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To-day, To-night, To-morrow.
I know that in another room
Shut out by folds of curtained gloom
A waits the strange, the ever-sweet to-morrow,
And that some rleam of brightness I may
Iwrrow,
To cheer and lighten my to-day?
I watch and wait the curtain's swayj
But only see its upper darkness lit
By gleaming points that seem at first to
nit,
Then steady glow and charm me into sleep;
And when I w aken at the curtain's sweep,
Towards the fast fading gleams I see it
rolled
To find its darkness lined with rosy gold.
Shut out no longer by the gloom
I cross the threshold of the room
To clasp my glad, my strange, my sweet to
morrow. But with my arms around her, find in sor
row With curtained IS'ight she fled away,
And tli is is but the sad to-day.
Cora A. Matson in the Current,
HIS BOY.
BY TOM P. MORGAN.
The sun h:ul long since dropped be
hind the scrubby "jack oaks" on Hicks'
Knob. There "was no moon in sight,
hut the daucing stars that, winking and
blinking so merrily at each other,
seemed mildly flMing the night hours
nway, shed a subtle gleam of light down
upon the winding road. At either hand
the dense forest of Southern Missouri
stretched away, broken only by the
knolls ("knobs" the squatters call them)
lhat reared their scraggy heads at unex
pected place. Far oil to the right a
sleepy rain crow, that had been hustled
of! from his perch by his uneasy mate,
gave utterance to his harsh, uncanny,
Squawking cry, which sounded much as
if his vocal organs sadly needed oiling.
The shadows at the foot of the great
piebald stem of the tall sycamore were
dense and black, and, close to the road
tide just opposite, the shades of the lit
tle clump of red-bud trees were inky
and irregular in outline. Presently one
of the patches of darkness moved a little
and Boulson's hoarse voice whispered
loudly:
"Bee anything yit?"
"Dad blame it all, no!'' answered
Deputy Sheriff ILmks Jrom the opposite
shadow.
"Wa'l, shcr'f, this is a picnic, to be
shore,'' philosophized Boulson. "Can't
be helped, I reckon, but somehow I
ain't mashed on hcvin' spiders an' sich
crawl in' up and down my back like
they've been doin for the last hour. I'm
mighty hungry for a smoke just now."
"Abe, too, but it won't do."
"Know that. Consarn that scoun
drel! I'll feel like shootin' him just for
luck when he comes, if he ever does."
"Me, too," whispered the deputy
sheriff again. "Only we mustn't, 'Jess
.ve haftcr. Had too long a chase to
waste him now, eh, Boulson?"'
"You bet!" that worthy whispered
hoarsely. "But cf he hain't powerful
lafful we'll tunk him on the ground a
time or two jest kinder on general prin
ciples," added Hanks.
"That's what," answered Boulson.
"More'n a month we've ben after
him," went on the deputy, "and now
we're not goin' to 'low him to give us
the slip. Hain't got no requisition to
take him back to Kansas. Don't need
none, I reckon. This is as good a requi
fcition as I want."
Hanks thrust his hand out into the
starlight, and the huge revolver he
grasped gleamed balefully.
"Plenty good enough," answered Boul
son. "Won't be no trouble about n0
pajwrs w'en we take him back, I reck
on," went on Hanks. "The boys'll settle
hi case. Hoss stealin' don't call for no
trial in Kansas."
"Yu bet yer life!'' replied Boulson.
"Thar he comes now," whispered
Deputy Sheriff Hanks, as a dark, gal
loping figure came in view, swiftly des
cending the winding road down the side
of Hicks' Knob. Then the shadows at the
foot of the sycamore and by the red-bud
clump grew rigid and silent. For many
long day these two determined men had
been on the trail of the man who now
galloped toward them. At last the long
hunt seemed alout to end. What the
rider's fate would be Hanks had ex
pressed in the sentence, "Hoss stealin'
don't call for no trial in Kansas."
