JlXXf A5D THE r ax thee.
Many Tear ago portions of our conn
try, which are now thickly populated,
ware plagued by wild beasts, who were
often excited by the pangi of hanger to
a daring which was foreign to their na
tnraat other times.
The depredations of wolves, bears and
panthers, or "painters," as thoy were
more ceuerally called, sometimes reached
such a point that the Bute offered boun
ties for the slaying of the pesU.
"Many a time," said an old settler, "I
have seen well-worn paths around my
barn in the morning, made by the wolves
trotting back and forth while seeking an
entrance to the sheep that were fastened
within."
The speaker had lived in Schoharie
county, New York, during the early por
tion of the present century, and had mot
with more thiin one memorable eipe
rience.
"I remember," he added, "that fathor
had shot many a wolf from the window
of his Led room, and I have Been him
stand in his own door, in the afternoon,
and bring down six or eight wildcats,
who were driven to climb some of the
eapplings among the undergrowth across
the road by vne uuuuug nogs mat were
ont to rout them out.
"My brother Jack was three years
older than A, ana ne aeveiopeu a loud
ness for hunting which father encour
aged to the utmost. When he was 11
years old he was one of the best shots in
the country, as be proved in many shoot
ing matches, whore his competitors were
men who had been known as crack shots
years before Jack was born.
"Father bought Jack a rifle suited to
his years, for the regular weapon was too
heavy for him to handle easily, and he
was then the happiest boy you ever
dreamed of. He would have become a
genuine Daniel Boone, and spent all his
time in tl e woods, if father would have
permitted it. As it was, he was some
times out all night.aud neither father or
mother seemed to feel the least anxiety
about him.
" 'If it was you, Jimmy,' said my par
ents, 'we would be very anxious; but
when Jack has his gun with him he will
take care of himself."
"Once or twice I accompanied my
brother on his hunts bat that was
enough. I carried no weapon, and not
feeling a tenth part of the interest he
did, I was almost tired to death when we
came home, while he would have been
glad to continne it for hours longer, had
there been any daylight to help him.
"Some three miles away lived my
father's brother, Unole Jacob, who was
n thrifty farmer, with a boy about my
own age. As they were our nearest
neighbors, it was natural that Dick and
I should pass a good deal of our time to
gether. Sometimes I was at his house
all day. Gccassionally one of as stayed
with the other over night, but generally
each one preferred to be at home with
his folks.
"One day, late in autumn, I was given
permission to go aud see Dick, but I was
specially warned by my mother that I
must be back again before dark. I
readily promised, and started off in high
spirits.
"The path leading to Uncle Jacob's
was through the woods the entire dis
tance, and near the half way point was a
deep hollow, where there was a small
stream of sluggish water, which was
spanned by a log. The branches over
head were so dense aud so matted by
vines that it was always dark there, even
at mid-day.
"In crosstng the log, I noticed in the
soft, oozy ground on the other side the
priuts of some animal's foet, though I
didn't know what kind of a wild creature
he was. I never pretended to carry a
gun, but was so accustomed to seeing and
hearing wild beasts that I felt no par
ticular fear, and continued whistling
over the path until I reached my uncle's
bouse.
"It was cold weather and there were a
few needles of ice thrusting out from the
banks of the little stream, while a flurry
of snow whirled about my head for a few
minutes.
"But I needn't say that that did not
interfere with the fun of Dick and me.
We played and romped together until we
were tired, and then played and romped
again, Our principal amusement during
ing the afternoon was the game of 'Hide-and-whoop,'
in the adjoining woods.
"I hod no thought of disobeying my
mother, but, all at once, I noticed that it
was growing dark, and, looking toward
the house, saw that my aunt had lit the
candle, which was shining through the
window. Night had already come, and
I ought to have started home an hour be
fore. "Dick wanted me to stay all night, bnt
remembering my promise to my mother,
I said 'No,' and 'hurried off over the path,
without going to the house to bid his
parents good evening.
" 'I don't see how I came to forget my
self,' I muttered, impatiently, as I has
tened forward. 'It will be as dark as
Egypt before I get home, and, like
enough, father will warm my jacket to
keep me from forgetting next time.'
"I had no fear of any particular wild
animal, but I dreaded a walk through
the woods nl night, aa many an older
person does.
"The sky had become perfectly clear
during the afternoon, and a bright moon
was shining, but I think that made my
situation more gloomy and dismal. The
few orrws of moonlight which found
their way through the branches half de
nuded of leaves, gave a ghostly touch to
everything.
