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:-:': ': J '.!'.. I r, PITTfBbRO, N. 6. TBTURSI)ly J'0AIllfj '26,;i888."J i'' ! - j': j-'15--': -:v--'- V: i -U ''i "'V ' NO. 6. j THE PUBLISHED RT IIOME OmCE, OH HOME1. TH0RSD AT nilXMBOKO STREET T " THE A. ?I. MEBRIXT, Editor & Proarletor, TKIOIH OF HUBSCttll'TluK. iS IM i J 1 r . riot si month Irictlyl ia advance UATES OP AilVEKTmiNU '4.1 1 Rdaare. 1 tlm 1 equors, 1 mouth, 1 8qaare,'$ months, . 1 nqaare C months 1 square 12 months: I ConXrtots at reasonable specified time and ecace. ten i cents pet ttes PEACE. Winds a "id wild waves in headlong hue com- , motion llrfcl'Crt'f'"'-! Bcud, dark with tempest, o'er I the Atlantic's r ' breast; ! ! 1 I . - ' P:, While underneath; few fathoms deep in ocean, ! f . Lie peace and rest. Storms in mid -air, be rack - before them P sweeping, ( ; JJ ;:- j;'-. L, Harry and hiss, like furies hate-possessed; While ove'r all white cloudlets pure' are sleep- $1.00 2.60 0,00 7.50 12.00 for any , rW ; In peace and rest t Heart, O wild heart!iwhy ia the storm-world i nPCI if. 1IULEH- The Editors are not resbonsible br and wonld not be tinder stood as endorsins the views of contribntors to the COlmjnns of. Tnx IIomi:, and thej reserve the prerogative of, withholding1 the names of contribntors if it should be aoemed proper.! JNo com m ana -cetion will be allowed a place in the paper unless accompanied! by the name (of a re sponsible party.! No indecorous personali ties will.be published. I Obituary notices to the extent pf eight lines , will be i admitted free of Charge; Ten cents will' .be Charged fni" AVAl-v linn in aTninnf fhimnntViw fVkn.. tribntorsaie requested to write en only one side of thelrmannscripte. We do not prom ise torecarn rejected mannscripts. I Address 'THE HOME," ; I fittaboro. WO. I raging Flit'st, thou thus midway, passion's slve and When all so near above, below unchanging, i -1 Are heaven1 and rast? I I , i a w; Willi.. and folks,1 smoothed I "Well, no, not to-day,'? ; Mrs. Perkins unswered. n "We calkilated,? bein there was so many tramp nd rotishs a-prow-Iinvaroiind the cauntiy since court-week, as we'd jbetter leave some, one to ham to keep, house:; and she; didn't seem pa' tick'Iery anxious io come." ! ' -Should he v' thou'Jt she'd a-wanted to get acquainted j vith . the said Mrs; Tackabrry. r ! 1 3fr3.- tferkins sm;ied down tlie flounces of her dress. VShe'll pet acquainted before long, rguess,", said she,' calmly. s 1 "Not very joiing, IVposel" said. Miss lackaberry. - , 'Abobt sixteen," i answered Mrs. Per kins, with suppressed triumph. . 1 never V said Miss , 1 acka- TTlnof find if OTufnl Hull uuov i uuu aw hit Perkins. THE DONATION TARTY. BT HELEN I FOUREST OKAViES. I "Are youal riffhtj Matilda?" wid Mr. Perkins, casting a final, conprcbensive berry.-here?" glance around jhimJ as he put one foot on 'ftbe blind rush that ehsuedr Mrs. Perkins tne wagon-step ana gatnereciup inc reins -ainu Biia iacKiiuerry jgox separaieu The AsfoS "of ' iiw York Citi Ipay 1 000. a Vearij'dr a special guard of their houses, which, tempting riches, have never been entered by persons witrjbugj anous in licat I The Assoctstiori qf Grand I "Works of Panama has mnde ft contract with a busi- laipnong ior tne supply oi te put td work Thev'are to re- hess house if JOCf coolies, will ttho ,a! Canal. lodi uso irj a 'fiishioohblc. part burla into his left hand j Y-yes, I believe wife. . ; :!:. ' I ' . I Ta fhA itr lrif nf lprtinn falcp. in?" 'And the stonp jug of maple mo -It'o rmht horn "1 I At tne f.'DoDalioii Party' evervbody so," answered his ate as touch as they possibly could, and ! nearly jevervbodf, put something in-: his : or her pockets far the children at home. i Gallons of sca'ding tea and lukewarm tonsol maijrestibie cake if by magic ; monster assesl" coilee vanished ; disappeared as "Not; so very. 'f returned Mrs. ii 'Tleen here onir'" A weeK." "Mj3 land sister Tjyphosa '11 call to- morrowi? ieaid " Miss! Tackaberry. 'I was Alwtavs one to believe in sociability. iPiiit ihere Mrs. sl'ar.ons feebly an 'uounced thit "siipnet was ready," and in knowed it all along H I knowed nothin 1 hadn't happened ! -Oh, Chatty, Chatty! I never "waaso glad o nothin in alllmr uie ueiore ; . . f ; h ' ' . 'But, " spok e up Mr. Perkins, elancin a furtirely toward - the -rocking-chair, fw no's that? Who S the Head woman, or the woman in a fit. or lwhoeyer-; she is?" :.: .-. -y ' . i Chatty broke into a merry tinkle of liughter. ; -V-'-; ? .! r- JU'It it's l only a " dummy, ; Uncle Asahel;! she confessed. : , dressed jup the bolster in Aunt Tilda's Idouble gown and cap and spectacles andj set it in the rockinghair, so that if any one looked into the window, they shouldn't fancy the old place quite desertilsd. Fori the sunshine was so bright, and "the wpods looked so delightful, that couldn't stay in ! Bat, oh! with a penitent clasping of her hands -"Ididnt-Mndeed I didn't mean to give yon such a f right as this 1 I' '! don't mind the frightrmrdearj 'so lpng as everything has- turned out tight at last." said Uncle Asahkl, his whole face beaming into a universal smile 'Neighbors, will yon sit ddwn and take "And the tenlyards o' rag-carpet, and j dishes of sticky preserves were, ever and -the pair o 'brackets and the cherry vase, packed in tissue-papr shaylngs?' . I ' MVes, ! I