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VOLUME IV.
SCOTLAND NECK. N. ('.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER
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"What Is Frio lid ship I"
I've Iron reading, oh friend! w Lose ear nest
CJt'S
VoiiM search my spirit through,
Th ta rf a dreamer who well iepij
To the question risked b.y yon.
An! i-onder it well; fr the fable
A subtle meaning bears,
To guide through life's temptation.,
And show thee its hidden snares.
Where th" polar star looks coldly duwa
n the land of the eternal snows,
Neath th.- gli'termg lecberg's ceaiC'l"8S
frown
The E- rir- Saii' to" grW!;,
Each 1' -ni of exoui-it beauty
By !' king' gems embossed;
!"a -a hat", and 1. ranch, and petal
Are f.. mi. -d of gii-feiiing frot-.l.
Mi 1 the .lniing stilln. of Arctlo (la J
A I'r.Mit-'in th.wer it gleams
In fh'- pah id viia hht's froen rny3,
Li!-..- a -vnd-ol ot (h atli and di'friins.
Should u siii i'i"' f ill o'er its wh,
i r t he s'iiii.i' am wanner gron
It M- i'-. filmy petals
u i .utisk. s o t h' snow.
ti.) ,.(.,. who would phi'-k this enchanted
slower.
tr i,n. on its beauty frail,
Mu'l hav lmn.I as ele.m and hcr.rt as pure
A - the J night of the Holy Crail.
J'o yen si c, oh. friend, the meaning
( f this tabic I've told to you.'
1 iuit he w h would hope for friendship
Miht, himself, be pure and true.
Ti a '.,u, t that will droop "neath passion's
jJoW.
In darkii-- it fades away,
!'i-r the i lo-wm of f i n nd-liip will only grow
lis the calm, fair light of da'.
i'f your life ho li te and noble.
As your heart i h al and true,
And the exquisite flower of friendship
"i!j always bloom for you.
Edna C. Jacksox.
"KEEP YOUR PROMISE."
'. :r.iii'M
lore Vainlcrhiif . as most peo-
, icnow. (
1 i 1 not take very kindly to
removing ft om St a ten Island to Xew
York ( ity, when hU affairs began to
I to-pi r hut was oiuji(-l!el to do so in
order to br near hi- i .:-in ess. He bought
a l.oi:.- hi-! in the outskirts of the city
where he thought ho could be sure of
vo;r.p tt-itive quiet. He found a com
fortable pl.u.c close by a yravcyard,
Aithiiot many liovt-ei abotit hint and
-eUled down.
I'lie lirst nic;)'. lie spent iu the new
1'lacc "as a terrible revelation to him.
T:i.-!ead of the al-olutely jH"ift surround -:'r;i's
of his i-Iattd hoin,', lie had a'i at-'no-iihcre
ecai with the veils of what
s-ocn;cd a tht.;i,ftnl cats, 'fiie neiuhbor- j
i. , . i . i i i . i i
..-.. . juu-;! irr.e noen.iie w as (onviiiccii,
t favorit" resort for al! the cats in the
!'ity. Th' y rendezvoused in the grave- I
yard, :i iIo:k-d t: las b;;, k fence, j
,'snd i"rehed en hi, shed roof and cater- j
wauled ln-tdlv ail nio-ht lor.'--. He slept !
, . " . ' ' i
s Tirei i live mmntes at a t!:n'. The !
r.t-xt niglit it w i- revated.:iit 1 the next. !
1 n - tea' t ol p-cttiu-jf u-'ed to it the corn- '
no-to re was getting more and more nei-
o;h and slei.t less and Ie. The -wear j
"Mid tear began to t . I! on liiin.
Ynndirbiit had hU boot, blacked j
eveiy nte.rning by a lad who lm I n- j
tior.ed his bo not faraway, nuking an
arraugeiiK'nt wi:;t tie' boy in order to j
get the shine rea-onabiy etieap. One
nomine; u. tJ..-u in th ; boy's chair
w;:h s'.-.( 1; wcarv air and with so hae-
i
rnru a took on his i.nv tliat, the hoy
e-ked syii; .:o hetieai! v
oi's de nuticr, custom, rf"
i he i i :i in- b ir. for want of a better
co::tiditr.t, oen-.u his heart to the boot-
o siek and told hi:n th" h-M'rowinir tale
f X tie -ats.
' "YN'ot "11 er eie hk-. bo-s'said ilie
s,o.v- "if I'll clean out ail de ents for
y ( n '.' '
"Hh;;i "11 I ytu- dil.' Why, Ell oive
von a th hhir '( for every eat you kill
n !!V ynid." -::ni tic- com'ito lore.
"Ai! tight, cusSoruer." -aiil the booi
;'h.( h. --'i: be there tonight."