"The trnnks of the trees on my right
and left took all sorts of grotesque
shapes. Sometimes I was sure they were
walking silently through the forest, and
then they were dancing tip and down,
and waving their knotty arms at me.
"Tbey appeared to be putting their
heads together, and holding whispered
consultations about me. They nodded
their tops, they rushed down at me, sud
denly checking themselves when almost
touching me. Then they all joined hands
and kept up a waving waltz at my side.
"Hundreds of such fancies and im
aginings went through my head, and
every step I took was one of terror. I
started to whistle once, bnt tho lonely
sound scared me, and I stopped in
stantly, walking on tip-toe, and pausing
now and then to listen for ghosts.
"When I reached the hollow where I
crossed on the log I was sure some wild
beast was following me. I heard the soft
'tip-tip' of his feet behind me, and when
I glanced around was sure I caught the
phosphorescent gleam of his eyes.
"It may have been all fancy end I'm
inclined to think it was looking book to
that terrible night; but I was then so
certain that a panther was at my heels,
that.wben I came to the log.I ran at full
speed across.
"How I could do it in the dark was a
mystery, but, under a strong mental
strain, a jierson is capable of perfoiming
seeming iinpo&siouiues.
"When I was near the middle the rot
ten log suddenly gave way, under the
unusual strain of my hurried footsteps.
The distauce was not fur, and when I fult
it golug 1 mode a leap which landed mo
on the other shore. ' Scrambling up
the bank, I ran along the path as fust as I
COUId.
"Such reckls traveling was discom
forting, if not dangerous, and I was not
long in finding it out. The path was not
marked very plainly, and I had not gone
very far when a projecting limb caught
me beneath the chin, and I thought for a
minnte that it bad sawed my head off,
Still I rushed on, until I ran violently
against a tree.nearlv knocking my brains
out, hen I came down to a slower and
more guarded walk.
"Just then I heard a scream in the
woods to my right. It rang out on the
air with a startling clearness, and I in
stantly answered it.
" 'Mother has become alarmed,' was
my thought, 'and she has come out to
look for me.'
"It was a great relief to find that I was
to have companionship the rest of the
way, even though that companion was
likely to visit her wrath on ma for uiso
beving her.
"So I hastened forward, and had not
gone fur when the same cry struck my
ear, this time sounding muoh closer than
before. I answered, and stopped to
await my mother s coming.
"I don't think I had stood there ten
seconds when it suddenly flashod nnon
me that the scream which I had heard
was made, not by my mother, but by a
panther!
"My hair fairly rose on end, for my
danger was frightful, lue panther had
doubtless recognized my call at once, and
was rapidly approaching me. He would
be upon the very spot where I was
standing within the next five minutes.
What should I do?
"Evidently there was but the one
thing that could be done. It was useless
to attempt to run away, and so I climbed
a tree.
"In mr haste and panio-stricken con
dition, I forgot that it depended very
much upon what sort of tree I climbod
that is, whether it was a large or a
small one.
"The panther liossesses prodigious
strength and activity, and I have seen
them make leaps since that night which
you would pronounco incredible were I
to relate them.
"I bad gone np about twonty foet,
when I suddenly awoke to the fact that I
had ascended a sapling, which was al
ready bending fearfully low so much so
that it threatened to break off entiroly
with me.
"I saw that would never do, for when
the wild beast should appear on the
scene which he was sure to do very
soon he would have no trouble at all in
making a choice supper off me.
"It won't take me long to find a better
tree," I said to myself, beginning to des
cent; 'and I will climb so high that he'll
have no chance to get a sight of me '
"I hsd got that far in my musings.and
was within a few feot of the ground,
whon the panther screamed again no
more than fifty yards distant !
"I was thrown into a wild panic, and
turning about, went up the tree again,
with a precipitancy that came within a
hair's-breadth of bringing tho top and
myself to the ground.
At IU6 same lnsuiut J. ueaiu tun uui-
mal cominf stealthily through the wood,
and I recall that even in that appaling
moment. 1 detected the footsteps of
another, in almost an opposite direction
and along the path in front.
"It thus looked as 11 two nerce pantu
era were about to quarrel ns to whioh
should have the privilege of first rend
ing me to shreds, and I was convinced
that my last hour had come.
"I crouched down in the sapling at
the highest point I could reach without
bending over the top, and could only
tremble and wait, asking heaven to pro
tect mo.
