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1 f TENT.
An act launched forth upon the tea of tin
Is gone beyond recall;
An angel may not bid it stay
When once it is npon its way.
A wraith unlaid or spirit bright unto the sou"
which gives it birth,
Each act achieved must ever be
Through time and through eternity.
The motive gives direction to a deed forevei
and for aye :
When once Bent forth for good or IT
It keeps that first direction stllL
A force which conquereth all power of evil
is good intent;
Whate'er the act, the motive pure
And for the good it shall endure.
Antoinette Van Hoesen Wakeman
TWO CATS. "
"You dearest, sweetest 'ittle duck, sc
ft was! Manny's pessus pet."
It sounded much like "manny's pessus
pet," but the voice was so voung, 60
fresh, so ccoing, that Joe Parker could
not believe his ears.
There wai something "magnetic"
about it, to us the slang of the day;' at
least it attracted Joe to the row-Of rasp
berries that flung their ereen arms all
abroad on the old picket-fence between
his garden and the next neighbor's, and
irresistibly bent his head to peep through
those respectable palings and seewhat
he could see.
And this is what he. saw: Such a
lately girl!-.. Her hair was red, to be
sure, but it was that bronze red that
looks brown in the depth of its ripp'es
and gold on their crests. Just now, in
the blazing sunshine, it was all a rich
deep red, with gilt threads among it;
but then f-he had such eyes!-large,
clear, Ted-hazel eye?, as beautiful a a
robm'.sor a squirrel's' fringed with dark
lashes, and o verb rowed with delicate
dark arches, a little lifted with a look
of surprise that was the result of shape
And outline.
I regret to say that her fair soft brow
and cheeks were slightly freckled; but
ia such a fresh red a .d white the smallest
spot will show, aud nobody is perfectly
beautiful, not even Mary Ann May, com
monly called "Manny May.'! For in
stance, her mouth was large; but then it
was so full, so red, and parted over such
firm whi'c teeth, that it seemed just to
match the saucy little nose above and
the round dimpled chin below ft. Her
waist was large too, just as large as the
waist of any sculptured goddess wrought
by Phidias or'Prasiteles, for Manny had
never I een pinched in mind or body, or
given over to that awful tyrant "They,"
who puts our girls to the torture of rack
and boot from infancy, that they may be
and do as "They" do end are. ' "
Hut she had a tall, strong, shapely fig
ure, and its movements were all instinct
with the untrammcled grace ot nature.
As she stood in her mother's garden,
with both hands clamping her pet to her
bosom, a basket of dandelion greeds and
an old case-knife at her feet, shi was a
perfect picture ; and she had hot an idea
of it,
J. c's theories fled as he gazed. The
voice had not misled him, it was not a
mother's voice; the darling on whom
Manny lavished heV sweet words, her
tender embra&en her kisses, was a
cat.
But such a cat Peter was as great a
beauty as his mistress. His coat of deep
blue gray was striped and dashed with
shining black;. a ring of black encircled
his massive neck; his tail was ringed
also with sable, and five wide black
stripes ran from between his ears down
to the very tip of the tail, merging as
they went into one broad band; then
there was a snow-white Spot upon his
breast, and his powerful paws were black
as jet.
"Manny's dumb silly about that there
cat," wa3 her father's chronic growl;
but, sirjee Manny was all the child left
to him, and in his secret heart its living
idol, he only growled. He would not
have uttered a derogatory word about
Peter for anything; he even remembered
to get a bit of meat for him whenever
he went to the village, and had one-1
been known to turn back half a mile
for that very purpose.
As for mother May she (spoiled the cat
just as she had spoiled Mary Ann. She
was a dear, kindly, tender-hearted old
woman with an utter inability to rule
or order or mold anybody or anything.
She took life a? she found it, and ireither
fretted at nor tried to amend it a soit
of moral feather bed, soft to exaspera
tion, but, after all, restful to the eager,
bard-worked, exa-perated and wiry peo
ple of her race.
"A proper nice woman," Semanthy
Carrier said; "always an' eternally good
natered. No faculty in her, but one
that ri'es you considerble when you
want to have thing; gee ; but when you're
sick or sorry, iort of comfortin' like a
poultice.'' "
jrerer cnew his power and his position.