I hat night the coininoiioie sh.pt
he t. id not slept- -ii,ee he left St atMi
'and. If woke iu the inorniiiLr with
the- do i jol'ui -i .)- o!' inviag slept only
'ii'o-;t hiteeti minutes, ami vet knowing
.'hat he h
-b pi -oundiy ail night.
When In- went om 'n,. )oir:d his bod
i'laek sitting on the lioat --..
"How 'd you l:ep. bos-;' asked the
boy.
spk-ndialy, youn n.-an. splenditllv. "
"Hear any cats'"
".Not a (a!. How noa'u do I owe
i .'"'
"fome round in the back yard an1
e"H sf.f., " said the boy.
1 n went around to the back vard.
There -were two ro.nr'a-hokintr yotinic
sters s;tun o:i t1(- fence, and on the
ground was ;, i-ib- of dea 1 cats that made
the -commodore turn pde.
"For Leaven's sake, how many cats
h-i,: uu there.'" he ga-jied.
"We!! t'row 'e;a over in another pile,
the i.ootblack, -'an' you kin
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The boy be e . )o t,)S tjH, tatg OV(?r
'Hdiberately, and the couonfidore counted
until h-- had got up to Efty. Then he
( rdiea i out
"H-.ld on! That'll do. Sec here;
I Ii giv-- y mi three fellow-- -ju-t live dol-
! -'in-
Th.u's. big pay for a night's
'rai't do It. boss," said the howt-t-uuK,
-T vr made de 'arrangement wirl
''""'c -rt:e:aen here, an1 de u rider. tfd
" a l'-Xr apiece for de cat-. ' "
Web, I non't -c vou but five dol
lars cacti ail aro and,1' naid th commo
dore. He pulled out the money and hook
it in their faces, but the boy." refused to
take it. Finally they withdrew in si
lence, leaving the commodore, aroused
and ill-natured, with his cats. They
formed a" resolve to "get even with
him," .and infidc their plans accord-
That night the commodore had not
been asleep very long before, lie was
roused by the. most unearthly caterwaul
ing that he had ever heard in his life.
He woke with the impression that there
was a stack of cats on the foot of his
ied. Then lit fancied they were at
Yast on the window sill of his
,.orn. Hut presently he became aware
thai they were somewhere in the yard
near hi- window. lie could stand it no
longer, and seized a loaded pitol that
Jn a bureau drawer and blazed away,
one, two, three shots, at what seemed to
be the centre of the disturbance in the
yard. Then he heard, a cry and groan
of anguish from some human being. lie
dressed partially and we?'t out into the
ynrd, ami found there, writhing in pain,
the poln einan on the Leaf, with a ball
from tli commodore's revolver in his
leg. He also found a large gunny -bag
in which was a wriggling, plunging
mass of cats, all of them howling now
with a fury redoubled by the episode of
the shoot in The policeman was ahle
to explain that he had sec-u what seemed
to be a wild animal of extraordinary
proportions, which made a noise like a
hundred cats, plunging around ou the
commodore's lawn, and lud come over
to investigate; and no sooner had he dis
covered that the object was a big gunny
bag full of cats, and had prepared to
release the animals, than th" commo
dore had opened tire on him from the
window, with disastrous effect.
The policeman sued Yaaderbilt for
damages, and the commodore had to pay
him a thousand dollars to settle a fact
which became quite generally known.
As to the cats, ho knew where they
came from, but the peculiar and unfin
ished nature of the transaction with the
boys prevented him from mentioning it,
or from breaking his former contract
with the bootblack, who contin
ued to shine his boots as of
yore. The day after the commodore
had settled with the policeman the boy
b oked up from his box and remarked:
"Sleep well, last night, boss?' '
The commodore only grunted in re
sponse. "Any cats, now-a-days? '
The commodore jumped up from the
chair.
"See here! ' he exclaimed; "how many
cats did yon kill that night?'
"Ninety-three, boss."
' The commodore pulled out his check
book and hastily drew a cheek.
"Here's a check for si 00," ca',l
"and now don't you ever say cats to me
again in your life, nor talk about this
thing toanybody else, or I'i! -break every
bone in your hod v."
"Agreed, boss." sud the boy, as he
pocketed the check.
This story recalls another that is
somewhat like it with a different flavor
and local odor, however, and quite as
authentic. It happened down on the
("ape in a time now well gone by, when
Benjamin (.' was a prominent man
down there, wealthy, and foremost in a
good many business enterprises. Old
Mr. C was thrifty, like most of the
Cape people w ith a high regard for the
almighty dollar. He had a lively,
freckle-faced grandson, as agile' as a
squirrel, who was named for hiin, Ben
jamin C. I) , since a nun of a good
leal of prominence on his own account,
and who lived with him. The old gen
tleman's barn, as a pood many other old
places have done, became terribly in
fest ed with r.tts. The old gentleman
was so greatly annoyed that he offered
the boy lifty cents apiece for all the rats
he would catch and iiow to him, alive
oil t lie pri mist's, a precaution to prevent
sharp practice on the part of the youth.
