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F.DlToli AM) PKiU'lUKlOK.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION,
On- copy, mo yi'in
n" copy, si x months
copy, thr-e m-i'ths
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The Wind.
Ttifl wind blows over the sea.
Binning hemonartl the bulky tliips;
'i he html looms nn lcr I lie sailor' lt-a,
An I lie dreams of ti is sweet lioart's lips.
The wind rreers over tho nave,
It stirs Ih" pines by the il8,
I- sweo-s the cross on the quiet grnvo
Wheio the sailors swootheirt sleeps.
Tho wind swe. s over tlm sind
Of tho iIomt. ho! nn.l bright;
II heaps tlio grave of the Arab 1'nnJ;
It covers llu1 sphvm from sight.
Tho wind breathes Ir.Ioii with balm.
It wrinkle. I ho fa-v of the pool.
It lifts tli" leaves of tin h, v palm,
As tin' ii-glu is 'i ii l- so cooi.
1 ho w ind w ni's ov. r tlio snow
And io- of tiii- virgin zon ',
Wli. re In If tin' yo ir i ho great stars glow,
Ami the while l.ir sit alon.
Tho win.l cirri so. or tho own;
II mv.s i .i-i ih.. Iioiim'h for rey,
It lifts tin-in nloft mi l liiirN tlii-in down,
As mglr. m it.-li 1 nubs away.
Tli- win J rusli-- ov.-r iho plain
I if tli" i migrant'- ! nil Hi s n in ,
It h in.-, tl:.- wav... nf tho nlie.it-n iniin,
Ainl III- gra-s nti.-ic Ihol ulTih e. room.
Tho witnl s-v'i, the rninoii, wa to,
U'li. iv Han. I -is ll." big horn-d ,n,
An-I pilgntns to I i li i-V gnat di-mo ..h.-!p,
A n l do pherd. pit o to tlmr ll.n-ki.
1 1, th-.ti mi ,-1,11 il-i-- h ,ii l :
Though in... t.il. in n . i, .ii h th- tiro,
An-I III n.-ii- r - o I.m.1,
Tlu-v rami..: . ea- lien- ir.
1 1. tli m l-i ii- !i. -;i: w,.i'
A- A. lam in-t hies,-1 thy breath.
Tin- la: in in -h ill confess tli-,- kind,
A- hi- !n-.. nwa t ng .It -alb.
- io.,-,,.- i,i ,i,r,i',i.(.',i(.
A Farm Hand's Adventure.
I. ! OA M l - I 11 1 NsoN.
' I'll- 1. ii .b.-nki i- f irm,'' as it is
1 ll Ie 1 ill th" Il i jhboi iiood, i. Sill. ill
ciieii-li, but tv.-iy - jiiue tod of it
h is always hi i n so i an lu'lv
tilled that there is s, ., a w-ck in the
year when on,' caui.ot litid what IVter
Si'ott eahs "-iiits I i do" on tiie pn-m
iei. IVter S.-oit, head hired man. tills
a highly i"-p"ii ;iii po-t ; but iv n Peter
Scott i. in l ai'lly t.-stifv to the "sights to
do'' from so tlii n iiii an x pi'iiciuc ;i,
Dili l!-,llll. till' youngest of tin- '-help."
At the time of llin's t-ikini; service, his
mi lei-t.i'i.liii"; w th iji.i'T, but by no
ineaiis 1 1 !-:i t M I . . I, Mi. Iv n .teiikin-, w as
that he slum! 1 do a '-let-tie of i vi ry thin.'
in fjetn -la!, Iaii'i, an ! r.othiu' in parlii k'
lur." The ii.--.ult ol ;tn adlierin-; to this
I it-is of this eoiiti.i, t tiiei! the muscles
if lliu'i- w.-l!-.l,-,-l,.p...l b -s nnd bn.-k
mid anil- i day- o-it of the seven, to a
device that iml-ody i Is- i-niJ.I appreciate.
He tj.-n--r.iHy tiimb'-.- 1 ever upon his pi!
low at ii'eht ii f.i,'e.i out Mi el nuuii-r-:ti
v.
(a a c. rfiiin
snored like a -to
in 'st iiari-ut inf
through tlie opt
S I'tendii-r uieht lm
i;n cn-;:ne. It was the
tliin,' t ) do, ln.-eaue
I w in low poured the
mo 'ii!i"ht, a liMiaad vcliovv track.
The -r-.it l-l. ek
Sill-iiio tO till' 111
:i so ni; of inline
th" mo. -ll, a ; i.,u
imi-tilT, I.inL'cr, was
ii down by the barn,
I- :i:i!i e. Danger hated
!i n ho est conied Dm.
I'crh ips ,t wn D.in-. r's how ls that
stirred Dan's dreainl-.si slumlais. At
any rat", he hr 1 heavily -- tolled over
- and found himself half awakened.
li s opened eyes tinned drowsily tow.
nr 1 the on- window aforesaid of his
snail bedroom. A'i was still now, ev u
Dm-tr. Mr. and Mr.;. 1! u .tonkins
slept tl." sleep l! pe.KO 111 tli-cast win
of i!if far'ii h-i'is.', ail tlie rest of the
family were els.-.ii). -e. Ilil'.ua! What
made tlm: v in low fi an: look s odd:
Tail of t Jio sash, the lower left hand cor
ner, .-eimcd -ye-- -i'ni'u': th.i- the ret
as Dm studii 1 it !- -pily .-.-ainst the
brillmnt iii-ht sky. hat I It moved ;
Not so. S.mi-tlm : llial was cot the
wood woi k of tli- i : n- r, li it that ti.letl
up the corner, mow I. D Cl sat bolt up.
liht wi-1- awake an 1 leaned for war J w
th" .Ink st iiln-
Couid it b -o-.sibl- that a fat human
arm was beinj; cautiously inserted
around tie- fi.imew. ik into the litt'e
room! Certainly then was nothing
ti:ere woith stealia-;.
T!io iiini, ii vi-'.ili -li.-, went on, slip,
pui- itscif aloiio e;,-nt!v over th- sill.
No nioit.il thief could hive such an cud
less, ghastly m.-iub-r. ! Dm criel out in
perplexity an I terr.u : 'i s-iy th -re."