"Wonder if he's got Kit?" half whis
pered the deputy. Bay Klttic had been
the pride and delight of Hank's heart,
and when, after many deprodations, the
night rider had stolen the bay pacer
from the deputy, that worthy swore the
most diabolhal vengeance that he could
conceive of, and in company with
Boulson followed the trail with the vin
dictivencsH of a bulldog.
The footfalls of the approaching horse
beat musically upon the turf, and the
rider could be seen peering keenly ahead.
When the horse's head had almost
'cached the sycamore, a dark figure
sprang from the red-bud shade, pointing
one of the self-cocking requisitions at
the heart of the ridr. The horse stop
ped with a snort.
"Up with yer hadI" cried Boul
son. The rider threw one hand to his hip
and lil'e a fla-li, ha'' d'ew a weapon.
.Tli ycumor' 'hidow sprang upon
VOL. X.
him, pinioned his arms to his sides, and
a moment later threw him prone to the
earth with his knee on the heaving
chest. Boulson tied the horse and went
to the aid of the deputy. Together they
turned their prisoner over and shackled
him. Hanks asked as they rose to their
feet: "Was it Kate?"
"No."
If the deputy handled the prison r
more roughly after that it was because
of the disappointment of not getting
back his mare. Carrying the captive be
tween them and leading the horse, they
retreated nearly half a mile back into
the timber and came upon their own
horses, tied to trees.
"What are you going to do with me?"
asked the captive; - .
"Take you back to Kausas. The boys
thar'll 'tend to you."
4 'And that means "
"Lynch, I reckon." This came grim
ly from Hanks.
"You bet!" Boulson nodded as he
spoke.
The prisoner said no more.
"In another hour we've got to be
movin'," said Hanks. "Boulson, come
with me an' we'll skirmish up somethin'
to eat. Don't reckon he'll get loose
while we're gone."
"Whar we goin'?" asked Boulson.
"W'y, down the road apiece to that
thar ole log shack whar that ole man
lives alone. He'll give us or sell us
somethin', I reckon. Mighty glad we
didn't tell him yisterd'y what we was
after in these parts. Nowr he'll not be
axiu' no unpleasant questions."
"Don't go there," said the captive,
earnestly.
"W'y not?"
"Why, because because that old man
is a dangerous character. He is liable to
kill or hurt one of you."
"Huh! mighty anxious 'bout us, haint
ye? W'al, we 'low we kin take care uv
ourselves, ch, Boulson?"
"That's what!" answered that worthy.
"But don't go, I say. You'll regret
it if you do," the prisoner went on.
"Young man, best thiug you kin do,"
said hanks, "is to 'tend strickly to yer
own knittin', and we'll 'tend to ourn.
Ef yer don't we'll haf ter gag yer."
The prisoner groaned.
A tramj of a mile or more brought
Hanks and Boulson to the little cabin
with its log wall chinked with mud.
The deputy knocked several times be
fore any reply came. Presently a man,
bent with age, opened the door.
"Come iu, gen'lemen, come in," he
pijK'd. Hanks stated their errand.
"Toe be sho," quavered the old man.
"Toe be sho'. I'm iKw'ful sorry I kep'
youns a-waitin' so long. Ben a-settin
j up every night fer a week, a-spectin' my
boy, ye see. I'd fell into a cat nap."
He bustled alxmt and soon had a rude
meal spread on a ruder table.
"Draw up yer cheers, gen'lemen, draw
up yer cheers, an' fall to. Thar haint
overly much ter eat, but yer welcome ter
w'at thar is. Ef my boy'd a-come," he
went on, "I could ha' gin yer sumpin'
better. W'en he comes he alius brings
me money an' sumpin' good ter eat or
wear. Never fergits his ole dad," and
the old man chuckled at the recollection.
"3Iust be a good feller," mumbled
Hanks," with his mouth full of "pone."
"Yas, ye better believe he is,"
answered the old man,eagerly. 1 'Smartest
an' lcst boy 'twixt yere an Californy.
Don't let me want fer nuthin', but jest
keeps me so well fixed that I don't
haftcr do nothin' but set in the sun an'
and smoke. Oh, he's mighty kind to
his ole dad."
