aluo, and iliould
TUB LAST UYM!.
Tns Ratbitta djjr coded Id a fling by tin
Tbtiimitd btntdlotlon touched (he people ten'
1rljTi ..tii
IndlhrrmMiu facotba wnwt In Ibe glowing,
And tluinbu ent't to their dwelllngi fur OoO'i
And Uioy Irxikcd aeros the waterr, tnd a itorm
wu rating lliern. ,
A flerrw "plril moved above them wild lrlt or
And It Walitil end ilinok, and tore thorn, till lliff
IbiindctvJ. groaned, aud boiimra.
And tlul for auj vmel In Uiclr yawning gulfcen
- tombed.
Very miiIoui were the people on that rocky ooat
Lett the dawn of enmlng morrowi iboult be toll
ing IW Ul lain,
Wneu iliaata bad apM lie pi
cut upou the more
Biti of wreck end iwolkn Tlctlmi, m It bd done
tivroUilore.
With the roujh wluH blowing round her, t brve
wumau itraliied her tret.
And aba w alung the blllowa a larg veaacl fell
tnd rlM i ..... i
Ob! it did not need prophet to tell what the end
uiut tel
for no thlp could ride In aafttj now the ihore i n
uch t we.
Then pitying people hurried from their homeland
(iirutiKed ibe bi.h.
Ob, for power to cruet the water tnd Ibe prrtihlni
to raaoM .
Helplnu hutdi wero wrunir wl'h torrow, tcnPer
btiu rcw cold with dreed.
And tbe hlp, uued by the lemntit, to the fatal
rock tboretped.
'ite hai prld In tbe middle! Oh, the half of htr
gWI llOWIll ...
God have mro I It beaten far to lock for ihote
wUodrowuT'
tol when tint the white thocked facta looked
Willi terror on the ana,
Only one lat clinging llguro on the ipar wai aeon
to be.
hear the trembling watebcre came the wreck toned
And tne' nnti'll clung and floated, though do
power on rarlh could ae,
"Could we lend him a tbnrt mtiaagiT hero a
trumpet, Sboul awjl"
'Twaa the prraiiliei'i hand that took it, and ho
wondurtd whattoaay.
And memory of bli aeimon-flr.lly aeoondljl
There w't"1 but one thing touttorln Ibat awful
hour ol wot; . , ,.
Bo be ihouled urough the trumpet, "Look to
Jenna. Ctn you licaiT"
And "ay. ay, lil" rang the eniwer oVr the watcri
loud aud clear.
Then they lirtrntd. He Ii ilng ng, "Jeiui, lovor of
And thewTuila brnuiht back Ibe echo, "While tbe
rarer watera Mil;" ,, .
Btrasge Indi id II wuto boar him, "nil the itorm
ofllfelipat,"
Singing biavrly from Ibe waten, ' Ob, receive my
tuul at lull"
He conld hare no other refuge. "Ilingi my be'.p-
Ifm aoul mi l'uer;
Lei to, ih. hare me uol"-tbe linger dropped at
laitlulolhe aoa, . ,
And thru the watrnt looking hnmeward, though
their avci with Ultra niailu dim.
Bald, "He pawed to bo wllh Joaua m Ibe tlunlngof
that byiuii."
A ItOMANCE OF HISTORY.
It was nutting time
A blooming bund of peasant children
bad gathered from far and ttonr to Lave a
niorry day amid tbe nut treoa and
hodges.
I Bay children but girls of 15 and
lads of 18 and 20 wore scatlorod through
tbe chattoring group.
Tho nut harvest was a joyful timo to
tbeui.
Tbe young aro always attractivo iu a
cortaiu way, Tbo undiuimod brightness
of tbo eyo- tbe satiny smoothness of tbo
comploxlon tbo happy smiles hovering
around tbo rosy lips each has a boi nty
to itself; but add to the youthful faeo
the charm of perfectly chiseled font ares,
and of ltiHtroui browu eyes, looking out
upon tbo world with an inuocont wonder
at tbo changing 'scenes of loveliness ho
conBtantly unfolding themselves beforo
thorn frunio it in a iduhh of binning,
wavy gold of natttro'ri own orimping
and puiHO it upon a form ho litho and
Blcmlor iu ita vxqtitHito graeo that l'raxi
Udua might have (iliosen it for bin moilul
and you cuu form an idua of llika
Ureutor, tbo ackuowludgod beauty of tbo
whole Burronudiug country.
And there was a romautio Htory about
bcr going tbo ronuda.