b'lieve we hain't fof-gotten nothin , assented Mrs. Perkins, craning i hh thA 1'unarh.n ,ceive t20 a! month and free board and :lPg. n III her! neck this way and that,- to make as surance doublv sure. . i : - if ''WalJtheni that settles matters," said swarthy-browed j.t l i ii j i' j i ' . V!.! i a; iL 'i. iue lanner, unssiy acijUsiing nimseif in ward march!" I Ij ! I- j liut as tne; clumsy piu larm-wagon lumbered slowly oa through I ida sied fields and meadows' crimsoned wijth hod- anon renewed; arrived evgry f tove-ovens, and But the ! meal relays of hot biscuits five minutes from the Still Le cry was "more I" wa3l luckily for Mrs. drawinar to a clo3e, when 'Joel Fikllertjon, a handsome. i!Parsonss 'ie!)uanimity diDg grasses, he onei-side.d manner at) his wife's, clouded I . . I i i I i :-t rr- 1 - ' I 111UUUC1 UU A Philadcfphia club of lawyers has face. ! J I - I ; ! nUoA it,ltJhU nnrl':iw.' iind-ainU it be-' 1 4 ji What on airth's the matter, Matildas" of the city, ainmg hov the members that' raon law. . , .iff II! I neighbors were settlejl at an aiseinblago lay ana ex- are Ikcnt busv exr! aw was at 40rt oi bcotttsu com- ,! I whereby disputes jbptween 'IS '( oi the people -without the de pense oi ntigation. i The doubles in the present House of IljcpresrintaCiies, at Washington or those i having .M .Li l illS I similar F I J I . , L Thpre ate three Aliens, looked up in ja jquaiut, his! head" in at ithe around, i 4 4 Deacon he.' ; "That's hiv moath "Did horse ain tied him close to ("ojit Perlcins's folks here?" said me," full ain't iiUlTnU fiL 'J lLik' said he. I "Is' dosed you was; dead set this, arternoon." ! j : 4I did set Cons'd'able store by it," said Mrs. Perkir s, pumping a bleavy sigh but! of some unseen (Jeeps in her internal economy; " but! somehow I feel sort of uneasy about eavin' jChatty inScharge of mings at honle.r 1 Asahel Perking whistled, 44 Ain't -she a said he. - T "Toot, cfri nnfr. Ti trAn a mil n ii4-o " !Mrs. shriek. Perkins woman growed (o liakers, 11 : ! I' irowncs or numerous. Andersons, names, are four two I Jlreckenrldsres, four Browns, th ea Campbells, ,vo.I)avidtohs, three Hendersons, three i -l if -II. 1 i i V Hopkins, twi; Johnstons, two OfXeilli, ol KusclU I onlvl one SmithL three Stewarts, two- Stones, two Taylors, three ivo Whites two Whitings and two Wd e Mcils and only 1 " i ft L rr t torn. - iheretare live" with the i i n pre ni . ii ' Stwelvi ax, p. dfi the she said suppose ain't used to beih' left old was a up?" Barmer. baby." I s'pose so. 4 dne-would "But she alone." 1 f It's a good time to sort o'begin, then, Bint-it "j; chuckled the old man j 44 I'm afeard, she'.l let the dried sass burn." j -I , ' : i 4 'No great harm ef she does;" 44 And there's. the cilf to be! fed. it perfectly well The new Aldern 44Soniexhing's with an; anxious rightly know how nor she iuste came aqross lots a snack?" lookin hospitably around on tne assemblage. ' 4 4 We hain't much but 5 soft gingerbread and dried-peach sass'; 1 "And said of f?ot wel- youpg .giant, popped door jana looked Mr. Perkins, with piscuit and Honey. thF' the ere. loose has he? I horse," said Joel. I want to ,s peak to- uttered a shrill little I knowed iti".said she 4 'I knowed ft oimethin's happened. iy cdw is lamed, or else that's burned," iruiltily ! mur- mered. cnatty. 4 'But such as it is, you're kindly come to it," added the farmer. I But the neighbors decided to return to Catfield Parsonage, wilth the solitary exception of Joel Pullertori. who elected to remain and be lectured by Chatty on his oipciousness. : 1 4 4A hd so ypu really believed that old spectaciea ining. to Deif-mer ' cnei: Chatty with inrinite scorn. 1 44 You; know I had never seen vou," pieaaea joei. . ij 4 'And you went and spoiled Uncle AsahelXDonation Party, and set all the tongues in catbeld waggijjg, and torn a scene all on account of k bolster?" 'Til never do so again,,' abjectly ut tered Joel. i And therewith the youngj people .burst uui iuw uncuniruuaoie laugnier. Then Mr. and Mrs. Perkins, ohj the back porch, nodded theii heads fanol Bitlfl 4'tVPW. CfllPcaAfl it Tpna Shll rirrVit'!". baiurday A tght. 100 Ejg3 at One Sitting. Eating At jh.bft FTnfFrhan TTrtnoft lsict TfTit party' sat at a table in the art gallery the house is too!t on 111 re. and the insur- : making wagers each on his own uarticu ahce run put only yesterday." ; lar trick. A a young brokier who 'spent peach- and the Shanghai chickens to be lookel al ter, happened,'' said Joel, Rookl "though I don't what. Mother to your house ?4ady 16 getthe receipt for makia' soft soap, and although, she could see your! niece a-set-tin' by tihe tire, she couldn't 'make her hear, though she knocked! fit to rattle the sidd of the okd house down. And don't' !be ; scared she, sort o' thinkin' Mis1 Chatty's in a fi tor -hurt or su'thin', sj sh e'sent me down here on Speckl e-back. while she stayed by. the door to sort p' keep guard.'1 j' ! Ij' Jerusalem '." muttered , Mr. -, Ferkms, fumbling to untie i the horse. t4Why didn't yiou kic'.q inHhe Idoor, or .smash Revo i '. T Tii Of the thirty-eight widows utionary soldiers drawing' pensiohs from the Uofcnment.! two are residents ol- Ohio, two of Indiana, two of lllirjois.twc i I i . - ..i . II ' ' ,. Of Kcniuciky and two of Michigan . 