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OTHERWISE AND PERSONAL.
' SECKETAiir Lamont novcr forgets a
faco ho litis scon or n namo ho lias
heard.
Skcuktaky Whitney, of all cabinot
officers, makes tho finest appoaranco
in society.
Uismauck's fame is not a preventive
of physical ills. Ho catches cold in
tho slifr'itcst draft.
' Tiik lato Lord Mayor Notlaio of
London was a particularly jrood
Shakspoarcan scholar.
Gen. Cassius M. Clay docs not stand
asorcctas when ho represented this
country at the court of tho czar. But
he attends personally to all tho bus!
ness of his largo estate and takes a keen
interest in current ovonts.
Mi.i.k. Coiimn, who won tho lirst
prize at tho lato boauty show in Paris,
is 20 years of aro and a nativo of that
city. Slio has sinco recoived many
oilers of engagement, both from musi
cal managers and more sentimental
suitors.
London- still mourns tho death of
Richard Ansdoll, the painter, whoso
pictures from animal life have won him
fame. Tho greatest of his works,
"Tho Stag nt Bay," was exhibited in
18 iG - at tho Royal acadonij', winning
uulvcraal praise. O
The richest colored man in Philadel
phia is John MoKec, a renl-ostato (febd
oivwho is cstiinateit) (o bo worth be
tween $200,000 and $300,000. Tteaw
aro two or three others io t&to 0w
city whoso fortunoj ran ttp iW ftp
hundred thousands.
- 0
KinvAitns l'liiHUtrtace v((i
to his son: "Yoo iay b feautas&to n
ball or dis$o bvooiP ywn dxmca qs(
tell a good Aery; Iwtwo ow mwjkw Kft)
tilllL of OB)!. 5iKs,TfljV fejpje hj.9C
IOf eaWlft -tOIAe d AfclfoftAJC dB-C
1KC JSxSea.'SjioxufR'i "oft aJl15EiKl 4lf.f
viHCWVWI3R.ttrOMsaff3 Wwu
'olni.'05K)niCSV'!'Cb tc W)Oo Qm5Ad trJD
flWiQCtf'toa&at (Pima S0..'oKfa mx
C!fMlli5rKi. ift liito.a.tHW'ti JJ? iiMpfixKh-
9tf E9aTft go&fttf, KfWifJ Ac ii aft8;Ao(tt. m
figMRM fq&.St0fl5f flTaJ5;(Jo rfPtLWuft.
Ftt-ofcs .PR mjftOe tpdjJOufl? to
ciiiftlS'irtqfttKj.eiiiinjafliciiijfjf b: gjooojm
4QtBi tTWJicaoi6 wndtJi. ftymotrift iwdD
(jft)r.ii&.f(,Aafiliii..t!tei4,lln AHlfitj!Svw)i.
ifihWi4'iiiv:iftpdtwfto.i bMOMWwai
JKImni LBftWo-noo!?. Jfto. etaliow',
. l6ft ef ioiw.4' 9.bdC, xnPi- m Imp-
n.oiofi Jt HQ) I∋dt a.wi.-(tgK-,
i w-flft; ir6 iftfrt -low JM is waj3
B(8jg:fta' di f-ii)'s c.'iiu ly tea
t)S on !.' ifowt MM b toix&, tVoaoa
a small sum to xd'o o
wisthoixt midc a ituod wwtt
0eau l)o done by aleKt imcj rtced
horetfifSro has 0(tu-tl tbw mmvh gfc
an export in ligia-es. li at ndl
ordinary rates, can r&o bo uceasfAuti
instantly.
( Tiiekk is Nuidjjto bo a HMporstition
ttiUOtgreal estate men that when a
man comes to a broker with proporly
toQoll, and ovory paper Is?? tip-top
shape, nut and diyd, and pl&ity of
rod ink, there are ten chances to one
that tho real-estate man will bo sus
picious. But if the papers aro gotten
up with booming carelessness no doubt
will bo entertained.
Trnc trout is bettor protected than
any lisli iu American waters. It is
the pot of tho legislatures. Tho now
law recently signed by tho governor
of New York makes it illogal to use a
net in trout waters. Anyone can burn
a net found upon the shores of u trout
stream. Tho oloso season is extended
from Sept. 1 to May Instead of April,
and anyone having trout less than six
Inches long in his possession can bo
lined. This is the strictest lish law
ever enacted iu thu state.
Tub Ponitontes of Now Mexico aro
said by Blrgo Harrison, a frosli writer
on tho subject, to number twenty
thousand. A statue of tho Virgin was
lately placed In tho center of n
church; and thu tloor in front of it is
strewn kneo-deep with uautus, whoso
poisonous spines will sometimes pioreo
tho heaviost soled shoes. Through
this bod of thorns the Penltontes
maroh with naked foot, or crawl along
on bare knees, calling pltoously tho
while to tho Virgin for forgiveness of
thi.lr sins. As if this wero not
sufUulout, thoy scourge themselves
with groat bunches of cactus tied to
gether on a throng, nnd slash them
helves with knives. Tho natural re
sult of these horrible oxorclsos is a
death now then and many maliaod
and pitiable creatures who drag out a
nilBorablo oxlttenco for tho remainder
of thoir days
FABM AND OAKDEf.