It wan said that no loss a porsonuco
than l'riiiL'o Erie, tbo aon of tbo grout
aud good (itirtUvuri, bad boon Btanding
one morning by one of tbo palace win
dows to witin'ss a ruNtio proojasion,
which bad boou guttuu up iu bouor of
sonio important viotory, rocontly wou by
bit famous father, ana bh be atood gaz
ing lieiloHHly out, Lin cyoa brightened
auddeuly, and bo turned to an attendant
and wbtHperod a few word which cattttod
bitu to hasten away. When be returned
be was not alone llika wuh with him.
Frinoe Krio'a heauty-loving eyes bud
boon attraotod by her, as alto had atood
amid a grout) of other nmidous, looking
at mo BaYiv-iiroHHou columns oi iter
couptrytnon tiling by.
Hhc, too, waa iu holiday attire, and the
black velvet jacket, JUting closely to her
Blender tluuro, aud adoruotl wttu ailver
gilt buttous, brought out so vividly tbo
oxquiHito airueas of iter Bkiu, wilu uh
rose-leaf tints of red upon lips aud
checks, that nho looked like a being of a
different ephero as sho stood amid bcr
mates.
CouftiHfld nod liiUHiung, Hiio now
awaited tbo Prince's pleasure, Sue dared
not raise bor eyes to his face.
Had she done so hIio would have been
overpowered by the earnestness of tbo
e&TM with which ho regarded her.
From tbo moment bis eyes rested upon
llika's foco tbe world held but ouo peer
lens woman to him.
It mattered not that lus youngor
brother, Duke John, was thou in another
kinadom, wooiug for bim a royal bride,
upon whoso brow rested ditulem.whoso
Bpleudor far excceiloa tuo one wlueli ho
was to inherit upon the death of his
father.
No. In that momout Elizabeth of
England was forgotten. Tbe peusaut
maid who Blood More bim bad beoomo
the qnoeu of bis fancy.
"Thy nuuio. little oue?" bo asked.
Rika raised her eyes to tbo handsome
earnest face, out dropped thctu timidly
as shomet lus glance.
"I am Froderika tbe forester's dangh
tor your matoMty.
"Nay, not yet crave I for that title.
maiden. Youur blood muut have iu vout
and I am glad to kuow that tho cares of
government are not soon likely to rent
upon my shoulders, broad though they
mar be."
With a smile be glanced at Lis stal
wart frame, which was acknowledged to
" be one of the finest specimens of pbysi
cal oomolinesa in the country, as was bis
face called the handsomest of any prince
In Europe.
llika eourtesiod respectfully, bnt did
not reply.
If the gracious prinee chose thus to
address as an equal one of the hnmblest
of his lather a subjects, she knew well
her posilion.nnd was to the full as proud
of her unsullied innoconce and integrity
as tho hnnghtioHt maid In the realm.
ller Bhy modesty added to her beauty
iu Erie's eyes.
"Where livcRt thon, Fredortkar1 be
asked, softly; "fori would well like to
soud thy father a commission to fell
sotno trees which much interfere with
the comfort of tho King's hnutiug par
ties in the forest." ......
This ho said, knowing intuitively that
it would startle llika to give her bis true
reason and say that bo intonded to start
out himself in queet of fairer and more
precious game whiou must bo ensnared
in tendoror toils than those at tho com
mand of tbe keenest sportsman nt bis
father'a conrt.
After a fow words more he BiilTorod
Rika to go. But the sweet mornory of
bor presence went no with bor. It nes
tled deep within bis heart.
After this intcrviow scarcely a week
passod that did not find Erio's stops
tumod in tbe diroction of tho forester's
ctta?0 .. .
A glass of milk from Rika's own white
hands was tho draught most preform! by
the royal hunter although out of cour
tesy, bo would Bomotimes accept a tawf
of mead from tho sturdy old father.
Matters were in this Htatjo at tho timo
our story opens.
Tim nuts wero catborci', and tbo
merry groups bad dihpersod to their
various homes, with tho understanding
that they should meet again tuo next
jsy and go together to tho palace and
dispose of tboir treasures.
The next morninir found thorn on thoir
way, dressed in thoir host, as booame so
eventful an occasion in their usually
monotonous lives; for royalty had Buoh
a glamor to uninitiated eyes that tuo
more Bight of tho walls which shut it iu
is oagcrly covetod.
It was a pretty sight to any ono who
might have boon statioucd at tbo win
dow, to sco that blooming procession of
ncatly-drosHod lads and lasses, as thoy
weuded thoir way along with many a
morry laugh and jost, until at last tney
halted iu tho grout square before tho
Haoo.
.... .. ii ...
Uul to 1110 wnicuing eyes i uiu riuuu
who bud received a bint of tho coming
of the uut gatbercrs thoro was but ono
faeo worth looking at among tho throng.
