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Tlio Trnnille-hYd Valley.
1 know a I't'.le valley, in anions the lwuin
(nins liid,
A trundle-bed fer Naiur'a babes with grjss
green coverlid,
All buttoned down 'ith tulip., an' nil
trimmed 'ith dandelion,
A crll for Nairn's child, like mo, to toddle
to an' lir on
I love to watch tlio coverlid sewed with the
lily's stem
An' the trout hrmili in itshllndln' thet curves
way arotm' its hem.
W'en Ihn burden is too heavy for my heart
an' ban' mt' head,
I jc-t choke ihnvr my lirvj subs an" set k my
trim He-be I.
Four big mount'ous ore Us bedposts, an'
ilon n through Its n wiling I1LI1,
The Mm shines like brcas'-pin in the buz-
ziini of flip k ,
An' it slimes so wane an" fricu'ly where my
eoverli I Is sprcu I,
1 lid 1 don't ned any candle w 'en I seek
my turn lie-bid.
Mother Natur' Inn s her rliU'rcn. so the pioil
ol' soul h.ns spread
Tigcr-lily-larghd bed iiiilts ovrr my bitf
trundle-bid :
An' lo yi e her Iri'tful yomij-ier no excuse
for being cross.
Site has sltilt'cd ii lar pillrr w ilh the softosi
kliiil of inns-.
ho. w'en I :un torn an" tool, do my weary
footsteps lrc.1 I
I I ho pus-j-w illor valley lo my little
litnidli-'ioil;
Mother utiir bend- lo r facedown, ami ""lie
seems to lovi" Lie -n
'J hat I ri-o an" t... He br.t'.t ly. all the way I
have In go!
jS. . I'oss. in Ho- Y-'r.kre I'.la.h".
THE WOMAN'S ROSE.
: l l i: -i l !!l is lis.
1 have mi old I) own raivod box;
tlio I iil is b;okcii ami lied Willi a siring.
Ill It I keep lill'c squares ol' paper,
wi Ii hair in-iili", ami u lit lit; picture
',. iiioh hung over my brother's bed
w hen wo wore children, and oilier
things as small. I have in il a rose.
() lie i' woiiioii also have "-n.-U boxes
where (hey keep such (lilies, 1ml no
tine has my rose.
When my I'll' i-i lim, mid n;y hearl
grow- f.iini. ami my fniili in women
llioket -, ainl her present is an agony
tii me, mid h'-r fiilure a despair, (he
n-rnl of dial dead l o o, withered for
Iw e'vi" '. fa iv, comes hack to m'. 1
know (bore will bo fining: as surely
IK the birds know it when limy ice
above the snow two liny, iiii verin
Kieeii ler.ves. Spring cannot fail us.
'l'hrro were other (lowers in ihe box
onre; a binieli of while aeiria (lowers,
j;a liereil by Ihe slron;; h.unl of a man,
ns we passed down a xiliasi slii'et on
ll ml ry :it'lern-on,w lieu il bad rained,
find the diojn fell on u from I In
leaves of (he nrari i Irons. Tin" (1 iweis
M'i re d.imj.; they inaib" mildew marks
on ihe p iper I f.ddod them in. Afirr
til.iny years 1 (brew tln'in away. There
is l:o!l.l:i; of llirm left ill tin' box
now, but it l'ainl, hlronjf smell of
dried r.r.iei.i, tlial reealls dial Mill ry
mm ner nfii rnoon ; but tlio rose is in
llif hox -.1 ill.
It is many years n'o now ; I was a
pirl of llfleen, and 1 went lo visit in
a i-mall, iiji country town. It was
yoitn;.' in llioi! da s, and two d ivs'
journey from the. noari-M village; Ihe
population ronsisled mainly of men.
A few were married, ami had their
vivo Hud eliiid rli, lint most wcil"
single, 'l'luiv was only one younir
jfii l Ihero when I ri'ino She was
about seventeen, fair, an I rullier fully-ll-'shed;
she had larp", dreamy Mun
fyrs, nnil wavy liylit hair; full, lather
li avy lii, until site uniled: Ihon her
fare broke into dimples, and all her
w bilo (eolli slmue. '1'lie bolel-keeper
limy have had a daiivr'iler, ami Ihe
farmer in I In out-kiits had (wo, hut
we never kiw IIioiii. She feigned
alone. All the men worshipped her.
