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In his Annual address before tho New
-England Agricultural Society recently,
Ocorge B. Loring statod that the number
of farms in New England had increased
from 184,0(14 in 1800 to 187,213 in 1SS0,
and that ths valuo of theso farms had
increaed in tho same period from 476,
204,417 to f8n,721,4:iS.
At tho recent International Congress
of the Solvation Army, bcld in London,
it was stilted that there aro t,53 corps
and 3,602 officers. Twenty-eight thou
sand, two hundred weekly, and l,b!0,
400 yearly services are held. Tho news
paper of the army is printed in nineteen
different languages, aud the Salvation,
banner waves in nineteen different COun-
lites iujCl colonics.
Kternal vigilance is the price of prohi
bition. A Boston whiskey dealer bought
a cheap coffin, put a four and seven
eighths gallon keg of rye whiskey in
side, screwed a plate on the lid of tho
coffin, on which were engraved tho name,
age aud birthplace of the alleged corpse,
boxed the coffin, as is usual, an 1 shipped
it to a town in Maiue. There an under
taker took charge of tho box anil drove
ten miles into the country before tho
coffin was opened an i tho liipior re
moved.
The science of engineering is advanc
ing. An iron bridge on the IN nn-yU
vnuia railroad, weighing 190 tons was
recently moved bodily thirty-two feet in
forty-eight minutes by half a dozen nu n
uiiilcr the supervision of MasterCarpcn
ter Webb of the Pittsburg division, with
the object of placing it on a stone art h.
This is the third opt ration f the kind
since May. There was no impediment
to the passage of trains, the mils being
elevated as the bridge was lifted and
ballasted by the trackmen. Three sixty
ton jacks were placed under each end.
There are more methods of acquiring
kuowlodge of the art of war than are
taught in the drill rooms of Fiance. Sets
of pocket hand kerchiefs, stamped with
military rules and regulation, diagrams
and other inf. rmation important for the
soldier to acquire and remember, are
being sold for the use of the French
soldiers and are officially encouraged by
the French government. By purchasing
eight cheap, ornamental and, of course,
useful handkerchiefs the French soldier
is provide 1 with n complete, pocket
manual ot military instruction.
"There is un exhibition in Paris," says
the L'rltix'i Mclioil Journal "a type of n
very priiuative race. It is a very curious
specimen, entirely covered with hair, the
skin very dark; the child would remind
one of the chiinpau.ee. The hairs on
the arms and legs follow the fame direc
tions as those on tho monkey; the legs
are thin aud blunt, while the arms are
very long. It appears that the tribe tn
win 'i she belongs dwells more on trees
than on the ground. The child is
twelve, and seems to have a certain in
telligence, and takes great interest in
her doll. Her eyes and hair are very
fine, her no c is flattened, and her ears
are deprived of the cartilage. She has
thiiteeii pairs of ribs, nnd consequently
thirteen dorsal vcrtrhiie. The race .to
which (die belongs is found in the north
of Siani, an I several families are kept at
the court of tin- King of Siam."
A rancher near Albuquerque, N. M.,
recently commenced digging for a well
on the site of an old ruined pueblo. At
eight feet he struck a hugo bowlder.
Underneath this was found masonry,
and when this was pierced a cavity was
discovered. I'pon examination it was
found that the workmen had penetrated
through an arch of stone, supported by
heavy pillars of masonry nnd large pine
timber. When tho il,'rit was cleared
away a volume of pure water was dis
closed sufficient to supply a great num
ber of cattle. Among the discoveries
made iu the vault were stone axes and
hammers, flint-knives, arrow-heads and
quantities of pottery iu fragments. Hu
man remains were also brought to the
, surface, including two skulls in an ex
cellent state of preservation. The build
ing is supposed to have belonged to an
cMinct race of people, as tho relics found
evidently antcdato anything hitherto dis
covered iu this territory.
On tho crest of the eastern bank at
Woolfolk's Bend, on the C'hattahocheo
river in Georgia, one of those curious
mounds left by the mound builders
stands. There has just been taken from
It, beside the human remains, by a Col
umbus, Oa., antiquarian, some fine
samples of pottery, most of which is of
unique design, witli some attempt at
decoration. Tho largest perfect vessel is
in shape something like a carhy, with
shorter neck and mouth more flaring.