The old man bustled to a dilapidated
chest in the corner and fumbled m it for
a few moments. Then he trotted back
again,
"Yere's his pictur, gen'lemen, w'at
he sent me inor'u a year ago."
"What!" this Irom both the deputy
and Boulson at once.
The old man did not notice their
startled looks but went on piping the
praises of his son.
"Ya's, that's my boy, that's him,
Thar's the best boy an ole man ever had.
W'y he"
"Whar does he live?" asked Hanks.
"Out in Cowley County, Kansas, an' "
"What's his bus'nessP
"W'y, he owns a ranch thar."
"'Lowed mebby he dealt in horses,"
said Hanks, grimly.
"No, n-'t hully, though he does right
smart wit 1 horses."
"1 knowed it."
"A hat, do you know him, gentlemen?
Ef ye do, yer 'quainted with the best
hearted feller in seven States; don't car'
whar yer find 'cm."
"No, we don't know him."
"Mighty sorry. 'Lowed mebby ye
mought. Wal, cf yer see him hurry him
up. Tell him that my old heart's pow
erful anxious fer him ter come. 'Spected
him fer several days."
The two edged towards the door.
"Ye don't reckon nuthin's happened
ter my boy, do ye? Ef ennythia' was
ter, b'lievc 'twould jest bust my pore
old heart, shore. He's so good an' "kind
ter me that hit would jest kill me ter
part with him. Gdod-bye!". as-they
moved away. '. -' "'.
Then he piped after them :
"Ef ye see him, don't fergit ter tell
him that I'm -waitU' an' a-watchin' fer
him."
PITTSBORO',
"We wwi't fergit," they called back.
The deputy and Boulson strode along
in ?,ilence lor half a mile. Then the for
mer said ulowly :
"It's him, shore."
"You mighty right !" replied the other
solemnly,
"He's kind to the ole man," remarked
the deputy in a spiritless tone.
"An' the pore ole chap hain't got no
body but him," added Boulson.
"Said his heart would break ef any
thing happened to his boy, "said Hanks.
"Reckon it would too.
' 'Ole man would starve to death any
how," went on Hanks.
"Reckon he would."
They were silent for several minutes.
Then Boulson said apologetically:
"But he stole Bay Kittie."
"Never mind Bay Kittie!" growled
Hanks.
"But the boys is a-waiting fer him."
"Let'em wait!"
"Wal," said Boulson, slowly, "if that
thar pris'ner gits away 'taint none o' my
biz, I reckon. I'm no sher'f (sheriff) as
I knows of. 'Sides, we hain't got no
reqv'sition, nohow."
"Boulson," said Hanks slowly, "me
an' you hain't given ter talk in' Tbout
things what had better be left unsaid.
We don't tell no tales outcn school.
Wal, sposcn somethin' would happen
pretty soon, we wouldn't feel "bi-eeged
ter tell the boys anythin' 'bout it, would
we?"
"Not much!"
Hanks reached out one hard hand in
the starlight and Boulson shook it
heartily. Presently they stood beside
the prisoner. Without a word Hanks
took off his shackles.
"We was at the cabin," he said, "an'
the ole man told us cf we seed his boy
comin' ter tell hini ter hurry up. Yere's
yer hoss."
In dazed surprise the horse thief
mounted.
"Tell him we seed his boy."
Then, as the man turned to speak,
Hanks sternly ordered him awayr.
"Git!" he cried.
Then, after the echoes had died away
and the rider must have reached the
cabin where the old mau awaited him,
Hanks and Boulson claspetf palms again,
and then, mounting, rode away up the
winding track and disappeared over
Hicks' Knob. New York Mercury.
Queer "Ads." In Chinese Papers.