Sli.) was (be only woman they bad (o
think of. They talked of her on llm
sloop, "at the market, at tin: hole! ;lhey
w airbed for her at t-treol oorners;
they baled the man slio bowed to or
w alked w ith clown (he street. They
bronchi (low era lo (he front door:
they oll'ored her their lioisos; they
berjje.l her lo marry tin in when they
dared, l'arlly, there was something
noble and berole in iliii dexotion of
null to the best woman (hey knew;
partly (here was sonieihiu natural in
it, (hat these men, shut off from the
world, should pour at the feet of one
woman the worship that otherwise
would have been "liven to twenty, and
partly, (here was soniethinjr iiipbii in
their envy of one another. Jf she had
raised her little linger, I suppose, she
lui'hl have married any oi.e out of
twenty of Iheiu.
The i 1 eiiiue. I do not think I was
I rcttier; 1 do no! ihiuk 1 was so pretty
us Mie was. I was i ertainly not as
handsome. Il'it I was vital, and I was
new and she was i Id. They all for
i.ook her and followed me. They
worshipped me. It was to my door
lU ii Ihe ll 'Wer-i eaiur; it was I had
Iwentv horses oll'.'red me when I ronhl
onh' li'h' one; it was for me thej
waited at street roruer.; it uai wl.al
I said and that they lalkod of.
l'arlly 1 liked it. I bad lived alone at.
my life; no one ever tcld mo that
was beautiful and a woman, 1 be
lieved them ; I diil not know it wa
niinply a fashion, whieh one. man hac
net, an. I tho rest followed tinreasoii
iuly. 1 liked (hem In ask mo. (
marry (hem anil (o say, No. 1 do
pised t lie in. The mother hear
had not swelled in mc yet; i
did not know all men were inj
children, as (ho largo woman know:
when her heart is "rrowsi. I was toe
small lo he Ion lor. I liked my power.
I was like, a child wiili a now whip,
whieh it tfoej about e.ruek'uij; every
where, not earinj; against what. 1
eoiild not wind it up and put it away.
Men were ourioiis ereatures, who liket
me, I could never tell why. Only out
thinj look from my pleasure; I could
not hear (hat they had deserted hoi
forme. I liked her great dreamy hlui
eyes, I liked her slow w alk ami drawl ;
when 1 saw bor fittiiij; anion;; men
she seemed to me mueli tooi;ood lo ho
amon thoui ; I would have "iveu al
their eoiiiprnneuls if she would onef
have smiled at nn- as nho smiled a
tbein, with all her far; breaking ink
radienoe, with her dimples
and lla-hin;r tort':. lint 1 knew
il never eoiiid he; I d 1
sure she h Iodine; Ihat she wished I
was dead; that she wished I ha 1 never
oonio to Ihe village. Slu did not
know, when we went mil riding, and
a man who bad always ridden ho-idi
her eatno to ride beside me, (h it I sent
hiuiaway: that onee when a man
thought lo win in v favor by ridiculing
her slow draw l before me I turned on
li'iu so tioieeiy tint he never dared l
eoino before no" again. I knew thai
she know I Ii.it at the hotel men bad
made a hot as to vi hieli w as lie
prettier, she or I. and had askol each
man who eamo in, and ihat tin; one
who hud slaked on mo won. I haled
Iheiu for ii, but I would not let bet
eo that I eared about what she felt
toward me.
She and I never sp kj to cad
other.
If wo mnl in !i.; village slreet wc
bowed ami p.is-ed on; when we shook
bauds we did s i silently, and did not
look at eaoh other. Hut I thoiiohl she
fell my presence, in a room just us I
felt hers.
Al last ihe lime f. r my poiu; rami",
I was lo leave the next day. Soiu.!
one 1 knew fjaveii parly in my honor,
lo whieh nil (ho villauu was invited.
Now it was midwinter; there was
nolliin in tin" garden but a few
dahlias rind c'irysaiiihemutns, ami I
suppose that for (wo hundred mile;
round Ihero was not a rose lo be
bouijlil for love or money. Only in
the ir.udoii of a friend of mine, in a
sunny eorner between ihe oven an I
l ho briek wall, ihero was a rose treo
;row iii; which had on it one bud. ii
was white, ll had been promised to
the girl to wear at the imrly.