"In loss than a minute I distinctly saw
the panther, by the few rays of moon
light which reached the path, slowly
walk along beneath me. He was directly
in the path, and when he reached such a
position that I would have dropped di
rectly upon his back, had i. ion go, 110
gave out that terniying screum uBiu.
Nn nnn can describe the frightful
blood curdling cry of the beast when
heard under such circumstances. I
seemed to freeze with affright as I stared
down through the partial moonlight and
gloom at him.
"All at once he stopped, and seemed
to be looking around. He must have bus
peoted that I was near at hand and was
searching for me. As he stood, his head
wo a mnrn .listinct than any other portion
of the body, and I oould easily detect
the glare of the eyes, which were soon
turned upward.
" 'Does he sea nter was mo ijuctuuu -nwnnir.
'Yes. he does. He is
crouching down; he is gathering himself
for a spring; hecaneasiiy leap um
tance; there is no hope; I must be torn
to pieces the next minute' ....
"But just then tho other noise which I
had noticed a short time before 1 developed
itself It was inv brother Jack, who had
been 'sent out to "look for me, and who
had heard the scream of the panther and
my answering cries.
"He understood the danger fully, aad
hurrying along, speedily placed himself
in the best possible position to shoot.
"He was close to the panther, and
drawing a careful bead, at the very in
.,., ti,a lwast was eatbering his mns-
cles for one tremendous spring, he sent
a bullet directly between the eyes.
"The dreaded creature mm
wild shriek, made a spasmodic leay, auu
"Taking my hand, Jack hurried home
with me. Mother was waiting with a
good, tongh hickory branch, which she
had cut, and when she was through with
the whip and me, pieces of the former
were strewn all around the room, and
Jwk told me, a few day. later, that the
outcries in which I indulged on that oc
casion far surpassed those made by the
panther which I escaped to narrowly.
Crinoleta are bustles, with a new
name.
BY STRATEGY.
'Tli iharw t9 Inva in m. .tntt-fTA
is
somewhat exhausted ia these lstor days,
my dear Helen. Still, if you ao iud
niUilj prefer the fostering of aome ancb
romantio idea, to accepting a man young,
ton
thousand a year, I only beg you to
mam Imp lan tnn rt mrr.AVA
re-
the
w UJ 1 n uuu WW ww awaavw w
tr.Fti'AVat 1.1-s. la .!. liavA natlMkft
IIIIIIV1I'1U kUHl JVH uaiiui
It In ma. lint vnnn .llfni ftltuf tnaV
to
sawuj v wiav y wu a va w wummhv
And Mrs. Dunham, having dolivorod
nerseii of tue aoova sentence, accom
tmniail it liv A lrtnff ntl.l tirnfimnil Hiah.
What impression the profound wisdom
of hj. leiuarks had made was difficult to
glean, since only the buck of her listener
(n very straight and graceiui uaox oe
ohiuirvHil) am visible.
She was stundinu beside the window.
looking down in the street below. A half
shrug of the pretty shoulders indicated
that she had heard, at least. Airs. uuu
hum could not sumires her imuationco.
"You are incorrigible, Helen," she
continued. "Do lot me know how you
intend to recoive Arthur Rugby, and
why yon are so unwilling to aocede to
VAn ntiMn'i uriuliAitf'
j . u M u m ...
TIia vnn n a mil tnrnAil nnw. tvVAnlinir
a faco of more than usual loveliness; but
tbore was a scarlet nusn upon uer encos,
and an ominous light in her eyes, as she
at last repuoa:
f am link a mnrtA nt mpmllftnillHA
she said, "to be bought or sold, simply
lAIWUM) mu UJU IUBU umo Mnvu . v xuvw m.v
hmil that aertain fumilv interests are to
lia hanafltAil liwrnliv. Dnlllitlwui thin
plan is as repulsive to Arthur llugby as
myself, lie is not in aosoiute neeu 01
mnnnv Tf ha a man. lift would rather
work for a womaa whom he loved than
live in ease with one forced npon his
v. II"
"Forced. Helen? You use suoh strong
expressions, my ueari nuuimuuer mm
vnn an1 vnnp nnnuin have not tnot since
, I T I. Al.i
you wore children 1 What is to prevont
your falling in love with each other? At
least, child, look your prettiest to-night,
and receive him in your own charming
. V Ml I 1 1 Ik
Way, and I Will answer lor tue runuu, aa
far aa 1m In Rnnnnmed. It is arranged
that he is to take yon in to dinner."