Though tho base is globular, it is so
fashioned or weighted that, turn it as
you will, right tide up with euro it bobs
scrcuely. On one side of the smaller
pots a copper disk was snugly fitted as a
cover, and in it were a number of beads,
suggesting the possibility that it had
once sorved some ancient belle of ancient
dny as a jewellery ruse. Other pieces
in design resemble the modern cupidor,
and others still art shaped as the reguhc
tion pot of this uav. He also socured
several Indian pipes, four stone fishers,
two stone axes or wedges, medicine stone
(ad innumerable arrow heads, etc,
83rt Clattam Ito A
VOL. IX,
Hip Song of (ho Sea Wind.
flow it sings, ngs, sing,
blowing sharply from tho sea lin
With an edge of salt, that stints;
How it laughs aloud and passes;
As it cuts the closo cliff grassus;
Hon it sings again ami whistles
As it shakes tho stout tea thistles
How it sings!
How it slu ieks, shrieks, shrieks
In tho crannies of tfie hoadliwl,
In tho gashes of the crooks;
How it shrieks onco mo'e, nml cntchrs
Up to the yellow foam in patches;
How it whirl" It out and over
To the 0' rn lleM ami tho clovor
How it shrieks!
How it rout, ronrs, roars
In the iron muter-cavern.
In the hollow of tho shore;
How it roars .mew, tout thutnlors,
As tho strong hull splits and sunders,
Anil tho spent ship, tempest driven,
t n tho leef lies rent and liven
How it roars!
How i wails, wails, wails,
In the tangle of 1ho wreckage.
In th-i flipping ot t lit sails,
How it selis away, subsiding,
Likoa tire! child aft r chiding:
And across tho ground swell rolling.
You can hear tho bvll buoy tolling
How it wails!
.-tusriH Dohsnn,
A WOMAN'S BRAVERY.
A SIOIIY OK TIIK UtoNTIKH.
As soon ns the frost was out of tho
ground and there was no dangerof being
storm-bound, l.ouis Stacy left his little
home in Armm-as to go dowu tin; river
with a boat-load of furs and skins.
He expected to I. ring back a supply of
provisions for spring and summer use, ns
well us a tidy little sum of money ns it
reward for his labor during the winter
in trapping and hunting.
He left his wife and niece without
even the shadow of a foreboding of
harm coining to tlieni during his ab
sence; for, living as they did, , twelve
milts from the nearest town, and remote
fiom the road tnken by travellers and
tramps, they had few visitors, and sel
dom saw a strange face; and then, too,
both women were ai customed to tho use
of firearms, and l.ouis knew that they
wouid not hesitate to employ them if
necessary.
Just at this time a strnnger was lying
ill in the hunter's cabin a young man
who had accidentally shot himself while
hunting in the woods, and to whom
Louis had willingly given shelter and
every attention.
Fever and delirium had followed Ar
thur Morris's accident and he had been
confined in the cabin six weeks, being
now in a convalescent state, lie said ho
was well off iu this world's goods and
told Laura Stacy when he first met her
that he wore a money-belt about his
waist and begged that it might remain
there, no matter how ill he became.
Louis had been gone several days and
life had gouo on as usual iu tiio little
cabin, which Mrs. Stacy ami Laura had
managed to make comfortable and home
like after much trouble and with many
ingenious contrivances.
Much of Mrs. Stacy's time was spent
with Arthur Morris, who grew restless
nud feverish if left alone. Laura, too,
frequently read anil talked to the inva
lid, unconscious that his handsome, worn
face and dark eyes had caused a more
tender feeling than compassion to find a
place in her heart.
The cabin consisted of three rooms on
the ground floor amain room, used for
cooking, eating and general purposes; a
bed room, and a small room, used as a
pantry.
Beneath was a deep cellar, where pro
visions were kept in the summer, and
even in the winter, for frost never en
tered the deep hole Louis Stacy had dug.
Above was a loft, reached by a ladder
from the pantry, and here the two
women slept, giving their sick guest
the pleasant room on the first floor.
It was nearly midnight of tho fifth day
of Lou's' absence when Laura was roused
by hearing a noiso at tho door of the
cabin. Not disturbing her aunt, who
was sleeping heavily, worn out by watch
ing with the invalid tho previous night,
tho bravo girl hastily threw on her
clothes and descended the ladder just as
the door of tho main room opened and
two men, in bare feet, entered, carry
ing a lantern.
