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fir isrgsr rtlgiucne 11 htnl contrasts ' N
Bleep Sonr.
Hath tbs homeless baby's orytng,
Tendnr Sleep!
Every folilml violet
Miiy ibe outer storm forget;
Those wot lids Willi kies diyim,
ITiroujjh theui areep!
SootL . the soul that lie thought-weary,
Murmurous Sleep!
Like a liiuV i hrooklel's song,
Kippling noixeons wood unions,
Tinkling down the mountains dreary,
While aud steep.
Breathe Ihy l ulin upon the lonely,
Gcnlle Sleep!
As the twilight breezes Ken
With sweet scents tho wil ih!".
Ah, Kt win in wliilo dove-wins only
H und thi'in Bwm-p!
O'er tho ecid p.ur thy Mossing,
1 1. 1 bleep!
Like a soft aud ripening ruin
l ulling; on the u!low pain,
For Ihu ;hue of eii oppressing,
Pitying we(ep!
O'er thy Hill seas met togethor,
t'hiunifci Sleep!
Hear them swell u drowsy li;. iiiihm;,
Swans to silvery music swimming,
Flimling willi unruffled leather
OY-r the di-i p!
l.nrij .('('(''i.
It Turned Out All Right,
It never rained harder than on
that particular October, evening.
lf they were U put me on the witness
stand in the Court of Common Pl-as
I should still reiterate that statement.
Sheets of water poured from the eaves;
Aunt Sabina' s big hogshead, under the
wooden conductor-trough, was brim
ming full, the gutters along the road
streamed like miui.it ure Niagara
rivers, and the sleepy old tune played
ceaselessly upon the roofs as I caino
into tho low-ceiled sitting-room, where
Undo Job lay on the lounge, with his
brows nil wrinkle I with pain.
"Well, Undo Job," I said, cheerfully,
"how did tie- dinner taste? It wasn't
bad for a raw hand, was it?"
"Did it cod; that dinner?" said
I'nele Job.
"Why, of course 1 did!" 1 answered.
"1 thought you had old Mrs. I.ettsom
here."
"She couldn't come," said 1. "Her
daughter, down at Lcadtown, was
very sick. So 1 turned cook myself.
It wasn't such a po-r dinner, was it,
for a girl who never handled a stew
pan in her life before?"
"Never ate a better dinner in my
life," said L'nclo Job. "How did you
do it?"
"Well," said I. with n little gleeful
chuckle, "I got down the old cookery
book, aud rallied all my common sense
around me. Thai was how I did it.
And now I'm going out to milk and
fodder the cattle and feed old Dobbin."
"You?" said Uncle Job.
"Yes, I. Why not ?"
"It isn't a girl's business," sighed
I'nele. Job.
"But there is no one else to do it!"
retorted I.
This is ho , it happened: I had come
down from Albany to isit my unelo
and aunt, because 1 had drooped a
littlo after gradual iug at St. Agnes'
school, and the old family dot tor said
I needed change of air.
l'nclo Job and Aunt Sabina were
very kind, and 1 soon regained my lost
roses, to say nothing of a most
devastating appetite. And Candaen
the old colored servant, made a perfect
pet and plaything of me.
I gathered ferns and mosses in tho
woods, hunted eggs in tho barn,
sketched all the pretty points in the
neighborhood, and had even attained
to the enviable degree of being able to
fire off I'nele Job's ancient, double
barreled rifle, when a crisis arrived in
our domstic affairs. Aunt Sabina
went to Vermont, to visit a relative.
"I'd better take the opportunity now,
w hile Marian is here to keep her undo
company and read the newspaper to
hiin," said she.
And she had hardly got there before
old Candacc received tidings that her
brother was at the point of death at
Saratoga; and oil she went, promising
duly to return.
But she didn't return. Instead, we
got a letter, ill-spelled and written on
a piece of yellow wrapping-paper, in
closed in an envelope turned wrong
side out, with "Cnndace'a respectful
duty, and she took tip tho pen to tell
us that Miles whs mortal bad and she
couldn't nowhow leave him just yet."
"What are we to do?" said Uncle
Job.
"Never mind," said 1. "I'll keep j
house."
