NW MRS. PARTINGTON.
blllt
.- i i ii i" u' t'ltm-aeter In Keal I If.
.,, , MawtM-hiisvtta Tumi.
Mis Thrifty, en exoalhmtand pros
f
'Willow wiilliitu. "mi tw-t- is a
I .....I f,...,.,,l.. ll....
Tu-iii town, Mi a gemus Ian
irhich would set a new Mrs.
hrflngton "i1 '" "isi","s She aaed
mcometu Boston with groat regular
iiv ,, make her purchases. "Now,
lie siil not I""!; "K" lo tt cily visitor.
tl ir in" t much iiiJ of my sroin' to
Boston With nIW Of these drum
hm coniin around. And yet I'm
Hll there soon lc refurnish my stock
yoln stock of what, Mrs. Thrifty?"
pittites All sorts of things, you
know."
Oh. vos."
The visitor could imagine what "dit
toes" win' But it was the But time
she bad uerd theni called hy that
MUDS.
Mrs. Thrifty went on, "
like tn go to Boston first rate. When
lei! there the first thing I do is to
take one of tlcnl hoodlums and
then drive all round town."
The visitor was ulmut to faint. The
nectacle of the excellent Mrs. Thrift
driving around Boston with a hood
Juin wa it") much for her composure,
tod she looked so much at a loss to
jjmnv what was meant that Mrs
Thrifty explained!
"Why, I mean one of (hose new
fanqli'd one horse cab carriages. I
want I" know if you don't know what
8 hoodlum is!"
-Oh, M. Thrifty, you mean u her
die!"
A a what? Well, when I was there
thv called 'em hoodlums."
(Jseleei to try to convince her; and
no doubt the next lime she comes to
Boston to buv dittoes, she will
...re 111 a iaiui 'rw
stand 111 fro"t Of the Old Colony sta
tion and call for u hoodlum.
When her conversation with Mi's
Thrifty had reached this toint the
city visitor thought best tochange the
abject, ami related her own exte
riencc during her last summer's vaca
tion, when she. went up the Hudson
river and made a tour through the
Adirondack
'Ami did vou climb the cascades!"
asked Mi's. Thrifty.
"I I oh, the cascades were very
beautiful. Mrs. Thrifty very beuuti
hi"
The city visitor felt that sho had got
out of a scrape with thiscvusivo an '
swer. Hut sho doesn't know to this
day jni what the excellent woman
mr'ant hy "climbing the cascades."
This lady was not related to the one
who. after looking over the books on
ilio counter at ono of the bookstores
tbe other day, stepped up to a clerk
anil asked:
"Have you 'coineth?
" 'Cometh,' tna'aml I don't know
of any hook hy that name."
"Oh. don t you Well, 1 saw a
book hero called 'Goethe,' and I
thought likely there was n compunion
book hy tho name of 'Cometh 1'"
Boston Transcript.
Trenrliernus Meni.irlca.
When a man can sav, "1 was (here,
ami 1 saw it," ho ought to be believed,
ono would think, provided he has
a reputation for shaking the truth.
What shall we bo aureof. if not of the
things we have seen witli our own
eyesf
Vet experience proves that it is pos
sible to remember what never hap
peued, and remember it, too, with the
utmost distinctness and peculiarity.
llus laet has been abundantly
brought out by the war renyniscences
so numerously published during the
last ten years. As one writer remarks,
every hook and magazine urticlo is
followed hy notes of correction, or by
extended article of refutation, so con
stantly does one veteran's recollection
pf an event contradict another's, while
both of them, it is likely enough, are
proved to be wrong by the official rec
ords. The late Col. Scott, who had charge
of the w ar records of the government,
relates that ono day an ollicer came
into the room in a state of groat ex
citement. "Have vou said that I was not in
be second battle of Bull Hun;" ho de
manded. "No, not exactly that," said Scott.
"Well, Boh Scott. I was told vou
uirougii you it vou stuck to it.
un no, rculied Scott. I never
Kniil imn :.. i ., i . trr.. j
1 Said was that, vnu vniiissclf in an
' li-i i i , ,.. . .l.,,...l .... ,1... . i ...
Iwttle, had said thai vou (Vara in the
'urn uul I ....II.... i i. i ...:i.,..
D...I ., "
-v.. ii nun I.. :
Col Si-nit called n clerk nnd rosier
...w .v.,,1. Ulliuuilh X (IV UIUVW
n twice tlimugh in silence, put
- ii. ii, nun iroiil swu ifituvutn
. nil 'a...u.,.
Tile Stage .11 pent.-. .
Lloyd Breexe, who is Kusseli's busi-
ess j. ,i , ..... .. ..a ; l ... .1 ..
.....Illll I, 'III I MM... .11, .III. .'.'1.1
lz.ii.-i i-i. -L- ....i.i .;..... I
-i ...... , . : j mi uiu i. lint ,iie.
-' I I I II SI' I'll! Ill IG .... II'.... II L. lwl
ne scene plot for tho nieco to no one
----- ii; . .irticiiicr oi lueineairc
"-..i- it u HI1U HUtirVHH ,r I L ."I
---.in,, vuu uuy oreeze reacu.'
'-i.iii.ri uiu un u lo in ram ine
u.i, i unn ll i lo UIU lioic:
- , (jinL-. () me buige eoacu
Hie Whlcli Km fi.,im lli.it mImI tn
c ii,... il... in r ...
-" .'..in or some oilier e.iua v mo
We iKjint of thecomnass. In fi-oiit
1 1 1 . 't,.w. i. i i :
win- no saw an oki native
Uli lli r . . II ,V I
Ifafthngit wonderiiiD-lv. At a fiance
L i ..... . ...... i r
-loM-u ii as one oi ins siai s
Villi ..!.., ... I a . .
i""is unn ne ai once mane in
Ul! l. S ll .1.. .! ...