He !eap d up on his bed mil stood with
his wihl yoit'i ; eyes llv l upon the -rent
patih of iiRionh-ht ov.-r tho bare floor--for
lo, there exteiidetl strai-ht across it
i h it horrible, -hastly in an. And there
upon it rose, of its own motion and os
cillated s'.iejhtly to and fro, and where
the hand thould have b"on,sp'.rklcd two
diamonds in the inoonli-ht, like the
jewels in a rin j;. The arm was a -rent
ferpent.
For months the farmers had h cn tell
ing tales of -limpsei, fu down
in their tingled craiilnr.y lots,
at the great python which
hud nui'iaoed In slip away Ironi "("aw.
bottle's Only Consolidate.! Oriental Cii
cits and Meiia-erii." in May. Incredu
lous folk had lu,'hcd at tlie tale-tellers.
Id spite of tho launhin-;, calves mid
sheep, inexplicably vanished, ai if to
prove that th.! monster really lurked
about the ravines of lllue linn valley.
Here it was to-tii-ht to answer for itscif.
No doubt about that.
I'robably tho creature had been
stretched under some c-utl uildin- all the
afternoon- perhaps beneath Mrs. 1! -n
J .'iikiiis' ow u front pinz. i. When the
tirriu- of teams and men was over, it
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VOL. IX.
slid from !U totreat Into tho cool night,
n ml Il.in Beam's opon window suggested
entrance. The greater part of tlio sleek,
lat Ixiily lay ulrculy in folils timliT tin
paiit'l of tho window, where n ilrep
shuiow lirooiliil. Tiie upper poition
was a'lvanro 1 imwanl tnwanl tlio he 1
ami its oc iip.inK Tlio iiiifti''l, intent
lieail was making keen ilierv.ill m of
tho now riert white li-ure belor.' it ;
an. I a sharp hiss suihlenly ur llo.l Dan's
yoiin bloo.l.
lie il ire.l not utter r.nothcr cry. I'os
sib'.y ho ha.l not yet been lo ikeil on ly
tlie snake w. tli any p irtieular interest,
though the moon rays just at the
inoinent gave to in eyei a
pit r i ii In iglitnesi. It mii;!it It
only loilfiin anil not revolting thought -supper
also that it nought. IIuckiiM not
leap to hisiloor ami unlock it ami ilash
down the short Hi, 'lit cf steps leadim; to
the otoun.l, as hist'nt inipiiise prompt
i '1. Tlie iloor was iilon-jMilo tho one
wiiulow. II s eoat iiiel trows, is an'l ap
parel in general lay in a pile n ros the
i hair liel'.ii .' it.
I!. it not f. r a in .inenl !onu' r roiiM he
en. line the situation. In I'm I, he ha.l
little i haiu e I 1 iln so. i'h inviili r
p..ve another his. ,o llnrnti iiiiil; that
I'm roali.'.'.l his p ril imminent. II'
leap -il I. .11 k toward till- hea l of lli-bnl.
his f.-et sinking in the rl:i. At the
saire time he lecoven d prcs-iwc ol mind
mllii ii-ntly t.
"Help. help
Quick!"
At the soun
lind lllllted I'."'
cry mil his I- N-t :
Anybody help nic !
of th.-bo'.'s alaitn, l.u's
.hopped completely to
the pint tl it.r. ami then glided with lit
t!o more than a sjn.-.' motion to tin b". I
1! i toss, d the cd-e of it, and then lay
Iiil with a van! of its bo.lv alon-' the
! cmmbled white sin it, its head tuiniiio
ri-jht and left. Dan bounded from his
: unsteady letii at witli a horrific. 1 pusp.
j The bed was for only a second between
I the scaly cann b tl and the la I. Tlie
i dash for tiled .r that he in id" was an
! ticipate.l by the make. Din's f. ot
struck against sonicthiii-; that he felt
was a foul of that Ion;, supple holy.
! II- fell directly foiwaid, striking his
J head cruelly on the base-boar I. The
python swept his coil iil-i ut his body bc
j li re he knew it.
j Sii',1 cryin-; out de-p- rati-!y foi aid
! fioin those -o-.ind si.a pt is, only
j ju t within ear -V...I. Dm shuck
' nw-i;, lie: opei. j ns hi. i
J stiu-,'1. .1 to free loiu-cif, as must li-ne
j s'riiooled buio ,i','0 th" plies! I.iH'oon.
j H it he lost oroiind veiy insta ll. It
I was impossible to keep his footia-. II
! f.-li sideways on tlui folds of his alert
'til'iny. II- felt th- le'uii'.'iiii:; of tie
i aw ful t n-irictive pi ro. upon his nak-d
j liliiln. Xi ver will he lor-cl ju-t h'.-.v it
I seemed that coll, slimy sulfate, its
j ite.-'-'.iko impeie liab hty and resistance
! to his hauls, a!!h.u,-h it must have
lasted but .'. eon p'.e (.f minu'e.. t'mld
iK'thin-; deliver hiinf W ould uoli.i ly
siv ! Ii - m -i t iin-: .nil 1
il I
, , , . , .,
hear Ills weikensil' v.nc i Iho oti -n i
t i
j t w s a. sailed him a;:ii:i and a,M:n now,
aa-l It- r a! "i that a coil was closi.i-;
just a:-. mi I hii bare wii-t, while he
p ii i",od an 1 pulled and slunk out,
without fri'.'in- himself from livin-kn-.ts
that r -tied thein-elv.s and
ti-ht 'lied.
J ist as ho f -Ii i'or.vaid, roa-ly to suc
t uiiib to th" pi-.-. sure of th" reptile, ami
with hi Imt try, there run: a ipiick
i-ciamble up the outer s!op. The iiiooii-li-ht
w is hid for a s'cou I. A great
da'k hvly came bouinliuij !!iroui,'li llio
window, full a toil of hov and ser,)?nt
. . ... '
T ' . .