"Como," he said to tho courtiers who
wero standing noar, "lot us go down to
tbo squaro and mako tho hoarts of yon
morry rustics evon merrier to-day by ex
changing somo coins for tho nuts they
have with them.
A prince's suggestion nover lacks for
listeners, nor for followers, and soou
tho rich toilettes of tho court peoplo wero
scattered about timldst tho crowd iu tho
square.
Eric s steps wero turned at once to
wards Rika.
Ho soon poHHCHsed himself of her nuts;
and after paying for them lavishly in
golden coin, bo took from an muor
pocket a locket and chain, which bo gave
to her, saying:
Wear it lor my hiiko, inera ih no
ono who would look fairer in it. ion
n (lit to bo a queen, littlo Rika, and I
will yet niuko you ono."
lleloro JUKa Iiuo limo to reunzn ungiu
ut that hta words I mil tilled her Heart
with a bewildering soiiho of happiness,
he bad gono, his gift alone reinniuiug to
rovo that she bad not lioon dreaming.
Hut sho soon e .iiuo to her sober senses.
It was well known that King (luttlavus
had been holdino; uegotiutious with tho
maiden queen of England to indnco her
to bestow her jeweled hand up his older
son, and it bad reached Kikus ears.
Such a thing had been known us a
ntaid of low degree being wooed and won
by a roynl suitor. The talo of Urincl's
uppmess, una of uer woes us well, nuii
been a favorite ono among the folk-sto-rioB
told around tho humble hearths of
tho peasantry; cud if fute bad ordained
it to happen to lieraiso, liiKa would nave
lieeu as glad and proud a maiden as over
tho Btin bud shono ou. Rut sho would
teu to no words of lovo from ono
whoso band was as good as given to an
other.
Thus sho thought as sue walked slowly
homeward.
Ho tho next day a littlo barefooted boy
tho child of a neighboring farmer-
was sunt to tho palace with by llika with
rriueo l.i iu s gilt, carefully tied up m a
piece of lineu cloth, cut from tho corner
of a web, which she horsolf bad wovou
from llax raised from tho seed, and pro
pared by her owu deft buuds.
Could tho unconscious trinket havo
told Erie that Rika's eyes had lingered
lovingly and regretfully upon it and that
Bbe bad pressed it to her red lips t.gaiu
and again, it might havo lessoned bis
chagrin in receiving it huuk aguiu.
As it was, it only kindled auew lus de
termination to win llilu tor bis own, lo
tho eousequeuees what they might. It
should not bo said of bim that a low
peasant girl had given him, the Crown
rrmeo of Sweden, such a rebuQ.
Ho threw u largo cloak over his rich
court suit, and, thus disguised, ho
mottuted Oluf, his fuvorito hunter, and
hastened toward Rika's homo.
Hot anger was contending with his
love for tho rustic beauty as bo rode
along.
Hut when ho at last reached tho bor
dera of tbo cleared patch of land iu the
forest w hich held tho little oottago, had
dismounted from bis horse and tied bim
to abapling, and fouud himself standing
at the door awaiting her answer to his
rap, all was forgotten but tho thought
that bo was soou to gaze upon the beau
titnl face that bad haunted bis fauoy so
persistontly siueo late bad first brought
it oeiore mm.
Rika opened tho door aud atood for an
instant iu glad surprtso, gaxtug up tuto
her lover's face iu utter forgetfuluess of
the difference in their stations.
"Ah 1 little one. thv face for oneo telle
me all tha I wish to know. Thou lovest
mo 1 1 eco it in those eves."
And before Rika bad time to retreat
ha caught her to bis heart aud imprinted
J passionate kisses upon Jier trembling
ips.
riha drew herself from bis eneireling
arms and stood panting like a frightened
lawn.
Then she threw herself at his feet and
clasping her bands cntreatingly, she
aid:
"Oh, most noble prinoe, let it not be
put agaiust thy record that innocence
and virtue received no respect at thy
bands 1 (Jo, I entreat you 1 Should my
father return and find thee bere.be
would surely first kill me and then kill
himself, in shame and despair t Uh, go!"
'I mean thoo no barm, Rika. I love
thee; and when one loves he hurt not
the object of that love. To win thee, I
will give up my heirship to the orown to
my brother John; and while be wears
tbo diadem upon his brow, I will eon
tent myself with lovo and happiness
with thee." v -
"Not so, noblo Erie," said Rika, firm
ly, "if theu wouhlbt mako such a sacri
fice, I, for ono, will not be a party to it.
After such a marriago entailing, as it
would, so much loss love would prove
bnt a transient guost within our home.