After two or ihm- days little Benjamin
came to old Benjamin and asked hiin to
step out into the barn. He did so and
was conducted to a big disused molasses
barrel that stood in the middle of the
barn floor and a-ked to look into it.
And there on t he bot torn, was a wrip-gliug
mass of rats, three or four, deep, strug
gling vainly to get out of the barrel.
"My corry!" exclaimed the old gen
tleman. "Where'd you get all these
rat-.'"
"Caught 'em lu re in. the barn, gran'
sir.v' "How many be they:"
"Eighty. That's just $40, ran'sir. "
. "Forty dollars! Why, I ain't goin' to
pay you all that money."
''Ain't you? didn't you agree to,
gran'sir?"
"Weld, yes, but I... hadn't no idee
when I did tint you'd catch such a tar
nation lot."
-The boy looked up. There was a rope
dangling down from the beam above,
that was used to help in climbing up to
the hayloft. Benny pulled himself up
hand over hand" on this rope tint il he
hung suspended over the barreL i
"Ain't you goin' to give me that $40
you agree ft a, gran'sir?" said the boy.
".Never ! ' unid the old man, looking
into the barrel with its squirming mast
of rat.
"Well, then, here goes'. ' said the boy.
With a lively kick of his foot he up
set the barrel in the direction of hi
grandfather. The multitude of rati
poured out around the old man's feet.
He leaped wildly up and down in terror,
and sprang through the ma" to a ladder
that stco 1 near. Then he ran up the
ladder vs ith an agility that he had not
equalled for fifty years. And the rats
resumed possession of the premises.
Hoe fabube decent that venerable
men of wealth had best keep their hon
est engagements with small boyc, even
if the smalt boys turn out to be much
smarter than the venerable gentlemen
took them to be, and greatly exceed ex
pectations in their performances. Bos.
ton Transcript.
Japanese Children.
The children are a great feature of
Japanese life. They swarm every where ;
the houses are full of them; the streets
overflow with them. They seem a bless
ing vouchsafed in a peculiar degree to
the Japanese. Little tots hardly able
to walk themselves t arry, fastened to
their backs, tiny infants, for whose
heads I often trembled, as they are al
lowed to hang down in such a fashion
as to seem on the point of breaking off
any minute. The rising generation of
Japan seems to delight iu mere exist
ence; these tiny atoms of humanity
sport in the sunshine, as- a rule
most scantily clad, roll over in the dust,
run and skip, all overflowing with the
jolliest mirth. Their parents seem to
idolize them; nowhere have I seen so
many men occupying themselves with
children as I did in Japan. The whole
character of the people is child -like,
especially in the interior, where they
have had no chance to be infected by
the superior knowledge of their western
brethren.
In the villages men can be seen carrying
in their arms babes, leading one or two at
the same time. The smallest hamlet
has shops wdiere nothing else is
sold but toys, and these luxu
ries are lavished on every Japanese
baby. The children are, as a rule,
pleasant to look upon, with their little
round and plump faces and short hair
which on boys' heads is allowed to grow
all around the head shorn to about two
or three inches in length, with a round
spot in the centre on the top of the
crown shaved bare. The dolls that
come to our toy stores from Japan are
faithful images of their children. Fly
ing paper dragons is one of their favor
ite games, and the skill expended on the
ornamentation of these is astonishing.
A peculiar custom is the hoisting of an
immense paper fish, painted elaborately,
on a pole in front of a house where a
baby is born. The Overland Monthly.
(iambling in California's Early Days.
- There was a- French woman v. ho
played the violin, receiving . 100 a dav
therefor; and as women were so scarce
in those days, whenever she left the
saloon to go out on the street ( very
saloon around the square wa- emptied
to get a look at Iter. In these saloons
there were piles of gold, both, in coin
and in sacks of gold dust, that would
put some of our commercial banks of the
present day to the blush, and long tables
that had their croupiers ready to rake
iu or pay out as fast as the cards were
turned off
Among other noted players was a
judge at that time, who mad ; it a point
every evening to go around from place
to place and make high play. I'pon en
tering with his attendant, who carried
the sack, he would first sit down at a
table and bar off every other player;
then set his time of play at a limit, say
twenty minutes or half an hour, the
stake from 10,000 to $t0,(MM', with the
bank. Meantime, to keep the crowd
that would be iu at the time, which
would number from :00 up to near 1U00.
he always asked them ail to take a drink,
which meant 2o cents a head for the bar;
and if he won he paid for the drinks; if
he 1 st, the bank had them to pay for.
--Overland Monthly.