I,n-.rl,.l. ,u'l,l tlm sound of the
i i.. .. f r i... ii.. i i i
' , . .
wall. Wed was it that the in- :
,
te' lijeiit il-! KUesse.l tint the best
friend he had must he ill sum.' dire
daiiijer at this pe'ecful hour of tii-ht,
and cipialiy well that leai.iii- was his
-rand roouto on all oc as on. The
python felt D ingcr's teeth close fiercely
upoti its body. Partially relaxing its
yrip on D in, it turiiel likt an arrow
u;.o I .Ui-e-, i t-ii.; furioii-ly. l) .n-j. r
and birkin:
hoilsely. l'aithfu', if friijhtened, the
dog ( barged upon the foe a-ain and
again. The snake hurled itself on the
the great do.; w .thout releasing tho half
line iim ions b y. l'.utthe dog jumped
about adroitly and bit and scratched
and barked furiously.
A faint low sound cf calling, tlie tramp
ling ol human feet and then their lush
ing up the lut e staircas- outside. Next
to these came the bursting open of the
door anil the inrush of men, or this story
might have, in spite of Dinger, proved
too hideous to tell. IVter Scott, with
Farmer I!. n Jenkins, Moiiarty from the
stables, and Mr. Deljcll, the school
t'iicher, stood there, clu'ching their
scythes and stakes in i onstcrn ation.
Then, with a general exclamation,
"Claw bottle's suake!" 'hey sprang to the
rescue of Dm and Danger.
To tho risk cf the
hoy's exposed body nnd soundness
of limb, the python was pi untied
ainl hacke 1 into s-etiom within live
niinut-'s. Dan was dragged outside and
lay there w.th D in ;er, w In licked his
hands and s eined t i r g i in his dignity
much quicker. Ail the uprisen mem
ber" of the family, male an I female, sui
rounded them, in vn.ious stujcs' of dis
traction aud toilet. Foor Dan ! He got
his wind hack only to lose it in a denil
faint that lasted for an alarm'n time. ;
Hut he enmo to him-elf anon, and then
was I. idcd for a time, aft' r some sort of
a n iusoous romp isiii"; draiiuht of Mis.
linn's lirew.i'e, in the b'jst bed room.
Kviryonc regard" 1 him as a kind of
hero another yoinvj "llorni'.i s stian;:
lino the serpents" in spite of the f n't
that it had tome near beim; pni Kivy
the contrary. "I couldn't have done a
thin-; alone," he protested. "It was all
Danger. Ho saved my life! Dm'tyou
sit thuti"
After a time they did ; mil not on'y
has tli noble do,' worn an in v -ible
lauiel crown ever siin e, Imt l-'ainu r
H n i not f;iveil to iavish expemei bnulit
il leather collar of s.im-i sp'en lor, and
told Din to buckle it about hii four
footed friend's neck, nhii-rvin -, "W ill,
1 haint much sentemeut, s i ti r speak,
but I'm blest if I di lu't want t- r d. w
sinii'thiii' to couiplimeut the old daw,'
there!"- .,'.;-(. m.
Tho Spiirrow IV-I. '
Mi termimd nar has not o. . n wajed
.-lej ii nst Knglish sparrow ; in this Slat'1,
hut in Pennsylvania, and p rliai.- two m
.hi. o ether Slates, bm ilie-. are p lid fri
their heads, soinmli a huii'li. d. Ii ivs
made ample poeet i limine for a tun"
h ' te of rubber slinks an I 1.ow,miiis
j '"" ".V like they s i ei, w tired of tin
port of wholesale murder of the litl
birds, and the sparnovs, , ft (,, tiiem
selves, continued to in a as" w.thie
i niarkal.tf rapidity, x i:iti.- on thi
l,oillt aro '"lerestin,.. I i.- n.-uly oi-an-
I division cf economic mnitli
of tho Department of A-i ultnrc i -prep.uiii";
a series of bi iitini iipiullio
relations of scveial i oiiiinoii specie-ol
birds of this uti 1 1 v to a. i ieu'tiii .
I Annul"; the bird p st, nhi.h tlu aiea
! destiuctloii lo valuable bi anelies of f irm
: in-; Dr. M.-ri mi, th" In i I of th- division,
j placis the K i-lish sparrow as chief,
This little ( n ature ha- nts all I
developed anion- its new suiioiuidins
;as to have Income a vastly greater
: scouivje than the caterpillars and worms
! it was expected to de-tioy. I's present
j rate of nit rcii-o is enormous, and the
new territory which it iuvi les ist-sti
i muted at more than bll.oil i square miles
'nni.tnlly. It is essentially a t.wnbiil,
: '"'it it takes lonj vacations in the Iruit
ii;liii"; seasons and "wnaks lis
; t.i-ti.l ousa.p tiu" upon l!i- !air-.-.t and
jii'ciest of .;i ip-s ,-in I ; Ii- 1 1. lint i s ,,f 1 1 -e
j fiu ts, in which v.o-k of de-iiiic i in its
, ii";-r.'i;at" of ilain i:;.-. is.-i'mos( cieoinpii
. lahle. ...Vf-' )',.; y ...
.MnKiiiu h New Nose,
Allien-; the rarer i-peia-iom of whit
is termed plastic, an I bv Sir .1 im. s
l'ii",i-t "ch curative" -ur ry is that by
which u new nos? is formed by calling in
the aid of the tissii" of o'hi r p: it. oft c
body. This Inn been done by brin;;iii
a flip of skin cut In in the f ivhcal
lown over the nasal bones. The 1
. .. . - , ' . '
iciaius us ciincciioii W illi i ie ileeiii r
I
tissiiisata point between tin eves by
means of a small pedicle, and thus its
blood vessels and nerves are not all
severed. Thi-ll ip is not .simply puKe 1
down from the foi.-hea ! -il i, twisted at
the pedicle, so that the raw suif.icc lies
on the bi nes of the n-so. Now, f .
some time after this operation has I,. en
perforate 1, any init iti-n in th: nose is
refctred by the mind ! that part of th'
foiehca l from which the flip i f th- tk n
was taken; and, therefore, if a fly crawls
over the patient's nose, it appears to him
to he crceiiiii" ncuevi his f.,t-,1.. , 1
,, , . ,i " .
before the opeiation, whemver the
neive-ends in tin- tl ip ivt
i-i c iirila'ed, it
, , .
111 thin-; teti.-hin-; tl,0
forehead, and it is some time befme the
. . . . , . . .
ntiivl ceases to refer -uch irritation to
, , , ,. , , , ,
that
J.'uni'il.
(Jniel Home Life in Mexico.