Hut troubles never come alone.
That very morning Uncle Job slipped
on the cellar stairs and bmko bis leg.
I bandaged it, in cold water, as w ll
as I could, and sent littlo Harry Farley,
who chanced to be passing ou his way
to school, for the nearest doctor.
"Old Doctor Jennings ?" said the
lad "or Doctor Walton?"
"Whichever you can get first:" said
1, wringing my hands. "Oh, do
hurry! How do I know but that in
flammation will set in, or gangrene, or
something of the kind?"
The boy set off in a dog trot, and
that was tho last I saw of him.
As the twilight closed darkly in, and
Undo Job groaned occasionally, my
hciirt began to misgivo me.
"I wish I had gone fur the doctor
myself," I pondered. "However, I
dare say ho will come soon."
And I strove to bo as cheerful in
possible, i-li;t:iiriii' the cold compresses
as soon as they gotheatei, and in
wardly sighing over tho rapidiy-swdl-iug
ankle.
And so it was that at dusk I lighted
the barn-lantern, put on I'm In .lob's
water-proof coat, and prepared to
sally forth to (he burn.
"Don't I look like a cow-boy, Undo
Job?" saiil J, buttoning up the coat,
wiin h would easily have held two of
me.
"Marian," said Uncle , lob, surveying
my outfit in a careworn manner, "you
mil.d put on my old covhi do boots."
"Your old cow-bide hoots, I'nele
Job?"
"Yes," he nodded imperatively;
"those paper-sided French things of
yours will never do. There's the
clover luedder d go through, ami the
roa I is slrcumiii' wet."
'Hut, I'licln Job," I protected, "they
would swallow up my feet entirely."
"So much tho belter," said I uele
Job. "You won't get 'em wet." j
1 went, out into tho kitchen, laugh-
ing to myself, and put on the cow-hido j
boots; then I sallied out int ithe rain, !
independently swinging my lantern on
one linger. I
The cows, two big-eyed, gentle Al-'
dcrneys, were easily milked, foddered
and lm kcd into their sheds; but of the
horses, although I would not have ad
mitted so much to any mortal soul, I '
was secretly afraid. 1 could deal out
their hay to them, forking it into the .
mangers from tho square holes in the
I loft-iloor; but I was obliged, with as-
suiucd valor but much inward fear and j
trembling, to carry the pails of water j
into the very stalls of Hob and lioan, '
and hold them up to their velvet noses, j
; However, they neither bit nor kicked i
j me, and 1 drew a long sih of relief, as ,
I skiinied once more out of Hoan's !
immediate neighborhood, and went to !
empty tlm sour milk into the pig-sty; ,
and then I Lolled tho barn door, aud
triumphantly returned to the house, '
the lantern swung knapsack-fashion j
acro.-s my .-boulder, and a brimming
pail of milk in either hand.
"Look, Uncle Job!" I cried breath
lessly, pushing open tho door, "what a ,
.splendid lot of milk I have got."
There I stood i it UihUnn the cow-
hide boots, the drirping water-proof !
coat, with Unelo Job s ragged felt hat
j jammed dow n over my curls, and wisps
j of hay scattered about my dress; and
there, directly before me, was an ele- :
j gant gentleman, in a black diagonal
1 suit, Willi a seal-ring on his linger, and
! cameo studs i.i his linen,
j "Marian," Miid my uncle, "this is '
! Doctor Walton. Doctor, this is Miss
j Keyscr, my niece from the city."
His m ice from the city! Ho better ,
j have said his niece from IScdlam.
Forgetful of all etiquette or common .
J sense, i set down my pails of milk and '
! Il'd.
! l!ut I had better have stayed. Uncle j
Job called "Marian, Marian!" after me.
Doctor Walton said something about ,
i cloth for new bandages; and there was ;
the milk to be strained, after all. 1
only remained to draw my feet out of
the cowhide boots, aud tear off the
shocking felt hat and battered water
proof, i
To-be-suft. my skirts were be- '
draggled, and my back hair bad fallen
down in a wavy bron.o mass, and I
was quite sure that there was a splash
of mud somewhere on my left cheek,
but there was mi time to lose, and I
was obliged to return to the sitting
room aud act as Doctor Walton's first
lieutenant until the poor, swollen limb
was securely set and bandaged.