Oirected to the "statTe carDcntcr.'
. "r e-.ti .ii.ii 1 1 ic iii.v uiin. i . i
i ii nan ueeii uelivei-eil 10 me
an mhrt .i..i .u. , ,.
win iiiu 1 1 . ) - i . . . I null.
the slairo comiuinv The lut-
. ...nr. .1 t - ; iLl
had U j . ,,.
1 ul-s.ui civ.. u itiok vj
- .M.iiauv, as nc r.iu noi unucr
-"v peculiar urawings, out
wreset Ihlnga right bv tuniing tin
i i t T I Mm viiiifiie ii 11. i'
- . v. i HIV - ' H 1 V . T
. u.Mise, no sucn otnciai as
ar.ni,.r ne,,,,, know-men.-
s--ago iter. Id.
young inan Hnn tmmi :Hv
' e age of Inaaa0sa t'ountv.
j. a sinjfuiar eoincidem-e to
Beta, The younir mnu visited
art in annthor me n..
,h" VOUnif ladv' lovr from n.
-"""J Msited her the same day.
Vnu ....
-"i. man anU his uirl set the day
weir mIni . 7. .
:. unu ine young lauy
r "aaa -t their dav. It now
0;,t that tbey Kt the sime dnv to
- .. u.arriage. ana ooio
'ted tbe same minister to
lie r.-ni. m ...,.i 1 i. ...
- . . . .
M 'he ame boor Th..tw
piace m two different
OS in.,,,, , ... ,,
. .i.-ui,j miie, apart
DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA
"" K,"1"n,, . UM Tmd.-
ras si, rrnmi-.
American schemes for i he extension
rf trade with Africa have,,,,, met irlth
that.legr.vof success which the most
anguine hud hoped for. Not man
years igc .. promlosut (fen fork me
ehanl beenmo quite cuthusm-tic re
peeling the prospects of Liberia,
ending out sugar mill,, eUWIrsgl..
,,1,'"'e- nd aiding in the ,, "
tathm of American negroes, but the
W-called "repuMIe" .. .,.,
ly in name. In like DUUUr I ( -
nip project which for atimeenga I
the fosteri, interest of several No
'ork gentlemen phllanlhroplealiy in
clined never took a tangible f.., n'i ami
pawed out of mind. But k lino of
sailing vessels from New York to
'Jerhi has been maintained, and Ameri
can exports of manufactured cotton to
Africa through various channels form
considerable item. Meanwhile Km
rland is building up a nourishing
trade on both sides of the , tlnent
on the west coast and at Znnxlber
Trade wiib theeolony of Lagos for the
year ins; amounted tO $4,500,000, and
it is calculated that the entire in.de ,.r
grout Britain with the west coast but
year amounted to the approximate
ralue bTfM.000.000 of import- and
118,000,000 of exports, comparing well
with some portions of India At .an
liber, up to the recent breaking out of
hostilities, the whole coast was a con
tinuous line of British Indian trading
stations, ami trading increased rapidly
to IW.OfD.000, the greater I'art of this
heing in the hands of Briti-h subject.
Unfortunately.'' as we an- told in
Archbishop Farrar, 'tbia property at-
traded the .need of certain Cei-man
sdventurert," who made "bogus
'realies." claimed vast tracts of coun
try, and proceeded to take peaaeeVion,
lespite the remonstrances of the So;.
'an. Kurthermore, according to the
iiithorily just quoted, "ihe whole
rude of the coast is in tho hands of
some 10.000 British subjects from n
dia, including the ivory trade, copra.
gUPJ opal, imlia lubber, hide and gfR n
trades, Ihcso British Indians have
lent large sums of money to the Arab
ivory caravan. They have also in
invested their profits in mortgages on
the
eases aiiu pianialions ol (lie
Arabs, feeling quite secure under the ;
ihadow of English justice. Tbe Brit
ish Indians have jL'oOO.OjKI of floaling
sapi tar employed at this time in the
ivory trade in the far interior, and
unless some decisive measures are un
der taken by the English Oovcrnmcnl
this large sum must inevitably be
aist." Rtlgland appears to have he
OOme inextricably involved by Joining
in an agreement with Germany to
maintain a blockade "to put down the
slave trade," a feat somewhat difficult
d accomplishment where every Afri
can and Arab trader is a slavehold r
ither in w ill or deed. Clearly enough,
it would now appear the "development
of Africa." whatever this may mean,
lias received a check from which there
will be tardy recovery. It is surmised
however, that traders In Zanzibar,
while postponing Indefinitely the real
zal ion of hopes for the commercial
ubjugalion of the interior hike re
gions accessible from this point may
gi vo a new impetus to the Conga f ree
State and to efforts to penetrate trop
ical Africa through the Boudan, The
marvelous achievements of Living
itone's successor. Henry M. Stanley,
of whom full advices have just come
to hand, invest the subject with u new
interest. -Iron Age.
FORMING A CHARACTER.
rrue mil I Falsa m.-MhmIs of laieUeetoal
Hint .u.h .i Training.
The process of forming the statue
that shall waken the admiration of the
beholder ages after the band of the
..rti-t has moldered to dust, is slow.
Sunnose the object he to reproduce in
marble the feiilnres of a distinguished i
alesinan. A iiindel in clay or gypemn
s first formed, 't hen, by a slow and
'oilsome process, requiring the accu
rate inea urcinent of lines and ingles,
the features of the model are trans
erred to enduring marble: Such is
tbe course pureued by the true artist
A novice may pursue a different
.ourso. He may commence at once on
he block of marble By the direct
ipplication of the chisel he niny. in a djwn instead of in the forenoon.
short time, fashion the rude outline I 8U Paul Pioneer Press.
if features bearing some resciublance
to those designed to be coinmeni
orated. Bui ho can go but little
further. He can never reach Ihe per
fection which tho artist attains by
obedience to tlv rules of Ml urt
Processes anaiagousto these may lie
pursued in Ike cultivation of the mind.