A letter from M-xio to th- I! .sto:i
Ihiiill says: II re large families are tho
nile, nnd the mothers fie.pieiii y look
like the elder sisters of their boys and
girl. ' It is'o" i, soni -thiiij, a Mxicau
cannot irid"r.ta:i I. II uhvay. h -n
time fi r everything. II- stms long at
table, dresses h isiiiely, k.-op; much in
die open air, a i l tlu women are i f his
same leisurely habit;. O.ie hears little
about "nerves" here, and life goes ou
just as well, and a little bolter than if
one were keeping ten cug i-einents in
twelve hours, and r. for.iiin,' all tho ivt
of matikin 1. Tin! ova!, warm-tinted, or
even the frequently .sail pallid face cf
the pure-blooded Spanish woman ha no
look ou it of a burn iccupi"d with try
ing to solve the i ldd'e of tlie universe,
and doubtless the universe is jii.t as well
( 11' ami will rim on ju-t as smoo'.h'v.
Whnt lr. I'liimer Says.
The celebrat.' 1 D:. T. inner, who made
.piitea stir several y -rs ago by a pro
longed fast of fotty days, is now a iii 'iu
bcr cf the comnni-.ity of Faithists at
Slialimi, N. M. I.i a n -cent letter ho
lays down tho broa 1 proposition that
nine-tenths of all the criui! an 1 disease
in the world is due to the hum an stom
ach. Keep the stoin ich und. li! d with
meat, csp e'a'ly free from the flesh of
(lie swine, ami th -re is hope that a man
may live up to his highest aspirations.
This is the doc rine which tiie Faithists
arc trying to enforce practically in their
e i!ony, but tho result thus fa.- h is not
been cncouiaginj;. lltallh un l Jlonu,
CHATHAM CO.. N. (
( IIILWRES'S COM MX.
Be Not Hail)-,
I! takos long d(iy of goldon sun,
Ami many a drop of rain,
To start one llower from wintor'i blight
To bud ami bloom nain.
If on. n from out a ti n-tine, oyo
Wo cause a tear to steal,
A hundred word - of warmest lova
May lint the anguish I eal.
. , . ,
An I ud an'. I'lniitiri v.
Ih the year 1771 li.nr,'.- Washington
mi t at tho mouth of tlie (ireat Kmiawha,
whil. he whs making a journey down the
o '.io liver, the old h lehem who wronht
.n ut havoc in 1tr.i l. look's iirmv. H"
tame for;h to honor Washington, m com-
i.mi.d be other Indian w:,r, irs Afir
iiitio.liiclioii he nddf s.,.,1 him thus, I pre. nine, from the peuilinrs.h-ipei.fi 1i. X. 1'.. m. r in an e '"i Hrii.U
tlir.m:'!. Xrhob-on. t he in.ernr -U r : their lu-.i I fealh'-r, whi-h n-s -.ul.les the ; in- Wat-r s ay . : h, ,. -aid t-.th- Use ,,f
"lama chief and inl-r over manv
t.ibes. Mv iit'i't.co cxlendslothn wa-
b'Mof tho Ki',.1 lakes and to the fa,
l.lm'iiiounlai.,-. I have tiae!.-. a loiiy
wav, a wearv pail,, that I iniohtsoethc
Voun
wair.oi-oftlio i.h'iit batlle. It wa'
I. . . . .. .. ., , -. .. ii i
on uie iiiiv w ii- ii ine w iuio iniin s oioo. i
was mxed with the stro. of our fm-
est th it I lir-t b lu l l this chief. I c tiled
to n,v vo,,,,-,,,,, and said: 'Mitik,-.,
tailaud diinn- warrio,! )l"is .,," f.
l!ie led-i rat tril. . ho halh nil Indian'.-
in, and Lis warriors li";ht as we il ; 1
biniself -.1,1.1,, n .t,l n.iVL' let
v..,.,-aim be crtain and he .lies.' ' ( li i
nils were I, v-'c-l -i-iil-s which hi! foi j
M'n kr.i'v nut li - t, miss; tWiis nil in !
valuta pow, ,- ml-hlicr fa, than wJ
shielded lum f,.., harm, lb-. - .mint dh i
ill bailie. am .!d and soon shall I"
Hath. Ted to the -leal Ci llllcil tiro of my
fatheis in iho i ind of shadis-bnt lie J
i;o, there i- sonc thin- bids nit 'peak ill
the voice of in oihi cv ; I. steal Tin.
t.i.at Spirit pi -!.cs that man, ami
-ui-h s his il -tin n rs. lo w ill lueoint
the t lii- f of natiieis, and ft people yet up
1 1 in will hail him as the found. 1 U i.
mi-hty i tup nl'
I inl-r ihr fciinw-
M imin i was . l.-anmg the bil lies i i-o
one morning,
"I wish I had une. gravel for them,"
'ai l ho; "imt I its.d the last a week
i ag". I didn't save .piit? so mii-li us 1
j on-lit I i-t 1:1!."
"There's a wli..':-. lot in th-. sand
bank," said X it.-.
"I'll-.' sand bunk is under th" si rnv a
Ion:; wajs," laii ;h.-d mamma. "1 "It"-
they'll g.-t alon.:.''
!i - m - i-il th" r in ii i-i, (lit 'eni- mil
Chip, who it i!!y did soeiii to miss th'i
sprinkling of fresh gr iv.-l tin y were Usui
to h ivm,' in t!i- lioitoiu of lh -it- c.ig..
At L ast, that was whal X ite and X ddy
thought ; and they sio 1 1 by an I wliistlnl
lo the bil ls, an-1 pitiil tin in, nut i I
mamma hung tlie cage up in tin. sunny
bay winilow am ng the gerinnims.
Tii-n t in y put on i n-ir rubber hoots and
ran out to play in the sii-w.
They ;aye I o it a long I mi", and
111:1111 'ii :i wa just thinking "f going to
c ill I in-ill win n the do ii tl w open and
in lushed b th l.tth- boys. Their yes
spa, kit"! an 1 their cli.- k. glowed, a. id
tiny iiuried a pail In t neon th-.-m, straight
to in. num. i.
.k, in imni i,'1 th-y ei ,ed.