A Mild Hint.
They had been sitting in contempla
tive silence for a long time, when AVil
liam musingly said: "I think, Maorni,
that there is a great deal of wisdom in
that old saying: Silence is golden.' "
"There may be, but gold is unhandy!
I would rather have a bill.''
It took him an hour to "catch on,"
but he finally offered himself. Lincoln
Journal.
George Was Hopeful.
"You understand, George, of course,''
she said, as she nestled iu his arms,
"that I shall have no money of my own
until papa passes away. ''
"1 understand, dear," replied George,
tenderly and hopefully, "but just
think, love, how feeble your father is."
-Epoch,
I'nkind.
Young Sampson, who thinks he can
play the cornet, is serenading his gitl
when the old gentleman interrupts him.
with-
"Heie, uu! We don'l wnut fish at
this hour of night." j Philadelphia 'ews.
TOMATO CANNERIES.!
Progress of the Tomato From
Field to Consumer.
Oro of the Great Industries of j
New Jersey. !
What the peaL .;t hauls are to Dela
ware the torn .o fields ar-- so much to
Salem and Cu aberlaud counties, s;iy- a
letter from Salem, X. !.. to the X'-w
York Times. The tomatoes an- picked
in the regular Delaware peach baskets
and loaded on v, agon- tirposel v ar
ranged for the purpo-e. 'I he farmer
takes the load to the cu; hou-e and is
met by a "wagon ma-tcr." who avdgn
him a place in the procession and he
puts his wagon in it. If he is a prudent
and industrious farmer he unhitches his
horses and returns to his farm with hi
team, for he can, iu all probability go
home, gather another load, and return
to the canning house le-forehU first load
is wanted at the "-calder."
Long lines of farm wagons loaded
with this fruit may be seen around
each of the great establishments. The
farmers in mo-t eases have gone home
and left their wagons unguarded. They
are perfectly safe. Tomatoes are so
abundant that not even the street gamin
will molest them. Sometimes 24 hours
pass between the time a wagonload is
delivered to the wagon master and
its delivery to the scalder. The scalder
is the primary machine in the canning
factory, unless the scales be ekissed as a
part- of the factory. The scales are in
the street, but the register is inside of
the office. The farmer, wdio, by the
grace of the wagon master has the next
turn at the scalder, is told to pull his
wagon on to th? scales, and the
wagon, basket, and man are rdl weighed
together. Then he is told to "pull
up" to the scalder. This scalder is
a large box tub, made square, into which
there Is turned a steam pipe by which the
water may be kept hot. Inside of the
scalder and working on hinges there is a
half round iron basket that will hold the
tomatoes. This basket is so arranged
that a man with a rope running through a
block can lower the tomatoes into scald
ing water or lift them out at will. Usu
ally two baskets are put into the scald?r
at a time, and by the time the farmer
can walk the four or five steps lackwaid
to the wagon and return these two bas
kets of tomatoes have been scalded and
by a movement of the rope sent into
tubs, and it h said that they are washed
at the same time that they are scalded;
but, as the water in which they are
scalded is generally so muddy as to
make it impossible to see a tomato a
hair's breadth under the surface, I rather
question the cleaning process.
Some of the factories are more cleanly
than others, but there is not a factory
that has so far overcome the difficulty
of washing. And so far as I have seen,
that is the feature of the packing that
is not perfect, excepting that none of the
factories wash their cans before using
them. The women who "skin" the to
matoes might come into the factory
with unclean hands, but in rive minute-'
work the hand of the tidiest and most
cleanly woman in the place would be no
cleaner than those of the most untidy, so
rapid is the action of the tomato acid in
taking the dirt from the hands. After
the tomatoes have been "skinned'' t Ley
are thrown into buckets, and whenever
a woman fills an ordinary water bucket
she is given a check which entitle- her
to o or 1 cents. Many women here will
"skin o() buckets per day or .1 an hour.
When the baskets are filled a man
throws them into the hopper of a ma
chine called a "stutfer." These machines
are usually operated by steam power,
and a prcenre of the feet sends a can
Jul! of tomatoes into a can. seldom fail
ing to fill it. To prevent having light
cans, each one' ns it i- laken away from
the "stuifer" i- passed to a woman
termed a "fini-her." and she sees that it
is properly tilled. In weral of the fac
tories that I visited there was being
successfully operated a machine by
wdiich by the use of unskilled labor the
caps could be soldered to ten cans at one
operation, but most of the caps are sol
dered by what is commonly known a
chub irons, and one cap is finished at a
time. The cans are then put into lartjc
trays made of iron, and these trays,
piled one upon another, are put
into large tubs filled with hot water and
scalded for upward of an hour, when
they are taken out and piled over the
factory floor, and sometimes outdoors,
where they may be-t be cooled. The
next day they are carefully inspected,
and those not properly "processed" are
taken out and reprocessed.