The evening eame ; when I arrived
and went to the wail in"; room to take :
oil" i u y mantle, I found I ho l; ill alieady
there. She was die -sod in a pure
w hite dress, wiili her great w hile arms
and shoulders show iuir, her bright hair
;iit(criii;r in tho caudle liuhl, and the
while rose fastened at her breast. Sho
looked like a queen. 1 said '"Hood
evening," ami lurtied away quickly to
(he gltis to arrange my old black
scarf across my old black dress.
Then I l'elt a hand loiieh my hair.
"Slniid s ill," she said.
I looked in lhe;;lass. She had taken
the while rose from her breast and
was fastening it in my hair.
"Mow nice dark hair is; it set oil
(lowers so."' Shu slopped back and
looked at il. '"It looks mush belter
(here!"
I turned ro'iml and looked at her.
"You are o beautiful to mo," i
said.
"Y-c-s," sl.o said, slowly; "I'm
glad."
We stood looking at each other.
Then they eamo in and swept us
away. All that evening we did not
come near to each other. Only once,
us she passed, sho smiled at mo.
The next morning 1 left town.
I never saw her aain.
Years after 1 heard the had married
and jrono lo America; it may or may
not he so but (he rose ia in tho ho:;
mill. New York World.
Satisfactor) Fxplunalion.
Amorie iu Ileiresa All ia over be
tween us, sir. I h 'ard (iencral Know
all fay you were no count.
Count 1 Mluraeek All, but you hat
made ineestake. (ieneral Knowall not
say I no count; he aay I was no no
count. American lleiresss oh! 1 an;
youra. New York Weekly.
The man who was hit by a rifle ball
said that it was announced by a bill- :
letin.
Ihe Antiquity or Fishing:. j
Trobably no branch of industry can
lay claim to greater antiquity than ;
(hat of fishing. Its origin would seem
(.) he coeval with the earliest cll'orla of
human ingenuity, for the oldest monu
ments of antiquity show the tt-hennaii
in full possession of (ho implements
ot his calling, and even those tribes of
MVagos which have learned neither lo
keep Hock nor lo lill tho fields arc
skilled in the fabrication of t lie hook,
tho llsli spear and Ihe net. The earli
est civilization of (he eatcrn Mediter
ranean was begun with fishing. Sidou,
which means "the fishery," was orig
inally a fishing village, and its enter
prising inhabitants devoted I heir a'
lenlion mainly lo Ihe collection of a
certain kind of molliisks, from which
they prepared the fatuous Tyrian
purple, prized more highly for tho
richness and variety of its hues than
any other dye known to tin ancients.
t'erlaiu hieroglyphs on auoietit
I'gyptian monuments ocm lo Indi
cate that Ihe people w ho erected these
memorials employed eomor.iniR (o
caleh fi-h fur them, as Ihe Chino-e do
at this day. In li e same manner it is
known that tho old Kg pt'aus Co mid
in tho snaring of crocodiles a favorite
occupation. Men in ll. it-hot tomcd
boats covered with palm loaves so
il iced tho lllilllekly reptiles into shal
low water and speared lliein there.
The art of drying and curing li-!i.
not discovered in l.tiropo until the
fourteenth century, ' was known ot
old in lb..; laud of I'nara )!i , and pie.
lures are slid eMail', representing tho
arioiH etagos of the process and
showing among other things how l!i3
big ilsh wore cut in pieces hot' no
being d--located.
Hill iorh:is Ihe fiinnlosl thing (o
be told respecting tho antiquity of
li-hing relate to (ho holy wars which
were Wi',;;cd in aneieti! Ilgypi over tho
finny deni.'iis of tin; water, tho con
flicts ari-ing from the circuiiHtaneo
that, as often happened, one trill"
wou'd insist with the inn s irrever
ence upon eating up the fishes which
tho inhai. Hunts of an adjoining terri
tory hold in divine adoration.
The child of today, in learning his
alphabet, e t'ls I ho letters by their
names simply because Ihe ancient
I'hirni eians were pleased lo make sim
ilar figures the sym'ioU ot certain
Founds, and it is thought very likely
that the I'lnenicians have boon driven
lo invent thai alphabet by the neces
sity of corresponding' with peoples of
various tongu 's incidentally lo ihe
groat commerce which trrew out of lie;
tislcry. Washington Sue.