Petted from his early kittenhood, he
soon learned, iike the voung of the human
species, that he could tyranni7e over his
petters, and then, the Avarmest, softest
seat wa3 given up to him, the door
opened at his first appeal, the giblets of
the rarely used fowls were saved for
him, his tastes gratified, and his notions
respected. One is sometimes tempted to
half accept the masculine theory that
women like tyrants, when one sees how
they manufacture them for themselves.
Now Joseph Parker had just come to
Meriden to live. A certain Mr. Webb,
who had a manufactory in Vermont, had
moved to Meriden to grt more water
power, and as Joe Parker was his fore
man in the paper-mill, he had moved
too, hired a house a little way out of the
village, next to Mr. May's homestead,
and brought with him his mother and
his mother's cat. Hence this story, and
whatever tears may besprinkle it.
Mrs. Parker's cat was not at all like
Feter May; he was bla.ck, all black, with
green-yellow eyes, and an aspect that
made a stranger think of the regulation
cat that was the familiar of witches in
all history. He came from Hanover
to Ideriden by rail, nailed up in a
strawberry crate, hissing, spitting, yowl
iijg, and sharpening his claws on his
frail priron all the way, to the
terror of every passenger, in the
cm. Indeed, Joe was forced to carry
crate and: all into a baggage-car at the
third station, and ride with it the rest of
the way, for the brakemen refused to
look after it, so daunted were they by
the wild animal within. Tiger was sent
Into solitary confinement in the cellar as
soon as Mrs. Parker reached her house,
and was subdued bv hunger and dark
ness b-fcre they dared lit him range
abroad in the new neighborhood.
Now Joe Parker had not been In Meri
den long enough to make much acquaint
ance there, and was very bard at work
the first few weeks of his stay, so that he
Always went to sleen in church on Sun
day, and missed any sight thereby of the
blooming damcels in the choir or in the
Eews ; he was -ashamed of it, to be sure,
ut there was the change of air from Ver
mont mountains to the flat meado-v-land
and low-lying pastures about the
river, and then he was really overworked
for a time in helping to place the new
machinery, move the old, and settle his
mother in this strange place, where he
knew no one to whom he could apply for
help or suggestion. It was not Bunday
tOeday when he peeped through the fence
at Manny, and suddenly, as if by a stroke,
lost his honest young heart; for, beloved
reader, this is only a love-story. Only a
love-story; only a record ot the great
world song, tho event of so many lives,
the finality of all.
"Love will find out the way," says an
ancient song, and Joe was no exception
to the rule of - the Pathfinder. He per
suaded his mother to send him over to
the neighbor's the very next night for a
Ditcher of milk, and also to negotiate
for their daily supply. This being suc
cessfully effected, hewent daily for the
milk before mill hours and h" pail was
ii led by Mary Aiiri, blooming with th
sweet morning air-, neat, trim,, and lovelj
at si)c o'clock . m. as a city giil at hei
late dinner. J02 grew worse and worse.
He thought of Manny in miil 'and
ma kct; her f ce shone above the ma
. chinerV) her laugh tinkled with the mili
, bell. Uc made friends with Fctcr also:
fr cats know lovers when they are
lovers just as well as children know
their friend". Tiger was st'll kept in
the high fenced chicken-yard on the
Parker premises now devoid of chick
ensas a measure of precaution again?
his straying; he was tx dear to his mis
fiess to be ventured at large yet. It i
not to be denied that Manny loaked
with favorable eyes upon Joe Parker; 8
personable young fellow with ft good
position does not fall at the feet ol
every farmer's daughter, even if she is a
beauty. The ".inxioUS and aimless'1
' hiVe in the r ranks many a lovely face
and capable ch iratror. tantiy Ha l b?en
ro farther than the district school for her
educat'oh. and her home training was to
hi:d, practical, thorough work, She
real no novels or "s'ory papers;" the
Vt'e kly Coumnt and the Puritan fitonhr
helped her through Sundays, but on
week days she had work to do, and at
night was tired enough to go to bed
carlv. She was sinmle as vvcll as sensi
ble, in the best sense of simplicity, and
did not coquette with Joe any more than
was natural to anv girl. She dim pled
and blushed when he came in, pretended
t) bo vexed when Peter preferred his
knee to hpr lap, called him an "awful
thing,",if he caught her hand in his wit'i
the milk-pail hmdlo, and was always
ready to go to singing-school and cven-
ing meeting with him, so that his true
love ran ominously smooth.
But, alas! there was trouble coming.
