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l'ITTSIi()Ii) CHATHAM CO., N. CNOVKMIiKU 'ill, 181)1.
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THE HOME FESTIVAL.
The circle of the months 010 nioru
Kouutls out tliu swiftly Hyinx year;
The summer revels all are o'er
The day of retrospect is hero.
Not now spring's jocund spirit rings
It jubilant note- to earth an 1 sky:
Her nameless, swt, enchanting tilings
Burst for 111 to phase mid pass us by.
Midsummer, with its pomp and llmie,
The pageantry of leaves and flowers,
Are now as some remembered i nine
Close interlinked with happy hour .
The gaudy wreath. OetoVr brought.
That beckoned us when stunner II ' I,
Te-.lav are withered. il" and 11.111 lit.
And where they flamed death reigns in
stead.
But not in vain t ! seasons rui
With various charms their animal ron.il:
The harvests that we sought nr.? nhi,
And ifts to match our neo Is ere f 01111 1.
If, 011 the sere November pliiin.
The sun casts down a diinnn r r.iy,
Deep joy not sorrow tills the -drain
With which e greet Thanksgiving Pay.
-hu-lllt.il.),).
Pliylida's Puniukin Pie.
A 111 Nk- ;i im; (i-rouv.
'Well, what is it?"
That was one of the things the girls
dt tested uliout their aunt. .She always
took it for granted their visits were made
for a special reason and with 11 particular
Motive, ami these she demanded in imi'H
the same fashion as a highwayman dc.
Mauds money.
"Thursday," replies Mis Millliuru,
'will bo Thanksgiving Day, and"
"I know thai!"' snapped Mrs. Iteu
jitmiu. "And we thought we hoped," hur
ried on Adele, "that you would tome
liud dine with us 0:1 that day.''
'You did:"
"Ves, aunt."
She. was the lcu-t nervous of women,
this tall, dark, stately young lady, but
bin: grew a tiillo uncomfortable under
the ginihting scrutiny of Mrs, Ben
jamiii's little black eyes.
"What." .pieried Ilia' terrible ohl
lady, after a deliberate pause, 'are you
going to have for dinner:"
'I he question rather dacd Miss Mill
bin 11.
I I don't kno v cxa-lly. I'hylida
always sees to the ineai-. I supp o-e
whatever is rigjit "
Bight!" disgustedly. "Was it light
when I dined with you list Christmas,
Iind on had turkey and lemon pie for
dinner, wiieii you should hive had roat
goose, and spice I h 'ef, and pluinpul
dingf 1 dare say, you'll have goose on
Thanksgiving '."
This w ith the mod sc tilling sarcasm.
i)li, 1111! ' convincingly. "Turkey.
Une-I'hj lidu raised herself."
"And i r i'i'oeiry riiv.'"
Adele noMed emphatically.
An 1 - a real goo), old-lashione I
pinipkin pie.'"
"Yc," rashly and pi-itively.
I'hylida hadn't said aiiyihing nbout
the pic, but In 1 sister had no lnl'jt 0:1c
would be furthcoming.
'If I thought that pie would let extra
good," audibly togita'.e 1 the old la ty.
Adele hrUtled loyally.
'l'hyliila's pies arc always go d," she
asserted, with soinc stillness.
'Well, jes,' grudgingly as-putcd Mrs.
Benjamin. " Vot may ti ll the girl, I'll
sax
UK WAS I'l.t Ml' AMI I'KAiTI lirt'.KKn.
groaned Adele, when she had
taken her departure, aril was walking
bwiflly along the road which h 1 to the
ilehipidated old liuiise calle I Holly Hill
Lodge, where she d.vcll with lur sisters
'oh, if we only weren't poor, and
Aunt Mirtha so rich! Such a eoniiescen
s'n 11 as she makes of a visit ! And we have
to scrape and save for a month to have a
ilccci.l dinner th day she comes. Then,
if we don't ask her to dinner every lesti
Val, she gHS around moaning about the
ingratitude and neglect with which she
is treated by her brother's ehildreu. And
the minister roines to give u some pa
ternal advice nbout being kind to a poor,
Imifly, lovclos old woman. I'hew! If I
were a ni-in, I'd swear!"
Ufaehing the mansion, which boasted
an air of distinction as pronounced us
Adelc's own, despite its very evideut
need of paint and repair, Adele promptly
retailed to her sisters the result of her
distasteful mission.