The North China Herald gives one or
two very curious specimens of the ad
vertisements which appear in the Chi
nese papers. One is from a mother to
her son who has run away from home,
and it is worded as follows: "Take
care that you are not struck down by
lightning. Your mother weeps bitterly
for you as she pens these lines in order
that they may be read by her son. When
you ran away from home on the 30th of
the eighth moon, the people of all the
shop came and asked us what had be
come of you;it was thus that we learned
your flight and since then my food and
sleep have benefitted me but little. I
am still crying and moaning. I have
received your letter which has come
from beyond the horizon, but it does
not tell me where I can find you. I ara
now at almost the last extremity, and
your family has had to put up with cruel
insults from strangers. If you do not
return I can stand all this no longer and
shall assuredly put an end to my exis
tence, in which case you would be in
danger of being struck down by light
ning. If you return, no matter in what
way, all will be arranged. I have even
invented a plan by which your father
will know nothing about your escapade.
My life or death is only a question of a
few days. I entreat all well-disposed
persons to spread abroad the adver
tisement so that it may be read by all
whom it may concern. They will thus
ea rn a profusion of hidden merit. Writ
ten by a woman of Son cho Take care
that you are not struck down by light
ning." A Flant Medicine.
Dr. A. B. Griffiths has demonstrated
that iron sulphate, or copperas, acts
upon the cellulose of the microscopic
fungi which prey upon plants, but does
not affect that of the higher plants them
selves. It is therefore a remedy for the
most virulent epidemics which attack
field and garden crops, and destroys
such parasitic germs and fungi as the
potato disease, wheat mildew, etc. In
one English district this year's crop of
winter beans has failed on account of a
growth of fungus on the roots of the
plants a disease which a timely appli
cation of iron sulphate would have cured.
Arkansaw Traveller.
Nothing Nervous About Her.
"Terrible thing, this ice enrrm 'Sick
ness," remarked Charley, as he was out
walking with his girL Ifc's caused by
something or other called' tyrotoxicon.
Fm told the" ice cream dealers have suf
fered a good deal of loss since its ap
pearance. The girls are all afraid of it,
you know."
And Charley grinned to himself.
They walked on in silence. After
awhile she hung onto his arm with both
hands and murmured:
"Charley, dear, I do not know what
fear is when I'm with you."
CHATHAM Coi N. C,
CHILDREN'S COLtMN.
Losses at Piajr.)
Once a careless little bjy .
Lost his ball at play
And because the ball vas gone,
Threw his bat awaf.
Tes, he did a foolish tiing
You and I agree '
But I know another boy
Not more w5ie than' he.
He is old, this other boy
Old and wise as yo
Yet because he kst his kite,
He lost his tf npe-jtoo.
H. K, Hudsonlin The Home.
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Saved The Kijten;
. nimals have their oyn , Jokes, and
their own ways of atoning for going too
far in what Carlyle calls "trying to be
witty." A gentleman in Hudson City,
N. J., owns a parrot and kitten which
are full of freaks and fun. The other
morning the kitten emerged from the
kitchen, and at once started a game ef
"tag" with the parrot, which was on
the top of his cage. The parrot prompt
ly responded, and for a few minutes fur
and feathers flew about in a lively way.
A heavy left-hander from the kitten,
however, was suddenly missed, as was
the counter from the parrot, and the pah
dropped into a tub filled with water.
Animal and bird disappeared beneath
the surface, and as promptly rose; but
the kitten appeared to have lost all con
trol of itself, whereas the parrot kept
its self-possession.
Catching the tub with one of its pow
erful claws, the parrot reached over and
secured the kitten by the nape of the
neck with its beak, and dropped it to
the floor. Then, reaching down as far
as possible, the parrot secured a hold on
the outside of the tub, and gradually
lowered himself.
The Man in the Moon.
Charlie Branson stepped upon the
porch of the farm house one balmy even
ing. He knew that his father was
seated somewhere among the climbing
vines.
"Papa," he said, "I was just wonder
ing about the man in the moon. Of course
there isn't, a man in the moon, but it
looks as if there was. It isn't hard to
outline a face in it. What are those
blurred spots which we sec?"
"They arc immense barren plains, my
son. At one time they were supposed
to be seas, and the first astronomers gave
them poetical names, such as the Sea of
Tranquility, Sea of Nectar, Ocean of
Tempests, etc.