There is a process of patient culture,
a toilsome formation of habits which
lo not admit of direct application to
practical life, which, though slow, are
necessary to the development of tho
higher forms of Intellectual life nnd
f intellectual tower.
There is a process which rejects n
large portion of this disciplinary toil,
and aims at immediate results. Tho
piinil at first i-eems lo make rapid pro-
jress: hut his progress i
soon iirresl-!
d. ll is showy and limited. It SU
never be carried far
The educator should take a much .
(tains informing a mind as the artist
aljes in funning a statue. If time and :
...ii ii.ve-isnrr to the tterfe.-t ion of ,
4atUS which is to endure tor ages,
then timo and toil may be necessary to
the perfection of the soul which is to
Jan forev "r V VI"' -er.
MISCF.LLANEOUS.
orrc opecies of cuttlefish are taM
tobe able to change color uith the
rapi.litv of the chamelon.
A Buffsl" bachelor ha a memor
mduin tsK.k In which he keeps the
. m.. ..f everv L'irl he has ever kl--e.l.
He had !f names on the list the last
time he uua'lllod up. !
A superior house parlor maid who
an tea.'h elementary music." and "a
ulain cook, under twenty-five, 'ho j
knows short-baud." W,'TV alverti.
for in a re.
ent issue of an Knglifh
Ttbie little creature can do a great
iealol mischief. The talusa (Cl.)
Sun say there is no doubt Itut that a
.oulrrel wa. responsible for a recent
break in tbe Hamilton levee and acon
aequent loss of MJM seres of wheat
which bjecame submerswd-
All Aimiiii i -.1 i,,
rTattM h n written quha an exhaus
tive article mi the subject of pneumo
nia, in which he reviews the epidem
lei oi thai .hsei.se which have been
recorded He drain the following
conclusions I'noumonia is a eonu
gums disease, ami the essential genus
tan be eomiiiumealeti. not only direct
Iv from an infected H'rson lo others
broughi hi contact with him. hut thev
can I, iraiiuiiiuad through u tluril
Pvrann. Tliey can, also, as in the case
of M al let fever and nwaaka, be con
vey.-d in clothing and in niauv other
articles iueh a are found in the sick
room They arc diffusible in the air,
bill one niuat come within ten feel of
a patient in oiiler lo be within range
f lufectiou,
The pneumonia germs utvquito long
livedo How they remain capable of
doing their work has never been d
Irrmiiied. but three years is scl as the
extreme limit Pneumonia is "catch
ing" at any lime during iu en lira
COUrSS, and even after recovery
w bece a person ia exposed to thadn
eisr and beooniei Infected by the
germs of it, the tit-st lyniptoma, as a
rule. appear between 'the fifth and
MVewtll .lav. hut , Koeptional cast's are
nuniy, aiid an infected iierson may be
taken down uul, ihe .livase ihe'sec
ond or third day alter exHsure, or he
may carry it about with him for near
ly three iveeki before it bivaksout
A H'imwi who has once had the ilis
Base retains foi rears liability tnlum
Oilier attacks, lor the germs' of it re
mam with him ami may lie found in
Ins saliva, lleiiee. such a Demon is
1 not ..n!y dangerous lo himself, hut lo
others with whom he Is brought ill
: Immodiate contact It is held that tins
in part explains recurring epidemics
in certain families, and. also while
the Htme person frequently sutlers
lr"'" ievere atlacka during' his life
time. UbtllKIerillg Ihe fact, now
clearly evident, that pneumonia is a
I'outaious disease, the proN'r pivcuu
lions HgaillM infection, should of
course, In- taken.
it is true that this diaeaaa is not
Dearly so contagious as the most of tho
other disease of tbe oharactar,
hut it is enough so lo warrant a oar
uiin amount of care, a patient ill
with pneumonia need not bfc held so
daiigeroui that a rigid quarantine
HIUsI n.vds be established, but those
who me brought in contact with him
should use a reasonable amount of
caution not "take his bivalh." etc.
I erieii ventilation is alike minortant
to them am to Ihe nati HunHIn
chiefs and the likeshoiild IxMhorough
i j uMUiiecieu, and if a spit cup is
USeti, il should always contain some
disinfectant lo destroy the fernta in
the sputa. - Boston Herald.
i:i.'iii I nn.
A physician of si. Paul related the
following lit!j incident in the cereal
of a fellow student The appearand
of the latter was not such as to im
press Ihe casual observer with the idea
(hat he was an JNculapius in tho sci
once of medicine, and w hen ho swung
his title "M. D." out in the chilly
breeze, it attracted little attention
from the sick and suffering. The man
also became an unconscious butl of
some of the more light hearted young
ladies Several of the bolder ones
linaliy concoclc.l a scliciue ucsigucti
to bring him to irretrievable humiliu
tion. A messenger was dispatched in
haste l summon the young tialen to
set a I met ii i-ed limit. Quickly gather
log the bandage and instruments net
esiary, Ibe doctor followed. Arriving
at the tiouse Designated, he was met
with duo gravity and informed that
Ins patient was in the rear yard
whither he was at once led. There
upon the ground was a rooster which
had U'cii unfortunate enough to break
its leg or shall I say umbl Amid
hardly suppressed giglee, lie was in
formed thai hero was the patient
; Comprehending the situation in an in
j slant, the doctor gravely and expe
1 ditiously set (he broken mcinber ol
Chanticleer, putting il in a lilustei
bandage with all the care usually
Vouchsafed to humanity, and for once
a fow l w ith a broken leg was in luck
instead of in the soup. Tho young
ladies were greatly pleased over their
adventure, and proclaimed it among
tliejr friends with great guslo, but
when some days later a bill rorVM foi
forreducinga fracture was reoeivad
ihe laugh died away in vain they
asM'i ted that, it was a joke, and (hat
they were only in fun, The pivscrip
tion writer said he wasn't in fun and
them w as no joke in 41 for him noth
ing hut the fee. ami he proUOJOd to
have that if he had to sue for il. He
got il. and pocketed it with a little
observation on laughing about sun
Slic Tlimijlit Tlx') Wri-ti Smikn.