"But you were heroic!'' commented
Itosalie, with n sigh.
Kosalie was a miniature edition of
Adele, olive sk inue I, dusk haired, deli
cate featured.
"Kefiesli yourself on fliese!" advised
I'hylida, extending her 11 bag of fruit
tablets.
A rather shabby room this in which
the girls sat, but one b'.-triyiiig th ' faei,
that its habitues were people of reline-
Illl'Ut.
"Oh, I'hil," said Miss .Millhurn, pop
ping a strawberry square into her pretty
mouth, "she asked m" if we'd have
pumpkin pie for Tiiauksgiviu g Day. I
told lief ye. But you didn't say nay
thing about it. Shall we?"
"I think so," reipoulel I'hylida,
rutin r doubt fully.
1 m
-.. -::-;4rj1y-
Willi ill N IN HAM) AMI I).).; AT IIMI.s
I She was quite unlike her sis'ers, this
little housek'-i per of the fa uily. She
j was plump and peaeh- he"ke I, with
I violet eyes, reddish brown hair, and
I ' A month liken baliy's, dewy red."
"You see it is this way, girls," si,,, ex
plained. "Old Mr. Miller promised to
give mo a line pumpkin for my Thanks,
giving pies, but last wck a stranger
bought out and took possession of I he Mil
ler farm. Whether he will let me have
the pumpkin or not remains to be seen."
I "liet one some A" here else if he's dis
agree ihle," riiuuseled li'i.alie, vaguely.
Hos.ilic was t!. nrtist. of ta f 1 inly.
.Just now she was painting a hunch of
withered niiguonnetie, an 1 cxp-n I1114
ou it a goo 1 deal of ciironi : yeilo A ,
burnt sieiin 1, and zealous devotbn.
"That is easily said," i rie I I'hylida,
who, epitome of mcc'.uicss and sweet
ness though she was, co il 1 no' resist
fhooting her a Ivi'cr a scornful glanee.
'Hut nowle re nowher.' urcsiHi pump
kins as Miller's raised! At lent then
are not any others as goo I in this part of
the world. His hive the regular lemon
llavoi."
"liet one it those, then," said i.'o-a-lie,
dreamily, . h atigin f her a Iviee a. el
her brush w ith e.pi il dex'erity.
"1 wish," said I'iiylid i to herself that
very afternoon, as, with the surah tusof
li. r blue ..eihyr hood b.iwc I under
her dimple I chin, an I her wor.i out
s.:alskiii jn 'ket -a relic of malt-mil
prosperity buttoned over hei brave 1 t
tle body, she made her way ajaiusl a
' iile.ik north wind to .viird tic Miller fariu
"I wish the girls would take a tiny
bit more inti rest in tin: 1111:1 iging and
the bills, if 11 trill, less in their 1111-i,
and paintin:. Itu' thea they nr.- ta'
ented, and I atn not. And whatever is,
is best."
1 With which axiom
of .piestiouib'.e
d to encoiira.'e
Her 1 ;ni''ks w ere
sapphires, when
veracity she endcivon
herself.
She walked r ipidly.
I rose-re I, her eye, lik-
she reached the uutc le i ling int
the
Miller grounds.
Swiftly she passed 011 towurd the y.i
ble I, red roofed house.
As she turned a curve of the avenue,
she becimc aware of another pre-ence.
' In the path just ahead of her, gnu 111
hand ami dog at heels, a gentleman was
, stalking.
He looked back ; he stood st;ll; took
olT his hat.
j Their gl in.-H met. N it like Mr. Mil-
ler not in the least like Mr. Miller.
That individual had been 911 ill mil
swart and gray-'iaire I. This gentleman
; was very tall, very straight -limbed, ven ,
very handsome, and young. With a pus.
itive sinking of her hear: I'iiylid.i noted
that.
Young! She had never dreimed 01 the
I new proprietor ot tin Miller farm as
youiiLr. It would be harder te ask a
fuvor of hi. n than it would I" if he w ere
old and ugly yes, and cr.iny ir si
she faucie I.
1 "I -I beg your p ir o 1," shf sai l a.
she approached him, "but Mr. Miller
I promised jironiised "
What under the heavens had Mi. Mil
ler promised There was '.iinethiny in
I the gleam of those brown and brilliant
j eyes that routed inem iry.
j "Yes," kindly.
j "He promised me You arj the iivv
! owner of tlei farm!''
I He smile 1.