"V. !iy-e : I ' exclaim-i m mum m sur-piis-
"How d tl y hi ei ! ii c
"Wet. -ok o ir shov is and spid-d
down through the slow." began X-ito.
"An 1 lii-'i w.. chipp-ltip tho dirt
with tin- dullest hab h -1 " liii shed X- I
ly. "And we can g.-t a lots m ue. dh,
in.iniini, don' you s'poi" they'll like it: '
"WeM s e, " s aid n: imni, an 1 thin
she took down the ca,'o and scatter d
onie gravel in it. It was t--sy enough to
ti II that Clip and l I-. in- di I like it.
Tin y tl 'w down and beg in pit king it
over in a hiiriy.
"They act just like I would with fro-h' I
cake if 1 hadn't any f-r a great long
while," c-i-d No 'D.ii't ih-y,
mamma;"
Mamma hiuglie-1. "I honl lu't won
der," said she. J o'.''.'. C '-'.'.(.! imi.
(ii uriiim FrngV Flesh I pun n Man.
An inti ii stir.g opi'iation of tl sh
grilling, which W i one of the dis.
i-overies of M. I'. ml I! it, has just been
performed by a y, img French surgeon,
nanied Dr. Diil.i-us.uci LalnTilit re. A
workman had his foot scorched by mol
ten iron, and tlie skill was dc-troyid
over a surface of about eight inch' s by
four. Dr. Dub. ii-.Uet took four ttiips
of fleh Ir.-m the thigh i f a young mail
' ""' "' " I
in-m i. ine w i. i.y greir. care tin-
wotiiuls licalcii ill a b w days. -
The cicatrice obtained by the frog's
skin was soft, cln-tie an I inodorous;
that from human lT-s.Ii was a little sttaui
cl, harder, and produced irritation on
s .nn- points. The path nt lias now been
able to lesumo h s occupation. 'There
suit of tlie operation is of great import
ance in showing tlie superiority of frog
kin, while on the ether hand human
ll sh is not always to he ha I in suftii init
quantities for burns or wounds of any
si.e, and the d s c, i on of strips is v-rv
pa.nful. -.( yi.iiii'x .t.am .(;,-;'.
A Hint.
"Wi!! you have some tonic w;th vou,
oyster. Mimic."
"Y'es. i;. t in-' some ginger ale.'1
' (danger a'u I"
"Ye-; tlint pop;. I believe, when you
open it." 2A.-jov.-t Couriti:
., .IANTAKY 17.
FANXVTinnONTS.
Something About Their Char,
noter nnrt Value,
Soarc-Hina
Coi'.ly B jcaue Tho Varietie; are
Bj.tutifu!.
"I'leis" t - -1 1 me Hotuethin? nbotit piu
i on-," sai l a New York Ti-Ime lepor
1
' ' I1'" other .1 ly to o c of the most ov
"- ve d-ah rs in tlio-e birds in tli -'
1
"Til" v.irieti. s you so- h 'roar-limited, '
''' I keo,) only stork that is
fam v in the sir i
and then -
"If dear. 1 1 -I e ,'ir .1 i his, so -ailed,
. l''lr.vK': cap, they ai'very bcaulifuP
. l''rJsaml with the bail.-, p uH-ls and j
--' I" '"'- ''v' "'..
:l I n r - to I rin-
"'' my-elf h ive sold .,c lr
I .e-y aro iliut h, cans, -liiey m-
seal ce all I Ihev arc In .ml i fill the luu
- - j
Him lli.-it iv.. value to diamond- a.id
- V".V l"' ".v " '' I'. 'it I - arc !
... rar- b r-U; they d , breed as f.nt
Ih-nr-linnry i, and a-e th.-uf n
m ri I. Caiiicrs are valuabl- !.- ,
lli-y arc iis-lii', and it is to m- a'
matt.r of siirpn-' lh it thev an- not
'""'''V """'' than .ley
""' Th.-y are now raise I and k.pt f-'i-
lu ,mii n" 111 11 " " 1 1,1 1 1
'""'' "'0' ''.ui- wh-,, it will l- a
"" r -I re-r. t that tho lords have
b en ll.-ij'.octed."
II w do you ,n il." that out ."
"Well, von know thev in- u-olul in
wir for earning .li-pttolcs when all
o'.htr Hi'-. mi of coiiiniiiirt allon -ti- in
' P"5'1' 1-1 11 1
f the on- my. Th.-y w- f, u-e I
bv the t-onl'ej. ra!e, in lie- evil w. r. and
i vt n.-ively in Fiaiue in th- Fnim-
tb'tnian war. X-.w the ,i. -wspap.-r say
in .sny i, n-'i won., muct. ate....,
I io Il,-..,s- .l..f ,.l. I... ll
' I '
this, st,,,', whs- is lo prevent a U ili-h
or veil a Tuiki-h tl t-t taking
of X"W York, I'iii'a l-'lphia and liilli-mof-
n-id til- for. e a 'company ing
them biea'ving up or possessing
th" railroad an I t-legraph lue s
ceiteiing iu th-s- citi.-s: Aii-a.-i- m
that.
- 11,1", ...111 Willi. K.tl . o. a .....
this, the white an I brown ;"
" l'h it is a t imb' ft-. '1 l-.i 1 - a'so
bring high pi i e.. Th !"ve t . i! .- 1-1 ,!i
.-iv . - i . 5 -. i :. . 1 f ill ;
into tic a r, until they in-- a!iii-si iot
o sigh.t, mid thin, iuining soine:.!ii'(
aft.-r s.iini : . aiilt, d. -t a i ;! giv it
rapi lity until tie';- a'.i'i ! li t!.e
groun I."
"W'. dotli.-y -I i tint."
"I ica'iy cin't s.ty. I'lgeo'.is ai" it"!
cm iiuii'cal.vj a a rule, but 1 p t sumo
it nmu-.-s them. Th re are ddf r n;
suit . ol tun b'ei's. Sen- mi'-i- mighty
( lloits t- p-rform a s en, i-, i i ! t . but can
not aec inplish it : lin y i in only " half
way, w liich is t-rin d a 'fail, ' an I ag an
others of th-iii ca.i d t'ir- '-.pi nt' -r
whi'h is 'lipping tin- lit'. id and
tail.' Tiui pr.-tty mi-k-whiic b I
ir, up.
h. r
"'""-"" i,
-.....I l l 1 I,.. ..--it, .1... i.:..
is a po. er. lou.e.s-tow ,o a ,., ge
si-. till, yes: pigeons breed very I,, t,
almost as fast as, abbitls, and if it xvere
not for the I act that tin y have so many
cm mics would soon bee -Mil" a nui-ine '.