A few days after the csins have beeu
corked thev are readr for labeling- and
packing into case for shipping. Iu
many of the larger factories these opera
tions are to be seen at cue visit. There
is one canning establishment here in
Salem where preparations were made to
can about l.SOO.ooo ean, or 150,000
dozen. That quantity of tomatoes will
gell this season for upward of 150.000.
"With all thy false I love the Mill.'"
tjUOted the husband as he stroked his
wife's st6re hair!
Inu la the Orient.
South of the Balkan Mountain. .yi
Thoiaa- Steven in the New Yo: k ".,
the traveler bid fa-ewel! to hotel- for
the time bein, except kt -ui h point- .-
Constantinople or Pni!ippop..'.i-. The
UK-liana of the Orient, with till it- dis
comforts and abomination. Ink-- the
place of th European village inn. Out
now finds himself miou; pt-op'u- who
know nothing ot VVr-tein comfort. At
the wayside mchuua the a coUaiuoda
tions are of th ruue-t kind. In-tu i
of a toft bed, the traveler may consider
himself fortunate if lie can obtain a tat
tered quilt or blanket iu which to nr!
himself up ou the-floor, or on a bench.
He may consider hiiu-df more fortunate
Still if these casual art i !e aie rea-uii
ably free from vermin. All of them ate
tenanted more or le-s, and extraordinary
precautions mn-t be taken tor
self protection. The food obtain
able Mt the IliehiilU L- cqll.tliv
abominable. Black bread. nouie
times so hard that it ha to b
soaked in water before it can b eaten,
a jar of malodorous substdiire suppo-ed
to be soft cheevc, anil vilhtinou spiril
called mastic is the regular stock in
trade of the mehana eui-iue. If the
fates are proiwou-, one mav perchance
be able to obtain an egg or two, ni a
chicken, and small cup of -trong black
coffee are u-ually to be h oi al-o. The
proprietor, a greasy, -lu ep-kiti -chid in
dividual, will undertake to cook the
eggs or chicken if requc-ted. If left
to follow his own device, lie w ill boil
the eggs hard and cut the chicken up in
little pieces auu stew it. 1 lie "ea-oni'ig
will be a small chunk of lock salt.
Alter crossing the Bo-poru- into Asi
atic Turkey, there is a change of name
from mehana to khan, but there is little
or no change in the institution it -'If.
The khan exists only along the repuiar
post routes. In the remote village one
has to depend entirely on the hospitality
of the people. To the credit of the
Turk, let it be said that no matter what
their shortcomings may be in other di
rections, they are always hospitable.
The Beis, or head man of the village, in
always ready to do the honors of th
occasion upon the anival of a traveler.
In his rude house, often but a mere mud
hut, with stable and dwelling mom, all
beneath the same low flat roof, Ihe
stranger is sure of shelter and the bet
food the village afford-. X'o payment
is exacted for this, but the proper thing
is to make presents of money to ihe
KeiYs children in return for what one
lias received.
Fishing for a Cow's Cud.
"There is great excitement m the
lace when a cow loses her end," said the
old farmer. "The boys run as fa-t as
they can for the cow doctor, and we nil
turn to and get things ready for him.
The cow stands with her head dowu and
neck stretched out, ami is altogether th
most woe-btgone animal you ever saw."'
"What will happen if -he lioe-nd fiud
the cud;"
"She will starve to death. You see a
cow has four stomach, and what -he
eats through the day goes iuro the first
one. And at night -he brings up tome
of the food from the first sfonuith and
masticates it. This is called chewing
the cud. After she has done tin-, it
goes to the second stomach and i- di
gested. If she lose- her cud. !, can't
pass the food from the h i t -1 c m h t o
the second, and i- bound hi -tant.
When the doctor atiive- h -hip- tin
cow's si(U:H? twj-ts he, tail and look- iu
her mouth. Then 1c cabs for m piece of
salt, codlish and puts it in her month.
If that fails to bring tin: cud he nib- her
throat and calls for slippery 1 iu. He
; -ut- a wad of it into her jaws and tries
to get her to chew. That failing, he
tries a bunch of yrass and a wad of wil-
low leaves. If all f rti I
live ho-
biought and stalled down tl: cow's
throat. This never fail. The cow
gives a heave when the frog tickles her
windpipe, and up come Irog and cud."
f Mail and Ex press.
Kill ins: the I.at Few Klk.
Some one ha recent iv been kiiiiug
elk in Kern county. There i in fntli
foruia only one little band of the-e no
ble animals left, and 5 hey pasture among
the (attic in the range W"- of Ilaker--field.
