llm tomb
Cry, "I' must ni l in dying ''
No c!uu. Is foroipi- la-t,
Ni bruit is d.-oiii d to sadness,
Tin) fuliite. pi-e-cnr, past,
All smiii- f ur t of j; i lncss,
Ami linnets thn fad" toiny
Wi 1 I loom when winter pnsses,
In ivi tv year c in s May,
Willi Hover, buds, nnd grns.es
Hie voices from tlm sky
A joyful ir in giving,
' We bid not ilenil," ill y cry,
lb-re is no end to living.
May Sit.x" kh
thestayTt-home.
A Mil I III il SK K 1 1 II.
Kvcrybwly knew where Davenport's
xv-is, mi I everybody 111 tic pilgrimages to
it in ll.c hour of need. No matter
whether the nceil took tlie f..rm of a
spool of sewing silk or iron cutiigs for
gin stand, somewhere nmong D.iven
poit's hetcrogein om stock it was sure to
he fi n .il. 'i ivenp.irt" sported no
sign. It iv. -is iioinlly imlcpenileiit of
liny such fin '.it tons aids of prominence.
As null liihel the country curt home as
plaster a sign on I . v.-a jiorl'.-i time -honored
front. Tie re was hut one court
hoii-. . mii, 1 one I) ivi i poll's ami honors
Wi I ; i nsy b .-t iv en tlienj in Slowvillr.
I'.ii tlierin.ir.' ( ipropos of n sign), human
ingenuity wou'il have heen staggered to
compose any inscription for a sign that
woulil have heen nn asurubly descrip
tive of the olla poilruli on Davenport's
In'lve.
M:iii day was 1 1 iven port's harvest day
hut matter within the store mint le
pressng hided to fore Divenport him
self behind the counter. He looked
curiously o.t of plnei weighing pi Hit te
l.n no i r ill an ng a quart of I lack mo
lasses in pu ment for a iloen egg..
!'ii. ro whs a totally ii recom iliub'c in
rongru ty between him alnL his .-ur-roundiags.
He hail the build of ;:ii
athlete, an. I was one, without nny scicn
t.lie training. His heal, superbly
shaped, nml s. t -.purely on a column. ir
throat, was ,,v. ,-. thickly with a yel
low mass of short curU, a:il his chin
with a Ion:; si K y in ar I of the same e '.
or. llm lyei n.ir It! in- mol liriht niol
fnctratintt. A pure Saxon lyp wis
Divenport, with a p-nefal mc-tion
of (treat phyhii.-al strength nml ilelihera
at! purpo-ie ah nit him. If the rray
store with it ii'surcl iiuome hrel not
come to him hy inheritance, iloulithss he
woulil have .lone something w ith himself
iu the worlil. As it was, he shnki.-.l the
tohiuco l.'o met the molasses hiirrel
whenever in ;.c! ic.ihle, ami in the loni;
piiiiimer ihii i, when there ivi.s not iniii h
loinj;, he re;ei Ken: ami t'o!riilj;e with
oblivious ih l.u'it on the lon. stnrj jrul
lery, lilitiip; ll.es n th one hail I a I (he
while. He h i.evi f heen aivny from
home to sili. ml, 'v.iiililn't he sp ued fiom
the store," He h.i-1 "limn up in it, hut
ha-- never finn into it. Hidden soine
uheiijiiitli.it lit ns ii'nr oryiiiiism of his
was a duinh uiratistied loiiin !or hit
ter thinos to do and t j be than late had
ho fur necordid him. When the war
Irokeoutit was with an ci;viou pan
he saw other fi ilous jt'i oil to tlie li-ld.
He would have love I to .;n i ilh tle iii,
hut, tuukin;; his duly :i lately ill til !
face by lh ' beit ILrht il0 ha I, there
seemed tube u iihii r call to slay at
home. He u'ri w iu'o a minister in local
estimation, 1 1 ; sttyiiiLr out of the aimy
hud secured him the c. ii-ui;it of lh.'
neit;hhorhootl ; hi, hu-y, e.ii n st specu
lation excited its disini end horror.
El'ell in the little Ihui-j I. hind the
jiomcgrannte luisln-j there wcie i h uds
mi I distrust. 1 i'.vii.ort'i ivife was no
huiiter p-otil of hint. Sli hii)i! her
hen I for him, nod he knew it knew it,
mill winced under it sih ntiy, nil I
thought ciiviitii!y of the men who were
oil with the ariiiv, tiditm; mid bciiiir
v iiinb il. H wi ui l oi l llv have ex
chfiiifted his wound fur lh"ii -.
When the liver was hhiekn.l .d mi l all
this ci mi try i ii both ii-ii of the Missis
sippi, fiom V ikshiin; to N m ) leans
wus vi rt il -il i v iu a stage of
peopie
said: ''Now Davenport's hour of triumph
hnd n ine," i.ud those who ha I heen
m ist open in ih noo ning Irin recalled
their nish words ..gretiully. What they
had said was all true, of course, but it
had better been lol t unsaid, for in nil
the count ry nowhere I ut at Davenport's
were medicines, or sugar, nnd tea, nnd
meal, and every thing that went to sus
tain life to be procured. The grinders
censed grind ing and the grcnt mill wheels
stood mothmie-8. The ungathered crops
stood iu tlie fields, nt I ho mercy of mii
r.iuding tattle. A universal paialjsis
K-Ucd upon the land. Puliid-faced
women linked, What next?