Tige, the Paiker cat, hurt him -elf
seriou ly in an attempt to climb the
palings of his jail-yard, for they were
old aud rickety, and could not bear hii
weight. His mis'ress nursed him in the
house for six week ; with great care, and
when he wa; quite ' well again, and
stronger than aver with much feeding,
he was turned out-of doors, and allowed
to roa:n and ravage as he would, and at
once he lit upon Peter.
Dire was the conflict, but .Mrs. Parker
hastened to the rescue Vf 'th. a pail ol
watjr, ahd the astonished Peter, quite
drenched to the skin, fled while Mrs.
Parker picked up Tiger and carried him
into the kitchen, lamenting over him as
if he vere a hurt child. Now Mrs. Paikei
was a shy and silent woman, but verv
resolute; she at once made up her mind
th it th Mays' cat should not intrude on
her premises to disturb Tiger. She had
the garden fence re-enforced, and even a
strip of wire netting added to its height
on the Mays' side; but she could noi
cabin, crib, or confine Tiger himself 0
circumstance that vexed her mucin And
when Peter came home to Mary Ann
after that first duel, dripping like a
drowned rat. she too was indignant; bul
what could she do? Battles set in, hdwls
by night, skirmishes by day; a piece was
soon bitten out Of Peter's lbvely waving
tail, ft id Tiger lost half an car. Manny
made invidious remarks about Mrs Par
ker's cat every day of her life, and Mrs.
Parker made Joe's meals bitter to bis
soul with evil speaking of Peter an 1
Peter's family meaning the Mays. Yet
they were friendly enough except on the
cat question. .Mrs. May taught Mrs.
Parker how to knit new heels into Jos
yarn stockings, and Mrs. Parker showed
Manny's mother the last pattern of
crochet .edging; they exchanged sam
ples of cake, talked skilfully of pickles
and preserves ; in fact, had a liking and
respect for each other- all but the cas.
Before the last p'easant autumn days
we:e gone Joe had gathered courage to
ask Mary.Ann to marry bim, and she had
prettily consented; they were "keepin'
company" now, and the old folks looked
ou well pleased to think that neither of
their children would stray far from home,
thouirh Joe insisted on havincr a small
home of his own. if only a tenement in the
village, properly remarking : "We won't
mix folks, Manny it don't succeed; be.
side, I want you all to myself" a per
emptory sort of logic that pleased Miss
Mary Ann, and made her assent hearty
and prompt.
They meant to be married in April; in
no less time could the modest array of
clothing and house linen be made ready,
for chiefly it must be sewed by Manny's
deft hands; and sewed it wasQvith no
intervention of machinery, and almo.t
ready, when how shall I tell it!- one
pleasant February dav Peter trailed into
the house with a bleeding ear. a blinking
eye, and one leg so hurt that he could
not even limp on it. This was the cli
max. Manny bad winked at Tige's enor
minrties all that winter for Mrs. Parker's
Fake (meaning Joe's); she had only once
hurled a basin of dishwater over him,
three times chased him with a broom
handle, and not thrown more than a
dozen stones at him which didn't count,
for women never hit anything they throw
at, or at least men tay so.
But now Manny's patience gave a great
gap and died. She flew out of the doer
intent to maim or s!ay, but Tige's black
tail just wisked out of the gate; she
could not follow him, so she did the
J
next thing, wJrch was to wah Peter's
w.-tn Is. pot him to b d in the cellar,
fetch him dry cr.tty'n and -rra milk and
leave him "to that Solitude that the
wounded aarmal scik, and the wounded
mm shuns.
It was tea time then, and when Joe
cams in at his honr for isitation he
ound 3Ianny-na longer tender, arch, or
sentimental; the hazel eyes had a redder
spark in them than he had ever seen, the
cheeks f ameJ, an 1 the red lips were
puckered intoa lovely severity instead of
wreathed with sm'les.
"Jos," she began, rushing at once into
Vac ay, "you will hvcto kill Tiger. I
canH stand it. He has ch twed up Peter
till he's 'mist dead."
"3Iyd aa girl," said Jo in a d's
mayed toue, "mother sets by Tiger sd."
"I can't help it; he's a horrid, dieal
ful cat, and he'll tnurder Teter, and he's
golto be killed
; "But, 'anny, think of mother; she's
gjin' to be alone, and she thinks ever v
thing of Tier. Why. she never would
forgive me if I killed him '
' "Well, if you like her better'n you do
me, all light. I shall kill him, unle8
pa will; so there!"
