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Sometimes.
Sometimesnot often when the days are
long
And gulden lie the rtpenins fields of grain,
Like cadence of some half forgotten eon
There sweeps a memory 'cross my brain.
I bear the landrail lar among the eras.
The drowsy murmer in the scented limes ;
I watch the radiant butterflies that pass.
And I am sad and sick at heart sometimes
Sometimes, i
Sometimes, wjien royal winter holds his
way, - "wt-
When every elond is swept from axnre skies,
And li oseh pool and lighted hearth are gay
Wltl i. laughing lips and yet more laughing
eys,
From I ar-off days an echo wanders by
That makes a discord In the Christmas
c: times; .
A mon lent i a the dance or talk I sigh
And seem half lonely In the crowd some
. times 'A . ;
Sometimes, i " 4 .
- . . . s. ' ..- - ;
Not often, not for long. O friend, my friend,
We were not lent our life that we might
weep;
The flower-crowned May ol earth hath soon
an end;
Should our fair spring a longer sojourn
.',- keep? ..
Cornea -all too soon the time of fabing leaves.
Come on the short, cold days. We must
arise
And go our way and garner home eur sheaves,
Though some far-faint regret may clond our
eyes
i Sometimes. ,
Sometimes I see a light almost divine :.
In meeting eyes of two that now are one,
Impatient of the tears that rise to mine
I turn away to seek some work undone.
There dawns a look upon some stranger face;
i think, "How like and yfet how far less
fair!" ' ;
And look and look again, and seek to trace
A moment more your fancied liKener
there
- Sometimes.
O sad sweet thought ! O foolish vain regr.
a wUa it were, what time June roses bit
To weep because the first blue violet
We found In spring has faded long B
O love, my love, if yet ry song of bl
By flower scent, by so" sarpof&rhyiji38,
My heart,! that fain 'onlc? be ai peace, is
stirred. '
Am I to blame that ptlU I eigh somet loses ?
Sometimes?' -And
sometimes know jealous pang of pain
That, while I w111 lonely, ether eyes
May haply snr,e to yHrs that smile again,
Rnnfijit.h thiun and stars of souhtern skies,
J ji.st.o past! trails it sin if yet
1, who in calm contenvwul.i sees: to a wen.
Who will not grieve, yet cannot quite forget,
Still sends a thought to you and wish you
well 1
1 Sometimes?
A Year in a German Cookery
School.
, It was the last day of April, at half
past ten in the evening. Bed time had
come, and my father embraced me
more tenderly thaH usual, saying "God
bless you, my child," and then left me
alone. I was alone, alone for the last
time in my father's house, in my own
dear frleuaiy roorn which'"!, had to
leave next morning early tor the first
time in my life.
I was sixteen years of age ; and ac
cording to a common custom of Ger
man families, I had now to go for
twelve months ' to what is called a
Cookery School, in order to learn
there everything that is expected from
a German housewife. This custom is not
universal in Germany; but it prevails
in many districts, especially in the
north- western provinces. A girl may
be'a countess, or a oaroness; a clergy
man's or a general's daughter; or else
the child of a butcher or shoemaker
It does not signify how or where she
was born, or what her rank is. The
manners of her country require that,
whoever she is, she should know how
to cook wash, iron, to clean the rooms,.
mend the linen, and plan t the garden
Of course I do not mean to say that all
girls, in those parta of Germany where
the custom is most general, are forced
to hadergo this training. Very many,
as may be imagined, shirk it; and
some parents do not feel the necessity
of imposing this useful education on
their daughters. Yet the sense of the
majority makes them alive to its ad
vantages. For it must he remember
ed that whether a woman's future life
obliges her to do these things herself
or not, and even if her position in the
world allows her to keep as many
servants as she .choosest these very ser
vants, being German servants, expect
her to know, how toT do all the work
A.hich she requires of them.. There is
only one difference between a baroness
and the child of a tradesman. The
latter learns the several duties I have
mentioned in heir father's house and
from her mother f while the former
leaves her home to learn the same de
tails of domestic service in a strance
house.
My luggage was prepared and every
thing was finished. I had nothing to
d but to lie down once more in my
white-curtained bed, with iny head
full of all sorts of picj;ures of my imme
diate future. I They were not very nice
pictures that bothered my poor brain
that evening. Every girl is more or
less conceited, and I am .not at all
asnamea to confess that I was kept
awake far beyond midnight by the idea
that my hands, which until now had
never.. touched anything nasty, would
from the next day begin to peel pota
toes, and kill ducks and pigeons, and
that my complexion would be spoiled
by the heat of the kitchen fire,
Morning came, and with it the fare
well from my father, brothers, sisters,
and all my dear friends. They all ac
companied me to the station. Another
kiss, another shaking of the hand, and
A L X A. iW
uie train, siariea, carrying me toward
unknown people and unknown work.