Vcs, Davenport's hour of tiiuinph had
Cornel He did not cull it his hour of
triumph. Ho simply said that hnl
befallen which he had known nil
u!ong must come. Then, julie
iously, wisely, patiently, he be
gan his ministrations, meting out c m
fort of a material sort with the stem
impartiality of a judge on the bench,
it ud the patient tenderness of a Joseph
ye.sioiitjj over his suffering brethren.
Nothing that led to the relief of rieces-
sity was too remote for his ncuto grasp
of the situation, nothing too minute to
secure his alteut ion. Without price ho
gave up his hoarded substance, nml Ion;;
after hite su;(.'ir became a luxury too
costly for coii-ump'.ioi on the table
tlm little white cottage, Hindolph Fair-
fax's wife had it on her?. There had
been no one to help him hear the bur -
den of the ohloipiy that had been his
share, and now, when the women who
had so misguided him crow h d about
him with wordy recantations, he smiled
lit them insci uialily, and they were com
forted. They sai I anions lh ni-invcs:
"He toox it so lightly, Ic hid never
cared much," Not much you sec there
wasn't the making of a her o in him. All
the glory was resnv.'d for the men who
had ooue away in uniform.
It was in th; third year of the war
that Hindolph Fairfax came home
wont) Ii d, not Im 1 y, but he ha I fought
splendidly mid was ru titled to a short
respite. He tried hard to say something
handsome and grateful to Davenport
, . '
iinoiii uie way lie lia-1 lork"d utter Ills
wife and children dtirin ; disown absetic
in the at my, mid he sinciivly hoped
those sharp an 1 foolish words of his
ahiut Davenport's heard ha 1 died from
his memory. 'iley had not he felt
ipiite mre of it when I) n--nport, resting
his blue eyes calmly on him for n n;o.
men', turned simv'y on his heel and be
gan giving d lections about a kit of
lll ii lve.-et tin. I u-m l. I... ..! '.1.1 M.-j
Morr.ivl L- i,. ,1... , . 1. 1.
Fairfax did not come to the stoie any
more nfler that, but remained closely at
home on the plantation so cles- ly that
he did not hear wild llivenpurt heard
one morning from the trembling lips uf
one of Fairfax's own freed slaves. What
Divenport heard was that a posse of the
enemy was going to raid the neighbor
hood that night to rapture M j r Fair
fax; he woti'd In a pi isom r well north
their effort. It was left with Dav. n
pMl to warn the major of his ilnnorr.
There was n one to whom he uld in
trust the task. The long, lonely gallop
through the woo Is and i.i ro-s tlie
swollen shiuglis i l r the werd
grown fields must ;e t il-,, ii by him-cif.
It iiii accompli-hed sifcly, raid at a
-slower pace h ' tut II d his tired horse's
le ad hon i'iviird. He would IinveliUi d
to travel f.i.ter, for F.u.ny would Ic
worrying al-ou' hisict itMii-ig home
l efi.ic ilar'n, I ii !i-'ini.t I iii'e soon
nieicy on the j de. beast un lit l.iui.
Thiinli (iod, Fairfax wni! I have plenty
of tin. i! to cscipe, il h: Pliiilc I ri.ht
oil'. It was dark, iptite d:trl;, uli iihe
iasscd from tilt shelter of tic tr.-ei that
marked the b.,uii laiy line i f Fa rf.ax's
p'.me i ii' itit i l In: bit; load - so dark that
h" did in I see a motionless er.nip of
hoi ,ciic n drawn across his pathway un
til his imn hois- shied violently to one
side and tiie ingle word "Hil !"' ii il
comma! d ugly on his cars.
"F in .ax's c,iitoi-!' lie hi I only
liir.e to lh uk if, who the same com
liitilrlliig Vi i e called ipn t iuningty to
Imn I ii in i ut tie; gloom, "Who goes
thei-i '
"Kamlo'ph F.iirf...," cmnu hack dear
ly, inifalteiiiigy, dcliantly. A gurgle
of Inn t liter, or i a her a i hoiu sed i hm kli
uf triumph, in d then he as completely
surrounded is the posse hurncd him
forward away from .Sl iwvillc, 11 s
lint nf himself thiit !.e was think
ing tis he :a'.lonii through the
somber w . s with his captors that
night. It nas u f the wife, of Funny,
watching nnd w iidciing and weeping
through the long hours alon.'. Ii iv n tiim
lie '.as bearing his share of hardships.
If it was not for Im, he weuldu't mii.d.
Perhaps, when light c.inie, they'd give
him ii chance to utile b cl to her. II -couldn't
have done ili'f -rent. Fairfax
was crippled an I poorly i -minted.
These fellows w. r : on well fed ai any
horses. It wouldn't have dmi to risk
the ti nth. () i and on through the night,
until, iu the gray dawn of the day,
c imp was reach -d ; n brief respite, then
he found himself on board n trauspoi I.
It would be easy enough wh n he got to
hen lipiarters to satisfy the geiieial in
command that h was no military man,
hut n law-abiding civil. an, slaying at
home nn 1 pursuing his u-uil vocations.
When he gut to headipiarters and
made his st iteinetit his b in eyes lairly
Hushed lightning to I'm I it discredited.
His interlocutor's sceptical gn.o trave'ed
slowly down one of Davenpoi t's shapely
legs and up the other. D iveti port's on u
gaze fo'lowi'd woiideringly mid Ids
blown cheeks turned niheu white. He
told nil about it after his reh nso from
Alton military piisoii at the close of
war.