Tests of Maple Siisur mid Sirup.
In selecting a cuke of m ipie ntgaf
(o eat sli in the small, square, hard
bricks that look us though lliey were
composed of e iaivo sand mid pounded
glass, and choose from the larger
cakes thai have a lino smooth main
and a delieate g.ildeu-h vown tint. To
be fre-h and pure it should cut nlmoC
as easy as cheese, and molt in your
mouth without leaving' any unpleasant
gritty taste. Nome people have an idea
(hat the dark, wet, soggy cakes are the
purest ami more like tin: old-I'as'.iimird
sugar made by their faiiioi s. This is
not ao. ll is not mutual for ma;!n
siiirar to he black any more
than for it lo bo white, and
while the dark sugar shows the
presence of dirt and leaves an I
smoke from the boiling place, and the
addition of tho chcapr.-l cine sugar, so
(ho almost while, glistening, coarse
grained maple stigar shows that it was
made by moiling over some of the last
year's stock and adding to it the coin,
iix hi coir.'e sugar of III J store.
Maple sirup, to in pure and just
l ight to cat, should weigh about eleven
ami one-half pounds to the gallon.
When poured out into a glass il should
bo clear and ambei -hiioil. without con
taining dui k streaks. II' after it has
stood in the dish a few hour-, a dark
sediment is found in the boilom ii is
not pure maple sirup, tveulhouv.li tin;
man who made it should cut down the'
tree from which ho claimed Ihe sup
Was made and haul il to your il or in
proof of his claim. Chicago News.
A New Hjeiiig Industry.
A new industry in the line of dyes
is becoming of considerable import
ance. Lower California has long l.-eoti
m t' d for Ihe variety of dyes whieh it
produces, such a orebiila wee. I, etc ,
but the (orote-lreo balk, recently dis
covered, has come into groat demand,
and several large shiploads have been
exported to Kurope. As yet Ih.-ro
aeeuis to be bin little demand for the
iiiliile in the I'nitrd S ul"s. although
it ia cheaper than orchilla ami other
dyes, producing in its natural state a
dark red color, which is quite indeli
ble, ll is now collected nn.l sold in
t"hin market a', tho pii.e of I lo M.oO
per loo pounds, and Ihe supply seems
lo be enoi nioiiK. flloMou Ti'iuiKoriut. I
( llII.DItKN'K ("U 1,1' MX.
UOINci T.l SI X.
1 used lo say, '-It ben I'm a man,
A jolly sailor I w ill lie; ,
I II liuve my on a boat, if I can,
At least I know I'll ro to sea." j
And often to papa I erircl. '
IMu) ill's at ship wiili p!,i ik nr pail, 1
"If this were bill the o.'c.n wide.
0 how I'd sail mid sail m .1 ail !''
bill now nn more of boats for mc I
I've h nl anoilicr N iter ;lan
Since I'apa let me no to si a
With Hen, Ihe Ms, brown sailor-m in.
At first I thought it very ni.e;
Vou should have heard me hiuuli r.nJ
shoal;
Hut when wc lipped sn miee or tw ice '
1 felt all tiiriiiiii; inside i tit.
I'd rather he our nursemaid. Ann,
Who has to hi nr Hie ha by low I,
Tl.an he n wretched Miilor-maii,
And have no inside left at all.
New York Independent.
A spi.i M.i.n iu;ai n .
The bright-scaled, carmine-speckled,
active trout is found in rapid ami
clear-running streams, hut cares not
for tho open and shallow parts of the
river, preferring the shelter of some
stone or hole in the bank, whence it
may watch for prey. When il has
grown up in native wihlnoss it is shy
lllld not rildly o.iul'IiI. ll ees the de
ceptive lly suspiciously, gli les in and
("lit amid the dancing decoys, and onl
after much cmisitloriiliou does it snap
at tin" dol'ilv-eovored hook, which
proves to bo its ruin. It is a lidi pleas
ant to look upon, glittering ami gleam
ing as though iidrui 1 widi many
precious gems, and fully deserves to
be called "a speckled b Muty." le
troit Free Pre s.