Hut, all the while, I was blushing
like the "red, red rose." I was too
proud to apologize. After all, what
was there to apologize for?
Well, Uncle Job's leg did very well.
Aunt Sabina, duly telegraphed for, ar
rived as fast as steam could bring her,
and old Candacc, having buried her
nrother, appeared once more on the
scene.
And wasn't it strange?--the very
day I went back to Albany, Doctor
Walton was on the train.
"You?" I cried, pleasantly conscious
of the pretty loops of blue ribbon on
my traveling hat, aud a bunch of blue
asters in my bodice. "Why, I never
expected to see iuii here!"
"Possibly not," he answered, color
ing a little. "Hut I needed some new
instruments and a fresh supply of
vau'cine virus, so 1 thought 1 would
just run up to Albany."'
"Ah!" said I, adjusting the blue
asters.
"I shall bo detain yd there a day or
two," said he. "May I have the pleas
ure of calling on you ?"
"Will, only to think of that: t'f
course I said "Yes." What else could
lsay?
And he cullod. And when ho went
nway ho asked permission to correspond
with mo with me! little Marian
Keyser, only just out of boarding
school. And, ns true as you live, one of his
letters -after We h'l 1 i.e.-v. :p .p h d ,-.
winter long oiitaiiu-1 a d via ,V ".
of I.iVeJ
"(o you l-vc It i : Marian .-"l -nder-ly
iii! .tinned mamma, an 1 hid my la.-e
' in my hau !s.
; "V- ye.-.," 1 conl'i-oid. "I think I do
! 'S I'm quite certain ilia: I do!
Hut how he could ever have cared for
: me, alter seeing me in that odious eon-
gloineration of bat.
1 H
IO.ll, I
never can imagine!"
"You must a k him," i-ai I mamma
So I did ask him, the vi ry lirst lime
he came to Albany in the c.ia.ader of
my betrothed lover.
"Wasn't I perfectly ridiculous:"
said I, biting my lip at the re-o!l !. ni.
"Well, your luatiinr wa-i." .-.aid le1.
"I'ut your e, hone like blue .ta:s,
and your cheeks were like le. u ly
oj eued rones! Ifyouiouid only have
known how pretty you looked!"
And then I felt Sum -what comfort
ed. Ilecause things had certainly
turned out all ri-'iil in the end.
The Itird with the Hit; Mouth.
Fat an I sleep, Meep and eat, go to
bed with your stomach full and sleep
till yon are hungry, then fill your
pouch with food enough lor sixty hun
gry men. That's just what the pelican
says by his actions, which speak louder
than words. He has i bag attached to
his lower bill which wrinkles up when
it is quiet so as not to appear over an
inch in width, but when :-tret -bed it is
big enough to bold a man's bca 1, and
it is even told that a man's leg with
his boot on can be hidden in Ids pmii h.
Tho bey Mexicans utiH'" them by
making them catch lish for them, and
they manage in a funny way. They
catch a live one, break it s wing an. I tin
it to a tree! the lui.-crablo bird sci earns
in distress, which attracts other peli
cans to her, which, in their charitable
ness, rather than see her starve, vomit
some of the lish which is in their pouch.
Then thelay Mexican comes out from
his biding place, picks out the best of
the lish for his own supper, leaving ihe
captive pelican to eat the rest. Instan
ces have been recorded of their being
domesticated and trained to go and lish
in the morning and return at night
and disgorge part of the coiiteius of
their pouch. Thoy sometimes go into
a fishing partnership with cormorants
and operate in this way : They spread
into a large circle at some distance
from land, and the pelicans 'lap with
their huge wings above on tho surface,
while the cormorants dive beneath.
Thus the lish contained within the cir
cle are driven before them toward land
and as the cirelo lessens by the birds
coming closer together the lish at last,
are brought into a smaller compass, !
when their pursuers find no trouble in
tilling other stomachs Sometimes the
sea-gulls join and help them in their !
partnership.
How China is (.overueil.