They started a little at seeing Laura,
standing silent and motionless, with a
lighted candle in her hand.
One of them, a tall, burly fellow, with
an evil eye, advanced toward her and
shook his fist in her face.
"Speak ono word nbove a whisper," he
said, "and I will put a bullet through
your brain!" flourishing a hugo revolver
as he spoke.
Laura knew that if she disobeyed the
command the threat would bo carried
into execution; and, recovering from her
terror, sho asked the men in an unfalter
ing voice what they wanted.
"We want that money-belt on the
ttrangcr you have here," was the reply,
in a hoarse whisper. "We know all
about it, so you needn't lie to us. Tell
us where he is, and be quick about it."
"Surely you wonld not rob a tick
man?" said Laura, trying to gain time
and think what was best to do in this
terrible emergency. "It would surely
kill him to be roused in such a brutal
manner."
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J,JTTS1KK
"We won't give-him a chanco to spea k,'
growled the man who held tho lantern.
"Lle'll never know what hurt him.
Hurry up, girl, we're wasting time. Is
he up in the loft?" Laura turned death
ly pale. In that terrible moment sho
realized how dear to her Arthur Morris
had become, and she resolved to save his
life even if sho should have to sacrifice
her own.
"This way, gentlemen," she said softly;
and sho turned toward a door situated
midway between the bedroom of the in
valid and the imntrv. She opened it a littlo i
way. "Do you hear him breathe?"' (he
asked.
"Yes, yes," answered tho ruffians; bift
it was tho heavy breathing of Mrs. Stacy
in the loft above that they heard.
Laura threw the door wide open; it
opcucd inward. The men saw a dark
void and pressed eagerly forward, not
even stopping to throw tho light of their
lantern on the pbio-.
At this instant Laura sprang back and
threw herself with all her force upon tho
rear man; nnd tho next in stunt there was
a heavy fall, a crash of the broken lan
tern and a volley of oaths, for both men
lay at tho bottom of the cellar.
But the danger was not over by any
means. Laura knew that tho men would
mount the ladder at once, nnd there was
no way of fastening the door; and, if
there had been what lock would have
withstood the power of two desperate
border ruffians?
To rouse her aunt would bn useless;
she could give no assistance; ami so
Laura sprang to the fireplace and caught
Louis's revolver from the Hide mantel,
while she off -red a prayer fur courage
and strength.
Sho heard the deep curses of the vil
lains as they searched for the ludder,and
the next instant a head appeared above,
the threshold. The candle threw a faint
light on the scene, but it was enough to
enable Laura to sec.
"Back !" she cried ; but the order was
not obeyed.
The robber raised hi.s pistol, and Laura
knew that unless sho filed at once she
was lost Arthur too.
With these thoughts flashing through
her mind she levelled her tleadly weapon
at tin- man, nud as a sharp repot t went
ringing through the cabin, nd.'opgroan
and the mmiuiI of a heavy fall came from
the cellar.
But the creaking of the ladder showed
inat nu- oincr roinier was aooui lo iiaro
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his fate, and lie
apprnrcii auove uie
threshold, pistol in hand. But Laura
was too quick for him. A second report
rang through the cabin, and again came
a groan and the sound of a heavy fall.
The bravo girl, overcome at last, sank
to the ll ior just as her aunt eamo rushing
into the room, frightened almost out of
her senses, and the door of Arthur's
room opened anil he appeared, wan
nnd ghost-liko to inquire tho cause of
the shots which had roused him from his
sleep.
"lircat heavens!" ho cried, as ho saw
Laura crouching cn the floor. "Aro you
hurt? I. lira, my darling, speak to me!
Are you injured .'''
Perhaps in that moment of terror Ar
thur Moll is' heart was revealed to him,
anil he knew he loved the niece of this
Arkansas hunter.
"No, no," faltered the girl, rousing
herself. "I am not hurt. But 1 shot
two men iu the cellar and and"
ISut she could go no further, for her
eyes closed and she lost consciousness.
Perhaps Arthur's kisses were more effi
cacious in restoring her than bur aunt's
dippers of cold water. But the faint
was not a very long one, and she was
soon able to tell thu whole story of the
assault.