Till', wi-i: "i;i;ii
The crow s one spring began to pull
up a farmer's young corn, which he
determined to pi event. Ho loaded
his gun and prepared to give them a
Warm reception. The farmer had a
sociable parrot, which, difrovoring (he
crows pulling up the corn, (lew over
mid joined them. The fanner de
tected (he crows, Iml did not see the
f.irrot. lie tire I among iheiu and
hastened to see what execution he had
done. There lay three dead crows
and his pel parrel with milled feathers
J-'i1 a broken leg. When the bird was
Veil home (he child; on asked;
"What did ii. papa? Who hurt our
pretty Foil?"
"Hid company! had company !" an
swered the piirrof iua solemn voice.
"Ay! Il.al il w:is,'" said the fanner.
Poll was with those wicked crows
when I fired, and received a shot in
tended for them. Itenieiuher tho par
rot's fate, children. Hewaro of bad
company.''
With I hose words ihe farmer (urned
round, and, with the aid of his wife,
bandaged the broken leg, and in a few
Weeks Ihe parrot was as lively as ever.
Ji'it it never forgot it- adventure in
o corn 1'ndd, ami if ever the farmer's
children eiiga.-od in play w ith quarrel
some companions, it invariably dis
persed lliein wi.h the cry, "Had com
pany ! bad company !" --The Church.
A ll MU li-lll ami ti kin.;.
The King of Italy did something
the other day that will make Ihn peo
ple love him even more than they have
done.
There was a great explosion of gun
powder in Homo, shattering blocks of
buildings, killing mans people and de
stining fine wot ks of art. The ter
rible noise frigh'eiied the people so
thai they (lew half-dressed into Iho
streets and wept and shrieked in ter
ror. Hut the king, who was just get
ting up. never waited for news lo hi;
brought him, but seized his hat and
coat, jumped into a cab and drove to
(hi; scene of the di-asler.
There he worked wilh his own
hands at the risk tf his lile for hours,
(eaiingaway pieces of limber and
helping to pull d iwn dangerous walls,
and . il that he might rescue (he men
and women buried there.
When it was ovci he went into the
hospitals lo help with such a Mack
face from the powder, and such torn,
ragged clothes fiom his work and
such a banged old broken hat (hut he
looked no more like a king than a
tramp in (he country.
And ye: I think ho was twice tho
king that day.
It takes all aorta of ways to make
people good, as children put it.
It has been ao bard to touch the .
heart of the C.ar of Htissia ubout llm
prisoners in Siberia, though all tho
nations of the world have been lalk.
ing about it. His eldest son was '
nearly killed in .lapan the other day,
and now, when on his way home. Ibis
son passes through iS'joriii, the Cnr 1
decides to have the prisoners' burdens
lightened as a tribute lo Ihe Prince.
So someiiinea people's sorrows, i
even those of kinos, are best. New j
YorkWoibl. j
SHIPPING ORANGES.
Transporting; the Fruit in
Paraguay.
A Frocosslon of Women Load
ing a Steamer.
Tht! two principal pons for shipping
oranges are San I.oioii.o and S.m An
tonio. We staid ut tin; latter, a oel
spot on the Paraguay river, with a
strand of yellow sand, banks fringe I
with lilies, and in ihe background
trues, Hour' of (hem forming masse
of liluc bloom. The port emisisu of
a square of saud, with tho cabin find
ll'igof the custom-liniise, or rosguardo.
and a short wooitVn jelly to ihe right ;
a rough!)- traced road h ailing into
the interior past a soil of store or
(umbo; ami lo ill.' left a largo (oat
stretched over pa'.tn poles, wilh
a lattice floor iniido of bam
1 o. This tent was full of oranges;
on (he sand outside were other moun
tains of oranges, and cart) drawn In
yokes of two or four oxen, preceded
by the driver, wearing a long poncho
and ciuryiig a I ami oo go. d, kept
groaning am1 creaking dow n the slope,
and depo-hing other golden pile,
along Iho I. cadi. I'mhr tho shad;
cut lain of Iroes wore scaled group- of
men, women and children w ilh "range-,
bananas, ni imli. ea, parrots, bliie-jay-nnd
monkeys, which they h ipo losoll.