Reproaches would drive the fickle god
ft WAV"
"Tell mo the truth, Rika," interrupted
Erie, with passionate earnestness; "do
you lovo me?"
"Ho well that I would rather die than
know that harm would come to one so
noblo through any influence of mine."
"And yet you refuse to make me hap
py V"
"I rofnse to work your ruin, noblo
princo. The present is not all of life.
15 tit Beo the sunlight has already reached
tho middle point of yon dial I In ton
more minutes my fathor will be lioro. If
thou would'st shield mo from burm, gol"
"I will obey now, but I will not prom
ise to give up the linpo which lured me
hither. Farewell, for a timo, most ob
durate maiden."
Then, with along, lingorlng, regretful
look, the prince turned and departed.
Days and weeks passod on.
At last came a timo which was to
plunge tho nation into mourning. The
good and great Gustavns was stricken
with a mortal illness.
Ho died, and was laid besido his kingly
progonitors.and Erio was tho reigning
sovereign in Swodon.
Young, impulsive and his own maslor,
with heart filled with but oue image, is
it to bo wondered at that he suffered no
obstaolo to delay bis union with the
maidon of his lovo, after tho days of hia
mourninp- were fully accomplished, and
that tho pretty nut girl of Sweden bo
came its orowned queen ?
Piano rinjlng.
"I was loafing around tho stroets last
night," said Jim Nelson, one of tho
oldest locomotive engiuoers running into
Now Orlonns, "and, as I had nothing to
do, I dropped into a coucort and heard a
slick-looking Frenchman play a piano in
way that mado me feel all over in spots.
As soon as he sat down on tho stool I
know from tho way be handled himself
that ho understood tho machino ho was
running. Ho tappod tho keys away up
ono end, just as if they were gaugos, and
ho wanted to see if he had water enough.
Thon ho looked up, as if ho wanted to
know how much steam he was carrying,
and tho next moment ho pulled open the
throttlo and sailed out on tho main line,
as if he was half an hour late.
You could hear her thuuder ovor cul
verts aud bridges, nnd getting faster
aud fastor, until tho fellow rocked about
in his Beat liko a cradle. Somehow I
thought it was old "3(i" pulling a pas
senger train and cottiug out of tho way
of a "special." The fellow workod tho
koys on tho middle division liko light
ning, and thon ho ilew along to tho north
end of tbo lino uutil tho drivom wont
around liko a buzz saw, aud I got ex
cited. About tho timo I was fixing to
t 11 bim to cut her oil a littlo, bo kicked
tho dumpers under tho machino wide
open, pulled tho throttlo away back in
the tender, nud, Jerusalem, juiuporsl
bow she did run. I couldn't stuud it
any longer, and jelled to him that she
was "pounding" on tho left side, uud if
he wasn't careful ho'd drop his ash pan.
Rut bo did not bear. No ouo heard
mo. Evorytltiug was flying and whiz
r.ing. Telegraph poles on tho side of the
track looked like a row of cornstalks,
tho trees appeared to bo a mud bunk,
and nil the time tho exhaust ef tho old
machino souuded liko the hum of a bum
bio bee. I tried to yell out, but my
tonguo would not move. Ho went
around cttrvos liko a bullet, slipped an
eeceulrio, blow out his Boft plug, went
down grades fifty feet to tho milo, and
not a confounded bruko set. She went
by tho meeting poiut at a milo and a half
a minute, and calling for more steam.
My hair stood up like a eat s tail, be
cause 1 know tho game was up.
Sure enotish, dead ahead of us was
tho headlight of tho "special." Iu n dazo
I hoard the crash as they struck, and I
saw cars shivered into atoms, peoplo
mashed and mangled uud bleediug and
gasping for water. I heard nnotherorash
as tho French professor struck tho doep
keys away down on tuo lower end of tho
southern division, and thou I came to
mv senses. There ho was ut a dead
standstill, with tho door of tho firo-box
of tho inuehineopen, wiping thoperspira-
turn oil lus faeo, nnd bowing at tho peo
plo before him. If I live to bo a
thousand years old 1 II never forget tho
ride that Frenchman uave mo on a
piano." Now Orleaus Times-Domocrat.
"liolnj Back on a Friend."
IoElko rcflontljTthe trial of Thorn"!
Dunkin indicted jointly with William'
ii Huyckforthe robbery of tho Tns
ca'rora shige, was progressing in the Dis
trkt Court. The Independent say. The
prosecution had examined a number of
w tnosse". tho testimony Bn" J
p sonor being very strong, but it be ng
m irely circumstantial there waa nothing
I ice,l which could bcate the gn.lt.