The Production of Supplies for the Family-
Minor Topics.
Supplies for the Family.
A generation ago, says The Chicago
Times, nearly ovory farmer in tho
country endeavored to produce nearly
every article of food that was required
lor ins family anil Help, no purchased
at the grocery little except tea, collco.
pepper, alt, anil spices, llo raised
all tho varieties of grain required to
ruako bread, pastry, and puddings,
took thorn to a custom mill, whero
thoy woro converted into Hour, meal,
grits, hominy, bran, and shorts, which
woro carried homo and consumed. Tho
garden was mado to produce all tho
vegetables wanted for immediate use,
and an abundance for pgrservation,
Every family niado its own pickles,
preserves, and jollies. Butter and
checso wero niado in over; farmer's
house. With very rare exceptions
families made their own soap, caudles,
and vinegar. All tho meat consumed
by tho family was raised on tho farm,
cured in the house, and preserved in
tho cellar or garret. In tho fall or
oarly part of tho winter n supply of
smoked and dried moats was prepared
Buillciont to last a year. Every iarm-
or raised fruit, a considerable portion
of which was dried or preserved for
uso duriug tho winter. Tho lirst ob
ject of overr farmer was to supply his
family with food produced on tlg
place ho occupied. Ho was rnrdid
as very unthrifty if h ftil nut do fciiw.
During tko few jenr uurttvxw
have chaagud grorth ln taw lxj.ipc.
In nay piaof thv rtiso4y fiixmvxii
aro !W eoUaSK tto jpoxnvv nxjt
Uetcbws tax tank m wvaoooojcH .uyt
kfaw MMMstimu m to suit tJwow "oco- tlw
Lic&omxan tram, the larttxd, pjty'togf :it
Uaw twiBM in ftrack fe if. (& KJoay .i
foas tixid. tWr sjdk hrxgu ixjtdn.
ut ffvtm, iiaey bny Umax tatm, wwil
tW Ihkmh tijvj.Boaauxi to do lb. lifauwil
pwctap,aw a cinwdu cimufjct, untt pttet-
ssovod KWah and pxx-'liiwu. Sown bay
n T
Saxvcoaeti-M-ho Jnivw mjorfi cwdi. tumlnu
mo.Tc iTOHj way pniMrtniKiy oje msodib.
mim liilfcUujjf dS.spw ftfl-KMttty i0)
ffm3fdjrjl) aibawR tliuy havu iht)
twiWimr fy t ttwubtklib ojaiy:
fftdftj) llciij' thirti iranuHumio to ran npo
ilKf)uj ill) Leo eoitotty, UliMiajB, hue
uuimiumwiHWD rp iu swtta.'n pipwf,
lUtmt) tlui wnt lcMilniB fimiflhjM,
wrj nowil. tutttlwvihrd him, numd
wum mw itWNf!jfl iuy pvwes aw) uofe
likwiy to-5titfirar. Ad yut Ihuvo
Crai,-xo st-jeft antOK pi-aliUifah-thy
imi Hwifonlthy, so tihwuplj' ituwsd, Hucb
tiailWwrs of tlw tiirxn, imd- frninh
mxdi wxeellont fodL TUd domoud fa
nwctowith oite hul bntcinuvi w iu
e.xcio QtlaHW!FCply, and- tliuy haw to
8ii to Ctfeciwiflo tow it, guWbttf it kWh
tats 3 cMto ptos rtrnwd, tk-vmttl VPo
fthfo ipA codom kwciH frbui "tkurti n Lfc
tnaOHt axa pwhubouw iran HhcUifpm lib
5X uodoL-h-, mtd. unoHt of UWy wpj4ws frou
kiad fiitw-. tlwa h umimftitmal
faww -faioa-n Didtwchi MthmA nt !:1.15.to
tiai di-pxtxwi wwdc, wiuiu bviixx
o tJVMM pvjj caw banxTisai ponmdH
m TOOt It niMSifc tear- OSS tttu HmmSnu
HMaVjJ.hoooac,i, iota frdjSUIQ tj. hv
I (cU Ham iBrticiMH ocf fexod wsrarrad fa
Xtawbcy tixfat tiow w tit nvMtifc
JTS! v.w i woeoo miu1o tav mimr or
kid) pawijot osf tint fcurru. EHpecinlly
W tioa Wi wbi th.oo thiit wro
kwnvj co baalhj. Tlaw mtnnH of tnouc
w;iiwca wwarw TV1T ttttai; in mrMt nuxtH
riw wk)Txl mpi iviviint?i ovur
rtn liTieoj i KIm Lutvrioi" o tho
)iy. 'lWw wnj no way of lvuui
Mie Wf iwtMbs oaomillr.