"It was those red stripes down the
side of my pnnts that Fanny was fo
proud of. You see, I had been iu the
saddle and i ut of reach of buying any
new pants until I was about out of
'em. Then Fanny cut up her traveling
shawl, nnd, considered us the work of
an amateur, those pants were n tuccess,
if I did have to go into ncoriu r mi I turn
round three times before I could get my
hand ioto my poi k t ; but she left the
hindering of the slriul in for n luncv
touch. Poor Fanny! I Mlpposo she
thought she'd make me look like a so'
dier whether or no, and it did the busi
ness for me. It was mine than I could
lo to convi.iee tlms f -llowi 1 wasn't ,
m ilor-generiil at the v 'i v least, iustc.i i
of a poor stay at-homo sku'.k. You
know our b iys weren't much of dan lies
lifter the first year."
The gallery nl I) i ven port's is or.r '
more n crowded lenile.vuus, a id war
yarns alternate with crop and polcmii al 1
! discus-ions; hut whenever the heroes of
j S owville begin to blo w reminiscent
! trumpets, I) ivenport retires within, for ,
if Randolph Fairfax is about, his iDiv-poi-i's)
iii'ilnight rule with the raider .
is sure to come up, nn I no one knows
better than ho does that he doesn't
deserve even honorable iie'iition. - New
York Post. !
1 The Itig lllatiket Fisli.
! "Tlie lirs1 lim ! I slni'-k lh I o loin,"
j lays ri pearl diver, "1 cou'iln't b.-lii ve 1;
i was lh"re. It was as clear us air, in I
j the fi lies sw imming around might have
j b.'in taken for birds. I lauded on a kind
of sand hill when th -y lowered ine, and
j had to iva'k nhout fifty feet down into a
i valley-like before I struck the shelU.
Tin-v were all in a hum h stretched nlono
i ' ,
i in a. ril yr
king like a black murk
J against tile white bottom. 1 was drag-,
i ging the hamper, and when I got nlong
j side I began to toss tlurn in. I reckon I
1 had tilled hall ft do.- n or s when nil at
once 1 saw a kii'.d of sliii low moving
over all. At lir-t I thought il was the
j schooner, and then, p.ohaps, .some of the
ot Ic r divers roirin down, and then it
ileft; but all at. once it run-' again and
1 grew so dark in a s con I that I tinned
! T'''k " '
up, an 1 if in y hair
( hadn't been h"ld down by a copper c ap
it would have ri. right on end.
There, a-movin' over m , w:u ivli.it I
' took to be a birl about thirty I'e t aeru-s.
It was wheeling round a id muiid, Il .p-
ping iis big wing-; ji-l m you'v s.-en
. biiarls or eagles do, overli. a I. I ) wa
it ci'ne, lower and lower, nnd 1
a-ou. neliing as flat as 1 could get. Tie
: neiirer it got t ie bigger i t look i d, mid
: as I see it was a s ttiug on in I took tlei
J pike I aiw.iy-. cair -d, ail as it viheclc 1
; aroiind over me 1 let drive. ; it?
Well, I ru lion I did. The next thing
knew I was stun ling i n my hea l, rolling
I'uver an 1 over, then yanked sideways,
I half drowned, an 1 lin n I r-a ';o'i 1 lo t
i.'iy sen-cs, mid when 1 cam i to I was
, lyin' en d"i k and ail haii h looking at
me. You see lh ' i iitter h id eiveti the
. liter sued a wiri thiit I n is l mi k" I
en1 f . t- end, nod my pipe and I tie tui I'd
:o. il 'd an I hi. ':" I . i t!i it I couldn't
; biealiie, in, I, of c.'i:--, I i i ' pu lei III;
I line .and the men thought I ha 1 jerked
il t.) come up, so tle-y hiu'e l away for
all liny wcie worth, a id tint's what
saved m I.I'-, What was it,' Why,
; not Ii in bu. one of llmv: s a I. il - -
Id IliLi t li-ll ill" other m i! i l'l d it -.
and they all say I hi I a narrow ma for
lit. That was tin' way, accur-liu' to their
'say, that the lidi goes to v, in k to
gi I away with a ma i. Th y Ih-l s tile
down on yi
vou aie."
a blank.'
ther'.
tin d mil ami I. :inl.
Two Imn Ired yean ago, each
nd chief con-idered himself m
Iligh-
in in
..ependellt soveli I
pine with niiot er
If
he h.
lis-
ie I t a in.
iiho ob-ti-levie
I war,
tin- last re-
lialely lefllsdl (O yield, he
thus lef -ri iug the mat b t to
sort of k illgs.
II H Ii chief of a elan ha I the power of
"pit and gallon--," an I i m!d hang n
refractory clansman, without liindianee
liiili the lest i f 'he clan. Until" cen
trary, they woti'd all ii--i .t ia exe
cuting their child's dulee. H.linaiiiy,
hut not always, tie y aic-pted the file
decreed forth in by the laird without n
I murmur
i A hi.sbitnd, having I
Ul'li Hilled
ilo death I y his lair I, threatened re-
sistani't, in-tead of g-'ing ipiictly to the
, executioner's house nnd giving himself
j up. Hil wife, uma.ed at her "glide
! man's" conduct, remon-trati d with him
'. o i his ob .t ilia y.
I "D.mgall, my man," said she, in her
I most appr -hensive tone, "just gang
i nun' ipiictly and he hangit, and no
j anger tin: laird 1" Youth's t 'onipanioii.