........ .. 1 l.
"With tue understanding tuai it is tue
Amt nf manv ilinnnra whnra we are to be
thrown upon each other's socioty a sort
of experiment as to the mutual enter
Imnnunt nf vliinh each ia eanable.
Really, aunty, I don't think the condi
tions wilt be inspiring.
Ami with a fiuwinntinir little air of
disdain tho young girl swept from tho
room.
"ITa aliall a AA that T am not a nartv to
oVU - - I
this conspiracy, at any rate," she thought
to herself, as a sligut stir in tue oorriuor
mi tin,! a Imr door, a few hours later, be
tokened the new arrival. "If I fascinate
him," and she laughed soornfully, "it
will be through no fault of mine."
Meantime a young and handsome man,
milimi liia fnilot. far dinner, allowed his
thoughts to be somewhat similarly occu
pied.
"Twenty thousand a year, Uncle Beu
linn ami a n ifa nf vnnr uhoosinir. or
muu, Hui " - - j 1
three thousand and the oharms of bach-
elorhood.or at least a free choice. Iteally
I believe the latter prospect to be more
enticing. I hope the girl does not enter
tain any foolish ideas. 11 wouiu maae u
embarrassing.
"I needn't have feared," he added,
mnt..il anmo airtv minuted after the
IUUUMUJ , " -J - t
nlinva anllliUltlV tliA formal introduction
( lV V uuhiwmj ..
having been gone through with, and the
third course in order at tue uinner taoiu.
"Ul,a haan't anv irlpft llDOn BDV BUbjOCt.
Beyond a few remarks on the weather,
and the hope that i win nnu tuo suooung
good, she has not honored me. Evidently
a school girl, unaccustomed to society.
Oh, no, Uncle Reuben I a pretty face is
not all I desire in a wife."
Nor. an the dinner progressed, did he
find reason to change his mind.
Hm'ia nf all tli a vnminff dances sentbv
Mrs. Dunham across the table to her
nieco, there was no relaxing of the stiff
politeness, so different from the usual
gracious demeanor whion inane uer so
general a favorite.
Thus a week wore away, until the last
day appointed for Mr. Rugby's visit had
....'..,1 ftm'tn Viv nwirlnnt. Helen.
niiuou, ju.fcv. j f
fancying he already had started for the
day s shooting, enteroa tue jiururjr, w
find him seated there engrossed in writ
ing 0 letter. ,
She would have withdrawn, dui mat,
tiia i-uliniT nf her dress, he raised his
head and instantly sprang to his feet.
"Do not let me disturb you, I beg. I
came in search of a book. How happens
you are not shooting to-day t
r na nrriiinir tn Unole Roulwu." he
said; aud then a wave of blood mounted
; his face. .
Tin romnmhnrAil that be had lust In-
anriKo.i tim wnnU which told him that
the fulfillment of his pet ambition was
impossible.
Uoin vm nnt alow to detect his em
barrassment, and divined its cause. Tor
the first time the stillness wuicn ciiuruc
Ami. Hhfi held out her hand
with bewitching frankness, and a little,
light laugh.
IT- l,oro inn maxnn we shOUldn t 1)6
friends, Cousin Arthur," she said "be
cause they wished to foice us into Being
lovers against our will ?"
"None in the world," he answered
catching her fingers in his own strong,
warm grasp. "It was an absurd idea
was it not? But now that we have broken
the ice regarding it, we can nnord to
...t it aa tim ahminl ioke it in reality is.
But whon you do select the fortunate
man, cousin mine, let ma now, wu
promise to officiate as best man on the
occasion.
'I will certainly call upon von, n you
do not first set me the exumple, she re
plied.
And, snatching her hanu from
iiotnininir crruKD. she ran out of
his
the
o o '
room.
"By Jove! as a friend she is not so
bad. It was only this idea of matrimony
which made her insupportable," thought
the young man, again returning to his
writing. . , ,
But somehow the letter totnele Bon
bon dragged; the outdoor atmosphere
seemed to invite him to its enjoyment.
So, thursting away the unfinished page,
he sailed forth with lighter heart than he
bad known in many days, now that the
burden of future possibilities bad been
lifted.
To-morrow be would be amid new
scenes, but at least be could remember
Helen, not as an awkward debutante,
forced npon his liking, but a girl frank
enough to break down the barriers which
hitherto had made evea friendship be
tween them impossible.