p.wept by bva. As ff&naayrs rnoto
frte watag' comtaawteatloB eald ant
dispose of tlioir nroduets for cioife,
there was guy little money 1b circula
tion. Most of tho local trade was car
ried on without thu employment of
money. Articles brought from a dis
tance commanded a high price on ac
count of the great cost of transporta
tion. Tho farmer accordingly found
it to lus advantage to produce what
was required to supply tho wants of
his family. If he desired to live well,
and at the same time to live cheaply,
lie and his family raised a largo num
ber of articles of food, and took jOoat
pains in preserving tlioin for future
use. The ourinar of meat, tho drying
of fruit, tho making of plekles and pro
seives received great attention iu every
well-regulated farm-houso. A farmer
was not dependent on tho grocer and
butcher for food.
Farmers of the present ago aro in
a much better condition to purchase
articles of food than wero those who
lived a generation ago. Railroads
have produced a cash market for all
their products In almost every town.
It Is no longor necessary to have a
arm located near navigable water in
order to have an accessible market for
what is raised on n farm. Farmers
now sell their products for cash, as
manufacturers do. Money is in cir
culation in every part of the country
whoro crops, eggs, butter, ohoosb,
wool, and "domesticated animals are
m-oducod. It is policy for a fanner to
bo a trader as well as a producer. It
is obvious, however, that most farm
ers aro doing more trading than is
benotielal to them. Thoy sell too
many things and buy too many. Their
groatost mistake is in buying back,
in a ditVeroiit form, tho articles they
dispose of. Tho dilVerenco between
tho price thoy receive nnd that they
pay Is generally very largo, and Is In
variably against them. An article is
not sold from a farm, taken to a city,
disposed of soveral times, and then
brought baok without having its prioo
grently increased, If not itoublod. Tills
sort of trade, which has increased,
wonderfully during tho past fow years,
has been highly beuotiofal to transpor
tation companies, packers, sud trad
ers, but ruluous to farmers. A return,
In s somewhat modilicd form, to tho
practices that provailcd beforo rail
roads revolutionized farming and
trade, would result in great bonelit
to farmers.
Minor Topic.
Radish
tops choped lino
make
ox-
tho
ccllent green matter to
mix with
soft food for tho chicks,
Young chicks should bo fed, for
morning feed, for tho lirst week, chop
ped up Jiard boiled oggs.
Soot is a valuable fertilizer on farm,
garden, nnd tlowcr bed, and should
novcr bo allowed to go to waste
In tho colder latitudes of Europe
tho Guinea fowl is very rare, and sel
dom, if over, seen iu Sweden, Nor
way or Northern Russin.
Willows should fiivor bo planted
noar undordrning, as thoir roots will
invariably enter tho drains and in
course of time clioko them up.
A rich sandy soil is best for boots.
Tho long red beet grows larger and
makes tho heaviest crops: it is prefer
red to others for feeding cows and
hogs. o
Sow grass need over tho thin places
in your lawns and rako it in, or better,
trow an eight of all )0cB of si)feOTBao
pots over it and let Uo mfl do tk$
work.
Ptkigrfea ahould bo n GHfc flfia
situ bi&H liad exuo.icd to thu Wtifc
iotpcpniastti
etlwtiuu to vtwunf! hcro erf WWVL
It? ii ;dft wli to iW fcjjftowwjl grtii&f
ttiWMtt, bat! in too. HTtwow tat to UhViL
isiawu ; it tfkanld, to cxdJwrtvd mtoSI ibry
mmdf, plwte ax vcuvi daHfc, tUwjt
TUb yvauad fdiDrald bo pep)ijf?
d piawrd duvp and kharoturhir ptiii-
TwtKcd for aHmff xamiv bxivtn Th
rotate rsquira n dimjf nail, smA the po
rioia grown, taidcv gncl cpatoiixx tho
A tdH of inwpbjrfrvj plwnty jifto tt0
1h trimmed in tfau Hprinp shonld hvo
aaiy tluvo ca- fauj" tumi, about; khtwo
Wtd nhnlf fbwfe Uiibn a,ud Kootly ons
Iwpli. b dinmoto ufc tho biwtt, encit
eana tuivimr ftw nidO) nrac uftant
two. incW.s long,
On good hmd, with) tllo hicoxi cwft
tnvo iw cora, urtichoikww will prodaoa
ftom 300 to &00 bnnhelw pc net lbm
iWbvrtad Umfe ihrj yield icoi hop food
than any otiwv crop, nnd Umfe fbrty
hQg)tiy bo Inapt on an new ot 4tjk
cirolcia)AVitJroniiny otJhe food
To mnlco a owd wajjar, ah? andj fefit
proof llocoj" fix grodo iho Hoax nnd
ooTUJ? wifcb nr eonctvtw of co.-uwo jfmvol
and hydmnlioimo. Melt-ahpimlfc nnd
HHtxomtw thw uoctwrcto with it, lBUdy
st thin cMCifr of hot UHpjbuiht on tho Hnr
fiico, then sciUcar hot wind owx ihiii
and bwife ib tiwudy.