Subject to certain immovable, cus- j
toms, the Ktnperor, in his capacity of j
father of the people, can in theory give -j
any order aud can in practice punish I
with decapitation or exile any otlicial I
or person who disobeys it. He is in all 1
serious affairs, however, obliged to '
consult, though not to obey, a rather I
largo group of Princes of his dynasty
and great Mandarins, who divide tho
departments and the great Viceroy al-
ties among themselves. The dynasty,)
moreover, being foreign, is compelled !
to respect tho army, to same extent, j
while this army is, for linanci.d rea ,
sons, so limited in number, that it is
dillicult to garrison the Fmpiro aud
Impossible to bold it down for an
hour. It is the tradition of the court,
therefore, never seriously to offend
either the army or the people in such
a way as to provoke unites, nioro es
pecially in l'ekin. At present theFm
peror is a boy, only just twelve years
of age, and all real authority belongs
to a widow of the hist full-grown Em
peror, Hien Fung who is called the
Empress-Mother, but is not the mother
of the Emperor- to Prince Kung, Li
Hung Chang, tho favorite of the native
Chinese, and two or three less-kuowu
! high ollicials. They can send out any
orders they please anil are obeyed, but
they cannot afford to risk the insur
rections which would follow any great
affront to tho pride of the people, such
as tho cession of Touquin would. Chi
na, in fact, is a more solid Turkcw
with Sultan, Pashas, army aud mob
shilling lower in unequal degrees. As
in Turkey, too, nil four arc bound in
the chain of a law tfi.it cannot be
uoUilied.
MORMON WOMEN.
Their Deplorable Coiiilliloii In the I.und
of the letter-IMy Niilnti.
A poverty-stricken Mormon is fre
quently the possessor of three or four
wives. They all live in a single hut,
and the children that are brought into
the world are early taught an utter
disregard of moral law. The thrifty
saints, however, have nn establish
ment for each wife, and can live very
comfortably oil them. The wives spin,
wash, scrub and farm, and In that
manner secure enough of the world's
goods to keep their lord and master
without work. A bishop's wife did
the laundry w ,ik for my family. "I
am compelled to wasli tor the tlentiles
while on earth," she would often say.
"but in heaven they will be servants to
me," John Taylor, the president of
the Mormon church, had live wives in
lt'.u, but .miicc the puss.ig of the i'.d
inunds law bo has put all bat one
away. At the la it general conference,
of the church he was twitted about
bis cowardice, and told that he .dioidd
obey ti.ul's law rather lliaa man's.
The women of Utah are not beauti
ful. As a eiass they aro very homely.'
The mis-'ioiiaries who travel, succeed
in gaining many female convert s, but
aiiiruli: thy gel, nothing but the
fools of the Milage, w ho, boi.p.s l..-iu r
dull of mai l, are ho.uely of face and
form, in Kur.'p;', however, some very
pretty pi a ,,iut girls are picked up,
w ho, as soon as they gel to Utah, aro
appropriated by a god saints an 1 tooth
less bishops. 'Ihe church is doing all
in its power to get converts. John
Morgan, the president of the mission
in the Ninth, has made the assertion
that ho expected to get 17nO men and
women this year in the South alone.
The converts from this section aro
sent to Colorado, where lariro colonies
are springing up almost daily. The
Furopeau victims aro settled in Idaho,
Wvmning, Arizona and New Mexico,
In Salt Lake City tho ('entiles are to
the Mormons as ono is to live. The
business there is almost entirely in the
hands of the Mormons, Tho munici pal
government of the city is Mor
mon, Tho mayor, common council,
the p. dice force, the city courts and
the lire departne n- are all Mormon.
The only hospital in tho city is sus
tained by Oenldes. The Mormon
poor, and there are many of them, of
tentimes die in the streets. One
tenth of what each Mormon earns or
raises upon bis farm is given to the
church, ostensibly for the benefit of the
poor, but in reality to be divided
among the leaders of the church. Sev
en hundred andlifty thousand dollars
arc collected in this matimr annually.