To-morrow? How little one knows ot
to-morrow.
Tossing on his bed in feverish.dehrons
pain, Arthur ltngby noted not time,
nor reckoned when that morrow, to
which he bod looked forward, became to
day. He had been in the midst of the enjoy
ment of his day's shooting, whon the
barrel of the gun he carried burst, seri
ously wounding his arm and shoulder.
In the dusk of evening he had been
borne back, senseless and bleeding, to
spend long, weary days and wearier
nights of pnin ami wakeful restlessness.
How glud Helen was thut all possiblu
misconstruction to uny act of kindness
shown him hod been dono away with.
They so fully understood each other
now, so entirely comprehended the mu
tual aversion with which thoy regarded
the future folly others had wished them
to perpetrate, that she might take her
placo in the sick-room without one mo
ment's check upon her heart's impulse.
Therefore it was sho who adjusted the
light so that it might never be too strong;
it was her bunds which know best how to
arrange and cool the heated pillows bo
Death bis aching bead; it was her voioo
which whilod away the hours of conva
lescence, reading to him the books he
chose; it was her stop whioh never jarred
as it glided to and fro across his chamber;
it was her coming he grow to watch for;
her going he learned to miss, until the
slow weeks glided by, bringing with
thorn the returning health and streugth
whioh, for the first time in his young
life, had been so suddenly stricken from
him.
But, although now able to loave the
house where so long he had been an en
forced guest, he still lingered.
A full month had elapsed since his ao-
eidont, when, one evening, sitting in the
library, his unfinished letter to lus Unole
Reuben met his eye. He took it up and
read it all.
Full well he remombered the senti
ment of almost aversion which hod
filled his breast as ho perused these
lines. To what had it given plaoe to
day? Never before had ho asked himself
the question. It pressed upon him with
overwhelming force.
Haii he boon blind, that, whon he
might have reached out his hand for this
most priceless gift, he willfully thrust it
to one side? How bare, how empty, how
desolate his future life looked, and all
because but just here his reverie was
cut short.
The door oponed, and the blonde head
of his cousin was thrust Inquiringly in.
"Is aunty here? she asked.
"No." he answered: "bnt oome in: I
have something to show you," and he
held up the letter he had penned. "I
wrote this the day that I was hurt. Read
it," he said.
Wonderingly she took it from him.
The room was half in shadow; but, as
she gleaned its meaning, the semi-darkness
aould not quite conceal the pained
flush whioh rose to tho lovely faoe, and
the hurt, amazed look whioh grew in the
dark eyes. Uer heart gave a great throb
of pain, as through its suffering it
realized its owu existence; but its an
guished cry was stifled, and only a
scornful anger was in her tone as at last
she spoke.
Did you so fail to comprehend me,
and the nature of the bond between us,
that vou find it necessary to remind me
of it thus?" she questioned.
"You wrong yourself, ue answereu.
"Can vou not understand a man's com
mitting so great a folly that he feels he
must make confession of it? Helen, you
hold my confession in your hands. Oh,
tell me, is thore for me no absolution?
Can you not forgive my blind arrogance
my self-oonooited suioide of my own
happiness? Helen you took the smart
from my wounds as no one else could do.
Will vou not likewise take the smart
from my hoarl the heart which has
learned to know that you are its sole sov
ereign? Darling, those weoks of pain
and suffering have been tempered with
an exquisite happiness. They have
taught me the beauty of a true woman
hood. I cannot hope to gain my pearl
of great price by this sudden wrong;
but in time, Holon, may I not hope to
teach you the lesson which came to me
untaught, unsought?"
The darkness had fallen now, and the ,
lovely color in hor face was hidden even
from his hungry vlow; but the letter to
Uncle Reuben bad fluttered to the
ground.
"Answer me, Helen!" he said, impa
tient in his great longing. "Will you
never love me?"
"Nevor?" she whispered. "Aye, for
ever!" and hid her burning cheeks upon
his heart.
The next mail took to Uncle Reuben a
joint lotter, and though he never re
ceived the old one. 1 nun ue never rs
gretted its loss; though, chuckling over
the glad news his old eyes read, he little
knew how Cupid bad to resort to gun
powder instead of arrows to gain his
forced entrance into two stubborn
hearts.
All the Maine If Yon Think Bo.