I "Fortunately, 3c,. ''
I Was he laughing at her? She felt the
Jirimsoin creeping from chiu to brow.
"Well. Mr. Milhv jironiised inn a
pumpkin."
There it was said !
"lie did; Then you assuredly shall
have one. Where to whom shall I send
, For three year lilJI'bylidl o'ltained
from Mr. Miller hei Tuanksgiviug pu up
kin. N'e-i rhal he o'.tere I to se.i 1 il
home for her. She had alays chosen
tin smallest one she could tin I, aa I tlieu
had paid Billy B-'.U to carry it to Holly
Hill Lodge for her. This menial duty
the young gentleui 1:1 in ipiestioa per
form! d iiniiuilly with iiia.'li i'!iv;rfti!;i-.-s i
for the sum of live cents.
"My name is I'iiyli ! 1 Millb :i:i. 1
live at Holly Hill Iidge. "
o!i!" with a coiniin-'ieasive lifting
of thick, dark broivs. "Wait a 1111
j lildit, please."
lie shouldered liis way oil' through
j the i-ri"kling shrubbery. In a few min
utes he returned, balancing ou his
' shoulder a huge globe of gold one as.
surelly large enough to have formed
' Cinderella's eo.u h.
' "That," cried I'hylida, in disniy,
"must weigh thirty pounds, if it weighs
' all ounce. We 1 mldii't li e t'l il in a
jyea,"
But he v as w liking w ith leisurely
deliberation toward Hoily Hill, a'l I sh.'
was oblige 1 t'i turn a i'l kee; up with
him.
J ' You've 110 i lej," h'i slid, coolly,
"whit au apiietite I have lor iuii;iiu
I pie, and this hi -n'l weigli H;t thirty
' pounds."
! What did hi! lic'ia.' Slie actuiily
! gasped. With a ipii..ii il eXire,,iou his
' eyes met her-.
1 "Surely you mean to as , nc: t 1 ili:i
' tier Th'irs lay, " he s ii I.
To dinner! Tile e.lrou.eiy of :he
' Mi'gestiiin a'.inos! to k av.iy hei breit'i.
If.- was presu ni 11 g on the f ie' tint sh .'
had re.pieste l a favor. An 1 sh hi I
1 been mistaking bi n lor a g ' i"le 11 11 1
"Indeel you ou;hl," pursu ! I til l'
1 most au laeio.is of y cm ; in 1 1 ; "il uoi
j for the sacred sike of neigib irlin -ss,
' then because of our parents. You.- fa
' thi r and my father werefa-l f1u.11 Is long
'ago. My name is IS'itrnu lhally."
B rtiii u llr.idly! and h i.v goj I old
lic.rge lhally an I b ' 1 t-i her own
et-v-go::i,' i:id iiuoi r. i !' it fat'.iei '.
"I .lid no: ku iw," iookhu n, wi'h
kindling eye., ":h r you ver-' his sou.
1 )i c iur-c you w ill c line ! "
And on Thau sgiviiig Div cui In
did. "If only Aunt Martin wi'lb- civil to
l.iiu! ' the girls h id iii'iriUU'.T 1, lir-.'bil-inglv,
to e.ie'u other.
run r wicnui imniv cm nh.
To their pleased surprise, Mr. Beii
jnuiiu whs more than civil ; she was
downright allecli mate to the young fel
low. M my and in m a year before, as
they later learned, she had re I used to
iiiarry (iuore Brudly, and she spent her
life in regretting her lash declination
When m arly forty, sic had wedded rich
old Kobert Benjamin for the homi iind
position he could give her.
How anxious I'iiylidi was a'j tut t'.u'.
dinner! And how pretty she did look,
to be-nire, in her pliiu bla.'k serge
gowu, with the bit of violet velx et 1 ibbou
nt her throat' And whit an altogether
delicious and successful diuiiTi it was,
after all!
The turkey was cooked to a tempting
degree of pulliness and bron.e; the cran
berry jelly looked like rubies melted and
moulded; the potatoe, were whipped to
I snowy loaniincss; the bread was perfec
tion. lilt the pie! The pi" quite captur-d
Mrs. Il'iijuuiin. Such daintily brown
' and crack !i ugly - crisp and altogether un
j siu pussable palry such firm and golden
and fragrant -flavored tilling!
I "It's like the pumpkin pii my grand
! mother Used to mike," slid Mi . Benu
' inin, th iwing into geniality,
j But in her heirt sin; kicw it was ii
; gr, at deal In tier.