Hill at the same lime making no cll u".
to oiler their nt rchandi-c. pi clon ing
to rem. iiu calm and in. lill' rent, suck
ing mate through silver hombiilas,
The sleauior is inooreil alongside,
mid a long gangway of planks is laid
on high trestles from tie" pad lh-bnx
lo ihe shore ; (ho i, w hen all is ready,
about sixiy women and girls and ten
men sol lo woik, some to carry
baskets fu'l of oranges, others o
hand the ba-kois fr m b --i lo the
paddle-box lo Cio upper deck, other
lo pass ihe baskets on from this point
to (he corral nr e'lc'osurj thai has
been built h diiud the piiot-hou-e, and
other still to pa- down t'lo empty
baskets. The curving i ail i'oii by
women, who form a proce-.-ion pass,
ing continuously up and down the
gangway, an I gci;crti!ly ut a
run. They are Paraguayan', (iua
ranis, and other Indians an 1 niuluttoes
of various shades, clad in while, rose,
scarlet, yellow and other bright-colored
Manchester cotton stall'-; all are hare
fooled, but gay and ready to laugh
and scream without pretext, merely
for the sake of being lively and mak
ing a noise. They are like birds an I
monkeys. Hoar after hour ihis op
eration goes on. Yo;no:i and young
girls alike have cigars in ihoir miiuttir
in Ihe usual Paraguayan fashion. The
rapid movement of bright h -dad fig
ures passing in opp site direc
tions, with the glaio of tin
yellow mountain; of oranges and
of Ihe (hivang w bilo ti tit on
the shore, ends by hypnotizing one.
and yet Ihe scene is so original that
one continues lo watch il in spile of
one's self. For that mailer, there j
nothing else to do. The village,
buried in m ange li ce-, is soon isiicd :
to walk for any di-lance along ihe
river is rendered ditlicult by Iho over
hanging trees, ami so one remains
leaning over the rail, and watching
the woni"n and girls toiling, while tin
men husbands, fathers nr brothers
loaf on Ihe shore, smoke and play
cards, nccord ng Ut Hie cti-loni of
Paraguay, w here the women do the
woi k w hile lie' men enj iy life. Tho
sli'ainer was supposed lo take "oOjOoii
oranges; but Ihero being no
means of control, it is probable,
that, in order to allow for loss, the
shipper put on hoard al least ;iiMi,ii'ii.
These oranges, of line flavor and as
pect, are worth one Paraguayan dollar
a thoii-und at San Autouia. The
women, who can v I he baskets on their
heads, are paid.cighly ccuiavos a day,
and the' harvest of the fruit lasis eight
months, heginuing at Ihe end of Mac.
The freight from l'aiaguay to Cum
pana, and from ( anipaua by schooner
to La l!oca, together with iho loss
from putrefaction ami rough handling
lim ing the journey, brings iho retail
price of a good orange in P.iienos
Ay res to about two cents. Harper's
Magazine.
Hhere Flesh Turns lo Slone.
The character of Ihe soil in tnd
mound Kupid City, S ut h P ikotu, has
a peculiar nnd iiiarveloiis property; a
wonderful chiiriioteriilic which coiii
pletity controverts Iho liiblieal injunc
tion, "lust thou art and to dust thou
shall relurn." For the last fifty years
the "Had Land," lying sevont y-tive
miU'S to the southeast of ihe little city
above mentioned, has been Ihe won
ih i land of America, it being a loc.tlifv
unequalled in the world as a ircop
taulc for pelrcfaetiotis of animals of
'ioiIi Hie land ami water kind- Hut
Iho nondors of Ihe "Had Lauds'' mo
equalled ill .no respect al least, by tho
uiiiieral-sttlu rated soil at l.'apid City.
I'me, pelrcfaeli ms of rt iuole geologi
cal ages are not found in such prol'u--i'
n in K i fit! City as they are
farther south, but, what is
qually as wonderful, human ho lie
which have reposed hut a short time
in the soil of these S mth I ikotoan
hills aro tr.'iusfoi iu 'il into staui 's of
-lone as hard as Iho hardest marble. Hut
few of these lust resting places have
iioen disturbed, and (hose nniy when
friends thought il absolutely necessa
ry; however, in each ca-o the saino
peculiarity was exhibited. When tho
new cemetery was located at It apid
' ily the remains of Iho little son of
r.ar.'.eiie lloloomh were disinterred for
removal; this, I believe, was ihe lii'-l
aso of actual human potril'acl ion oh--orved
in Iho hills. L iter on, doens
were found to have boon transformed
itilo solid rock, which plainly pre.
served every feature, even to the deli
cate tracing of the veins in the tem
ples, wrists and bauds. At I feud wood
ho remains of that famous frontiers
man, Wild Hill, won" also found to lc
lotrilied. These things may sound
-t range and unlikely to readers ,if iho
Hepiihlie, e- ia'iy lo (loi-o residing
i i the I'.ast. but in iho Hiaok Hills re
gion it is an open secret that not oin;
corpse in a d u "(urns to du-t."