One of our townsmen relates I hat a
friend of Ins, while slopping at tin
seashore, caught a number of verj
line eels, and thought il would lie nice
if they could lie broughi home, ll
wasdilllcull to tin. I just the Is-1 menus
of ti'iinsHirt.ition. hut an old oil cloth
covered hand hag as procured, uud
till) eels placed III it The RUM board
ed the Irani, and placed the carpet bag
under the seal, uud thought ie thing
more of it until some lime after tin
train had Started when suddenly a
woman who sat iiIhiiiI four feats in
front of him jumped upon the scat,
drawing up her skirts, and yelled
"Snakes!" The man looked that way
and saw one of the largest of the eeb
slowlv wriggling i. cross ihe car. and
,ls men -was u tun uiuva Ptwn
commotion uirougiiotii me car, ut
picked up the gripsack, and. remark
uil.' Hint lie uiu noi care lo suiv in a
? i , comucl0r allowed
gnaitej lo run about ihe Ihstr," niudi
ujs VVay lo the smoker, and has nevei
heard t whether the "snake" wa
caught or not - YYalcrbury American
Ci rli rll, M fill.
Mrs Amelia Rives i.'hauleris not
the author of the following linos
which an- being extensively credited
to lier:
Tut- fesS I'll!- lie Kmnloa Inihebraa-,
Tliu Ii' I Kin-' i. ': ' ,'!'. s iil.froelifsl.
Bun. utv UMtakmriag lunlja uf limiiirlna Iraai
Wlut f onder U a Out Hie corn b tboctm
- . r Aleiiisnit, re-
eently from NeS'iislta. has ben a
pwneer lit railroad and town site busl-
fr many yars
A lew years ago
he gaiu.il considerable fame and 000
grant furor among settlers by
plowing a single furrow a distance of
,v,p one hundred miles through Soott,
(,,. , j nd Wi.-hila ouuties. Kansas.
-ind into Colorado. He said nothing,
but kept on plowing, and tbe people,
imagining that he was locating a rail
road, began Ut take up claims along
tbe furrow. Afterward Jay (iould came
ill e if and bought the I law son right,
snd the I). M. tt A. branch of the
Missouri Pacific was built on tbe famous
furrjjw.
SUICIDE BY HARA-KIRI.
Nery ut m Rra.WNSMMS la lh Obaatly
liii..-. r...lUh.lirnl.
Hara-kiri M a legal form of pmtlsh
aient has been abolished in Japan for
llmilt twenty-live years. Prior to thai
:iiue a class of polliica! offenders ol
Jigh rank or title were allowed the
Miolce of the headsman's sw.uil or aui
"ide. This was a cou.vssion n, eai,
.hat was meant to remove Ihe disgrace
if an saeeuttna ut the bands of the
la. Hara-kiri" siguilies ciil-b.dly"
tr, if Ihe words are DflMged as in the
Ispanes.. term, " belly-cut." The
usual method of ncif-murdcr contem
plated by hari-kiri was fur the victim
iO drivs a long, broad and VCry sharp
ttlade into his abdomen and draw it
icross his )...! in 4 manner that would
lisct.ihnwcl him. Instant death was
usually the result.
An oflosr in the army of one of the
feudal princes was the lust tcrson to
,miii in it an nfHcial hara-kiri. He bated
ill foreigners with a patriotic blttwr
less, nnd in a hot-headed outburst ol
temper one day ordered his soldiers to
lire on some Kuropeans who were
groaning theatraot, 'The British Am
bataa tor, sir Harry Parkas, was on the
scene and had a narrow em-ape. while
unlit1 were killed. 'The representatives
if th foreign powers demanded 'Us
Mimmarv punishment of the youog
dBoor. The IVin.'e yielded to the de
mand and the offender was condemned
to death. He chose the alternative of
hara-kiri. Mi'- J. A. it. Walters, a
mining engineer of Chicago, then
living in Japan, thus tells the story of
the execution:
"Representatives of the foreign pow
ers were invited to be present," said
Mr. Waters, "and witness the execii
tion. Through the court isy of a mem
ber of the British legation I was one
if .he witness s. 'The execution took
place in a large, glo tmy. half-lighted
Buddhist temple. 'The ceremony was
ondueted with the riid formality ami
laeorum Of a religious rite, tin one
Ids was the foreigners, pale as ghos's,
breathing in gasps end trembling with
x. it Mil 'lit. The dim hght and dank
dr gave a supernatural, uncanny thrill
10 t'le a one. (),tp NaM ' ere the ,lapa-
iese oOoials. unBlnohing as itoios, m
inmOVed as statue.. Iii front on a low
lias was tin eon le nn I man. lie sal
tat lor fash lOO. hare I to the waste, a
brawny fellow with m nwular arms.
uul do Mi-e'iest d as 'i ox. On a low
table near him was a .1 apnnese short
.word with a blade nine or leu inches
long and keen as a rasor, Behind him
itoodhiebeel friend the oondemned
being allowel to sole 't some one I.
strike olT his Ilea I in the event In
tailed to kill him elf an 1 was liable to
suffer a proton-red agony liefore death
nine. 'The man was nppnrctilly the
inly agitated native in the temple.