Arthur's thanks were expressed as well
as his emotion would permit; but the
moisture of his dark blue ryes and the
changing of his countenance, told more
than any language could have done
what ho felt.
It was decided to leave tho bodies in
the cellar until morning; but at tho first
gray sign of day Laura, mounted tha I
rough littlo pony and started for the
nearest town to ask help. Before, the
day was over the whole settlement knew
of the attack, and fliccrs reached tho
cabin by noon. They wero shown the
bodies, and at once pronounced them to
bo those of two men who hud filled the
country with alarm for years past, and
had committed several hanging offences.
It was long before Laura entirely re-1
covered from the effects of her midnight j illustrations of what I am saying. Ho
adventure. Her nervous system had ro- i understands that emphasis depends on
ccived a severe shock, and for weeks her the tone, not on tho force."
dreams wero haunted by the wicked "As to the stage?"
faces of the dead villians, and sho "There, of course, tho voice is all im-
6ecmed to hear again their dying groans. ' portant. Ono can always pick out tho
It was therefore, only natural that ' young actor. He has awakened to tho
Louis should give a ready consent to his realization of the fact that ho has a
niece's marriage ns soon as Arthur's voice. Ho runs up and down the scale,
health was entirely restored. j ending his sentences now iu ono voice
So there was a quiet wedding in the and now in another. It is merely a mat
cabin in the early Summer, and tho girl, tor of vocal imitation. The thoughtful
who had truly earned her right to her ; voice is always poised. That is the reason
husband, set out with him on a journey : women especially of the flippant sort
to a comfortable homo within the bor- j havo flexible, sliding voices, that run the
den of civilization, where there was no scale in a few sentences."
danger ol ueing murdered oy border '
desparadoes.
Patient Don't you think, doctor,
had better go to a warmer climate?
Doctor My stars, I thought that was
just what you wanted me to save yon
from.
CHATHAM CO., N.
VOICIi BUILDING.
Possibilities in tho Art of
Training the Vocal Organ.
The rofeKiional Voice of the Clergy
man Lawyer and Actor.
Mr?. Florence Janes Adams has
studied the art of voice budding, both
in this country nnd abroad. She is
deeply interested in the subject, and nu
anient believer in the future possibilities
of the voice.
"First of all," sho explained, "you
must know in the new method of voice
building tho conversational voice is
tra iled by tho vocal scale. There are
three registers in the speaking voice
upper, middle and lower. Every voice
has a range of at least seven notes. The
lower register is merely used in conver
sation, of course. Its province is to ex
press auger and the harsher passions.
The middle register is usually the
weakest of the three. This is, however,
tho normal voice. The upper register,
with its shrill, derisive tones, is tliu
mental. The lower one is called the
vital. It is deep an I passiona'e. The
normal is, of course, the happy medium.
The evenly balanced man whose heart
does not outrun his head, speaks in this
voice. Excitable people drift into one
extreme or the other. Jn tho voice, ns in
things, repose, brings grace. Tin; range
matters little in the conversational voic-.
Though it were limited to three notes, a
wise succession of touts would make it
tITective. It is the ilur, the careless,
meaningless rise an i fall that ruins thu
speaking voice.
"Aro not our English cousins good
speakers ?''
"They say, you know," Mrs. Adams
replied, "that the rising inflection is the
best spur to conversation. The falling
inflection is dogmatic, decisive, and cuts
off all discussion. The young English
man says, 'I-ah love you-ali,' with the
rising inflection. He leaves the subject
poised in tho middle voice. Naturally
the young woman can't leave it hanging
there like Mohammed's coffin. You Sid
the matter has already drifted into n de
lightful explanatory discussion. Tho
young American, however, says 'I
lovo you' wi'h falling infl -ction .
That ends the nutter. Tho young wo
man can call or pass out that's all. But
I ...v.- . ,v.i ou unit i lij UV O.ll't Ull IILU
i ,, . ,
! oth'-r side."
"Do the Americans speak through the
nose ?"