"But how do we know that the dark
spots are plains?" Charlie asked.
"By the aid of telescopes, "replied his
father.
"But isn't the moon too far away for
that, papa?''
"The moon is our nearest neighbor.
What is her distance from the earth ?"
"Two hundred and thirty-seven thou
sand miles," Charlie said.
"Well, that is not far, comparatively.
We are ninety-one millions of miles,
while Neptune is nearly two billion of
miles, from the sun, taking one hundred
and sixty-four years to make one revo
lution that constitutes ks year."
"Goodness, me!" cried Charlie. "Peo
ple must live to be very old there."
"I gave you those figures to show
what I meant when I said that we were
comparatively near the moon. If we
could get there by means of steam it
would require a little less than two years
travelling at a high rate of speed."
"But, papa, niui4 not the telescopes be
very strong to enable us to distinguish
objects in the moon ?''
"Yes, my son, and inventive genius
has been equal to the necessity. Op
ticians have succeeded in manufacturing
lenses which magnify fifty million times.
The Lord Rosse telescope has a six-foot
opening and is fifty-five feet long. . It is
walled in, resembling a section of a for
tification, and weighs more than four
teen thousand pounds."
"It is so strong that it would detect p
herd of buffaloes or troops mar hing in
the order of battle. There are immense
mountains in the moon shattered by
volcanic fires, the craters gaping close to
each other, the one belonging to the
volcano of Aristillus measuring ten
leagues from one edge to the other. The
summits of Mount Doerfcl are 24,700 feet i
high, while Mont Blanc rises but 15,632
feet above the level of the sea. "
"It is just wonderful that we can
know so much about a planet that is so
faraway. Is the moon inhabited? Was
it ever inhabited?"
"No, my dear boy. People could not
live there. It is believed that nothing
lives there. The soil is shattered, rocky
md bare ; there is not a flower, not even
i blade of grass. Everything is wrapped
in torpor and silence; the echoes are
aiute ; no zephyrs play around the sum
nits of the mountains. The moon was
mce a portion of the earth."
"Oh, papa !" exclaimed Charlie. That
Diece of information startled him.
"Astronomers tell us," continued his
iathcr, "that the moon was detached
:rom the earth, and though now cold and
aran, it was once a red, blazing sphere,
t exhausted its fires during the course of
t thousand years, and nowT simply re
lects to ns in a wierd, pale light, the
Jivcrgent rays of the sun." Frank H.
Stauffer.
SEPTEMBER 15, 1887.
THE COST OF WAR.
Scenes in Our Civil War and
Other Wars Compared.
The Losses at Shiloh Much
Greater Than at Waterloo.
A Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette bas been
comparingthe statistics of the loss by
death of Union soldiers during the Re
bellion, with the mortality of other wars.
Reports show that the northern and
Southern armies met in more than 2,000
skirmishes and battles. In .148 of these
conflicts the loss on the Federal side was
more than 500 men, and in at least ten
battles more than 10,000 men were re
ported lost on each side. The appended
table shows that the combined losses of
the Federal and Confederate forces, in
killed, wounded and missing, in the fol
lowing engagements, were: Shiloh, 24,
000; Antietam, 38,000; Stone river,
37,000; Chancellorsville, 28,000; Gettys
burg, 54,000; Chickam.uga, 33,000;
MeClellan's peninsular campaign, 180,
000, and Sherman's campaign, 125,000.
Waterloo was one of the most desperate
and bloody fields chronicled in European
history, and yet Wellington's casualties
were less than 12 per cent, his losses be
ing 2,432 killed, and 958 wounded out
of over 100,000 men, white at Shiloh one
side lost in killed and wounded 9,740 out
of 34,000, while their opponents .report
their killed and wounded at 9,61G,
making the casualties about 30 per
cent. At the great battle of "Wagram
Napoleon lost but about 5 per cent. At
Wurzburg the French lost but 3 1-2 per
cent, and yet the army gave up the field
and retreated to the Rhine. At Racour,
Marshal Saxe lost but 2 1-2 per cent.