lfc Jrt of no ifta nttiampting to Jaftfp
fowlM unhaMH tfauy iom well attwudud ioi
Mimf furtncrH wb eWMpliuu thai t-kuxr
naoaiirj hi tuat pikyuiw Ubm MinndtiD
ocaHLdkW M"htkiw tliArj' mv ghwil tiwls-
oxww mo wuoao atwtMi i gncttiy
buHtowcd upon htmftisfc tutsL oiWJr, ojt
Tho ututicmj ucroout o 053 wvwCtwcs-
tian of xrool thronixmxt tho dTiUxcxJ
wowd Hixxwi tJxuJb in 1X3V) it Vft8 3
UdJL000 poxittdrs in 1S71 It xntu nxwaj
SWMIW poaandH, white in m
tho United Uiitrahxno, tbuo pyccdncUoov
mart. w vniy pjxxdtuxai ufc thjo tnhoJtM
wovtd in 1 &
Ik iu all vry vU to Limift ttiiao caife
nnd uMuroi.'w6 him snxirj w4xn ttw
yvitm oid, Vmfc i will bw a jfa DM
ttiku to pat him at hiwd not
two yvwi Ltw". Fiw immmI uorio w
moru injtuioisi tbuut fuunn vorft. Whilo
thu roavcWy iuad h-coones iin yi totmdbm
injioriws uur easily ysowoctved vh'wb. jxo
uv will romoTO.
JUmuA wiry sprne oeo snoub Awne
a pAi'tim tbw fata W'.tv thfct hti
butt Vtt uw'ne9$ Mm vioter sd w l
rskUwv Vi tko lirvt iov ikiys ii
liffit elt nbotld beftitcts tbsttt, U8
great oas should bo taka stg,
to orodufio galls on tiio shouldftrs,
which, onco started, aro very
hard to heal without stopping
work altogether.
Animals wliioh havo only that food
hioh is given thorn should bo fed
three timeva day. Regularity iu feed
ing them should' bo practiced also, as
they aro subjcot to disease as well as
ourselves. The allowance of food for
each moal should be tho same each
day, and only varied In cases whero
tiio condition of tho animal demands
it.
Charcoal is valuable for many other
purposes than that of fuel. Strewn
over heaps of decomposed polts or
over dead animals it will prevent un
pleasant odors. Foul water is purified
by it, and If placed in shallow trays
around apartments it will sweeten of
fensive air. It absorbs and condenses
gases so readily that one oubio inch of
fresh charcoal will absorb nearly 100
inches of gaseous ammonia.
While pasture should contain a va
riety of grasses, meadows should not.
Contlno oaoh meadow to but one grass.
Tho various grasses do not ripen at
the same time. Tills fact makes a
variety in tho pasture desirable, but
there may be a succession throughout
tho season, but is just tiio very reason
why thoro should not bo a variety In
the meadow, as when one grass Is
ready to bo cut tho others will not bo.
Spending valuable tlmo and labor in
cultivating poor laud is one of tho
most serious mistakes over made by
tillers of tho soil. Aftor preparing tho
soil and putting out tho plants wo
must soo that thoy tiro kept growing
without hludranco of any kind. All
our small fruits, except tho grapo, do
best in a comparatively cool, moist
soil, and iu a situation that is some
what sheltered and not exposed to tho
full glare of thu sun. Plants aro bin
dored In thoir growth iu various ways
as by weeds, drought, and tho want of
air at tho roots. Allowing woods to
grow among our plants to rob them of
food and moisture, is almost us unwise
as cultivating poor soil.
FACT AND FANCY.
Throo Goorgia
weeklies aro edited
by women.
Tho sunllowor crazo Is quito dead,
say tho llorists.
Jacksonville, Fla., has organized a
humaiio society.
Tho girafib has nevor been known
to uttor a sound.
Tho poach crop is promising in
spots in SoutKE)Carolina.
Tho erection of a 8100,000 hotel at
Gainesville, Fla., is assured.
Thero aro 11G students in tho North
Georgia Agricultural college.
Solma, Ala., had $31,000 worth of
property destroyed by lire last year.
Thero aro fourteen Mormon preach
ers in tho vicinity of Ashoboro, C.
Good farm labor is dillicult to'vJjo
tain in many South Carolina counties.