The defendant appeared to be satisfied
with the manner in which the trial was
J ogressing,and it was plain that neither
Le nor bis counsel had tho remotest idea
of the dauonment that was in prepara
on by the attorneys hr the btato and
the officers who hod been engaged i n
working up the case. About two o clock
in the afternoon, when all tho witnesses
who had bcon sworn for the prosocn ion
bad testified, and it was supposed that
the evidence was all in, tho Dis net At
torney called the name of William U.
Hnvek, who at that moment appeared
within the bar of the court in tho custo
dy of Deputy Sheriff Folk. Iluyoks
unexpected appearance caused sensation
in court, and all eyes wore turned in the
direction of tho allegod accomplice of
Dunkin. Tbo prisoner, although evi
dently surprised and at a loss to under
stand tho meaning of tbo event that was
transpiring, evinced no othor percepti
ble emotion, excepting, perhaps that his
face for a moment became a slight shade
palo. Hnyck was sworn and took the
stand. After a fow preliminary ques
tions, the District Attornoy propoundod
tho following: .
"Who were the persons engaged in
the robbery of tbo Tusearora stage on
the night of the 10th of March?"
A pin could havo boon hoard to drop
in the court room as the witness sbwly
and deliberately replied: "Thomas
Dundinand myoelf." Re then gave a
full account of the robbery, bis testimo
ny in . nearly every respect corroborat
ing that of tho witnesses preceding
bim. The prisoner was still further sur
prised by the production of two silver
watches stolen from the express box,
which was found last night conoealed in
Dunkin's shop at Tusearora by Officer
AlFarker, upon information furnished
by Huyck. Tho watches arrived by to
day's stage in timo to appear as evidence
Tho case has been admirably workeij up
by Doteotive John Thackor and Deputy
Shoriff Folk, who are entitled to tho
greator portion of tho credit for tho suc
cessful inannor in which it has beon
prosecuted in court.
Brewery Refuse lu Milk.
Tho enormous amounts of spent grains
which como from tho breweries of this
country aro all cousnnied by domestic
animals in tho neighborhood of tho
breweries, and bv far tho larger part of
it hv milch cows. The volume of milk
which a cow will give depends very
largely on tho amount of flesh-producing
. . , .. t: i 1 1 ... .;
iooit suo cau uigesi, mm uiu..i b""uoi
which abound iu Uosh-forming niattor,
ensv of ditreation bv reason of tho treat
mcnt it recoives, responds forcibly to
this rule. There aro but fow foods which
will stimuluto a larjro flow of milk equal
to brewers' trains, but thoro is no butter
. .. .... . !....:- .-:,.
in It. 11CU USOU OS nil eiciuaivo uiui,
tho milk of cows consuming it soon
ceases to produce any butter. When
used ns a partial feed, tbo butter product
will bo uaucrod bv tho other food used
with tho grains. As tho grains inereaso
the weight of milk and decrease its value
for butter ptoduotion, it is very unfuir
for patryns of u creamery to feed grains
to their cows unless all tho patrons do
tho Bauio. It is an artful way of water'
incr milk tho milk being watered bo'
foro it comes from the cow instead of af
terward. So far as tho butter-making is
couoernod. both modes of watering pro
iluee exactly tho same results, and, u
not tho letral. tho moral is tho same in
either raso. It means sometlutifr for
nothing, or to phraso it more exactly, it
means money for water. Ry far tho larg
est part of browors' rcfuso ooes to feed
tho cows which Btipply with so called
milk tho city or villugo in which tho
browinir is done. Tho pooplo who pur
chaso the milk expect it w ill bo watered
"all it will bear, and it is a matter oi
little account to them whether tho water
ina is done before aftor milking. Cows
Buimlvinir milk to a creamery should
have no sour or fcrmentod feed.
in such a
thore are
fiold are
numberless,
who like
and
Dr,
I0W IlLTDUU-, ... .
Stradlinaro bravoenongu . . --.-
most effectual for snake po.son.-Cham-
bor's Journal.
The Husband and Wire Talk.
, i. ro and see what
Carl and Jessie are t loing down o the
branch. I reckon the r feet a iweUnd
they have both got dreadful colds I
can't keep them oway uom iui ,
said Mrs. Arp. . . , ,.