The same afternoon I arrived at the
s ktion of S ,in the Thuringian For
est. The train had scarcely stopped
when a :very , venerable-lookipg tall
olji clergyman, with long white curly
hair and kind blue eyes, opened the
door of my carriage, asking, if Fraulein
H -was In there. I said yes, and
shaking hands with me, he told me
that he was the clergyman K from
- bellstadt, my foster father for the com-
ing year. He told me to follow him to
his carriage which was standing outside
the station. Although I was not other
wise than pleased with the old pastor's
appearance, my heart beat fast ; that
moment; and while Mr. K ;went to
inquire about my luggage, I felt such
a wish to cry that, in order to restrain
my tears, and regardless of the strange
coachman, who was standing by, I
stepped up to the horses and embraced
them tenderly, whispering into their
symrathetic ears that I was very, very
unhappy ! I think the coachman , fond
as he was of his horses, liked my ca
ressing them. i.
He came up to me, tapped my shoul
der familiarly, and asked me in his
homely Thuiingian dialect not to be
unhappy. -'."Oh,", he saia "my dear
raulein, about forty young girls have
I fetched at this! station in these last
yearn; every one was unhappy then, or
at least pretended to be so; but oh !
now much more
when they had
unhappy they "were
to leave this station !
And, Fiaulein,"
he continued, 'be
lieve in my prophecy you do not look
as if you would be the first to leave
this place without regret !" v
I blessed that simple sincere man
with all my heart; and it may be said
here that to the very last day of my
stay at Bellstadt he and I were good
and faithful friends. After half an
hour , we started. The weather was
splendid, .and we enjoyed a delicious
drive through the fascinating valleys
of the Thuringian Forest, till at last
Ira' carrlalreTft'w-lsANine .riasac4A
fall but pretty village, stopped before
the door of a two-storied house, over
grown with vines and ivy, which lay
nestled behind old and shadowy lin
den trees. A rather small but neatly
kept garden, with tt beautifiul green
grass-plot, roses and other flowers in
beds, fwere tobe seen at the right side
of the house, while another bigger one
full of fruit ,trees, potatoes, and all the
vegetables required in the kitchen, lay
behind the house. From this second
garden I heard the joyful voices f
girls at play, while a lady, the mistress
of the house, kindly greeting me, was
standing in the doorway. According
to our education, and the courtesy We
use toward elderly ladies, I went and
kissed her hand, and 'she in return
kissed my forehead, wishing me a most
hearty welcome. Theri she took me
by the hand and asked my Christian
names.' After this we went to my room
where I ; and two other girls had .to
dwell. Everything was jnice and com
fortable, but without luxury. She
"Aunt Mary," as we had to call her)
told me that I had seven companions,
and that she hoped I would make
friends with them. Then she helped
me to unpack my luggage, making a
close inspection to be sure I had every
thing! wanted. And yes, it was all
at'hand. There were I wo winter and
two summer dresses, made with short
sleeves, of dark and useful stuff, be
side twelve large dark-biue aprons or
pinafores for hard and dirty kitchen,
work, twelve, white ones for house
work, and twelve nice and neat ones
for serving at dinner. After having
praised my useful things, Aunt Mary
smiled at my pretty dresses and hats,
which we were allowed to wear on Sun
day, for picnics, and other occasions.
"You little vanity," she said, kissing
me, "come now, I will show you the'
house and introduce you to your com
panions." - j
After dinner, where two of the "Pen-
Bionairinnen," as we were called, had
served, Mr. K. read out of the Bible,
gave us his blessing, and we "went to
bed, for the next morning had to see
us up early. At 5 Aunt Mary came to
call ua." We took our bath, and tben
one girl helped to comb the. other's
hair. This probably because of her
German nationality, but assuredly not
fas the author of "German Home Life"
kindly pretends) in consequence of our
never having had our heads washed as
children was very long and strong,
and therefore would have taken too
much time to comb it ourselves.
From half-past 5 in the morning pur
day was divided in the following man
ner : The newly-arrived jand still stu
pid girls began with easy work, two
and two always . working together.