I A (.iitn aiili r.
Ni'i vein p .I lent, iii dentist's oh in r
Will it hurt much, th eloi
1) .'lit 1st (i :is,ur:iigli )
'il
u.irantee
it won't hurt u b t.
NeiveiH patient (not cuoviiice l --Hut
what if it should, doi im: What would
your guarantee- mii-niiii
Dentist (eVidi nlly 'ine of hini-eili -If
I hint you, niyde.it tir, l'l pull i vi ry
tnoth in your head and it won't lo.t you
a cent. Harper' i Ha.ar.
He Was Surprised.
A little Scotch, b y, about f u,- or five
years old, was ill i f lever, and tint doc
tor ordered his hca 1 to b sieved. The
iltle fellow was unconscious nt the
time and knew nothing of it. A few
days after, when he was convalescent,
he happene I to ) u1 his hail 1 to his le a l,
and nfter nn ninied .-fence shrieked out
"Milder! milder! my In ad's barefoot."
A fi i (1 Itetisoil.
".Say, Tom, lint fellow Stuppiu seems
to appreciate a toiy."
" Yes, serins to."
" I.ailths at all your j ike-.''
" Don't you know n hy ;"
" N'.i."
" Why, I let lam have Iiv.
doll iri tin
ther day." At mi -us Tiave'cr,
( llli.WlllVS ('01. I'M X.
Olil III n i,: t'enl,
I I'd Kii g Coal
Was n grimy 1 1 1 soul.
And a grimy old soul was he;
He lay underground
I 'i:lil ho was found.
An 1 dug out by miners tin on. j
Old King Coftt j
Was a sorry old coul, j
And n s.e rv oi l soul lies l.n; i
'Ihey gave -mil a knork
To th" poor old hi. i Ii, ;'
'Hut it split into piee .s tliree. j
Hlil King foal
I W. -nailery ills. nl.
I And n II 'I y old soul Has lie: !
j Tory put llllll on n llmiin,
He shniit' il -"VI,,i ,i Kauie:'
Ami l uriit up as mi i i v as ml I 1,-..
I Tlie i iinli-r rmrnm nl I'm!..
I t' lii ler pigeons h. i e lor a long tame
I past been kept in Paris, and specially j
j triune I for use in war. They now mini. !
j her over 2o0"), nearly eighteen l.un Ired j
j of which have ha I so thorough a train
; in ' they ran le tm-ted to go to .. r-ut
. distaiiea s iu III" worst of weather. S nee j
are taught to travel to certain p'tic-s j
from Paris, aid oile rs to come to Puis I
. from d liferent towns and fortresses, j
. s-hoilld Paris b" besieged llhuh let us
j all hope ii ill in v. r again be the ni-i j
; thecipitut in.! b- kept in i ointnuuiea- ;
I tiou with the forts above Grenoble, an I
j with thooj of th" Pyrenees, by pig ou,
j Lie. I in these mountains mid in the Alp:,
j -il.itlle Folks,
llir Miiiikt-j I'.ivr.
j Tim' native I r lies of the ! ibyllan
1 nn uutains, iu Algeria, have a .-iinpl
j but ingenious way of catching the mull
jkeii iiho ravajte their scanty crop-.
ITiiey p'tic a little rice iu ti gourd, and
attach it lirmlv to a tree. An opening i
I cut in the gourd, 1 1 st large ili.-u;d to
j a.lm t the monkey's paiv.
j In the night, the marauder fuels the 1
! igoiuo, in-crts tils piw, an I pia-ps a
I handful of the li 'c. Jl.it his c!i nehed
list will not pass through the huh, and as
the monkey will not relnnpii-h his booty,
j he i-i fun id then! next morning, still
, vainly snuggling to get the bail out of
i -s .-
the trap; and his life i.s the penalty of
his t'Ol'i tollsness.
J Tli i story may illu-tiate. the tact that
1 some things which appeal tempting nn
' belier left alone. Minkind should have
; iin.ie ;..n-e a. id M-if-n s'.raint than moti-l.ev-,
V: 11 it the lol iner an- lb -I elided
i belli Ihc latter. Ji.o.deii Ar.;o-v.
" l inn-1.."
few ere itll e- '.lh i i ale ill-
The:
ap i'ile of being tamed .old le-coniing
interesting- ets A lady gives the fol
lowing account of a tut tl ' ivhicd she one
day caught iu the w iod , carried to her
city home in I'.'ooklyn, and made a pel:
da reach ng home he was givi n the
free loin of the ba. kyard, and was
named VY. X. 'I hai k"l ay ; butheiisiially
went hv the tiieknanii of "Thaek," for
I lint was mo re convenient than his full
title
I j i.'.' d at fust t i kn "iv how to
fi i o i:.".- '" ug that a citv back yard
allt prJV
a coiiniry
:its, I i
i I V tO 1,1
for oiie
i,', lifter
; r
I i -.
I II l- ll v. r
took very I.
and milk. He soon lean - t th.- - '
il in.- voice, and ho noli. ' slump up
the flagged walk to Illy feet if 1 r. '
him.
1 I). i ame very fnl of my ipn cr lilt e
"p.t ina box." He wa- piidctly lame,
end ha I many interesting ways. When
he n :is dre-sed, he us.'d to m hi a blue
satin sa-h tied r. un I his she l "in the
plan: wh -te like waist ( light to he."