When three ni'vuhs later she heard
that I'hylida was t marry the new pro
1 pnetur of the Miller farm, hi r wrinkled
visage relaxed inlo a knowing smile.
i "It's all that Thanks j'.viug Day pump-
CV'ilM
kill pie," she said. "And, iuiend, girl
who can 1. lake such a one deituYes. goo I
luck. And I'll wager (ieorge BradlyV
hoy will mike a riue husb.m I!"
And perhaps on tie principle thai it
111 vr rains but. it pours. I'iiylidi, o'i the
Thanksgiving after her marriage, woke
up to find herself wealthy in her own
right.
For Mrs. B'uji'iiiu In I die I, leiviuj
her vahiii'ile property "to I'iiylid i Brad
ly, who knew hoA to inike a good pump
kin pie."
"Oh," cried Mrs. Ib eily, lifting :i
swe- ! faeo where sinih-s and tears were
sti'ugg'i'ig for supreai'iev. "il se.em
shiiun fu! t 1 plan the p ui ling s 1 s-i n,
but now A dele cm goto Mi'a'i top:.
fret hei noisie, and liisilie shall siudv
art in I'ari-', as she has always longed t)
do.
"And you:" iju'iie' 1 her lusbml,
laughingly.
"i .i," w it i 1 :
' I'm happy '"
And unless ;lp
dinuily deceptivi
I
;iy and positive nod,
is. l'il-
("leap Labor in Madu rase.ir.
In M id ig isi ii nulling is i ii r.il 11
in a primitive way. says a proprietor of
a iniiiiu in I 'liim ry factory. Ta" 111
tives are n it inn :'i b- l .er t'rm slave, in
point of pay an I tre itm :ut. I w i i"
to -ell ,1 mining drill to t)l - sit-i-riule I I-i-;it
of a mine .1 1 - d iy. When I explain:: I
to him the am 1 un of lib n tu-' drill s ive I
mid told hiiii tie pile ol il he lt i'ie I
at me. "Why. 1 c.ci get a while gvi g
of men to work a lifeliin.- for 111 fo.
that inoiii') '." he exelaiine 1. I thought
! was exaggerating things in his state
ment, bul when 1 looke 1 into the systi;1,
of mining there 1 ton id lie was not far
from the truth T ie men in those Mi 1
ugascar mines work t welve and fourteen
hours a day an I ty rceeWc fro 11 six 1 1
ten cents per d iy lor tin', h ir I lao n .
At ii mine iiue d iy 1 si v 1') I 111 1 c i n i
out an I refus 1 t 1 vork 01 t 1 : gi i t 1 I
that t'.ie iniun wa- in a daug riis I'l l
dition. The supi'iiuti.'ii b'lit In I been
paying the nie.i t 1 cents a diy. Hi
told the men till' if they W 1 il l go bie.k
an I work in tu- d 1:1 -jer i;n ni;n- h)
would rai-e their wage two cut, o 1
the day. Ab.e.il lii'y of the m 1 we if.
back int 1 'he luiii .11 I thi sin- diy
the mine i!l.i;ise I and ei;!i'e! i of t'l"
poor fellov- were it ia 1 a'l 1 sal I'll To I
to death. I never s il l . mining drill
in M i I igase ir 1 i'i ir a' t"ii cents a day
would knock out the sale, of any lab ir
saving 111 ic'.iinery. r'o'e,, Hn-i'.l.
New Ti'idll foi- All
A liu-siaii dentist c', din- to ha.i dis
covered a ne ,v method of sup dying pi-ipk
with artiuci.il te -th, w an 1 i,i th cours :
ol time b a line a, goo I its iia'uril leer.li.
lie lii'st experiment"! 11p.1t dogs, and
then upon hi- private fusion ts, ail I in
all cii-es the results were identic il en I
successful. The tcc'h are III lie of gotta
pere'ia, porcelain or in " i!, if ordiug t 1
the phasure of the pilieu'. T ie ro ilof
the fai-e to itu has hole- b ire I inlo ii,
and then boles bored int tic ji.vaul
the lo..th tub' iiis-riel. In a short t i ue
lender gro wths star: hi ii' civity of the
fai-e teeth, an I this gro.itli h ir leniiig
the teeth live line lixc lin lii-ir pi-ilions.