At one time, not many years )io.
they were more numerous in this val
ley than cattle now are, ln.t, likr the
American buff-do. they have b'cn.d-mo-t
exterminated iiy sportsmen dutitig
the past twenty-five years. Tho game
lawsof the state prohibit ihe killing of
elk at any time, and parties near wh'-rf
the few remaining are accustomed to
range have used every endeavor to pre
vent their destruction. Vi-nba (C.il.)
Delta.
Celery.
Celery, ays a New York n-mirarit
ke-per, requires the carefulet kind of
careful cultivation. It iiastobe planted
itnd transphtiitcd. and then kept heaped
up with dirt. The soii must be rich aad
well draine 1. In Europe it grow wild
in the ditches, and iu its native state is
rank, coarse, disagreeable in tate, and
even very poisonon-n It ha? taken a
long cultivation to oiviite celerf, and
make it the g.-nti.-, ieiiate thing w.
know.
MILMIHI MHMv
A LaiistoUt vv.ih a u..v i .! ;..;ti ,
probably -,: m d i . lu . .: ' .
lu a r. eent lmc: b. Fr.ia
' A Gttui.-.t: pi. u.r..j r. if" (hto
mm Aut h.iU. h u- e '. ; io j ? p t
tug photot.-iphl. p'.ot- i.itie t. ;!
an ex pon : t- of .!:- l - - ;. o .m ;. h , ; .
ci oud i- -ort'o ien:.
' D.uiujt a ttotl in hot w i ..t r. . t ..r
a Ihu--!an i .tit w.y w a- Lip; nfn.'. -i
tftU dtVire u'lit th.u. tl e ,'li-U'
' by renisinu- i: '.tih.t ing ut i s t
, through aii O l talik !'. the loo'
Ck.ro ?eial that t he ( 1. v. b- i.- and
flu III -tli i Lotued ;-.--T 1 1 !- -. at io:.
to! 47o.ooo ,r!: but. t:.hh. a -tax :--au
a -1 I on-s. 1 pel iod. it l-ci ioi - t o o
year-, orlahh-g a mo o hi: o ': ooc
1 yt.irs.
The pfonini; of int- h -i - h t u ini-li
gated bv if. t.t l.ri. w ho tied- l 'u.,t fh
i " '. , ., . .
, pt opi r time i- w ii I t i.e 1 ! I 1- 1 i pt u
; iujr, and that tht- v.-oeg -hoot- hou',d
b (Ut, a- I hi i r d i ! pu, i ',: t 1 1 q a n.
; much sue.ir.
At Vatious mjigneti' ob i at.-i i.- on
' the continent of Eioi po -1 i 1 i i tb-nnb-
ai!ces Were t ee i-; v ( o! . whhh aj p.jtentiv
j Wervi (onne.Iid iu tin." wiih the late
I earthquake. M. Ma-e.iit heiicNe that
a more i a relit! e alld : it ion of the tt cold
i of different ohv vatiou ws 1 -Ii.oa ihe
' connect ion whih iua . i-f biiwcoi the
I t WO d i-l M 1 1 .Uii e.
A prof---o ( hiim- to h'le di-ioiled
that a grain of alum in a "albm . f w.itir
V.'ill reduce t he colonies o! bait!la -if
the water is - oflic'eni I s infe-ied from
olOO to about SO. and that the e.,, iin
ing battel la will be the hoio . io and
(an e.iih h- taken out bv Ikifering. I he
required amount of alum, he a-. i- to.,
small to be deli ( ted h ta-!e and i no!
harmful to health.
A erie o f x pei i inont - ieeviily inside
by h FrelM h no t .'luigi-l aie -tati d to
have proved that -tee) lo-i - wii'j'nt bv
rust about twice as rapidly a- ea-i iron
when fx po-ed to m- it air. Ai ta
inted water was found to di--oU i.vl
iron much more rapidlv than -t - I. fhi
wonld iudicati- lh.it steel brid .e- are
less affected by the mid- i "lit abed in
the smoke of locomotives iIihm iionon' -.
Nine-tenths of wild n r i in o ' - in ou
flncinent are stdd by a medical wiiur to
be subject to llCMrt li-ae; but ad i ni
mals have their pe u!i aril i . Ei.phants
are subject to many di- n-e. i h- mo-t
common and fatal of which i- ihemna
lism. Monktys and b:ib..onJ e m-1 a !! v
die from bronchial afleifion- and l out
disease, and suffer mindi fioin t j.hoid
"ever. Animals of the b-lim- r.ie me
mos! subject 10 liv-cntirv an.i htait
disease; and their ptev, de. r. :ir,teiopi -,
eU., aro most liable lu the -one . til 1. -tions.
Animal of the .-mine nib.- aie
the heallhie.-t. but loo nim v w . .!m-.
must not be kept together. I h t will
e.nt one another.