At Zurich, Massena lost but 8 per cent.
At Lagriz, Frederick lost but G 1-2 per
cent. At Malplaquet, Marlboro lost but
10 per cent, and at Ramillies the same
intrepid commander lost but 6 per cent.
At Contras, Henry of Navarre was re
xrted as cut to pieces, yet his loss was
less than 10 per cent. At Lodi, Napoleon
lost 11-4 per cent. At Valmy, Freder
ick William lost but 3 per cent., and at
the great battles of Marengo and Aus
terlitz, sanguniary as they were, Napo
leon lost an average of less than 14 1-2
per cent At Magenta and Solfcrino, in
1859, the average loss of both armies was
less than 9 per cent. At Konigrath, iu
18(G, it was G per cent At Woerth,
SjK'cheran, Mars le Tour, Gravelotte and
Sedan, in 1870, the average loss was 12
per cent, while at Linden General
Moreau lost but 4 per cent in killed and
wounded. Americans would scarcely
call this a lively skirmish. At Perry
ville, Murfreesboro, Chickamanga, At
lanta, Gettysburg, Mission Ridge, the
Wilderness and Spottsylvania, the loss
frequently reached, and sometimes ex
ceeded, 40 per cent Official statistics
show that of the 3,000,000
men enlisted, there were killed in
battle, 44,23; died of wounds. 49,205t
died of" disease, 18G.2IG; died of un
known causes, 34,1S4; total, 303,843.
This includes only those whose death
while in the army had been actually
proved. To this number should be add
ed, first, 20,000 men who arc known to
have died while in the hands of the ene
my as prisoners of war, and many others
in the same manner whose deaths are un
recorded; sceond, a fair percentage of
the 205,794 men who are put down on
the official reports as deserters and miss
ing in action, for those who participated
in the war know that men frequently
disappear, who, it was certain had not
deserted, yet could not be otherwise
officially accounted for; third, thousands
who are buried in private cemeteries
all over the north who died while home
on furlough. The nation's dead are
buried in 73 national cemeteries, of
which only 12 are in the Northern
States. The proportion of death from
all causes in the troops of each state was
as follows: Maine, 1 in 7; New Hamp
shire, 1 in 7; Vermont, 1 in 6; Massa
chusetts, 1 in 9; Rhode Island, 1 in 11;
Connecticut, 1 in 10;NewYork, 1 in 12;
New Jersey, 1 in 12 ; Pennsylvania 1 in
12; Delaware, 1 in 20; Maryland, 1 in
26; Ohio, 1 in 9; Indiana, 1 in 8; Illi
nois, 1 in 7; Michigan, 1 in 6; Wisconsin,
1 in 7; Minnesota, 1 in 8; Iowa, 1 in 5
(nearly G); Kansas, 1 in 5; California, 1
in 20; West Virginia, 1 in 9; Kentucky,
1 in 19; Missouri, 1 in 9.
Dangerons Roofs.
Roofs painted with lead paint, and
afterwards used to secure a supply of
rain water for drinking purposes, are
dangerous to human health. Wc have
in mind a case of a promising lad of six
teen years of age, who is now stone
blind as the result of blood poisoning
from drinking rain water collected from
a roof recently painted. This water was
filtered, but still contained sufficient of
the mineral poison to cause disease.
American Cultivator.
Harry's Smiles.
In the front parlor, 11 p. m. :
Ethel Harry called to-night, papa.
He was too witty for anything and all
smiles.
Papa Tes; I can smell the smiles
yet. Town Topics.
no; 3.
Dcttk Rates in Different Countries.
In France they nave only got a cen
tralization against the people chiefly for
military levies, says Professor Chadwick
in the Sanitarian, and now they are only
making slow progress with centralization
for the people in their places of work,
for the protection of the people in their
habitations, and .for their protection
against tyrauuy in their productive free
dom of service. In France the death
rate is three in a thousand more than - in
England, which means that there is a
proven tiblc slaughter there of 112,000
lives more than there is now in England.