Tie l cm also be liitel I p l!c ro t ui
irituiiil leeth thai have b -cu . a' oil' sh ir,
w ith the gu ns, 'riier aiv so n in -i.ni,-ti
ueii-s in the desenp'.i 1.1 - giie 1 bv th"
denti-taud it may be tint th whole ie
ssi 1 1 1 will prove as false a. hi- ie- .vly mide
tectli. Further details and 1 xperineuf-'
nr.' neede I before the praetie c 1 1 be
made pnpular in this ouniry.
II st (inns fnr II1111I u s.
Lilnard W. Sandys, in 11 hi and (inn
1 ilepiitincnt of u-ili-.-j, siy-: "I would
j .idvi-e no m ill t ' - a gun larger thin a
j ten guuge, and honestly believe tin' it
; would be better were, th "shoulder ciii
' nuns," such as four guigei, n it ininu
I fa. 'lure 1, and the - une ids ) might be
said of repeating intgaiiui; shot gu ns.
j The onliniry si---, ten and twelves, are
' already ton ilea lly i'i practiced h inds for
the welfare ol our diminishing supply ot
game. Neither i- it g 1 1 1 sp i t to t ike
t.io great advantage of opportunities.
Two barrels an I a killing powder, say as
far us sixty yards, should be enough lo
satisfy a.i honest sportsiil:t:i."
A Tha iksgii ing Dialogue.
-rjTx,
W.iieh me gnhl.ie," rcmarkcil the
fa1 Thanksgiving turkey cnei, a- he
strutted by the sni id boy.
"That's all right," replied the small
m , "but wait till next Timis lay, and
tetl hie gobble. '
r
A VACCIXI; FARM.
How the Doctors Gut the Virus
Used in Vaccination.
Manner of CotuluctinK lire
Process of Inoculation.
The Hoard of Health maintains one ;
if the be-t vaccine farms'' in the j shark can exist upon dir. He is not,
ivorld. I roni this "farm" is obtained ! like the whale, provided with an Bp.
thiiost all, if not all, of the virus that ! paratus that enables him to sweep up
s used for Viieeiniiatiiig purpose in ! the tiny inhabitants of the seas, lie
Sew York ho-.ilals and ether institu- j is too slow in swimming, mid infinite.
ion. Sanitary experts from many Iy loo slow in turning, to catch any
'"nreign countries, who have cx uniiied : li,h that did not deliberately swim in
be "fni in," have reported that it is a to his mouth; and unless we supjose
node! of its hind. It is r.ille.l a j that, as it is said of the snake, he ex
fiiriii," but it is hicah-d in ;iu iinpre- : crcises a magnetic influence over fish
ciiliotis-Iooking stable on tic eoulh , and cnii-i s them to rush headlong to
ode of ln ty-foiirlh s'n . t, between ; ilc-tiu'tioii between his jaws, it is im
r'nst and Second avenue". I possible to imagine how he obtains .1
Dr. Lil ward I., i'al'dec, the Superiil- I -utlicielil supply of fuud for his 8118
.eiidei.t, has bad charge of the estab- tcnaiiee. Indeed, it would appear
ishlileiit since it was -tin te, I. lie w.i- l,.,t it js ntilv when begets the good
'oiiiid ye.-li'iday intently inspecting ' In. k to light upon 11 dead or badly
he unplm-uul-lookiug 'cabs ou tin- Injured li-li that the shark has ever the
iind ijiiartii s of three fat cows. I r. oppoi tiuiity of making a really square
I'iirdce know s all aboul vaccine virus,
t'roin its discovery by .lenuer in 17'."i
iiitil now. I u.br liis care l?-"i ' "
vaccine "j.oinla'' uru pfoiluced at the
lioaid's "faiiu" every year.
The "lai in" is 011 tin- sci on. I lloor
if the slab!.-. . oulaiiis twelve per- ;
lei:;! clean tla.l -, the frainework of
which was invent".! by lb. I'l.i'.lee. 1
I bis is so iirraiigedliiit the hiuds "f ;
he cows are lii-tcucii between I wo
ipl ight hickory post-, far enough j
ipai t however to liable the animals j
o cat. her pieces of hickory limb 'I'
tie so fixed that the cow cannot move
more than nu inch or two in any
iin "lion during ihu opoialioii of
iiioeiilaiion.