1 V -I - I . i I f ' Tennessee ilaims ho less than eight, while i ., . t i lias jtne,, ven Thnlofhp are scatjered about in Maine; Miiincsola, ei)raKa, ?jncw Vork, , Pennsylvania. 'cds apd Virginia.: The tWo Oldest are I and the shortrcake to be baked! and " i i " Well,. I ca'kilate ( hatty's cOual to . the window-panfes, orsu'thm'?" the occasion" Inoclded Mr. Perkins. : j4'As fjpr "the ; door, I tried my level ff Anyhow, We shaa'lt never know, ef ;we best,", said t Jo2l;" ,bub them timbers don't take ''some i way of firidiii' out. ! would I stand an j earthquake. And Come, mother, don't fret. I do b'lieve, mother she wouadn'ti let me break .the tar the! flym glass should ef you was on the rqad to heayenj, you'd !; wmdowl for fc Want to turn back to sec ef the clothes-1 hurt yomr niece pins was all a-layin' Avlth. theit heads the t ; 'Git tn, old )taenw. est woman Kanry uncty-hvdyears Of age and the Vbungest " it.. ' T . ine average Dewg eignty-hve; he husb.inds of 1 these women sixty-nine, ' 1 i couisc, tne nusDrin(is of these just j hate peen middle-aged, br .quitt i young wives, u lna vonng- l "I I M f i I f the list is Xancv.AJ Green. I.. I i. . '. ' . -i i of Ver.-iil ei, Ind., and 4iro Susnjn Curtis, of Top ns, of Carter's Firnac4 s r . i i .. 1 -i the jtwb oldest ishdm, Me , and mother !'. said Perkins, hoarsel and the oihickeusi had gone to ; iy. : 44s)uick : There ain't no time t I . : -r n i i t i ii t i 'ii on tne rrper lose: i aunno wnas ion i airtn i snail sa riglit way, roost all, g juare an,' even perch." is 4!4 As ihe1, you hadn't o'.ighter sneak j anything has happened to the gal that's lignt , o sacred tmnas," . reproachful y 1 all ne s got m tne worm." murmured Mrs.'lPerkins.. I ft fi "1 VI kftowed 'it'l't - ' was last summer with his THE TEMPLES! ! OR KIOTO. -I :t AN AmicAms siarrr bekinq in A JAPANESE TOWW. : ! The Imperial Palace, Temples, Mon asteries and Idols- S veet Japa- r neso Bells The Itarsest Temple. "" I -t -I - i - . The risitor to Kioto, says W. J. Hol land in a letter to the Cincinnati Com mercial GaztV.e. finds much in the round of sight-seeing which recalls his ei peri i Ti.r ' . . . . with sinxM figures of the Kwannon, ei'iici embossed or epgrared, and it is by reck oniug taesc that that the marrelous sum of33,SS3 Is reached, j j . i ' Z SELECT SIFT1NGS. i - The Invention of. petards is ascribed to the Huguenot in 157ft. . "1 A Paris bsrber advertised a liquid war ranted to color the hair or anything else a pure white. ; " I j : i The first dye-house for scarlet ia Eug- led : upon to go the KcJ,Ier riemio5- ! -rable temples. - Cf! rFr now to be used in the manu- ence in Italian cities, chnrches he is called rounds of - SnnTiinpraMA tpmnlm course everybody goes to visit the Irapc-J fctun of bottler Their weight -is less Tial Palace, which is located in the north- j thaa glas or stone ware, and they are ern rjart ol the citv. in order tn nhfuin l nuio io urva. - ; W - . " -. - I a view of thej inferior permission must be ' .The first successful cultivation of corn by the English in North. America was on the James Itiver, in Virginia, in 1608. . The first profile taken was that of An tigonus, in 230 B. who, having but one eye, h s likeness wis so taken to con ceal the deformity jj A new sort of hrse race recently took Elace. The distance was a mile and a alf- The horses walked the first half mile, trotted the second and ran the last Fifteen stirted.' j j A resident of India has discovered i obtained - from the Imperial -Ilouscho'.d Department at Tokio. Ihcj palace does not consist of a single large edifice. but of a number ot buildings built in strictly Japanese style, and enclosed in a large oblong compound containing twenty-six acres and surrounded! by a stucco wall twenty feet high, covered with a tile roof and pierced by a 'number of large gateways, j ' j " " The southern gate is the largest; and is used upon Sta e ocr anions. (The gate on j the Mtrn - k(i flpur i front nf 'iKo inclosure. is used hv th Kmnrcs. wW ? ree which is really a weeping corn us. not allowed to go in and go out by the 5 f?.r ten 4a3"s spring drops of water same way as! her august husband. The ' fali from the tree h'phdonot appear hnilrlincrs within 1ia onr-innre r i.ro-A ' to interfere with its natural vigor. and roomy, the apartments covered with . The first savings bank established in beautiful, soft matting, and the screens the United States was the Philadelphia decorated w."th paintings by well known Saving Fund Society,' Organized in 1818. masters in the style which is familiar , The second was established at Boston in nowadays to every one as strictly Japa- j 1816, and the third; (at New York in nese. These1 pictures!: mainly represent a 1819. i j ' flowers and birds. Some of them are I a little pamphlet advocating a new exceedingly well executed. ! system of condensed printing states that GROWTH. Ths living stream must flow sad flow, - And Mver rest, and never wait, ' Bat from its bosom, sooa or late, -; Cast the dead eorpsa. TiUMtttiw i . ' i Rons on and on, and may not rest, Bat from its bonota casts sway ' The cold, dead forms of yesterday " Once best, may not be always best. ' That which was tmt tae dream of yontb. Begot of wildest fantasy, i To oar old age, perhaps, may be A good and great and gracious truth. That which was true in times gone by, As seen by