Afiflian Line Si.ua.
l.uVc Solio- aie p'il.lif'11 with the
Afghans. Jhouidl whether thi 1I ai. -qiiaiuted
sviih loe i- tut her doubt I ol.
Woman with the Afghan- i a p'OChusa
ble commodity; he is not o--d nroi
won w ii h ln-r u v. con-cm. -he,- b.uLt
from her f'ath.r. The avera;-. pi;. a of
a voiiug atid tood looking- "iri i- '.torn
about o(0 to .'(Mi rupt--. To h i -in. ihe
itlea of n Afghan upon thaf initt.-r
wtaild hie a ik-pe:ale ta-k. h- n "- id
! Ahmed. the -.Jeat Wah. i'i Ua-br,
the plophel. badef and !.:!; of
the Yu-ulni Aleii.m-. lii-d a!..,!-
)sh t lie malliaer l, -;a!e. hi- poW.-j
fell t oni e he had t foe ! n ,i
; life, and died an out law. in.;.- ; no
I solie- in t lie woild so -ad and 'ti-io i' :
j that vhich i- -utty to the b.'ide in h.-r
' friend-. 'I he V imilf to i o u - I a t u a t e -
I U0. to Con-olt- her. Ii u r--h. ph ' i. a - d.oidi
! ter; thev go to her. -dnbig tn a .tier,
i . -
1 nnd iug :
'Yon lemyoi .-otn.g iu tt f iir a ml ...i T l
; u.
; What can we io i'or your
Your father ha- if.-f i-h I t-.r non-.
AU of lute that tio- Afghan k n . . w i
" jeMioil-v. AM rime are -ibi to hae
' their eai;-e in oi. tin- t It r - - - H r.
' .u mi ti or on. tno.ne v. .-aith or woman
ihe third i4- in fact the mo-t f;ejriet
, of tht th ?'- (aue. ( on ' i rn f.iuaty
Rev iev.
' 1 lie 1 u venl or of Short h a n H.
It in.- teii; t i b"f-:i a-er-rt ai .-ii tht
the credit of in vent h.- i p.- tir t --rr m
of hortiiand writing by -ound i .-louy
to the Rev. Phi '. Ha i ley, - n -Hv" of
' New Hampshire, who ha t - it h d in
, YermoDt, ar.i pnbli-hid a book -f-iting
forth his yi''m in ! I '. 'i'ni- wm
eighteen ve.-tr- befo;. h. i'.ttnan's
"Sttnogrtiphi'- Shorth-od" aw te
light, but to tiie latter i. n- ; i.
accorded the er.-dit of being t r, - 'dnn
father of hort hand --- Th" F.f.oi is.
When the Tide e Out.
A physician living on the .tboatd
thus write-: 'Within tii" b-t rive . , -nr..
J in h disttici embracing -ity -qoore
! miles or so by the ':(, I have. :i"H n the
! hour and tire minute of no 1 than
j mncty-thre.j demic in my ow ima.e
j diate practice, and every -oni of them
has gone out with the tide, eae lou
who died suddenly by fatal accident. "
Medical Press.
A Snf.
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n tl ! . I oi V--ue J-pf4
III Mnlldlv
lh-oW nr,.- an I thil! v i... V l-lti h t
. 1 1 a w -.
A j.'H.t -1. a'" N q-iatl. - f'T tl f
pi illie ( ).( of 'he f' 1
The En-di-l. -pai to w i an oio t in
t- the ! -l t ! V a- a I O e t O t . t ,
A boot t o p.. no!- ! i. .tier, i.quel
,,1-d hot id. al . dal! --i '.' "I f he IT
t ni i t I -kin
A ti. in si. v i" l-i htnd iti h. work and
f!id -Soon ) ;-!.. I to- :. -o t! he 1
w to i ! ! n g a ! 1 a I I ov
It h i- h.l. !y l"-ei. di-. ..v. i. d (h,it tlie
II n-o'i th it Loo 'lie -o IH.p t Ml,, oil i
ia i a l-e th. .ne .. f r. .j n ntlv flapped.
"hue." H.t'.d ( ' K t I i . wh. i. he found
i tb.it he i o o 1 l lot 1 1 a i h In - ! i t hanging
),,,,(, a nan. d ;oo ' -"' hoi ! Ht both
inds
wood.! hat liokoi th'.e button
! .t,.l o If -of' .- 1 a M m 1 I lily I"'! U
ntlv. I'-'i, of h il.it. I -honld tliinW,"
I he - ; t i . i -oj ! ,
A lit tie git! who wh looking at a pea
i i -oi k for the tilt till..' gfew . lit liill!ltii'.