"Didn't you play m uuu'I,7
dear, whon you were a ouuu; du.u
"Yes, but nothing could hurt mo then,
we were not raisod so delicate in those
,Uv. Oirls can eo to a party In a buggy
and dance half the night, but that is all
oxoitement, and thoy are noi u v
thing tho following day. We went to
country weddings sometimes. lou re
member we went to James ium. ..
wedding. That was a big froho-an , old
mlir. Everybody was thore
from all the neighborhood, and thoro
was more turkey nnd roast pig uu
than I over saw, and we played every
i,.-n.nnnl.l think of. His wifowas
Mrs. Arn. "The men don t know any
thing about care and anxiety aud slaep
loss nights. It is a wonder to mo they
dio at all." "But I have helped you all
could, my dear," said I, "ona you see
its telling on mo. Look at these silver
hairs and these wrinkles nnd crows' feet,
aud my back hurts over and anon, and
this rainy, bad weamor gives iu iu
rheumatism, but you haven t a gray
i.ot. n,i i,nr,llv a seam on vouralabautor sot down at $0,478,051, hoing an in
forehead. Why, you, will outlast me crease of $G71,lt)0 over tho preceding
nn.i nntlivA me. too. and mayue more yoor.
uilllm a rich widower stopping around Farmers In the United States have
here in my shoes, and you will havo a $12,210,253,302 of capital invested in
m i : At l.nnntiftil hciv I 4Iam IttialnaBo Tliiootini nnliidna (arm
hna nnirini7A anil k iiuir ui Liuaunuui jit luuu iuoiuwob. aum www Hw.UUUw huib,
horses and" implements, liva stock, fertilizers and
' . . . i n l i
"v nm i tnhi von to co aiier uuri iunces.
,1 ,
and Jessie " lev- ut' uatcuer, at tue ijyneuourg
"If Vandorbilt's wifo should die and uaptiBt congress, siaieu mat ten
he could accidentally seo you," said I, years after emancipation was proclaimed
SELECTED MISCELLANY.
Somo men havo tho key of knowledge,
and nover euter in. La Rrnvero.
Nothing is politically right which is
morally wrong. Dauiel O Conuell
Let us not bo ever driving on. The
machinery, physical aud mental, will not
Btand it. r. Jaeox.
Re brief; for it is with words as with
suubeams tho moro they aro condensed
the deeper they burn. Southey.
Wo no longer attribute tho untimely
death pf iufants to tho sin of Adam, but
to bad nursing aud ignorauee. Oarflold.
i lie true grandeur oi humanity is in
moral elevation, sustainod, unlightenod
aud decorated by tho intellect of man.
C. Sumner.
We must distinguish between felicity
aud prosperity ; for prosperity loads often
to ambition, and ambition to disappoint
ment. Landor.
Say nothing reRMetiug yourself.either
good, baa, or luditlerent; nothiug good,
for that is vauity; nothing bad. for that
is affectation; nothing indifferent, for
that is silly.
The darkest night that ever fell upon
tho earth never hid tho light, never put
out the stars. It only made the stars more
keenly, kindly glancing, as if in protest
auaiusv mo uarauess. iteorgo juuoi.
Why, certainly, Exra, certainly. An
body can answer a little quostion like
that, ihey are called tue "end
Snake Poison.
and
; lSTEIttilTINU FACTS.
Search others lor thoir virtnes
thyself for thy vioos. fuller.
It boa bcon estimated that there ar
000,000 miles of barbed wire fonces ia
use.
Ninety-three thousand acres of laud"
were planted with timber in Kanioa last
year.
Neorly $14,000,000 worth of cattle are
now grazing in what six yean ago was
Indian conntry in Texas.
Great Britain has 13,000 registered
chemists and druggists ar.d 23,001) regis,
tercd medical practitioners.
On the western end of tho Canadian
Pacific road 8000 Chinamen and 3000
whites and Indiana are employed.
Out of 9,027,992 registered letters and
packagos carriod last year by the Post
office Department, 726 wero lost.
A man broathes about eighteen times a
minute, and useg 3000 cubic feet, or
about old uogsneaus, oi air por hour.
Threo thousand depositors in Con.
neoticut savings banks have sot made
inquiries about thoir money for twenty
years pasi.
The ground upon which Cincinnati
mirhtv nretty then, but she has had a stands was purchased by J. C. Symmes
thousand children, too, just like myself, . about ninety years ago lor suty-soveu
and I reckon she is laoeu ami wru. corns pur uui.
Jim Dunlap hasn t fadod, saw . sleeping car porter who traveled
Tono him u lien I CO to Atlanta, and fir.lK miles with ten nassencers vnrtl.
ho is big and fat and merry -looks a lit- over $000,000 each, says that his per-
"Oh. yes. of courso no uoen,
1
Tho city of Newark, N. J., contains
1299 factories, with 29,232 workmen.
The capital invested is $22,919,115, and
tho sales toot up tobjji.Diij.
Sea urchins aro so tonacious of life
that on opening one it is not uncommon
to see the pieces of the broken shell
move off in different diroctions.