narrow, Ignorant sight, May in the longer, clearer llgtt Of wiser times, become a lie. - . I bold tMi truth whoever wins Mas higher utar hers below, , . Most grow, and never ceass to grow For when growth ceases, deala begia. '. Alic Corf. HUMOR OF THE DAT. t- rr-T a. i j . tti a n ine lempies ana monasteries in juoio a it costs the London $2,500 a year proved of farj greater interest to me than ! to use the supsrfluous J" in the Eng the palace. (The base of the bill upon ; ikh spelling of such w'ords as favour, which tha Yaami Hotel stands is literally colour, endeavour, etci. countin? mate- covered with Buddhist establishments. many of them surrounded by beautiful rial, labor and space at advertising rates. An Albany (N. Y.) jeweleT says morn- gardens and groves, commanding a fine ! in is the best time to wind a watch. in i a - nuuioiner f greenbackj Jersey, won a pocketful on a trick- taught him by; the good old lie nad: lost considerable ' Every man a check foi r to Brotlier CLaktonJ down in York, s.ire o'n'tr ies I f V Well, mother, I won't;" cju'eed ; shrilly wailed pOor Mrs Perkins, rocking. 4hes. been rkins, j." df you'll, leave o!'I thinkin j' herself iback a!ud fprth ttaa rrovidence does, I murdered by a siungshot by some o J ij- ; vi. them miser bid preeters as got loose from i i x r - i The lasH year has .been untisuat trous to ioiivigatiOn on the great z..- I... j .i i i. r i net nicagositftM 'i i i i jf )resents a s array of figures' of looses whiih have oc curred ia the Tast twelve; . Inontha, and wnrcn i t ippamng. l wo nundred and four human Jivej iiave "been stlcrificed and I $-2. 500. 000 worth of nrorJertv de- ' i r i, - .i . i a . i i went tc to ! fifty-seven increase was of thd storms The effect of , i i 7 1. 1 ' j .i .. stroyed. : Bqventy-three vessels the bottom as compared during 1886." Whether the due to the greater severity Mrj It TO'i ! know morel eh?' CO tne oia conp:e Kept on toward the lJUKto mu Jan. wo never Catfield Parsonage, Where there was, on j left herlthere al me l' that. particular day, one of thesj? .great f ' If VDonft mother, doin't! local upneavals commonly known 'Donation I a ty," and where four bu els of doughnu;tC thirteen bed-cm fsue s-t-asieep. oughter a- money on catch bets -when he offered .to wagei any one in the party that ce could eat more eggs than any othep three men present, providing-he wasllpermitted tc have the last turn. A doctor, a coronei and a bank teller i took the bet. After a brief d scussion the three gentlemen , de cided to tackle fried egs. j lie repaired to an all-night restaurantlpn Sixth ave nue, famous for the encounters which men about town have, had within its portals and ordered a batch- ate and the waiter hande several dozen. ; Then the'Voungbroker thSJt had learned a thing or two from his 'Jersey grand mother directed the cook jto crackl and spill1 into a large pan 100 friisheggsj Be fore putting the eggs, into the pan, how ever; he ordered that it be half tilled with vinegar. . His instructions! were jarried out. After alio w.ng the mixture to cook a reasonable time the cove! war lilted and the eggs p'aced in a tt'g d'shlj By ! . S jermssioaoi ine pro pr. eter ine gentle wea interested ha 1 watcheol the cooking. When the eggs werebrougbjt forth ievery one except the man with Ithe Jersey grandmother g.ive vent td ejaculattorw of astonishment." The 100 egg-jcould an ordinary ate them in view ot tne citv, and daung their original foundation from a remote past. As 1 sit in ray room and write I can hear the monotonous tum-lum of the ; drums in the temple attached to the Chion-in Monastery, the grounds of which ad.oin those of the hotel on the north, j This drumming is the first sound I hear in the norning, and the last thing I heir at night, j This Chion-in Monastery boasts the possession of one of the j largest bells in Japan, a monster of bronze, eleven feet high, nine feet in diameter, and nine and one-half inches thick at the rim. ; " ! Ii Japanese bells are not rung. struck by a wooden beam which ;is swung against them, falling upon a pro jecting bass upon their s des. The sound of this bell is like musi al thunder. said Perkin?' Tcnn. ydisas- hikna. tirtling nine macrame tidies and nineteen bou quets of i m possible j pa per roses, had al- ready arrived! in';bewildring succession.-!! "I do hope," sighed the Heir. Kli lrar- s&ns. "tliat rrovideuce-'ll p it it into the i be coavenientlyput into teacup. ! Then the owner half a dozen sw'allows. 4 'There's a hole in the pan," yel!ed one the party. ;( 4Xo there ain't. PU explain. negar has eaten them.' jt is a You can drop a thou and! eggs '. i - "v i i ; ii i v t a At?..- ' i ! rroci very useiy, , saiu .joei, xroiung , Doner w.tna little v negar ip , an peckte-uack. ; will hnd that when cookedjm ltthie egg? "Nobody ; will disappear as if by magic. "-h-JVVw ass a Jaintlv.jq ticking bis jnead as it ncr words of h- r were a IshOwer of i hailstones. 44F'raps , 4 i Its. lathings ain't so. ter bad arter all. P'raps vi arinraii.1i rf tTh W-irrtn An .C stout four-veai?-od colt. ;could hh' slept 1 much with mother hol- lefm-aHia rappin' on the glass like mad, and me h-kicknk at the door so that the i o cr-i Squire in this : very tloek tumliled o f the shelf, or negligence is unknown. .1 I Jk.