Two had to clean the rooms and lamps
and to mend the linen; two worked in
the garden and had to feed the animals
but except during the first month
they were only expected to attend
to the poultry. Two had to- arrange
the dinner, tea and coffee table, and
to wash, the dishes used at meals.
Two again were busy inj the kitchen.
All of us had to go every afternoon to
milk the cows, and on a wash or iron
ing day to take part also in that labor.
According to this plan
our work every week.
we
changed
I began my studies. Aunt Mary was
the head f all, the minister of the in
terior and foreign affairs, as we used to
say, while four under ministers sup
ported her in both departments. These
four were those girls who' had been in
her house for six months, and each of
the newly-arrived girls was given to the
special guardianship one of these. It
would be too detailed if I were to de
scribe every day of my training.
began the first week by cleaning the
rooms and the lamps. This by the
way1, is a very pleasant duty. We were
not allowed to complain 6f any work,
and I am glad and proud to say we
never did, for we knew "it must be!"
The first week is not the worst, for the
work is easy. The next begins to be har
der, for our backs, quite unaccustom
ed to bend all day, digging earth plant
ing flowers and weeding borders, ached
badly in the evening. The third week
again is a sort of repose. With a neat
cuquetusn apron pinned upon one a
frock one serves at-the meals and
washes the dishes, accompanying that
monotonous work by cheerful songs.
But then, last but not least, that fourth
week oh ! I shiver, only thinking o
it ! I see myself again standing in the
kitchen peeling my potatoes, prepar
ing the vegetables, and ah t killing the
poultry, while my six momhs experi
enced companion looks at me, pitifully ,
smiling at my tears that I can't re
strain, when Aunt Mary for the first
time teaches me how to kill poultry I
What I suffered that moment no pen
possibly could describe. It was my
firbt kitchf n day. I had just, mourn
fully looking at my hands, finished
my potatoes when Aunt Mary came in
with six pigeons, telling me I had to
kill them. My heart beat impetuous
ly ; I went up to her, she took one pig
eon, touched its head and turned it
round. "You see that it is simple,'
she said then, "do it now." ' ; V
She gave me a white pigeon with
dear dark eyes. I hld;itin my left
hand; .1 looked at it, and oh J every
thing seemed to turn round with me.
IJ felt as if I could not move one limb,
I was silently looking at the pigeon in
my hand, wishing myself far, far
away in the land where the pepper
grows ; but suddenly Aunt Mary shook
my arm, saying: "Well, -Elizabeth;
are we going to stand here all day,
dreaming htaven knows what?" "One
two, three," she counteiMia voice
that permidji?
one, two, inrSp, ana my ngnt hStf4fler waist is but abarrewaate-
was holdiixhe poor pigeon's head
that iCrself in my. bitter duty had
twjrJjjS?' off. Tears were streaming
xkrf-- ftf m v eves- m v mmmninn hH fr
if m a 1 mJ L w
I kill the four other pigeons. "While I
was spending the most dismal day of
my Me, tne eyes of my dead pigeon
followed me everywhere. Even that
night was restless; all the pigeons in
the world pursued me in my dreams
calling out for revenge on me for their
dead sister.
The following .weeks brought hard
work. To remain in the hot kitchen,
day after daj , was not easy. To wash
the greasy crockery was no joke. And
then when we had to stand from morn
ing to night at the sheets, table nap
kins, and all the body-linen, then af
terward to iron, mangle it; and all that
tell you, Jwas not just a pleasure for
spoiled young ladies. It is the custom
in Germany to wash table linen and
sheets as seldom as possible.1 Indeed
it is even a sign of wealth When one
washes these things but four times a
year, because it snows tnatlots of them
are possessed by the family. Whether
the
custom is a nice one or not. there
can be
no doubt about the work it
causes. .
As soon as this great wash began
we gave up all but the most important
house and kitchen work, and you
might have seen us standing, all eight
of us, round a huge tub, rubbing with
soap in hot water the sheets and nap
kins. Certainly it was severe labor,
and my hands bled fast the first even
ing. But while standing and washing
even if almost tired to death by work
so unaccustomed, we tried to sweeten
it by cheerful part-songs. ; When the
washing was finished, Carllhe coach
man, had to put the horses to the wag
on. Ail the things, heaped up in large
white baskets, were put on it, we all
got in after and off it went down to the
little river.. There the things were un
loaded, and each of us, kneeling on a.
board, rinsed out the linen in the
clear flowing water. I daiesay that
this part' of the wash was the most
amusing one; whether it was the
kneeling at the river, or; the happy
thought that all would soon be at an
end, I am sure I don't know. But we
were certainly in high spirits, and
Carl, who silently watched us, often
had to .get out of thejwuy of the shoots
of water that we extravagant girls sent
at him!