Phe muscles of his face twitched. H.
nlutohod Ihe broad sword nervously
with both hands, waiting for the mo
men! that sho ii.i demand his services
1 The condemned was ihe i lost
man present. Through an intcrpivtei
lie said he was not sorry for what he
had done for his beloved country. He
vns proud to give his life for her. He
would shOW tint coward foreigner-, how
.1 Japanese, gentleman could die. As
he Unlabel his sp h he picked up th.
knife. A moment later he plunged it
to the hilt In tho left side of his abdo
men. He paused an Instant hut i
-eetn.Ml an hour to us white-faced,
diiverlng Englishmen, as we heal QUI
breaths, Then, with a powerful effort,
lie pulled the bladu across his body.
he blood gushing from the long geek
in a torrent, Either from pain or pur
tiisely, ho leaned his head sllghly for-
.vard. A swish of the sword behind
him ami Ilis head leaped from the Itody
lo the Hour In front of htm.
"The Japanese had not apparently
moved a muscle through all ihlagbastly
eeiie. A ploistiut-voie.il dignitary
arose and said he hoped he had proved
that Japanese justice would lie vindl-
ated and asked if the forclrn repre
.cut atives were satisllod. The British
Vinbassador simply nodded an alllrnia-
Ive and the shuddering witnesses oi
he hare klrl hurried witli bloodless
features Into the open air,
"I was long haunted by that dread
nana, and ever and anon ll would rise
tefore me Ihu dark and gloomy tem
tle. the impassive Japanese, tin- awe-
itrlokan foreigners, and. above all. tbe
aces of tbe principal actors the con
demned man and his closest Iricnd; the
Ine calmly content, even proud to give
ip Ids life, the other crouching behind
dm, wa (thing with a deadly intensity,
tale and anxious, fearful. tei-lnips, of
lUDgllng at Ihe supreme moment. It
moms up clearly before me yet, al
though years have gone by." Chicago
News.
, p0 as
All Had the Same Deam.
It is a most singular fact that under
Mftain combined conditions of fatigue,
liscom'ort ami malaria whole bodies
if men -such as cull pun lus of soldiers
- have been seized by the same terrific
Iroatn, and have been awakened simul
taneously shrieking with terror. Such
in install.'! is related by l.nuruiit.
t hen, after a forced march, eight hun
I red French soldiers were packed in a
vlned UalabruM monastery which
ould ill aecommodato half that uum
s'r. At midnight frightful cries issued
rom ever, corner of the building as
lightened men rushed from it. each
leekwing that it was tin- abode of th.
ivil one that they had seen htm in
he form of a big black dog. who
brew himself upon their brea'ta for an
istan' and then disappeared. The
n.-n were M'rsuad.sl to return to the
nine shelter on the next night, their
iltlcers promising to keep watch bl
ade them. Shortly after midnight the
same scene was r naeted Ihe same
ries. the same flight a the soldier
ushed forth In u body lo esoaH the
llffwiaHag librae of the black dug.
Tn.. wakeful ii.'ra-r, bad seen nothing
- Argosy.
"Oo you ever MWrSoeaOSSO, de.
erted. and as thoiiKh you had not a
friend iu the world. Mrs. Dabhef tn
.pilreil Johnson of his widowed land
lady. "Tan Indeed. Mr. Jolm-on. and
my heart always goes out Ut those
poor unfort mates who are left a'one
in the world." "Then I lake ll thai
you hnve is stowed tho full messure of
voiir pity on that utrawbei n in the
shortcake. Mrs. Ilobb" "I would
emind ymi. Mr. Johnson, thai I eon
I net my business on a strictly cash
bisia, Mie replied, with witbe lng
corn. MinueaiMtlis JournuX
RAVAGES OF INSECTS.
Hew ti Apply i iMabies " . la a-
ars sNtur,-i,ir- gfmHa.
Ooaeiderable interest has developed
lately on Ihe sulijeet of applying insec
t.cides, nml h is very opimrliine. Xhs
pressing need of a better understand'
laffof methods for successfully resist
ing tile ravages of our instM't enemies
crowds upon us with Increased vigor
as the recurring seasons increase the
Dumber BBd rapacity of the foe. It
has been very evident (to close ob
servers at least ) t bat a greut part of
the work done, especially in Ihe use of
poJaOBOUa Compounds, has proved of ac
tual damage; that is, the insects tiicm-
selves would not have done more harin
if left alone than the misuse of poison
did. A treatment for insects that may
do very well in a growing, productive
season is liable to do great harm to the
crops in an Unfavorable One. 'To apply
poisons effectively (without doing in
jury) ami cheaply, is squally of impor
tance. After quite an extended experience
in using insecticides in nearly all
ways. 1 bave decKled that there is only
one way in which satisfactory results
can bo reasonably expected every lime.
and that Is by spraying. Poisons should
be used in liquid form always, and in
applying lo the foliage, to insure sue-1
cess, tt must Ik- broken up into line. !
misty spray, like fog or steam. To ac
complish this desired result, there is
limiting yet made to excel the spray ing ;
machine, ll is built on simple, DM
ahanieal principles, and the amount of
the application can be ffUBgcd per
feotiy. By the aid of one horse (oi
team) and man, this machine operates I
on four rows of potatoes at a time, de
liverlng a line, misty spray witli force, I
penetrating every part of the plant ami
thoroughly Impregnating the foliage j
with poison (but not drenching), so
that if the larva- feed on any portion
the must get the poison. The danger
of burning the leaves is greatly les
sened. Iu fact, the plant can hardly
tie banned if ordinary care is taken. I
have sprayed eighty acres of potatoes
in three days, using only (8.60 worth
of London purple, ami tu thirty-ail to
forty-eight bom's after the poison was
put on hardly a slug could be found
altve. 'The expedition and economy
with which poisons can lie applied iu
this way enables the grower to use
weaker solutions often, nnd thus
obviates all danger from doing harm
to Ihe growing crops.