"E lueated Americans? No. The
Americans have a good speaking voioi as
a usual thing, though it t-nds, perhaps
to sharpness. The voice, you know, is
the truest test of character. It is al
most unfailing. Ono can disguise the
face, the eyes, tho manner, but rarely
thinks of speaking out of the usual voice,
One can tell the intellectual man, the im
moral man, by his voice more readily
than in any other way. The professional
voice is another strange tiling. One can
tell a lawyer the moment lie opens his
mouth, lbs speaks iu a hard, didactic
tone with a downward inll ction. His
voice is low, but decisive. l'-ually when
a lawyer wants to get a great eilect ho
assumes a stage whisper. Of course there
are ever so many characteristh s."
"What of the clergyman's professional
voice i"
"Well, from his calling one would ex
pect him to have a middle-register voice,
full of heart and sympathy, but ns n
usual thing the head tones predominate
in the pulpit. The idea of one preach
ing charity and benevolence in head
tones strikes me ns very ridiculous. Tho
voice and thought are out of harmony.
It reminds one of a boatman looking one
way and rowing steadily in the other
direction. Of course most clergymen
are hard students given to brain work
and this accounts for their voices. Now
and then you hear a clergyman who
speaks in the low, broad tones of the
normal voice. Ho may speak tho veriest
nonsense, but he is called magnetic
Every evangelist I ever heard uses this
voice. Moody, Ham Jones, Tidmagc ami
prta-chcrs of that kind ail do. Thero is
a heart quality in it that has a wonderful
effect. Again, it gives ono an impres
sion of self-contained strength. A
speaker can never use all tho middle
voice, and ono feels that there is
always a reserve awaiting call. Dr. John
Hall, of New York, is one of the best
"unou conversational voices are rare,
then ?"'
'Well, it is hard to say.
Children's
voices before they learn to imitato their
ciders aro perfect. They talk as tho lin-
net sing. The lower classes of every
country, in spite of their harshness and
I'oirupincuof speech, have good quality
C., OCTOBER- 21, 180.
of voice. They produoe the gre-tt sing
ers of the world. The modern Italian
mo hod of voice-building, you know, is
four.dod on the idea of kinship between
the speaking voice and th;! singing
voice. The same training goes to miko
each. There is no reason why one who
has all the natural vocal organs cannot
sing as well as speak. If he can speak
truly, without affectation or falseness, ho
can sing well." Vhien io Tribune.
A City or O il Building, It iln nml r'hli.
There are only three cities iu Norway,
writes a Boston ILrnlif correspondent.
Kristiunia has the greatest number of
inhabitants and is tho capital. Throudh
jen is the oldest and perhaps the most
famous historically. Bergen is best
known for its interesting old buddings
and fish. It lies for the most part on a
hilly peninsula, and on three sides are
steep mountains whose tops are almost
always cloud covered. There mo four
distinct summit, though after one has
beconi.' aeclimitod and has receive 1 duo
instruction, ho will learn that then; are
three more peaks, for Bergen, like nn ieiit
Koine, is a "city of seven hills," and in to
ken thereof has bluzuiicd them on her
scutcheon beneath a fortified castle.
These mountains are considered the
cause of the heavy rainfall for which
Bergen has long been noted. They at
tract the clouds, which then pour tln ir
waters into the town, seventy two inches
falling timing the year. This has been
an unusually rainy summer, and out of
six consecutive weeks here there have
been but four bright days. So notorious
is Bergen weather that a story is told of
nn old Dutch skipper who for twenty
years had brought goods to the town,
and always, when he reached his port,
it was raining or very misty. One dy
when ho arrived it happened to be
bright anil clear, which so surprised the
worthy sea dog that he felt he inu-l
have mistaken his cours-; and gone intr
the wrong harbor, so ho set sail again
and hunted for many weeks along the
shore iu search of Bergen wharves, with
their rain aud wet.
".Ninety mid Nine."
Sankey, the revival singei
his favorite song ami the way
tells ol
it origi-
nated :
"The Ninety and Nine" I place at tho
head of tho list. 1 well remember how
I came to compose the music to tin
words. It was done on the spur of
great and exhalted feeling. When I was
going from Edinburgh to (ila-gow I
picked up a paper on the train and ramr
across the words. They at onco struck
mo as being full of feeling, so I bid the
paper away in my pocket. The words
rang iu my cars. At (ilasgow we had a
glorious meeting. Mr. Moody preached
from the twenty-third psalm of David.
He touched the hearts of tho people.
When ho was about to close his sermon
I did not know what to sing. 1 wanted
to select something nppropiiate to tin
sermon, but 1 found nothing suitable.