I enjoyed introducing dim to com
pun v. I would open the parlor-door,
when he would slowly lumber along tin.
hall with fluttering ribbons, thii it ;h the
do-iriv ;y, across the carpet and up to
me, ipi te regardless of tin fensat ion his
appearance always netted. Then I
would take dim up an I hold him, hi
susp. ndiug hiuiii'll first by one hind leg
and then the ol ler. 1 Used often to put
n.y linger in h s nion h and scratch his
head for him. This last perform
ance seemed to give l.im peculiar pleas
ure. I kept Thack for eight months, when
wititif diew nigh, an I he begun to show
signs ol to -pi bty an 1 a desire for his
lent winter imp, I accordingly took
him to the p ;i k ia a basket, thinking
lint there he wit d Lin I a shelter to his
mill I. While W' were iu theslreet
c us on our way tin re, he poked the
c ever off his bi-k-'t, and, standing on
!-. hind leg-, thrust his maky hea l nnd
speckled paws into sight, to tin nimiz
inert of all i l l geiitleiu l'l opposite, who
bulked at him severely thiough ft pair of
g i-1 1 spectacles,
(i iiiriving ut the park, I took the
path lothe iake; and, when 1 reached
it, I ut Thaek down on th? -..iss a few
yard from the water. He glanced
iiiouu 1 for a ininute, and then walked
mi. iv w ithotit even saying farewell. He
pad no ntti nti. ;i to mycallsof "Thaek I
Time-.!" Th nk 1" Fvidently, "ids
loot was on his native heath, iind his
name was .Mi l.:cgoi.'' He pushed his
way through a clump of ferns, and
1 io t sight o,' him forever. j Youth's
t ' .inoaiiion.
t.'ey un H I
tin! cetitnliif
II 1 1 V.
' only Kngi-sh colony
auyt hing to the iuipcri.i!
INDIA RUMI
How the Nntive.-s rif Cjustn Uiom
Tnke It t i M ii Uet.
' A Thrifty Tree, Add- To Ytel I M -n Tiivi
fifty foi Kh of Ribhr,
The chief industry in ei.tern " I i
li cil is tlie f.olle. 'iou of c loutchoue
(pronounced keechook, with lh" ,'( -cent
Btri ii g on the ii,t .s..-ii l. i, as th na
I iv- Indiaii-i call that f ub -Situ- to u
known as India in'ile r Not m-ii .
years ago, savs tlie P. ovi h in e .I niiiia',
iiioi-' thiin II 1,00 I peril, of it were
shipped every m-mtli fumi (ii-nyiowu
alone, but a! pre.e.it th" average expol
per mouth is only about i'i'J.iiim pun.-!-.
This cousidei able filling olf is du:tu
the fact that no legal or other siiiv-eil
lance is exercised over the gath-.fing of
the gum, and with the i u-toui.oy im
providence of th-'se people many of
the va'uibl-; tiees which yiel I it have
beeliruinel. T.i" Yill'iio'i or rubber
liutiteis are the m i-it ignorant and lire-
Sponsible creator whose ti ! st llb jeel
when cut in n hunt is to si-cure as much
caoutchouc as pmible aid next to dun
age the pro,p c's of otln r Yular iei, re
gardless of tin: future.
A tdr.fty tr'e at it,- tir.t cutting,
ougdt to yield not lesi thai fifty
pounds of ruliher h it, th hunters of to
day Ii id few so p ali able ii'iliM tie y
penetrate fir i i to the virgin forests and
are lue'iy e ioiig'.i to disc ,vi-r a i entirely
liewdistriet. Iu those -i-lions alreidy
worked most of thi tries have been
tapped several times and many of them
were sp died at tie: out ft by having
been cut too y 'U igt I greedy di.cov-
i r.-r featiil;; that if th pri. w oe left
to attain porf '.'tioa iinotli :r might liid
and se. urn il. Were th" miHcr r.'giihit-
ii 1 by ju licioii 1 1 im so th it only mi
tun: trees might Ii ! tnpp-d, nnd those
not to an ixtent to cau'e d.-a'h, the
pro luctioii of c ioiitchoiii: would be
greatly inereas! I. It nlly the Cista
It ca i government his olfered cut iisive
grants of Ian 1 to any who will devote
them to the culture of riibb r trees but
so far few have availed them-clves of
the opportunity.
M ii y attempts have been ma I" I) im
port the juic ! of tin tre" iu its natural
itite, bid So fir Hole' of tin s - i llults
have sin e -e le I. Wiiiteiu l'i-e form
il may be fashion . I into a a y snip" by
niieins of m ild i, b it. n i pr ic :-s h is yet
bo"ti discov re 1 to p: -v 'ti'. its soli lift
ing. Th-TU is aliv iys a g'll deal of
p irtially haul oi" I Cii-iu'c'i iuc a lh ring
loth" balk of the tie', which ii torn oT
iu Ion ;, siring,- inasii-i, called 1 1 -i m-Ii i.
l if court", tliis i s n it n -ariy - v ionbl'-'
us the solid cakes, an I is more espeeia'
ly ti." produi t of thine trees lint have
been cot sevril Inn a, mil tlr-ret'or.)
cannot yield i e ipioil . il nv of sap; but
it is wrapped up iu bu i lies and exported
for variom purp s -s. ( ' i.nin ocially
speaking, the raoutihotle of Paris is
cons'.di led li-jsl, a i l t oniinand s the
highest price in muk t, while that from
the west coast uf Air c i is l ii.t ib sira-
.g onlv slight 'y ela.tii
-;. .1 .. . lie. -
,'l illlil. . i.e .i' I I t
Ii, .ha. m .