The Colorado bugs bade fair to give
us the most trouble we ever exper
ienced during the dry season of 1 fH7. i
yet by two timely applications of I.on- 1
dim purple by spraying, we succeeded
In almost totally destroying them.
Without apparent damage to any part 1
of the crop, at a cost of less than .Ml
cents ter acre. Including lali.tr ami
poisons for the two jobs. I saw a great
many fields of potatoes that were al
most ruined that season by applying
poisons Iu a careless manner, both in
t)qnld and powder term. When pota
toes bring 7n cents to 1 per bushel at
harvest time, It Is poor policy to ruin a
OTOp by being short-sighted in any way. j
Wetting or drenching the vines with I
water alone during dry, hot weather is
a dangerous experiment, and when the i
water is incorporated with active
IMiisons ami applied in a haphazard
manner, n is most sure to io harm.
'The whole business of mixing and ap
plying insecticides should lie done iu n
systematic and methodical manner,
(iuess work will not pay. As Prof, W.
B. Alwoo.1 has well said. In his station
report on Insects and Insecticides;
"Lack of exactness iu the details often '
defeats the purpose of worh with in-1
sect h ides. ' Hefcat is Die price Of I
carelessness or ignorance, -t'or. Ohio
Tanner,
THE COMING FARMER.
ll win n n u.iii OaMpsfaal
Fevtn New i i. i-
to llrlii(
'i'lie coming farmer is on the way. He
Is the new-school fn-iner. the ono who
Is cutting loose from the ancestral ways
and stepping far iu advance of his fid
lows; ho is adopting and bringing forth
new Ideas, putting Into practice
methods which will eventually double
and treble the productive powers of
the soli. 'The coinlm? fai iner will he ti
man of thought as well as of brawn.
Specimens of him may be occasioually
seen in the retired merchant who takes
up farming as a happy means of put
ting in his closing years. 'That force
of thought which gave him si iss in
.11 . .If- .... I. ....
mercaiitll..' life he now applies to till
ing the soil and to the various depart
ments of agriculture, and thereby
proves that thought is as prolltable in
farming as iu any other business. One
of the leading characteristics of the
coming farmer is that he will 1st a
specialist He win devote his efforts,
his thoughts, his whole energies to one
line of agriculture as much as the mer
chant who twenty years ngo kept a
general purpose store. 'The most suc
cessful farmers of thn present time aro
those who are pursuing special lines,
whether in the production of dairy
prtsl nets, of draft horses, road horses,
special breeds of sheep, e title or hogs.
Tlic coming farmer will send forever to
the bl'.ek the scrub slro In all classes
of st.s'k. which Is now a greater curso
to Wisconsin than nil the monopolies
which prey upon the people. Tho
coming farmer will provide his wife
all those modern appliances for doing
her work, which will make her life one
pi comfort and happiness, and lighten
her labors as much as the most modern
appliances lighten the labor of the
farmer. The coming farmer will make
the whols) country smile under tho
tillage of .y-dip-'-ted elTurt guided
hy tie- intelligent thought of a well
cultivated mind, a thoroughly trained
brain. 0. Ii. (iordon, at Wisconsin
r'ai'utcrs' Institute.
-V on 'look' tired. Miss Brown; too
much dancing?" '-Oh. dear me, no!
but we gave what la called an 'en
gag.sl dinner' last week, where eight
betrothed couple were Invited, and
afterward they retired to eight differ
ent corners of the two rooms and
whlssrtsl all the evening, and it re
minded pupa and mamma so much of
CeajlieMp they went out and sat
:n the tairs and left me alone. Do
fM wonder I itlll look tired"
sunny Folk.
HvuJj Iu Aiuim.
"Catiiti mectim.'" John Ali.-n Mas
always reedy witu a retort fur frieud
or im-, sometimes scathing, and ul
ways humoroUA After Ins convi-r
sion, lie nu t an old minister, w ho plied
him with very searching ipn-sti. nis as
to the gc neness of his experience,
and the young man UOOtptaiuod of the
h verily of ti is oalochism,
"If the lice he well united." said the
niinisicr, "it will nut be liainned if wc
shake il."
"Bit!," said the convert, "Ihe Mas
ter said lo Ins disciples, 'Feed toy
laniiis,' not Hio and limits them,' "
At another lime, when Mr. Allen
was about lo begin biseermon in a
new place, a former uustor said to
him i
"Are you a long pivacher,"
"Five feel seven inches," was the
Immediate reply
Al a meeting of ministers, a Baptist
was invited lo give his views on the
subject of Methodist economy, uud at
oueu rose, saving Hull, although there
were many excellent things in Mctho
disin, it sci i ned lo him to have loo
much machinery
Mr. Allen was on his feet in inn
uient.
"The Methodist church may have
mora machinery than the Baptist, " he
replied, "hut il doesn't ixsptini us inur J.
water to run it."
A lawyer Ofoppoajta Hilitics said to
dim, about the same lime, Mr Al
len, on which side are you going to
VOte! for 1 shall vote against you.
"On the right side,'' was the an
iwer. "Which side is wuirst"
Duo morning at a Methodist camp
meeting a young man arose, and said,
pompously
"1 do not believe In singing 'Oh, to
ho nothing.' I propose to be some
thing, ami 1 want people to know it."
Brother Allen ustniltly COOa, and
rciH'ntcd Ihe . n-scs
If a man thinks himself to be some
thing whan ha is nothing, he deoeiv
Sth himself, Bui let every man prove
his own work, and then shall he have
rejoicing iu himself alone, and not in
another.