-j- '11 , x ' b - mo property losses wm De iu replace me lost vcsscls--mostlv sail bv steam rro i Jn1lAra lAcaAvtlnrr rrrAntli. twCi viali rf Itot ; l'VUWl:'f ..jwm.m ivilllj 1 loilfc. AQ and increning vastly the eacienty of the lake transportation service. I While the loss this year was about 21,000,000 tons, ; the increase for next year kvill. be about ' 100,000 tp head of some one to send nic a fa coat, for mine's! clear iu ias. Penner. n'ow-i he's fairly well tiff world's goods jt's just 1 ke him to : ".f ybu ketch hold o my arm that think of such a thing!" f I i wav, mother, ' said? poor Perkius, ' de- I While Mrs. Parsons, a withered little;' spaiii-igly, ,4I can't drive a yard furder." out woman, w.tn clusters of false curls 1 iLvcu; lin that soiita-y i and thinly peo on e:ch side 0: her face,and an immortal iplfed nekhborlihod $ little; group had butterfly always hovering oyer the black 'altead v fcoPected around the windows of lace borders o her' cap, secretlyj hoped ; ipeacon'Pei kinstshoiie, peering through that ; 5ha. Goldwood, who jhadj more the tangjle of y ilic bashe? and dense money than she knew what tp dc with, !! gro A ingjeinnanjon roses to get a glimpse mignc oe spiritually moved to present ; into' tne :tiny-nanea casements, and a Lfll . i i. ' F -ti r Si- ! . l J . 1 1 T1 her with a much (needed black silk! gown. I I 44I know it aiq't consistent to ihinktoo .much of earthly adornments,' Isig'r.ed poor little 'Mrs, Parson?; but I i, . - t - i -i The cotton Industry in the, Southern States is gradually becoming one of the most important Industneiin tne i , i i .. . - . , try," says Vsmorcs' I VAll oyer the South - i . . i great activity is displayed, and now mills ire conimuaiiy oeing ereciec ; lum;u, ,Georgia,one company 8,000 spindlca to its mill. . T l.n'.M n 100,00031050000, ancj after they , have been crecteel it: has fceen found ne 'cessarv, owing to the laree increase in coun nfiVfr had a silk gown,' and it does seem' as if it would be comforting ,tb own one before I died." j' ft X V: "h ;'i I But our hopes are freouentlv doomed tobe blighted., j; f ! I Sqhire Peppe- bripught '. .a' - damaged J photograph album, front the Unsalable" I tnei. in nis More, ana' wrs. uoidwood smilingly ircsonfed to her pastor's! wife a h'dcous basket of wax fruit, which had I The fact into i I you Tori: MiH an I Erpreto.. The spring U tightened aud it is not so apt to su'Jer from changes of position. If wound at night the spring becomes loosened and there is more liability to derangement. j ' At Toronto, Chio, ; James Williamson captured a live crow jia his corn field. On the way home wilh if hundreds of other crows came to the rescue and at tacked h'm. He first tried to ran away, and then to defend himself .with a club, and was finally compelled to seek shelter in a shed, where the besieging crows ' ! kept h:m a prisoner for more than an but , hour- . . 'I i ; I ; In New-Guinea. The houses on this part of the coast, as sweet and rich. Why do ; not some of our wealthy ! churches import first-class also in the villages inland, are built upon in i. T 1 t m. 1 l-JJ 1 ,5. i aicpa !uC.v tuy , : you will describe ieau vu a uiaiioruu, ua iwaicu tumc ui iue . . v:i, r tt ,, -..u. l t 1 r H1U a . .. ..... ... : i : r r r . The tone of these belts is inconceivably j p varjmg hum iour w eigui, irev m fljction of the stomach. up a ruae laaaei A :u . .Tftnanpsft hfillh and swintr them in their ! family generally recline. A baby, and belfries? It would be an I act of kind-! of ten a youiig pig. in nets suspended ness to ears now racked and tortured ; "om the eaves, are gently swinging to by inharmonious jangling and harsh ' and iro. risnmg nets lie m a corner. discord j , j wua sueiu aiiaciieu lur wtrigiiis. -au- The residence of tie Abbot of the , ti'us shells, with grass, streamers or hid-Chlon-in is filled with" artistic and lit-! eous carved pieces of wood, hang before erary treasures. Some of the decoratid the bamboo door, which is low and nar screens are by celebrated masters, and row and leads into the common room are truly beautiful. Some are curious where all the family sleep. The common rather than replete with artistic sense, room is about twelve, by eighteen feet. Among the latter I may ! mention the . with a bare flooring :of rough planks, jrreasv blotch unon the Shoii " which generally the s'.dei of old canoes. O J - , . J . . . . rr-l i .v .1. 1 I. i aruu'a i ue cuid&s iue traruae is rown upon the plentiful remnants of it flew trees pointed out ;as the sparrow painted by i Tt that'! th ' off from the screen, and the pine . cocoa husks talow, for the pigs to eat 01 upon the doors in ithe veranda i the sea to carry away.; In the middle of which exuded pitch, so natural were : they. As far ns I could judge the exu- ; dation of pitch arose from the doors; themse'ves, which are of pine, and w,.s J due to the heat of the sun! rather than the skill of the artist. " ' To the east ol the hotel uponjthe hill side stand in long succession temples the room is a fireplace, a pile of ahes on some boards, with a spark-protector of bamboo stick hung ! about three feet above. Cn the central pole ii hung a tom-tom, while here j ana there on the grass ' walls are suspended gourds for lime, bamboo p'pes, tomahawks, adzes, snare grass petticoats and net bags. The habitually silent man becomes gar rulous after he buys a 'dog. Bode Cvurier, i The boy who has a female school teacher knows all about miss-placed switches. PiUhurg Clrvicle. j A Chinaman in Xew York is named TahkTahk. "It is not stited, but we suppose he is a barber. Xorrittoxn Her fdu. - r j In the Yolapuk language the word for dollar is " doub." But it will be just as hard as, ever to borrow one. Ptttcburg Chronicle v j . When aman gets to be a V society leader you may generally look for him at the tail end of every other proccEs'ott: Btrlinqton Free Pre.