So'the Weeks went on, each bringing
its appointed task, and yet never any
thing seemed too hard. Having once
got accustomed to our work, we did it
with good temper and lore. This was
the reason, I think,, why the spirit of
the house was merry and cheerful.
Aunt Mary was our best friend, and in
Mr. K we admired the real type of a
country clergyman. I said that I nev
er found my work too hard, but still
there was one which I always did with
a shower of tears. That, as you can
guess was killing joul try ducks, geese
pigeon I thihk I killed about three
-dozen, but I am sure that their suffer
ings were not half as bad as mine.
After six months hard work I had
learned enough to get a new girl under
my care, and there was no roast meat,
no vegetable, no pudding or cake I
could not cook. Now the pleasure
came'; for in teaching others I saw for
the first time how much, I knew.
I see, dear friends, you ; don't trust
your eyes any longer, reading about j should without arborescent vegeta
love, real poetical love-in a Cooking tkm : principal one which is sup-
School, where you expected that senti
mentality aid higher feelings would
dry up in the hot atmosphere of the
kitchen. Yet if you will promise not
to tell about it, I may confess t you
that my best friend and companion in
the school, while she was there, en
gaged' herself, secretly to the Squire's
eldest son, and she is-now a happy
wife. ' It must be admitted that not
every love story which began there
ended so happily. I know of one
young man who once under the oak
tree -asked a certain young lady to be-;
come his wife, but she refused," pre
tending that, long before' she came
there her heart had been given away
irrevocably. j
. Again the last day of April arrived ;
my year was at an end, I had to leave
my dear school, Aunt Mary, my com
panions. I did not dare to think of it.
But the day appeared, and again the
carriage was waiting at the door : and
embracing theT all with tears oferat
itude and love in my eyes, I drove
away, easily reading, in my driver's
good natured smiling face "I told you
that you would not be the first to leave
the place without regret !" E.A., in
Belgrnvia,
Young Peof le.
The English Language.
pretty deer is dear to me.
A bare with downy hair;
I love a hart with all my heart,
But barely bear a bear. . ;
Tis plain that no one takes a plane
To have a pair of pears; -A
rake though, often takes a rake
To tear away the tares,
All rays raise thyme, times rases all ;
A nd, through the whole, hole wears.
A writer writing "right" may write
It "wrlgot," and still be wrong " .
For "wrighf and rite- are neither "right,'
And.don't to write belong.
Beer often brings a bier to man,
Coughing a eoffln brings ;
And too mneh ale win make na ail,
: As weU as other things.
The person lies who says he liea
When he is but reclining;
And, when consumptive folks decline
TbeyiUldeclUejJeeUnlpg. : .' .
A quail don't quail before a storm
A bough will bow before it: . ;
Weeannotreln therainatall
No earthly powers reign o'er H,
The dyer dyes awhile then dies ; . ,
To dye he's always trying, ;
Until npon his dying bed
He thinks no more of dyeing. . '
A son of Mars mars many a sun ; .
: All deys must have their days, .
And every knight should pray eaeh night
1 To him who weighs his ways, -
'Tis meet that man should mete out meat
To feed misfortune's son;
The fair should fare on love alone,
Else one can not be won.
A lasssJncSMflLsomething' false:
Thouerb Staved, she is not 8&ld, '
The springs spring forth Inprmfevnd shoots
. Shoot f rward one and all; fV."
Though summer kills the floweis, it iT68
: The leaves to fall in fall.
I mould a story here commence,
Bat you may find it stale ;
So let's suppose that you have reached
The tall end of our taie.
Is Ioe a Stone!
No, every child will say. But are
you sure?- It Is very much like a
stone, is! it not? This Bible says:
"The waters are hid as with stone,
and the face of the deep is frozen."
(Job. xxxviii). An Empress of Rus
sia once had a beautiful palace built of
ice. In Siberia, if you dig down, you
will come to beds of ice just like rock.
The Greeks thought that quartz
rock, is a kind of ice that does not
melt: Tjou have seen crystals of; dif
ferent stones, some like ice and others
of various colors, in rings, in breast
pins, or as God made them, in rocks
and in cabinets of mineral. The very
word crystal is from a Greek word
that means ice. If crystal . always
comes from the cooling of melted rock,
we might say that they are different
kinds of ice.