an I (dke
iit.ti
'1 HO luiiiij j . - , v. 1.. i pli'.-iiio i -
important n pail among the earth's pro
ductions, was lir.st used by those Central
American Indian-. Their caoutchouc
was made known to the world as clastic
gittii, im I was long afterward given the
name of rubber from the di cuic y of
its Uscfu'ness in rubbing on' the marks
if black lead pencils. For tic. hitler
purpose it begun to In imported into
tireat Ilrilain toward Hie close of the
hist century, nnd being nmo'i valued by
nrtists was so'd at n high price. F.irly
in lolM the Spnn.sh compiislu lores in
Mexico had learned to make ca lulchotie
into shoes nn 1 nlso us-d it for waxing
their ciinvns cloalis to mak i them resist
water einietliing as the clothing of the
modern Yu'nro is coated. Tint, no
doubt, was the origin of the idea of its
manufacture into w at-r-proof cloth,
which first gave it gre.ii coiiiiucrriiil im
portance. Not until l ''2nd:d its em
ploymettt begin to extend much beyond
the erasing cf pencil in uk , thoi;h the
(piantity iniponed had con iler.ibly in
creased. Iliiil Xnl'iing to S-iy.
Mm". Aubi nion g.ii s lit r.iry dinners
in Paris and rub s then like a strict p ir
liiimentaiian. Mie has a silver hi II ut her
side to ring for older, mid -he gives each
guest his turn to 'peak, (lie r veiling
Mr. II nan was talking wh 'ii one of the
lesser lights tried lo nay soil) ihiu; ill all
utiderto e. She peremptorily silent r I
him, nnd n lew moments later, when
M. K'linuha l finished his inono'.ogu ',
she tupped tin bell and said to the un
fortunate, "Nov, M msii ur, you may
speak." "Hut, M i lam'," h exclaimed,
I only wanted to n-k for some more
spinach."
A l. iciiy I'iinl.
Husbi nd-- I was in great lin k to-day.
I found n silver dollar on the slre-t.
Wife I uisdynu would give it to m ,
John. ltiby needs a new pair of .shoes.
Hushnn l ti le it to jmil WI V I
spent it, mil another doll or with it,
celebrating the event. I X ".v York Sua
Mimicry in Nature,
H-eMes oftri im t de hornets', sii.c;
the latter :o - iii-e. is to which bird-in
seen h of aiiinm' f. o I pi I r to give a
v I . w ide be: t
A ' -p ci- of nits-: i s :a :.,. . b . v bile
ant, aa l, on eg with ti,i htmly tike
Oil.' of j!-. .,-1 ., H ,,;, ., j ii.-1 lb vomi
a fat tero.it.-, fiom t one In line-.
'fin I i a'.': -ie e l . -, wh.rh ur-- inof
fensive nil., n-.'i!!.-, iuiil.ti::-.; tie
mid b -', ; aii ir a-i I lnjv. a gri'y ill
ill" SllU'i 'III, ipiite ..It- r I I.e f.. l:ol id
III" Ol. i t they copV, I !; l!tl ill l!l..-l-IVr-l
lepll til! i-itl lol' till . e:il s.
Fies oft 11 .1 well as till III l-b-n oiK-'a
ii lie iieds -in I hiv.-- of wal l hom y-
I s. Th-y ale I - it, -I and le anb d 111
ti e M-lf.-aiue pet'.e.n a- tin- I' uuron
' ci un le -i -i, lot tlii :i l.n i . -p ,y or the
li.--p.taiii tiiey i",i le,. i !.-vmiri ng tin
young grub - of l e- hive.
Tier- i-i i i Horn. -n a -.itid wa ji vh:ih
is lebliete 1 to the hiibit of ib V'-eiritig
(" ii k-'t but the i - i. a's i a ' p 'rs of
eii'-ket which exiitly repru In --s ihe ep-
-ri.,a,:ce ..fits.-.,, iri.s,, id.t :t can veil
a-siH .aie w r. u n un i;sriive:e i.
. , , , i .. i
(eitain luetic, hav In eoli.e mod I In- I
to r.
v -ti to tin- ext. nt of
h'.siu; th.ir miIi i wa:sts for others .f
ultra-lashi...iuh! - -.;,,. j,-,., ,.,uud otlnis,
Whith III. Itlic hers, have acpli'cd ll-. ,s
ii I s lull, of hair on tle :r shank-., to
r pf. sent t!ie p ..en-giit!ii ring apparatus
of the irii" b.- s.
A ciitioi;. ci--of imii itioa ii that of
two pr.- of Malayan orioles, wiiich
.-ire iiliim-t . x-ie counterpart, of two va-
r.ette, of in. :. y--ueker . Tue hit t-r are
such Ii. ic b'r Is as to b" avoided by all
their I. .il. ;e 1 n ighb. r , mid thus tin.
i lioh s lia 1 their on n liii ci t i
a i.i. nt pi'iteciimi.
iltliiige
I he nniiiu i v o! stginiiig insects is
s.iiiii ! ilnes pi i fi.i un d by liinm cut l.tlle
ercii' ur -s .pi -te d sijtute of any su- h
means of lii-leii-.-, A coiniu ei insect,
j known in Il;i dan 1 as (In- d, y,'s each-
nor-", im oivs up it, tan in ui" aggres
sive fa, ht. u of a -coi-pii'M, when irri
tated, lei it h i, no hint of , i st iug, la
it. war-like atli'ude il is iv-edingly
til inn ng', n it on'v to b .yi and girls, but
to I hii kens an I b i n.