- j j. Were there any poets among the ante diluvians f a writer asks. There ! must ; have been or there would at hare been ; any food. D s'on Couri r. It would seem to the average philoso -pher that the man who wants the earth . j the most is the chap sailing about la a ' runaway balloon. Lktrjit Frti Pres. Some things are qn'te beyond our ken: Explain why if you can, 4l We say "a man's in liquor" when The liquor's in the man. ' ' 1 j -Boston Courier. i The old, old story boiled down: She 1 i (early in the evening) 'Good evening, j Mr. Sampson.' Same She, (.late in the ' 1 evening) "Good night, George. Eur- : UngtoM llaakr-ye. x 1 , Every once in a long, long while some conscience-stricken wretch returns to the I : government $25 which he stole from it l three years ago. The $3,000 which he : stole iast year he keeps as a reward fci !. his honesjy. BxrdeUe. 1 'Doctor, I am troubled .'with an ,af- " "Well, sir, il your symptoms, I "Stop, doctor,! Medicine 'j won't touch it. My trouble is an atTcc- ; ' tion for pie.1 Burlington Fnt Prtts. The -quickest way of doing a thing ! isn't always the best .or most satisfactory way. A gas leak, for instaoce, is eaMest discovered hy going in search ot it with . a lighted lamp, but vety few people care ' to try that method tnoic than once. ! BMon Transcript. 1 . 1 Patient I've taken all the medicine you sent except this one bottle, aod I don't seem to feel any letter. Doctor "Yours must be an aggravated j case. ' Farmer Acorn's cow was took down at ! the same time you wuz, an' I giv her just the same med'eine exactly, an it cured her." lAfe. . and pagodas - embowered ' in beautiful ; There is no window, but a movable shut- groves ana remarkable 'cardens, of these One of the most establishments is ter can generally be side, and plenty of opened on the sea air enters through the Kiyomidzu-dera, the origin of which - the walls and the holes in the floor. The Youngest Fcderatj Soldier. The youngest Union soldier cf the late war seems to ue aifnost as pumerqu a3 the aged colored woman! who nursed George Washington. A StO Louisjpapei c laims that the honor belongs to lives atyoi p. member ol R.. of i thai Iwelve lyears. is shrouded in the mists of a remote an tiquity, i The deity worshiped here is the Goddess of Rice, who fills a place in the Japanese Pantheon analogous to that of Ceres among the old Gre.-ks and Po-. m ins. Rhfi Is Raid to have revealed her- i the hill buck of the temnle ! of the arm. twelve hundted and more vears affo. and i red braid or small rounded Then, as to clothing, the natives cer tainly affect sincere I simplicity in th matter of dress. A baud of grass, which : serves as a pocket lor tooacro, Knives and decorations of cotton leaves, is for the most part worn upon the "upper part of the arm. Some ha- e head bands of Of pieces now Mr. George Faulds, who: South Broadway, and' is Frank P. Blair Post, G. A. city;. Mr. Faulis was just i one month and seven days d-d when he lind of cliriousljijnindcd! people had fol-J, of November, 1861; andjheyaamuistered lowed f aom tbe Catheid parsonage, under out January 17. 1865. He wias enabled tc the! vagrie impresiion lhat ;;44something5 enter the army at snch ah ejarly.age be- was wrpbg at As i Perkins's place." cause his guardian. General Robert B. IJusti look for yourself.' sa:d Joel Mitchell, desired to keen him with him. I General Mitchell commanded the jNinth Brigade of . the :Ninth! Division, jundet indicated this as a fit place for her wor- shells, while a few wear necklaces of ship. I noticed that rice and beans con- i Shells or teeth, and carved bone through ... . . al ... . -VT s i ! si.:.i, .a. m stitute a part of the caterings Drought by me nose. iu.ir uir mic, iuuc uu the votaries,! and a'.so sparrows,fVh:ch ; !ng, is drawn up by a comb of bamboo are not Sacrificed, but simply inclos:d in cane. The women Wear petticoats of Fullcrtoin. I sn!n'T V mtirrDrAn oL'ino -rnaai -n rr m. vui m m s.uu.kt. v. wua a. v. a nuo s uooiuz his band across stood on her own bae'e parlor tab sue w as ureu oi xne signi.oi it, outen the back IshedJ I H know the reason r "Father "' - i ain't nol need for no e until i buttery! Winddw's nothm' but a few mesne? o' mosouito ! 1 : r ....'