Now Joe was not u cd to girls and
their way . He tto-ight Mary Ann
meant every word she said. He was
really frightened.
"But, Manny, just think. What will
mother fay?'
"I 'don't care ft cent what anybody
says. 1 will not stand by and see my
dear sweet old cat killed by a dreadful
beast like that, and not delend him. I'll
p'i on it."
"Oh, Mar.- Ann!' cried Joe.
"Then kill him) oursclf," she retorted.
"I cannot," said Joe, steadily.
Well he knew how his silent mother
loved Tiger; like many another worn in,
she bestowe 1 on her pet all the de
monstrativc affection she was too shy
and too reserved to lavish on .Ire. The
at slept on her be l, followed her about
the house and garden, sprung up into
her lap and purred there as she s it alon.1
in the evenings, and however licice a
figh!er f his kind, was- devoted and
loving to his mistress. More than evei
did she cling to him now, in her woid
Ub3 jeftloufey of Joe's new love; for well
she knew that
"My sou's my son till he gets him A wife,''
and deeply she felt, fts most mothers
feed, that her rule and her joy were over.
Job looked at Manny with his" heart in
his eyes, but that young persbn'3 wilful
soul had got the better of her sense and
her affection both; she fyad given Joe
her final test; she would find out now
whether he loved her or his mother best.
Poor Joe!
"You won't?" she asked, setting he:
lips in a firm red line.
k "No," said Joe, witn equal firmness.
The situation had come to a dead
lock.
Just then a wild scream was heard, and
a scurrying of feet. Mrs. Parker, with
a face of fright... drew herself up on the
picket-fence, and called Tor Joe.
"Come quick!" she cried. "Tige has
tumbled into the cistern."
Joe ran as fast as he could. He knew
the cistern was two-thirds full, and its
sides slippery, but he had not an idea
what to do; he lost h;s wits and Mary
Ann founel them!
She overtook him at the door of his
mother's kitchen. "Herd! here!" she
said, breathlessly; "here's pa's scoop
het; it's real strong. You cari't get him
but aiiy other way." And yet five
minutes before she had made it a Vital
Issue with Joe that he would not kill
this very cat. Girls afe queelr.
'6 , Tige, resisting to the last, was
fished out of the water-butt and handed
over to his delighted mistress, who rolled
him in her apron and took him in for re
pairs, flinging over her shoulder to
Manny a curt: "I don't know how tc
thank ye enough."
Manny ! " 6aid Joe, holding out his
arms in the moonlight.
Mary Ann rushed into them, and
sobbed out : 1 'I did act like all possessed !
I never thould have liked you a mite
again if you'd killed Tige!" Oh, wo
man ! Woman 1
So they were married, and lived happy
ever after, ahd had a Cat of their own
handsomer .than Peter, better thr, Tige,
and as peaceable as a Quaker. 2ise
Terry Coo2e, in Bazar.
Ijerormlty in an Italian City.'
A Milan letter to the Paris American
Ueqktcr says : All the monsters physical
I have seen elsewhere throughout my
whole life .would not, if collected to
gether, approach by even a few hundred
all the persons similarly a llicted whom I
have met in the streets of Milan during
; the past three months. I could not go
1 . . 1 -i t- i .
into one 01 ine puunc gaiaens, iravere
one of the piazzas, enter one of the
churches, sit in a tramcar, without find
ing myself confronted with at least one
or two hunchbacks. It is, in fact, a
veritable city of Quasimodos. Add to
these bewhiskered and chimneypot
hatted dwarf s tome four feet high, bru-di
ing pompously past you, and diminutive
women, young and old, stiil lower of
stature, waddling along the pavements,
cripples of regular, and irregular sizes
and of both sexes, and you might well ask
Tourself in wonder, as I asked mv artist
I friend, how comes it that we find such
an inordinate amount of deformity in a
country where the rudest clodhopper has
a soul and passion for beauty, whether
it be in in tleshor blood or on canvas ?
The answer was brief and to the point:
"These deformities are traditional. lom
bardians are well known to be so clan
nish in their habits (and have been so
for many a generation) that they often
intermarry within the forbidden degrees
of kindred."
Three American horses are to be
thipped to Hosa Bonheur, the great ani
mal paint r. One was bred on the Sun
River, in the Rocky Mountains; another
is a wild horse caught on the head waters
of the Niobarra, and a third is a mustang
from the Brazos River, Texas. They are
designed as specimens of horses used vn
our frontier.