Religious sorviccs aro hold in tho
Washington dime museum ovory Sun
day. Woman suffrage has received sixteen
itcfeatP in tho $lassacfmscttr legisla
ture. Tho recent cold spell did more dam
age in Txs than iu any southern
6tt&
T& pOCtl? of WJlt'lOU Utfbotfft T?b0o
the editor iafUCi Uia pdcJ. to icstro tho
httuactam.
ittlaatwV roftwvhnx well hux twud?
eoxfc Uxui eider tiKXUUU uxut P i ijx
itxita k&bxtf bared yc.
Jit vUndw Cart ftsc lrtnjf tflMieuprxa'cjt
a? Uip UojqI toa, He t., tpcfl? baaOuy
A, hdi-dcwvu Plwj IndJbc eUUXxvA.
que, Jswv jlmtDBOn HcfianJL
4 Icttex wws prclartl itp an. tlutlixyc
m. MwtuiiJA, fan., tuw atnv Jmjs
tliufc w liua-tj-iOrw jcuxh olct 0
Qcaa of tha bcut Ltutia and GMft
sclifthu in- AtJaonii, tVik, i wwitingf
few 7U eamt pea? day tstrddwg gsu&.
laho Eawjfl, tftic- auUet aappiius
tho wutvv which iaraxs tno JUtrnw ialw
of tho Xahwmitcj iw onrxsc ,U0O ahov
tho iM lcvcL
The pin' a Htfcct himdw at At&uuw,
Ga,. hjs been increased, tvoxa 16 to 85
cento pert dar. XhcT mro worlcod)
tvrclvu iiotorn.
Fnufc mrc aro sfo Ucaray Jwdyu m
TilacCH on tiiB Jcifio ooubfe thati hun-
drvdH ot inoorvan :irv itcpt cmpjtowa ixxi
tlimnJBag aat tho frnitr.
The TVfirctobld shipmesMtef tVOMi Flor
ida- north aro qoit hifffo now. Amonjr
other tliinsrs qnantitiiid of enenmbara
anil eg5f-pl:int aro owing abipped.
Tho nxxiicw force of Charfitt, is. C,
haa bcn rdackfd fvam tvelve to eij;hl?
men, ana tno mnjor aim torwea otcj:
9200 of hi $1,200 salary to- 4fao Sttid-
cd achooL
Tho wheat cifop oE Sua Jonqnin
county, Cinluomm, this year will oarao
from tho islands and tolo lands. Farnxr
erw luro macli dwcounigcil throughout
tho conntv.
Tho "boas" pench trco la the Doln
wuro rugian, according to local fume
is a fcrorw ciEfhfc or text inches through.
vnd hccirr witu agc uast season it
TUHcuat ciffbt crutcs ot mcronuutawa
frvifc, hwtndcaj a huHhcJ nd a half ptdicd
tram thu g-raund.
Thcw ixru now 12,073 nwtrupnparv
pnblisiuid in thu United BtftJtou a giffa
of WS smiw 1SS1. Kuxj& thaw tho
lUuiou wmis next viih 77. Gem
njatriqMkpjor la new printed tar evoxf
3,807 a& jrapwiiijuoin, .
Tan AeoDXJsad- fur caawynstit pwKec-
txcsi u HhTJiMtixA m tho '. thuk Tin
t&tt&wi Msjeujrvw cop j right pratx-jct'uwi
ijSt ftpciAfc ftrihuin by ivyuo thero i d;y
erf ti-o ia adviMBsoa i great adriuvUss
t3 cwoatritesixaw wince their wrthsUs nr
itjsmjt jsrtrivi in both coanLriwa.
A Speiirtiwwrbirjfjf, fi. C, yaAg la
sg&martbaei in Vbv httui paper far m. ha
tewod. oa dwwvhert hcrdi yjwog
iwk pmtrr chwjfwiaec twd rHy, pUtoo
sFsed pinouat'O." tilbuo- HVw ra no
yaersxg vsom in iik:vaiirjf cm the
iva. cMini nvskw in Wiuhiag
tce old epiin' v'Aa trw hwrt o
iXf toj p'tt IXASk Wit stwaditt
se: ''S gdttk! Ik o tit at tht
yoiujg man with thu ?&-gas0S; ftfld
pist think, lie caft ftd your Uocle
FraJik to tho utUBo parts l tflt
earth."
Tho now Catholic university is to bo
planed iu Washington, bocauso that
city "po(osses greater literary, sci
entific, and philosophical advantages
than any city iu tho country. It is
thu capital of tho nation and tho con
tor of tho social and literary life of tho
country." This is exorbitant praiso
for Washington.
Tho tulip is very prolific. A corre
spondent of The (iiirdcn, an English
horticultural paper, says that iigjlSSO
ho had fifty bulbs given him, which
had boon forced iu tho spring and
placed out of doors to dry oil", llo
planted them in November tho samo
year and took them up tho next Juno,
ropoating each year, and now finds
himself tho possessor of moro than
throo thousand good flowering bulbs.