Those giund words, full of poetry.simple,
yet beautiful : "lie niiikcth me to lit
down in green pastures; he leadi-th me
beside the still waters; he rcston tli my
soul ; he leadcth mo in the paths of
righteousness for his name's sake," as
Mr. Moody closed with them, acted as
nn inspiration. I hastily pulled the
crumpled newspaper from my pocket
and sang the words of "The Ninety ami
Nine" to music that came to me then
aud there. 1 did not know how the ac
companiment would go. The feeling of
tho moment carried me through, and I
afterwaids wrote the music.
rontls In Saxony.
In traveling through Saxony ono is
struck with the largo number of ponds
of all sizes which stud the fields in every
direction. Whether these ponds are the
result of accident or design, they are
as carefully tended as are tho fields
themselves. They, too, are a source of
income to their owners. They teem with
carp.tem h anil other ti-.li that will thrive
in sluggish water, which are taken out
in the fall and sold at prices ranging
from 13 to 30 cents per pound. TV
ponds are then restocked with a young
brood, which costs from 50 cents to l.'J.i
per hundred, according to s'z.o. These
fish arc loft to shift for themselves until
they aro a year old, when they aro gener
ally large enough for the market. In
winter the ponds yield a crop of io,
which is readily disposed of at a fair
price. Where their services are not re
quired to turn a mill, they at least servo
as watering places for the cattle, and
where they are situatrd near a village or
hamlet, they even feed tho hand -engine
in case of lire. Where these ponds aro
made, tho land taken for the purpose
generally is unsuite 1 for other purposes,
Erfry-llay Hypocrisy.
What she says: "I'm awfully sorry
you must go so soon, Mr. Ijongwind.
Why, it's only eleven o'clock ! What's
your hurry? You don't know how mnch
I havo enjoyed your visit !" I
WThat sho means: "Thank goodness,
you're going at last! If you had stayed j
five minutes longer, 7 think I should
have had an attack of hysterics!'' i
1'uek. ' I
There are a number of Mormon mis- j
sionaries in Turkey, but they are not ,
making many converts. The Mormons j
do better iu Christian.
NO. 7.
Tlio IluiMIuuiuii Elephant.
The half-human elephant has a brain of
very large sie, and its elevations and
depressions upoii the surface increase the
ext- nt of the acting cells to an enormous
degree. Jls intelligence .certainly
greater than is possessed by any olio r
quadruped, lit least any of thoe living
iu a state of nature. It is probable that
some of the apes exceed it in this regard,
j while the dog, among domestic b-ul' S,
is a rival iu estimating animal intell- ct.
( Its wonderful nciiteiiess of tin- sens.- of
j ti-U' h, ib velopt ,1 in its trunk, and its
prolonged length of days for il lives I V)
( to 3'I0 years adds greatly to its advan-
tages over other animals.
I When once tamed the elephant becomes
tractable and submissive; he is iiireetion
j ate to his keeper, and does what he an
, to please him. It is pretty certain, how
! ever, that the keeper must use force with
hisgig.tniie pet, otherwi-e r-spect is bst,
and there romej a time wh-li the wild
i nature will ov nome tho teai hings of
I his master. In time he umlei t.inds
I signs, (.pur, and even word--, and in Is
j nee.'idiiiglv. One that is very tractable
j for there lire, all grades of intcllig' in e
I among them never mi: lakes tln.-W"id
of bis ina-t.T, r--ivives his orders wit h
I attention, and execute; them with pru
dence and a manifestation of con-i i ruble
judgment. The sagacity he shows iu
c.vtrieaiiiig himself from positions of
danger, sonic of th-'in su--h as an un
known in his ua'ive country, and -o ran
Hot be tie- re-i!t ol ' "hetvd it i I V luenioiy''
or i ii st i ii t is well known. Ills ne iu"iv
of i ns ti! I s and his long wailing to I
even with bis riiemies, are too well
known to call for mop- than a p i sing
mention. One iii-tance of his memory
of Ih-i duti' s he had learned in capliviiy
when raptured again after cr iping for
four ye lis into the jungles, is remarkable.
It would be incredible were it not estab
lished by numerous witnesses i,f tin
highest ch arader. 7. .., UU..JI. ,...
crut.