Two "Chestnuts."
'For you," he said. "I'd gladly die, I've
loved you well and long." The cruel
girl made no reply, she rang a chest
nut gong.
Wben was beefsteak highest, Mr. Coor-,'
said the miastivl, ,4Pray you tell
"When the nimble cow jumped 01ft
the moon." Clang went the chestnut
beiL
-DntrQt Free Iress.
BATTLE OF THE OSAGE.
CAFTtJBB OP MAItMAOTJKE, MIS
SOURI'S PEE3ENT GOVEBNOIL
A Federal Captain's Account of the
Fight A Charge Lied bjra Ridei
on a White Ilorse-
The "Battle of the Osage" wa fought
in the latter pait, of October, lo4.
There were two engagements, one in the
morning and one in the afternoon.
During the morning fight the present
Governor of Missouri, Leneral 3!aruia
duke, was taken prisoner. I wa9 a par
ticipator in the charge made by the
Union forces, and an eye-witness of his
capture, although his identity was not
known for half an haur 'afterward. The
country for miles in the Csage re
gion is unbroken prairie; the ground un
dulating; the hills and hollows seeming
to run parallel. It was, therefore, a
model battle ground, and, in reading the
accounts of the English camp vgn in the
Soudan, I was remindel vividly of our
pursuit of the Confederates through Mis
souri. .
Just after crossing the dry bed of the
Osage Biver, we Ik aid skirmishing, and
soon came in sight of the enemy, formed
in line of battle, and waiting for us. I"
was Captain of Comp.iny H, Tenth Mis
souri Cavalry; Col. Bentine, commander,
and General l leasanton, Brigade Com
mander. My position was on the lelt,
as we drew up in line. During my four
years' service 1 had seen some very close
quarters. But never hid I seen 9,003
horsemen drawn up in battle array, and
the sight was certainly a thrilling one. I
believe I am safe lurrying that since the
battle of the Pyramid in Egypt, modern
warfare had not s en the like. The
enemy were well supported, by their
artillery, and as I looked ajios the in
tervening space I could see the mouths
of the cannon. While wo sat on our
horses wailing for orders, Generals
Pleasanton and Curtis came riding down
between the lines As they passed me
I hearel Pleasanton say: "We must come
together now." Thcsj words, and tho
ominous looks of the cannon, assured me
that a serious mom nt was at hand. I
had 600 about me, and I put it into-an
official envelope. 1 then directed it to my
sister, and gave it to our surgeon, with
the request to forward, it in case of my
death, or as the toys were in the habit
of sayingj in c:;sc 1 did not 'comc out."
At last the bugle sounded the charge.
The long lines surged in and out, but no
advance was made.
, Agaiu 1 he bugle rang out on the still
air, and again the lines wavc;cd.
Then suddenly a rielcr on a white horse
burst through the ranks anel rceic at the
foe. Like an avalanche we followed.
In the excitement every fear vanished,
and we rode through the enemy's ranks,
dispersing them right and left, t They
had fired one volley and had no time to
reload
Their right wing was completely cut
off from the main body and surrounded.
Having no other alternative they .sur
rendered, and we were soon busy dis
mounting them and hurrying them lo
the nar. Ou'my way back with a crowd
of prisoners, we met General James Lanei
going to the front. He stopped, and'
pushing his way through the crowd or
guards and prisoners, walked up to ai
tall, fine-looking Confederate, held out
his hand, and said: "How do you do,
General Marmadukc?" Th? man shook
his hand warmly, and after a few
words General Lane walked away,
taking General IMarmadukd With
hiiii. When taken General M&rma
duke had on his hat a star and crescent.
At the time no one knew him, and Colo
nel Bentine noticing the ornaments cut
them from the hat as trophies of war.
The star when last heard from was in a
museum in Chicago. General Marma
duke had no insignia of office from which
he could be distinguished from the com
mon soldiers, having a simple gray uni
form and a "large slouch hat. I have
never learned who the rider 00 the white
horse was that le I the charge other than
The Confederates made a stand again i
a.. t :.,; M,di
could net stand bef,r?our onslaught, :
..nai TW nhh hnrfiph
and men lay down and slept together. SO
utterly wont out Were they that cd one
thought of eating; going to sleep was so
much easier. 1'e'ruit Free Press.
Murine Cables.