By tho exertion of tho lato Cape.
Marryat (mainly instrumental in sup
pressing tho vilo system of press,
gamrs) no naval otlicor may mlliot
Hogging until twonty-four hours after
tho commission of an ollenso, so that
puuishmont may not bo tho result of
passion. In Scotland, by an not of
George I., no sentence of iloatli can be
Indicted on tho south side of tho Forth
in loss than thirty, and on tho north
in less than forty days.
A Now York company which manu
factures every day 1,800 bustles stuffed
with renovated nutolope hair has just
begun tho manufacture of life-pro-servers
stuflod with tho samo mato
torlal. A test of tho comparative
value of dllVereut life-proservers has
boon made. It requires only ten
pounds of buoyancy to kcop a live
ilerson's head 'ahovo water. A cork
moy wolghing niiio pounds, was
found to support thirty-threo pounds;
a buoy oi uaiiiornia rule muu up titty
pounds, and au Alaska down buoy of
live pounds held upsixtv-four pounds.
Tho company recently tltted out soy
oral yachts with antelope hair, or
Alaska down, cushions, which can bo
thrown overboard, and oach will sua
tain u dozou porsous.
TEXCILLN'GS FR03I LIFE,
f "What makes you think he's a smart
JnanP"
I "Why, bless your soul, boy, ho can
whlttlo with both hands, play tho lid
dlo, talk Dutch, and go homo with tho
best-looking girl from a party every
time."
. ,
"Ho's a ntco man, isn't lie?"
'Well, ho may be, but 1 don't just
likohim."
"WhyP"
"Weil, I don't exactly know, but I
reckon it's because ho says Chewsday,
and cats pie with his knife."
"Bill, if you could mako a wish and
havo it sratiticd, what would it bo?
Just one wish, mind you?"
"Well, 1 believe I'd say
giva mo
aooutns much of evcrythius as a wo
man can sco at a glance."
"Heavens! do vou want the wliolo
earth?"
"You're not nfraid of tho dog, aro
you bub?"
"No, ma'am." Q J
"Well, then, why don't you come
right in? Ho won't hurt vou."
"I'm too tumd, ma'am lhal's what
ails mo. I'm always bashfhl when
there's dogs about." O
u . o
ti'v ktard tbom say that Mosboy's
fitois r. ver? titudiufty Ionian."
"Woll, IgttCSSJcro'd tbinfc jour
icti tfjcfli had hoarded IU '(&
toxe w i aro."
"Wfiy fof'
"way, flfao jtssvn ahoufc crorytfiinft
thnt yac co to tfao tubio, nnd lwcp
wtbx ow idl tho ticao hcvidefc"
'"XIux CDttnerwHtioxiL Cyunctercit o
"Sowicoou cun toll hr the twlirr
ot as, witwrmokm "whother'lfc in rip cot
not, but 1 nvwr ewnld," said aroau
"I hnvw ubudi thai nuvw fwieu," gmait
Maciubao; "and I am tell to if dbstri
A-m.iny every t'tmo 'whethva thy mci
on is ripo or green." .
"llow in fchwr voxitt Ho jrote fto W
"fir. "
"Bob," swid mtux to sfsauU
"I herd uma of tho children in
Hchonl hud tho itch. ILcw w it?"
hoy
yoxix
"VVoil, tw hvji tiioks tiio Giblyy
luis wfc t."
"What ronlcwB tot tbiok o?"
"Why, yon kco" they've got aoatlX
OTW thtit hands."
"Do they scrtitch?"
"Xosj tor; thoy arratch tliclr hcatTfl"
"Drochlwy's yrbfo is n mitrhtvi jjcjtt
lipnyckewptir, nww, ian't uho?"
"Yes."
"lie ought to bo happy."
"Pcrimpi no, but ho csift't Tits,4
Why not? '
"She don't aire him time, for vliid3a
evr he apot ncur tiio houva tdUo heimy
hha no buvy cluojaing his hootH thjit thu
Dim or joy eweupass him."
"In ray oriwion, aiUmaly strife coloie
Wind."
"I ddn.'t heihn it."
"1 do. V batvo been tryicu? Kcccao ck-
pyriiwexts rrkush oanriaeed mo tshsti
noua of attxy doncokiSXic luuixuils csua dis
tingainh eoiow,"
yuttr nwnd." o
"What ! tbtr"
"Rob ycMolf b e red JDiw'V inrjtib
walk thidbRh tlolct whoro bali i
gnaing."
rP drunkard .Mwui-o ibo otu ftt
hia way, and rjiag- to pcrtuado him
In reform.