ASinari Kit.
About a week ago writis a Bradford,
(Iowa) correspondent of the St.. l.ouis
-7'. w ",, a fanner living near lu-rt-named
.lhu Mick, whilo feeding bis
horses late one evening, heard a rit
squealing as though his life depended up
on il. I'pou invi stigatinn Mr. Mick
b und a gieai tirizzly fe..w, appireiilly
tin- anci-stoi of the whole tribe, busily
engaged iu rul ing an egg front the m-sl
to tho edge of the manger. Anxious to
see what II" was going to do, Mr. Mick
leinaiue I ipiii I an I watched the pro
ceeding. hat happened can be best
told in Mr. Mii-Vs own language: "The
old fellow kept a-sipiullin' and a-rolliiig
the egg at tin- same time, till finally hi
got il to the edge of the manger; then all
to onct he took that egg between his
fon pa u s and held it chock up under bis
chin and doubled hiins -lf up like a ball
ii in I whopped himself eleau over egg and
all, and lei kt r l ip on his back on the
floor three feel below. There he sot up
sieb a pi , llin' thai I thought sure the
old cuss had di-eioi ab d a jilit. in bis
back, and was jest a goin' to end the old
i hip's misery when loaud behold two
other rats .ipje ared on the scene of ac
tion ; and I'll be blamed if them two
ratsdi In't i ach take hold of a hind leg
of that old cuss, him a-!uldin' on to the
egg all the time, aud holding it rhock
up under his chin, and drag him about
thirty feet across the bain to their hole.
Then the old rascal let go o that t-gg
and started it into the hole ahead of
him and pushed it out of sight in just
iiboiitaseeoi.d. I always knowed rats
was putty smart, but them three puts it
over anything I ever seed."
(rahing the 1'ear on Hie Apple.
It is not olteii, says an Exchange, that
the pear is grafted upon the apple, an I
perhaps it is questionable w ild Ict il in
advisable to attempt any thing of the
kind, except as a matter of cuiiosily.
The pear and the apple belonging to tho
same family of fruits may be gr.ill d mio
upon th - other. We have recently ob
served an apple tree, which was made a
sort of cuiiosily by the grafting upon it
of some live or six different varieties of
apples, one to each branch, with
ouo branch devoted to the Flem
ish beauty pear. The pear
was growing and doing well and was
bearing fruit when we saw it, but the
pear portion was not especially promising,
being veiy small and having an app. ai -alire
that would indicate a poor qti ility
of fruit. Win-never there is a want of
stock for tho propagation of the pear il
may answer to restore the apple. We
have never to our remembrance tested
any fruit grown on pear-apple trees, but
our impression is that it would be
nothing that would be especially desir
able, and, aside from the curiosity of a
single specimen, fruit growers would
hardly feel like indulging ill any uncer
tain experimentation.
Changed Ills Mind.
Dobson (who has come hither to horse
whip the editor, but is somew hat appalled
at bis size, "Are you the editor that
wrote the article about J. Thomas Dob
son ;"
E litor "Yes."
Dobson "Well er hum. Why,
Iktm's a horse-whip 1 found on your
pavement. 1 thought, perhaps it be
longed to you. Judy
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The sanctity li:c- is uir--jt the denJ,
To in ike u loio tlieni uwi 'Jiri whos)
here
1; noi it u-!l to II id the living dear,
Willi .o n lily 1 do- tins, ere they have U-d(
The tender thoughts w nurture lor a lo h
HI 'mother, Ii nil or child Uh! il wru
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To spend ih:. glory on the em ne-t eyes,
The loii-in ; In .ict , ilia feel life's pivhcut
C1VSS.
Cm-iils i H -ii-v t the living hero,
W'hos- 1;-ii strung souls will ipuvur et
oiii- touch ;
Th- in most i-.-vi-ieue.; i.siiot too iiiin h
For eyes t .ui neep although the lips may
sneer. ioi'eeeii '.
The tigh of thu seamstress A-hem.
A suit of armor was the old-fashioned
Knight dress.
The biggest gum boil on record Inn
b en ili-i overcd in :i mucilage lai lory.
Anoss old bach'-lor -tiggesH that
lerllis . h. old be announced iiiuKr tho
lead ol in-w inn -ic
liiiPi ant un ii nn- belli with black
r'.c." M ii w th less brilliancy have
their i y. s Marked nrlilii ially.