(. Louis Kopiildie.
How Hi Pal Kaili-lie;.
Not everybody knows lew to e it
radishes ot everybody thinks thai a
wry impudent thing lo say. Wash
dn'iii, pod them, cut oil' i ho green tops,
.ay them lo soak in salt and water?
Nothing of Ihe sol t. 1! idishes are a
delicious lililo vegetable, he they Iho
globular or the long roots. , story is
told by the elder I'lliuas which is
worth repealing wilh reference to
those wholesome ami nutritious little
dainties for, common llioueh they
may be, they are decidedly dainty. It
w is at a big dinner given at Lyons,
I'rune", al which Pumas was one of
lite principal guests. On being
handed the radishes the great
novelist seemed of a sudden to be In
side himself with rago.tiud so ler.ili d
the poor garcon thai ho didn't know
what to do. Presently, how ever, the
great man's anger subsided, an i Ihon
w ith a graceful apology ho explained
i he caue tin roof. Th" radishes had
been scraped or peeled and all tin" de
licious green leavs had boon cut oil'.
Those, M. Otinius declared, were Ihe
W'holesoniost portions of tile radi-h
and were required to a-si-t in the di
gestion of ihe rest of the root. There
fore, mm amis, always leave a few of
the tiny , sweet young shoots al Hie lop
of your radishes, ami if the radi-hos
are young you need only pick nil' Iho
outside yellow loaves. He iew me,
you wi.l not regret il. Hy the way,
lid y on ever try a di-h of boiled rad
ish lop-'. Try il. New Yoik l!o
i order.
"Sleepy t.russ."
A curious variety of grass know n
as "sleepy gra-ss" has . on found in
New Mexico, Texas, Cd:adi and
-oiiio p ii Is of Soiu It I t.ikota Ls pe
culiarity con-i-ls in its power to in.
dine sloop in horses and radio. It
legins lo lake iHcrt very soon after il
S eaten, and the condition of sleep
eomiiities from i w only -four hours to
seven day s, according to Iho quantity
ealeii. No evil ell '. Is follow the
sleep, but cowh'ys ainl ranchmen
very much dread iu appearance annoig
the herds, as it is almost iiu; ns..;bo lo
keep tho'auinials moving w hde in this
condition, and iho entire herd is often
delayed until the sleep is over. A
horse or cow ucwr (ouches liic gra-s
Iho second time. Tie' naiv-Mic juico
is found only in the fresh blades of
Iho grass. The botanical name of this
curious growth is Siipi Ym lula, ar
icty rob isa, and no oilier arioiy of
this species is known ti po-so-s Ihn
same properties. the Ledger.
Hug I p mi Ai.cicnl Mi.iril.
Henry Wagner, an old (iermRi:
gardener, was digging in his garden
iho o'her day. al I 'ulunjiie, low a.w hen
be turned up what proved lo be a his
torical relic of great value. It was
the riist-inrrusied blade of an ancient
sword. When the cru-t had boon re
moved on one side near tho hilt could
be iiiadc'tit a beautif uliy engraved
scroll, inclosing the date. s.'.. Im
mediately above il is ihe figure of a
crouching hound, and slid higher up a
mailed arm and hand grasping a
drawn sword.
On Iho other side is engraved what
looks like a papal mitre and a stand of
nrin wilh crossed swords and lances.
The whole is covered wilh engraving,
and seems to be of (he finest Ihimnscus
steel. The sword is thought to lie a
relic of the French explorers, who
lint visited the valley of the Mis-i--sippi.
fCuiiinteieial Advertiser.
The Sleeping Sen.
Far away ships are sailing
Par, and faint uiul dim
Jleains of white, or ulint.sof light,
( n the vague liuri.n'a rial.
And the ocean only varied
Where Ihe iireakers cry
From the strand of (jlcnmins sand,
Istri tclies level In the sky.