A submarine cable is by no means of
uniform strength, the thickness depend
in" to a large extent on the depth of
water. For instance, a shore end in the
slullowest wafer, and sub ect to the
"rcate-t danger from the anchors of ves
sels will be "the h a iest portion, some
times going .as high as twenty-sjvea tons
to a knot. In forming the shore end
cablf, the core is covered with hemp and
a double sheathing of iron Wire, th? inner
sheathing being of twelve wires of a di
ameter cf 0. l'.'y't inch and the outer
sheathing fourteen wires, with a diame
ter of a. 28 ) inch. T( c outside i covered
with hemp ya;rn iv d bituminous com
ncund. the vvh'dc weighing about six
teen tons oer i:aJtical mile.
A portion
of the intermediate cable is revered with
twelve wires, '.252 inch m diameter,
weighing in all five Ions: another portion
is covered with twelve steel wires, 0.1(55
inch in diameter, weighing about thr.e
tons. The .deep sea is covered with
twelve ste:l wires, 0.081 inch in diame-
. A ,1
ter and again covered wua rape ami
twenty hemp cords, each of the steel
wires "b?ing covered wi h tape and pre
servative .compound. The steel wire has.
a breaking -trnin of eiglitv-four tons to
the square inch. By adding the hemp
cords, th; ten-i!e strength is increased
and the specific gravity rcluced so a to
enable the cablc'to' lrhid in very deep
vriter The total breaking strain of this
cable is about six tons and it will
bear
about ten miles of its own
length
in
water. Man fdi i u ro Gazette.
The cxplorat'ons of recent years have
consi ler ;bly th ng d our notions of the
comparative rank of the grea' rivers of
tbe world. Ii we clas3 river
recording
to their lngLh, both
Ya -irtse-Kianir must
the Kile and the
le named before
the Area on. The Nile's 4,00 ) miles of
waterway from i s headwaters south of
" r.ke VicWii to the Mediterranean make
it J ire large-1 river in the world, nearly
as bpng as tin- Mivs.fcsippt and Missouri
together. nd about luOJ miles longer
:.hua th Amazon.
SELECT SIFTIN6S.
A French paper claims that a machine
of one horse power would keep twenty
seveD million watches running.
A railway is to be built up Mount Pila
tus, and future visitors to that Alpine
height w 11 undergo few of the hardships
that taxed ttieir predecessors. The line
will start from Alpnach and rise to an
altittide of seven thousand feet.
The art of fencing has taken great
strides in Paris during the last quarter
of the century and clubs throughout
France liave multiplied. Linen jackets
and trousers are the lule at the arfay
school and the Italian system of binding
the band to tbe sword is never used.
The extinction of "starlight' in the
daylight is not due to the vapors in the
atmosphere, but to the stronger vibra-'
tions of sunlight, which prevent ouf eyes
perceiving tho weaker vibrations of star
light, exactly as a stronger sound, fay a
cannon shot, prevents us from hearing a
smaller noise.
From the very earliest times the moon
has not only been an objeet of popular
superstition, but has been honored by va
rious acts of adorati -n. In Europe in
the fifteenth century it was a matter of
complaint that some still worshipped the
new moon with bended knee, or hat or
hood removed.
A petit on wa3 presented tD the Eng
lish Parliament ill the reign of Richard
II. that villains should not be pefmitteel
to send their children to s hool in order
to advaucc them' in th church, which
show that many -were then rising out of
their condition as serfs into that of free
men by becoming priests.
The origin of the te m "pig iron" is
thus exjdaincd by an. an iont document
(1725V recently brought before the Brit
ishTron and tecl Institute: "The first
material alteration it unrlergocs is in th-.-furnace,
wherein it is melted, becomes a
fluid substance, and is let out into the
gutters made in sanel, bearing an imper
fect resemblance to a sow with he: p:gs
sucking, from whence it has the name,
pigs and sows."
An entcrpi is ng (iermrtn firm is build
ing up a large business in the manufac
ture of liquor carbonic acid, which,
though so recently only a scientific cu
riosity is row in extensive demand for
industrial purposes. It is used for charg
ing beer in the cask, in the manufacture
of seltzer waters and for fire exting iih
crs. By its expansion the Krupps of
Ksscn subject their great castings to the
ctiorrtloUs pressure of 1,200 atmospheres.
Its gas is also expected to prove valuable
for inflating balloons td raise sunken
ship, heavy weights havirig bedn very
quickly raised from the sea bottom by
its aid.