.'Li 1 ."1 1 ' ' t i 1 . ! . . . ! . . I - I w . ... : i mn. rarsons couia navcourst out cry- ; nettin" lover iu x ou crya scramble in The stuffy little parlor rilled fast with the parishioners The kitchen was well packed - with so'iPf matrons 'and brisk maidens, arranging the salt shoulders of . I t - il l J -!:-' . " -I -"- . ' i erected. At Co- oacon, xne juicjy hams, the cold roast . i ,J J" iSi ,na jo.i' es oi nome-maae cake: nas aaaca tne VOVLads of hoTr. in hrownf mw.r t The cost of cerements, the Packages of white bean. ' si 'i I . '. his i : was .some unwonted, pressure there! Get me a sjerfewdriver. something. i u get in here, or why!" : i' so ueaked his wi fe ; Hhere screw -driver. The wide jerehead, as if there open,- General ; Buell, ' General Jeff C J.Davig commanding the di vision jj Soon; !aftei She was mustered in he was placed on I detached service as an orderly for) !Gen-1 Ural Mitchell. Mr. Faulds went into the service with Company H, Second Kansas Cavalry. ' ' He also claims to be the i with f youngest member of the Grand Army oi J. 111... . . ' . .. i . . ! . i . the iCepurjaic Brooxiyn xdgu. the work, to extend themj Von. $1,000,000 ! has leen in At Galves expended vast jexpen- the, means of buildingl a milli All thiJ Iditure of capital has been giving eiinployment to thoiisands of peo- : pie, and the result has been that the i jworking people of the South have bet- jtered their condition. ' All! the resources .of the Southern States are being raoidly developed, and - if this activity contin- : ;ues, tne Xiew be the great 'inercial world. I . m--, : j and the glasses of currant iellvl which forward and so! were one by onq brought" in. I .1 i was a second The parlor .tallies groaned under book- ' when suddenly! markers, cmurojaei ea i tidieP home-knit iaces,ivoiumes : ec poem?, and such emi nently useful! contributions. I Mr v Parsons, I bustled tc. and fro. Wondering how on there as easy as not, I and open the front door IrOm inside." ; j - !; j - i The suggestion was instantly carried out, and i in a moment, as -it were, the crowd Was inside the dooiv st'arin in a terrifiedi way at , thj ficare wraved in' snawis, iwnicn pad laiien to one side in the; o'd; ro ki4g-chair;t with- its face avcrtel.t Iso one : had courage to step ve the mystery There of appalling Euspense ths back door was flung A Quaint Epitaph. In the new cemetery at Stirling; Scot- the china and glass! she had earth, even with all t golden . rod. borrowed,! open, and in rushed Chatty. Clayton her self, " with j bright eyes cheeks flushed like -twin roses, and her apron full of s brill att blue atters iand yellow-fringed I land.- there is a tombstone t the memory of a " Chief-Constable of Sjtirlingsh re, 1 which, though erected ai late as 1 80 4 has i:iii tne epitaph, a most qna nt and sug- J: gestive illustration of mortality: : ' Our life fa but a winter flay : . Some ouly breakfast and away Others to dinner stay, I - -' 'and are full fed! : - r J the oldest man but sups. . anagoe3tooea:i - large' in his debb. tbat ungers out tne day t , ne that goes soonest Has tne lease tp pay. she should manage to provide fo such a concourse of guests.1 . :M) 1 Mr. Parsons smiled feebly at the well worn joke ' of his people,, and wondered how miny jof this! pa-t'culat type of V Donation Part?' it would take to send . him to the pporhouse.' , - , f t" 4 1 1 3 vs aji i aj fi - t vui : w- . T .-, UlQtC w 'South in a few years wilt , Miss Tackaberry asked 1 of Sirs. Per- . v'iv Lw ' I kins,, who, surrounded by a group?of con- t val of horthm hom- gOi. j ttudy, radiant as the full moon. - VWhait is thie matter, Aunt Jfatilda?' she cried. 4Back .1 sen soon f Why, I didn't. ekpect you until after dark! I just rani down; into the- woods to get som b flowers add red leaves to arrange on i the jwalls ; jand t the ;- sun isn't fairly dowriyet. Bat what has happened? Why are all these people Tiere ' . . : :jin. ijerRinsmauc a ciuicnar cnatty ana nuggea ner, alter . a stranglin fashion, : to her 'heart, l 'She's alive!!" Le shrieked. i4Shc o . . . .1 . -' t j ti rni 1 l t . V A The path from the Kiyomidzu-aera rcu cue. me mameu uu uewuiu which we took to reach the DaijButsu. have short hair; thej majority are tat or. Big Budoha, lei through a beautiful ; fooed witha V-shaped mark and other chimp of bamboos. A man had been en- j desigos. Their figures are squat and not gaedin felling some; of the specimens j o erect as those of Hindoo women, as and I took opportunity to meau e the they generally carry weights on the back length of the fallen giants, j The large t ( and not. on the head. AU the Jear was fifty-eiaht feet j in length and six ' Bound. . . inches in diameter at the butt The bamboo' attains even a greater diameter than this. " . -1 '" : " ; " The pai-Butsu, of Kioto,! stands upon the site ! occupied by a -great bronze Buddha; which was larger even than that in Nava, which I -described in my last letter. I It was unfortunately destroyed, together with the temple over it; by an earthquake which took place in the yeir j 1633 A. 1). j " ! ' jj ' j - ! , ! ' ; The remains of the image were melted down and cast into copper coins,: a few fragments only being preserved, j A wooden image of the same size, lacquered -to as to resemble bronze, was set uu in 1667. This was injured by lightning in 1775. and though restored, finally con sumed by fire in 1798. 