1 i suspend, r bu1 lien '-. in n ruaiii ng to i nt eh
II- f the i ,-ie-t habit, to form is i '',r'
thehii.it of ii-ing Minn om woid oi j A lily triv-liag lo a sumur-r report
phi i -o , !!. ii lh it it billies a man- j wu, inuioyed by I h evpi eloral "mns of :i
in 1 1 in. Wh pt.'. C" c i ii .1 Lnn-ison's i ' '"v hin I, an I il In n the conductor
at t"tit ion j i ii . ji . i ut u of the won! j enter -d, -he di, w ii i ler drew and
"glim," .a'll so Li'.iit was Ihiicr-s-iii's asked; " '"i I in 'or luv yi il not any
am r-i.-.i I.. iiun.. i.s'u . that h- at once ' n'e n rcg nd i.. .-pit ling in thn cat.'"
-tf. k the bit I rati e y f-,,m his vocab- ! '1 he vg-nial ti k t-punch -r snulcd on lc-r,
uuy. I nnd I'- s p- oi 1 e i ; "N", in urn, you fan
I ' ie of the mo. I distinguished bishops j spit amon I an, uheie you like."
in the Metho It,1 F.oiscopi! ciiiirch was, i
in hi i yoiii h, -tiiiit'-n with a fondness Piil s'l I ol u inlii.ni My I liology.
lor the nor I "..l is," .vhii h In- ii-td with ' I'-ai, H a-, who vi-it.-d tin In
gr ait i IT a t. ! oil" occasion he was l un I rib a of I! ; 1 1 .h ('.iluuio: i in (he
dc ribing the dentil of the Ci. ri -I I. .11 ' iMuuiii i f I has pi. nie 1 in a pre
man, mil thu. i xpie.s.d hiiu,elf: ,. Ii ai-n oy r.-p--: t imn of tlm results of
him as he lies up.,, n dyin; bed. 1 1 is 1 s I "" -''- !- ! i "' w o" bn hills of
friend-: nit. mill bun, ids wife and ''"' ' hi'1", tin-r liitmes, their fi-hing
(itll. 1 l'l iiie there toiicdi-i' hi- bio.,-- 1 gear mid hunting nn lh...s have olleti
ing. At II t the fan M 11, aie spokm, i " '' " 1 ''" 1 " - l'"'as jiooils out
I.e breathes no m ire. Now, cuild ue : tiutL tii .r 1 1 . -I ; : ei -, lh n leliginns
ji.ut the Veil, IV" -slioiii 1 se" u iviiv.iv idea, and s i ml iu gan i,-it ion are no'
of angels sent direct from the heavenly
mi-Is to beat ins i l ls. mi . h.,iue.
'I ' - h' i e i .ll I - u, uaiil at
the sermon n I rolhi-l sa
"Hrother - , I never su . tu -fore
that il wa, a in.nirnfui llting for
a Coii tia'i to h" ' ife in heiven; but
as you said, 'Alio! let in leave hitu
their,' Vou i il ll -1 t i-i.k It K"
Tril di Ille A polllec.ii'y.
At a batiiplel given ! Mr. Theodore
M.-tealf by tin- I! 'ston D. uggi-ls' Asso-
cialii.n O.iver Wendell ll.d us -s gave his
opinion of apothecaries as follows; "1
have iilw .i - h nl a gr at opinion of the
medical ad vice of apothecaries. The
ttilth is, they put up the prescriptions of
lie- b -st phy ,ici. ins in th - plan- iu which
they l.ve and they have the very ueain
of tul the r i isilom a" their lingers' cud-.,
so, when I have un self I. -en MilT-riug
from any slight 1. -, lily incoiiveiiiciice,
mn ash im. d to say --or ought to , -,
pi rhaps- iii-l, nd of going lo u pr-.fes-
sional b other, I have ipii-t'v i icpt into
the back loom ar.d --ked Mr. Metcal f
what such and -i.cli a don. r was it. the
hub t of presi i b n .
mi -
Ainu, in T tin' lliihy.
"And now, 11 blu," mil his mother,
u she b nt, nn' I hit -..ovc, "ben good
liltlc boy while 1 am out, an I do every-
thing y. u cm to iiiuuse the h.-iby."
(,i In r r- tuni sh- discnveivd that
11 -ib by In I emptie I th" contents id the
inolass .s jog over the baby's head, nnl
the happy laughter from tae infantile
lips told her l. oie e. ,p.-iitly than mere
words could en t hop to tell how emi-
nently siieoi ssful It .bb's iff. its in tho
ntiiusemi'iit line ha 1 b . ti.
l.l'ililttil'eil.
I.'idv visitor--"! am v ry sorry to see
you her1, in ,' y. am ; Irieiid. Yni look
as if you hud a gun I education "
C-'iivii t--"W II, ma. him, I have been
tbroii :h Yii! C i 1-g ."
I. idy visitor- "Is it possible! '
Coin ml "Ye , thill's the reason I'm
Ii re. 1 h"v caught n:e as I was going
ll, rough, 1 1 tie Judge.
Aspinitiiuis.