"It's no fio) oso: 1 caa't cto it." said
tho UDt. o
"Yew, rem caw, wad oo mast, o?ci
Tpill b fecoo wrii loafc."
toP"
"Y ; job fcwtp tifrb yau
j m ww sakjo ioc cto taa oecvn&
tux."
"yjy 'a btreaio2"
"Well fiPTrta'll Cit) iffk' taai it
brfnyfenxo 'o tewlasst-s I'll eai MP VI?
uat. a jjbi fao' cic)."
1 !' littlfl l8)to-dav
tfaads 1 felt ufffnl fflin-9 for."
"That's riiiHt, iy boy. Wo should
l'7ffiity ti poor. Did you divide
jpinu isnines wmi nimr
'ao, no, papa; it iv.an'tfhat kind
poor I mean. Ho didn't need no
money." q
Uli, t sec; mo mtro follow was sick,
mav be." o o
"No, not that, eitheiQiapa."
"Then what ailed him?"
"Why, nothing, only tho poor bov
hadn't novor been to a circus in his
whole life. Wasn't it a sliamo?"
Chicago Ledger.
A Short Study hi Misery. 0
Mv friend says ho is "perfectly mis
erable." Ho formulates his belief from
cortain premisesof a deranged stomach
a rovorso in forlude, and an affhirc ilu
cnur. ltwiU at onco appeal that his
claim is ill-founded, since stomachs,
fortunes, and hearts are raroly boyond
repair if treated as in manly duty thoy
should bo.
But his romark brings us to tho
question: W hat is it to bo "perfectly"
miserablor nat is tno supremo mis
ery of human lifo? A certain nielo-
dramatist, thinking to movo by & spec-
tacio oi surpassing eiuiuniig, nas nseu
a means something like this: Pioturo
to yourself (says ho) tho sccuo of tho
wedding night. Tho guests havo do
parted, and up tho lighted stairway
passes the bridogroom and his bride.
Thoy reach tho top of tho stairway.
With all lovo, all rovereneo, ho turns
to her, and at that instant nn armed
assassin springs out of tho darkness
and strikes her dead at his feet! That,
thinks tho melodramatist, is very near
tho height of human misery." And
truly wo do pity tho victim of any of
these sudden shocks. Rut perhaps in
tills ciiso tho vory assassin, by roason
of tho malignant motives which im
pelled him, was tho greater sufferer
and tho moro miscrablo man. Him
wo do not pity.
Of theso two, which is U ? Tho
pitied, or tho unpitiablo?
If wo soarch among tho characters
of tragedy for ono so ilopraved as to
bo boyond tho reach of sympathy, wo
light upon lago, demon oi heartless
wickeduess. Ho Is tin. umiafuraf char
acter, but does for our purpose. So
repugnant is ho to our feelings that
wo aro glad when with demoniac
laughter ho has vanished into tho
darkness, wherein ho was begotten.
Givo lago remorse (whereby wo
should lose lago, of course); lot him
bo keenly nlivo to his life-long sins of
body and soul; let him realizo tho ul
timate anguish of a lifo spent in wast-9
ing opportunities and in totally nog
looting all self-development; put him
on tho edgo of Lifo, uupiticd unpitia
blo, oxpectinar nothing of Justice, and
daring to hope nothing of Moroy and
porhaps we havo ono typo of human
misery.
Upon tho other hand, although it is
said by somo philosophers (and is
finely shadowed in the tragedy of tho
Cenci) that man cannot bo dislionored
by tho act of another against him, it is
true beyond doubt that thero may bo
misery without dishonor; and, Indeed,
I am half inclined to think that tho
bitterness of spirit experienced, by
that being who feels that his worst
hurts wero got not at his own hand,
but at tho hand of Fate by tho sins
of his fathers, by tho ghastly irony of
Life, by tho random blows of utter
chance may well quostiou with any,
other tho risrht to woar tho cyoress
crown, "j
The character of John Randolph is'
presented to us. A man who was a
living riddlo. Seething hell locked up
in his breast a half Jao-liko hate,
and wrath, and scorn, which novorthc
ln8 rested themselves upon very un-ffpw-likf
reason. John Randolph is
dead. Alwrbp Wl, thu woman whom
ho IotwI (ad who Iwvcd htm although
who married mr-atb.c0, nd who doubt-0
levy uhiircd- with him hia tfcnroti m ah
dcKd. Ho oc3uo lcnowi tho foU hmtury
of the- tratablo vbieh thoy uJoaO n
derytttoni. Bate we hnrw" ciawngrft to
pity, and to cull nnst micYubio, tho
man who rushed avtiy frcaa kcr ono
ditj it roxMt'i teaixH ia his oyva, too
proud to elk), too uirh i htirt to lifo;
v hxt ivngpad oo&ihis Uiu witft y ixgtmf
t his hxvjrt vbdrdi bra did not psOr thCX&
wcud u'ixih ho could nut rooeh
llflTO are two types tif hatouKo P0"0.