A part of that sun. is used to corrupt .
ollicers ot tnc guverineni ami legisla
tors, while the balance goes toward
the support of the twelve apostles, the
president of stakes, the ciders of sev
enties, the patriarchs, aud the high
priests who form what is called the
Melchizedck priesthood, and the bish
ops, deacons, and teachers who consti
tute the Aaronite priesthood. The pa
triarchs also bless children at 2 a bless,
and us it is all proiit. make money by
the transaction. The bishops, dea
cons aud teachers advise the members
of the church in temporal affairs; tell
them how to hoe their beans, make
frocks and cast t heir votes. The
method I would suggest for the sup
pression of polygamy is a law compell -iug
the publicity of all marriages here -alter
performed in Utah. Letthecer
oniony bo public, mid let the records
bo kept in a public place. As it now
is, the saint takes a girl to the endow
ment house, and after a few hours'
ceremony is wedded to her. Tho
record of the proceedings is guarded
jealously, and everyone connected
w ith the ceremony sworn to secrecy,
the penalty of disobedience being dis
eiiibowelinent. Woman's Work In a Mint.
Tho San Francisco Chronicle says !
that fifty females employed In the mint
in that city aro called adjusters and j
their pay is $2.75 a day, counting week- j
daysandullholidaysbutSundays. Their ,
Ileitis are from ft o'clock in the morn-
ing until 4 o'clock in tho afternoon,
with the exception of Saturdays, when
they cease at 2 o'clock. These ad
justers occupy two large rooms on the
second floor of the mint. One is used
for the adjusting of silver and the
other for that of gold. The tloors are
carpcted.and each lady had a marble
top table, a pair of scales, and a fine,
delicate file. Before the gold is turned
over to them to be adjusted it goes
through the process of being rolled,
annealed, cut, and washed. They
then take it in a state called "bldnks,"
that is, perfectly smooth, and the
weighing is done. It is weighed to
see if each piece be of standard weight,
which must be 412$ grains for a silver
t'ollar, a slight discrepancy being al
lowed on either side, lf a coin is
found outside of the limit after being
weighed by the adjuster it is returned ;
if too light it is condemned and it must
be remelted ; if too heavy it is filed to J
its proper weight. This ;s the ladies
work, and nn interesting sight it is to
watch the small white lingers dellly
handling tho shining pieces. A room
near tho adjusting-room has been set
aside for the ladies, who use it as a
lunch-room ; two loug tables aro pro
vided and a janitress furnishes hot
water for making tea, and aloo kc-pi
the jdaee neat and clean. Several of
tho ladies have been in the miul for
a number of vears.
A Lively Tim;- with Hears.
i If. II. Kawh s proposed that we take
j a bear hunt on Monday morning.
! We uia lo every preparation theevn
; ning before, and alter a hearty I rca'i
i fast, at o'clock mounted our h"r-o.i
, for the hunt. We were provided wr'i
; Windiest, r rides and Hire" e.eli-i rain
ed bear dogs. After a run i f about
, an hour they came to bay. We hit. led
our horses and crawled through the
Mu lish to the dogs. 'I he un.li rgr.iu t ii
was so thick that we could not sec ten
! feet ahead of u but at last we found
tiie bear, a 1 ii'ee brown one, peivh.d
j on the limb of a large pine tree, a' out
' a hundred feet I roiil the ground. We
took po.siliou and commenced liiitig.
Hears are very tena ions of life and 1 his
one proved no exception to the rnh .
as we each tired three times before I;
fell. When we reached him he wv-.
j dead.
i We now started back, intending t
I cut a way in from our horses an ! t
pack linn out, but wo bud not pro-
ceeded one hundred yards when tho
J dogs became very excited and com
i menced barking up another tree.
I Looking up wo discovered two bears.
I a brown one and a black o:,u
i lying close together on a large limb,
i Wo took position with the under.-tand-i
ing that I was to tako the brown, and
i Mr. liawles the black one. Just as wo
got ready to lire 1 east my eye down
i tho tree, and near tho cround, the
,,rush j,., 0,stl.u,UMi ,mr view, I
discovered a large bear haiiL'in-g ' j the
side of a tree broadside to me. Mr.
liawles, being further round, could not
see it plain, and told me be would re
servo his lire and for mo to go for him.
I was about forty teet from i' and
tired twice when it tumbled, bally
wounded.