'The present image. Au Unparalleled Migration. English sparrows were first imported into this country at Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1850. They did not thrive, add two years later another colony was imported. They multiplied and j spread, until', in 1870, the sparrow was diffused pretty generally through the Eastern States, the race being increased by. importations at several seaports in l85t and following vears. Since then these b'rds have mul tiplied marveldusly and have extended f at lent a dozen, widely, until they are-the pest of ,all our j jfa t&e and likewise of j wood, jwas set up -in , tion in Utah, and 1801 by a public ; spirited citizen cf Osaka: r. ; It represents simply the head and shoulders of old Buddha, ; and is nbout forty feet high. It 'jit extrava gantly ugly, and I did not wonder that the priest in charge only charged half a .:ent for the privilege of seeing it. ; 4 ! Not far from the "Big imaana" it tne coimtrr east of the Mississippi and of a wide area beyond that river. It "goes wesf .steadily, and leaning over inter-, vening regions bcyoad tne ninety -seventh ' Snonbtrds on Tjut Hunting snowbirds on South i State Street and the avenues is a more profita ble employment than hunting ducks in the Indiana marshes. But few persons are familiar with this fact, but It Is true nevertheless. The palate of .the epicure " must be tickled in some way; ducks and ' reedbirds are too common, but the snow- ; bird, it would appeai fills the long-felt ' w int. There are millions of them on the pulh side, and they are being shot and : trapi e J at every opportunity. The small ; Ii ty does considerable towards supplying lb: wants of proprietor! of restaurants, -but the business has so suddenly devel oped that grown men hive turned snow- ; bird hunters, and with' reasonable good . luck can make from !.'j0 to 2.5tl per day. The birds are wholesaled at 50 jeents per dozen, and foar of them go to : make a meal, which costs the purchaser 50 cents. The restaurant man, it will be seen, has a profit of $1 on an iovettment ; of 50 cents. So it is apparent that there , is money in the business for every one directly interested. . In a restaurant window on btate street the sign 'Snowbirds on Toast," was seen yesterday. The proprietor was asked if there was much of a demand for such game. : He said there was at pres ent, as there always is at -this seison of the year. The birds are plump as can be, juicy and wholesome, but a working-' man would eat a hundred of them at a meal without having - his appetite ap peased. " ' 1 The birds feed on the grail that falls from cars and vehicles. The hunters are in the immediate vicinity, and either kill the birds with guns or trap j them. They go in flocks of hundreds, and a shot fired into their ranks brings down The hunter has a bag into it are tumbled the v: 5 1 I then passing to the I aeifie. is met with in and around San Francisco. Everywhere it is prolific, and rears its five or s:x broods a year with the most reckless disregard of ca rese quences. The sparrow reached New Brunswick and Monti eal tj. tramp ride in box cara and had no iDor.er ar rived than he set up his household gods San-Jiu-San-Gen-Do, or .."Temple of fthe and began his fearful mission of pro pa ga-Thirty-three Spices, so-called from ths 1 tion and diffusion. In 1850 the English TinmWr nf the intervals i between the ! snarrow in America occupied the area of wooden columns which support the root i a single tree or tree-box. . Now he dis- ports himse.l over an area 01 . fouare miles in the United-Statea, and of -J. . . n . A 1 loO,OvU in lAnaaa. j merica agncai- i Making Themselves 1 Old. Shakespeare makes Cap sarlsar that cow ards die many times before Itheir deaths. It is the largest temple in Japan, having And so they do. ; And to ;do thousand! "a frontage of 339 feet and a depth of C upon thousands of persons : who grunt fcet-1 Under its cobwebbed and dusty their lives away. They make themselves roof are enshriped the "thirty and thre? j turist. old witn imagined acnes ana : pains ana tnousana tnree nunarea anu tatny-uiree .. - anticipated distresses. Tt is not cood ts ' .wannons.- or Goddesses of Mercy. , In- Beavers give way -10 are megrims. ain't deadl Kor she ain't in a fit! I f meet us. brings the misery that it lodks fon II we think we are sick we shall be sick. II we anticipate decrepitude it will run tc found in considerable I AnticipatioE ! calitr there are only one thousand larg- numbers on Rocky Creek and other small . . .J t t - . . -r I n . - - A -'lt imafres. arranged In ten tiers. oi: st eams near llacorj, ul, ana local hova the other. But inspection shows anners are making snug sum by csp- iat the head-dresses and vettments at d taring them. . An average skin bring . uplcments of the idol, are all covered . $2.50 in the Jiacoq raaiket. victims. The supply is enormous.' and as lpng as the demand is kept up, so long will the south side hunters continue to make a good living. There are not half a dozen ia the field at present, but when the snow comes down for keeps the ranks will be considerably segmented. That a man can make a good day's wages st the business is evident, Clicago Tri- hint. - - Seal Hastier. In the spring, when the seal comes put upon the See to bask and doze in the warm sunlight, the hunter spp-oaches him by lying down and adva ciag cap tiously, at the same time imitating the motions of a seal, keeping hi feet and legs, which he cre at the ankle, clot , together, so that they much resemble the hind quarters of a seaL Indeed, when at a distance, I have frequently found it dif&cult to tell which was the seal and which the man. CotmcpoiiUn. j During the last few years the growth of the towns on the Pacic Coast has been remarkable. - . .-J ! 1 i' M 1' 1 ; .-1 i