Cloiidii.-s azure heavens bending
t I'cr the sleeping sea
Pulsing In at about In r feet
lu re can peril he?
Fan il be Ihat tempests gather,
Mrong winds lasli the deep?
T. ssed in pain tlietall ship- strain,
.Mad.loiu-u billows shoreward lia'i?
Trn-I the lion, trust the serpent
When he sleeping lies,
J ru-t thy hands Pi ilaiiilng hranda
'J' nr-1 not ti' kli1 si ;is and skies.
Overland Monthly.
ill 'MOitors.
The worst all-aruiind striker is lh
borrower.
"SmiiluTs says you're not hit
fqual." "lie's a lying sneuk. 1 mil."
The lawyers are a great help to tho
raii toads, because they express
in my opinions.
S imeliiiies it's die hardest kind of
work lo got tho btruppiiig bi;j fellow
10 buckle down to work.
When they begin oiling eggs by
weight Ihe goose will lake her propel
place in poultry yarn circles.
It is sometimes rush r for a nitin to
o ouiplclc u round of pleasure than il is
for him lo make things square after
ward'. 'Iho good die young. The others
become oldf-t iuhab.t ants and lio
lib ut tho weal her, their ages and
everything el-o.
"My daughter, did .lohn propose
lasl night?" "o, mother, but I
thought I deloeleil :ni engagement
ring in his voice as he bade me good
night."'
Mr. Asker -TI.ey loll mo thai tho
bookkeeper of your linn i-; behind in
hi-iteciuiiiis; is that so? Mr. Tusker
Fur from H : lie came nut ahead. It's
(he company that's behind.
"Say, father, I have just bought a
new hmi-e on the installment plan.
You have to pay a mouth." "Ilavo
you paid the lirsl installment yet?"
"No. Thiit'j what I wuuluilo sec you
about."
First Clerk Fve had this ofiieccoat
four years. Second 'ierk You don't
:ay s-; Why. it looks as good as
new. How do ym account for it last
ing so long? I'ir-t Clerk I don't
know, unless it't, because 1 never Wear
11 out.
Young l.aoy (out yachting) What
is i'o mailer, Captain (Quarterdeck?
Captain The fad is, my dear young
lady, we've broken out rudder
Young Lady I wouldn't worry about
Ihat. Tho rudder is mo-lly under
wafe r any way, ymi knew , and il isn't
likely people w ill notice il.
Milk of Ihe Hullcl Tree.
'alula, or chicle gum, atTords a sin
gular in-lance of t lit; way in which as
n natural product bi ioincs scarce, n
substitute for it, perhaps previously
bill lililo known, will suddenly he
hrougiit into Use. The threatened
failure in the supply of gntta peicha
has caused considerable anxiety unioiig
the manufacturers of goods in which
it is employed, and ihey are now turn
ing their atti ntioii to Halala as a sub
stance that will meet many of the re
quirements of their trade. Halala is
the solidified milk of the bullet tree,
one of Ihe mo-t striking objects in a
West Indian foivsi, ol on the banks of
North American rivers. Halala col
lecting is a paving traih", although Ihe
life of i!m collector is a bard one. The
ground he travel- es is ol'tcii w et and
.-wuiupv. In many cases he has to
wade long ilisi. tines knee deep in
water, which may a! any moment
be up In his :iii,ipils. When t tic
collecting ground is not fur dislanl,
w omen accompany tin men, and cook
or assist in lay ing out the calabu-hcs
and collecting the milk, while the men
foil and ring the trees. Tho collectors
sell the milk lo tho ugont, and never
dry il themselves. The price for pure
miik is u dollar a gallon, mid for cleun
well-dried hulula tweiity-fivo cents a
pound. With fair wentlu r a man ran
earn from I to ss.' n day during tho
season, ami an Industrious ami expert
collector has been known to make tJiO
in three days. The milk is dried by
being expo-cd to the air in shallow
wooden trays, the in-ides of which aro
previously rubbed with oil, soap or
grease, ao as to prevent the baluta
slicking. This product commands a
higher price than gulta pereha, to
which itiain many respects superior.
In point of fact it lias been the prac
tice among manufacturers to treat it
us a bettor da-s of gutta pereha, and
its name has consequently never been
i piomineiit. Commercial Advertiser.