.-(Ill, malnmil." he -aid. li-llt)f got
I a ! eaut iln! i u- lie 1"
I hide, fiitiiv - How do? H oc you
j;.o! iioid ..; anything ff-.h lateljl
Pi';-. id WJiv. Tommy- when I have
jit-1 - ha kell hand w it h you'
"Ihdttie widdinj go off -moothly "
' yi ou! a- -u.oothi a- -in h iilTair al
way- no off. I hr only hitch that oc
curred v.a winn tit'- pair -tood up tf
In in i ' t d.
Mavnifbenl HM.
ThcNiaiuof llyderahad hr. ollerrd
i -ph ndid oi!t to tin- Indian govern
ment !utpi --ed with 1 h- idea that thf
,. n I it oi e of the Indian empire goe
on glow inu'. ma inly in iiejuence. of
ol.t'av on the ib-fetiee of ! fie f rotit ifr,
!f.d w i-hilig to ;e-i-t the ;iri".ive dr-
-i;T,- of )lin, hi llihtK'IK. "H tilt
o!.b-t ailv of the llngl't!! in India,"
piopo-e- to k-iv" JL"vh,U'm'i n year for
ilii-e v:i tow aid -t ten t henlng the
noitlnin border. Hi highne-, we
innodae has an eve to in Ot UieTlt, and
i
it. I- a ii inti-iition of ii-king m e more for
it,.- t a ! ii u' h n of th" l''.rr, which, he
I think, would be greatly facilitated by
:tdb.!a of practical loyalty. Therein
j no n-i-on to doubt, however, that he
! i- hehitih oppo-id to a Kudn inva-!-).-!;
-th.els.di, id" people being Sh-eah,
h- i not iXutU the giand Mu"ilbuan
; oiiioe the Time- i hoo-.i n, brlteve--
1
' and it i- loith'i' geii'-roii not v. im; to
' in.j tin- to., i lo-i iv into motive. Th
-if i- a -n-at on.-, and w . tro't will (.-
! . ceo !--, with warm thank", and em
! ,'oved t o ci in-! I if t fort 1 o protf i t out
i . o- d line of ib u in , the Jndiit. river.
I I; tho-r f.,it- .-ut tlo'it :,nd move. o
j n.O. h toe bi tter. We aie too -low in
j i on n o in i i. h I h i - w . a k . p: of.'i b! v f." HUt
thi i tiing -oidii I all in favor of ad-
. am i'.g hevoiid our proper boundary,
s,-;ing 'and id. r. and h gh ! i n g t h great
! b.gtie within A ttio-l!,!! ai; iteif. That
n.iubt be tiif vvi-ei COO! -e 1 f o ;.' li'l'inev
: in India we;.- r.ot go v e i n i n ; !ol lh
v i ioit 'n t v i t o 1 h ink of p ring Engli'h
-ohjiei. and kteping the burden on th
ti- en i within 1 1 a-on able i.ound.
- London "spectator.
bilit-ld(mer' ( lieek."
Tt.ougii ' he wajje-. i, r t ent o i. -i at ion tr.
0- i.,- lovin g oe v.-rv I.jl. tio- ili'liH
nv ; roe p'.,o;a(. It- if. popolarit v i
noiooie th..n n.gi.td. th" labor being
severe J:Iid t Kli.'i 4-t'if.i'. th'- pairi -i.td ln-
1- .n.f-.tt gr at. i'.r-d the i.ealt hfolness
I,. -ii,' . . 1 1 pi I' - a n t ; v rn! : to ti.o--e n
. ..-d. It ii a i h.i '. e r i f i" di -.
tio- u ia--o,o i r . ti'-ea j it n the
w!,ite ;f;o! at.d o o:-;. d 1 : i n d ust ri'-
h . -Heir -pe. th- From ior,f
. .,, i: :' b: owing. .ro-ek-. x? ti rat
ii.-.-i i.i-ti. grv 'hit; and !o- thir eiat-
:,.; v ; t hev 'i.e. lieo;r, ;,, h;ing down
like inverted po- ket- and h -i 1 i y gro w
aosol' -civ -.a -i-.ib'e. It i- 'i UiHtU-l of
p. o;H liolit hire a:el in EllOpe tliat
o.;,-- op'lat'.Veii have blown hor
t h i o 'j it t ii'-lr h e i k , bo' no living uri-
o-itv tfti -'T' can I.e found at the
j n tin.". Philadelphia 'I eh graph.
hanging a 1 en."
"Mv ib-ar, car. vo t chat g- a ten for
no .'" ;-.-ked the wife i f a pen .1100-. hu.-f.in-!
nin-i: company w.t pie-.-n.
Yes.'' ,e .a,- ,l. I ed, with. a wild,
il o..'r. r fit u nd"! -' and itig how his
wife was pos-c-sed of tn n ii money,
"wi.ll Moihaveii in -n. a'! In!!-''
"1 ti.c.iiit a ten -(.-,. pie..-." -'ne aid
utecklv. Tableau.---; Detroit Free frejUi.