In Germany the mortality of the army is
the lowest in Europe, and there is much
io say in the -way of example of the
economies wrought by it, but, under its
municipal government, the death
rate of the civil population in
Germany is very high. It is six in
1,000 higher than in England, which
means a pacrifiee of 125,000 more lives
than is now annually sacrificed in Eng
land. In Italy the death rate is eight
to 1000 higher, which implies a sacrifice
of 24,000 lives to the wastefulness of
ignorance there. In Austria the devas
tation is still greater even than that It
is no less than eleven in 1000 above the
English death rate which occasions a loss
in that empire of upward of 400,000
more than the present rate in England
and Wales. But the death rate of the
army in Russia is three times greater
than that of the army in Germany, and
the death rate of the civil population,
as described by the Registar General of
France is still more terrible. To an in
ternational arbitration a decisive case
could be made out against the extension
of such bad goverment over any popula
tion. These are cxanples of the waste
fulness of ignorance and sloth against
the economics of well applied sanitary
science.
Night-Lights and Insects.
Professor A. J. Cook, of the Michigan
Agricultural College, says : Various ag
ricultural papers are again publishing the
oft-repeated statement that a bright light
suspended over a tub of water will kill
our injurious insects. But if we exclude
the noctuidaj (night flyers) such as the
cutworm moths, army worm moths, etc.,
none of our dreaded insect foes can be
trapped in this way. Our students col
lect thousands of insects each year by
placing lights in their windows. This
mode of capture never avails against
slugs, butterflies, sphinges, a?gcrian
borers, codlin moths, many destructive
beetles, two-wing flies, or any of the
lice, bugs or locusts. Even in case of
the lactuids it is no very satisfactory
remedy. The moths fly all through June,
July and August Thus we are now
(July 8) taking , the army worm moths,
and many cutworm moths. We shall
continue to do so till late in August
Hence the practice of this remedy im
plies diligent labor for several weeks,
and yet very likely the natural enemies
of these moths will so thin their ranks
that they will do no harm next year.
All know that it is not every year, but
occasional years, that these pests work
their dreaded havoc. Therefore it seems
more than probable that lights expressly
to capture and kill insects are not to be
strongly recommended, if at all. They
capture a few of our enemies, and these
at a cost not warranted.
Artificial Tropics.
In the belief that modern science can
command climate, Dr. B. W. Richard
son proposes that British invalids be
given in their native isle the advantages
of tropical resorts. This he would ac
complish by establishing winter homes
or health palaces, each containing fifty
or more comfortable two-story houses,
inclosing a large square of ornamental
grounds, and provided with libraries,
baths, gymnasia, amusement halls,
etc. Flower lined galleries, giving long
promenades, would extend over the
houses, under glass roofs, while the
central inclosure would be shut
in by an immense arch of glass at a
great height above the ground. Suit
able heating and ventilating apparatus
would give an equable and adjustable
temperature to all parts of the structures
and any desired character may be im
parted to the climate. Even cloudy
days need not be known, as electric suns
could be made to shine at pleasure. In
many places winter resorts on a grander
scale might be created by putting whole
valleys under roofs of glass, forming
parks of constant beauty and healthful
ness. Arkansaw Travele r.
Mexican "Lovers' Gnidc."
There on sale everywhere and in uni
versal use a cheaply printed little
pamphlet entitled "El Secrctario de los
Amautes." It is the guide aid hand
book of lovers. It contains the language
of flowers, the significance of the varied
wearing and handling of the sombrero,
the language of the fan, the language of
fruits, the meaning of the varied uses of
the handkerchief, emblems in designat
ing the hours of day and night in mak
ing appointments, the use of the numer
als in cipher writing, several short
chapters on the conduct of a love affair,
and a deaf mute alphabet for one hand.
This literary gem seems to be more
studied than any other in the republic
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The Working Men.
The noblest men that live on earth,
Are men whose hands are brown with toil.
Who, backed by no ancestral birth,
Hew down the woods ancrtill the soil;
And win thereby a prouder fame
Than follows kings' or warriors' name.