"e now turned our attention to t'.e
otbet "vo in the tree. At the iusl ;' '
they commenced bawling the harking
of the dogs, the bawling of tiio bears
and the rapid tiring of our Winchi-icrs
made it lively, 1 can assure you. We
tired three shots apiece before they fell.
One of them was pretty lively when
he reached the terra linna, and il re
nuircd two more shots, at a distance of
u,n ,o ua, hiln (iUlt.r rlk.j
about fifty feet doWU the hill, j.
dead when We got to it. T
now took the trail of the woute
and after it run of it quarter of
a; was
ie i logs
I'd one,
a n.il. i
i brought it to bay. When we ( aim- up
i we found it up a large maeoiidra tree,
about thirty feet from the ground.
He looked to me to be as large as a
four-year-old bullock. He was badly
wounded, but still able to make an
' ugly tight. He fell at the first lire, but
.lodged in tho forks of the tree: but
i three or more shots apiece brought him
' to the ground.
1 We again started for our horses very
j much elated with our success, but had
I not gone more than a hundred yards
when the dogs started in full cry,
! going this tune in the direction of our
1 horses. We supposed that this time
they bad jumped a pant Iter. Thev had
scarcely gone a hundred yards before
they had tteed their game. We now
examined our rilles and found that we
bad both emptied our magazines,
found six cartridges in my pockets,
but thoy were two large for Mr.
liawles's gun. AVhen we eaine tin
with the dogs we again found they had
another bear this time a luie black
one. Mr. liawles In ing without am
munition, 1 bad ail the fun to iii.v-cl;.
If there is anything that Will make a
inan feel out of place, it is to be in a
bear (ight'witlioiit a weapon to light
with. 1 tired two shots, one of whii ii
passed through the heart, an 1 he w,:s
dead by the time he struck the ground.
Santa liosti (Vil.) At r.it.
He Rarely Eseip-.l.
"Well, my dear," said an Austin man
to the wife of his besom, ' shall 1 call
for you, Ray at three o'clock, tins aiu i.
noon ?"
"Call for nie! Why, what for? ' in -quired
his wife in an c ident tone of
surprise.
"To go to the milliner's alter ;i hat."
"After a bat! Why. hubby, didn't
we get a new hat for me only y est, ,
day? What on earth are you talking
about?"
"Oh, I forgot, surely. Whv, vi so
wo did. I see it now very plainly. It i.
only every otkur day you want a new i
hat."
Hy stepping out hastily and holdiu"
the door shut, ho managed toes ape
merited punishment.
M1EST1I It SIRAI'S.
It hi 1 ecu thought that the freez
ing el sap causes trees to expand in
eld wa'her. Vrt. 'Ihonms Meehan
linds. however, tha such is not the
ease, as the trees contract to a consid
erable extent.
A rfii.irk.ible mo !i'', ation of tha
mi. ,. o . , as just been perfected by
Mr. .1. I. citcr, of Vienna, it has re
ceived the name of ga.st roscope, and
it. is to boiiei! for viewing th interior
of the huu, an stoma Ii.
A recent French law makes revaeei
na'ion incuinb- nt upon every student,
received into the lycciims and colleges.
Since the experiment was made at the
Lycee Louis lo Grand, not a single
case of variola or varioloid has
appeared.
A specimen of vegetable wool is on
exhibition a' Amsterdam. It comes
fruin Java. When it is treed honi it
leathery covering and tho seeds,
through a very simple process, it is
worth lutweeii it. rn ami sevmteen
cents a pound.
The danger of lcad-poisolng to
which the use of .!.icd (art' euware
may expose people has !.. in p.inted
out in a communication le ti e 1 i rich
acaof my of -.i-u m i s.
tains m. n Ii lead. ' ii
tr.u-ti-il by any siiK-t r
etl to ferment m tie'
fi ni risk may I..- .- '
iug the el.iel
silicate of 1 tin-.
.. iv
t is al! iw
Freedom v.u-ni-ii-:'Ii
b ,....