Ttxw emu onxrtiaiii; the cAber, pitiful,
ilor ca I in say own mind dirvp wxy
wcow trom'tixo omd f itixootf cuovl'wg
M mnch in tba cttixvx.
It hi a xooKbov t4 jey for ray dwwcflo
ucdnb) friend tn yutioot tluifc Gad's w
uom baliuub- ivvag iaouul vqvatfj&m
Par tho taw they ukox the tftjninoiwo?
of joy and snwrov, tofieyii and ga&i,
here and hrift. To tho utinrfr,
they pisstit in eoTandw-bnhmwo tho
Srmx sxut a nn iaAidte Jriwvcy. WiWo
out Mercy, this Life wca)d he, b rfowo
phtana, nnfaadMUped. WiUi ilp,lifo &o
truw ioadorcn. . fiaagct, m t& ti&Y
inrrtt,
w
Wfin TVUiJW Utrvjc
Tho rtulwfcy reporter af 2'6 XBfroSfifte
JS&oaoawtwg hum in a. re&ntdAm tana If)
thu dy aajri in dof&jnAt oS
dents thre&' u&' the foltsviujr btwHt
iug Lot of pcoii'difxtisissu: "Tleow S"
noJJidri'' taxuM em'bns to tbii ib
uuvrev tbcucN (po natch I boo trahrs :w Mm??
crors the eooaat j xas nak orer tho b$ roeMtH
nod v Um pnei-ttitf ra tii wtuy e&
fjcht nn "6U :w tb TncLoty wmi
e-haraKcr at tbw ftiwocffws tJboiy manep.
korvUlly is tbw MoticcabW om thft
fwit fvwWsonof running, aoosd "h'hkth
puts t brunch Ltwwio in the ovuain.
'Chtiino tv6 to bo M'tti vlnaAa Umw-kioule
cf OTftArt frooki ttaltitaamft, oomrtincdb
to Vivttj'ij liim, cne tbco
U-ainw jwog (vt Iwt nirlik. J tAcontl
EcckiMn dpoli iwi t oyiter a&4 ea vurtb
c r-lcibK.lt of ; fmni Otiutbat. for the
veetjji utim lire etaiso fr S l'ro
iwM, car fte cr " ttf Ar nd
eoch-lutaIe of eteixfntg.
T)t iv ltt o;ineU irf ht is
citfltA vest, wWj;Qit,r(t thcc aro
(so tiMos d nit tea, hotaiy, and
iU, crs of line horses and cattle, q
nee? thBO car of sea-lipus, and
111 9110)1 tliiflUU- Tncro is not a train
gois by tht iloes not interest ono who q
reftda the labols on tho doors as it
liSs on tho platform restingfor its long
journey east or west. The passenger
trains, too, havo among their loads
noticeable features, and now and. then C
an especially distinguished party,
whom none but those living on tho
Pacific linos over have ji opportunity
to see. Generals, povernoi-s,.sonutors,
now and then a president, and ono
king travels through horo ovory year
or two."
Grant and the Kentucky
Ladies.
Tho Kentucky
women aro as en
thusiastic about horses as tho men.
They unhesitatingly placo tho horses
beforo themselves ius tho great attrac
tions of tho State. I remember hear
ing a conversation between General
Grant and a Kentucky girl at tho St.
Louis Morclinnts' Exchange in 1875,
when President Grant was visiting tho
St. Louis Pair. A number of ladies
wero introduced to tho President,
whereupon ho spoko in very high
terms of St. Louis, tho fair, &o. "You
aro mistaken, Mr. President wo aro
not from St. Louis," laughingly said
ono of tho girls, "wo are from Ken
tucky, a very tino State, you know,
which possesses three tilings all 111011
of tast must appreciate." Smilingly,
tho President asked her what thoy
woro. Slio answorod: "Wo hayo tho
fastest horses, tho prottiost women
and tho finest whisky in tho world.'
Tiio President replied: "Your horses
aro cortalnly jutly renowned; I havo
somo on my farm noar horo; yoursolf
and party provo tho correctness of
your second observation, but whisky
Is ono of tho things that requlro age,
and your men consumo it so fast that
it raroly lias a fair chanco to bocouio
good." Tho girls thought that If
General Grant could not mako a long
speech ho was apt at repartee. St.
Louis Qlobe-Dcmocrut,
Will Make the Old Rull-dog do.
An oichty-ton eun oosta 10,075.
That settles it. If thoy won t knock
otr tho odd 75 on a purchase hko
that wo aro going to worry along this
summer with the old bull-dog revol
vor, that's all. Still wo would havo
llkod to try tho elloct of a doso of
olghty-ton gun on tho 1BS5 orop of
spring poets. Thus aro the editorial
f earnings loft unsatisfied by tho cold
Imitations of unroloutlng povorty.
Somervillc Journal.
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