Tiie conimoii run haw young on-s on. e
every two mouths, and it is n ! unusual
los-ea pair feeling their .- j : lea I - i .'
while breaking their -le i! to as.ist a
later progeny into tlii- wicked w.ul I. 1
should -; i y there are hun-lr ds of thou-
siituls of thctn in X-w Yolk, ciiiilly
invned by tb'rin-i'is, who are great raisers
and importers of pigeons an I c-in.uies.
What we call fancy bird-, however, nn-
not goo 1 breeders: if they tv.r- th.-y
would be in longer fiu.ey. Ol'i ills-
large numbers of pigeons sir cit'ii.
Most people like pigeon pi.-, ami time
arc (picnics among in who lonsiiinc
large ..uuili rsof pig'-'iis eggs, raw and
uiokcl. The ladies say tl,, y nr- g..., 1
for the complexion. Owing t.- this and
the . illses a're.nly staled seeing that
tlie av.-riige pigeon lives ciglit ym .
the birds do not iticiva' a mpip'y a-
they otli-rwis; woull if l-H uudis-
hirbed."
A l.!tm HeiMeinl.
A bedstead whit h . o t ., would
be a cm io-ity anywhere. S,n h w.( the
price pai l, niui 101.1, ov 'ir. ami .ur.
n nilnoy tor tlie u-.lsica 1, at m-ir house
i Now Yolk, ou which ( o. (i iv.
I'.vtto sirens Whilnev's lii,,Ul
. v , . ... .. .
sav that aUcr his fatlu-r-
in law nn 1 ma lo
lum a i-r.-sent of this hou-e i.i N'.-w York !
he complained that he could not keep it; ,
that It took more in nicy than he could I
mm to p ry tlie t.tx-s, keep s.-i vann and
sustain tli- pine. liitreiipon i'ol. ,1 , k .
Oliver I'.iyne, who was ft bachelor, gave , ,hn k X. Ileal the. . j. :, j
his sister $1,0iI0,(MI0 to go housekeeping, t n hineiit th- re,
M.tUiinlKjjirts. I (;,,s Y.m don't ay s.?
A Itiir Time.
"You jist ought to have bo-n over t
our house I i-t night," slioiiied on- small !
boy to another, r.e niiy. I
"Why making pietun-s :"
"Xaut inueh ! Ilti'iiph! N , sir; our ,
folks wont aw iv, and we had pope, i ti. j
two kinds of sweet' iie I water, milk and j
camphor, tlnw the dog around iu the j
tablecloth, nnd the hired g.il told tn j
tight ghost stories." A' t- VrVr Liii-u.
NO. V.).
THE FAMILY I'lITSK'UM.
1 i- Surr 1 lii-oiif .
li'iy one lias a mrc l"f sore throat,
but simp!..- r. ine.li,-. n.p u to b" most
ir-cMi-il. Silt ati-1 vat.'r ! il ,ed bv
' "r,n.v " ;': '"- '"" l'tl'" :l" 1
i honey d ssjiv.d in sa-.. t..a i-. Leii- r An
! application o! cioth.s wrun r out or hut
I water aie I ai-piie i t 111 ie c., a.i ii;in ,'
, 11 'fien i t ley II In i, i.-l, hi- liie
j 111 -t 'i'ti:iii',. lol . Ill v 1 1 1 l; ll-ll illilnalioll
ol any::iiii:: ov. r 1 1 i .I. It ie-ul 1 Im:
! kej.l up .,r a iiiiaib.-r of I., ii -. li ning
j tin-evenin- is u-u i !y 1 1 1 - m t c-.i'-
i i. n t tim - l"i- ,i.pl n : tli; I . ine ly.- -
' '('' .1 III : , ,. "
ill-- W Hil l,
Imr I wat.-r, if w- il. rb-rat u-iit
the fund ion - siibs.-n , ,, .- u V
'' ".it.r ornk. w- -ban s, ,- v..y
..harly why h..r I w..-.-; d- s s 1,.,.
I. avin ..ii: . y !, ,v,t. a .-t
, "-, " ' " ' U :.s .
-kill. We lli.t 'il- In a - u- I il 'A IV. Ilia!
i h- u-- -I u . , '- f. 'm-I, ih- M I
. "'"" '- !" '! 'v ''' ' ' " '-v ""'
' v ' WtuU 'iek--
up l-y Ih- I.'. - I. w !! I, a. hiMnin
water. ...-v, w - all ki. . ilia! a l.tpibl
-in nils iii- " v , , Hen pi p-u-i ion of ;
"".v 'd ; ! :e I I -i -, it w ipv t ui ,
I't-i'.!- af : ui!i, f, n, ! ..
p i .iho,, .1 - aim - , it .. 1- ; '
i I
,1, , m,- ' : "''"'"''"' ' 1 '"i" 1 j
;i;n -iii' ol as,, niaf ri .' . all I also ,.,. I
1 It It I. Illlls .- ! , I- I t', ,1 T-l I
--an,! -, the mil i w,!!!-
r
like a-i i h oi-'i I !...,. r d: -p put ol
'he load th- li: l .liii:ie;t -,t-.
Mil
'I p'-U- a'u n. ouu.-. m v. ry ;m
p. 'Haul .ind .1 !- ii.- ..-gm; noMoiy t,i- ;
kldm-y and I. ad lor, I .rilling .lis use. ,
; ,..,;,
o,,,,!,,,.-,,,, ai- -f v, ry litth ;
.-n, lit as articles of f . I. vet th.-v l.lav
an llllpollalit pail 111 sllin'l atmg di
iu ., :1S ,. ...r , ,,,,,..,g
it is e.
''!' ''
I In' pfilH Ip ll . olid nil. ll ' -
i ay. line, inn.! ud, I. ;a h-li and viai
g,l', an! should b u-ed wi!. .1 i -i i-lioii.