O songs of won i I fill s'.vetn -si
'I I, at my li.-irl ivi Ii meloly fill'
O sii.-niis of marvelous nnisie,
Thiit loyMMil with r.-i lure He ill'
'I l..n;;ii iu vain I e.s.-ny to utter
't he thought i jell forever Sllfg. 'si
till" he.-iiei ly hoH-s mel yi-.ii mugs
Yoii iii'-u e williin my loe est.
r-till I know my life ii h'l'.'i'
for V HI' IllllilC III IIIV he'll I .
Ai.'l i "Ui' -i iii.hi.iiu - I io ugh .-. I nl,
t-'iii ! p. ie i. 1,, my soul iinpar .
Aiel I lo.ii'.i e-e-'i ri-piinli.iu,
M i.-li nr.-. iuii.ht:ng thnuht,
Ml.'lil I l on ro il o l liilele- ,
Iu leahos iiiiiie -r' ,' I wrought
And son;.,, that m-w ate muitler, .
My so ii uliail s;ng om. .lai ,
When he eiil lhl V ehaiLs that lilllil it.
Mlllll I le.-lli III lle.'llll UK.'IV.
--jl'liilip b. sviotig iii Cuii'i'tit.
Ill MiUUtl S,
Alu.-iy- on tine wat i h cly-t-i1.
Never i.bu.e a mu'e behind hi- back.
Woman's ; iiln.i is the home . in ill's
,.,,.r u . ,,,S..M
. ,
' Ine must w .ii i. ri n I il ght on in nd
, ,
wa- xv lie il II, e i Ii v II I-'.
ene nn ii are ...i gener ,us uiaiincy
me a! w ay. wnlin g to give away what
j '" '.IUt thelos-lyes.
' When did (leu. (1 o. Wiisl.inglon dnve
i lost ride in a pub'ic c uri ige When
I he took a bail; at the flurry tree.
' Henry I! rgd has printed a set of
thirteen in'i-soii ".w to Approach il
, Kickiii;: II n-," to which we upp-iu I a
; ..siri.-. u i Ii, ' I. t the hire I man tackle
ijiiui."
'That fellow is enirying things wilh a
high hand lei" I . n i-: Ii t , ' ' ri-ntaikel
P iil ie HIS, wh.-n the Waller ll-,ed III!
,-ine ng a loa led day ut aim's length
above his hd .
N'-w Yolk in mini.', "Win re have you
ci, in v s i a -' Young blend 'To a
, . , i L ! -1 i -i , I . M 0,110 i - "A bull Ii ;ht V '
Y ling b'oo i -"Yeas, in. i'V. I've 1 ci n
down in Wall .sti.-ei.''
It i. a if i -1 i . 1 1 win lh- r the uii.ti who
loose-, a thousand dollars by a decline ill
stoik, i, iiioi unhappy I ' the tiinl
being, thiin tin loin who hunts olf his
idea, and s i i,i
ii nlly well I, i,
Ille ill the 1 y I il
ls, a r "
nection
: ' -i ; .an 1 t here is n
., . -1 ..;i tin-li io i to the i IT. i that
one i f their ii:.cis.. i de-c aided from
h-.ii". ii, w.ir.ng tiling of red t edar
bok and ( n::'it 1 1 p- pie the canni'ia!
c. remoiiii s. Tne e ci ii-mniiies have been
adi pted only in pu'. by the 1 1 minks,
who content tin iiiselves with eating ''ar
I ilirial'' b..d is which they p:ep,ii: by
"sewing duel halibut to a human
skeleton.'' Among tin I'-imp ;hian, the
i T-lugit an I tin Iliiil, c'nblreii belong
to tlie m.ithi i's gen-; among tin K ivnk-
j mtl mel s -lish ti ibe., they belong to the
i, ns of the lather. In s,,in,. j ihei there
j nie as un iy as from fifteen to twenty
gcite-. M 'tub -t . ol (he stinie gens nro
; n,,i nibiwi.l lo inter-marry, - Nature.
j
,: MlilW,- llillo Til o Hill's.
1 Wiil.aiii, o . mis, thin i x-
plai:" t he n, I e-s ly of h iving t wo ears:
j "Sound nave s bv Wales rail ating from
j M c-ntral po: it of d ;s! urbane ', like thn
iveh t, c an , 1 I y dropping a pcbblo
) iU still water. . i far as the hearing
of in ch indiiilual is rune rned, theso
waves move in a direct line from tho
1 , :1us of sou. id to his ear, the impact
: ,. ii..g "icati ,1 in the ear that is neaii)st
, ,, s.niice. The clTci, iii this je-
t ..pect, of th" total loss of hearing in one
j ,- ,r was hu. ib y illustrated by thn
, itemeni of n piti nt who consulted
I 1
' ,,. r.- i-u I ly. He lived in n wild poition
, ( Teinn s.ee, and spent n good deal of
j his sp-Mo tine in tin won Is hunting
i !(pii-,e!s, iiecoinp'inied only by his dog.
i An explosion suddenly destroyed tha
i hearing in one ear. After this accident,
while iu tin- woods, In' f. ti id that ho
I co-.i'd hear li s dog bok, but f.-r the life
of him In' lotiid not bic.ite the direction
i f the sound, i veil when ipiite c'oso to
him, and In was eompeiiel to take his
little boy with him to find tho dog.
Alter a time pel sous h nni to coriect, to
a bin. ted t xtcti', the rrrois iii estimating
dista: ee, nfb'r the loss of vision, but tho
i IT i t of III" Ins, of nn e ir Upon the eg.
t untim of the dilution id sound ie
never collected.''