The truth is that ice deserves to be
called a I stone as much as anything
which has that name, The difference
is that it; needs very little heat to melt
it, while it takes as much to melt
quartz as it would to burn up iron.
If we knew water only as frozen, we
should call it a mineral and put pieces
of it in pur cabinet along with other
specimens, and even have it set in
rings and pins, if it were uncommon
and hard enough.
The Creator wisely made other rock
so that it would not melt easily ; else
the world would all have been a sea.
a mixture of everything in a melted
state. And he wiseiy made this min
eral, which we call water, so that we
could drink it ; yet so that it freezes
enough to give us ice for skating and
for use4n Bummer, and, when it falls
from clouds, fine crystals for sleigh
ing and to keep the plants warm.
And God made this mineral. beauti
ful for lis to enjoy the sight of it. . It
is beautiful when melted as clear wa
ter in. lakes, seas and streams, or fall
ing as foam: beautiful as vapor in
ptream and clouds; and beautiful in
its rock
as with
marble,
state, when covering a pond
a great table-top of polished
or cut into blue and green
diocks to be stored In lcenouses, or
falling as star-spangles of frost on a
cold morning and covering the trees
with feathery crystals. The regular
and wonderfully shaped crystals of
snow, such as you see pictured in
books, come down now and then on
very cohjl days, like a slight snow-fall,
ofteu from a clear sky ; you can catch
them on I your coat-sleeve and look at
them with a magnifying glass. On
differentj 'days they differ in form.
How good and great is God, to make
so many, and for people who hardly
stop to look at them !
. !
Why the Prairies Axe Treeless
A curious and interesting explana
tion of the absence of trees on the great
western prairies was given at i he meet
ing of the Academy of Natural Sci
ences by ;Mr. Thomas Meeham. Num
berless theories have been advanced
by .students in natural history why the
great feeding grounds -of the buffalo
ported by distinguished authors being
that of climate influences. Mr. Mee
ham's theory is tijat the, absence of
trees -is due to artificial causes alto
gether. Taught by their neces5 ties the
early Indians made it a practice annu
ally to fire, the high grass in the prai
ries which had the effect of making
the growth more luxuriant and conse
quently more inviting to the vast
herds of buffalo, on which the aborig
ines depended greatly for sustt nance.
It has been conclusively settled that
no vegetation, save the hardy prairie
grass., will appear on ground over
which fire has swept until anothor
season, so that the yearly prairie fires
extended the area of the plateau until
they had become almost measureless.
Mr. Meeham cited several instances
ef where trees had grown when the
firing had been discontinued? The
hypothesis was both pleasing and
plausible, and has excited some discus
sion among the savants. j
Aaimal Ssuoalag, -L
A correspondent of Uature, writing
from Cambridge, Mass., says :
"A lady, a friend of mine, was at
one time matron of a hospital for poor
women and chi.dren which was main
tained by subscriptions. " One of the
inmates was a blind girl who was
there, not as a patient, but temporar
ily till a home could be found for her.
She had learned to feed herself, and
si meal-times i a tray containing her
dinner was placed on her knees as she
sat in a comfortable chair for her spec
ial convenience in feeding herself
One day while she was eating, the pet
cat of the establishment placed herself
before the giil and looked long and
earnestly at her, so earnestly that the
matron, fearing the animal meditated
some mischief to the girl, took her out
of the room. Again the next day, at
the same hour, the cat entered the
room, but this time she walked quietly
to the girl's side, reared herself on her
hind legs, and noiselessly, stealthily
reached out her paw to the plate, se
lected and seized a morsel that pleased
her, and, Bilently as 'she came, depart
ed to enjoy her stolen meal. The girl
never noticed her loss, and when told
ol it by her companions laughed very
heartiiy."
It is evident that tb,e cat from obser
vation had entirely satisfied herself
that the girl could not see, and by a
process of reasoning deiided she could
steal a good dinner bjf this practical'
use of her knowledge, f
Laugh YfjJie y0May
lives
are liKe tne moon,
never see but one side of them here.
The escape of a steam boiler has a,
sort of flue-went expressson.
Now is the springtime of our discon
tent. The season of marrying and
giving in marriage is upon us :
If you have anything to tell about a
macl dog, the Boston Transcrpt ad
vises you .'to communicate by tele
phone or postal card. ; '
"Enny man," says Josh Billings,
"who kan swap horses or ketch fish
and not lie about it, iz just as plus az
men ever get to be in this world.'-'
The Boston Post has learned the
enormous capacity for profanity af
forded by the English language, in
the example of a par roV which speaks
two hundred and fifty ords. -
It is terribly embarrassing to come
inW a town from a fishing excursion
and find there is not a trout, in the
market.