I A new luel, called
J being made in Mr:
j principally I bog e
,ic . it
a', w i.i h
ed with ;i :, i
pn poi-i-aid
U
1 b
men. 'lie in, is : aid to bum ficly
and wit!) h.u li;tl. s .', giviiv.'
more heat thaa v. .n.d and marly a-
milch ii5 tli" best Kt'ili lino. is "C-ai. it
can bcs' hl in Mrxi. o at ,i lower pri.-e
than wood i f (.;:!. as the ingredients
neceoary for its mantna turo exist
in inexhaustible i.ua:;'..i.i s in that
country.
According to Col. A. Famed. R. A.,
oflli ia! records s'lmv that VJ'.o person
were kiiled by li.'i.ti.iug in Husm.i :;.
ilti: ive of i'!a:e; a.. I :'u.l..:id , dining
the live years from 1-7'Jto 157-1. m
these persons no hssthan 2.1ol dwelt
in the country. During the same
period, in the same territory, 4,1'J2
fires were caused by lightning, -1,0'.". of
theni being in the cuiuitrv.
China's Young Emperor.
A letter in the Xu, t!i chhut Xiirs
reports tho youthful emperor as very
bright and as making rapid and satis
factory progre.-s with his Mil. lies. He
proceeds to t!m school-room every day
shortly after the cabinet council say
about S or 'J o'clo, k and continues
with his teachers, of whom there are
several, till 1 or ' p. m. His progress
is said to be twice us rapid es Chinese
youths, and the plan ado ted seems to
be most rati, mil. It is not wit', him
a mere question of committing a cer
tain number of characters to memory,
but his teachers read over the passages
several time.-, and explain to him the
meaning of the character-, llemg now
13 years of age, having ascended the
throne when a boy if four, he me, is
his ministers at tie- lonrei! .-very
morning, and in his a uhciii c he i ;u
strutted by the western empic--. i.is
aunt, emprcs- lege:.!, what cucM i..us
to put. No eunuchs or attend. i..ts
i whatever are allowed to br r- e -,t a'
these meetings. AH state
documents
are kept strict 1 privat-
. 'ile-v are
j sent sealed to the empress for ht r in
spection, and the emperor takes h:s
with him to his private qu irteis. At
his public interviews be is always at
tended by his ministers. His latiierii
seldom there, but Prin.-e Kuugis al
ways present. The emperor iv- .-; b!.-,
his lather, tho seventh prim e, v. rv
lunch. As is w ell-known, m. i-t .1 i'a
Kuang's sons are of a slender 1 ..nl,
ami rather poor and loea.'ei' aspect.
Their bodily presence is finj-hat i--a.lv
weak. When the emperor proct i Is to
tho school-room or elsewhere through
the courts of the palace, tho.-e on guard
give the alarm, and the eunuchs aud
others immediately retire within the
rooms and draw the curtains. The
very dogs have been trained to observe
this rule, and on the mention of tho
Word shoo, they, too, retire into con
cealment before tho august presence of
the liodgo-kban. The empress is said
to be a vi ry able woman, but w ith a
fiery temper. The prime has already
! set up a telephone between his pal
; ace and his garden, where he loves to
i hit surrounded by all nature in artilie-
ial miniature. In his garden he has a
I lake, with boats, islands, rnckerio, hill,
' etc., and erected i't o i piouuus places
he has foreign repre en t a". ions of wild
animals. lie lately added some lay
leer to his selections. His pleasure
grounds are more extensive even than
j those in the palace, which are not much
over an acre in extent.
.tn Humble Confession.
Wlin i.- t ',:.! ! i;le V...IH.-.H l!i. e
Weii l.m-liiiy e.es nn I iluk lin ii hair.
A: ! ,iv-i..::.,.i. I.iii f
My
V,' hi'h iifil ;i- in cK as Iib nppesrs,
Ai.d d..e- n'i I.i in u ii.iL-liidl .)'.. e liosr,
Ali. t..H .i:. Hit: ell.t rlllll.S III! It .OS?
V v c 'iixc.t.
lie iv.iI.i-k me up on every morning,
Alio lit llil! tune thn dny i il.ov iiill,
Mv ; TwteMiit mhis eiiitiily ai'oruiin;
Mv .-. ii:-ii.