A correspondent in Note and Qneri
relates two cases in Which dark hair be
came white, aftd reverted again to its
original color. He says: "The ff.t in
stance occurred in the father of the but
lor of the late Sir. Jamos Walker of Sand
Hut ton, in! Yorkshire. The hair of thi.
man, who livcel in the village of Sand
Ilutton, and was old. frond being gray
became dark as in early life. The second
esc was that of a servant of my own
The man, whose hair was nearly black,
was discharged by me, and a few year,
afterward re-engaged. His hair was then
quit? gray. . The same mm was again
discharged and subsequently re-engaged.
His hair on this occasion had nearly re
covered its oricinal hue."
A Story Variously Told.
i. see a" "chestnut"1 going the rounds
credited t) the Chicago JJernM, which
paper claimed that John Tl Sullivan, the
Detroit actor; told the story, locating it
at Detroit. The story was" that one of
the ferry boats was just going out when
the inevilable'last man iame running on
the wharf and jumped on the bor.t. As
he recovered himself he looked back at
the distanc? between the boat and the
wharf which was now great and ex
claimed: ".li.niney, wh t a jump!" This
mild "chestnut" had its origin 111 Tsew
ork, where an Imhinan mad? the spring
imd exclaimed: "lord, what a lape.
The thing miht h.aYh,;Wtn
York but it is impossib e in Detroit. De-
troit boats leave the wharf up stream and
tho distance between the wharf and tho
boat does not increase to any great ex
tent till such a jump is impossible. Be
sides the iron gates are closed when the
last bell is rung as indeed they are in
New York as well. But in New York
the ferryboats come in end on, as it were,
and leave by striking straight across the
liver. A variation of that same chest
nut is the story about the baker with his
arras Xull of bread who sprang across the
interval between the w harf and the boat,
scattering the loaves aud the crowd, and
cried: "Just caught it, didn't I." "Just
caught it you fool, why the boat is com
ing in.-Jhetroit Free Press.
Steamships of the Falure.
The ship of the next century" need
not be, as Professor Thurston forestalls
it. a naval Babylonian tower, but it will
be one of rational d mensions, being in
- harmonv witli such dimensions as the
human race can properly master and con-
trol; uut inc snip 01 me uca
fircf anltr its mrtire nower in a
n iii 1 I J ft '
more rational method than the propeller ;
screw represents. The crank shaft will
be done away with. Th5 water, to be
moved from head to stern in order to
produce relative motion, will be con- ;
ducted not on a circuit around the good
ship's body, but right through it length- j
wise in a straight line, and the water re- 1
jected at the stern will steer the vessel.
And the propelling power will be applied j
to the screw at its circumference, in ;
plac3 of ifcvcentre, if a screw be used at
all. Andin consequence the weight of
machinery for exercising the same pro- t
pel'ing power will be materially less, j
And the resistance of the water at the 1
stern being increased, and the resistance
at the head beiDg lessened, the same
amount of power will produce greater
speed. Thus not a "Leviathan" repre
senting increased dimension;, but an
'Investigator, representing the progresV
of human thought, will be "the ship of
the next century. Van Notrana7i Mag
azine. Bavaria claims to be better protected
against firfe than any other country in the
world. It has 4,500 of what we would
call "hook and ladder" companies, com
prising in all 250,000temen,
WAITINO. f
They have tpoe through life together.
They have braved Its stormy weather,
. liaay a year;
Time has filched from beauty's treasures,
But love scorns the hoard be measures,
With a leer.
Mid the world's turmoil and fretting,
TheyM no tears, an 1 vain regretting
For th past;
All their troubles firmly breasting;.
They have found the time for resting
Sweet, at ky.t.
There are graves npon tbe meadow
Baby forms that lie in shadow.
Dark and still;
Ah! they felt life's fountain drying
When tbey looked ca baby, dying.
But "Thy will!"
Now with pulses throbbing steady,
Hand in hnd, they're waiting, ready;
Not a a'gh
For the time that's swiftly fleeting.
There w;Jl be a joyous meeting
By and by.
IMlis H". Field, in Dttroit Free Pre
HUMOR OF THE MY.
After all; it is the bad child gets the
palm. Judg'.
The board of education .The black
board. Burlington Frte Prcs.
A man of exalted berth tho fellow
who hus the upper bunk iu a .steamer.
Iktroit Free iVj.