The Boston Girl-
I told her of a maid whose mind
; Was filled with tender thoughts and fancies
A lovely being of the kind
; They write about in romance.
"Knowf-st- thou," said I, "ibis maiden lair,
; Whose beauty aoth my thoughts beguile?"
She answered with a dreamy air
U "Well, I should smile T" ' .
"Her cheeks possess the rose's hue,
; No form is daintier or completer,
Nq,halr so brown, no eyes so blue,
i No mouth Is tenderer or sweeter.
The lavored youth who gains the hand
Of this fair girl will ne'er regret it."
With modest grace she added : "And ' :
. Don't you forget It."
"O thou dear mistress of my heart f . .
My angel t let me kneel before thee
And say hew heavenly sweet thou art,
; A.nd hOw devoutly I adore thee."
She turned away her lovely head,
' And with a languid look that fired
My Soul, in murmured accents Baid,
i "You make me tired."
Have animals souls ?" is anot her rat
tling conundrum that has agitated the
soul of science for years. Of course
they have souls. Just look into a
cow's eye" and see if you ddn't find just
the
same dreamy sort of expression
that y pu noticed when last you gazed
fondly pto the eyes of her whom you
kne w positively is the very essence of
condensed toul. .
Poem Of The States.
A. gren tie Miss., ot.ee si eied with chili,
i Was feeling most Infernal 11U, '
: When came in Md; for to know
.IfjN. Y, service he conld do.. '
"Oih," cried the maid (for scared was she)
. MJJo you Ind. Tenn. to murder Me. T"
said the doctor, "I Kans. save
: Yoju from a most untimely grave,
If yoa will let me Con n. your case
And hang this liver pad in place."
"Am I a foolT" the paUent cried.
"I cannot Del.,' the brute replied,
"But no one can be long time III.
Who Tex. a patient blue Mass. pill."
"Ark I" shrieked the girl, "I'll hear no
Mo
Your nostrums are N. J. now go !"
"Do you kuow a person named John
Fairchild," ; inquired one citizen Of
another, as they met the other day.
Johh Fairchild? No; never heard
of him." Such a person called on" me
yesterday and said he was on old friend
of yours." "Then he lied. What did
he want?" "He asked for the loan of
$5."i "And because he said he was an
old friend of mine you let him have it,
the villian!" "No, sir; because he
said he was an old friend of yours I
showed him the door at once!" "Urn,"
growled the one. "Um,.' replied the
other, and they slowly, backetl off .and
continued their waj s.
The Locusts f Egypt.
teal Pasha has sent 500 men to the
plain of Troy to aid in the destruction
of tlje locusts. In the heat of the day
they? are taken by driving them on? to
sheets; in the morning and evening,
when stationary and massed an inch
deep, they are stamped or rubbed out
witbl the foot. In the collection of the
locusts by means of sheets, personal
observations show that the insect hes
itates to jump on to white-colored
cloths, but has no objections to dark.
The difference in the take on the dif
ferent colored material is striking. Of
all tbe methods of extermination, the
most effectual is the rubbing out with
the foot in the early morning and in
the Evening, hen the nature of the
ground will allo w of its being adopted
fotl instance, when the locust de
scends to the plains in the minor stage
of its growth. ? The Insect on being
first hatched weighs about 300,000 to
thAtnn. and a closelv-packed line of
! shnfainz their feet obliterates
who.
e armies.
The Causes of Heat in Mines.
Lime is undoubtedly one cause of
heat in oui mines, but it is not the
only nor great heat producer. Lime
is local in its-action; the heat produced
b.r it is confined to certain sections oi
the mines, while und irlylng the whole
length of the Comstock lode is that ,
which causes the general heat, namely
the deposits of Iron pyrites. The hot
test places in the mines are where the
heat is generated by both lime and py
rites: it is is the heat from the lime
added to the general heat from nature's
workshop below. '
The hot springs of Colorado may de
rive a port'on of their heat from the de
composition of lime, but this is but a
secondary cause. The great and first
cause of heat in springs and mines la
the decomposition of iron pyrites
masses of iron and sulphur. At Steam
boat Springs and other places in Colo
rado, and at most of the hot springs In
California, the heat is produced by the
burning out or decomposition of Iron
pyrites. At Steamboat Springs th
course of the deposits of iron pyrites U
northeast and southwest, the same as
that of the great mineral bearing veins
of the State. The line of active spring
follows the court e of this depoeit, mov
ing toward the northeast. At the
south w'ett end are to be seen places
where the deposit of iron pyrites and
similar minerals eairying large quan
tities of sulphur has burned out and
he epriLcs have died awav. The pro-
flfflffpLDurnlc r1 slowly movin
i x T 1 i ia
to norin" BU . " ow lue writer sa
a new sprli JU8t FtUD8 UP tnrou
meadow land lJieio-Wance of the
older and larger outybut on the same
general line, well out to the northeast.