The iinimiils tire lo 1 to the upper
Il tor by mi'iu.s of :ui incline from
1 Forty ! bird street. I'suaily, a lame
OX is led up in ii.litince of the le-t of
the herd. The 01 In is genii ally follow ,
without. Iroiib'e. After having t Ih
lii. kory timbers around l!i hi. tie cows :
bee. me t.'iioe iii. My. I l.ey tire dealt '
with gently, but .-.m of iheiu will j
per-ist 111 kli'kli:;: lo the I 1st. How- ,
ier, M hen l:'. I'.il.lees fiames tire'
ill" 11 ii. 1 lie in, they hurt only lie in- ;
selves. '
Dr. I't.rdei', v. I. en the n pol ler call- ,
cd, was mi the liglii-liaiid -id.! of a
cow w ielding a knife and a bone -cap- ,
Ilia, and his a-si-l nil, ,1. ,1. II l,:;n, 1
was 011 the opposite side preparing a
place for tic iuo, ulaliou. Mr. lie. j
hail liis I cut away ll.c hair 011 cilli.r i
side just foi wind of ihu rout of the
tail for a space probably ten inches
(quaie. This w as done w ith a clip, j
ping-liinc him-. Tl.eti he lall.eiiil the
siot and shave I il clean wiiliii sharp
!ai.r.
hen the p n- c u as clean -ha en, I r- ,
rai'dee took 11 .-ix-hladed kniic, nil ihe
Idiules open nl nice from tin; same !
end, and kui ilicd a ri d ou 1I.1 clean
bide about two iucl.c square. Then
lo- applied tin' virus from a bom- scap
ula. I w o inoeiilal 'mis w. re made on
cell fide of the hind quarters. In n
il was f.uMc.l the i'.mv 111 in. he. 1 her hay
coiiti lite by, but later oil she o.v i-i.iu- j
ally switched her hid as if sh thought
a in w kind of a lly I. ad ill-. -oVerc I her :
whereaboiils. 1
Dr. I'.iidce cxp!ii'i;nl that all. r the
tcahs are taken nil, the quills are dip
ped in the ex iel.il ions I'i. 011 the . 1 1
tales ;,ud me iheu laid away to dry. :
subsequently i'i.. ii j .111 , . cui into ;
four point-, one ii.w fuinislusl
virus for i.i qniils or '.1 ...1 points. '
The virus is nlmo-t col ulees and :iu
ibliqueclit is linide ill lie' .pi. II to
show ihe doctor which cud to apply ;
to ihe Semitic. itioti on tin' arm of a
palicnl.
Dr. I'ardee -aid that only the health. .
icsl of cow s were used at tile "farm." !
(ienerally they were liiiihains I10111
two to four yi-ars ohl i iiscl for beef, j
l'.ieiy cow i-i xauiiiiid by a veicrin.irv
nirgeou befo e it is allowed to cnler
the stable and 1 v. i day siib-cqucni Iy.
If a cowidioisa trace of any other
disea-ii nller i noeii-al ion the virus
from In r i- not i.-ed. t'nlv healthy"
virus is used. The he.illbiesl virus is
., ... ... ,. i
the poison iroiu a -ore. When Dr.!
, ,. 1 .1 1 i
.li'lllii'r dl-eovcl'cd ihe 11 i,s 11, l.onhe
probably thoughl of ibis paia.lox.
Then' are usually tw clve cow s
the city stalls. They arc fin iii-lied
U butcher u ho take- l In ill back aflil'
they recover from Ihe tlLcls of the
inoculation, w hu h does not nil. cl their
qiiulil) for food. The sore heals up
in a week, leaving the llc-h absolutely
pure. ( f course, Ihe bulchi r is paid
something for the 0-1' of the cattle.
Now York W 01 Id.
j ue of the largest hop gn wcis on
I the I'acilie coast g., a growth of
...V.t'.' pounds of hops on an acre of
MO hills. A yield f I"".' pounds to mi
iiue in the axriage yard is considered
fair.
A 1Vur4 for (lie nalk.
Nuttiralists lire juizled us (0 how
the shark inaiiit.aiin hiinnelf. 'j'ho
ocean is wide and the number of iu'
who full ovei hoard Miiall indeed in
comparison lo ils ana. The vast pro
portion of sharks, then, must go
through their lives without the remote:
chance of obtaining 11 men! at the ex
pense of (he human kind. There in
no ground for the nip position that the
meal, liis prolonged fasts certainly
furnish an ample explanation and ex
cuse for his alleged savagery of
di-posiiion.