The question of ambition was not
discussed further that day. Youth's
Companion.
A llorw 11 in Sn it....
The horn hair snake ii a eotnmon
source of error. The Creature that is
usually called by that name originates
ami lias a life's history as follows: A
small Flesh colored unto is in water. It
changes lo a purplish lead color anil
conies to the lop of lite water, where
il apOHs for a lime, and w hen looking
across water of a still evening, COpe
dally if looking low aril I he set ling sun,
ono can see masses of Ihcso tiny
creatures that look liko smoko on the
water. When they reach this stage
of Development they leave tho water
and get out on the grass. Here, as
opportunity offers, inoy attach them
selves (o llio foot of large insects - cs
pccially of grasshoppers, katydids, etc.
The legs of these insects being UOUOW,
they orawl up Ihem, where they grow
until they ill) the lege and someumee
tho cavities of the bodies of then
large insects. This uccoiiuts for (hit
fat, clumsy condition of many of these
insects. Altera rain, in which the in
sects drown, tho full Hedged horse
hair makes come forth to delight the
small boy, ami to Interest tho student
of nature, afl'-r which they lay eggs
in the water, if ild.s s lint dry Up Uhi
msiii, ami curl around them tor u
time, and about the time tho eggs
hatch into the little llcsh covered
mites Hist described, the snakes die
Exchange. lliiK" Kjt-sljihl Shvi-.I.
Mr. William Kerns not long since
had a visit from a friend from the
east, who Wished to purchase html
and locate somewhere iu this stale.
Mr. Kerns scut his friend out to hsdc
ai the Umpqua valley, ami he return
cd with a WOllderful lulu of the sec
tion he visited.
Ilu mid that he visited a fanner
who h.nl a great drovo of hogs, all of
which had lost (heir tails. He inquir
ed how lliisj had hiipiHUicd. anil the
fanner said (lie caudal ipDSndegCI
bad been amputated, and when it was
asked why this was done, he was told
it was to prevent the animals from he
coming blind. This Startling an
nouncement led to further inquiry
uud explanation.
The farmer elated that ihe soil on
his farm was what is know u as black
mud. It is very rich and also very
adhesive, and the pigs iu wallowing
around gel tin ir tails ilauls-d witli it,,
Ulld
a ckmi nn. iiu iicciiinul.ntcs on
each pig's tail, which grows hy uccre
tion uud accumulation loan Immense
siico, and beoomec so heavy that it
drags back the pig's skin so far that
the Unfortunate animal is no longer
llhlo loidlllt its eves, iiml soon h lines
blinded from ihe glare of the sun. By
... .m ..
cutting off the pig's tail this catastro
phe is avoided, and the pig; soon grows
fat. 1'ort I a i id Orcgoi i iu u.
in.- Watwlwe Pass
The institution of tho whipping
posi, which Mill eurviveaiu Delaware,
aid not go out of fashion iu England
until tile close of Ihe lust century. n
May 5, 1718, the OOrpOfelion "f I Ion
caster directed that a Whippingpost be
set up for punishing Vagrants and
sturdy beggar. Three centuries ago
this punishment was carried ton cruel
extent. Owing lo the dissolution of
tho monasteries by Hcnrv VIII, a
large number Of iiersous who dc-nd
ed on the charity of the monks were
thrown upon the country, end perUa-
im nl hastened lo clu ck tlie increasing
vagrancy by an act passed in I Ml,
which declared that every vagrant
should Is: carried lo some market town
or other place, uud tied naked to the
end of a cart and whipped through
tho st reels till their whole Issly I)
bloody, Kurly iu the lust century
tho price paid for whipping was four
pence, ami the constables' uccoiiuts in
eluded such items as arresting a dis
tracted woman, watching her ami tin
fee for having her whipped Whip
ping at the carl's tail, as Provided for
oy he OtatUtaof Henry Vlll, went out
of use in I Stat, w hen tho whipping
post was Substituted for tho lurlier
Method. Philadelphia Tunes.
"No, "Sir," Haiti tho esliUir to the
poet' "Your work is rank p:aglarim.
Now (ret out Well, what do you
want? ' be added, addressing the
humorist "I have some original
Jokes -'! "Don't want 'em I can
gel all the original humor I want out
of my exchange. Good morning."
Harper's Haar.
'Which do you lore most, your
papa or your mamma? ' l.litla
Charlie "I love papa most"
Chrllo's mother "Why, Charlie, 1
am surprised at you. 1 thought you
loved me most'' Charlie-"Can't
help It mamma, we men have to hold
together. ' j J -. s.fi.
ONLY.
IsniMhlag u Hrr ns can to th nissa
Solll.-lhllll! lo illr In. i, nit Im.
Poiii.-iiiin.: mats saunas srmc
Ami M ll wis only s Imby'
t
ConlnK e i BUMS, ttna cui -i.-s inn) crtaa
llltliles fur lellili-resl kl.-es,
Ctutnsef heesa stul ol inimirmnnil alKha
I'liiUM of u-jtrs nnd of 1 ' . - -.
I. ei . .-nr. like nil ycim. tho row ami the Uiarai
This ,-eAr n s-lld.-rmsM. nni be;
Ital lira .-en ivil usOSf lli.t ledf nu Ills mora
rti.it a arsenal . - - -s a natiy
-Harriet lnwcoU Simfford.
wSnrseJean in t u.