The base metal deposit at Steamboat
Springs also has the same dip as the
Comsiock, andjs working east as well
as toward the north. Bv sroinir from
half to three-quarters of a mile west of
the present active eprinca at Steam
boat, one may see wbere the springs
were s Res ego, alone near the crop-
pi ngs or upper edge of the deposit or
pyritic matter. As the decomposition
proceeded downward and eastward
along the dip of the deposit, the steam
and hot waier found or forced new ver-
ticarchannels of ewape. Some of these
openings are probably natural crevices
but the majority are undoubtedly rents
produced by the force of steam and
pent-up gases. Even on the surface of
Steamboat Springs are to be seen long
rents from au inch
or two to over, a foot
in width that have a northeast and
southwest course. I In California some
of the hot springs are observed to be
dying out at one end of their line and
advancing
other.
into new ground at the
At Steamboat Springs we probably
see a big mineral
ttock) in process
vein (like the Com-
of formation. Ages
ago there was probably a line of ho
springs along the
course of the Com-
stock. The mines
of Europe and Mex
ico, which are comparatively cold at
great depths, are undoubtedly agesand
ages older than the Comstock. The
Comstock is probably the youngest
mine in any pjrl of tbe world that is
now known or being worked. Here,
down iu "our low er levels, we are fol
lowing close upon the heels of nature
getting well down into her workshop.
As' to the beat jgenerating power of
sulphur and ironJ
those who desire to
Siemsclves. .Take a
filings, borings and
do no may satisfy
fevrpouiid of iroi
drillings fiotn a
machine shop, wet
them and mix in
a pound or two of
sulphur, thn tarn
p the mixture firmly
into a hole in tbej
ground like a post
hole covering
with two or three
inches of dirt, and
inathoTt4srelher
will be seen a miniature volcano, th
batch of iron and sulphur taking fir.
spontaneously.
Philosoph
cal Truths.
Little drops . of rain brighten the
meadows; and little acts of kindness
brighten tne worl.l.
In life two .-men have failed from de
fect in morals where one has failed
from defect of intellect.
His Owa to Eaeh.
The world is very rut 11 .'so small it Is,"
Smiling said one, "thai cone need ever miss
His own : for It is nre to come' by way
Undreamed of, on aonjie happy, golden day."
"The world Is very wide ! ' another sighed ;
'So measureless the spaces that divide.
That one may seek, and Journey on aloae.
From birth to deal h, and never find his own."
"The world is beaniirul and bright!" said one;
" The red rose opens to; the wooing sun ;
In bosky depths the w
id birds flit and sins,
To couing mate, with b
ver-llrine wlngl
i
"The world is very sad
tbe otbef sighed, .
"And over-fuU of gra
ves, thongh deep and
W0el
lhe great sea throbs with never-ceasing moan,
And only death car give to each his own..
If a man be gracious to a stranger it
shows he is a citizen of the world, and
that his beart in no island cut oft from
other lands, but a continent that joins
them. . .
If I do not keep step with my com
panions it is because I hear a different
drummer. Let a man step to the mu
sic which he hears, however measured,
and however far awsy. Is it import
ant that I should be matured as soon
as an appe tree, aye, as soon as ah
oak? May not my -life in nature, in
proportion as it is supernatuarl, be
only the spring and infantile portion
of my spirit's life? Shall I turn my
spring to summer?! May I not sacri
fice a hasty and petty completeness
here to entireness there t If my curve
is large why bend Jit to a smaller cir
cle. The society I was made for is not
t,oM BViatl T than anhatiritfA far fhiS.
anticipation of that this poor reality
I would rather nave, tne unmlxea
pectaUon of that than thu reality,
life is a waiting, so be it. I will not
shipwrecked on vain reality.
:''
A Skilled Detective.
TaraTellaf the XyiLry of a Sehbary.