Most of the pie factories arc situated
in New-Kngland,'as are alo the pill fac-!
lories. There is a moral in this.-,- AVif i
1 Lire n Nnr.
The advice "always nim a littlr highei
than the mark" senrrdv applies to kUs
iug. Nobody would want to kiss h'n
bc.t girl on tho nose. - i'.ui ' lytmt Ct(t.
A contemporary has an article on the
moo incxpenshc way of filling the
teeth. The most inexpcnsiveway we .
know of is to eat peanuts. Bottom (7c
ricr.
"Are Southern girls flirts?'" asks the
Richm vnd S'ate. by, lles; yu, yes.
So arc Northern giil-. Also Mastern and
Western girls. Ask us something hard.
Detroit Free ;v:.x..
The . Leather Reporter has an article
headed: "How t Take the Hide Oft a
Calf." The best way to take the hid j
off a calf is to lead the calf into politics.
- Arkatts ft Irnrer.
. A New Jersey girl has eloped with nit '
Indian. The manner in which our gov
errmcnt permits th' Indians to be. im
posed upon by the white race is shame
ful. Norrutoirn Herald.
It is astonishing how much easier" it, ii
at 11 o'clock. in the evening, to get up al
8 o'clock in the morning than it is when
S o'clock in the morning ha really come.
You would not think it would be that
way, btt t i. ( "itmht idj (!.roniif.
The consumption of lead pencils in
the United States h placed' at J5(MK)0 n
day. If every woman who us.?? a lead
pencil were to f barren her own the con
sumption, it is ctimatcd, would amount
to about 250,000,00b a day. Nnrn'oim
Herald.
y
The Hordes of Beloochlstan.
A correspondent in India, in a letter
to the London Fied, write as follows:
Seeing the controversy in the Fieli about
horse i of Eastern bieed, I venture to
write a few words about a race of horses
whose qualities I do not think have been
brought-before th& breeders at home;
they ars the Beloochies. I cannot give
many particulars about them, as I am
unac (uainted with . the lore of horse
breeding; but I can mention what strikes
the average mortal on seeing them. -First,
their sie, which for pure Orient
als is remarkable; the usual height is
from fifteen and one-half to a little over
bixtecn hands; their general appearance
is surprisingly like an English hunter,
rather light for its 6ize; they are big- ;
boned without much flesh, rather Arab
like heads, and powerful quarters; alto
gether they have a very sporting look.
They are much appreciated by the offi
cers of native cavalry regiments stationed'
in Beloochistan, who are renounting their
corps us much as possible from the dis
trict, while many arc being purchased to
take down country as an investment..
Thess horses are very' tractable and do
cile, and easily learn a beautifully easy
trot when ridden by a European.
Th- Belooehi is wonderfully hardy and
very fast, although this may be only
comparative be ause of their size, when r
tried against the smaller races of horses,
out here. The most ds-ial color is a black
brown with a few white hairs about.
The Belcochi horseman does not use a
severe bit; he has no hands to speak of,
.aud rides either at a fast wait or a smart K
canter. His saddle is a wooden frame
work, which he cover! with his spare
clothe and the family bedding when he
goes out. There is another stamp of horse
bred In lieloochiatan, and which, when ;
they find their way down country, arer
called lleloochles in advertisements; but -I
think they are Tartar ponjes, of sorts.
They run from Ll to 14. a in heigh,
and arc altogether a lower class of beast,
though I believe very hardy. The sound
ness of'.wind, leg and fcot of the true'
Beloochi is remarkable, and, to judge "
from the country they are reared in, nine
months in the year everything the ground
produces they must cat, except actual
Stones.
Precocious WIL
My little boy, age 1 years, had
learned thcMiKado's sohg, and did not
quite understand the meaning of the
choru. which run3 as follows :
Mv obje t allsublimo
1 shall achieve In time,
To n-afce the punishment fit the crime,
Tbe punishment fit the crime."
Iliad endeavored, to illustrate the idea,-N
The following morning, at breakfast," ho'
l eg in to play with the cruet stand. I
told him not to d so. He persisted,
and at last upset it '"ami spilled the red
pepper on the table cloth. I said : "Now,
Allan roii xcerft disobedient and unset "
the ie:per'caster, and I should make the "
.puniihment fit the crime by putting some
of the red pepper on your tongue," He
looked up like a flash' and asked: ,
"Would the punishment be the same,
papa, if I upset the sugar bawl?" Luby.
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