It is an awkward thing to be absent
linded. Tho story is told of a certain
hiladolpbia gentleman who discovered
iia tn hia rnHt. It so happened the
other day that the dining room of the
. . r I i m ... full
ClUO WUICU lie irequonw wus quun iuu,
,-hen a mun who chanced to jtnow ins
!ftrlicnlar failicc came in very hungry.
The waiter told the newcomer thore wus
room at nresent. Spying our absent-
mintlml frinnil cniiifortubl v seated and
reading the newspaper, a brilliant idea
struck the hungry man.
"Has Mr. A. dined voir" ne ques
tioned.
"No, sir," replied the waiter.
"Well, never mind; take him his bill
nl tell him ho has had his dinner."
ao
Tho waiter hesitated a momont, and
tlm situation, went
over to Mr. A. and handed him his bill.
'What is this for?" quoth the poor
fellow.
'For your dinner, sir.
'My dinner ah! have I really had .'t?'
'Yes, sir," rejoined the waiter, in all
innocence.
Dear me! I had an idea I was wait
ing for it. What a curious mistake!
And with a contemplative smile Mr.
A. sauntered out of the room, leaving his
table for the use of the genius who had
rrofited by his absent-mindedness.
Forney's Progress.
Basquea and jackets are still faiaioa j
able. 1
Wkat D(e( Aecosipllik.
By far the most serious difficulty is
the process ot honey collecting by been
arises from the extremely minute quan
tity of nectar which each flower yields,
anil from its being dilute in some case
so poor in saccharine matter that it
sweetness is not appreciable to the
tongue. The strength of the sugary fluid
varies in different flowers, and even in
the same flower at different times. Con
sequently the most direct way of esti
mating the yield of honey is to ascertain
the actual quantity of sugar in each
flower. This can easily be done by
chemical methods. If we take a large
uumber of (lowers, wash out their nec
tar, aud determine the sugur in the solu
tion, ve can calculate from the number
of flowers used tho average amount of
sugar in each flower with the greatest
precision.
Experiments conducted in this way
showod each flower of the fuchsia to oon
tain little more than the tenth part ot a
Brain of susar. In niouksliood tho
amount was ratlior loss than tho tenth of
a gram, while in the everlasting pea it
was found to bo throe-twentieths of a
grain for each flower. In smallor flowers
the quantity is proportionately loss.
Thus each flower of the little naturalized
Amorioan water-blink only contained
six-hnndredths of a grain, aud in those
minute flowers which grow together in
compact masses the amount was still
smaller. A raceme, consisting of twenty
flowers of the votch, only yielded tlve
hundredths of a grain, or little ovor one
five hundredth for each floret. One head
ot common red clover gave a little over
ono-tonth of a grain (exactly 1.24). Now
each head of clover ooutaius about sixty
distinct flower tubes, each of which must
therefore have a portion of sugar not ex
oooding the one flve-huudredth of a
grain. The proboscis of the boo must
consequently be inserted into five hun
dred clover tubes before one grain of
sugar can bo obtained. Tbcro are 7000
irraius in a pound, so that for every pound
of sugar prooured in this way 8,600,000
flower tubes must bo emptied. Honey,
howevor, only contains throe-fourths of
its weight of dry sugar; so that every
pound of honoy is equivalent to more
than two and a half millions of clover
tulws sucked by hoes.
This shows what an amazing amount
of labor thoy must perform. Their in
dustry would appear to be indispensable
to their very existeuoo. These uinounU
also reveal to what an extent the visita
tion of flowers must go on in the insect
world, and help us to understand how it
is that flowers are so dependent on in
sects for fertilization, so that we can well
believe the forms of flowers to have been
determined in reference to the insects
frequonting them, and thut the oolors of
the potuls may serve to attract Insects by
way of advertisement, as oolored bills at
tract the eyes of busy men. This view
of tho uso of color aud odor in flowers
mav seem to smaok too much of trade
and commorco, nevertheless it is the
. . . f . . t n !
view to which science now gives undi
vided support. We have so long been
aooustomed to look on the beauty of the
floral world as if it were exclusively for
man's gratification, that it is diluonlt for
us to believe that the delicately per
fumed and showy petals of the rose or
lily should be primarily intendod for the
benefit of the plant possessing them.
But it must be remotnberod that each
organism lives for itself, has its own
laws, and does not possess soy organ
which is exclusively for the advantage of
auother. Good Words.
hut She Mnrr In Church.