Th.-r t oil - it.' ll-- i a , . s debility i:i
ci-u tin ii..i.-., 1"..!. win:, ni-.-h m! Iv
ii-. I, t!
is lot
vo! h i onsj-l. I, .- .-.-! ill-.- Win-it ell
pan d wit h th- b t,. ih w,i, i, l-.iow.
, .,. ,,.,,.. .. -.. t ;. j, .
,,,..,(, l(i ., :i ( , - ,. , ;,.,!,
w-.-u.-l I'th -r w :- I- si .v. . a t 1 iiih-ii
'li
a. t mi lie 1 i s (I,- .mi t i
s-. .!. 1 . a.i in leniiy a-. ! . ; '
tlie app'-tile is !, ;i i.-nt tln-y ar.'U-.-It al.-l
t iu, th- p iiil ii1 t : tl i a t'l.tii ..
oth-i w i-- w -ui I.
t'oiidim nt ar.- v iv Id nr. given
pn p.-r ait -niio'i in tht .-it k lo-un. Tiie
p lii'-at is Usually a'lowe I to u . t!i. in
w it!i .nt siint, w her. as luu,-:! b, nelit may
be oblain-d by t!n-ir ju lit i-u- u-e.
!n n:a-y t a-e- i I' iiai:! ii i, l-l.u k p p-
I"
-iio o mil l ud . a l b- tak-n in ;
uhH-ua! .j i an' it ie- a'.ol Willi great b. lo
,p r, ;i , f,. ,, ,. ,
w ',.-k-i c. u i- iu-
e-h ill lit- common f. v. r iri-i a-U '
l
lois cotinli -. ( ,y
.p r is -I -p.
, . p, ,.,,... ,. .,,,.,.,, w!
tlll ,,. :l ,.... v f ,. ,., ,, ,-.
- ., j,,,,,.., , f , , ., ,,.,,., ,,
j )H
- i
Hon Fiv-.li Meal is Miippeil to liiigliiinl,
AI! Am lie in- wli . vi-it I. ci-l m
i s nie!x vvitli t h - t - n 1 -:-, . I , ! it - i -. i . juicy -
( ness .1 the !-:' an I i-i il
tlie If b 1 an 1 r.--t till in
n l nt
What
I-
is kn -w a as n runi; -t ik tie!-, ...ill. I
i-ouu I -;, ak ;n Aiu-i it a.lakt . iiai. 1 w ri
wh.il i. ciil.c i tli- sal-iiu i i X -w- Yoli..
Tins com -s f: .,:n tli--fac! that a large
u ti,,n of t h- I ..-.'( and inui i,,-, n .w t o.i-
: sinned in l.'igl.-.nd and . pc-i.il!y I. ,!-
,l:i, i brought from Au-'.ra!ii. N. w
Z a and, tie- K v-r l'i lie, I'llklni!
1-laud-, (' i.i nl i. w York, T . x is mi l
nth. r .li-t.ui; places in a fro, n or
chilled state. I'.,:- hi. c in- to b- an
eiii.rm-'iw in I-i trv. n:i I v. '.. ue being
; t, , t i u i ii.-ii, all tu.-gri a'. heep
; ,,,,,1 calli- p: - i i. in., c unit ' ie- of th"
,i, .,f t-Miuers Ins n--
; , , miy br-u -M i-it-. il-II i: In.l.i. d-'.-ks
;, ,-.ugo t,i .; -i. io calf is, . -d I, o n in U
i ton, wlccll 1- the 111 -t . Mills ve colli: I-
j billion y.t nn 1 ui tin I nil ot a single
1 ,r n I lie v. -for, th,- in,.-! n, i. w. nthe. I
n7r,.f,i.g,.!:,.ig ,,.-hi..-y on board
'. ti,u steam i i- a!-, tli- m--t i.iwtr'iil !
.1, , 1, , , 1 1, .. ., .;- . ,1 , ,, .1,1,
I
j iM ,, ,.,ivl.. l,.,vi-, b, , n i
fio a p-r d iv. II -of is fr. . n
bv I lie saut pi oet-. s, nnd 1 i u
!,.: i
, a!0
i. , ; ,,. i I.,. ,i, ,,.,
n
Timely lul.irmiiti.in.
i i- Han- v-u i mi I ii.e impoitatt
lio'.l t
.1-1 Miii.yl.ag'. doight.-i,
.lick Y.s. i!io slurilV
attached
' - v lything the f id m-i'i i-wns.- A--c Yuri
Niii-'iii' May Hon ii.
(u-lone, lion's tlii-; V'U cliargO
ie si v.-n 1 1 Ills a j. 11', 1 f-.l s ig u.
nr-n r I; - w.nih ih:,', i.,, t h;
t u t.i:i-i Y.s; 1 UL y.-u sav on that
placard "siig ir way down."
(Im-.i Aii'lsu il i-, -ii. I keep it in
the cellar cow. (.'.'.'.
ADVERTISING
One Miinv, one inscrtioii-
ou, npiaio, I" M-rti'irm
Os:e rii:nr', one month
tl.""
l.r.o
- 3.00
Kit hiroor advertisements liboril cot.-
W'iil I" IH.l'tf.
In a (.nnlen.
Eaby, see the liowors:
-Hal.y s".s
r.iirer things linn the-
Fa'ror thURli th.-y Ih. than drrnm of Mir
li-.l v, hear Ih" birds!
-- I'ld i know ,
I'. tier l-ol-'s Ihllli tl'OiO,
.' .v.--!- : ili.iii-ii il'.-y s.Mie tiiaii any words.
I itl.v. s,... tin. in :
P :!. ev.s
I ..-null ! w .11' '.I 1' li -e.
An-uei-,11-; liiit i h o. -j and ni'it with
IlO'ill.
JS.il.v. h. nr lie- s.-1!
Halo'.. I.e ..
Take- a ".raver tira-r
T.-iiei e 1 w uli win I -r wleii ih- so-.i'i.l may
I .
lal.y, .." il: -In'
- Isiby'. Inn I
'I en ; at iii r.ii.l !. ,i' 1.
i,,',,, ,.;., ,,' . fil. tm( nii
bale . luai t In- I.eN' '
l:.'ibv'- ii- -. I
.: i ,-.- I 'I' I" -I
. 1 ,-lll-t 1 1 .-Oil
P- ibv ll , "A - - . ! i li',
S.' ,.,-l s-..