Whn in;, 1 1. - my t-lullics with In li ih
And i'iirii. my stoekinis quiuk a! a wink,
Whin-1 .nt liy und wniiko and think f
My tiiiu.
Wlm nsk-i urn evmy ilny fin- money,
Willi count, u men ilt miue und tunny,
And cull- mti "pretty hoy'' and "honey?"
Mv lil'.le vv.nnun.
Who i nn.' i In-, honfo hoth night und day,
A lit I eve. ill en Ha hut' lUKiiyi
Wh i'.- b.i-8 ii this shantjRftny way f
Aly lii.ui r hull! larun t'M-jtr.
111 MOIIOUS.
The fanner's wife should weir gros
grain silk.
"Well, Fll bo hanged!" says the
window curtain.
"I'm going to board," was what the
log remarked on entering a sawmill.
"What is the worst thing abou
riches?" asked a teacher. "Their scar
city," replied a boy.
A wha ing company has been start
ed in aa Francisco. An old-fashioned
sehoo!niaster would make a good pres
ident of the concern.
There is going to be a boom in mat"
rimoay. 1'h- y are making bicycles now
with two seats. A man who can't
elope with his girl in a swift vehicle
that makes no nois", deserves to be a
wretch of a bachelor all his life.
"I do not love him in the old fond
way," writes Ella Wheeler complain,
ingly. Tim bad, Ella. What's tho
mutt.r with him? Has he been indul
ging a reckless fondness for onions, or
will he not treat you to oyMers any
more?
An editor met a young man who
bad recently been married and asked
him how he was pleased with his
(h.m. e in life. I!e took a long breath
and tinned his eyes up as if trying to
think of some- expressive word, and
I'.ien said: "(h, sir, J wouldn't tako a
million dollars for myself."
A ig uoiis old fellow in Maine, who
had lately buried his fourth wife, was
accost, d by an acquaintance, who, un
aware of his bereavement, asked: "How
is your wife, (apt. Plow jogger?" To
which the captain replied withagravo
face: "Waal, lo tell the trewth, I'm
kinder out o' wives just neow."
"Does Science Destroy Love of
Nature?" asks a scientific magazine.
It doe', tin. e upon a time a scientist
invented a Hying machine, and after
bis iir.it trial not only his love of nnturo,
1-ut his love of art also was destroyed.
A fall of i ; feel, from the roof of a
building, in the interest of science, is
apt to dcstiMv iinv bodv's love of nature.
How Hie Danes l.onk.
I trust no well muscled Dane, to
wIiom-i ye ;i..'-se lines may come, will
treasure up a grudge atrainst the wri
ter when I assert that taken altogether
the inhab.tuiits id' Pnpt-nhagen are the
plainest ( at urcd people wlumi I have
ever come across. In the last live days
I have not seen live really good-looking
women nor as many hand.soine men. It
M not tl.at there is anything repulsive
in the general cast of countenance of
this people, but there is an entire ab
sence of ail that constitutes beauty and
a marked want of both individuality
and of t v ,' . Not a face that passes
you by on the streets, and there aro
many of them crowded enough at all
hours of the day, strikes the attention
or caiiM's you to turn the head to tako
another glance. Not an involuntary
"what ;i pretty girl" escapes your lips.
There is a dead level of mediocrity, or
something ;i little below mediocrity,
in all tin- countenances that meet the
eye, and in -tie of tl.at peculiar sweet
ness of expression or purity of com
plexion that gives a charm to bo many
young woiiu-n in Sweden, even where
they may not be strictly beautiful.
Half a dozen Amciican girls trans
planted from Fifth avenue or Kearney
street to tho Ostergada or Vinimelskaf
tet, woiil I create a veritable sensation
and more ihan one of them might part-Lance
lin.l herself the mistress of ono
ot the abounding palaces. Copenhagen
would not be a bad place to which to
bring marriagchlo daughters with tol
erably good looks, provided, of course,
tb.tthe young ladies themselves did
not object to plain-featured husbands
As it is, 1 haven't seen an American
about, although American sewing mi
i bines iii" displayed in line show rooms
and American goods, from agricultural
implements aud cutting tools to patent
uspetiders and celluloid collars and
L-ulls, are to be seen iu luany of the,
store.