Man hiiu-ell', when driven lo diro
straits by hunger, lias often resorted
to ,0 Imleous expedient of caiinil
ism, and it is not for him lo ailed
indignation tit the iin-ei upulouMir.SB of
a stjii vin i-luil k. 'I he iiiiineliKu iiil
,.niiiiiy between until mid the kiiuku
on land is even less bitter and deep
than that wbicli the seaman
cherishes tigain-t the shark. In this
ease, however, il is one-sided, every
thing p( anting to the fact that, so far
from having any bostilo feeling for
man, the slun k has an aggressive liking
for Iiitil. It is as unjust to charge the
shark with hostility toward man as it
would loiiciiis.: man of a savage ani
mosity against I he- ox or the sheep.
1 1, , .t fu,l t(, i, oaten, that is all;
ninl man, the almost, universal de-
X(lni,.r, is the last who is cnlilled to
,:,lll0 . n,,,,!; 011 this ground,
- .
A l'iiwei!nl Magnet.
I'l ofessor r-uiyihe was once Ir. liirlng
in a provincial tow 11 ou naliiral pli.l-
0- -.pby. and in the cniir'e of his ex.
pel linciils ,e introduced a most pow
erful liiaguet, Willi which he attracted
a block of steel from a ili' tauci' of
two feet. j
"Can tiny of you conceive a greater
attractive puwei ':" demanded the ;
leciiirer with an air of triumph.
"Vrs, sir, ! can," answered a voice
from the audience.
"Not a natural terrestrial obj'ct?"
"Yes, indeed, sir."
The lecturer, somewhat nettled,
challenged I hi! man who hi I spoken
lo name ihe article.
'I hen up rose old Timothy Tinkle. ;
Said bet j
"1 will give you the fa. Ii, I'rofes--or,
and you can judge for yourself.
Wl.en I w as a young mini there w as a
I it 1 1.- piece o' natural magnet done up
in calie 1 and dimity, as was called
!c-- M iriah. She could draw III"
fourteen miles every Suiulav, over
I loiigbe.1 land, ji.st as natural n- you'd
sii.lown lo your breakfast. '1 here
wa-ii'i 1.0 resistin' her. That eic
magnet o' youtn is pretty good, but it
1- n'i ntij thing to Betsy M.n iuh."
: Tidbits.
I. milieu's IIiinI of l'ickiu kels.
"There me IOimmui iickpiicketH in
London and each one of them know s
nil American ;he moment he sees
him," said Barrett Scaton, a police
si'igi'iint iiiliiehed to the fainoiis Scot
land 1 aid delccliv.' Iii'tidquarlcrsi
'when at the rainier House yesterday.
The rendczv ous of ihe thief train
ers ami their pupils are the dark
thoroughfares of Si. (iiles and White
chap.'', and along tin' wharves of the
Thames. They are there by the
ih .ii-uinl- w omen and g irls as well
a- lin n and boys. 'I bey are well or
ganii'il, have societies and a contin
gent fund. ben one of their num
ber co-is into our bands this sum is
draw 11 upon to help the rubuit out.
' 1 1
Soine of the be-t legal talent in Lou-
ilon Is fioiiicl inn s called upon to de
fend one of the gang. It is a shame
that such a rondilioii of nlVaiis exists,
but we cannot help it."- Chicago
Tiibitne.
Ponies I'lenly and ( heap. j
Caviise ponies are seldom seen here :
now, but thoy havo not become ex- ;
tinct by any means. On a large range
opposite 1 ' unit il l are some live or six 1
thousand, owned by one man. a
'b'r reports that ho vm offered bis 1
pick if 'tt" out of a baud of I'HiO,for j
per tu ml. mis is encap enough,
but there is not much demand for In- i
' l'OUien nowaday s ! oiliaiiU
J Uregonian.
My J'alace,
1 built me up u palace
It was 1 ear and years ag".
IotiK before the threads of silver
Ami the wrinkles used to show,
I peophd it with fancies
And I reared it to the skies,
When the rainbow life was (golden
In my youthful paradise.
It-led'- wi re hong with satins.
And ils courts wen pavd with gold;
lis la I.- nud lasses nightly
Gaiest carnivals would linld.
And I li-tcncd to the music
I nun Ihe hidden plaicrs who
Lent their spell to my eh skin
From beyond the mystic blue.
l'roin beyond the h'ue of ether
And the dreaming and the init.
And the vi il that hid my palace
I'loni the common wordly list.