The aggregate value of the property of
colored peoplo throughout Tonncsseo is
after T'm cone, there is no telling"
"Well, na nlonor now and find the
childron, and when you come back I'll
1180 negroes in Pittsburg, Va., owned
thoir homes.
Massachusetts fisheries employ 25,117
listen to your foolishness. I m not go-
persons,and at least 100,000 persons are
ing to let you dio if I can help it, for supported by this industry, which has
I don t know what would uccoine oi us jUst paiJ8ed through an unusually pros-
all. Yes, yu have neipeu me, j. uuw, p0roua year in iwi
and been a great comfort ami dia tuo Tuore woro oa th0 firmg jn tne rjnitej
beHt you could-most of the time yes, g. 0Q JuQ8 l im 10.357.971 horses,
most of the time-end imigut nave ,012.932 mnles. 993.970 oxen: 12.413.593
done worse, and yon must nurse mo milcU CQ 22,188,590 other cattle,
now and pet me, ior 1 am geiuuB uu- 359150 Bueop, and 47,083,951 swine
a 1 L Irtrt " or-ill I I lllU lU.lUllUltlJllf3 Allwuuu dm j u vuuv
..f, ZTVm'o. "'Am I goats are the best land cloarers known. It
not .1 wave nettina vou? Xow. go 'long y wu ,u f """7
after tho children, before we both got to
Tho poisou glands of snakes aro mo li
fled "salivary glands;" that is to say
they aro now and special structures, but
modiheatious of organs which othor nm
mals aud reptiles possess. It is a notablo
fact that, as in a poisonous snake the
secrotion of these glands is permanently
venomous; in a mad dog tho saliva
becomes temporarily poisonous; nud it
is well known that the bite of an en
rased human being may be most dilll
cult of healing, owing to tbo apparently
virulent character which the 1 saliva
aenuiies. We thus seo that one nnd the
same orcan aud secrotion appears to bo
como modified for poisoning properties
and functions in very different groups
of animals, ihe rationalo of Bnake poi
son in its action ou outer animals ap
pears to consist in its paralyzing effect
upon the nervoos system and in its
effects on tho aeration of tho blood It
w nti 1.1 Annenr that it acts bv ureventincr
" - , 1 - - j i - - o
the absorption into the food of tho oxy
gen gas wo breatue, and w hich is a vital
necessity for us and for all animals.
Armoil with two poison fangs in the
upper jaw, the bito of certain foreign
kinds is dangerous, aud even fatal; in
Great Britain tho viper and adder, hap
pily, aro tho only venomous species.
The remedies that havo beon proposed
for snake-bite are of course numerous;
but Miss Ilopley is probably right in
following Dr. Stradliug when she as
serts that, as the poisons of different
snakes vary in their effects, it is hope
less to look for any one species for their
vaviod bites. But it is just possible that
underlying tho variations in the effect of
the venom there may exist a common
type of virulence. For our own part,
we should liko to hear of Condy'a fluid
(or permanganate of potash) haviug a
wider trial ou snake bites than has yet
been accorded it. Injected into the veins
thia fluid appears to counteract the effect
of the less deadly kinds of venom in a
marvellona degree. Possibly in does so
because it throws off oxygen in large
crvincr and havo a sceno. And I wish you
would see if tho bull cocuin liens nave
hatched iu tho hen houso.
"She has been sotting nbout fourteen
weeks," said I, "but she is getting old,
and these old mothers are slow mighty
slow."
I wont after tho children, and sure
enough, thoy were fishing in the spring
branch, nnd their shoes were wot ana
muddy, and thoy wero Imro-neaded, and
I marched them up tenderly, and Mrs.
Arp set thorn down by the fire and dried
their shoes, aud cot them somo moro
stockings, and then oroned their littlo
morning school. How patiently these
old-fashioned mothers work and worry
over tho littlo things of domestio lifo.-
Bill Arp, in Atlanta Constitution.
Boiler Skstitg.
Tho roller skate is a wayward littlo
quadrupod. It is as frolicsome and as
innocont as a lamb, but, for interfering
with out s upright altitude in tho com
munity. it is, perhaps, tho best machino
that has appeared in Salt Lake City
One s first feeling on standing on a
pair of roller skates is an uncontrollable
tendency to come from together. Ono
foot may start out towards Idaho while
tho other as promptly strikes out for
Arizona. The legs do not stand by each
other as legs related by blood should do,
but each shows a disposition to sot up in
business alone and leavo you to take care
of yourself as best you may. lho
awkwardness of this arrangement is ap
parent. Whilo they are setting up inde
pondcntly. there is nothing for you to
do but to sit down and await future do
volopmonts. And you have to sit down,
too, without having mado uny previous
preparation for it, and without having
devoted as much thought to it as you
might have done had you been consulted
in the matter.