The working men, what'er their task,
To carve the stone, to bear the hod, -They
wear upon their honest brows
The royal stamp and seal of God ;
And brighter are their drops of sweat
Than diamonds in a coronet
God bless the noble working men,
Who rear the cities of the plain; t
Who dig the mines and build the ships,
And drive the commerce of the main;
God bless them, for their swarthy hands
Have wrought the glory of all lands.
George Dnnkeld.
HUMOROUS.
Never comes amiss A married
woman.
There is only one season of the year
for the kangaroo Spring.
The crow is the most rational of
bipeds. It never makes a noise without
caws.
"What is ancestry after all? The rich
man as well as the poor one begins life
without a shirt to his back.
"There is plenty of room at the top,"
said the hotel clerk as he ordered
the porter to put up another cot on the
roof.
Some odd dinner customs still prevail.
The Romans used to recline at their
banquets, and the habit of lying at pub
lic dinners still prevail.
The costliness of strikes has been too
often dwelt upon to mention the fact
that a man slapped another citizen's face
and had to pay $10 for it
An agricultural paper says that crows
won't bother corn if it is soaked in kero
sene. "We shouldn't think that men
would bother it very much either.
Hungry father (late for his dinner)
Eddie, my son, have you got anything
in the shape of pie?" "Yes, sir," said
the waggish Ed solemnly; "pie-piates."
"Why is a small boy like a woman?"
said a certain man to his troublesome
wife. No response. "Because he will
make a man grown," said the conun
drumist. A woman in Maine has a collection
of more than 800 kinds of candy, and
she is considered -a great blessing , to
the town in which she lives. All the
flies in the village collect about her
house and stay there the season
throuarh.
Queer Names of rostofficcs.
I have been looking over the list of
55,143 postoffices in the United States
and find some very funny names. If we
wish to create a man out of the names,
we will find Blood in Kentucky and Meat
and Bone in North Carolina. If we pre
fer getting portions of the body com
plete, we have an Eye in North Carolina,
Mouth in Oregon, Foot in Tennessee,
Leg, Shinbone and Head in Alabama,
Breast in Missouri, Hand in Dakota.
Finger in Mississippi and Knee in Cali
fornia, To clothe the man we will get
a Hat in Georgia, Pants in North Caro
lina, Coat in Ohio and Moccasin in Illi
nois. If the man don't want to wear
moccasins he will have to go barefooted,
as there is not any boot or shoe on the
list, although there is a Shoe-heel in
North Carolina, If we had created a
woman instead of a man she would have
been compelled to go almost naked, for
the only article of female apparel to be
found on the list is a Bonnet in South
Carolina. For food the man can have
an Oyster, Bread, Coffee, Sugar, Rabbitt,
Hash, and, if he is not a teetotaler, can
find a Drop in Texas. In fact, he will
find anything he needs on the list, and
when his wants arc ended there is a
Coffin waiting for him in Knox county,
Tennessee. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Pigeons in European Armies.
No army in Europe U now considered
to be in a proper condition to take the
field without an abundant supply of pig
eons. The p'geon loft is part of the
regular paraphernalia of every German
garrison now; the French appropriate
large amounts annually for the birds,
and every government in Europe is in
the lace to secure the best carrier pigeon
service. The French, indeed, at the
siege of Paris utilized the birds contin
ually, and quite long despatches, com
pressed into a small space by photo
graphic reduction, were sent, one bird
carrying during the siege as many as
40,000 messages safely. As the pigeons
average forty to forty-five miles an hour,
it is apparent that they are of greater
service than balloons, since they possess
the quality of dirigibility. Chicago
Times.
All the Difference in the World.
A Chamberlain woman got mad and
drove the minister out of the house be
cause he said her baby had red hair. An
hour later a tramp came along, told her
she had the prettiest biby in town and
that it looked like her, and she invited
him in, gave him a square meat and
kept in the front room and gave him r.
chance to steal four silver spoons. You
want to be a good student of hucian na
ture before you have much to with a
Chamberlain woman. Dakota Belt
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