He staid at home and she wont to
churoh. After dinnor he askod her:
"What was the text, wifo?"
n anmntliinir. somewhere in Genera
tions; I've forgotten the chapter and
'.. w s- . IT! -1. .. L .!..Ui
also the vorse. iurs. uigu sui nyuv
bofore me with a Mother Hubbard
bonnet on. How could I hoar anything
when I could not ovon soe the minister?
1 wnn l.ln't have worn such a looking
thing to churoh if I'd had to have gone
bareheaded.
"How do you like the new minister
) Im'a milnmlidi and Kate Darlin
w as thore in a Spanish lace cap that
never cost a oent less than fifty dollars;
nn.1 tlmv ran't nnv their butcbor's bills.
and I'd wear cotton luce or go without
D7.h ... . ..
"Did he sav anything aoout tue new
mission fund V"
"Xn an 1 tlm Jones cirls wore all riff-
ged out in the yollow silks mado over;
you would have died laughing to have
seen thorn Such taste as thoso girls
have; and the minister gave out tht the
llnwau anninlv would moet at Bister
Jones' residence that old poky place."
.... t . l lli I ..I.
"It soems that you uiun v near uiuuu
of the sermon."
Wall I'm mim it's better to eo to
church, if you don't hoar the sermon,
than to stay at home ana reaa tue u
,.... n.i o Harrvt tlm nmr minister
ast' i (i f Huua ' J '
bos a lovely voice; it nearly put me to
. It . At.
sleep. And did 1 ten you iiios mo
ltiches are home irom Europe, iuu mm
Mrs. Rich hsd a real camel's hair shawl
on, and it didn't look liko anything on
ier7"
A Imur ailnnoe. durinar which Harry
thought of several things, and his wife
was busy contemplating tue sny or view,
when she suddenlyexclaimed:
"TliArnt T knnw I'd forgot to tell you
something. Would you behove it, Harry,
the fringe on Mrs. Jones parasoi is uu
inch deeper than mine, and twice as
- - - II .1 A 1.1-
ieavy! O, hear! what a worm oi irouum
his is." Detroit I'ost and Tribuno.
A .ln,.l wm Intuit foncht in Texas be
tween Alexander Shott and John Nott.
Tt wan rn nmrpfl that Nott was shot aud
Shott wus Nott. (If so, it wus better to
be Shott than Nott.) Hut it was aitcr
wards proved that the shot Shott shot at
Nott shot Shott by accident, and the
shot Nott shot at Shott past, and so shot
him not. Thus the affair resolved ltscii
(ntn ita nricin ills elements, snd Shott was
shotandNott was not. f Exchange Our
opinion of duelling loads ns to regard it
as unfortunate if both parties are not
i.nt ami tliia oaM la very satisfactory.
for it is clearly shown that Shott shot
Shett and tt shot not.
It i
private life that governs the
ri.A ornrlil talks much of power
world.
ful sovereigns and great ministers, and
if being talked about made one power
ful they would be irresistible; but the
ia in mnra ns ar talked about
the less powerful you r.-Lord Bea-
oonsneid.
Aitbropoloij ia Fraioe.
After 18.7), Brooa pursued a double
purjiose. Without neglecting any of bis
manifold medical duties, he undertook
the considerable task of founding a new
society, and almost a new science. Th
inoidonta which led to this step date from
1817, when Brooa, as medical assistant,
was appointed tor the study of the bones,
npon a special commission charged with
making a report on the excavations in
the rhnrch of the Celestins. In prepar
ing to draw np his report', fie was led to
read the works in which oraniology was
discussed ; and thenceforth, although his
competitions d rew bira to different studies
ho continued to read with a lively inter
est tho books, then rare, which treated of
man and the human races. Ihe ethnol
ogy of the day tendod to contract its pro
gramme around the then overshadowing
question of monogeny or polygeny, and
the Ethnological Socioty of Paris had so
exhausted itself with the reiteration of
its narrow dobatos that it haii ceased to
meet in 1H48. Ten years afterward,
Broca, having brought ont eortain foots
in hybridity, desired to communicate
them to the Society of Biology. He had
not foreseen the pusillanimity of sorooof
his colleagues. Some of his positions
wore contradictory ot the dootrine ot the
monogoniBts, and Bayer, president of
the socioty, alarmed at the views con
tained in it, asktd Brooa to withold bis
communications on the subjoct. He ac
cordingly sought another channel for the
publication of his memoir.