Ono of the nion noticeable things at a
skating rink is the strong attraction be
tweon tho human body and the floor of
tho rink. If the human body had been
coming through spaeo for days and days
at tho rate of a million miles a second,
without stoppiig at eating stations, und
500 acres of brush laud in three years.
Not a vestige of undergrowth was left.
The gold annually takon from the Si
berian mines is estimated to be worth
$0,000,000. The first discovery of the
metal in that country was made at tne
beginning of this century. The average
cost of an expedition in search of gold is
estimated ftt $3000. .
The Boston Commercial says: "The
theory that tho rainfall or water power
of tho United States has been affoctod in
any way by tho destruction of forests, is
devoid of foundation in fact. Wo have
investigated the matter carefully, and
there is no truth in it."
Altogether Too Honest.
A gentleman stopped his horse at a
toll goto, and, not seeing tho gatekeeper,
went into tne uouse. xmuiuj; uu uuo,
he began to search, and finally discov
ered the gatekeeper out in the neia at
work. Although tho old mnn was quite
a distance away, tho gentleman went into
tho field, opproached the old man. anu
said; ' 5.
'You are tho toll gato keeper, I ue- ,
lieyo?"
"Yes, sir," the old man replied, turn
ing nnd leaning upon his boo handle.
"Well, 1 waut to go turougu me
gate."
"Am t the gato open.'
"Yes."
"Well, why don't vou go through.
It's my business to be there."
'liecause 1 want to pay you.
'And vou came all the way out here
to pay me fivo cents?"
"Yes, sir, said tuo gemiemau,
proudly, looking the old man in tuo
eyes.
"Couldn't you have left tue money ou
the table?" . .
"Yes, but I wanted you to know that
I had paid you." ' t
You are an honest man.
"Yes. sir." replied the gentleman,
while a pleased expression spread over
his face.
"You would have walked threo times
as far to havo paid me that five . cents,
wouldn't you? . . '
"Yes, sir, I would.
"Here, John," the old man callod to a
tint ATOftntinrr Knmlnva whnrt if. Ktrilrnn
the shade, "call the dog
strikes with so much violence. As it is, and go along and watch this feller till he
men
because they are the last persona the t Quantities, and may thus neutralize the
wandering joke reaches in its earthly pil-1 effect of the snake poison just noted. But
grimage. Bur. llawkeye. ' the difficulties and dangers ol research
gets away. Bet a hundred dollar u
steii a BometlniiP 'fore he leaves luu
place." Arkansaw Traveler. , J
A Dinner Pot Joke.
In a certain villacre in a county not far
frnm .losrihinir Tim rear fnl 1 ia tlifl Off a small bOT kicked UP a Ureeze IU iu
favorite. It is more frequently utilized nearest church on Sunday. If aeems
than any other. There are two positions thot a certain good bnt poof woman
in skating, the perpendicular and the bought a small calf's head and put it on
horizontal. Advauced skaters prefer tho to boil, leaving her little boy to mind it,
Domondienkr. while others affect the while she went to the church Close py
howover, tho thing is inexplicable.
There aro different kinds of falls in
vogue at the rink. Thore are the rear
falls, and front falls, the Cardinal Wolsey
fall, the fall ono across tho other, three
in a pile, and so on. Thore are some of
the falls that I would like to be excused
horizontal.
Ssutes are no respecters ol persons.
They will lay out a minister of tho gos
pel or the mayor of tbe city as readily as
they will a short-coated, one auspendered
bov or a giddy girl.
When one of a man's feet start for
Nevada, and the other for Colorado, that
does not separate him from the floor or
break up his fun. Other portions of hia
body will take the place his feet have
just vacated, with a promptness that is
surprising. And he will find that the
fun has just begun for the people look
ing on.
The equipment for the rink is a pair
oi skates, a cushion aud a bottle of lini
ment. Bill Nye.
The minister had reached his "fifthly,
my brethren," when a small boy stuck
his head in tho door and whispered:
"Mamma!"
The good woman recognized her son
instantly, and began to make eigns for
him to leave the door.
"Mamma!" again came the whisper
this time a little louder than before.
The mother shook her .finger at the
boy warningly and indulged in other
familiar pantomine, with which she was
accustomed to awe her son. . But it
didn't work worth a cent. The boy was
excited and in dead earnest, as the de
noumentwill ahow. Raising bis voice,
he shouted: .
"Mamma, you needn't wink and blink
at me. but had better come home right
"What's in a name?" An inordinate away, for the calf's bead is buttin' all the
desire to get itself into the newspaper. ' dumplin's out of the pot!"