About two years ago Mr. AamrUh
Boody, of Newark N. J., a retired .
plumber, on returning from a visit to
New York, was astonished to find the .
front door of his splendid resldenoe
standing open, although. h-btI closed
it securely upoitkla departure. Pro- .
ceedlug fur her he at once perceived
by the empty wine bottles and eosly
viands scattered over the mainslficlent
satin furniture that the house hd been
burglarized In his absence. A pender
ous half trunk, in which hs kept bis
valuables, had been opened and a set
of studs and a package of lour per
cents removed. It was Impossible to
tell exactly when tbe robbery had oo
cured, but the excited millionaire at
once started forpolios headquarters.
Ou the steps of the office he
tered a keen-looking man, with the
eagle nose and hawk eye peculiar to
detectives, who inquired If he wished
to see the Chief. -f I
"Immediately !" said the millionaire
plumber. ' ?
"He Is in New York," replied the
man, on the steps; "but if it la anything;
of Importance I will attend to It In his
plaje." . V jV- : V,' ' p. y:
"I've been robbed," said the victim.
"I knew it," replied the police at
tache, with the. true promptness' of
the profession. "Let us at once to the
spot" ' '
The plumber led the way to the
house. -1 f
"I truat nothinor has been moved
since the crime was discovered il' J
the detective, as they
Absolutely noThlng," said thT
gentleman, who had read Gabol
M. Lecocq" four times. , V
"Because," said the detective, "f"
depends upon a careful study
surroundings," and he began his 1 .
ill.ii a s
ugauons Dy measuring a square as
of the dust covered lid of the Wat-.
He then , produced a small jf011
scales, and scraping off the lir00
dust reftrred to, carefully weighs '
same. ;, ;l"
"Let me see," he muttered, ma
calculation; "dust settles at theas
of 648 lOOOths of an inch per hour. -
is, therefore, certain that the burgl .
was committed last Thursdav at T.15
A. M." . r-
Dear me," said the old gentleman ;
The detective now approached the '
remains of the robbers' repast. "There
were three rob ers," he said. .
"Yes. but here are foursrlasses used."
exclaimed the old gentleman.
The fourth waSiuereJus'dd tot
the corky top from the bottles," ex
claimed the detective, who gave his
name as Kickshaw. "One of them
was a powerful man of advanced age.
See this bitten cracker with the marks .
of decayed teeth. The second was a
dandy with a long moustache, for you
can perceive here he has repeatedly
wiped it on his napkin. The third
burglar was unmistakably a woman."
"A woman ?" gasped the house
owner, v. ,
"Precisely. You see she has eaten '
nothing save pickles and the Icing
from this cake. ' In her nervousness
she has upset the alt-ahd'cCat her
wine on the cloth. It was her first
affair of the kind." : -
"Yes, I see," said old Boody, much
interested. "And a pretty woman as well,"
went on the detective. "You notice
she has brushed the dust from every
mirror in the room to look at herself.
Next, we find that they divided the
plunder on the spot. . Look 1 were not
these broken tapes the ones with which
your bond package was" tied ?" -
' '.Tbear stiw." '"'- t.,'-'''.- - t
KiS"During Ui division Ti
"But how cttCtwnow that?" as led
Boody. '
"By this overturned chair. Besi
.he piano Is open, and marks of fingVs
re on the bass keys. Women always
sit down on that end of the piano whin
angry.'
"Even
when burgling ?" said tie
other party. .
"At all Umes,' replied KickshaV;
if? makes no difference whatever, 'ihe
woman bad red hair."
"Had, eh?"
"xes sne mrew vnai doojc ia I!ie
corner at the o d man, and made
nose bleed. .See fh1T toy til . f .
with blood, No one but a red-hair
woman would have done that;"
"How do you know Jhat It was the
man's nose?" ' V;
"Because," replied the detective,
using a pocket microscope, "the blood
globules are those of an elderly person,"
' -'I suppose they did not stay here
abouts long?" queried the plumber.
" "Nfy they left the next morning for
Chicago." "'-
. n f a. . w . : . t' ; .
ureat xieavens j w nat ao yc
mean?" said the old party. "Are von
magician?" , . , $)
"It is very simple;', replied the h'
man "Sleuth hound,". "On this crnr1
pled scrap of paper you will see soif
figures. Of course the theives could f
realize on tbe bonds at once. ' T?
therefore, made a computation to 7
cover just how far their immediate
would take them. Chicago- was
result, ms the total arrived at ia the
to that city multiplied hjr three." (
1 see I see," said tbe plumber'
train," continued the
thl'
promptly. "Let me ss
had better
letr5-"
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