"Tie le's a c-iolno s between us. " Slid
tin m i captains !o each oih- r when an
let bi rg p is.c l I i I w e i n the ships.
Some one a- k-: "Is tin r - a field for a
iiinii who ran live- on fifty n uts a week:"'
Tin re i i. Ii i. . illc 1 Putter's Field.
I nclc ,s mi is monarch of millions of
mi-ii i vi yi" I iii -res,- and is that
much beiM than Alexander Selkirk,
who was only luon ticli of whal he sui
veyed. "I've eaten next to nothing," lisped
Sniillicrs, who was dining with his girl,
"Oh, I always do that when I sit by
you,'' responded the young lady
pleasantly.
"My good man," said a philanthropist
to the street laborer, "do you ever have
cause to enmdi!,. at your position?'
"No, sir," was the answer: "I took
my pick id the start."
"Children," said a Dakota school
teacher, "from the noise outside I think
a dog light i, goin ; on. You aro all
excused and niiv go out and watch il.
Don't get in a liui ry, here, it will look
In Iter to let your teacher go lirt !" and
be shot out of the door followed by n
wild rush of tin- scholars.
The Slrucl urn rrNlio Skin.
j I! Highly speak. ii:;, Ihe skin is com
posed of two lawrs tie- rii'irlc or scarl
j skill and the c-.rliiiu or true skin. The
i former is prbii ipaliy made up of two
porli. n-, the horny layer, which 13 the
principal proteitive to the body, and the
I nuu oii i lay.-r, which contains cel'a to be
pushed up aud b.'i nine the horny layer
after awhile, and thc-o contain tin: col
oring siili-tanc which gives the tint to
tic: complexion. Ii is line thai sonic ol
the mieloM-opists are uin eitaiii about, the
tliilisforuial mi of the nine ills into the
horny layei of the shin, bin it is ddli nil
to imagine where lite outside proleclioii
comes from if no! from the layer next
under ii. The true skin is ei imposed of
a net-work of fibres int. i mixed with par
ticlisof living inallcr abundantly sup
plied i th blood e-s, I-, nei vi s and all the
iipp iraliis iiicessary for a colli inuoiis sup
ply of liesh niati rials for the build
nig up of new sttiictuii-s as Well as of
means for r- moving those 1'iat are worn
oul. Tin- glands for the seen tion of the
perspiration nnd for the formation of a
fatty, lubiic ding iu ilb r are to be found
almost every In te, as well as the Httle
sacs to give origin lo the hairs, which
are mere modilieal ions of the cells of the
skin. The nervous appaialiis for tho
sense ul toic h is aiinod everywhere res
ent, much more abundant ly in some lo.
ciililics than iu others. Muscular fibres
are found in coiincriii a with the liii.'T
sat -s and glands for keeping the. skin
oily and supple; they are not under tho
control of the will, but net to Sqiiec.H
out the lubricating material and to raise
the hairs to an upright pn-ilioii, as iu
the so-ciilled "goose skin, " noticed under
the iiilhu iice of cold and sometimes of
fear.-- d7ec, i, wcr.it.
Itlack Chen Ing bum.
Lately there has crept i ut j the Detroit
market a Mib-tance known as "black
chew ing guni," made out of tar, which
is said by medical men to be extremely
b il nihil an 1 pet niciotis. It is becoming
a great favorite with h cal gum i hcwers,
but plusicaiis ,-issert its use is productivu
of sore mouths and iiinumcr-ihh; throat
diseases, put up in fancy paper, soli
at a penny a block, flavored with some
unknown ingredient, and christened with
a sweetly -sotui ling name, us "luti-tuti,'
for instant--, the black chewing gum is
forcing its entrance into all grades of
Detroit society, and driving its rivals to
tho wall. H it, it is nothing but tar
cheap tar nt that -mixed with gelatine
and fl ivorcd with heaven and the man
ufacturer only know what. Free 1'rett.
Overronchptl Himself.
She- .lames, do you know you put
th 'o Imtlons on the late in church to
day? lb Yes, I knew what I was about.
She James, perhaps you don't know
that 1 bought those buttons yesterday
for my new ilresn a-nl paid fifty cent
apiece It" thcui , WatMnjUm r,
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