This inoidont, which greatly disturbed
the Biological Society, suggested the
necessity of founding a new sooioty, in
whioh questions rotating to mankind
could be given free scope. Tho project
had to make its way against difficulties.
Broca wanted to obtain twenty members,
but, after a whole year of effort, he had
to begin with nineteen. Then there was
trouble in gutting an authorisation for
the meeting of the sooioty. The Govern
ment oflloers were afraid of its name, ap
prehending that the strange word "an
thropology" might cover some political
or social scheme. Finally, the prefect of
the police, judging that a meeting of one
short of twenty persons did not require
special authorization, gave Broca per
mission to maet with his friends, on con
dition that he should be personally re
sponsible for all that might be
said against society, religion,
cr the Government, and that
an agent of police should always be
present in citizon's dress to see that no
harm was done. Brooa, Bays M. . W. '
Brabrock, of the Anthropological Insti
tute, "liked to tell an smusing anecdote
on the subject of this supervision: The
police ofllcer acquitted himself ot his
mission with so great regularity, and had
got so mnch the habit of flitting among
the members, that he sec mod soon to
have forgotten thut he was there in a
special capacity. Wishing one day to be
able to take a holiday with a clear con
science, he approached the ofticors with
an amiable smile, and addressed Brooa:
'There will be nothing interesting to-day,
I suppose ? May I go?' 'No, no, my
friend,' Broca immediately replied,
'you mnat not go for a walk; sit down
snd earn your par.' He returned to his
plaoe very unwillingly, and never after
ventured to ask a holiday from those he
was set to look after."
Fifty Acres Enough.
The Keota (Iowa) Eagle has at last
found a Western man who is satisfied
with a fifty-acre farm. His name is Ar
tomus Fisher, and he lives one mile and
a-half south of Keota. . The Eagle tells
the story ot his management, and of his
success as follows:
He koeps a team ot horses, three first
olass cows, and a nice little drove of the
bcBt hogs. He milks his cows for the
creamery, aud thoy made him nearly
8200 last yoar. Will, perhaps, do hotter
this yoar. He will sell $500 worth of
hogs this yoar, and have 30 stackers to
koop over. He has $200 worth ot flax
seed to soil; has an abundanoo of bay
snd grain to keep his stock in first-class
oondition during the coming winter. He
keeps everything in applopie order about
his farm; his cows revel in clover np to
their eyos; ho attends to feeding, water
ing and milking as regu
larly as the dock strikes; hence he
gots the best results with the least
possible feed. He koops his stock under
cover in the winter, and never allows
any animal to shiver in the fonoe cor
ners. He has a barn that is a modol of
convenionoe and economy. It is snow
proof, and as warm as the old style
kitohen. He has a first-class selection of
fruit not a largo orchard, but a ohoios
selection of the varioties that thrive and
bear the best in this locality. Everything
about the farm bears marks of intolli
gence, thrift and eoonomy. Besidoa
making a living for himself and the "old
lady," he will soil at least $800 worth ot
stuff of his fifty acres this year, and not
be exoeoding formor years either. Thore
is no rush or hnrry about this modol
farm. Everything goes off quietly and
regularly. The expenses are very small
and the gains sure.
Bounced at last.
- The lady correspondent, or, rather,
iusnion anu souioij whwi, u inu..
nont Variaion mnrninff tinner, ffot walked
out of the Elysee on the marriage day of
nine, urevy in tue iuov uuiuij mu
aer, she having intruded uninvited upon
tl.n frnaata nf the weddinff. This ladv.
g.SUU. " " , -
who is a sort of newspaper Ouida, has a
very peculiar but simple motnoa oi oo
t.M.iiniT lir information respecting the
entertainments and toilets of the gay
world. Whenever any specially supere
ball or soiree is to be given, she writes to
the hostess and requests an invitation. If
the invitation bo forthcoming she writes
up the party, and its guests, and its
giver. If it bo not accorded she writes
them all down. Mrs. Mackay, for in
stance, refused to invite her to her grand
hall last year, and for months this
vivacious dnme never published an arti
cle that did not contain some offensive,
allusions to Mrs. Mackay's dress or her
diamonds, or to hor entertainments. Bnt
she is always vory bitter against Ameri
cans in general, being highly royalist
and ultramontane in her political tenden
cies, and extremely aristooratio in a
social point of view. She used to write
most ferocious articles respecting Ameri
csns in Paris during the latter days of
the empire.
An old maid says its bad enough for
men to marry without fools of women
imitating them.