As affording a notion of the con
ditions of Australian life, tho uews
puieisi of that region are exception
ally valuable, for, especially in their
weekly eiUHous, they are simply cn-
cy eloped is Tbe stranger alonce, in his
ignorance, lakesini Australian weekly
10 Is' intended for use far out in the
country, at lonely "stalious." by men
who Hntl time, mica iu a while, toad
just all then relations lo ihe universe
at one lone sitting The reader of
such D weekly acts. is a sort of lather
Confessor, while I lit- editor spi-cud out
In-fun- him a general confession of all
(he sins nl mankind from Mclhoiiruo
llorse races in Kiiropean conipliealious,
in well eiassiHed Order and iu very
gotsl language. All the Australian
col. lines HIVI ifpivsented in the weekly
general summaries, two or three se
rial novels run their even courses in
the lew columns allotted to each, the
endless list of colonial sirls. races,
cricket matches, football games, is
dull scl forth, letters friMU New York,
lMldtlll, I'aiis. together with pages of
telegraphic foreign material, prevent
the colonial render lium being too
much absorbed in home affairs, while
these home ulfuirs arc treated in
lengthy Ntlitical summaries, in long
editorials. In shorter editorial notes,
iu cnrrenuoiidniice
Meanwhile practical interests aro
not forgotten. The farm, the viuc
yard. cattle raising and milling arc
uiaoueaed al length by ax perls Qamea,
puzzles, essays, isstk reviews, gossip,
close the solid feiusl of some thirty
large closely printed live column
puges of actual text (exclusive of the
adverUeemenla) Mont of our terrible
Sunday pas-i-s are far outdone as lo
tpianlity ol matter and on the whole
as lo quality of tuatlcras well. None
of our weeklies can rival ihcso incucy
clopedic Character, in well edited,
many sided variety of appeal, Joined,
as is hei-e t lie case, with excellence
of workmanship. The only objection
that our ow n hailly spoiled newspaper
reader would make would k thai all
this was too dry for hun and too vast.
For my own purl, since my return
from Australia. I have been biking
one of these Hue weeklies ivgiilarly,
ami reading, not all of il, bill as much
as I deaireu and with no little prolik
I know no heller means Jo become ac
quainted with the drift and the foives
Ol Australasian life. - -Atlantic Month-
ly.
Qn.ill.itl Scripture.
That famous patent lawyer, Will
iam K Bimonds, who defeated the
Witty Dob Vance at the polls in the
Hartford district, tells a prvlty good
story on himself. Ho has in Ins em
ploy, as uook, an old colored woman,
who was formerly u slave. She in
very religious, and is continually
quoting things from tho tsVripluivs.
The old woman has a very excellent
voice, and sings her old plantation
songs in theliiimitabiodarky w ay Due
Sunday morning she wussingtiiguwiiy
while preparing breakfast, and Mrs.
Siinoiiils eruee and opened their room
door thai they might hear her the bet
ter, When they went down lo break
fast. Mist Simoiids remarked;
"Aunty, my husband anil myself
have been enjoying youraingiug very
much "
The old darky Itstkeil pleased, uud
saw un excel lent opportunity of quot
ing Scripture, so she replied;
"Ijiw, Missy, but tl nl tit know that
I was rasttn pearte eefo' swiuo.'1
MinneuOMlie Tribune.
K.iiaiuit i.s si. is tetasai
"Hey, Hill Whyd'ut chu kurntm
kooi yistaft noonr
"Cozu liaddu staltMim coi mum
mulhers sick."
"Va as, coi yorra Hart JimToinson
saw vou gonna llshin."
"Welliguem tho doctor smd mum
nun her roiiglitto have some lish. "
"Dstcbu tlithlcn ketch naiithm."
"Belli caughlta bulipuiiiin.it long
withe pinnook."
"Yuns you did. Bctchu ketch
sointhin blggertt thai wen you git
losinmiiitiie ole leacbcr giLvddo
i you.
"linwlunor
"Oca Jim Tomsou give you way."
(Bill wcets softly and goes off in
quest of James Tomson Gefors seek'
illg the inevitable interview with the
teacher, w hich really hedoesnol seek,
hut fiiuja it rather thrust uhui him,
against Ins urgent wishes and strong
protest.) - Hub liurdelle.
.In l.i'iiiiiiiiiliul Mlllluiiulra,
John I. III. nr. of Blairatowu, N J.,
is reputed to lie worth .V uiouuu. yet
such is Ins strong sense of merely
holding Ins wealth in trust for the
U'lielil of his fellow men ih.it be
Spends upon himself less almost than
is paid lo Ins humblest workman.
When Mr Blair sl.tts al the hotel if
ho intends to -lay over night he usu
ally asks Tor a small inside room on
the parlor lloor. If it is in the winter
and loo cold lo sil without a lire he
sits in the public lobby. If he intends
to leave before midnight he docs not
hike a room ul all. but occupies ihe
public rtMim down stairs, anil if lis
wishes to change Ins shirt ho slips inlt
the liltle washroom behind the ollicea,
"I never oiler or refil," he said jok
ingly ono day lo a gentleman who
oUcrcd hun a cigar. -I'lllaburg Com
mercial. Nm i
A p. inter in Akistn. while at work
on the exterior of a building, dis-
covered a bird's nojjt in a niche, and on
txan ng it found that a 10 hill hud
been used in its construction. We
Im Iu vc, however, thai il is not a rare
thing to find hills in birds' -nesta
I rough lliey arc usually small bills.
Sorratowu lleraid
"Knisniua, you arc lurOwkM aro
nring chit-lceim?" "Ves. Missus. Hey
ni bi-oughten up rile under my own
eyes." "You watched them growing
a' I last spring?" "Yes, Missus -an'
a 1 spring a 'ore dat! Vah -dey is
spring chickens." - Kpooh.
- A man of Orlando, Kin., is the
owner of valuable Ceylon cat. Tho
principal distinguishing feature of
these cats is that they have no tall.
I . , - -ret -.-titbit catcher., being
able to etfeclually deceive a rabbit by
feigning to Is- one, and beinif able by
reason of having no tail to carry out
the d.s-optiou.