P.: !,", -i- .i-,-iiiiis , hm: i -,
1 .lav -It ol sini .- unit. i. -l ii'-hl.
I'o. ,- ' Ii i,i. - s- I
ill uiiiioi s.
' ii, li- ie . i' n'l'.-l. :i, I n! .1 ..
-II I
i --.l ily make a inilli -n tin- ..f a leu'. .
Ti..- b"V tl.i-t -i-i .i. d 1,;- auk', hi- a
I V i line c. u e I'ol li-l all. I d'll.;
ho.-l.
A v. says that e i. i, er aliiiin-d
Ie .'! h- I'takt - ll." ihii i. ei;:!i at labi-
i il iii - th.-ie happ, ii . t . I y tn-ei-li
l 1-r -i.
"Y-'ii never hiive mi., h to say to th
la ii- -. Mr. -iii:ax, 'i.e.i I- llnl:" "Wiii,
i ii nr ha hm -, i !.- y 1. ive a" mu U i .
-ay t" 11.-.."
i:i i-i. Il'i-s'an it vine, more lliail
tin p-rs,..s an- i ..gag-i in making
, p ,
rg.ilis. v-t we Wcllder ill the
" glow ! ol ll.lilii-m.
j I' p. ! I III- '..id v if .a mail bo-, n 1 ,
b i-i bain I in I'.n -ih .uta . oiili'y, Wet
I Vngii.ii. II re i- a warning to tin- la is
!io ore xp-i ted lo bring bio k -in I'ti-
j 111' 'il lie !-s ',, '.
If I. iv-' bo .', -- : : in i " of c.l-1 iro-i,
I c :, i wi;!i tin an I griV'-i, and then
: piliit -l I' in c- i - an I variii-ii. d, mot! .
.1 v., ui-1 -ti.i h in- c iii-c t- woii'b-i
le v ,-i i.-miU lh ,! b .y g ,, (e. i s,-
An Hill. . going ;l:e- ioiiiids ire.itiug
tie- 1" -1 iih iii d ..,' pulling ;Lw ,y po-
I it
!an..'y ;' ol'out eight, in
h:.e i-ys -.::-! tlnee gill, can
- ! ,'" a!; -i! as -o- e, s,fuPv
( I'udii.g!
, I'"'
I : :i i ssi
j ; f:y y v 1 1 i fb ak," !0-
n, ok' 1 I lie u.ihip u i'.U lils mouth full'
i " Ye-, " said th- w oiiiiu,, shortlv. "how
' w.-ud you have il rooke I, ro:i.lc 1 '
, "X., ccitainly Hot; broiled, mi. lam-,
!,!.. 1. I may be .1 tramp," he added,
! p!a"it'-!y, but 1 nt :; i n-trii li.''
lh tiiimile iu Wnrfiire.
In th.- . Vent ol a war on !a", I, ! o-.v
t. '111 1 !;. a iiui:,- or th- t! ii I be u-ed.'
a-k-d :-. N.w V-i-li. i", t-.-po:t.-r of I'ro--i
M . -roll. " I'ii stunigesl
in:, I ,,-s b hill 1 il l !:tii. colli I bo dei
iioye 1 in a f -w liiiimt- b; -ly li.il.iite,"
1. p'ied tlie I'lole-, "K ailr .:,.. colli I
a!-, b-- -, u 1, 1 Us i. s to th- enemy in
'.he san ina-i'i r. l l aitaekitig an
at my pr.-tei !-d b e.u ' h work 1 sh -uhl
u-e dy ii-iinite - lie!!-, in, 1 tii- sp .nt ini-ou-i
j llui'l .-hells. T-i- y w -iiM disloti-o an
iiimy o! .inv lu f t ! , tiie suicesi
I i'lfiriii.- war .bpeiid-i upon tlu sitlo
; :li -l h i- I In- opp.. i in:: y to thto-.v tli
i v.tlhy ui li,-"., couiahilng t!ii3
i ihii I.
I In m ik,vg pi-s -, f.,r an army ov r
' ln '';'i:;1',;- ' would u-e large licld pei-s
' '" ,,lluV-''''. dyn. unite sliells. A l'i -
j !' -:' 1 -!"'- w.-i.ld i h-ai away all th a
I -' I J k withm r.i-lius of thirty
I '" ' an ' '"I'ii atv.iucis c ud thus
j '" ''' I a-' believe tltnt tlioba!-
' h-di-of wh.. h I h-ivc .-p-.k.i i . mid Ie
! ';" 1 1,1 I' "V""' ol destroying
I ""I". '" ;" 1,1,1 ' '' " Tlii could I-..
'"" '" "i'-'l the sireiigili or
I vai n' .-i any i m-'iiy, bv dropping .1 nvu
on lii.ii! ! he spo-laii. .-us burning 1ui.
'''''' Sl''l'-cx p'o 1 on Uepe-iocs horn any
1,1 "' 1 t'...o..lul , might choose.
1 i c! ! v.- 1 1 nl m I he lule.re btttlts will
'' l'-"; h'"-h m th- a.r, v. .al miles
iih"t- III- earth."
No Sinner.
'I wo i liilnr. n l-eloiiging lo a lamily in
llaltlold Wile toib i. llni to visit tho
children of a ihrgym.ui I ccau-e it was
supposed l!nt tin r..' w.-ro enough chiU
li. n i-i tint I'ami'y t-. iii.ike up a goodly
- j i -I - ! i tl," playgiouiid. One after
noon out' (,f the t ielgymail's boys 1 lilllli-
iug upui the fen,.- sh.-iited out: "ionm
ov. r h. r. and piny w ith ine!"
"I can't," repli-d the younger of the
invit-d two, "mother say there's enough
children in y- ur yaid."
"Oli, p-haw ! come along!'' "I don't
b.-ii.. mother wiil care v. rv inuch,'
i.rd lie' ol ler, and h- begun to s.-alo
th. f. n. o. II- w as interrupted by his
younger broth, r witli this bit of Scrip,
tun :
"Wli-ii sinners entice thee, consent
linn not."
"Don't y.u cull me a sinner," camo
from th- other si h of the femec, "i'iu
a minister's hoy." Uu tjorJ, 2W.
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