Alii it-I. met walls nf m irlile,
nd ils s'i'j.s of j ispi r wluti'!
All ! the tinkling of its fountains
.Making music in the night.
It i well to build a pal.u ,
iir.rol and noble, proud and tall:
f'..r it is in. drcim of dreamers -
Nei . r iiml ler bow it fa 1.
Love r. .piiii d may tut lit il
..-e iinlo Ihe leiuiioi limit -liis
ij.poiiitnn iit may disrupt ind tear
Its saere.l walls apirt.
-o I b.ii't mi' up a palace
Vi at- and ear- mid yi ur ago -And
tonight it Ii' s in ruin-,
And tonight my hair is snow .
lint I would not give my pilsce
For a kingdom's price or beck ;
For the haul. on- nf my fancies
Moat above tin- dear old wreck.
. ;il Keller in let roil Fiee I'rcss.
Ill MOItOL'S.
A hearty fellow Cupid.
A deaf farmer drove in bin Hock and
herd.
A dog in Idaho turned into bor.c and
died. Ho died hard.
The woman who cannot keep a se
ct hiiuiiig.'s to hold her ago all
light.
"A stone's throw"' is a distance that
depcli Is a good ilea! oil Ihu size of lltO
si. me.
"Your husband wears bis hair very
short." "Yc-, the cowardly wretch!"
replied Mis. Terror.
If "gn at wit to madness surely is
allied," there isn't much doubt of tho
sanii y of most j .kers.
When they say the bride's cistuiun
w i.n a dream do lin y menu to imply
that il w as un illusion i'
Lx ten 11 a 1 ing ( 'iii'ii instances. 'Per
haps I don't look ve -y cheerful," re
marked the coal hole. "But consider
how oficu I inn pitched into."
(layman This is 11 great day with
US til home. M v diiilghler "eonies out"
tonight. Duniley I ion't sin ! So
does my brother. He's been in
for seven j curs.
Johnny- lain h. came old almost
in a !ii"ineut the other night. Mary
Nonsense', Johnny Nut nl all. She
w."8 sitting in the pailor w ith her
young man, when Inr father entered.
Her youth departed immediately.
'I'l.e diiiry-nc.id pinsm ly milked the goat,
And. piutiiu.'. sic paii-ed lo inultcr;
"I wish y..ti I. rule, v oii'.l turn to milk,"
And tin :011m. il lurii.'d I" butt -Vr.
II nuil's Cell ee li ilustr.i.
( olhi' is the prodil't 011 which the
pi'ospi i ily of Ili iii! chicll . depends.
Ihe plant W:t oiig iKily obtained
lroin Africa, and it I'oii i.l in Ihe cli
mate nud suit to w I. ich It was traus-
plaiiled tl ondilioiis iieees-ary for a
marvelous growth. In l n Bniil
1 exported I:! bag's of coll'ee : la-t year
she -eiil iibroa I I'.pioo.bco bags of Ulli
pounds each. ( If this quantity tho
I uiled -liile- I , u s .is lunch III is sold
lo nil Lurope. l or the cultivation of
the bciiv viig'.n loic-t lands are pre
ferred. Tic hitler arc cleared of trees
and brushwood by burning, and tho
roots and stumps are left to natural
decay. 1 be piahls lire raised from
seeds and planted when one year old
in holes dug f or tlcir reception. At
the end of four 1 ears they begin to
produce, reaching their maximum of
beating. '.I nine 1 ears and couiiuuiiig
to bo fi nil fill for forty e.11s. There
me three crops annually. The berries
are gathered in baskets and eiiher
spread out to dr y ill I lo' sun ,er sub
jected for lh! siiuie puiq t artifi
cial heat in pans M icbiuerf sepa
rates the outer shells and iiinuiAliuskt
from the beans, mid lie tl o it then
ready for market, lis quality is
greatly improved by age. l'roin the
j mum crop are obtained Mocha, Java
and other varieties which ligure in tho
market reports. The grades are as
sorted in llio de .l iue.ro and in New
York and Brooklyn. Tho beans of
different si.s mil weights are sep
arated iiiceliiinieally and are sold at
Mocha, Java, etc., itccuriliiig to tho
taste or gullibility of the consumer,
l or the bciielil of those w ho know no
heller the light and spoiled beans arc
ily o.l to a beau i fill green, which Is
easily washed oil in warm water,
l'robubly not a ton of real Mocha
enters the I uiled States annually.
Washington Star.
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